30 Nov 2024

Hezbollah Believes It Lost Up To 4000 Fighters Killed, Far Surpassing 2006 War
Reuters has cited Hezbollah and Lebanese sources to say that Hezbollah believes the number of its fighters killed by Israel over the last year of fighting could be as high as 4,000. A fragile ceasefire has held for the last three days, and the Shia group backed by Iran has been burying its dead this week. Ground fighting has been most intense in the last two months before the ceasefire was agreed to.

Arctic cold blast sweeping across the northern Plains and Midwest, U.S. 
An Arctic cold front is descending from the northern Plains into the Midwest on Friday, November 29, 2024, bringing the coldest temperatures since mid-February and significant snowfall across the Great Lakes region.

Members quit journalist union after asked to support ceasefire – The Jerusalem Post
Several BBC staff members quit the journalists’ union after being told to wear the colors of the Palestinian flag, Jewish News reported on Wednesday.

Former Human Rights Watch Exec Dismisses Hostages Of Hamas As ‘Utter Irrelevancies’
A former head of Human Rights Watch (HRW) described dozens of hostages held by Hamas as “utter irrelevancies” on Wednesday.

The next bankers’ heist: Swap US government-owned land and minerals for Bitcoin
The US government may be planning to use taxpayers’ money to buy Bitcoin and hold it on government balance sheets. Why? To benefit Bitcoin billionaires. This move would allow the billionaires to exit their Bitcoin holdings at a high price and use the funds to acquire real assets such as land and minerals.  It should be taken in the context of discussions about land and minerals owned by the US government.

Apple’s patent to use body parts to identify people when their face is not visible to a camera is granted 
Apple has been granted a patent for “identity recognition utilising face-associated body characteristics,” which combines facial recognition technology with other body characteristics to identify people even when their faces are not visible to the camera.

Victim of Islamic Terror Convicted on Speech Charge: Germany’s War on Michael Stürzenberger
Despite surviving a brutal knife attack by an Afghan jihadist, Islam critic Michael Stürzenberger has been convicted of ‘incitement to hatred,’ exposing a German justice system that shields Islam and failed immigration policies over its own citizens’ safety.

Foreign Intel: NATO To Deploy 100,000 “Peacekeeper” Troops into Ukraine??
Foreign Intelligence: in the absence of prospects for inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield , NATO is increasingly leaning towards the need to freeze the Ukrainian conflict in order to restore the combat capability of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for an attempt at revenge.

To mark Islamaphobia Awareness Month, MP calls for Blasphemy laws to be reinstated to protect Islam 
At Prime Minister’s Questions (“PMQs”) Keir Starmer refused to rule out introducing blasphemy laws after a Labour MP demanded the Prime Minister prohibits the “desecration of religious texts”, including the Koran, GB News reported.

Putin Says Trump ‘Not Safe’ After Assassination Attempts, Slams Mudslinging Against His Family
Russian President Vladimir Putin while at the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) summit in Astana, Kazakhstan spoke to reporters and made mention of US President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday. He said that he doesn’t believe Trump is safe after no less than two attempts on his life. Putin described “the absolutely uncivilized methods used to battle against Trump, up to and including an assassination attempt – and more than once.”