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How the Western Press Lied About the 2014 Coup in Ukraine, Pretending That It Was Instead a Real Democratic Revolution

U.S.-and-allied governments , and their billionaires ’ -controlled press , are unrelenting in their fraudulent portrayal of what was actually the U.S. regime ’ s conquest and destruction of Ukraine in 2014 , by means of a brutal coup , which caused a civil war and the break-up of that country .
The hidden truths about Ukraine , after 2009 , will be documented and proven here .
These facts have been kept secret from Western publics .
( Articles like this are censored-out by the regime ’ s operatives . )
The first documentation concerns the coup itself , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the narrator in that video mistakenly says ( at 0:27 ) that the coup started “ on February 20th of 2013 , ” instead of on February 20th of 2014 , which is the only slip-up in this entire otherwise-superb presentation .
The video is here , and it demonstrates — it even displays — that the U.S. Government , under President Barack Obama , lied through their teeth about that coup , as having been instead a “ revolution , ” instead of a coup .
The key “ leaked [ phone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in this video can be heard in full here ; and its full transcript , including explanations of the persons who are being referred-to in it , is available here .
The broader historical significance of that phone-call is reported and explained here .
To sum it all up : There is no way that this phone-conversation ( which is between two Obama-Administration officials who are discussing whom to appoint to lead Ukraine when the coup will have been completed ) can reasonably be interpreted in any other way than that the Obama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coup d ’ etat , which replaced Ukraine ’ s democratically elected Government by one that would be controlled by the U.S. regime .
This truth is the exact opposite of the U.S.-and-allied ‘ news ’ -reporting about that coup , as its having been , instead , ‘ the Maidan revolution ’ .
This is how America ( and each of its ‘ allies ’ or vassal nations ) deceives its people , just as much ( and just as viciously ) as any other dictatorship does .
So : how did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Here is how it happened — and also the Western lies hiding this reality : On November 30th of 2013 , UK ’ s Economist magazine bannered “ Stealing their dream : Viktor Yanukovych is hijacking Ukrainians ’ European future ” , and wrote that : Unwilling to launch economic reforms , cut spending or tame the appetites of his cronies , Mr Yanukovych [ Ukraine ’ s democratically elected and — for the Ukrainian people — remarkably successful , President , as will subsequently be documented here ] proceeded to trade the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukraine ’ s geopolitical position .
“ The talks with the EU were an auction .
It was a position of a pimp who is offering Ukraine up for sale , ” says Mr Poroshenko [ a political enemy of Yanukovych , who became Ukraine ’ s President after the coup ] .
Mr Yanukovych let it be known that , if Europe wanted a modern , democratic Ukraine , it needed to pay .
His price was $ 160 billion by 2017 .
European politicians were aghast at such blatant blackmail ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It is not clear what he and Mr Yanukovych agreed during their secret meeting in early November — the deal is said to include cheaper gas , credits and lucrative business contracts — but not , it is rumoured in Kiev , a requirement that Ukraine join a proposed new customs union with Russia .
Whatever the understanding , it has persuaded Mr Yanukovych to distance himself from the EU .
Though nothing is ever final in Ukraine , Mr Yanukovych ’ s favoured option seems to be to preserve the status quo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continuing to milk both — hence his new proposal of three-way talks .
A face-saving memorandum may yet be signed with the EU , but the collapse of the association agreement could be a blessing in disguise for the Europeans .
Teaming up with Mr Yanukovych , who would never have implemented it , would have only led to disappointment and recriminations , while helping Mr Yanukovych get re-elected .
Instead , the collapse brought pressure on Mr Yanukovych from educated middle-class Ukrainians who feel that their future has been hijacked and their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 2004 , Mr Yanukovych may try to crack down , but time is against him .
On November 24th tens of thousands of Ukrainians went to the streets in support of Ukraine ’ s European course .
The coup happened in February 2014 , and the breakaway of Crimea from Ukraine happened in March 2014 , and the civil war that erupted in Ukraine ’ s far-eastern Donbass region ( which had voted 90 % + for Yanukovych ) started on 9 May 2014 .
Then , on 24 November 2014 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ How the EU Lost Russia over Ukraine ” , and reported that , back on 19 November 2013 , in the Presidential mansion in Kiev , Yanukovych informed the EU ’ s representatives of his predicament : “ But there are the costs that our experts have calculated , ” Yanukovych replied .
“ What experts ?
” Füle demanded to know .
The Ukrainian president described to his bewildered guest the size of the losses allegedly threatening Ukraine should it sign the agreement with the EU .
Later , the number $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ press , more than 50 times greater than the $ 3 billion calculated by the German advisory group .
The total came from a study conducted by the Institute for Economics and Forecasting at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and it was a number that Yanukovych would refer to from then on .
“ Stefan , if we sign , will you help us ?
” Yanukovych asked .
Füle was speechless .
“ Sorry , we aren ’ t the IMF .
Where do these numbers come from ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearing them for the first time.
” They are secret numbers , Yanukovych replied .
“ Can you imagine what would happen if our people were to learn of these numbers , were they to find out what convergence with the EU would cost our country ?
” Obviously , those are two very different accounts of Yanukovych , in Economist and in Spiegel — not the same person .
However , both of them agree that his reason for rejecting the EU ’ s offer is that it amounted to a $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was money that Ukraine didn ’ t have .
So , regardless of which of those two reports about Yanukovych was true , and which was false , they both reported that Ukraine could not afford the $ 160 billion price which joining the EU would entail .
This fact , alone , means that joining the EU would be a disastrously losing proposition for Ukraine .
Did it turn out to be that — a disastrously losing proposition for Ukraine ?
It wrecked Ukraine ’ s economy and destroyed that country , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first , the subsequent figures on the Ukrainian economy : Ukraine ’ s GDP , which had risen steadily each and every year throughout Yanukovych ’ s four years in office , from 136.01 in 2010 up to 183.31 in 2013 , plunged 27 % in 2014 down to 133.5 , and then plunged yet another 32 % down to 91.03 in 2015 .
Then in 2016 , it crept up 2.6 % to 93.36 in 2017 .
From there , it rose steadily up to 156.78 in 2019 , and then it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this year , 2020 , which is a 14 % decline down from that post-coup peak of 156.78 .
In other words , even now ( nearly 7 years after the coup ) , Ukraine ’ s economy hasn ’ t yet recovered from what U.S. President Barack Obama did to Ukraine by his conquest of ( coup to grab ) Ukraine .
Instead of having been rising every year as it had done under Yanukovych — rising a total of 35 % during his Presidency — it has declined 41 % from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , for every year since 2013 , 121 , which is 34 % ( one third ) lower GDP than it had been in Yanukovych ’ s last year ( 183.31 ) , and 11 % lower than it had been even in Yanukovych ’ s first year as President ( 136.01 ) .
Regarding the second question ( “ destroyed the country ” ) , this is what Obama ’ s Ukrainian coup did to Ukraine ’ s people : On 23 March 2017 , Gallup headlined “ South Sudan , Haiti @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
What more needs to be said about that ?
Whether or not the economic losses did amount to $ 160 billion ( as Ukraine ’ s own experts had estimated ) — or more , or less , than that — those losses did turn out to be enormous ; and , Obama , clearly , raped Ukrainians .
He destroyed Ukraine ( and Trump did nothing to reverse that ) .
Here is how this happened : On 23 June 2011 , two emissaries of the Obama Administration — the head @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his aide , and former subordinate to Hillary Clinton in the U.S. State Department , Jared Cohen — visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London , pretending to be on his side , while deceiving him to reveal to them ways to reach out online to members of Ukraine ’ s pro-nazi organizations in order to generate mobs for the demonstrations which were to be organized on Kiev ’ s Maidan Square to overthrow Ukraine ’ s President .
On 1 March 2013 , the U.S. Embassy in Kiev held its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ukraine ’ s leading pro-nazis how to reach out to their followers so as to get as many people as possible trained and prepared to follow their instructions on what to do when those demonstrations would be held .
In June 2013 , the Obama Administration quietly put out for bid to American contractors their planned project to renovate a school in Sevastopol , in Crimea , in Ukraine , in the location where Russia since 1783 had ( and still has ) its largest naval base : Federal Contract Opportunity for Renovation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ N33191-13-R-1240 .
The NAICS Category is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction .
Posted Aug 20 , 2013 .
Posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command ( DOD – Navy ) .
The work will be performed at Sevastopol 99000 .
This was before the coup , and there were 28 years still remaining on Russia ’ s lease there .
That part of their plan — to terminate that contract and replace Russia ’ s largest naval base , by yet another U.S. naval base — got foiled by Russia ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crimeans when they ( as soon as the coup occurred ) demanded to have a referendum on becoming restored again to being a part of Russia , as they had been between 1783 and 1954 ( when the Soviet dictator arbitrarily transferred Crimea , from the Russian part , to the Ukrainian part , of the Soviet Government ) .
During the coup , eight busloads of Crimeans , who had come to Kiev to demonstrate against the oust-Yanukovych Maidan demonstrations , hurriedly reboarded their buses in order to flee from nazis who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got cornered en-route home , by those pursuing attackers , in the town of Korsun , and some of their buses were burnt , and many of these Crimeans got clubbed to death by the nazis .
Then , during the interim between the Korsun massacre and the 16 March 2014 Crimean referendum on rejoining the Russian Federation , a Ukrainian federal prosecutor from Crimea , who opposed the coup and managed safely to flee back home by her own private means , became interviewed on local Crimean television and recounted how terrified @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She was asked whether Crimeans had the right to vote in a referendum to return to being Russians , and she said , “ Citizens of Crimea , you have every right in the world ” to do that .
The Obama regime ( including the International Republican Institute , since foreign conquests are a bipartisan obsession of both Democratic and Republican Party billionaires ) had , as part of its planning to take control over Ukraine , hired the Gallup polling firm to survey throughout Ukraine , and especially within Crimea ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s naval base ) , regarding favorability-unfavorability toward NATO , EU , and Russia , both during 16-30 May 2013 , prior to the coup ( which polling was done ONLY in Crimea , since seizure of Russia ’ s naval base was the coup ’ s main goal ) and during April 2014 shortly after Crimea broke away from Ukraine in March of 2014 .
Here are some of the pre-coup findings : Public Opinion Survey Residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea May 16 – 30 , 2013 International Republican @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with funding from the United States Agency for International Development p.8 : “ Regardless of your passport , what do you consider yourself ?
” p.14 : “ If Ukraine was able to enter only one international economic union , which entity should it be with ?
” p.15 : “ How would you evaluate your attitude to the following entities ?
” p.17 : “ In your opinion , what should the status of Crimea be ?
” “ Autonomy in Ukraine ( as today [ under Crimea ’ s 1992 Constitution @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 20 January 2011 ] ) 53 % .
“ Crimea should be separated and given to Russia ” 23 % .
Regarding the second poll , which was taken throughout Ukraine plus Crimea and only a month after the Crimeans had voted to be Russians again , I headlined on 2 July 2014 “ Gallup Poll Finds Ukraine Can not Be One Country ” and reported that , “ Views of Foreign Parties ’ Role in the Crisis – Ukrainian Residents Exclusive of Crimea ” were mostly anti-Russia , whereas “ Views of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – Crimea ” were overwhelmingly pro-Russia , by 71.3 % to 8.8 % , which is 89 % pro-Russia .
Only 2.8 % were pro-America , while 76.2 % were anti-America , which is 96.5 % anti-America .
As I reported , at that time : An April poll of Ukrainians , published in June by Gallup ’ s Broadcasting Board of Governors [ CORRECTION HERE : That was actually by Gallup , for the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors , which group Wikipedia describes as “ an independent agency of the United @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlets , ” and , so , that propaganda-agency had sponsored this poll , perhaps hoping to find that the Crimean referendum ’ s reported 96.77 % favoring to rejoin Russia would be inconsistent with this Gallup poll — which didn ’ t turn out to have been the case ] , found two shockingly opposite countries : one , in the northwest , where the view of the U.S. is favorable among more than 50 % of the population ; and the other , in the southeast , where the view of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 70 % of the population .
Additionally , in the Crimean region — Ukraine ’ s farthest southeast area , which our President , Barack Obama , says that Russia forcibly seized when the people there voted overwhelmingly on 16 March 2014 to become part of Russia again ( as they had been until 1954 ) — only 2.8 % of the public there view the U.S. favorably ; more than 97 % of Crimeans do not .
And the situation is even more extreme when the issue is the public ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , are far less favorable than the U.S. is viewed in Ukraine .
Less than 2 % of residents in Ukraine ’ s northwest have a favorable view of Russia , but 71.3 % of Crimeans do .
In Ukraine ’ s far east , 35.7 % do .
In Ukraine ’ s far south except for Crimea , 28.4 % do .
Support for joining the European Union is 59.8 % in the far north , and 84.2 % in the far west .
It is 19 % in the far east @ @ @ @ @ @ @ south .
Crimeans were not asked this question , because they had already voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia .
Support for joining NATO is 37.7 % in the North , 53.2 % in the west , 13.1 % in the east , and 10.3 % in the south .
( Again , Crimea wasn ’ t polled on this . )
The 500 people that were sampled in Crimea were asked “ Please tell me if you agree or disagree : The results of the referendum on Crimea ’ s status [ whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of most people here.
” 82.8 % said “ Agree.
” 6.7 % said “ Disagree.
” That 82.8 % who said “ Agree ” constituted 92.5 % of the Crimeans who expressed an opinion on this .
On 10 October 2014 , I headlined “ What Obama ’ s Ukrainian Stooges Did ” and reported on the effort by his stooges there to ethnically cleanse or eliminate the residents in the portion of Ukraine ’ s far eastern Donbass region so as to eliminate enough of the voters in that area , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yanukovych , so as to then enable Ukraine to reabsorb that region without thereby causing another President such as Yanukovych to become elected in Ukraine .
His effort failed , largely because Russia has assisted the people there to defeat even such attacks as these by Ukraine .
Then , on 15 February 2015 , I headlined “ Brookings Wants More Villages Firebombed in Ukraine ’ s ‘ Anti Terrorist Operation ’ ” , but Obama ’ s people finally gave up their ambitious objective .
So , it ’ s a stalemate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Israel ’ s ambitious objective to ethically cleanse away most of the Palestinians .
But , of course , that is a different situation , with a different history , though with a not too different ethnically eliminative intent .
Filed under : Ukraine , USA | Tagged : CIA Black Ops , Color Revolutions , Mainstream Media Lies , regime change , West ’ s hypocrisy on freedom of expression |

Eric Zuesse November 25, 2020
U.S.-and-allied governments, and their billionaires’-controlled press, are unrelenting in their fraudulent portrayal of what was actually the U.S. regime’s conquest and destruction of Ukraine in 2014, by means of a brutal coup, which caused a civil war and the break-up of that country.
The hidden truths about Ukraine, after 2009, will be documented and proven here. These facts have been kept secret from Western publics. (Articles like this are censored-out by the regime’s operatives.)
The first documentation concerns the coup itself, which occurred in February 2014, though the narrator in that video mistakenly says (at 0:27) that the coup started “on February 20th of 2013,” instead of on February 20th of 2014, which is the only slip-up in this entire otherwise-superb presentation. The video is here, and it demonstrates — it even displays — that the U.S. Government, under President Barack Obama, lied through their teeth about that coup, as having been instead a “revolution,” instead of a coup. The key “leaked [phone] call” that’s excerpted in this video can be heard in full here; and its full transcript, including explanations of the persons who are being referred-to in it, is available here. The broader historical significance of that phone-call is reported and explained here. To sum it all up: There is no way that this phone-conversation (which is between two Obama-Administration officials who are discussing whom to appoint to lead Ukraine when the coup will have been completed) can reasonably be interpreted in any other way than that the Obama Administration had carefully planned and executed this coup d’etat, which replaced Ukraine’s democratically elected Government by one that would be controlled by the U.S. regime. This truth is the exact opposite of the U.S.-and-allied ‘news’-reporting about that coup, as its having been, instead, ‘the Maidan revolution’. This is how America (and each of its ‘allies’ or vassal nations) deceives its people, just as much (and just as viciously) as any other dictatorship does.
So: how did that ‘revolution’ come about? Here is how it happened — and also the Western lies hiding this reality:
On November 30th of 2013, UK’s Economist magazine bannered “Stealing their dream: Viktor Yanukovych is hijacking Ukrainians’ European future”, and wrote that:
Unwilling to launch economic reforms, cut spending or tame the appetites of his cronies, Mr Yanukovych [Ukraine’s democratically elected and — for the Ukrainian people — remarkably successful, President, as will subsequently be documented here] proceeded to trade the country’s most valuable asset: Ukraine’s geopolitical position. “The talks with the EU were an auction. It was a position of a pimp who is offering Ukraine up for sale,” says Mr Poroshenko [a political enemy of Yanukovych, who became Ukraine’s President after the coup]. Mr Yanukovych let it be known that, if Europe wanted a modern, democratic Ukraine, it needed to pay. His price was $160 billion by 2017.
European politicians were aghast at such blatant blackmail; Mr Putin seemed happy to haggle. It is not clear what he and Mr Yanukovych agreed during their secret meeting in early November — the deal is said to include cheaper gas, credits and lucrative business contracts — but not, it is rumoured in Kiev, a requirement that Ukraine join a proposed new customs union with Russia. Whatever the understanding, it has persuaded Mr Yanukovych to distance himself from the EU. Though nothing is ever final in Ukraine, Mr Yanukovych’s favoured option seems to be to preserve the status quo and refrain from joining either camp while continuing to milk both — hence his new proposal of three-way talks.
A face-saving memorandum may yet be signed with the EU, but the collapse of the association agreement could be a blessing in disguise for the Europeans. Teaming up with Mr Yanukovych, who would never have implemented it, would have only led to disappointment and recriminations, while helping Mr Yanukovych get re-elected. Instead, the collapse brought pressure on Mr Yanukovych from educated middle-class Ukrainians who feel that their future has been hijacked and their dream stolen. Haunted by the memories of 2004, Mr Yanukovych may try to crack down, but time is against him.
On November 24th tens of thousands of Ukrainians went to the streets in support of Ukraine’s European course.
The coup happened in February 2014, and the breakaway of Crimea from Ukraine happened in March 2014, and the civil war that erupted in Ukraine’s far-eastern Donbass region (which had voted 90%+ for Yanukovych) started on 9 May 2014. Then, on 24 November 2014, Germany’s Spiegel magazine headlined “How the EU Lost Russia over Ukraine”, and reported that, back on 19 November 2013, in the Presidential mansion in Kiev, Yanukovych informed the EU’s representatives of his predicament:
“But there are the costs that our experts have calculated,” Yanukovych replied. “What experts?” Füle demanded to know. The Ukrainian president described to his bewildered guest the size of the losses allegedly threatening Ukraine should it sign the agreement with the EU.
Later, the number $160 billion found its way into the press, more than 50 times greater than the $3 billion calculated by the German advisory group. The total came from a study conducted by the Institute for Economics and Forecasting at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and it was a number that Yanukovych would refer to from then on.
“Stefan, if we sign, will you help us?” Yanukovych asked. Füle was speechless. “Sorry, we aren’t the IMF. Where do these numbers come from?” he finally demanded. “I am hearing them for the first time.” They are secret numbers, Yanukovych replied. “Can you imagine what would happen if our people were to learn of these numbers, were they to find out what convergence with the EU would cost our country?”
Obviously, those are two very different accounts of Yanukovych, in Economist and in Spiegel — not the same person. However, both of them agree that his reason for rejecting the EU’s offer is that it amounted to a $160 billion loss to Ukraine, which was money that Ukraine didn’t have. So, regardless of which of those two reports about Yanukovych was true, and which was false, they both reported that Ukraine could not afford the $160 billion price which joining the EU would entail. This fact, alone, means that joining the EU would be a disastrously losing proposition for Ukraine.
Did it turn out to be that — a disastrously losing proposition for Ukraine? It wrecked Ukraine’s economy and destroyed that country, as will now be shown in, first, the subsequent figures on the Ukrainian economy: Ukraine’s GDP, which had risen steadily each and every year throughout Yanukovych’s four years in office, from 136.01 in 2010 up to 183.31 in 2013, plunged 27% in 2014 down to 133.5, and then plunged yet another 32% down to 91.03 in 2015. Then in 2016, it crept up 2.6% to 93.36 in 2017. From there, it rose steadily up to 156.78 in 2019, and then it is currently estimated to be around 132 this year, 2020, which is a 14% decline down from that post-coup peak of 156.78. In other words, even now (nearly 7 years after the coup), Ukraine’s economy hasn’t yet recovered from what U.S. President Barack Obama did to Ukraine by his conquest of (coup to grab) Ukraine. Instead of having been rising every year as it had done under Yanukovych — rising a total of 35% during his Presidency — it has declined 41% from then till now, and has averaged, for every year since 2013, 121, which is 34% (one third) lower GDP than it had been in Yanukovych’s last year (183.31), and 11% lower than it had been even in Yanukovych’s first year as President (136.01).
Regarding the second question (“destroyed the country”), this is what Obama’s Ukrainian coup did to Ukraine’s people: On 23 March 2017, Gallup headlined “South Sudan, Haiti and Ukraine Lead World in Suffering”. What more needs to be said about that?
Whether or not the economic losses did amount to $160 billion (as Ukraine’s own experts had estimated) — or more, or less, than that — those losses did turn out to be enormous; and, Obama, clearly, raped Ukrainians. He destroyed Ukraine (and Trump did nothing to reverse that). Here is how this happened:
On 23 June 2011, two emissaries of the Obama Administration — the head of Google, Eric Schmidt, and his aide, and former subordinate to Hillary Clinton in the U.S. State Department, Jared Cohen — visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, pretending to be on his side, while deceiving him to reveal to them ways to reach out online to members of Ukraine’s pro-nazi organizations in order to generate mobs for the demonstrations which were to be organized on Kiev’s Maidan Square to overthrow Ukraine’s President.
On 1 March 2013, the U.S. Embassy in Kiev held its first “Tech Camp” to teach Ukraine’s leading pro-nazis how to reach out to their followers so as to get as many people as possible trained and prepared to follow their instructions on what to do when those demonstrations would be held.
In June 2013, the Obama Administration quietly put out for bid to American contractors their planned project to renovate a school in Sevastopol, in Crimea, in Ukraine, in the location where Russia since 1783 had (and still has) its largest naval base:
Federal Contract Opportunity for Renovation of Sevastopol School #5, Ukraine N33191-13-R-1240. The NAICS Category is 236220 – Commercial and Institutional Building Construction. Posted Aug 20, 2013. Posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (DOD – Navy). The work will be performed at Sevastopol 99000.
This was before the coup, and there were 28 years still remaining on Russia’s lease there. That part of their plan — to terminate that contract and replace Russia’s largest naval base, by yet another U.S. naval base — got foiled by Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, protecting Crimeans when they (as soon as the coup occurred) demanded to have a referendum on becoming restored again to being a part of Russia, as they had been between 1783 and 1954 (when the Soviet dictator arbitrarily transferred Crimea, from the Russian part, to the Ukrainian part, of the Soviet Government).
During the coup, eight busloads of Crimeans, who had come to Kiev to demonstrate against the oust-Yanukovych Maidan demonstrations, hurriedly reboarded their buses in order to flee from nazis who were attacking them, and they finally got cornered en-route home, by those pursuing attackers, in the town of Korsun, and some of their buses were burnt, and many of these Crimeans got clubbed to death by the nazis.
Then, during the interim between the Korsun massacre and the 16 March 2014 Crimean referendum on rejoining the Russian Federation, a Ukrainian federal prosecutor from Crimea, who opposed the coup and managed safely to flee back home by her own private means, became interviewed on local Crimean television and recounted how terrified she had been by the nazis. She was asked whether Crimeans had the right to vote in a referendum to return to being Russians, and she said, “Citizens of Crimea, you have every right in the world” to do that.
The Obama regime (including the International Republican Institute, since foreign conquests are a bipartisan obsession of both Democratic and Republican Party billionaires) had, as part of its planning to take control over Ukraine, hired the Gallup polling firm to survey throughout Ukraine, and especially within Crimea (because of their intention to grab Russia’s naval base), regarding favorability-unfavorability toward NATO, EU, and Russia, both during 16-30 May 2013, prior to the coup (which polling was done ONLY in Crimea, since seizure of Russia’s naval base was the coup’s main goal) and during April 2014 shortly after Crimea broke away from Ukraine in March of 2014. Here are some of the pre-coup findings:
——
Public Opinion Survey Residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea May 16 – 30, 2013
International Republican Institute Baltic Surveys Ltd./The Gallup Organization … with funding from the United States Agency for International Development
p.8: “Regardless of your passport, what do you consider yourself?”
24% “Crimean,” 15% “Ukrainian,” 40% “Russian,” 15% “Tatar” (an anti-Russian group)
p.14: “If Ukraine was able to enter only one international economic union, which entity should it be with?”
53% “Customs Union with Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan”
17% “The European Union”
p.15: “How would you evaluate your attitude to the following entities?”
Russia: 68% “Warm,” 5% “Cold”
USA 6% “Warm,” 24% “Cold”
p.17: “In your opinion, what should the status of Crimea be?”
“Autonomy in Ukraine (as today [under Crimea’s 1992 Constitution and as subsequently celebrated by rfe/rl on 20 January 2011]) 53%.
“Common oblast of Ukraine [ruled under Ukraine’s 1991 Constitution]” 2%
“Crimea should be separated and given to Russia” 23%.
——
Regarding the second poll, which was taken throughout Ukraine plus Crimea and only a month after the Crimeans had voted to be Russians again, I headlined on 2 July 2014 “Gallup Poll Finds Ukraine Cannot Be One Country” and reported that, “Views of Foreign Parties’ Role in the Crisis – Ukrainian Residents Exclusive of Crimea” were mostly anti-Russia, whereas “Views of Foreign Parties’ Role in the Crisis – Crimea” were overwhelmingly pro-Russia, by 71.3% to 8.8%, which is 89% pro-Russia. Only 2.8% were pro-America, while 76.2% were anti-America, which is 96.5% anti-America.
As I reported, at that time:
An April poll of Ukrainians, published in June by Gallup’s Broadcasting Board of Governors [CORRECTION HERE: That was actually by Gallup, for the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors, which group Wikipedia describes as “an independent agency of the United States government which operates various state-run media outlets,” and, so, that propaganda-agency had sponsored this poll, perhaps hoping to find that the Crimean referendum’s reported 96.77% favoring to rejoin Russia would be inconsistent with this Gallup poll — which didn’t turn out to have been the case], found two shockingly opposite countries: one, in the northwest, where the view of the U.S. is favorable among more than 50% of the population; and the other, in the southeast, where the view of the U.S. is unfavorable among more than 70% of the population. Additionally, in the Crimean region — Ukraine’s farthest southeast area, which our President, Barack Obama, says that Russia forcibly seized when the people there voted overwhelmingly on 16 March 2014 to become part of Russia again (as they had been until 1954) — only 2.8% of the public there view the U.S. favorably; more than 97% of Crimeans do not.
And the situation is even more extreme when the issue is the public’s views of Russia — which, overall, are far less favorable than the U.S. is viewed in Ukraine. Less than 2% of residents in Ukraine’s northwest have a favorable view of Russia, but 71.3% of Crimeans do. In Ukraine’s far east, 35.7% do. In Ukraine’s far south except for Crimea, 28.4% do.
Support for joining the European Union is 59.8% in the far north, and 84.2% in the far west. It is 19% in the far east, and 26.8% in the far south. Crimeans were not asked this question, because they had already voted overwhelmingly to rejoin Russia.
Support for joining NATO is 37.7% in the North, 53.2% in the west, 13.1% in the east, and 10.3% in the south. (Again, Crimea wasn’t polled on this.)
The 500 people that were sampled in Crimea were asked “Please tell me if you agree or disagree: The results of the referendum on Crimea’s status [whether to rejoin Russia] reflect the views of most people here.” 82.8% said “Agree.” 6.7% said “Disagree.”
That 82.8% who said “Agree” constituted 92.5% of the Crimeans who expressed an opinion on this.
On 10 October 2014, I headlined “What Obama’s Ukrainian Stooges Did” and reported on the effort by his stooges there to ethnically cleanse or eliminate the residents in the portion of Ukraine’s far eastern Donbass region so as to eliminate enough of the voters in that area, which had voted 90%+ for Yanukovych, so as to then enable Ukraine to reabsorb that region without thereby causing another President such as Yanukovych to become elected in Ukraine. His effort failed, largely because Russia has assisted the people there to defeat even such attacks as these by Ukraine.
Then, on 15 February 2015, I headlined “Brookings Wants More Villages Firebombed in Ukraine’s ‘Anti Terrorist Operation’”, but Obama’s people finally gave up their ambitious objective. So, it’s a stalemate there, somewhat like the stalemate in Israel’s ambitious objective to ethically cleanse away most of the Palestinians. But, of course, that is a different situation, with a different history, though with a not too different ethnically eliminative intent.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-29--Drinking water supplied to 805 villages since late March

TEHRAN- Drinking water has been supplied to 805 villages across Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year ( March 20 ) , the secretary of the national task force for water , wastewater information dissemination has announced .
Ali Seyedzadeh said that drinking water has been supplied for over 553,000 persons in these villages .
He said the targeted figure for this year is to supply drinking water to 1,638 villages with a total population of 979,000 persons .
Drinking water is supplied to 30 villages every week on average in the framework of the Energy Ministry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beginning of the first phase of the A-B-Iran scheme [ the acronyms A and B stand for water , electricity in Persian ] in the previous Iranian calendar year , every week several energy projects have been inaugurated across the country .
Villages are often mentioned as some keys to the development of countries , and the allocation of a proper amount of budget to rural development always brings fruitful economic results .
In Iran , where villages account for generating 20-23 percent of the value-added in the country , the development of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agenda of the governments ’ activities .
The sustainable economic , social , and cultural development of the villages is one of the major priorities of the current government , and many projects implemented and underway in this regard have led to outstanding development in the rural regions .
It is while the sanctions have created many limitations and difficulties for the Iranian economy in recent years .
One of the sectors with noticeable achievements in this field is gas supplying , while the number of villages supplied with natural gas has doubled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current government started its activity .
Based on the statistics , 18,000 villages ( each week 50 villages on average ) have been connected to the national gas network over the past seven years , and now about 4.8 million families in 32,000 villages enjoy natural gas in the country .
It means that 82 percent of the villages are connected to the gas network .
The current government has paid 290 trillion rials ( about $ 6.904 billion ) for supplying gas to the rural areas .
It should be noted that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a big help for the development of infrastructures , the establishment of complementary industries , and job creation in these areas .
While rural development has been always attached priority among the government ’ s projects , launching and inaugurating gas-supply projects in the rural areas has been expedited since the beginning of the sixth month of the current Iranian calendar year ( August 22 ) .
Of course , the development of the South Pars giant gas field , which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf , has played a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ villages .
The supply of drinking water to the villages has been also expedited by the current government , especially since the last Iranian calendar year ( March 2019-March 2020 ) .
Under the framework of a program titled A-B-Iran , the Energy Ministry has inaugurated many projects to supply drinking water to the rural areas .
A-B-Iran program ( the acronyms A and B stand for water and electricity in Persian ) was initiated in the previous Iranian year , during which the energy minister made 31 trips to various provinces for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ total investment of 335.6 trillion rials ( about $ 7.99 billion ) .
This program has supplied drinking water to 1.7 million people in rural areas .
The government has also initiated a plan for constructing and renovating roads in the rural areas , through which 3,000 kilometers of roads have been built , and 4,000 kilometers have been renovated in the villages with over 20 families in the past two years .
As planned , 2,500 kilometers of roads will be built or renovated in the mentioned areas by the end of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2021 ) .
All such programs and projects are hoped to bring sustainable development to the country ’ s villages and lead to boosting production , which is now seriously pursued in the country .

TEHRAN- Drinking water has been supplied to 805 villages across Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), the secretary of the national task force for water, wastewater information dissemination has announced.
Ali Seyedzadeh said that drinking water has been supplied for over 553,000 persons in these villages.
He said the targeted figure for this year is to supply drinking water to 1,638 villages with a total population of 979,000 persons.
Drinking water is supplied to 30 villages every week on average in the framework of the Energy Ministry’s A-B-Iran program.
Since the beginning of the first phase of the A-B-Iran scheme [the acronyms A and B stand for water, electricity in Persian] in the previous Iranian calendar year, every week several energy projects have been inaugurated across the country.
Villages are often mentioned as some keys to the development of countries, and the allocation of a proper amount of budget to rural development always brings fruitful economic results.
In Iran, where villages account for generating 20-23 percent of the value-added in the country, the development of rural areas has been always a top agenda of the governments’ activities.
The sustainable economic, social, and cultural development of the villages is one of the major priorities of the current government, and many projects implemented and underway in this regard have led to outstanding development in the rural regions.
It is while the sanctions have created many limitations and difficulties for the Iranian economy in recent years.
One of the sectors with noticeable achievements in this field is gas supplying, while the number of villages supplied with natural gas has doubled during the past seven years since the current government started its activity.
Based on the statistics, 18,000 villages (each week 50 villages on average) have been connected to the national gas network over the past seven years, and now about 4.8 million families in 32,000 villages enjoy natural gas in the country. It means that 82 percent of the villages are connected to the gas network.
The current government has paid 290 trillion rials (about $6.904 billion) for supplying gas to the rural areas.
It should be noted that supplying gas to the villages has been a big help for the development of infrastructures, the establishment of complementary industries, and job creation in these areas.
While rural development has been always attached priority among the government’s projects, launching and inaugurating gas-supply projects in the rural areas has been expedited since the beginning of the sixth month of the current Iranian calendar year (August 22).
Of course, the development of the South Pars giant gas field, which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf, has played a significant role in supplying gas to the villages.
The supply of drinking water to the villages has been also expedited by the current government, especially since the last Iranian calendar year (March 2019-March 2020).
Under the framework of a program titled A-B-Iran, the Energy Ministry has inaugurated many projects to supply drinking water to the rural areas.
A-B-Iran program (the acronyms A and B stand for water and electricity in Persian) was initiated in the previous Iranian year, during which the energy minister made 31 trips to various provinces for inaugurating over 220 major projects with a total investment of 335.6 trillion rials (about $7.99 billion).
This program has supplied drinking water to 1.7 million people in rural areas.
The government has also initiated a plan for constructing and renovating roads in the rural areas, through which 3,000 kilometers of roads have been built, and 4,000 kilometers have been renovated in the villages with over 20 families in the past two years.
As planned, 2,500 kilometers of roads will be built or renovated in the mentioned areas by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2021).
All such programs and projects are hoped to bring sustainable development to the country’s villages and lead to boosting production, which is now seriously pursued in the country.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-29--Monthly non-oil trade balance of $118m achieved

TEHRAN- Iran ’ s non-oil trade balance was $ 118 million during the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban ( October 22-November 20 ) , the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration ( IRICA ) announced .
Ruhollah Latifi put the country ’ s non-oil trade at $ 6.302 billion during the eight-month period , of which $ 3.21 billion was the share of exports , while imports stood at $ 3.092 billion .
He said 10.248 million tons of commodities have been exported from Iran , and 2.549 million tons of goods have been imported to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ As announced by the IRICA head , the value of Iran ’ s non-oil trade during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year ( March 20-November 20 ) reached $ 44.6 billion .
Mehdi Mirashrafi has said that in the mentioned eight months , Iran imported $ 23.1 billion worth of goods , while the exports stood at $ 21.5 billion .
The total volume of traded goods was estimated at about 97.7 million tons , of which over 75 million tons were related to exports and about 21.8 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mirashrafi , the imports in the said period declined one percent and 18 percent in terms of weight and value , respectively .
The exports also experienced a fall of 14 percent and 19 percent in terms of weight and value , respectively .
Noting the downward trend of the country ’ s foreign trade is ending and the trade is getting back to normal , the official said : “ As we announced in previous months , fortunately , the downward trend of our country ’ s exports is approaching normal conditions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have better conditions in terms of exports by the end of the year.
” Iran ’ s top five non-oil export destinations during this period were Iraq with over $ 5.3 billion worth of exports , China with the same amount , the United Arab Emirates ( UAE ) with over $ 2.7 billion , and Turkey with $ 1.6 billion as well as Afghanistan with $ 1.5 billion .
According to the IRICA head , the top five sources of imports during this period were China with $ 6 billion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkey with $ 2.6 billion , India with $ 1.4 billion , and Germany with $ 1.1 billion worth of imports .
Most of the imported goods into the country in the mentioned time span were basic goods or raw materials , Mirashrafi stressed .
Also in the said period , 4,471,000 tons of goods were transited through Iran to the neighboring countries , showing a decrease of 15 percent compared to the same period last year .

TEHRAN- Iran’s non-oil trade balance was $118 million during the eighth Iranian calendar month of Aban (October 22-November 20), the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.
Ruhollah Latifi put the country’s non-oil trade at $6.302 billion during the eight-month period, of which $3.21 billion was the share of exports, while imports stood at $3.092 billion.
He said 10.248 million tons of commodities have been exported from Iran, and 2.549 million tons of goods have been imported to the country in the mentioned month.
As announced by the IRICA head, the value of Iran’s non-oil trade during the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-November 20) reached $44.6 billion.
Mehdi Mirashrafi has said that in the mentioned eight months, Iran imported $23.1 billion worth of goods, while the exports stood at $21.5 billion.
The total volume of traded goods was estimated at about 97.7 million tons, of which over 75 million tons were related to exports and about 21.8 million tons were imported goods.
According to Mirashrafi, the imports in the said period declined one percent and 18 percent in terms of weight and value, respectively.
The exports also experienced a fall of 14 percent and 19 percent in terms of weight and value, respectively.
Noting the downward trend of the country’s foreign trade is ending and the trade is getting back to normal, the official said: “As we announced in previous months, fortunately, the downward trend of our country’s exports is approaching normal conditions month by month, and we hope to have better conditions in terms of exports by the end of the year.”
Iran’s top five non-oil export destinations during this period were Iraq with over $5.3 billion worth of exports, China with the same amount, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with over $2.7 billion, and Turkey with $1.6 billion as well as Afghanistan with $1.5 billion.
According to the IRICA head, the top five sources of imports during this period were China with $6 billion, the UAE with $5.4 billion, Turkey with $2.6 billion, India with $1.4 billion, and Germany with $1.1 billion worth of imports.
Most of the imported goods into the country in the mentioned time span were basic goods or raw materials, Mirashrafi stressed.
Also in the said period, 4,471,000 tons of goods were transited through Iran to the neighboring countries, showing a decrease of 15 percent compared to the same period last year.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-29--Suspect arrested for fatally shooting a man he says was trying to steal his car

A man in the southern city of Arad shot dead an individual he said was trying to steal his car , police said on Sunday morning .
The 34-year-old suspected burglar was taken to Beersheba ’ s Soroka Medical Center , where medical staff pronounced his death .
The man , in his 70s , was said to have told police he saw a suspicious person trying to break into his vehicle and fired shots toward him using a gun he had in his possession .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the Walla news site , the shooter said that he had not aimed his weapon at the suspected burglar and did not mean to harm him .
“ I fired at the wheels .
I did not intend to hit him , ” the man reportedly told police investigators .
He was expected to appear in court later on Sunday for a remand hearing .
The incident in Arad was the second overnight shooting after police said a man was killed during an exchange of fire in the northern town of Maghar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two suspects opened fire on a bank branch and medical center in the town , and also at officers who subsequently tried to arrest them .
The Walla news site said that police were operating undercover and had been observing the bank when the suspects initially opened fire .
In the subsequent exchange of fire , one suspect was killed and a passerby was moderately wounded .
There were no reports of police injuries .
Police did not say if the second suspect had been arrested .

A man in the southern city of Arad shot dead an individual he said was trying to steal his car, police said on Sunday morning.
The 34-year-old suspected burglar was taken to Beersheba’s Soroka Medical Center, where medical staff pronounced his death.
The man, in his 70s, was said to have told police he saw a suspicious person trying to break into his vehicle and fired shots toward him using a gun he had in his possession.
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According to the Walla news site, the shooter said that he had not aimed his weapon at the suspected burglar and did not mean to harm him.
“I fired at the wheels. I did not intend to hit him,” the man reportedly told police investigators. He was expected to appear in court later on Sunday for a remand hearing.
The incident in Arad was the second overnight shooting after police said a man was killed during an exchange of fire in the northern town of Maghar.
Police said in a statement that two suspects opened fire on a bank branch and medical center in the town, and also at officers who subsequently tried to arrest them.
The Walla news site said that police were operating undercover and had been observing the bank when the suspects initially opened fire.
In the subsequent exchange of fire, one suspect was killed and a passerby was moderately wounded. There were no reports of police injuries. Police did not say if the second suspect had been arrested.


jewworldorder--2020-11-29--Iran newspaper: Strike Haifa if Israel killed scientist

An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper on Sunday suggested Iran should attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of a scientist linked to its disbanded military nuclear program Though the hard-line Kayhan newspaper has long argued for aggressive retaliation for operations targeting Iran , Sunday ’ s opinion piece went further , suggesting any assault be carried out in a way that destroys facilities and “ also causes heavy human casualties.
” Iranian officials roundly have blamed Israel for the attack , raising the specter of renewed tensions that could engulf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Persian Gulf and beyond .
Kayhan published the piece written by Iranian analyst Sadollah Zarei , who argued Iran ’ s previous reactions to suspected Israeli airstrikes that killed Revolutionary Guard forces in Syria didn ’ t go far enough to deter Israel .
Striking Haifa and killing a large number of people “ will definitely lead to deterrence , because the United States and the Israeli regime and its agents are by no means ready to take part in a war and a military confrontation , ” Zarei wrote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be greater than Iran ’ s ballistic missile attack against American troops in Iraq following the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in January .
Haifa , on the Mediterranean Sea , has been threatened in the past by both Iran and one of its proxies , the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah .
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently suggested striking Haifa ’ s stores of ammonium nitrate , a highly explosive fertilizer that fueled the deadly Beirut port blast in August that killed 193 people and wounded 6,500 others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ newspaper in Iran , its editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has been described as an adviser to him in the past .
The Iranian parliament on Sunday held a closed-door hearing about Fakhrizadeh ’ s killing .
Afterward , parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said Iran ’ s enemies must be made to regret killing him .
“ The criminal enemy does not regret it except with a strong reaction , ” he said in a broadcast on Iranian state radio .
Analysts have compared Fakhrizadeh @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the scientist who led America ’ s Manhattan Project in World War II that created the atom bomb .
Fakhrizadeh headed Iran ’ s so-called AMAD program that Israel and the West have alleged was a military operation looking at the feasibility of building a nuclear weapon .
The International Atomic Energy Agency says that “ structured program ” ended in 2003 .
Iran long has maintained its nuclear program is peaceful .
His killing likely complicates the plans of President-elect Joe Biden , who has said his administration will consider reentering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ powers .
It also raises the risk of an open conflict in the remaining weeks in office for President Donald Trump , who unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the atomic accord in 2018 , beginning a series of escalating incidents between Tehran and Washington .

An opinion piece published by a hard-line Iranian newspaper on Sunday suggested Iran should attack the Israeli port city of Haifa if Israel carried out the killing of a scientist linked to its disbanded military nuclear program
Though the hard-line Kayhan newspaper has long argued for aggressive retaliation for operations targeting Iran, Sunday’s opinion piece went further, suggesting any assault be carried out in a way that destroys facilities and “also causes heavy human casualties.”
Israel, suspected of killing Iranian nuclear scientists over the past decade, has not commented on Friday’s slaying of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Iranian officials roundly have blamed Israel for the attack, raising the specter of renewed tensions that could engulf the region, including U.S. troops stationed in the Persian Gulf and beyond.
Kayhan published the piece written by Iranian analyst Sadollah Zarei, who argued Iran’s previous reactions to suspected Israeli airstrikes that killed Revolutionary Guard forces in Syria didn’t go far enough to deter Israel.
Striking Haifa and killing a large number of people “will definitely lead to deterrence, because the United States and the Israeli regime and its agents are by no means ready to take part in a war and a military confrontation,” Zarei wrote. He said an assault on Haifa needed to be greater than Iran’s ballistic missile attack against American troops in Iraq following the U.S. drone strike that killed a top Iranian general in January.
Haifa, on the Mediterranean Sea, has been threatened in the past by both Iran and one of its proxies, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently suggested striking Haifa’s stores of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive fertilizer that fueled the deadly Beirut port blast in August that killed 193 people and wounded 6,500 others.
While Kayhan is a small circulation newspaper in Iran, its editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has been described as an adviser to him in the past.
The Iranian parliament on Sunday held a closed-door hearing about Fakhrizadeh’s killing. Afterward, parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf said Iran’s enemies must be made to regret killing him.
“The criminal enemy does not regret it except with a strong reaction,” he said in a broadcast on Iranian state radio.
State television broadcast images of Fakhrizadeh’s casket being flown to Mashhad, a holy Shiite city in Iran’s east home to the shrine of Imam Reza.
Analysts have compared Fakhrizadeh to being on par with Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist who led America’s Manhattan Project in World War II that created the atom bomb.
Fakhrizadeh headed Iran’s so-called AMAD program that Israel and the West have alleged was a military operation looking at the feasibility of building a nuclear weapon. The International Atomic Energy Agency says that “structured program” ended in 2003. Iran long has maintained its nuclear program is peaceful.
His killing likely complicates the plans of President-elect Joe Biden, who has said his administration will consider reentering Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers. It also raises the risk of an open conflict in the remaining weeks in office for President Donald Trump, who unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the atomic accord in 2018, beginning a series of escalating incidents between Tehran and Washington.
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-29--Elements behind Fakhrizadeh assassination, Natanz attack are the same: Iran

TEHRAN — Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran ( AEOI ) has said the elements behind the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and the act of sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility are the same .
“ Their footprint is clearly seen in different incidents , ” Behrooz Kamalvandi said on Saturday , Tasnim reported .
Fakhrizadeh , who headed the research and innovation wing at Iran ’ s Defense Ministry , was assassinated on Friday on the outskirts of the capital Tehran .
It was the second high-profile assassination since January , when Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assassination of Fakhrizadeh has drawn outrage and anger in Tehran .
“ In the Natanz incident , it can be said that their elements are the same as the recent incident , and it seems that the Zionist regime is involved in these cases , ” Kamalvandi said .
Kamalvandi said the enemy has targeted Iran ’ s strength to hamper its progress .
“ In the industrial sector , we must double our work , and in the security sectors , we must give a decisive response to these measures , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enrichment center located in the city of the same name in central Isfahan Province .
On July 2 , Iran announced an incident affected a shed under construction at the Natanz complex , but it caused no casualties and failed to stop the enrichment work at the facility .
Kamalvandi said on September 6 that the elements and reasons behind the blast have been identified , but he did provide further details .
“ The elements and reasons behind the act of sabotage at the Natanz facility have been identified , but it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ further information since the issue is under investigation , ” he said .
In the aftermath of the Friday assassination , Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iranian experts to preserve the scientific and technical legacy of the nuclear physicist , and ordered punishment of Fakhrizadeh ’ s assassins .
President Hassan Rouhani also warned of a conspiracy hatched by the Zionist regime to incite chaos in the region , vowing that the Islamic Republic would respond to the assassination at the proper time .

TEHRAN — Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has said the elements behind the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh and the act of sabotage at the Natanz nuclear facility are the same.
“Their footprint is clearly seen in different incidents,” Behrooz Kamalvandi said on Saturday, Tasnim reported.
Fakhrizadeh, who headed the research and innovation wing at Iran’s Defense Ministry, was assassinated on Friday on the outskirts of the capital Tehran.
It was the second high-profile assassination since January, when Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was killed by a U.S. airstrike. The assassination of Fakhrizadeh has drawn outrage and anger in Tehran.
“In the Natanz incident, it can be said that their elements are the same as the recent incident, and it seems that the Zionist regime is involved in these cases,” Kamalvandi said.
Kamalvandi said the enemy has targeted Iran’s strength to hamper its progress.
“In the industrial sector, we must double our work, and in the security sectors, we must give a decisive response to these measures,” he remarked.
Natanz is a uranium enrichment center located in the city of the same name in central Isfahan Province. On July 2, Iran announced an incident affected a shed under construction at the Natanz complex, but it caused no casualties and failed to stop the enrichment work at the facility.
Kamalvandi said on September 6 that the elements and reasons behind the blast have been identified, but he did provide further details.
“The elements and reasons behind the act of sabotage at the Natanz facility have been identified, but it’s not possible to give out further information since the issue is under investigation,” he said.
In the aftermath of the Friday assassination, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on Iranian experts to preserve the scientific and technical legacy of the nuclear physicist, and ordered punishment of Fakhrizadeh’s assassins.
President Hassan Rouhani also warned of a conspiracy hatched by the Zionist regime to incite chaos in the region, vowing that the Islamic Republic would respond to the assassination at the proper time.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-29--‘Majorblow to Iran’: Israel on high alert following assassination of senior Iranian nuclear scientis

Israel has directed its embassies around the world to heighten their alertness following the assassination Mohsen Fakhrizadeh , a prominent Iranian nuclear and weapons scientist .
Fakhrizadeh , the mastermind behind Iran ’ s nuclear program , was shot by assassins on Friday in Tehran .
The Islamic Republic is blaming Israel for the shooting and is threatening retaliation .
Fearing possible reprisal attacks , Israeli embassies and Jewish communities have raised the level of security around their facilities .
The IDF is also preparing for the option of an Iranian attack on Israel .
A senior Israeli official is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Israel ’ s worst enemies , and without him , Iran would not have achieved what it did in the realm of long-range ballistic missiles .
As for his death , he said that it is hard to see Iran finding anyone with his capabilities to replace him .
Israeli writer Yossi Melman said that Fakhrizadeh was a professor of physics at Imam Hussein University but also led the clandestine Amad Project that developed nuclear bombs and led its weaponization efforts .
He was wanted by Mossad and a few years escaped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a major psychological and professional blow for Iran , ” Melman wrote .
Amos Yadlin , a former general in the Israeli Air Force ( IAF ) and former head of the IDF ’ s Military Intelligence Directorate , said that Fakhrizadeh led the weapons group in the Iranian nuclear program and took care to preserve its knowledge from 2003 under various organizations and institutions .
He was involved for many years in all Iran ’ s illegitimate nuclear activities , and if there is an active Iranian weapons program , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
As for possible developments , Yadlin said that in the time left before President Donald Trump leaves office , an act of Iranian revenge would provide grounds for an American attack on Iranian nuclear facilities .
Whether Iran is tempted to retaliate or restrain itself , this action will make it difficult for President-elect Joe Biden to return to the nuclear deal , as he has vowed , he explained .
Iran ’ s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the assassination and ordered officials to “ take action to punish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ attack.
” “ Two important issues should be seriously put on the agenda by all relevant officials ; first , probing the crime and the definite punishment of those who perpetrated and ordered it ; and second , pursuing and continuing the martyr ’ s scientific and technical efforts in all the sectors in which he was engaged , ” he stated .
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps ( IRGC ) Major General Hossein Salami declared that Fakhrizadeh ’ s assassination will “ not undermine Iranians ’ resolve , ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is already on the country ’ s agenda .
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Israel has directed its embassies around the world to heighten their alertness following the assassination Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a prominent Iranian nuclear and weapons scientist.
Fakhrizadeh, the mastermind behind Iran’s nuclear program, was shot by assassins on Friday in Tehran. The Islamic Republic is blaming Israel for the shooting and is threatening retaliation.
Fearing possible reprisal attacks, Israeli embassies and Jewish communities have raised the level of security around their facilities.
The IDF is also preparing for the option of an Iranian attack on Israel.
A senior Israeli official is quoted as saying that Fakhrizadeh was one of Israel’s worst enemies, and without him, Iran would not have achieved what it did in the realm of long-range ballistic missiles.
As for his death, he said that it is hard to see Iran finding anyone with his capabilities to replace him.
Israeli writer Yossi Melman said that Fakhrizadeh was a professor of physics at Imam Hussein University but also led the clandestine Amad Project that developed nuclear bombs and led its weaponization efforts. He was wanted by Mossad and a few years escaped an assassination attempt.
“His death is a major psychological and professional blow for Iran,” Melman wrote.
Amos Yadlin, a former general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) and former head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate, said that Fakhrizadeh led the weapons group in the Iranian nuclear program and took care to preserve its knowledge from 2003 under various organizations and institutions.
He was involved for many years in all Iran’s illegitimate nuclear activities, and if there is an active Iranian weapons program, it has suffered a severe blow, he said.
As for possible developments, Yadlin said that in the time left before President Donald Trump leaves office, an act of Iranian revenge would provide grounds for an American attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Whether Iran is tempted to retaliate or restrain itself, this action will make it difficult for President-elect Joe Biden to return to the nuclear deal, as he has vowed, he explained.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei condemned the assassination and ordered officials to “take action to punish the masterminds and perpetrators of the terror attack.”
“Two important issues should be seriously put on the agenda by all relevant officials; first, probing the crime and the definite punishment of those who perpetrated and ordered it; and second, pursuing and continuing the martyr’s scientific and technical efforts in all the sectors in which he was engaged,” he stated.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami declared that Fakhrizadeh’s assassination will “not undermine Iranians’ resolve,” and that “revenge for the terror attack is already on the country’s agenda.”
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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--Pope cancels traditional pre-Christmas ceremony due to COVID-19

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has canceled a ceremony that traditionally begins Rome ’ s Christmas season on Dec. 8 at the Spanish Steps because of coronavirus restrictions , the Vatican said on Monday.The pope customarily places a wreath of flowers at the base of a 12-meter column bearing a statue of the Madonna and blesses from a distance another wreath already placed around the statue ’ s arm by firefighters using a ladder.The Vatican said Francis would skip the ceremony , which popes have been carrying out on the feast of the Immaculate Conception since 1953 , “ in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ caused by gatherings of people.
” Thousands of people usually line the streets near the area to see the pope and pray with him.The Vatican said the pope would instead hold a private service to entrust the city , its people and the sick around the world to the Madonna.It has already announced that access to all of the pope ’ s traditional Christmas activities , including his “ Urbi et Orbi ” ( “ To the city and the world ” ) blessing and message , will be restricted because of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be allowed into St. Peter ’ s Basilica for papal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses , which will be broadcast on television and streamed on the internet.Last month , the pope ’ s weekly general audiences were moved back indoors with public participation after a period when a limited number of people were allowed to take part.Recently , more than a dozen Swiss Guards and one person who lives in the residence that houses the pope tested positive for the coronavirus and had to be quarantined.The first Western country hit by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 deaths since its outbreak emerged in February , the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain .
It has also registered 1.585 million cases to date .
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VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis has canceled a ceremony that traditionally begins Rome’s Christmas season on Dec. 8 at the Spanish Steps because of coronavirus restrictions, the Vatican said on Monday.The pope customarily places a wreath of flowers at the base of a 12-meter column bearing a statue of the Madonna and blesses from a distance another wreath already placed around the statue’s arm by firefighters using a ladder.The Vatican said Francis would skip the ceremony, which popes have been carrying out on the feast of the Immaculate Conception since 1953, “in order to avoid any risk of contagion caused by gatherings of people.”Thousands of people usually line the streets near the area to see the pope and pray with him.The Vatican said the pope would instead hold a private service to entrust the city, its people and the sick around the world to the Madonna.It has already announced that access to all of the pope’s traditional Christmas activities, including his “Urbi et Orbi” (“To the city and the world”) blessing and message, will be restricted because of the COVID-19 crisis.Only a limited number of people will be allowed into St. Peter’s Basilica for papal Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses, which will be broadcast on television and streamed on the internet.Last month, the pope’s weekly general audiences were moved back indoors with public participation after a period when a limited number of people were allowed to take part.Recently, more than a dozen Swiss Guards and one person who lives in the residence that houses the pope tested positive for the coronavirus and had to be quarantined.The first Western country hit by the virus, Italy has recorded 54,904 COVID-19 deaths since its outbreak emerged in February, the second-highest toll in Europe after Britain. It has also registered 1.585 million cases to date.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--Art Bureau launches website for nuclear scientist Fakhrizadeh

TEHRAN – The Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization has launched a website to promote artworks on Iranian @ @ @ @ @ Fakhrizadeh , a senior expert who specialized in nuclear technology , was assassinated in a @ @ @ @ @ .
The website promotes posters , poems and other artworks on Fakhrizadeh .
The art @ @ @ @ @ to send their artworks for publication on the website that can be found on www.shahidfakhrizadeh.com @ @ @ @ @ of Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on display on the Art Bureau ’ s website for the @ @ @ @

TEHRAN – The Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization has launched a website to promote artworks on Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
Fakhrizadeh, a senior expert who specialized in nuclear technology, was assassinated in a terrorist attack on Friday afternoon.
The website promotes posters, poems and other artworks on Fakhrizadeh. The art bureau has also asked artists to send their artworks for publication on the website that can be found on www.shahidfakhrizadeh.com.
Photo: A portrait of Martyr Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on display on the Art Bureau’s website for the Iranian nuclear scientist.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--30 documentaries to compete for Avini Awards at Cinéma Vérité

TEHRAN – A lineup of 30 documentaries will be competing for the Avini Awards at the 14th edition of the Cinéma Vérité festival , Iran ’ s major international festival for documentary films .
The award has been established by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center ( DEFC ) , which is the main organizer of the festival , to commemorate the martyr Morteza Avini , the writer and documentarian who chronicled the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war known as the Sacred Defense in Iran .
Documentaries on the Islamic Revolution , the Sacred Defense and resistance in the region will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than My Mother ” by Alireza Baghsheni , “ Virtual Flags ” by Hassan Jafari , “ Birth of a Tragedy ” by Hojjatollah Edalatpanah , “ Deserted Houses ” by Mohammadreza Abbasian , “ The General ” by Mohammad Talebi and “ World of Javad ” by Sadeq Ghafurain are among the documentaries .
Also included are “ Gambling ” by Mohammad-Mehdi Dezfuli , “ Cross ” by Ahmad Rahmanian , “ Report of a Chaos ” by Mohammadreza Giumchian and “ Single Battalion ” by Dariush Yari .
Morteza Avini , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a landmine in 1993 when he was making a documentary about soldiers who were still listed as missing in action in the former Iran-Iraq war zone in southwestern Iran .
Avini rose to fame for “ The Narration of Triumph ” .
He was considered a “ master of martyred writers ” by his colleagues and war veterans due to the fervent narrations he wrote for his documentaries .
Cinéma Vérité also plans to review a selection of documentaries acclaimed at 2020 international events across the world in a special section named “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of top Iranian and international documentarians and critics will be holding online workshops and panel discussions during the festival .
The international figures include Betsy A. McLane , Bill Nichols and James Bertrand Longley in addition to famous Iranian documentarians Mehrdad Oskui and Farhad Varahram .

TEHRAN – A lineup of 30 documentaries will be competing for the Avini Awards at the 14th edition of the Cinéma Vérité festival, Iran’s major international festival for documentary films.
The award has been established by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), which is the main organizer of the festival, to commemorate the martyr Morteza Avini, the writer and documentarian who chronicled the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war known as the Sacred Defense in Iran.
Documentaries on the Islamic Revolution, the Sacred Defense and resistance in the region will be competing for the award.
“More than My Mother” by Alireza Baghsheni, “Virtual Flags” by Hassan Jafari, “Birth of a Tragedy” by Hojjatollah Edalatpanah, “Deserted Houses” by Mohammadreza Abbasian, “The General” by Mohammad Talebi and “World of Javad” by Sadeq Ghafurain are among the documentaries.
Also included are “Gambling” by Mohammad-Mehdi Dezfuli, “Cross” by Ahmad Rahmanian, “Report of a Chaos” by Mohammadreza Giumchian and “Single Battalion” by Dariush Yari.
Morteza Avini, the acclaimed documentarian who was martyred by a landmine in 1993 when he was making a documentary about soldiers who were still listed as missing in action in the former Iran-Iraq war zone in southwestern Iran.
Avini rose to fame for “The Narration of Triumph”. He was considered a “master of martyred writers” by his colleagues and war veterans due to the fervent narrations he wrote for his documentaries.
Cinéma Vérité also plans to review a selection of documentaries acclaimed at 2020 international events across the world in a special section named “World’s Best”.
A number of top Iranian and international documentarians and critics will be holding online workshops and panel discussions during the festival.
The international figures include Betsy A. McLane, Bill Nichols and James Bertrand Longley in addition to famous Iranian documentarians Mehrdad Oskui and Farhad Varahram.
Photo: A poster for Cinéma Vérité’s Avini Awards.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--Martyred nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh laid to rest in Tehran mosque

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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--The Secret Of The Rothschilds | Mary E. Hobart (1898)

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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--Indian ‘Love Jihad’ law will be used to entrap and harass interfaith couples, rights lawyers say

new law brought in by the government of India ’ s most populous state will be used to harass and @ @ @ @ @ rights lawyers have warned .
The law against so-called “ Love Jihad ” , an @ @ @ @ @ passed as an executive order by the BJP government of right-wing Hindu monk-turned chief minister @ @ @ @ @ of Uttar Pradesh .
It makes “ unlawful ” religious conversion a punishable offence with @ @ @ @ @ 10 years , and will apply in cases where conversion is a result of marriage @ @ @ @ @ undue influence or other “ fraudulent ” means .

A new law brought in by the government of India’s most populous state will be used to harass and incarcerate legitimate interfaith couples, rights lawyers have warned.
The law against so-called “Love Jihad”, an Islamophobic conspiracy theory, was passed as an executive order by the BJP government of right-wing Hindu monk-turned chief minister Yogi Adityanath in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
It makes “unlawful” religious conversion a punishable offence with a jail term up to 10 years, and will apply in cases where conversion is a result of marriage, misrepresentation, force, undue influence or other “fraudulent” means.
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jewworldorder--2020-11-30--Whodunit? Who didn’t? What the press is saying on November 30

1 .
Twitter ’ s reliable , right ?
Israel ’ s press is following along closely as Iran attempts to piece together the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh .
• A report in Iran ’ s semi-official Fars news describing the killing as having been carried out by a remote control machine gun attached to a self-exploding Nissan , which first caused Fakhrizadeh to leave his car and then took him out with bullets , is picked up widely in the Israeli press .
• Another account making the rounds ( but widely discounted as unreliable ) goes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ team of 50 people involved in the assassination , as well as a 12-man squad that opened fire on Fakhrizadeh ’ s car , then pulled him out and killed him at point blank range .
• Yedioth Ahronoth prints pictures on its front page of four people it says have been fingered by Iranian intelligence as involved , according to the rock-solid source of a social media rumor .
• In fact , the pictures come not from Yedioth ’ s source in Iranian intelligence , but from the same account that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one Mohamed Ahwaze , also known as M Majed .
Nonetheless they are picked up by several Israeli outlets , including Channel 12 , which hours earlier had dismissed his 62-man squad claim as “ disinformation.
” • Channel 13 reports matter-of-factly that “ opposition activist Mohamed Majed reports that intelligence agents distributed the pictures in every hotel in the country and demanded that the owners of the hotels report immediately if they identify one of the suspects.
” • Haaretz picks up a Press TV report that claims that “ the weapon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ act ( where Fakhrizadeh was assassinated ) bears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry.
” 2 .
What hath we wrought ?
Aside from tarring people as assassins based on rumors , Yedioth ’ s front page also features a top headline crowing that “ Israel ’ s ability to strike at the heart of the enemy is unprecedented , ” with the paper still wetting its pants over ex-spook Bruce Riedel ’ s comments to The New York Times published Sunday .
• ToI ’ s Judah Ari Gross @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public killing is deeply embarrassing for Iran , demonstrating both internationally and domestically that it can not provide adequate security to a high-profile official like the head of its constantly-under-fire nuclear weapons program , which has already been targeted in the past with assassinations by foreign governments.
” • He points out that Israeli officials commenting on the raid were “ gleefully ambiguous , ” like Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz “ tell [ ing ] the Kan broadcaster on Sunday that ‘ whoever did it ’ contributed to the security of ‘ not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the world.
’ ” • Channel 13 news published what it said were the opinions of “ ordinary Iranians , ” and shocker , all three Iranians willing to speak to an Israeli TV channel were not big fans of Fakhrizadeh .
If Israel killed “ this freeloader , I kiss her hands , ” says one .
• Wonks Steven Simon , Joshua Landis and Ayman Mansour counsel , however , that a strategy based on assassinating people doing things you don ’ t like may not be the best long-term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • “ While there ’ s no question that killing competent , even inspirational managers like Soleimani or Fakhrizadeh can cause administrative setbacks , assassination doesn ’ t solve the underlying problem .
It does , however , incur risks both in the near term and down the road , ” they write in Haaretz .
• In Israel Hayom , which buries its now-scanty coverage of the affair deep inside the tabloid after giving it 11 pages to run wild a day earlier , Persia expert Tamar Eilam Gindi says that Iranian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategic patience , ” that is avoiding being dragged into unwanted conflict while trying to show that it is still strong .
• “ The use of the word ‘ strategic ’ sends the message to hardliners that this is just a waiting period that will come to an end , and that the ayatollahs are carefully planning their next move .
To those on the left who seek regime change , the word sends the message that , just because the regime hasn ’ t punished the killers who assassinated Fakhrizadeh , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t mean they will get away with acts against the regime.
” 3 .
Gird around the world : Apropos those hardliners , another piece of Iranian journalism given fairly wide play in Israel is an editorial in hardline daily Kayhan calling for bombing Haifa in response .
While the opinion piece does not send Haifa residents to their shelters , it is viewed as a way to understand the thinking inside the Iranian regime .
Get The Times of Israel ’ s Daily Edition by email and never miss our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While Kayhan is a small circulation newspaper , its editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has been described as an adviser to him in the past , ” notes the Associated Press .
• Iran expert David Manshari tells Kan that “ if Khamenei ’ s mouthpiece Kayhan comes out with a statement that this is a serious shock to Iran , that means it ’ s a serious shock to Iran.
” • Israelis are still bracing for some sort of retaliation , and suddenly Dubai @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hot destinations .
On Sunday night , reports proliferated of new travel warnings for the UAE and Bahrain from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau , though they turned out to be false , with the travel warnings not new and not apparently connected to the assassination .
• Nonetheless , Channel 12 news reports that Jerusalem fears Israelis in the UAE and Dubai will turn into targets .
Security officials recently held a meeting on the safety of Israeli visitors to the UAE and have begun working with their Emirati counterparts to ensure the protection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• It adds that Israel is also anticipating that Iran could step up its cyberattacks on Israel ’ s water and electricity facilities .
• Yedioth reports that “ tourism industry sources reported Sunday that tourism companies have already started receiving messages from worried citizens who bought packages to Dubai , and that there ’ s a chance the influx to the UAE will halt.
” • Kan reports that Foreign Ministry director Alon Ushpiz has sent a letter to all Israeli missions around the world ordering them to up alertness and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wake of “ the events over the weekend.
” 4 .
Fly Dubai ?
On second thought : Channel 12 news reports that those still trying to get to Dubai are running into trouble , with Israelis not being allowed to board flights to Dubai and some UAE businessmen being sent back right after reaching the airport .
• In the first case , a source tells the station that the Israelis , businessmen looking to open some restaurants , were missing some necessary “ invitation ” papers .
“ The eagerness of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Dubai is making them forget themselves and forget that they must show an invitation before boarding the plane to avoid unpleasantness afterwards .
Without these permits , they can not enter Dubai no matter how angry and upset they get , ” a source tells the station .
• As for the Dubaiers , apparently they tried to get into Israel without a visa .
Perhaps it is because Israeli news outlets keep on reporting that Israel and the UAE have a visa exemption deal , when in actuality , the deal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , despite constant promises from the Foreign Ministry that something is being worked out .
• Israel Hayom points out that with Israeli airlines set to begin flying to the UAE this week , they have yet to receive an okay to fly over Saudi Arabia , calling it “ ridiculous.
” • The paper reports that without the okay , IsraAir will not fly around Saudi Arabia but will cancel its maiden flight , set for Tuesday morning , though it says officials are confident a solution will be worked out .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the flight industry given that some 160 passengers are stuck with uncertainty ahead of the first flight , ” it reports .
• One person will be happy about the turbulence : Haaretz ’ s Amalia Rosenbloom , who writes in an opinion piece that visiting the country “ is like standing on the sidelines of a gang-rape.
” • “ A moment before you pack your bags , it ’ s important to know that the glittering hotels in Dubai , the eye-popping shopping malls and the perfect beaches are built @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights have been taken away by violent means , ” she writes , describing the trafficking problem there and visits by Israeli johns .
“ One of the main cooperative projects involving Israel and the UAE that has recently begun is the provision of clients of prostitution on the part of Israel , and prostitution services on the part of Dubai.
” 5 .
Mandelblit ’ s stocking stuffer : Meanwhile , in Israel election talk is nearing weapons grade levels as party spin machines whirl like centrifuges ahead of what most expect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
• Shalom Yerushalmi , writing for ToI sister site Zman Yisrael , says that Blue and White chief Benny Gantz is “ closer than ever ” to backing a no confidence motion that would spell the end to the coalition , after a day that saw Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit ask him to hold off on the submarine probe .
• However he says that doing so “ will play right into Netanyahu ’ s hands , ” since should Gantz indeed support the measure , it will open up a wealth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to his needs .
The committee that will determine the date for elections , he notes , is run by UTJ MK Yaakov Asher , whom he describes as a Netanyahu ally .
• “ Netanyahu will get … a new flexible date for elections , in line with the mapping out of assassinations , vaccines or deals , which are convenient for him , ” he writes .
• Channel 12 ’ s Amnon Rubinstein writes that Mandelblit ’ s decision to delay the submarine probe is also a gift for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weight off his shoulders.
” • “ Gantz so didn ’ t want this inquiry .
Not to look into it , not to investigate , the main thing is not to anger Netanyahu .
Netanyahu ’ s friendliness is more important to him than anything.
” • Army Radio reports that Gantz at first tried to keep Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn from launching a probe , and surprised him later by launching it himself .
The move came after Gantz and Nissenkorn stopped speaking , and Mandelblit , who needed info from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the panel , was forced to do so via “ unofficial ” talks with lower-level ministry officials .
• Nissenkorn tells the station that ties with Gantz are hunky dory and his ministry does not to be involved in the committee .
• Israel Hayom leads off its tabloid with Netanyahu ’ s request for the court to throw away the indictments against him , running as a headline the claim that “ Netanyahu was marked from the start.
” • The paper ’ s Haim Shine goes after Mandelblit and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plus the media , of course ) , accusing them of thinking that they could just charge Netanyahu and ‘ he would raise his hands in defeat.
’ Now he lays the groundwork for blaming the judges should he somehow not be cleared of all charges : “ There ’ s no doubt that the judges know what ’ s riding on Netanyahu being cleared , and are aware of what the media will do to them in that case .
”

1. Twitter’s reliable, right? Israel’s press is following along closely as Iran attempts to piece together the assassination of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
A report in Iran’s semi-official Fars news describing the killing as having been carried out by a remote control machine gun attached to a self-exploding Nissan, which first caused Fakhrizadeh to leave his car and then took him out with bullets, is picked up widely in the Israeli press.
Another account making the rounds (but widely discounted as unreliable) goes to the other extreme, describing a team of 50 people involved in the assassination, as well as a 12-man squad that opened fire on Fakhrizadeh’s car, then pulled him out and killed him at point blank range.
(It’s hard to believe that the Mossad would take the silly risk of trying to keep a secret among 62 people inside Iran, just for the overkill of having a full dozen machine-gun toting assassins.)
Yedioth Ahronoth prints pictures on its front page of four people it says have been fingered by Iranian intelligence as involved, according to the rock-solid source of a social media rumor.
In fact, the pictures come not from Yedioth’s source in Iranian intelligence, but from the same account that apparently started the 62-man team rumors — one Mohamed Ahwaze, also known as M Majed. Nonetheless they are picked up by several Israeli outlets, including Channel 12, which hours earlier had dismissed his 62-man squad claim as “disinformation.”
Channel 13 reports matter-of-factly that “opposition activist Mohamed Majed reports that intelligence agents distributed the pictures in every hotel in the country and demanded that the owners of the hotels report immediately if they identify one of the suspects.”
Haaretz picks up a Press TV report that claims that “the weapon collected from the site of the terrorist act (where Fakhrizadeh was assassinated) bears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry.”
2. What hath we wrought? Aside from tarring people as assassins based on rumors, Yedioth’s front page also features a top headline crowing that “Israel’s ability to strike at the heart of the enemy is unprecedented,” with the paper still wetting its pants over ex-spook Bruce Riedel’s comments to The New York Times published Sunday.
ToI’s Judah Ari Gross writes, “This type of highly public killing is deeply embarrassing for Iran, demonstrating both internationally and domestically that it cannot provide adequate security to a high-profile official like the head of its constantly-under-fire nuclear weapons program, which has already been targeted in the past with assassinations by foreign governments.”
He points out that Israeli officials commenting on the raid were “gleefully ambiguous,” like Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz “tell[ing] the Kan broadcaster on Sunday that ‘whoever did it’ contributed to the security of ‘not only Israel, but the whole region and the world.’”
Channel 13 news published what it said were the opinions of “ordinary Iranians,” and shocker, all three Iranians willing to speak to an Israeli TV channel were not big fans of Fakhrizadeh. If Israel killed “this freeloader, I kiss her hands,” says one.
Wonks Steven Simon, Joshua Landis and Ayman Mansour counsel, however, that a strategy based on assassinating people doing things you don’t like may not be the best long-term strategy for Israel or anyone else.
“While there’s no question that killing competent, even inspirational managers like Soleimani or Fakhrizadeh can cause administrative setbacks, assassination doesn’t solve the underlying problem. It does, however, incur risks both in the near term and down the road,” they write in Haaretz.
In Israel Hayom, which buries its now-scanty coverage of the affair deep inside the tabloid after giving it 11 pages to run wild a day earlier, Persia expert Tamar Eilam Gindi says that Iranian have already made an art of “strategic patience,” that is avoiding being dragged into unwanted conflict while trying to show that it is still strong.
“The use of the word ‘strategic’ sends the message to hardliners that this is just a waiting period that will come to an end, and that the ayatollahs are carefully planning their next move. To those on the left who seek regime change, the word sends the message that, just because the regime hasn’t punished the killers who assassinated Fakhrizadeh, or Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, doesn’t mean they will get away with acts against the regime.”
3. Gird around the world: Apropos those hardliners, another piece of Iranian journalism given fairly wide play in Israel is an editorial in hardline daily Kayhan calling for bombing Haifa in response. While the opinion piece does not send Haifa residents to their shelters, it is viewed as a way to understand the thinking inside the Iranian regime.
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“While Kayhan is a small circulation newspaper, its editor-in-chief Hossein Shariatmadari was appointed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and has been described as an adviser to him in the past,” notes the Associated Press.
Iran expert David Manshari tells Kan that “if Khamenei’s mouthpiece Kayhan comes out with a statement that this is a serious shock to Iran, that means it’s a serious shock to Iran.”
Israelis are still bracing for some sort of retaliation, and suddenly Dubai and Manama are not looking like such hot destinations. On Sunday night, reports proliferated of new travel warnings for the UAE and Bahrain from the Counter-Terrorism Bureau, though they turned out to be false, with the travel warnings not new and not apparently connected to the assassination.
Nonetheless, Channel 12 news reports that Jerusalem fears Israelis in the UAE and Dubai will turn into targets. Security officials recently held a meeting on the safety of Israeli visitors to the UAE and have begun working with their Emirati counterparts to ensure the protection of Israeli tourists, the report says.
It adds that Israel is also anticipating that Iran could step up its cyberattacks on Israel’s water and electricity facilities.
Yedioth reports that “tourism industry sources reported Sunday that tourism companies have already started receiving messages from worried citizens who bought packages to Dubai, and that there’s a chance the influx to the UAE will halt.”
Kan reports that Foreign Ministry director Alon Ushpiz has sent a letter to all Israeli missions around the world ordering them to up alertness and be extra careful about security in the wake of “the events over the weekend.”
4. Fly Dubai? On second thought: Channel 12 news reports that those still trying to get to Dubai are running into trouble, with Israelis not being allowed to board flights to Dubai and some UAE businessmen being sent back right after reaching the airport.
In the first case, a source tells the station that the Israelis, businessmen looking to open some restaurants, were missing some necessary “invitation” papers. “The eagerness of Israelis to do business with wealthy people in Dubai is making them forget themselves and forget that they must show an invitation before boarding the plane to avoid unpleasantness afterwards. Without these permits, they cannot enter Dubai no matter how angry and upset they get,” a source tells the station.
As for the Dubaiers, apparently they tried to get into Israel without a visa. Perhaps it is because Israeli news outlets keep on reporting that Israel and the UAE have a visa exemption deal, when in actuality, the deal has yet to be put into practice, despite constant promises from the Foreign Ministry that something is being worked out.
Israel Hayom points out that with Israeli airlines set to begin flying to the UAE this week, they have yet to receive an okay to fly over Saudi Arabia, calling it “ridiculous.”
The paper reports that without the okay, IsraAir will not fly around Saudi Arabia but will cancel its maiden flight, set for Tuesday morning, though it says officials are confident a solution will be worked out. “This is a sort of drama in the flight industry given that some 160 passengers are stuck with uncertainty ahead of the first flight,” it reports.
One person will be happy about the turbulence: Haaretz’s Amalia Rosenbloom, who writes in an opinion piece that visiting the country “is like standing on the sidelines of a gang-rape.”
“A moment before you pack your bags, it’s important to know that the glittering hotels in Dubai, the eye-popping shopping malls and the perfect beaches are built and maintained by people whose basic human rights have been taken away by violent means,” she writes, describing the trafficking problem there and visits by Israeli johns. “One of the main cooperative projects involving Israel and the UAE that has recently begun is the provision of clients of prostitution on the part of Israel, and prostitution services on the part of Dubai.”
5. Mandelblit’s stocking stuffer: Meanwhile, in Israel election talk is nearing weapons grade levels as party spin machines whirl like centrifuges ahead of what most expect to be the breakup of the government.