Thursday, July 16, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 7/16/2025*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*NETANYAHU PARTY MP QUITS, SAYS PARTY 'HIJACKED'*IRAN WAR CONTINUES*RISING ELECTRIC COSTS AND DATA CENTERS*US LOW OPINION RATING ALLIED NATIONS*

 

                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)





ISRAELI POLITICS A PARLIAMENT MEMBER OF PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S LIKUD PARTY, FOUNDED DECADES AGO BY FORMER PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN, DECIDING TO RESIGN.


DAN ILLOUZ SAYS THE PARTY HAD 'BEEN HIJACKED'.


HE SAID LIKUD IS NO LONGER A PARTY HE CAN VOTE FOR.


ILLOUZ SAYING THAT MR. NETANYAHU SHOULD HAVE RESIGNED HIMSELF AND ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS FOLLOWING THE HAMAS ATTACK FROM GAZA ON OCTOBER 7TH.


MR. ILLOUZ ALSO SAYING ABOUT A THIRD OF LIKUD PARLIAMENT MEMBERS DESIRED TO REMOVE MR. NETANYAHU FOLLOWING OCTOBER 7TH...TIMES OF ISRAEL


In Russia one killed, several wounded with 375 Ukrainian drones shot down by Russian air defenses in a 24-hour period...Tass Russia...


Fatalities in Kiev last night following a Russian attack...(News Agencies)



11 killed in a fire at an orphanage in Algeria.   19 others injured. The cause of the blaze not known...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


THE IRAN WAR CONTINUES IRAN HITTING US BASES NEAR IRAN WHILE US ATTACKS ARE OCCURRING BEYOND SOUTHERN IRAN TO INCLUDE THE TEHRAN AREA.


THE US HITTING THE ENGINE ROOM OF A TANKER VIOLATING ITS BLOCKADE OF IRAN...



                           AL JAZEERA QATAR BLOG


                                      PRESS TV IRAN


In Washington an Epstein Files Transparency Act II bill introduced.  

The new legislation aimed at giving state investigators full access to Department of Justice files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

This week the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York rebuffed a request from the New Mexico Department of Justice for unredacted documents related to Epstein...Rep. Thomas Massie "X"



The markets today...Marketwatch



THE SHAKEUP IN UKRAINE'S GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK INCLUDES THE RESIGNATION OF UKRAINIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MYKHAILO FEDOROV.


FEDOROV PUSHED OUT BY PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY WITH SOME SAYING HE LOST HIS JOB FOR FAILING TO AWARD CONTRACTS TO THOSE LINKED TO CORRUPTION...OSINTdefender "X"



INCREASED POWER COSTS FOR THE "PJM INTERCONNECTION" HERE IN THE EASTERN US AND NEARBY STATES WILL BE DRIVEN IN PART BY DATA CENTERS.


THE RECENT POWER AUCTION FOR THE GRID WILL ADD 16.4 BILLION DOLLARS IN COSTS FROM JUNE 2028 TILL MAY 2029.


6.3 BILLION DOLLARS OF THOSE COSTS DRIVEN BY DEMAND FOR DATA CENTERS.  THAT'S 38.4 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL...THE HILL USA...PJM INTERCONNECTION WIKIPEDIA



Favorable opinion of the United States is lacking in many key nations aligned with the US militarily.


In some of those nations, public opinion of China is more favorable.   


This as the military buildup in those nations demanded by US President Donald Trump would place those nations in a more favorable position to support a potential US-China conflict.


In Canada 33 percent have a favorable opinion of the US and 44 percent have a favorable opinion of China.


Favorable opinions of China and the US in the UK are about even.


Research in 36 countries and territories carried out by Pew Global Attitudes Research...Associated Press-National Public Radio USA



In New Zealand the leader of the ACT Party David Seymour pushing for a permanent scheme to allow testing of new technology.


Seymour seeking for relaxation of rules on a more regular basis so new products like driverless cars, heavy agricultural drones, cell-cultivated food and drugs could be tested more easily in New Zealand.


Mr. Seymour's party one of the partners in New Zealand's current government ahead of the country's next election on November 7th...ONE NEWS NEW ZEALAND



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