Wednesday, May 21, 2025

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT WEDNESDAY 5/21/2025*NETANYAHU VOWS TO IGNORE ISRAEL HIGH COURT RULING*SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR FOREIGN DIPLOMATS IN PALESTINIAN AREA*DOJ PROBE OF CUOMO OVER COVID NURSING HOME TESTIMONY*

 


                                 (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING)



                      LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



A MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN INTERCEPTED BY ISRAELI AIR DEFENSES EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.   THE ARROW 3 SYSTEM USED TO TAKE DOWN THE ATTACKING MISSILE.   


ONE PERSON HURT HEADING FOR A SHELTER...MAARIV ISRAEL (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



Israeli journalist Barak Ravid ("Axios") with another story tonight pointing to Israeli military action against Iran.


The attack would occur quickly if talks between the US and Iran break down according to the sources leaking the information...Axios "X"


                                                   (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)



LATE TONIGHT EIGHT UKRAINIAN DRONES DESTROYED AS THEY APPROACHED MOSCOW...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...

EARLIER RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES TAKING DOWN DOZENS OF UKRAINIAN DRONES.

MOST DOWNED OVER THE KURSK REGION BUT THERE HAVE BEEN ALERTS IN MULTIPLE RUSSIAN REGIONS DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



In Israel the High Court ruling the firing of Shin Bet domestic spy chief Ronen Bar was unlawful.


Israel's Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miari telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu he cannot hire a replacement after he fired Bar since he has a conflict of interest.



Mr. Bar has turned in his resignation effective June 15th.



Netanyahu slamming the court's ruling as "disgraceful" saying he will ignore it and appoint a new chief of Shin Bet...Times Of Israel 




IN FRANCE AN INTERIOR MINISTRY REPORT LEAKED OUT ALLEGING SIGNIFICANT LOBBYING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION BY ORGANIZATIONS LINKED TO THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD.



THE BROTHERHOOD, WHICH HAS TIES TO TURKEY AND QATAR, SAID TO BE WORKING TO INFLUENCE THE EU TOWARDS CRIMINALIZING BLASPHEMY AND TEARING DOWN THE SECULAR VISION EMBODIED IN FRANCE'S GOVERNMENT.


A CENSORED VERSION OF THE LEAKED DOCUMENT EXPECTED TO BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED LATER THIS WEEK...POLITICO EU




A NEW ROUND OF TALKS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN ARE TO TAKE PLACE FRIDAY IN ROME.   THE TALKS REVOLVE AROUND CONCLUDING A DEAL ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM...OSINTdefender "X"



The markets today.




The Dow Jones Industrial Average down 864.30 points or 2.03 percent.




The NASDAQ fell 270.07 points or 1.41 percent.


At 433 pm New York Time the price of oil at 61 dollars 36 cents a barrel down 67 cents or 1.08 percent...Marketwatch



IN MADRID A FORMER AIDE TO THE FORMER PRO-RUSSIAN PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE SHOT DEAD.


ANDRIY PORTNOV SHOT AS HE TOOK HIS CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.  THE PERPETRATORS FLEEING INTO A FORESTED AREA.


PORTNOV WORKED FOR VIKTOR YANUKOVICH THE PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE OVERTHROWN DURING A STREET PROTEST REVOLT IN 2014.


 THE REVOLT TOOK PLACE WHILE THE WINTER OLYMPICS WERE OCCURRING IN RUSSIA.


THE COUP, LINKED TO WESTERN NATIONS INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES, LED TO RUSSIAN MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST CRIMEA AND THE CONFLICT IN EASTERN UKRAINE THAT BOILED OVER INTO ALL OUT WAR IN 2022...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                         (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


Israel has allowed food trucks into Gaza but officials say the food has not reached the civilian population.



Israeli attacks now said to be focusing on taking out generators at hospitals in Gaza where normal electrical power is not available.



Gunfire reported in the city of Jenin in Samaria where a European delegation is visiting the Palestinian community.



Foreign governments asked Israel for an explanation of the incident.




Israel says the group of diplomats strayed off their route causing the shots to be fired as a warning.


326 deaths linked to the lack of food and medicine in Gaza...Al Jazeera Qatar Blog...BBC News Blog



                                  (THIS STORY IS UPDATED)


SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY MEETING PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP.



THE MEDIA PRESENT IN THE OVAL OFFICE AS MR. RAMAPHOSA AND HIS DELEGATION WERE SHOWN VIDEOS AS EVIDENCE OF HATRED AND VIOLENCE AGAINST WHITE SOUTH AFRICANS...VISEGRAD 24 (VIDEO EMBED)...


TRADE RELATIONS WERE SAID TO BE AT THE TOP OF THE AGENDA ACCORDING TO MR. RAMAPHOSA.



THE TALKS COME AMID REPORTS THE US IS SUSPENDING PARTICIPATION IN THE G20 SUMMIT IN SOUTH AFRICA LATER THIS YEAR DUE TO SOUTH AFRICAN LAND POLICIES.



A GROUP OF WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN FARMERS ARRIVED IN THE US RECENTLY AFTER BEING GIVEN ASYLUM...BBC NEWS



A US federal district judge warning that deportations of 12 migrants to the African nation of South Sudan may violate his court order.


Judge Brian Murphy responding after immigration lawyers went to court seeking emergency relief following a deportation flight to South Sudan. 



There are reports some migrants will be deported to Libya with Judge Murphy saying such action would violate that earlier preliminary injunction he issued...BBC News



THE US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OPENING AN INVESTIGATION INTO FORMER NEW YORK GOVERNOR AND CURRENT NEW YORK CITY MAYORAL CANDIDATE ANDREW CUOMO.


THE DEMOCRAT BEING PROBED OVER US HOUSE TESTIMONY ABOUT HIS LINKS TO A STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT COVERING NURSING HOME DEATHS DURING COVID.


CUOMO SEES THE PROBE AS INTERFERENCE IN THE ELECTION FOR MAYOR IN NEW YORK CITY...THE HILL USA





   THE UKRAINE WAR AGAINST RUSSIA

                                                            (UPDATED WHEN ABLE)



                         TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS


         RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)





In other news...




ISRAEL WAS INVOLVED IN A TARGETED ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST LAST WEEKEND.


ISRAELI CONTESTANT YUVAL RAPHAEL FEATURED IN THOSE ADS SENT OUT IN 27 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.    THE ADS SPONSORED BY ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT.



VIEWERS OF THE SONGFEST GAVE RAPHAEL THE MOST VOTES BUT THE VOTES OF THE IN-HOUSE JUDGES HELPED PROPEL AUSTRIAN SINGER "JJ" TO VICTORY OVER HER.



EUROVISION DIRECTOR MARTIN GREEN SAID THE ADS DO NOT VIOLATE THE RULES OF THE CONTEST...SVT SWEDEN (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




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