National and international media news & headlines compiled by CLG

Israeli intelligence was warned about Hamas attack – Financial Times –A detailed report about a possible imminent attack ended up being dismissed as an “imaginary scenario” | 24 Nov 2023 | Israeli intelligence received a detailed report on an impending assault by Hamas shortly before the Palestinian militant group’s actual attack on October 7, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing persons familiar with the matter. The warning, compiled by border sentries – “many of them female soldiers,” the FT was told – arrived through secure communication lines to the highest-ranking intelligence officer in the southern command a few weeks before the attack, sources said, without identifying the senior security official. The report contained “specific warnings” on the looming assault, namely Hamas’ plans to breach the border at multiple points, enter Israeli territory and seize local settlements, a person with direct knowledge of its contents told FT. The assessment was based on intelligence that included videos of Hamas militants in training. The high-ranking intelligence officer who received the report, however, dismissed the assessment as an “imaginary scenario” and no action was taken.

U.S. Approves Another $100 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine Despite Congress Impasse –U.S. taxpayers have wasted 40 billion in Ukraine – where dictator Zelensky has cancelled elections and banned all opposition – since February 2022, and Russia has already won. | 20 Nov 2023 | The United States on Monday approved another 100 million in military aid to [the Nazi dictatorship in] Ukraine as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited, despite an impasse in Congress in approving wider funding. “I announced today another 100 million drawdown using presidential drawdown authority to provide additional artillery munitions, additional interceptors for air defense and a number of anti-tank weapons as well,” Austin told reporters in Kyiv. In Washington, the State Department said the assistance includes three million rounds of small-arms ammunition and equipment for HIMARS precision rocket launchers.

Israel receives list of hostages to be released Saturday by Hamas | 25 Nov 2023 | Israel has received a list of hostages set to be freed from Gaza on Saturday by Palestinian militant group Hamas, officials said, following the release of 24 hostages during the first day of a planned four-day truce on Friday. Israeli security officials were reviewing the list, said a statement from the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whose government promised to work toward the release of all hostages taken by Hamas in an attack on Israel on Oct. 7. The released hostages, including Israeli women and children and Thai farm workers, were transferred out of Gaza and handed over to Egyptian authorities at the Rafah border crossing, accompanied by eight staff members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in a four-car convoy, the ICRC said. They were then taken to Israel for medical checks and reunions with relatives.

Israeli police smash journalist’s camera –Ankara has condemned the “ugly attack” on a Turkish camera crew working in East Jerusalem | 18 Nov 2023 | Reporters with a Turkish broadcaster have accused Israeli police of assaulting a member of their team, with footage of the incident appearing to show an officer smashing a journalist’s camera with the barrel of his rifle. Working for Türkiye’s TRT news outlet, the camera crew was reporting from East Jerusalem’s Old City, where Israeli security forces clashed with Palestinians near Al Aqsa Mosque on Friday. “The Israeli police physically interfered with the TRT news team, breaking their camera with the barrel of a gun as they were working to cover events in the volatile region,” TRT reported, adding that the team was “reporting on Israeli forces blocking and using force against Palestinians heading to Al Aqsa Mosque” at the time.

A List of Some People in Canada Fired for Pro-Palestine Views –In recent weeks, many people in Canada have been investigated, suspended and/or fired by their employer for posting about Palestine. | 10 Nov 2023 | In recent weeks, many people within Canada have been investigated, suspended and/or fired by their employer for expressing pro-Palestine views on social media and elsewhere. The Maple intends to document and share as many examples of such cases — where the person was disciplined for posts or comments made on or after October 7 — as possible. To start, I’ve compiled particularly well known incidents that have already been made public. Based on preliminary tips we’ve received from human rights organizations and lawyers, we know the cases below are just a fraction of the overall incidents. For example, here’s how an open letter from legal organizations described the state of retaliation in that industry: “Lawyers are openly advocating on social media to blacklist law students and lawyers who have voiced support for Palestine; Lawyers are contacting the employers of lawyers and encouraging they be fired for their pro-Palestinian advocacy. Law firms (many of which issued unprecedented, political statements in support of Israel) are rescinding interview offers to students who sign open letters condemning Israel. Law schools are threatening those students with expulsion.”

Prof. Michael Rectenwald: What Ever Happened to the Freedom of Speech? With Judge Napolitano. Judging Freedom. 16 November 2023. (Interview.)

Argentina elects its first libertarian president | 19 Nov 2023 | Libertarian economist Javier Milei was elected to become Argentina’s next president on Sunday. With 86.59% of the votes counted, Milei won with nearly 56%, while his rival in the runoff, Economy Minister Sergio Massa, received 44%. Before the official results were announced, Massa conceded defeat in a speech. “The results are not what we expected, and I have contacted Javier Milei to congratulate him and wish him luck,” he said, thanking his supporters.

Disabled people were secretly given Do Not Resuscitate orders, Scottish Covid-19 inquiry hears –Inquiry told GP receptionists even called those with disabilities to try and get them to sign up to the orders | 23 Nov 2023 | Disabled Scots felt like their lives were “not worth saving” during the pandemic after Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) orders were secretly imposed on many of them, an inquiry has heard. As Covid began to spread, GP receptionists even called up those with disabilities to try to persuade them to sign up to the orders, which inform doctors that they do not want their lives saved in an emergency. Glasgow Disability Alliance chief executive Tressa Burke also told the Scottish Covid-19 Inquiry how some of her members were left so isolated during lockdowns they feared their bodies would not be discovered if they died at home. Lord Brailsford’s inquiry in Edinburgh is specifically probing the use of DNRs as part of its terms of reference.

Doctor’s suspension after questioning the severity of Covid 19 did not breach his Article 10 rights | 20 Nov 2023 | This was an appeal by a doctor against a decision of the medical practitioners’ tribunal that he was guilty of misconduct. He also appealed against the tribunal’s decision to suspend his registration for six months… The GMC considered that A was guilty of misconduct and demonstrated impairment of his fitness to practise. It referred to the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice” and its guidance on “Doctors’ use of social media” and concluded that immediate suspension of D’s registration was appropriate. Before the Tribunal, the GMC argued that A had used his position as a doctor in the UK to promote his opinions… The medical practitioners’ tribunal had not erred in finding that a doctor’s use of his position to promote his negative opinions on the existence and credibility of the COVID-19 disease constituted misconduct and demonstrated impairment of his fitness to practise.

WHO Requests Information From China About ‘New Virus’ in Circulation | 24 Nov 2023 | On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that it has requested information from China regarding the increase in cases of respiratory diseases and clusters of pneumonia among children. [Reports emerged] that an unexplained pneumonia-like sickness is reportedly swiftly spreading through schools in China, leading to a surge of hospitalizations of children. According to the WHO, the authorities of China’s National Health Commission reported an increase in the incidence of respiratory diseases in the country on November 13. On Tuesday, media outlets and the Emerging Diseases Monitoring Program of the International Society for Infectious Diseases “reported clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia in children in northern China.”

Mysterious pneumonia tears through schools in China with ‘many, many hospitalized’ – in eerie echo of early days of Covid | 22 Nov 2023 | Scientists today called for vigilance and transparency from China amid reports of a mystery cluster of pneumonia which has eerie similarities to the early Covid outbreak. Hospitals in Beijing and 500 miles northeast in Liaoning are “overwhelmed with sick children” with unusual symptoms that include inflammation in the lungs and a high fever but no cough, according to local news reports. Dr Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist and director of the Pandemic Center at Brown University School of Public Health, told DailyMail dot com the news was “alarming.” The alert around China was issued late on Tuesday via ProMed – a large, publicly available global surveillance system that monitors infectious diseases. It was a ProMed notification back in December 2019 that brought Covid to the attention of the world.

Sen. Mike Lee calls for an investigation of Jan. 6 panel following release of the footage –Lee alleged on the social media platform X that the committee selectively ignored evidence. | Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, says that the House Jan. 6 Committee should be investigated, following the release of the Jan. 6 videos. On Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that he would be releasing all of the Capitol Hill security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot online for the public to view. Sen. Lee alleged on the social media platform X that the committee selectively ignored evidence.

Video Shows 386,151 Votes REMOVED From GOP Supreme Court Candidate’s Totals in PA Where She Ended Up Losing by 207,237 | 16 Nov 2023 | Audit the Vote PA released an explosive video following the November 7, 2023, Pennsylvania Supreme Court election that has so far been largely ignored. Thanks to Behizy for posting this on his X account. Audit the Vote PA posted video recently that shows 386,151 in-person votes were removed from Pennsylvania Republican Supreme Court candidate Carolyn Carluccio on election night. Republican Carluccio ended up losing the race by 207,237 votes but no one has given any explanation as to how votes just go down in a crucial election like this. How do you explain this?

Biden invokes wartime powers to fund electric heaters as he cracks down on gas appliances –Under the actions announced Friday, the DOE will send millions of dollars to companies like Copeland, Honeywell International, Mitsubishi Electric and York International Corporation, all of which are billion-dollar multinational corporations. | 17 Nov 2023 | Joe Biden invoked a Cold War-era law in a surprising move Friday to pour taxpayer funds into domestic manufacturing of electric heat pumps, an alternative to gas-powered residential furnaces. In a joint announcement with the White House, the Department of Energy (DOE) said the federal government would award a “historic” $169 million for nine projects across 15 sites nationwide in an effort to accelerate electric heat pump manufacturing. The significant level of funding was made possible after Biden utilized the 1950 Defense Production Act (DPA) to increase domestic production of green energy technologies. “This is absolutely shameful corporate welfare. But we’re to believe that, because it’s for the sake of climate change, all is well. I think that’s ridiculous,” Ben Lieberman, a senior fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, told Fox News Digital in an interview. “Of all the Biden administration’s claimed climate emergency declarations, this may be the craziest of them all,” Lieberman continued.