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According to a report, Ukraine is under growing pressure after Russia and Belarus began major war games near its northern border. Reportedly, the drills are scheduled to run until February 20. According to the report, the Ukraine defence minister said the manouvers were part of a creeping occupancy of the Black sea.

Reportedly, the minister praised the way several of Ukraine’s allies have sharply increased weapons delivery to Kyiv during the current security crisis. According to the report, the Kremlin insists it is not planning a new attack on Ukraine but has threatened to take military technical steps unless the west addresses its security concerns, such as Ukraine joining nato.

According to a report, though nato say they monitor nuclear activity, for instance in Iran, there have been instances of the hijacking of oil tankers, preventing countries and companies purchasing their oil, pressure to provide uranium for nuclear electricity and the freezing of assets. All of which accentuate global inequality.

Reports of nato sanctioning poor countries, freezing billions of dollars worth of assets and prohibiting countries from

According to a report, president Frank-Walter Steinmeier was re-elected on Sunday for a five year term in a post that cuts across party lines. Reportedly, the chancellor is flying to Ukraine and Russia this week in an effort to reduce tensions.

According to the report, the German government have refused to supply lethal weapons to Ukraine. Reportedly, Germany’s reluctant position is partly rooted in its history during the 20th Century when the country’s militarization in Europe during two wars led many post war German leaders to view any military response as a last resort.

According to the report, the chancellor has not explicitly said what consequences or sanctions Russia would face if it invades Ukraine. Reportedly, the future of the Nord stream 2 pipeline that seeks to bring gas to Germany, bypassing Ukraine is at stake, and could cause supply problems to Germany. According to the report, the u.s. president threatened that the pipeline would be blocked in the case of an invasion.

According to a report, pubs will be exempt from planning permission to be converted into residential houses, once new regulations come in next week. But though, according to latest figures, 8,475 people were homeless in Ireland in September, the regulations are restricted to nine units and pubs that have been closed for atleast two years.

According to a report, a plan to move the national maternity hospital to the campus of St Vincent’s university hospital, Dublin has been controversial since its inception in 2013. Reportedly, the sisters of charity are due to transfer the ownership of lands at St Vincents to an independant entity. According to the report, the former National Maternity Hospital master has called on the government to compulsory purchase the site.

According to the report, the proposed health service executive license would include legal measures requiring it to provide all medical procedures required under Irish law. Reportedly, the government have been urged to make a decision soon.

According to a report, Germany and Lithuania have advised their citizens to leave Ukraine, though during a telephone call between the presidents of France and Russia, the two agreed to seek a diplomatic means to end the crisis. Reportedly, the two met in Moscow in a meeting that showed progress in attempts to lower the tension.

According to the report, the french president has said, ‘sincere dialogue is not compatible with military expansion on the Ukraine border’. Reportedly, the french and Russian presidents expressed a desire to continue the dialogue on ways to move forward and implement the Minsk agreements.

According to a report, the Minsk agreements sought to end the war in the Donbas region and reintegrate into Ukraine, but it remained unrecognised by the Donetsk people’s republic and the Luhansk people’s republic (the Donetsk and the Luhansk regions make up the Donblas area. Reportedly, the dpr and lpr received assistance from Russia.

According to a report, from April to July 2014 the Donetsk’s people’s republic controlled most of the Donetsk region of 26,517 square kilometres, it currently controls 7,853 square kilometres.

Reportedly, pro Russians declared the Donetsk people’s republic on April 7 2014. According to the report, on April 8 russians entered Crimea. According to the report, the dpr held a disputed referendum on separating from Ukraine, held in other Russian controlled areas. Reportedly, the referendum was disputed, leading to the Ukraine war.

According to a report, wide spread riots in Jerusalem in May were thought to be in support of Samarians. Reportedly, two new studies warn of the radicalisation of Israeli muslims, though recent polls reveal seventy one percent of Israeli say they feel Israel is a good place to live, and sixty percent say they feel Israel to be home.

Reportedly, ninety- three percent of Muslims living in east Jerusalem say they are happy living under Isreali governance. According to the report, of the 120,000 muslims living in the Jerusalem municipality there is a steady upward trend for applications for Israeli citizenship, especially among young females.

According to a report, the uk and Norway have urged their citizens to leave Ukraine. Reportedly, their decision follows a statement by the u.s. security advisor that new forces are building up at the border, and a russian invasion could come within the week, though he admitted the u.s. do not have definitive information that the russian president has ordered an invasion.

According to the report, the uk foreign office advised against all travel to Ukraine, and to anyone choosing to remain in the country, be vigilante and ensure their travel documents are up to date.

Reportedly, the Norwegia ministry of foreign affairs advised against all travel within 250 km of the Ukraine border and not to travel to Belarus, except to Minsk.

According to the report, the european external affairs service said, we continue to assess the situation as it develops, in line with the duty of care we have to our staff and in close consultation with eu member nations. We are not evacuating. For the time being, the non essential staff were given the opportunity to telework from outside the country.

According to reports, the Normandy format met on Thursday February 10 but reported no progress on the 2015 Russia Ukraine peace agreement. Reportedly, the uk’s defence minister met his russian counterpart on Friday 11 in an attempt to make more diplomatic progress than the minister of defence the day before.

According to the report, the uk prime minister paid a visit to Warsaw to meet the prime minister of Poland. Reportedly, the two went to meet uk soldiers stationed neaby as part of the nato mission to increase the alliance’s eastern flank. ‘Putin’s political goal is to break up nato, that’s why we need to stay together’, said the polish prime minister.

Reportedly, the united states president warned u.s. citizens to leave Ukraine now, ‘as things could go crazy’. According to the report, he said there was no scenario that would prompt him to send troops to the Ukraine to rescue u.s. citizens. ‘That’s a world war’.

According a report, Israel has announced to build a yehiva on the samarian Evyater hilltop. Reportedly, yeshiva is an Israeli institution that focuses on the study of traditional Jewish texts. Studying the Tanakh is considered worship in the jewish tradition.

Reportedly, there are Jewish Palestinians living in Samaria. The tradition probably dates back to the 8th Century bc when Assyria recognised Samaria with Babylonians and other races, and pronounced a policy of intermarriage between Palestinians and the remaining Israeli samaritans.

According to biblical text, following the conquest of Samaria, it was reported to the king of Assyria, ‘The people you deported and settled in the towns of Samaria do not know what the god of that country requires. He has sent lions among them that are killing them off, because the people do not know what he requires.’ So the king of Assyria sent Jewish priests to Samaria to minister o the people.

Though according to biblical text, other races colonised Samaria, a theory is they mainly returned to their homeland. According to reports, ancient Babylonians of modern day Iraq did not. To this day, Palestinian refugees rarely leave refugee camps in Iraq and elsewhere. This is believed to be political.

According to a report, the foreign affairs minister of Israel said Israel won’t build settlements in Samaria, but homes will be built in existing settlements. Palestinians feel they have a historic right to the area, but should it be exclusive?

Samaria is a historical place for both Israelis and Palestinians. The tomb of the patriarchs is located in Samaria. According to texts, including biblical text around 19th Century bc Abraham bought a cave for a tomb for four hundred silver shekels, where Abraham, Rebecca, Isaac Jacob (Israel), Rachel and Leah are buried.

Reportedly, the modern day city of Nablus was ancient Schechem, one of the holy land’s oldest cities. According to reports, the tomb of Joseph is located there, and mount Gezrin where Abraham was believed to have sacrificed his son, Isaac. According to the biblical narrative, Abraham and Isaac set out, Isaac carrying the wood. ‘Father?’, Isaac said, ‘the fire and the wood are here but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’ Abraham built an alter, arranged wood on it and bound his son and laid him on top of the wood, but the angel of the lord called out to him from heaven, ‘Do not lay a hand on the boy, now I know that you fear God’.

Samaria is home to the story of the good Samaritan. An expert in law asked what he must do to inherit eternal life. Jesus said, ‘What is written in the law?’. ‘Love God with all your heart, soul and strength, and love your neighbour as yourself, but what else must I do?’ Jesus replied with the story of the good Samaritan. Reportedly, it is the story of a man, implicitly understood to be Israeli, travelling through Samaria, who is stripped of clothing, beaten and left half dead at the side of the road. A priest and levite passed by as if they didn’t see him but a Samaritan took pity on him, bandaged his wounds, put him on his own donkey, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. The next day he took out two denar and gave it to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return I will reimburse you for any expense that you have.