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07 June 2025 23:06

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The IDF has announced the deaths of Sergeant First Class Tom Rotstein, 23, and Sergeant Uri Yhonatan Cohen, 20, both from the 'Yahalom' Special Operations Unit, who were killed in southern Gaza

In a separate incident, a soldier from the 646th Paratroopers Brigade was injured in Shuja'iyya, eastern Gaza.

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05 June 2025 04:51

— 🇺🇸 NEW: President Trump signs a ban on travel to the U.S. by nationals from 12 countries: Iran, Yemen, Libya, Sudan, Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, and Somalia

Additionally, there is a 'partial' ban for Venezuela, Cuba, Burundi, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Turkmenistan.

According to the White House, these countries lack proper screening and vetting capabilities.

The ban exempts existing visa holders, lawful permanent residents, specific visa categories, and individuals deemed to serve U.S. national interests.

Trump stated that the list could be revised if countries improve conditions and meet U.S. vetting standards, and that additional countries could be added if they pose a risk.

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04 June 2025 06:18

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: The American-Israeli backed 'Gaza Humanitarian Foundation' has announced that its aid distribution sites will not operate today for logistical reasons

Since the GHF began operating, Israeli soldiers have fired at civilians trying to receive aid daily, resulting in several deaths. In one instance, the IDF explicitly admitted to shooting civilians, claiming they 'posed a threat' by moving toward the soldiers.

Yesterday, The Boston Consulting Group, a U.S. management consulting firm that had helped establish GHF, withdrew from the project.

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02 June 2025 01:00

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: A man threw Molotov cocktails at pro-Israel protesters in Pearl Street Mall, Boulder, Colorado, injuring some people with burn scars approximately one hour ago

Kash Patel, the Indian-American FBI chief, has called the incident a 'targeted terror attack,' and the suspect is in custody.

Police have responded that they will support the Jewish community with additional security if needed.

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31 May 2025 16:09

🇸🇾📞🇮🇱 — Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa in an interview with The Jewish Journal, when asked about future relationship with Israel said:

The era of endless tit-for-tat bombings must end. No nation prospers when its skies are filled with fear. The reality is, we have common enemies, and we can play a major role in regional security.

Peace must be earned through mutual respect, not fear. We will engage where there is honesty and a clear path to coexistence — and walk away from anything less..

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30 May 2025 16:17

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Al-Qassam Brigades have published footage of eliminating several undercover Israeli agents and collaborators east of Rafah, southern Gaza.

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27 May 2025 04:27

— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: Footage of the Yemeni ballistic missile being intercepted, likely an exo-atmospheric interception, therefore intercepted by Arrow-3 or THAAD

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23 May 2025 18:14

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Two separate rocket attacks from Gaza have been reported in the past two hours, targeting surrounding settlements.

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22 May 2025 17:00

🔥🇺🇸🇸🇾WHO REALLY LOBBIED TO LIFT SYRIA SANCTIONS? (Hint: it’s all about $$$)

A bombshell report by Intelligence Online (linked to French intel) exposes the shadowy group behind the U.S. decision to drop sanctions on Syria.

KEY PLAYERS

🔴 Syrian-American Alliance for Peace & Prosperity (SAAPP) – A low-profile but powerful org led by businesswoman Alia Natafgi.

🔴Trump-linked developers & Saudi cash – Key figure Tarek Nayemo (close to Trump & Riyadh’s investment fund) pushed for Syria’s reconstruction—even pitching a "Trump Tower Damascus"

HOW THEY DID IT:

🔴Backchannel GOP ties – SAAPP arranged the first U.S. delegation to Damascus in years (with Reps. Mills & Stutzman).

🔴Profit over politics – Trump’s call to lift sanctions came after Saudi talks, with zero demands on Syria’s regime. As IO notes: "For Trump, business trumped geopolitics.".

⚡️The Irony:

France is shook – their intel circles call this a "revelation" on U.S. lobbying power.

Chaos in D.C. – while some officials cozy up to Damascus, Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns of the regime’s "imminent collapse".

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21 May 2025 02:57

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Wendy Sherman, former U.S. chief negotiator during the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran:

'I was the head of delegation during the negotiations with Iran in 2015, and I have personal experience with Araqchi. Convincing Iran to stop uranium enrichment is impossible. It's desirable, but simply impossible.

If Iran wouldn't agree to zero enrichment in 2015, they certainly won't agree to it now — with industrial enrichment capacity and existing stockpiles that are dozens of times larger than 10 years ago.'

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18 May 2025 22:19

— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 Israeli Minister of Defense:

'We will only allow the bare minimum amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza. We will not let Hamas use this aid.

We will make sure that this humanitarian aid is no more than the food required to survive. Our objectives in Gideon's Chariots will be achieved, Hamas will be destroyed.'

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15 May 2025 16:18

There's one right answer.

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13 May 2025 20:07

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 BREAKING: Trump has decided not to rename the Persian Gulf to the 'Arabian Gulf', after Iran reportedly threatened to pull out of the negotiations – CNN

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13 May 2025 19:36

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇸🇦 NEW: President Trump has walked back his previous rhetoric of attacking Iran during a visit to Saudi Arabia, stating: 'If they don't reach an agreement, we won't let them sell any oil'

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13 May 2025 15:36

Russian forces have completed the capture of Bahatyr and have advanced along this entire section of front.

14.8 sq km

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07 June 2025 15:13

— ❗️🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: Abu Obeidah, spokesman for the Al-Qassam Brigades, announces that the IDF is besieging the area where Israeli prisoner 'Matan Zangauker' is being held, stating that they will not allow him to be recovered alive and that the IDF will be responsible for his death (by execution).

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04 June 2025 15:11

—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸 Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, in a statement on X:

'There is a reason why only a few nations master the ability to fuel nuclear reactors.

Apart from significant financial resources and political vision, it requires a solid industrial base and a technological-academic complex that can produce necessary human resources and know-how.

Iran has paid dearly for these capabilities, and there is no scenario in which we will give up on the patriots who made our dream come true. To reiterate: No enrichment, no deal.
No nuclear wrapons, we have a deal.'

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03 June 2025 23:19

— 🇮🇷/🇺🇸 On the recent New York Times report on the latest U.S. nuclear proposal

There seems to be a lot of optimism on social media and in U.S. reporting about this latest proposal made by America towards Iran.

I can assure you, based on Iranian diplomatic sources, this proposal (which is mentioned by the NYT) does not sufficiently addresses Iran's demands.

Contrary to what is being reported in the media, this is not a 'revised' proposal — it is the same proposal that was presented by Oman's FM Al-Busaidi in Tehran last week, and Iran already called it 'delusional and one-sides' and has practically rejected it.

The proposal states that Iran will be allowed to temporarily enrich uranium on its soil, up to 3.67% purity necessary for civilian use, but that gradually Iran would fully dismantle its existing nuclear infrastructure and the enrichment for Iran's fuel for its nuclear powerplants would be supplied by a regional 'enrichment consortium' in the Gulf.

Iran is not against the creation of a regional uranium enrichment consortium, but will never agree to dismantle its existing nuclear infrastructure or accept temporary 'ceremonial' 3% enrichment — because that's all this U.S. proposal is.

According to the proposal, once Iran starts receiving 'benefits' from the deal (i.e. sanctions relief), it would have to fully give up its domestic enrichment, and receive fuel for its nuclear reactors only from the regional consortium, which will likely be US-supervised (even if located on Iran's Persian Gulf islands).

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31 May 2025 17:10

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Saraya Al-Quds have released footage of blowing up a 'D9' military bulldozer in Khan Younis and detonating explosives against an Israeli infantry force in Shuja'iyya, northern Gaza.

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30 May 2025 20:32

— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 WATCH: Al-Qassam Brigades have released footage of sniping an IDF soldier and detonating an explosive against three others in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of northern Gaza.

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29 May 2025 20:27

— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: The IDF announces that the missile has been intercepted

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25 May 2025 15:16

— 🇸🇦 NEW: Saudi Arabia will officially allow the sale and production of alcoholic beverages in 600 locations across the kingdom by 2026, in line with 'Vision 2030'

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23 May 2025 03:20

— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: A Yemeni ballistic missile was intercepted above Tel Aviv

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22 May 2025 07:05

— 🇦🇹/🇮🇱 NEW: The winner of the Eurovision 2025 contest, Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch, says he hopes next year's contest will be 'without Israel.'

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21 May 2025 00:50

— 🇮🇱 WATCH: Moshe Feiglin, Israeli politician and leader of the 'Zehut' party, says, 'Every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy. The enemy is not Hamas.'

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18 May 2025 01:15

— 🇮🇱/🇾🇪 NEW: The IDF has announced that the missile has been intercepted.

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15 May 2025 15:01

— Signing arms deals and betraying Palestine is one thing, but making your own women shake their hair and dance for Trump?

Where is the Arab and Islamic dignity? Absolutely pathetic. A nation of bootlickers.

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13 May 2025 19:43

The only official Trump policy: Go with the flow.

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13 May 2025 15:36

Russia is advancing at a very fast pace the past few days.

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13 May 2025 01:38

— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Earlier today, Iranian drones carried out reconnaissance flights in the Persian Gulf, monitoring U.S. military movements

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