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January 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
World

Did The EU Just Threaten to Sabotage Hungary Over Ukraine Aid?

The European Union (EU) has reportedly devised a plan to sabotage the Hungarian economy if Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoes an aid package for Ukraine worth tens of billions of euros.

The plan was revealed in a document drawn up by EU bureaucrats and shown to the Financial Times. It suggests that “in the case of no agreement in the February 1 [EU summit], other heads of state and government would publicly declare that in the light of the unconstructive behavior of the Hungarian PM… they cannot imagine” Hungary would be provided with its rightful share of EU funding.

The document predicts “financial markets and European and international companies might be less interested [in investing] in Hungary” after this punitive action, which “could quickly trigger a further increase of the cost of funding of the public deficit and a drop in the currency.”

“This is Europe telling Viktor Orbán ‘enough is enough; it’s time to get in line,’” a Europe consultant told the FT.

Orban’s minister for EU Affairs, Bóka János, warned on Monday that “Hungary does not give in to blackmail!”

On Tuesday, Orban made similar comments on X, writing: “Forget about the rule of law, Hungary is blackmailed for having a it’s own opinion on #migration, the war in #Ukraine and [gender propaganda]. We will defend our interests.”

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The European Union (EU) has reportedly devised a plan to sabotage the Hungarian economy if Prime Minister Viktor Orban vetoes an aid package for Ukraine worth tens of billions of euros. show more

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RAHEEM J. KASSAM Editor-in-Chief
There is no legal basis for withholding Hungary’s share of EU funds if it vetoes the Ukrainian aid package, which requires unanimity
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January 30, 2024
UK
War
World

TERROR WORKS!? – UK May Recognize ‘Palestinian State’ to Aid ‘Peace’ Talks.

Lord David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has discussed recognizing a Palestinian state with Arab diplomats — a move intended to pressure Israel into adopting a “two-state solution.”

“We should be starting to set out what a Palestinian state would look like — what it would comprise, how it would work,” he told the Conservative Middle East Council at a meeting in Parliament on Monday.

“As that happens, we, with allies, will look at the issue of recognizing a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations,” he continued, suggesting this “could be one of the things that helps to make this process irreversible.”

However, the United Nations’ involvement in the recognition of a Palestinian state is unlikely to be seen positively in Israel after it was revealed that members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) took part in the October 7, 2023 terror attacks against Israel.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is also increasingly dismissive of a two-state solution, which the Joe Biden regime and the European Union favor. He argues Israel “must have security control over all the territory west of the Jordan” to be able to defend itself effectively — and that this “necessary condition… conflicts with the idea of [Palestinian] sovereignty.”

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Lord David Cameron, the Foreign Secretary and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has discussed recognizing a Palestinian state with Arab diplomats — a move intended to pressure Israel into adopting a “two-state solution.” show more
January 30, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

‘Confusion’ Led to Deadly Drone Attack Which Killed U.S. Servicemen.

The U.S. military failed to down a drone that killed three American servicemen and wounded dozens more because it was confused with a returning U.S. drone.

Questions were raised as to why the drone strike, claimed by the Iran-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq, was not stopped by air defenses before it struck Tower 22, a U.S. outpost in Jordan. Officials now say a U.S. drone was returning to base at the same time the jihadist drone was inbound, allowing it to glide in unmolested.

The attack on Tower 22 marks the first time American personnel have been killed in the Middle East since October 2023, when they began to be targeted over Washington’s support for the Israelis in their ongoing retaliatory offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

Hostilities intensified over recent weeks after Yemen-based Houthi terrorists began targeting civilian shipping in the Red Sea to put pressure on Israel and its backers, prompting American and British air attacks.

Iran has denied any involvement in the attack on Tower 22. The White House has said it will respond, but it is currently unclear whether or not they will acquiesce to demands from GOP war hawks such as Senator Lindsey Graham to strike Iran directly.

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The U.S. military failed to down a drone that killed three American servicemen and wounded dozens more because it was confused with a returning U.S. drone. show more
January 29, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
World

WATCH: Ilhan Omar Gives Treasonous ‘Somalia First’ Speech Confessing to Working for Foreign Nation in U.S. Congress.

Representative Ilhan Omar, the Somalia-born Minnesota Democrat, was recorded telling a Somali audience they are “people of the same blood, people who know they are Somalians first, Muslims second, who protect each other,” adding she is “here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system.”

Omar’s speech was prompted by anger in Somalia and among the Somali diaspora over an agreement between Ethiopia and the Republic of Somaliland, an officially unrecognized but effectively self-governing state in Somalia’s north.

“Somalia is for Somali people. Somalia is one. We are all brothers and sisters. Our land cannot be divided,” she said, assuring listeners that Somalis in the U.S. will decide the U.S. position on Somaliland and even alluding to reclaiming Somali territories in modern-day Kenya, Ethiopia, and other neighboring countries.

Somaliland was formerly British Somaliland, merging with Italian Somaliland to form modern-day Somalia in 1960 — but it soon soured on the union with its southerly neighbor, mounting an unsuccessful attempt to secede as early as December 1961.

Somalia soon fell into dictatorship, precipitating another northern rebellion in the 1980s, with Somaliland achieving de facto independence by 1991.

Omar has claimed outsiders’ interpretations of her speech, which has gone viral on social media, are “completely off,” but reiterated she stands in “solidarity” with those opposed to Somaliland’s independence.

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Representative Ilhan Omar, the Somalia-born Minnesota Democrat, was recorded telling a Somali audience they are "people of the same blood, people who know they are Somalians first, Muslims second, who protect each other," adding she is "here to protect the interests of Somalia from inside the U.S. system." show more
January 29, 2024
Jack Montgomery
News
World

EU Wages War on ‘Gendered’ Language, Phrases Like ‘Workmanship’ and ‘Joe Public.’

The European Institute for Gender Equality, an agency of the European Union (EU), has issued a lengthy document decrying phrases like “a man’s home is his castle” and traditions like referring to a ship as a “she.”

The ‘Toolkit on Gender-sensitive Communication’ hectors readers on a range of common expressions like ‘Joe Public,’ which they are told to drop in favor of the anodyne “an average citizen.”

Other terms deemed problematic include “brotherhood,” “countryman,” and “Englishman,” with the EU agency recommending “community,” “compatriot,” and “English person” instead.

The toolkit also takes issue with “King and Queen,” “ladies and gentlemen,” “husband and wife,” and related terms, suggesting readers “try swapping the order of these phrases sometimes.”

It also warns against referring to a ship as a ‘her’ rather than an ‘it’, or using language like “France and her citizens” instead of “France and its citizens,” or calling a person’s native language their “mother tongue.”

In some cases, the toolkit tells readers to completely reframe certain adjectives it deems sexist to paint negative behavior as positive; for example, a “loose” woman should instead be described as “having sexual confidence,” while an emotional or hormonal woman should instead be described as passionate, enthusiastic, or empathetic.

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The European Institute for Gender Equality, an agency of the European Union (EU), has issued a lengthy document decrying phrases like "a man's home is his castle" and traditions like referring to a ship as a "she." show more
January 29, 2024
William Upton
War
World

WATCH: Kassam Reveals How Team Biden Walked America Into a Fresh Iran Conflict.

The National Pulse’s editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam explained from the War Room stage in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday that President Biden’s early effort to undo President Donald Trump’s foreign policy is directly responsible for the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Iranian-backed militants in Jordan.

Appearing alongside Stephen K. Bannon at Turning Point USA’s “Alternative RNC,” Kassam laid out how the Biden government’s lifting of sanctions on Iran and its proxies served to empower the state-sponsor of terrorism and further entangle the U.S. in Middle East conflicts.

“If you want the inside track on how you got into this situation in Iran,” Kassam told Bannon this morning, explaining: “When the Biden regime took power, the foreign policy adults, the geniuses in the room – you talk to anybody that works in that area, they’ll tell you this – they tried to look for areas in which they didn’t think their actions would make a huge difference, but they wanted to show the press that they were very different from the Trump administration. And so they picked – day one – they said, ‘Look, let’s just flip all of these Iran sanctions off; we’ll hit the reset button. What we’re really trying to show here is that we’re not Trump, and we’re not Trump’s people. We’ll deal with anything else that happens after that.'”

Kassam went on to note: “What happens after that, well Americans have died.”

WATCH:

Aside from lifting economic sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Biden, on his first day in office, also removed the official terrorist designation for the Houthi rebel group. The U.S. Department of State argued this would ease the facilitation of humanitarian aid to Yemen, which has been embroiled for over a decade in civil war.

The Houthis, a military proxy of Iran, began a campaign against Western commercial shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden last year. The Houthi attacks began after Israel invaded Gaza following the barbaric October 7th Hamas terrorist attacks against the Jewish State.

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The National Pulse's editor-in-chief Raheem Kassam explained from the War Room stage in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Monday that President Biden's early effort to undo President Donald Trump's foreign policy is directly responsible for the deaths of American soldiers at the hands of Iranian-backed militants in Jordan. show more
January 29, 2024
UK
War
World

Scotland’s First Minister, Humza Yousaf, Won’t Defund UN Agency Whose Staff Participated in Oct 7 Hamas Terror Attack.

First Minister Humza Yousaf says the Scottish Government, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government, will not suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), despite evidence a dozen of its personnel participated in the Hamas terror raid against Israel on October 7th.

This decision comes as Britain’s central government joins the United States, Canada, Australia, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Italy, Iceland, Estonia, and Japan in suspending donations to the UNRWA, whose personnel are accused of participating in massacres at an Israeli kibbutz and kidnapping women, among other charges.

Yousaf is married to a Palestinian, has advocated for Israel to cease operations in Gaza, and wants the West to take in Gazan migrants. He has insisted his administration will not halt existing funding.

Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has criticized Yousaf’s pro-UNRWA stance as inconsistent with the international consensus that the UN agency is compromised and potentially confusing for the public.

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First Minister Humza Yousaf says the Scottish Government, roughly equivalent to a U.S. state government, will not suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA), despite evidence a dozen of its personnel participated in the Hamas terror raid against Israel on October 7th. show more
January 29, 2024
World

Farmer Rebellion Spreads to France, Protestors Blockade Paris.

Protesting farmers in France began a “siege” of Paris on Monday, blocking all major highways with tractors. Farmers from across the European Union (EU), angered by unfair competition from more lightly regulated countries, costly climate policies, subsidy cuts, and tax hikes, have also targeted government offices, with some being damaged in the protests.

President Emmanuel Macron’s globalist government has heightened security measures in response to the protests. His new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, failed to defuse the unrest last week with a series of token concessions, with farmers insisting they fell well short of their needs.

Many of the issues faced by French farmers stem from EU policies. Other EU member-states, including Germany and the Netherlands, have also seen large-scale farmer protests.

Germany’s government, a globalist coalition between socialist, green, and neoliberal parties, fears the protests are being “exploited” by the “far right,” with the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surging in national and regional polls.

In the Netherlands, where many believe the pressure on farmers stems from a desire to force them from their land to make way for migrant accommodation, the Farmer-Citizen-Movement won regional and senate elections last year, and the anti-mass migration Geert Wilders won the national legislative election.

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Protesting farmers in France began a "siege" of Paris on Monday, blocking all major highways with tractors. Farmers from across the European Union (EU), angered by unfair competition from more lightly regulated countries, costly climate policies, subsidy cuts, and tax hikes, have also targeted government offices, with some being damaged in the protests. show more
January 28, 2024
News
World

France’s Le Pen Balks at AfD’s Deportation Plan.

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s right-wing populist National Rally party, indicated during a press conference Thursday that she is reconsidering her party’s alliance with Germany’s Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party, citing significant differences over a controversial AfD deportation plan.

News of AfD leaders discussing the potential deportation of immigrants, as well as German citizens deemed to have “failed to integrate,” led to widespread protests in Germany last weekend. Le Pen, who is currently leading in polls for France’s upcoming presidential elections, voiced her party’s strong opposition to the concept of ‘remigration’ — deporting citizens of migrant descent who have failed to integrate — saying: “We have never advocated for ‘remigration’ in the sense of withdrawing French citizenship from people who have acquired it, even under conditions we dispute.”

This disagreement between National Rally and AfD could destabilize the European Parliament’s Identity and Democracy Group, potentially reducing the right-wing populist bloc’s ability to influence European laws and projects, including aid packages for Ukraine. “We will have to discuss differences as important as these and see whether or not they will have consequences for our ability to work together in the same group,” Le Pen said.

Following Le Pen’s comments, Daniel Tapp, spokesman for AfD co-leader Alice Weidel, attempted to downplay LePen’s comments. “As is usual among friends, we will seek a discussion to clear up any misunderstandings,” he said. “We will fully inform our partners in Paris about the completely baseless media campaign.”

Right-wing populists across Europe are predicted to make significant gains in the European elections this year. The European Council on Foreign Relations predicts right-wing populist and nationalist parties could emerge as the dominant force in the European Parliament.

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Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's right-wing populist National Rally party, indicated during a press conference Thursday that she is reconsidering her party's alliance with Germany's Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) party, citing significant differences over a controversial AfD deportation plan. show more
January 28, 2024
Culture
World

Protesters Douse Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa in Soup.

Protesters attacked Leonardo Da Vinci’s infamous Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Saturday, hurling soup at the impenetrable glass encasing the 16th-century artwork. The perpetrators, both women wearing T-shirts with the message “food counterattack,” asserted demands for “healthy and sustainable food,” deeming the nation’s agricultural system “sick.” Museum security stepped in, setting up black screens to obscure the protesters before the area was evacuated.

The group, known in French as Riposte Alimentaire, is demanding that the state give citizens a monthly food card worth €150 ($165).

The Mona Lisa has been protected by robust glass since the early 1950s after an acid attack by a visitor. It was attacked with cake in 2022.

The revered artwork has weathered various ordeals, including an infamous theft in 1911 by a Louvre employee, Vincenzo Peruggia. Secreting himself in a museum cupboard overnight, Peruggia absconded with the piece, sparking an international attention. The purloined painting resurfaced two years later when Peruggia attempted to sell it to an antiques dealer in Florence, Italy.

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Protesters attacked Leonardo Da Vinci's infamous Mona Lisa painting at the Louvre Museum in Paris on Saturday, hurling soup at the impenetrable glass encasing the 16th-century artwork. The perpetrators, both women wearing T-shirts with the message "food counterattack," asserted demands for "healthy and sustainable food," deeming the nation's agricultural system "sick." Museum security stepped in, setting up black screens to obscure the protesters before the area was evacuated. show more