Tuesday, April 1, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT TUESDAY 4/1/2025*GOP KEEPS TWO FLORIDA HOUSE SEATS*LE PEN CALLS CONVICTION 'ATOMIC BOMB'*NETANYAHU AIDES, JOURNALIST LINKED TO QATAR* *LEBANON CALLS ISRAELI ATTACK 'FLAGRANT VIOLATION'*CHINESE MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:




RESULTS COMING IN FOR THE CONTESTED SUPREME COURT SEAT IN WISCONSIN.


REPUBLICAN SUPPORTED BRAD SCHIMEL FACING DEMOCRAT SUPPORTED SUSAN CRAWFORD.


DECISION DESK HQ CALLING THE RACE FOR SUSAN CRAWFORD...ASSOCIATED PRESS




ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS IN GAZA LATE TONIGHT LASTING MORE THAN AN HOUR...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS



                                                   (STORY IS UPDATED)



US politics Jewish Republican candidate Randy Fine defeating Muslim Democrat candidate Josh Weil in a US House special election in Florida.


The contest to fill the seat held by now National Security Adviser Mike Waltz...(Decision Desk HQ)...



The Republicans also retaining another US House seat in Florida.  Jimmy Patronis winning the contest for the seat held by former Congressman Matt Gaetz...(Decision Desk HQ)



MORE US AIR ATTACKS ON HOUTHI TARGETS IN YEMEN.  ATTACKS CARRIED OUT IN THREE YEMENI PROVINCES...TASS RUSSIA




CANADIAN LIBERAL PARTY MP PAUL CHIANG PULLING OUT OF THE APRIL 28TH ELECTION.


THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE NOW PROBING CHIANG OVER COMMENTS ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY CANDIDATE FOR HIS SEAT.



CHIANG IS SAID TO HAVE SUGGESTED THAT JOE TAY BE TURNED OVER TO THE CHINESE CONSULATE IN RETURN FOR A BOUNTY.


TAY IS WANTED BY AUTHORITIES IN HONG KONG FOR VIOLATING ITS 'NATIONAL SECURITY' LAW AIMED AT OPPONENTS OF MAINLAND CHINESE RULE...BBC NEWS




The leader of Israel's left-leaning Democrats calling today's attack on a Palestinian village by masked Jews a 'pogrom'.


Yair Golan posting on "X":  "The pogrom in Duma is not a glitch--it is the result of a deliberate policy".


Golan saying the government is unleashing violence in Palestinian communities.  Several homes burned in today's attack...Times of Israel




A 5.3 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE AND VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN ICELAND...RUV ICELAND (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




HERE IN THE US FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THE MURDER OF HEALTH INSURANCE EXECUTIVE BRIAN THOMPSON.


DEFENDANT LUIGI MANGIONE FACING STATE AND FEDERAL CHARGES IN THE KILLING OF THOMPSON LAST DECEMBER...BBC NEWS




Turkish military forces deployed in central Syria.    


Russian-made S400 missiles and Turkish drones part of the deployments at the T-4 and Palmyra air bases.



Both bases recently attacked by Israel...OSINTdefender "X"






ISRAEL CANCELLING ALL TARIFFS ON US PRODUCTS TO AVOID ANY RECIPROCAL TARIFFS FROM THE UNITED STATES.   THOSE US TARIFFS SET TO TAKE EFFECT TOMORROW...(NEWS AGENCIES)



At the Kremlin the Serbian leader in Bosnia meeting President Vladimir Putin. 


Milorad Dodik has an international arrest warrant out on him over defiance of international authority in Bosnia.  But he travelled freely to Russia through Israel...Tass Russia




ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU TELLING POLICE HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY TIES BETWEEN TWO KEY AIDES AN QATAR.


NETANYAHU SPOKE WITH POLICE AFTER THOSE AIDES WERE ARRESTED AND DETAINED OVER ALLEGATIONS OF TIES TO QATAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



IN CONNECTION WITH THE CASE ISRAELI POLICE INVESTIGATING JERUSALEM POST CHIEF EDITOR ZVIKA KLEIN ON SUSPICION OF CONTACT WITH A FOREIGN AGENT...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



A JUDGE SUPERVISING THE CASE INDICATING PART OF THE SUSPECTED ACTIVITY IS QATAR SEEKING TO DISCREDIT EGYPT IN ISRAELI MEDIA DURING THE HOSTAGE RELEASE NEGOTIATING PROCESS WITH HAMAS.


THIS WAS DESIGNED TO BOOST THE IMAGE OF QATAR...TIMES OF ISRAEL



The markets today.   


The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 11.80 points.



The NASDAQ rose 150.60 points of .87 percent.




At 430 pm New York Time the price of oil at 71 dollars 23 cents a barrel down 25 cents...Marketwatch




IN SERBIA AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN HUNGARY AND SERBIA ON MILITARY COOPERATION.


PRESIDENT ALEKSANDAR VUCIC SAYS SERBIA IS WORKING TOWARDS A COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH HUNGARY.


ARRIVING IN HUNGARY TOMORROW FOR A FOUR-DAY VISIT ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU...TASS RUSSIA




IN FRANCE THE NATIONAL RALLY PARTY CALLING FOR NATIONWIDE STREET PROTEST THIS WEEKEND.


PROTESTS CALLED OVER THE CORRUPTION TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF THE PARTY'S LEADING 2027 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARINE LE PEN. 



LE PEN DESCRIBING HER CONVICTION AS AN:



                            "atomic bomb"



NATIONAL RALLY PRESIDENT JORDAN BARDELLA CALLING THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION:




         "the death blow of French democracy"...



              NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




THE AVERAGE ANNUAL RATE OF INFLATION IN THE NETHERLANDS AT 3.7 PERCENT.  


ENERGY PRICES A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE AVERAGE WITH FOOD PRICE INFLATION EXCEEDING IT BY A WIDE MARGIN...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Police in Israel tell a court that Jonatan Urich, an aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was passing secret information to a foreign agent.     


"Ynet" in Israel says the information was given to a Qatari lobbyist.


Authorities want Urich and fellow Netanyahu aide Eli Feldstein held in custody for nine more days.



Mr. Netanyahu says the allegations about the two men receiving money from Qatar are political and they are being held hostage...Times Of Israel




ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU BACKING OUT OF HIS NOMINATION OF FORMER ISRAELI NAVY COMMANDER ADMIRAL ELI SHARVIT TO HEAD THE DOMESTIC SECURITY AGENCY SHIN BET.



THE NOMINATION CRTICIZED BY US REPUBLICAN SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM.   SHARVIT WROTE AN ARTICLE CRITICAL OF US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S ENVIRONMENTAL POLICES...TIMES OF ISRAEL



IN SPITE OF A TRUCE ISRAEL LAUNCHING A DEADLY AIRSTRIKE ON SOUTH BEIRUT LAST NIGHT.


FOUR KILLED AND SEVEN WOUNDED.



LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER NAWAF SALAM CALLING THE ATTACK A 'FLAGRANT VIOLATION' OF CEASEFIRE.



ISRAEL OFTEN WARNS OF ATTACKS IN ORDER TO PROTECT CIVILIANS BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE IN CONNECTION WITH LAST NIGHT'S ATTACK...BBC NEWS...


ISRAEL SAYING IT KILLED HEZBOLLAH AND IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS OPERATIVES IN THE ATTACK.



"But if you make a mistake on Iran's nuclear issue you force Iran to move in that direction because you have to"


Ali Larijani, a senior advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, warning the United States that it may force Iran to do what it's supreme leader currently forbids with a fatwa.


Larijani urging the US to choose 'a different course than hostility'.


President Trump threatening to bomb Iran and impose additional sanctions if it does not agree to his demand for talks and a deal on its nuclear program...Israel National News (Video Embed)...



IRAN'S UN AMBASSADOR WARNING THAT HIS COUNTRY HAS THE RIGHT TO RESPOND  'SWIFTLY AND DECISIVELY' TO ANY ACT OF AGGESSION BY THE UNITED STATES OR ISRAEL...TASS RUSSIA



China launching military drills around Taiwan.


People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command says the land, sea and air drills are designed as a 'serious warning and powerful deterrent for separatist forces favoring Taiwan's independence'...Tass Russia


IN SOUTH KOREA THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SAYS ITS RULING ON PRESIDENT YOON SUK-YEOL'S IMPEACHMENT WILL COME DOWN AT 11 AM FRIDAY MORNING.


IF THE COURT UPHOLDS YOON'S IMPEACHMENT HE IS REMOVED FROM OFFICE AND NEW ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD.


THE OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTED TO IMPEACH YOON FOLLOWING HIS DECEMBER 3RD DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW SUSPENDINGYOON FROM OFFICE...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA



   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                          (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)


                        TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


        RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...



THE DUTCH DEFENSE MINISTRY SEEKING EXEMPTIONS FROM THE COUNTRY'S STRICT ENVIRONMENTAL RULES.


RESTRICTIONS ON NOISE POLLUTION, CARBON EMISSIONS AMONG OTHERS STAND IN THE WAY OF THE MILITARY'S ABILITY TO TRAIN TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW SOLDIERS.



THE NETHERLANDS IS COMMITTING ITSELF TO A MAJOR MILITARY BUILDUP ALONG OTHER EUROPEAN NATIONS IN THE COMING YEARS...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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