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Daily Chronicles are snippets of what is most important in our world.

WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!  ENSURE THAT WE DON’T FIGHT WESTERN WARS FOR THEM!


Nov 21

Sometimes one has to display it!


Nov 21

There is a lot of news some of which one can make sense of, others, not so easily. So let’s go!

China
CNR: It is reported that the delegation of Arab-Islamic foreign ministers visited China yesterday. Could you share with us the outcomes of the visit?

Mao Ning: On November 20, the delegation of Arab-Islamic foreign ministers led by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan visited China. The delegation also included Foreign Ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Palestine and Indonesia and Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation.

Vice President Han Zheng and Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met and held talks with the delegation respectively. China highly commends the efforts for peace and the call for justice made by the Joint Arab-Islamic Extraordinary Summit and supports the joint ministerial follow-up committee in playing a greater role. The delegation made China its first stop for international mediation, which reflects their trust in China and the tradition of mutual understanding and support between the two sides.

The Chinese side outlined our proposal on addressing the current crisis in Gaza and resolving the Palestinian question: The pressing task now is to fully implement relevant resolutions of the UN Security Council and General Assembly and reach an immediate ceasefire. It is critical to abide by the international law, especially international humanitarian law. China opposes any forced displacement and relocation of Palestinian civilians. Any arrangement concerning the future and destiny of Palestine must be based on the consent of the Palestinian people and accommodate the legitimate concerns of regional countries. Any potential way to address the current situation must not deviate from the two-state solution and should be conducive to regional peace and stability. The UN Security Council needs to heed the call of Arab and Islamic countries and take responsible actions to deescalate the situation. As this month’s rotating president of the Security Council, China will continue to strengthen coordination with Arab and Islamic countries to build consensus and galvanize more meaningful Security Council action on the situation in Gaza. The Palestinian question is at the heart of the Middle East issue. Without a just settlement of the Palestinian question, durable peace and stability will remain elusive for the Middle East.

The foreign ministers of Arab and Islamic countries spoke highly of China’s long-standing just position on the Palestinian question and commended China’s work as the rotating Security Council president to make possible the first Security Council resolution since the current conflict broke out. They look forward to closer coordination with China to prevent the crisis from spreading and restart the peace talk process.

Top diplomats of some LAS, OIC countries arrive in Moscow to discuss Gaza
The source also confirmed the composition of the participants in the meeting: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha
© Valery Sharifulin/TASS

“They have arrived, the meeting will start soon,” the source said in response to a question.

The source also confirmed the composition of the participants in the meeting: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki and OIC Secretary General Hissein Brahim Taha.

Riyadh plans to work with Moscow to resolve Gaza crisis, top Saudi diplomat says
“We will seek out cooperation with Russia and other partners to strengthen the international community’s response to the current crisis and resolve the situation in order to prevent civilian bloodshed and human rights violations in the Gaza Strip,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud pointed out

Hamas claims getting close to ceasefire with Israel
This was stated by the head of the Hamas Politburo, Ismail Haniyeh

CAIRO, November 21. /TASS/. The radical Palestinian movement Hamas and Israeli authorities are getting close to reaching an agreement on a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Hamas Politburo Head Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement on Telegram.

Hamas and Israel “are getting closer to an agreement amid the war in Gaza,” he wrote. “Hamas provided its response to Qatar and other intermediaries,” Haniyeh added without citing any details.

RT Exclusive: Gaza Ceasefire Likely Conditions

RT’s sources close to Hamas say the upcoming ceasefire between the militant group and Israel will likely be put in place for five days. The Israeli Defense Force is posed to pull back its troops to the Gaza borders and create a corridor between the southern and the northern parts of the Strip.

The Rafah Egypt crossing point would be unblocked, allowing humanitarian aid to enter Gaza.

Another likely condition of the ceasefire would allow for all Gazan women and children to relocate to the West Bank in exchange for Hamas releasing fifty of its Israeli hostages.

This last piece goes completely contrary to the many discussions that refuse that Gaza inhabitants are forcefully taken somewhere else. This is both the view of Russia and of China.


Nov 21


Nov 20

From Andrei Martyanov – “The Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, Sergei Naryshkin, said that the West demands that the Zelensky regime, regardless of losses, demonstrate to the world community the impossibility of Russia’s victory in the Ukrainian conflict,” according to some release. Comprador elites are getting crazier.

Get it on today’s Smoothie: http://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/11/typical.html


Nov 20

A day or two agoI reported about a Arab-Islamic FM Committee visiting China.  The meeting today is in Beijing and they are meeting with Wang Yi. And they are traveling to other capitals afterward. Egypt is closely coordinating with China – after previously coordinating with Iran and Turkey. That explains why the Iranian FM is not part of the delegation. We will see if this places any diplomatic pressure on Israel. 


Nov 20

– “Far-right populist Javier Miley was elected as the new president of Argentina in the second round: “He beat out the country’s current Minister of Economy. Miley is 52 years old, he promises radical changes, intends to introduce the free circulation of the US dollar instead of the peso and abolish the central bank of Argentina. Miley promises large-scale privatization, including in education and healthcare. He intends to abandon cooperation with China, Brazil and Russia in favor of the United States and Israel. Inflation in Argentina exceeded 120%, and the poverty rate exceeded 40%. A significant part of voters became disillusioned with the current government and trusted Miley.”

– “Don’t cry for Argentina. They chose the abyss. Violet wave. El Loco wins almost everywhere. Not in Buenos Aires. His Godfather is Macri. Major victory for ghastly Argentine oligarchy. Major victory for the Divide and Rule Hegemon. Black hole ahead.” (Pepe)

This is exactly what I talked about when, at the South Africa Sandton Brics meeting, Lula would not give way and insisted that Argentina become a member.

What is it now – BRICS 10? and another insane leader who wants to become a jew or zionist by his own admission.  The US has found another puppet in the line of Juan Guidó  and Zelenski.

How Friendly!


Nov 19

This may be significant:  Their initiative starts in China and then they go on to other countries, not yet disclosed.  This may be immensely significant. Arab-Islamic Foreign Ministers represented by Saudi Arabia say “the first stop will be China”  In other words they now recognize China’s legitimity as the leading force for peace here. Meaning we effectively aren’t in a US-led world order anymore, in fact, they likely now see the US as a disrupter of order…

Yet something else to keep an eye on.


Nov 18

May this be the start of many!

Just In! Bahrain Suspends Economic Relations with Israel, Recalls Own Ambassador, Expels Israeli Envoy


Nov 17

This is from on Almayadeen, a site that I cannot crosspost.  Here it is:  https://english.almayadeen.net/articles/opinion/-israel-s—nakba-doctrine.


Nov 17

Good that somebody wrote this all up!  From Vanessa Beeley:

50+ Israel lies in 5 weeks (compiled by @propandco)

No 40 dead babies
No baked babies
No beheaded babies
No children in cages
No eyes gouged
No raped women
No ripped breasts
No paraded captives
No tortured captives
No mutilating dead bodies
No pregnant women cut open
No mass rapes with broken pelvises
No Israel did not found Shifa hospital
No Biden did not see pictures of dead babies
No October 7 was not “unprovoked”
No Pro-Palestine are not “pro-Hamas” rallies
No 8 yr old Emily Hand was not found dead
No “Global Day of Jihad”
No planned cyanide attacks
No all-female Israeli unit killing 100 Hamas
No Hamas coming thru US border
No Hamas headquarters under hospitals
No Hamas hostages in hospital basements
No Hamas tunnels under Rantisi hospital
No Hamas tunnels under Shaikh Hamad Hospital
No Hamas charter published in 2017 is anti-Zionist, not anti-Jewish
No small blasts do not prove Israel did not bomb Baptist hospital
No “misfired” rocket was destroyed by Iron Dome before the Baptist hospital bombing
No “misfired” rocket can’t be both fired from cemetery and southwest of Baptist hospital
No “misfired” rocket trajectory does not align with IDF version of events at Baptist hospital
Exposed crisis actor Eli Beer
Fake baby crib photo
Fake blood splatter photo
Fake booby-trapped school bags
Fake Al Jazeera journalist twitter account
Fake audio tapes released by IDF
Fake AI-generated images of Hamas leaders
Fake “official Al Qaeda material” on dead Hamas fighters
Fake antisemitism controversy over Greta’s toy octopus
Fake antisemitism allegations on Palestine campus activists
False grandstanding evacuation orders
False subtitles for Palestine protest chants
Fake Mein Kempf book in Gaza children living rooms
Fake ‘terrorist shift list’ by mistranslating an Arabic calendar
False labeled a Gaza 4-year-old toddler martyred in airstrike as a doll
False crisis actor accusation by using old pictures of West Bank raid survivor
False crisis actor accusation by using old pictures of Thai children in ghost costumes
False crisis actor accusation by using old pictures of Al-Azhar university students protesting
Yes, many Israeli civilians were killed by crossfire at festival
Yes, many Israeli civilians were killed by Israeli tanks/helicopters at kibbutz
Yes, many Israeli civilians said Hamas was kind to them during attacks and as captives
Yes, Israel exaggerated its death toll for October 7


Nov 16 – Nazi Rhetoric

https://t.me/thegrayzonenews/564


Nov 16

Please watch the propaganda.  Somehow they don’t get it that the world is looking for honesty and it is their lies failing.  This is a teaching moment.


Nov 16

“There is noise in their heads!”

Israeli army claims Hamas is hiding rockets inside children’s beds and transporting rockets in baby carriages

And then, who remembers back to 2018 when a few boats full of activists tried to break the blockade and a boat called The Return was intercepted by the Israeli navy.  And the Freedom Flotilla around 2010.  Same old story in both cases where the UN is completely impotent.  https://www.arabnews.pk/node/1347666/middle-east 

It feels as if I’m reliving this episode over and over again because it sure has happened over and over again.  Here we go again:

https://tass.com/world/1707427 


Nov 16

I’m sure they’re getting a little of their own back!  But they did not even open a case and anyone can open a case here.  It is up to this so-called court to accept what is referred to them or not.  They only did a referral and that is worthless.

South Africa refers Israel to ICC: South Africa refers Israel to ICC

Pretoria accuses the Israeli government of committing genocide in Gaza

Nov 16

Raising the flag over a hospital. Inhuman! Scott Ritter spits in the face of Israeli soldiers placing a flag on Al-Shifa hospital.  They just prevailed against Doctors, Medical Staff and Babies!


Nov 16

Director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reaches out for the first time after the IDF raid:

▪️Israeli soldiers roam through the wards, they have taken the bodies of killed Palestinians and blew up the water supply;

▪️We have more than 650 patients, 500 medical staff, and over 5,000 displaced people;

▪️The hospital is completely surrounded; food and water supplies are depleted, and the [Israeli] occupation has reached the main water supply line. The conditions are catastrophic, and those inside the hospital are crying out from thirst;

▪️Snipers are everywhere with orders to shoot on sight, preventing movement between buildings; we have lost contact with our colleagues;

▪️Israeli drones won’t stop flying over the hospital;

▪️The occupiers are currently holding several families in the hospital warehouse;

▪️We will stay with the wounded and sick, and will leave only with them. We will either live with them or die together with them.


Nov 16

Previous Daily Chronicles — Gaza
Information Gathering, probably the most complete in the western world by AHH — https://globalsouth.co/globalsouthforum/topic/west-asia-front-thread-11-nov-2023/
I have not read and caught up with the last number of hours this massive informational, but what I did see was just so apt.

⭕ Hamas political member, Bassem Naeem: We were awaiting the ridiculous & comedy show of the Zionists regarding al-Shifa hospital. After all, who would put a laptop & Kalashnikovs next to the magnetic MRI machine? The IOF likely brought weapons & placed them in the hospital.
⭕ Khumus had some dates, brand new Qurans and books titled “tanks” and “rush towards jihad” and “the battlefield”, pristine vests and guns. All in the MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING room. At least now we know what was in the clownish font English labeled boxes brought w/ the invaders [the hutzpah and belittling of others is so ingrained, they start to believe their own lies — that their enemies are cartoon villains without professionalism and adherence to basic hospital procedures. All the props were dumped and filmed in the MRI room.]


Nov 16

President Biden calls Xi Jinping a ‘dictator’ again after a critical summit in San Francisco.

“Look, he is. He’s a dictator in the sense that he’s a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that is based on a form of government different from ours,” he told the press in a move that’s likely to agitate relations.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry already condemned Biden’s remarks as “irresponsible.” This summit is all misdirection.

A few comments from Kim Dotcom:


Nov 16

href=”https://twitter.com/samhusseini”>Sam Husseini is taking the lead role on encouraging other countries to start a case or many against Israel under the Geneva Convention.


Nov 16

The overall view is that fight against moving to a multipolar world. Everything, whether planned or not planned, functions around the fact that the world, come hell or high water, will get itself free from this hegemon. That is why all roads lead to Russia these days, because the examples, the education, the discussion, the new lifestyle lies in Russia already. All of these strange conflicts are interconnected with the overall trajectory. There are different strategies going on everywhere. If they cannot convince a country to the hegemonic and neocolonial way of thinking, they wreck it. We have to start paying attention to India, as I don’t sense India is simply supporting its own self-determination (The shift is actually about a nascent India-US alliance to counter China — and that is a policy front where it is difficult to choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee). and doing its own thing, but I do sense they have had a shot of the hegemon virus and this is blood boiling actively and enthusiastically in the veins.


Nov 16

Al-Shifa hospital is a Hamas enclave, or it is not – Depending what the Mighty Wurlitzer is playing in a specific timeslot. This is an old tactic to confuse people mightily. In the meantime the hospital has been raided for the 2nd time – the more Israel raids, the less they find (oh, I am sure there is a weapon or two – I mean, soldiers are also being treated). It is to be remembered that Israel is doing the bombing, the raiding, the withholding of food, water and fuel, and the shooting and the threatening and most of the lying. It is old tactics to place the opposing sides against one another on the streets and usually the people fall for it.

In any event, the Israeli soldiers have not found much after having had to shoot its way into a hospital. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/16/what-has-israel-found-in-gazas-al-shifa-hospital.

Hamas has now a number of times invited an international group to come and investigate but Israel refuses. Just as they refuse UNSC international law in the form of a resolution.  They are lawless murderers.  I copy yesterday’s farce here from the previous Daily Chronicles.  Whatever Israel is wanting to stick to Hamas, is not really sticking this time.


Nov 15 – This was only yesterday (and note, Russia was correct again!).

1.  Malta Resolution for Humanitarian Pauses is accepted at the UNSC

BREAKING: #UNSC adopts resolution

Resolution calling for urgent & extended humanitarian pauses & corridors throughout the #Gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable aid delivery to civilians (esp children), rescue/recovery efforts & medical evacs. Reso also calls for release of hostages (esp children) & for all parties to refrain from depriving Gazan civilians of basic services and humanitarian assistance indispensable to their survival.

2.  Russia says it is a weak text that will not be implemented on the ground and they abstained the 2nd round just to get something through.

In #UNSC,

Amb Nebenzia expresses serious concerns that provisions of the resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in #Gaza will not be implemented on the ground. “Who will give approval for humanitarian pauses? Who will monitor and verify them and what will be the consequences of them not being complied with?” he asks. Notes that while council members are giving eloquent speeches, #Israel is storming Al-Shifa hospital again & shelling

schools. Blames

for the council not calling for a ceasefire & insists #UNSC will need to take further steps regarding monitoring. “We will not allow this issue to be swept under the carpet,” he says.

Dmitry Polyanskiy 
@Dpol_un
We abstained and let this text pass, though it’s an extremely weak one and much below the expectations of intl community. We tried to save it all least partially and introduced an amendment with the GA resolution language on humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities. Unfortunately not all of our SC colleagues had guts to support it

3.  Israel refuses and rejects and says they will continue just as they please. 

In #UNSC,

Amb Mansour deviates from his prepared speech to inform council members that #Israel‘s Foreign Ministry has already rejected the resolution just adopted and that it won’t implement it & will continue with its course of action. “What are you going to do?” he asks. “Israel is effectively telling you it can kill any and every Palestinian without ever being responsible for their death as they are either terrorists, terrorist sympathizers or human shields. Anyone allowing such a logic to prevail is contributing to the killing,” he says.

4.  Malta figures out they(we) are being gaslighted by Israel

At #UNSC stakeout,

Amb

is asked by

about #Israel already rejecting resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in #Gaza and says: “The Security Council is the highest body in multinational diplomacy & the resolutions of the council are immediately binding on all members.

So it is very disappointing that this would be the initial reaction of Israel, especially since they have said that they are already abiding by the provisions of this resolution, therefore it should have been a continuation of what they are doing if that was the case.”
Shall we tell them? … Babies, Israel always lies.

 


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archeon
archeon
5 months ago

No one wins a game of chess with all their pieces still on the board, sacrifices must be made. During the Great Patriotic War Stalin sacrificed over 20 million Soviet citizens in order to win against the Germans and their allies, none of those died an easy death and many… Read more »

Mr P
5 months ago

Assume Gaza crime spree is a distraction, then ask from what? https://robert94015.substack.com/p/netanyahu-is-the-new-zelensky-welcome?r=r89db&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web (Includes Hudson-Norton hour, smart fellas!) Best! P

AHH
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AHH
5 months ago

Ritter is starting to understand the score. The zionists are not affirming modern warrior ethos when the crazies planted that flag on the central hospital of Gaza. They have gone biblically berserk. According to their mindset and mission, they affirm they bring back “Amalek-like extermination” to the “totally guilty population… Read more »

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Larchmonter445
Larchmonter445
5 months ago
Reply to  amarynth

They were always beserk. Zionism is a death-dealing ideology. Fancied up as theology. the last two paragraphs of AHH’s comment are interchangeable if one changes the nouns: Killing most locally-based Iranian muslim doesn’t matter to them — see the contempt they hold their own prisoners’ lives and new laws permitting… Read more »

Larchmonter445
Larchmonter445
5 months ago
Reply to  amarynth

I do now, and always have especially on Saker (sensitive), focus on the theological governors of Iran as a side I know far different from Iranians who are here in my zone and with whom I have long relationships. But these are mostly very Persian, and also Bahai faith. Brilliant… Read more »

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Larchmonter445
5 months ago
Reply to  amarynth

All of my friends, former bosses were IT. Very top tier. Elite. Two of them built many of the original wave of data centers in the country. One is an Intel tech exec. Travelled with the CEO/Founder for years, brilliant guy. I’d say all of them would be classified perfectionists.… Read more »

Sudhi
5 months ago

Forwarded from @Slavyangrad: “Excuse me, would you like to buy a little bit of bonds from us? We’re just funding two wars right now and we need a little liquidity. You don’t have to worry about them getting cheaper, we’re turning everything back and forth with the help of our… Read more »

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Michael Crockett
Michael Crockett
5 months ago

Good article in Almayadeen by Crooke. Israeli response to 10/7, a genocide in all its savagery, may force MBS and the would be Sultan into something other than fence sitters. A position where they demostrate by action as opposed to words their support for the people of Gaza. The IOF… Read more »

Mr P
5 months ago

Cooke wrote> “The old paradigm for a political solution is rendered obsolete” – but this is incorrect, it was never possible. The “stark strategic implication” has not changed at all, it has only been merely uncloaked. Two State Solution is a curious form. iirc it is not possible, a solution… Read more »

Mr P
5 months ago

“been helping the Russian forces since the start of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev” https://www.rt.com/russia/587567-ukrainian-military-pilot-defect-russia/ This suggests, imho, impending big change…calling in the spies just prior to bigbigevent…maybe. At same time warning NPP zone Z https://t.me/TXDPR/10658 Best! P

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AHH
5 months ago

💠 @Intel Republic: ⭕ “Argentinians go to the polls to elect new President – it’s between Wolverine Javier Miley (53, left) or the ruling party candidate Sergio Massa (51, right.) Miley stands against joining the BRICS, against cooperation with China and Russia, as well as privatization, including in healthcare and… Read more »

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xvfsb
xvfsb
5 months ago

If the media is to be believed, Milei has apparently won the election in Argentina. He will now proceed to destroy Argentina, dollarize its economy, and end its membership in BRICS and support of a multipolar world. Pepe Escobar is right. There are only a few sovereigns in the world… Read more »

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Col...'the farmer from NZ'

AN OPINION FROM AFAR – and BTW I will ‘Cry for Argentina’ In the meantime methinks Milei was more successful as a soccer and rock star than he ever will be as an economist. It would be great to hear Jorge weigh in on this new development with his local… Read more »

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Col...'the farmer from NZ'

I see Pepe weighed in briefly @29:50 in this excellent interview – he didn’t pull any punches! – https://globalsouth.co/2023/11/20/how-the-us-global-order-is-challenged-with-pepe-escobar/ … paraphrased… A major victory for the Anarcho crazies within Argentina, which from the American point of view is beyond sublime – they managed to not only destroy Argentina from the… Read more »

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