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    Protesters are shouting "This is our country!" in #Minsk.

    They stopped a street car. Crowds are gathering in various locations,

    police are extremely violent. Rubber bullets,tear gas and light grenades.

    People flee,but then come back again.

    Cars stopped and are honking


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    Thousands of protesters surround Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu's residence.

    Protests have erupted across the state of Israel against the corruption

    of Netanyahu, who has held power for over two decades.
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    “Your time is up”, read the giant letters projected on to a building at the protest site, as demonstrators waved Israeli flags and called on Netanyahu to resign over what they say is his failure to protect jobs and businesses affected by the pandemic.

    The protest movement has intensified in recent weeks, with critics accusing Netanyahu of being distracted by a corruption case against him. He denies wrongdoing.

    Netanyahu, who was sworn in for a fifth term in May after a closely fought election, has accused the protesters of trampling democracy and the Israeli media of encouraging dissent.

    Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud party on Saturday called the protests “left-wing riots” and accused Israel’s popular Channel 12 news of “doing everything it can to encourage the far-left demonstrations” of the premier’s opponents.




    “Netanyahu is fighting to get Israel’s economy back to normal and to trasnfer funds and grants to Israeli citizens,” Likud said in a statement posted to Netanyahu’s Twitter page.

    Protests have stretched beyond Netanyahu’s official residence in Jerusalem, with many Israelis gathering on bridges and highway junctions across the country.

    On a busy highway overpass north of Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv, demonstrators waved black flags and chanted slogans while cars honked their horns from the road below.

    One protester, Yael, said she had lost her job at a Tel Aviv restaurant and that government aid has been slow to come.

    “You’d think that a once-in-a-lifetime crisis like this would push Netanyahu to act, and it hasn’t. Enough is enough,” she said, declining to give her last name.



    Israel in May lifted a partial lockdown that had flattened an infection curve. But a second surge of COVID-19 cases and ensuing restrictions have seen Netanyahu’s approval ratings plunge to under 30%.

    Many restrictions have since been lifted to revive business activity, but unemployment hovers at 21.5% and the economy is expected to contract 6% in 2020.
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    Obama gives money to Iran which in turn funnels it to Hezbollah to cause terror in the middle east.

    Trump destroys ISIS and helps doctor a historic peace deal between Israel and UAE.

    Its clear why the establishment wants Trump out. Endless war is good for business.

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    Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to establish a formal diplomatic relationship, a dramatic shift brokered by the U.S. that helps cement Israel’s warming ties with Gulf Arab states.

    “The historic diplomatic breakthrough will advance peace in the Middle East region and is a testament to the bold diplomacy and vision of the three leaders and the courage of the United Arab Emirates and Israel to chart a new path that will unlock the great potential in the region,” said a joint statement from Israel, the U.S. and the U.A.E.

    As part of the announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed not to go ahead with a pledge to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, which had drawn fierce criticism from Arab states and Europe. The Arab states and Europe say any move to unilaterally annex areas Palestinians claim for a future state would permanently dash hopes for the creation of a Palestinian state side by side with Israel.

    Israeli and Emirati officials will meet in the coming weeks to sign a range of bilateral agreements.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-...d=hp_lead_pos1

    This is a big deal and great news.

    On a personal note, I was in Abu Dhabi in December. While using a computer in my hotel's conference center, I tried to read an article in the Jerusalem Post. It was blocked! Hopefully, that gets taken care of as diplomatic relations get established.
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    Some of the Twitter takes on this from the blue checks are astounding

    TDS is very real

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    Obama got a nobel prize for doing what exactly?

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    Quote Originally Posted by thethe View Post
    Obama got a nobel prize for doing what exactly?
    it literately took 2 seconds to find their reasoning for this question

    The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama’s vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
    https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/pe...press-release/
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    Quote Originally Posted by goldfly View Post
    it literately took 2 seconds to find their reasoning for this question



    https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/pe...press-release/
    So absolutely nothing tangible.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nsacpi View Post
    Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed Thursday to establish a formal diplomatic relationship, a dramatic shift brokered by the U.S. that helps cement Israel’s warming ties with Gulf Arab states.

    “The historic diplomatic breakthrough will advance peace in the Middle East region and is a testament to the bold diplomacy and vision of the three leaders and the courage of the United Arab Emirates and Israel to chart a new path that will unlock the great potential in the region,” said a joint statement from Israel, the U.S. and the U.A.E.

    As part of the announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed not to go ahead with a pledge to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, which had drawn fierce criticism from Arab states and Europe. The Arab states and Europe say any move to unilaterally annex areas Palestinians claim for a future state would permanently dash hopes for the creation of a Palestinian state side by side with Israel.

    Israeli and Emirati officials will meet in the coming weeks to sign a range of bilateral agreements.

    https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-...d=hp_lead_pos1

    This is a big deal and great news.

    On a personal note, I was in Abu Dhabi in December. While using a computer in my hotel's conference center, I tried to read an article in the Jerusalem Post. It was blocked! Hopefully, that gets taken care of as diplomatic relations get established.
    wow

    good stuff
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    What are the chances this Russian doctor "falls" out a window soon.
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