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To: Les H who wrote (45080)2/23/2025 8:05:47 PM
From: Les H  Respond to of 49053
 
DOD tells civilian workforce to ignore Elon Musk's request to report productivityDOD is the latest federal agency to tell employees to ignore Musk's request to report productivity
By Greg Wehner , Jennifer Griffin Fox News
Published February 23, 2025

Fox news



To: Les H who wrote (45080)2/24/2025 12:21:40 PM
From: Les H  Respond to of 49053
 
Ever since the October 7 attack on Israel, there was one Israeli family that became the focus of apologists as so-called proof of Hamas being “human animals” in order to legitimize the Israeli genocide. That family is the Bibas family.

Its four members, father Yarden, mother Shiri, and the two small children, 4-year-old Ariel and 9-month-old Kfir, were taken hostage on October 7 at kibbutz Nir Oz. The mother and two children were reportedly held separately from the father by the Mujahideen Brigades (an offshoot of the mainstream Fatah movement). In late November 2023, Hamas claimed that the mother and the two children had been killed together with their captors under Israeli bombing, and offered to hand over their bodies. Israel rejected the offer as “propaganda” and would not confirm their deaths. The father was freed during the February 1 prisoner exchange, and at that point was “ still clinging” to hope that the rest of his family was alive.

Last week, the bodies of the three dead family members were handed over to Israel. On Friday, the Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari claimed that the two Bibas brothers were “brutally murdered while being held hostage in Gaza no later than November 2023.” Hagari was very explicit and precise in what he claimed was “confirmed”:

That is some claim. But where is the evidence to confirm these findings? None appears to be forthcoming, aside from promises that such proof exists somewhere.

Mondoweiss



To: Les H who wrote (45080)2/24/2025 12:28:18 PM
From: Les H  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 49053
 
Merz vows "independence" from U.S. after claiming Germany election win

Axios

Ran as a right-wing politician and wants to distance himself and his policies from the US where the movement started.

His employer Blackrock was the firm that was buying up land and natural resources in Ukraine. Three main hawks, Germany, Poland, and UK, have a financial interest in continuing the war.