Your April 14 news recap

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Tossed-Aside Headlines

1. Palestine: Iran had reportedly told the US that it would not counter-attack against Israel if a ceasefire in Gaza was reached. During the attack, Palestinians in the West Bank tore down parts of the apartheid wall. Israel refused Hamas’s Oct 9 proposal to release all of its civilian hostages in exchange for no invasion of Gaza. The US believes Israeli bombs killed the remaining hostages in Gaza. A prominent Israeli journalist called his country’s Gaza campaign a “total defeat.” More European countries move to recognize a Palestinian state. The US offered Yemen strong incentives to end its blockade, except for ending the genocide. The IOF attacked UNICEF. Half of Gaza’s structures have been damaged or destroyed.

2. Empire: The collective West held provocative war games on the Korean peninsula. “[T]he Americans are the ones pushing the Philippine government to go out there and find a quarrel and eventually maybe start a war [with China],” said the Philippines’ former president. Top US neocons believe the US “must win” its new Cold War on China. France hosted a humanitarian conference for Sudan without consulting Sudan. Google has given the data of thousands of YouTube watchers to US authorities.

3. Ukraine: Musk said “attempts to influence” on Twitter come from the West, not Russia.

 

Non-Taught History

During the US’s 2016 elections, Hillary Clinton personally approved leaking a false story about her rival Trump having a secret connection to a Russian bank. Indeed, the Mueller report later found that Trump did not conspire with Russia.

 

 

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