End Times Headline News. February 17 2024

Houthis fired missiles at British oil tanker. Two Iranian gas pipelines allegedly attacked by Israel. Riots at Rafah Crossing. Kremlin comments on Navalny’s death. The New World Order Crisis.

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Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on British oil tanker Pollux

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis fired missiles at British oil tanker Pollux in the Red Sea, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea says in a statement. Sarea claims the ship suffered a direct hit.

Yesterday, the US State Department said the Pollux had been hit on its port side by a missile launched from Yemen. It identified the ship as a Panamanian-flagged tanker carrying crude oil bound for India.

US sanctions against Houthis over Red Sea attacks take effect

US "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" sanctions against Houthis for their ties to attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea took effect on Friday, the US Department of Treasury said in a statement on its website.

The US government last month said it was returning the Yemen-based rebel groups to the global list of terrorist groups in an effort to stem attacks on international shipping.

German government approves military participation in EU Red Sea mission

The German government has approved the deployment of armed forces in a European Union naval mission in the Red Sea to protect merchant ships from attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militia, a government spokesperson said on Friday.

"The ongoing escalation of violence and the threat to life and limb of the crews of ships, particularly in the southern Red Sea and the Bab al-Mandab Strait, require a robustly equipped military operation," the government spokesperson said during a regular press conference in Berlin.

Two Iranian gas pipelines allegedly attacked by Israel - NYT

Officials told the Times that Israel also caused a blast in a chemical factory near Iran's capital on Wednesday.

Two major gas pipelines in Iran were allegedly attacked by Israel this week, according to a Friday report by The New York Times, citing an IRGC-affiliated military strategist and two Western officials. The two pipelines, which carry gas from Iran's south to their major cities such as Tehran, were hit in multiple locations simultaneously. The attack "knocked out about 15 percent of Iran’s natural daily gas production," the Times quoted energy experts as saying.

Biden says doesn’t expect Israel to launch Rafah operation as hostage talks continue

US president insists ‘there has to be a temporary ceasefire to get the hostages out’; Herzog reportedly meets with Qatari PM on negotiations for return of Israelis held by Hamas

US President Joe Biden on Friday appeared to caution Israel against launching an operation in Rafah while hostage negotiations were ongoing, in his administration’s latest warning over an Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza city. Asked at the White House whether Israel has presented the US with a plan for how it will protect civilians in the IDF’s planned operation for Rafah, as he again urged on Thursday during a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Biden responded, “I’ve made the case, and I feel very strongly about it, that there has to be a temporary ceasefire to get the hostages out, and that is underway. I’m still hopeful that can be done.”

ICJ rejects South African request for urgent measures to limit Israeli action in Rafah

But top UN court notes Jerusalem remains bound to comply with existing measures — namely the need to protect civilians from harm and to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The UN’s top court on Friday rejected South Africa’s request to put more legal pressure on Israel to halt a threatened offensive against Hamas in the Gaza city of Rafah, saying it was “bound to comply with existing measures.” South Africa had requested urgent measures to safeguard Rafah amid Israeli plans for a campaign in the city, Hamas’s last bastion in the enclave.

FM: We’ll coordinate with Egypt on Rafah and displaced Gazans; no plans to push them out

At Munich Security Conference, Katz says Israel ‘will have to deal with Rafah because we can’t just leave Hamas there’; calls UNRWA ‘the problem, not the solution’

MUNICH, Germany — Israel will coordinate with Egypt on displaced Gaza Palestinians and will find a way to not harm Egypt’s interests, Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Friday. Speaking on Israel’s highly contentious plans for a military offensive in the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah, Katz, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, said “Israel will have to deal with Rafah because we can’t just leave Hamas there.”

Riots at Rafah Crossing after Gaza teen trying to grab aid is shot dead by Hamas

Footage shows chaos at border with Egypt as family members of the victim said to start fires at the scene

Riots took place near the Gaza Strip’s border crossing with Egypt Friday, reportedly after a Palestinian teen who tried to grab items from a humanitarian aid shipment was shot dead by Hamas police. Arabic media reported on the incident at the Rafah Crossing. The teen, identified as Muhammad al-Araja, was apparently one of a group of people who tried to nab the aid when he was shot dead.

Hundreds hold vigil outside Russian embassy in Tel Aviv after Navalny death

Hundreds of people hold a vigil outside the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv to protest the death in prison of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The demonstrators, many of them originally from Russia, hold up signs accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing Navalny. They also hold up the flashlights on their phones in silent protest and light candles and place flowers outside the building.

Kremlin comments on Navalny’s death

With an investigation ongoing, Dmitry Peskov cautioned Western leaders against making “rabid statements”

Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) is taking all the necessary steps to investigate the death of Alexey Navalny, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Navalny died on Friday afternoon in a penal colony in Yamalo-Nenets Region, where he had been serving a 19-year sentence for offenses related to “extremism.” According to the prison service, the 47-year-old felt unwell and lost consciousness after a walk, and was pronounced dead by doctors shortly after.

Weeks After US Journalist Dies In Ukrainian Custody, Biden Uses Navalny's Death To Push For More Russian War Funding

Update(1748ET): Journalist and geopolitical commentator Aaron Maté explains that despite news of Alexei Navalny's death in prison driving world headlines and eliciting remembrances and comments from Western government leaders on Friday, he was still largely an unknown within Russian politics and society [emphasis ZH]...

What [former United States Ambassador to Russia] Michael McFaul says here is a joke. Navalny was a marginal opposition figure who polled at around 2%. Putin didn't fear him; it served Putin to have him seen in the West as his main opposition. The Russian gov't meanwhile has just barred anti-war candidate Boris Nadezhdin.

Ukraine Withdraws Units From Avdeyevka - Commander-in-Chief Orders

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Armed Forces of Ukraine Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky announced the decision to withdraw units from the city of Avdeyevka.

“Based on the operational situation around Avdeyevka... I decided to withdraw our units from the city and move to defense,” Syrsky wrote on Facebook*. Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, citing the commander of Ukrainian Armed Forces group Tavria, Alexander Tarnavsky, reported that Ukrainian troops had already left Avdeyevka.

A very Soviet union: Why has Zelensky picked a Russian general as the new leader of Ukraine’s army?

Kiev’s new Commander-in-Chief was born and raised in Russia, where his family still live

A change in Ukraine’s military leadership – anticipated for several months – has finally happened. As a result of a long simmering personal conflict between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and the former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny, the latter has been replaced by Alexander Syrsky. He's an experienced military commander with a long track record, but a controversial background. Syrsky was born in Russia, and comes from a family of patriots. Russian patriots. 

Ecuador reverses plan to sell Russian weapons to US – RIA Novosti

Moscow previously slammed the transfer as a “rash decision” that was never authorized by the Kremlin

Ecuador has scrapped the planned sale of outdated Russian and Ukrainian military equipment to Washington in exchange for $200 million in new gear, according to Moscow’s envoy to the South American state. US officials had suggested the arms would then be donated to Kiev. Speaking to RIA Novosti following a meeting with Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa on Friday, Russian Ambassador Vladimir Sprinchan said Quito had reversed course on the weapon swap, explaining that Ecuador would prefer to stay out of the conflict raging in Ukraine.

Trump Slams 'Election Interference' And 'Tyrannical Abuse Of Power' After $364 Million Verdict; Vows To Appeal

Update (1840ET): Trump has responded to Judge Engoron's decision, calling him a "crooked" judge who's just committed election interference (and much, much more).

"A Crooked New York State Judge, working with a totally Corrupt Attorney General who ran on the basis of “I will get Trump,” before knowing anything about me or my company, has just fined me $355 Million based on nothing other than having built a GREAT COMPANY. ELECTION INTERFERENCE. WITCH HUNT (more to follow!)," said Trump in a post to Truth Social.

"Biden Reelection Chances Do Not Look Favorable": Political, Economic Indicators "Not Promising", Gallup Finds

Several key indicators of the 2024 election environment indicate that President Joe Biden faces an uphill climb to win a second term. His job approval rating, Americans’ satisfaction with how things are going in the country and their confidence in the economy are below the levels associated with successful reelection bids in recent elections. While Democrats hold a slight edge in national party identification and partisan leanings, that advantage is smaller than what it has been in past presidential elections won by Democratic incumbents.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announces military base at southern border

EAGLE PASS, Texas - Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the construction of a base camp for nearly 2,000 soldiers on the border.

The camp will be in Eagle Pass, a sign of a more permanent Texas law enforcement presence. What the state is calling a Forward Operating Base will have 1,800 troops, with the ability to surge to 2,300. The first 300 beds should be ready by April.

US Building 5 New Bases in Somalia Who is the Target?

The US is building 5 new bases in Somalia. The bases will house the elite US-trained "Lightening" Brigade. Somalia's lightening brigade has been leading the fight against the terror group Al-Shabaab. But is that their only target? The military build-up comes as tensions are rising between Somalia, Ethiopia and the disputed region of Somaliland. Should Ethiopia and Somaliland be worried?

"Civil War, Nuclear War, Economic Collapse... Maybe All Three?"

Have you noticed yet that America has turned into a Coen Brothers movie? Everywhere you look, you see madcap characters disgracing themselves while doing their bit to burn the whole country down.

It’s a panoramic extravaganza of everything gone wrong, with slapstick overtones, driving toward an apocalyptic climax — civil war, nuclear war, economic collapse, maybe all three. And all because the people on-screen just can’t stop lying.

In The Political Theatre It’s No Longer Coming Attractions But COMING DISTRACTIONS

The time between now and November’s presidential election should be called ‘The Era of “COMING DISTRACTIONS” because that’s exactly what society is now up against. “COMING DISTRACTIONS” will include anything to take the public’s mind off what is coming as soon as this May when the One World Order elitists strategize the take over of international health by the United Nations' World Health Organization (WHO).

France: “Article Pfizer” criminalising criticism of mRNA injections passed by National Assembly

On 15 November 2023, the French Senate reviewed a draft law, modifications to the Penal Code, that aim to crush dissent using hefty fines of up to EUR 15,000 and threat of jail time. 

Anyone daring to criticise medical treatments could fall foul of this law.  Considering the “covid vaccines are safe and effective” false narrative propagated by the government, this law is nothing short of outrageous. As the proposed law stands, anyone criticising mRNA injections, for example, could face 3 years in jail. As Died Suddenly posted on Twitter,  Article 4 of the new law – or “Article Pfizer” as freedom fighters are referring to it – is a prejudgment of “alternative medicine” and a threat to whistle-blowers.

The New World Order Crisis: “The Reproduction of Real Life”. Food, Water and Fuel –Three Fundamental Necessities of Life in Jeopardy.

The scale and complexity of the 2020-2024 Global Economic and Social Crisis far surpasses all previous “depressions” including the 2007-2009 Recession which was categorized as the most serious economic meltdown since the Great Depression of 1929. 

We are currently at the crossroads of the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History.  It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet’s 8 billion people. The current global crisis (2020-2024) –which is ongoing– has literally disrupted and destroyed people’s lives Worldwide in the course of the last four years.

New Zealand Grocery Stores Adding Facial Recognition, Police Want Open Discussion

Facial recognition is entering New Zealand’s grocery stores and the rapid expansion of the technology has been filling the country’s newspaper headlines.

On Wednesday, Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura called for an open discussion on facial recognition trials in commercial areas, including the bias and privacy issues they entail. “I can see the benefits and the efficiency that can come and the reassurance it can provide some parts but how do we balance that with individual rights and freedoms,” Kura says, according to Waatea News. “It’s an interesting dilemma for us and I think New Zealand probably needs to have that open discussion as well because not everybody sees it the same.”

Chemical that may cause infertility discovered in Cheerios and Quaker Oats

A chemical that’s banned for use on edible plants in the United States has been found in Cheerios and Quaker Oats — and 80% of Americans have been exposed to it, according to a new study in Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology and shared on Nature. Chlormequat is a chloride salt, according to the National Library of Medicine, and is “registered for use on ornamental plants grown in greenhouses and nurseries.” However, it’s approved for use on edible plants in other countries — and in 2018, the Environmental Protection Agency allowed the importation of plants that had been treated with the chemical, the Environmental Working Group reports.

Trudeau’s Canada ranks third on list of Western countries persecuting Christians 

‘Justin Trudeau has turned the Liberal Party into a veritable hate group against Christians,’ Campaign Life Coalition’s Jack Fonseca told LifeSiteNews.

(LifeSiteNews) — Canada is third on the list of Christian-persecuting Western nations under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s leadership. According to a report published on January 31 by Family Research Council’s (FRC) Center for Religious Liberty, Canada ranks third among Western countries that persecute Christians for their faith.

Is Quebec on the verge of a climate lockdown through Bill 50?

Jérôme Blanchet-Gravel, editor-in-chief and president of Libre Media, cautioned against the gradual erosion of freedoms under the guise of responding to exaggerated threats, such as those posed by climate change.

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