Muslims in Israel

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.

News on Ukraine

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.

More talks about Russia and Ukraine

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’.

Are Palestinians instruments?

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.

The good Samaritan

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.

Has Sergei Skripal settled in New Zealand?

According to a report, the russian foreign minister met the uk foreign minister in Moscow, Thursday afternoon. Reportedly, the first visit of a top uk envoy in four years. According to the report, ties were particularly badly strained by the March 2018 poisoning of Sergei Skripal.

Reportedly, Sergei Skripal was co-opted to the military intelligence and was posted to the russian embassy in Malta in the early nineties, then in 1994 to the military attache’s office in Madrid. Reportedly, Sergei was first spotted for development by Spanish intelligence before being approached by british intelligence officer, Pablo Miller posing as Antonio Alverez de Hidalgo.

According to a report, Sergei was sent back to Moscow in 1996 where he worked at the military intelligence headquarters. Reportedly, according to Russia, in 1995 he began to work for mi6 and passed on state secrets such as the identities of russian intelligence agents. According to the report, he began to work for the Russian foreign ministry, and from 2001 he worked in the Ministry of Municipalities of the government of the Moscow region.

Reportedly, in 2004 he was arrested, and in 2006 he was convicted of spying for the uk. According to the report, prosecutors said he was paid $100,000 by mi6 for information. Reportedly, he was convicted by the Moscow regional military court in a trial conducted behind closed doors.

According to the report, he was sentenced to thirteen years, but in 2010 was pardoned and became part of a spy swap. Reportedly, four men were exchanged for ten russian agents arrested in the united states. According to the report, the uk insisted Sergei becoming part of the swap.

Reportedly, Sergei bought a house in England, and according to british security officials continued to provide information until after 2010. According to the report, Sergei’s wife died in 2012, his daughter moved back to Moscow in 2014, and in March 2017 his son, aged 43 died in unknown circumstances while visiting St. Petersburg.

According to the report, in 2018 the New York times detailed Sergei was still in the game. Reportedly, it was initially broadcast that Sergei was connected to the british spy who compiled the Donald Trump/Russia dossier. According to reports, the dossier contained allegations of collusion and cooperation between Donald Trump, presidential candidate and the Russian government.

Reportedly, a senior official from nato’s allied command counter intelligence unit in Mons, Belgium stated that in 2017 Sergei worked for four intelligence agencies of nato countries and travelled to Prague and Estonia, organised and escorted by mi6.

According to the report, Sergei and his daughter, who was visiting from Moscow were found slipping in and out of consciousness while sitting on a public bench, they had been poisoned by the nerve agent, novichok. Reportedly, in 2018 Theresa May identified the nerve agent, said Russia was responsible and announced the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats. According to the report, Sergei was discharged from hospital in May 2018.

Reportedly, in May 2020 the sunday times announced that Sergei and his daughter had been settled in New Zealand.

Hegemony

According to a report, u.s. political, economic and military hegemony is being challenged by China. United states sanctions are wide spread, including the freezing of assets, both national and personal, for seemingly interminable periods.

Is it the u.s. role in nato that offers them the right to freeze assets?

According to the report, in view of their nefarious intervention in latin America and the middle east, and their part financing and political cover for the Saudi bombardment in Yemen, who sanctions the united states?

The Syrian civil war

According to a report, the Syrian civil war is an ongoing multi faceted civil war fought against the Syrian Arab Republic, lead by Bashar al Assad and various factions who are also fighting each other.

Reportedly, some factions are the shi-ite interim government, an alternative government, the Kurdish autonomous region of north eastern Syria and islamic state, though Saudi Arabia reportedly supports the interim government along with Turkey, the u.s., France, Qatar and Libya.

According to the report, supporters of the arab republic are Hezbolla, Russia, Iran and Iraq; and the autonomous region is supported by the u.s., Russia, France, the Kurdistan workers party, the patriotic union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan democratic party.

According to reports, unrest began in 2011 with the pro western Arab spring movement, leading to the persecution and killing of Christians, and the migration of a reported 2.1 million Christians. Those left would have converted to Islam.

Israel, Syria and the Golan heights

According to a report, the Israeli defence force confirmed that it hit Syrian air defence sites in response to an anti aircraft missile which flew into Israeli air space and exploded, the targets included a Syrian radar and air defence batteries. Reportedly, the typical air defence unit is a battery with two to twelve guns or missiles.

According to the report, a military source told the Syrian news agency, Sana that airstrikes were launched from over Lebanon Tuesday night, followed by an attack from the Golan heights, a bone of contention between Syria and Israel. Reportedly, authorities are examining the results of the attack.

According to the report, one of the locations hit was Jamraya, home to a number of Syria’s military sites. Reportedly, a number of weapons, including chemical weapons are developed and stored at the site. According to the report, the airstrike comes a little over a week after an alleged Israeli airstrike targeted thought to be military sites near Damascus.

Reportedly, in April a Syrian air defence missile fell near the Israeli city of Dimona after it was fired towards Israeli air force jets during an alleged Israeli airstrike targeting Syria, and in September a Syrian airforce missile exploded off the coast of Tel Aviv, shrapnel was found within the city.

Reportedly, according to independent flight trackers a series of cargo flights on airlines used to transport iranian weapons have travelled between Iran and Syria in recent weeks. Reportedly, according to the open-source intelligence social media account, Intelli Times an Iranian cargo vessel docked at the Latakia port, north west Syria, the port was targeted by two Israeli strikes in December.

£100 million in eu funding may be reviewed

According to a report, at the opening of business on Monday, the speaker of the northern Ireland assembly said that he had no contact with the northern Ireland office about ending the assembly’s mandate at an early stage which would see an earlier election than planned. Reportedly, sinn fein’s deputy first minister replied that there was a wide range of legislation to get through, mentioning bills on climate change, organ donation, integrated education and more. According to the report, she did not mention northern Ireland protocol or call for an early election.

According to a report, northern Ireland protocol is still a selling point to investors looking at the region. Reportedly, a spokesman for OCO Global investment advisors said it was his belief that the business community did not take the dup’s view. According to the report, business groups have said that the dual market access to the uk and eu single market afforded by the protocol is a big economic opportunity. Reportedly, OCO global said, the loss of £100 million in eu funding and a decision to hold a review concerning its future represented bigger risks to investment in northern Ireland.