"2018 experiment that found that an Android device that was "outwardly dormant and stationary" but had the Chrome web browser app opened and in the background resulted in about 900 passive transfers in 24 hours."
thehackernews.com/2025/07/goog…
Google faces $314M fine for misusing Android users’ cellular data while devices are idle.The Hacker News
Griechenlands konservative Regierung unter Premier Mitsotakis versinkt in einem EU-Agrarsubventionsskandal. Regierungsmitglieder treten bereits zurück.Ferry Batzoglou (taz)
#ClownStarmer would eliminate #Brit welfare savings and strain #UK budget at the same time as he sends EVERY YEAR £5 billion to #Ukraine so that the #Kiev regime can continue to enrich itself with black money.
AND THAT'S WHAT NEOLIBERALISM IS FAMOUS FOR... ...😂🤣😂
Hell hath no fury like corporate power scorned, writes Norman Solomon of the general-election battle over the next mayor of New York City.Consortium News
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The Canary has spoken to people close to the discussions regarding a new Zarah Sultana/Jeremy Corbyn party - and yes, things are happeningEd Sykes (The Canary)
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Pluto TV's "Summer of Cinema" starts this June and features hundreds of free fan-favorite movies and blockbuster franchises across the platform.Stephen Holland (Screen Rant)
The idea that the DWP will still reassess someone with Parkinson’s or MS is both medically incoherent and morally reprehensibleSteve Topple (The Canary)
Reform UK faced their first ever council seat defences this week, and they managed to lose both of them.Charlie Herbert (The London Economic)
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📢 The Sanaa government’s Customs Authority called on expatriates, travelers, and traders to adhere to the economic #boycott of #US - #ISR goods, as well as all products bearing the trademarks of companies supporting ISR
🔹 In a statement, the authority explained that refraining from importing these products, or purchasing them, is a religious, moral duty that reflects #yemen ’s stance in supporting the nation’s causes, and standing with the #palestinian people
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SANAA, July 04 (YPA) - The Sanaa government's Customs Authority called on expatriates, travelers, traders, and importers to adhere to the economic boycott of American and Israeli goods, as well as all products bearing the trademarks of companies suppbasheer (Yemen Press Agency)
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Deputy head of military contract recruitment office reveals the most in-demand specialties in Russia's special military operation Rossa Primavera News from RussiaAvis Krane (Rossa Primavera International News)
I will never forgive #GenocideJoe the doddering DIPSHIT for PAVING THE WAY FOR TRUMP. Milquetoast Merrick as AG who SAT on prosecuting Trump for a year and fucked it up. THAT MF SHOULD BE IN PRISON. GODDAMN ALL THE NEOLIB CORPORATE USELESS MFing DEMS TO HELL GODDAMN THE NAZI REPUGNIQAN GARBAGE.
Let alone Butcher Blinken, Joe's sidekick in horror. Bastard.
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African Stream, a popular news service, was removed from all major platforms after U.S. officials accused it of foreign ties.Alan Macleod (MintPress News)
The tactics of Ukraine shocked the West.
According to #French newspaper #LeFigaro, the crash of an #F16 fighter jet last week, killing a Ukrainian pilot for attempting to shoot down drones....... is like using a sledgehammer to drive away mosquitoes."
"Using fighter jets to intercept drones is some kind of perversion."
"#Ukraine CAN NOT WIN.
Every day there are new deaths, but they still get money, so the oligarchs are getting richer."
“BLINKEN ORDERED THE HIT. BIG TECH CARRIED IT OUT. AFRICAN STREAM IS DEAD”
by Alan McLeod in MintPress News
“A fast-growing pan-African media outlet was erased in a coordinated takedown, accused without evidence, censored without process, and punished for challenging Washington and Silicon Valley”
mintpressnews.com/african-stre…
#Press #US #Africa #AfricanStream #BigTech #Google #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok #TakeDown #Blinken #Punishment #Censorship
African Stream, a popular news service, was removed from all major platforms after U.S. officials accused it of foreign ties.Alan Macleod (MintPress News)
"RECOVER’s mid-year milestones: A look at 2025 progress"
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Related video, "How often did RECOVER participants show symptoms of ME/CFS after their COVID infection?"
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#LongCovid #PwLC #MEcfs #PwME #NIH #Research #CovidIsNotOver
The long-term effects of COVID are real. Join the NIH in the search for answers.RECOVER: Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery
"… among people who enrolled in RECOVER within one month of getting COVID, just over 2.5 of every 100 people developed ME/CFS each year.
In comparison, among a matched group of people who were enrolled in RECOVER, but who were never infected with COVID, less than one out of every 100 people got ME/CFS.
This means that people enrolled in RECOVER who were infected with COVID were four times more likely to develop ME/CFS compared to those who did not get sick with COVID."
@treehugger I agree with this. However, other disease can cause severe fatigue, etc. They are not all lumped together.
The fatigue is horrible (been there, done that). My guess is that Long COVID is from sequestered virus.
@LightFIAR
The current diagnostic criteria (CDC) does require PEM:
cdc.gov/me-cfs/pdfs/could-you-…
It's possible there are atypical cases (or subgroups of ME/CFS ? ) without PEM. I have no idea. But that's not the current definition of ME/CFS.
But no matter what diagnosis someone has, anyone with a disabling chronic illness deserves treatment, support, and kindness!
Explore the complex relationship between nicotine and COVID-19, examining its impact on respiratory health, immune response, and epidemiological findings.BiologyInsights Team (Biology Insights)
@treehugger That's pretty much all we can do. I managed Hep C for decades with supps/herbs etc and could follow liver enzymes, viral load, histology. (Got genocidally-priced drugs that cured it some years ago.)
With LC? All we have is clinical symptoms and if you see that pattern of benefit, etc., I think you are using it wisely.
You can see my list--and yeah, sorry I think much is unavailable in the UK. ugh. fiar.us
Evidence-based evaluation of alternative, complementary management of HIV, hepatitis CFIAR
@LightFIAR
My understanding is that if a patient meets the ME/CFS diagnostic criteria then they have ME/CFS. The cause is not specified in diagnostic criteria.
Most cases of ME/CFS, but not all, are triggered by a viral infection. SARS‑CoV‑2 is just one possible virus. Flu (H1N1) and other viruses have also been found to trigger ME/CFS.
Blog post from Bateman Horne Center on this topic:
batemanhornecenter.org/covid-1…
The emergence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, swept across the globe with an unparalleled speed and severity. As a researcher dedicated to…Suzanne D. Vernon, PhD (Bateman Horne Center)
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Inconceivable of a so-called first world nation to tell its citizens no health care will be forthcoming if they can't afford to pay, so die.
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ABC News provides the latest news and headlines in Australia and around the world.ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Or, as #PotatoHead famously said: you have to pay for something to value it (paraphrasing…).
Merika is fucked.
#Brits once again adding fuel to the fire of war.
"We will protect #Azerbaijan from #Russia in every possible way," said another Brit clown, this time the ambassador in #Baku, Auld.
If he means the same "every way possible" that Brits protected #Ukraine, Azerbaijan would do well to expel him immediately.
That might save its territory and 2-3 generations of dead soldiers.
The Supine Court HAS NO LEGITIMACY ANY MORE. NONE.
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Court halts ruling that allowed migrants to challenge removal to countries where they could be in dangerGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
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AI has started lashing out when threatened by humans
"AI continues to be entirely unhinged when pushed to the edge, with some of the latest documented examples including Anthropic’s Claude 4 lashing out at an engineer with threats of blackmail when it was threatened with being unplugged."
It will all be fine, won't it.
No, it won't.
But who cares?
The genie is out of the bottle.
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Reports suggest that the AI threats to humanity could grow, as models like Claude have begun to threaten humans under certain conditions.Joshua Hawkins (BGR)
First, save large-scale thermonuclear warfare, there is very little chance for our species to go extinct (a mass death of 90%, which is apparently what awaits if temperature rises 8°C or more, isn't extinction; so we still need to care for the survivors, and even more to limit the rise of temperature to something lower).
Second, this blackmail story is made-up, lending agency to a stochastic parrot (and has been debunked).
Enjoying Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic)'s keynote at #CoopCongress on three stages of #enshittification
Watch live here: uk.coop/events-and-training/co…
Conclusion: "If we are to build a future that is cooperative, we need digital infrastructure to support cooperation. And together, I think we'll build it."
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In recent years, about 30 Israeli-trained non-Orthodox rabbis have left for congregations abroad, mainly in North America, where rabbinical students are in short supply.Judy Maltz (Haaretz)
Report: French-based groups have accused Israeli snipers of French origin of deliberately killing Gazan civilians.
The snipers belong to an Israeli "Ghost Unit”, which was revealed in a recent documentary.
"Other complaints against dual national soldiers from the same unit will soon be filed in Italy & other European courts."
Other investigations are ongoing in South Africa & Belgium.
juancole.com/2025/07/complaint…
#France #GhostUnit #GazaGenocide #BDS #USPol #EuroPol @palestine .
( Middle East Monitor ) - The International Federation for Human Rights (an international organization based in Paris with the …Informed Comment
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China imposes anti-dumping duties on European brandy as trade tensions rise
https://apnews.com/article/china-eu-cognac-tariffs-dumping-c719de7597f425ebf4865ea3a82fb3c4?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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🇮🇱🇺🇲⚡️🇵🇸REPUGNANTES🚫
Se ha divulgado el video de hace unos meses del momento en que soldados de las #FDI violan sexualmente a #palestinos hasta la muerte. Los demás soldados los cubren con escudos.
Luego hubo una protesta de la población #israelí reclamando el derecho de los soldados a la sodimizacion de #palestinos
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🇮🇱🇺🇲⚡️🇵🇸REPUGNANTES🚫 Se ha divulgado el video de hace unos meses del momento en que soldados de las FDI violan sexualmente a palestinos hasta la muerte. Los demás soldados los cubren con escudos.Telegram
Gaza’s hunger crisis is not a tragedy – it’s a war tactic
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/7/4/gazas-hunger-crisis-is-not-a-tragedy-its-a-war-tactic?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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The destruction of food systems is a deliberate tool of domination, not a by-product of war.Fuad Abu Saif (Al Jazeera)
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Report: Gazan civilians can be "sitting there, doing nothing, waiting for the [GHF] site to open, & then they get shot in the head. I’ve seen that numerous times".
They get "brought into these very compressed spaces & then fired on... someone pulls a trigger on a machine gun. They have artillery fire on them. It is deliberate. There is no doubt."
~Dr Tarek Loubani
Video of GHF & IDF shootings of civilians at GHF sites:
aje.io/65i9x7?update=3816895
#GHF #GazaGenocide #USPol #EuroPol @palestine .
These were the updates from Israel’s war on Gaza for Thursday, July 3, 2025.Nils Adler (Al Jazeera)
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After decades of service, Taiwan retires its last F-5 fighter jets
https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-china-jet-fighters-us-invasion-3341532cc68bd471980d14723a0589d0?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Wolfram Jarosch läuft zu Fuß von Jena nach Berlin – 300 Kilometer, teils über 50 am Tag. Warum? Weil er sich um sein Kind sorgt, #Maja T. Ein Redakteur vom ND hat ihn ein Stück auf seinem Protestmarsch begleitet. #FreeMaja
Von uns volle Solidarität! 💗
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Für Wolfram Jarosch, den Vater von Maja T., ist der Fußmarsch nach Berlin ein verzweifelter Versuch, für die Rechte seines Kindes einzustehen. Das »nd« hat ihn ein Stück begleitet – bei bis zu 38 Grad im Schatten.nd-aktuell.de
300,000-year-old wooden tools unearthed in Yunnan
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An assemblage of 35 wooden tools dating back to 300,000 years ago were unearthed from the Gantangqing site in Southwest China's Yunnan Province.www.ecns.cn
God our Father,
you conquer the darkness of ignorance
by the light of your Word.
Strengthen within our hearts
the faith you have given us;
let not temptation ever quench the fire
that your love has kindled within us.
We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil, and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
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Female cyclists express their surprise after competing against a transgender athlete at the USA Cycling National Championship. Male cyclist Kate Phillips won...YouTube
🙄Why can’t you self-identify a motorcycle as a bicycle and win that way?
“ B. Eligibility conditions for Transgender female (i.e., male-to-female) athletes
To be eligible to compete in the female competition category, a Transgender female athlete must provide a written and signed declaration to the USA Cycling Technical Director, using the Self-Identity Verification Request form, that their gender identity is female. ”
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Visit USA Cycling for the latest cycling news, cycling results, team USA news & much more. Sign up for our ride or race memberships now!USA Cycling
Η Ελλάδαρα δεμένη στο άρμα της ΕΕ "πολεμάει" στο πλευρό της "Αραβικής Άνοιξης" της Αλ Κάιντα και ενάντια στον αυταρχισμό του Μπασάρ αλ Άσαντ.
Καλοφαγωτη εθνικιστές νεοφιλελε μπατριωτες η νέα νίκη του Κούλη στη διεθνή πολιτική σκηνή.
Όταν φτάσει λαρύγγι ειδοποιήστε μας.
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Concert punk XXI Festes Alternatives del Raval
Sektum ( Punk Baix Llobregat)
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Aklatallots ( Punk rock del vallés)
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Totälickers ( Dbeat Barcelona)
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C.o.r ( Anarco Punk Valencia)
corpunk.bandcamp.com
Jane Doe ( Punk Rock L’H)
Dj Hekate Punk
Dissabte 12/07/25
LLoc: Plaça Jean Genet
Horari: de 19:00 hrs a 3:00 hrs
<M> L3 Drassanes
Mass rallies in Yemen in support of Palestine continue undeterred
The rallies emphasize readiness and mobilization in the face of the Israeli aggression on Gaza.
Contact the White House: https://whitehouse.gov/contact/Support the show: Antiwar.com/donatePhone bank for Defend the Guard: https://defendtheguard.us/phoneb...YouTube
Both Donald Trump and his legions of critics in Europe are celebrating the outcome of the latest NATO summit.Antiwar.com
The US Congress has proposed transferring American B-2 Spirit strategic bombers to Israel; a corresponding bill was introduced by two members of the House of Representatives, one Democrat and one Republican.Новостник (Военное обозрение)
The Israeli genocide in Gaza, along with the escalating regional wars it has ignited, has brought two chilling truths into our focus: first, Israel is deliberately and aggressively undermining the security and stability of the entire Middle East and,…Antiwar.com
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We are independent of London, but are we independent of Washington? Is there more freedom when governed by one tyrant 3,000 miles away or by 3,000 tyrants a few miles away? Does government today remotely resemble the values articulated on July 4th 17…Antiwar.com
Attrition war reality. Pentagon halts Ukraine weaponsThe Duran: Episode 22690:00 - Discussion on Pentagon's announcement regarding arms supplies to Ukraine1:...YouTube
All 15 Israeli government members representing Likud on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who leads the right-wing party – to annex the entire West Bank of Palestine before the end of the Knesset's summer session on July 27, citing …Antiwar.com Blog
While freedom of speech is one of the most prized freedoms celebrated in American society and the West, since the outbreak of the Gaza War, Zionist sympathizers in both major political parties have tried to quash dissent regarding US support for Isra…Antiwar.com Blog
"Why you people don't see the necessity of condemnation of Hamas?*"
It's not complicated...
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*means Resistance.
In a single week, a new settler outpost erases an entire Palestinian community 972mag.com/israeli-settlers-ou… #Israel #Gaza #Palestine @palestineIn one week, a new settler outpost erases a Palestinian community
After building on their land, settlers drove out residents of Maghayer Al-Dir, one of the last villages in the southern Jordan Valley.Jonathan Adler (+972 Magazine)
Saturday afternoon, the settlers’ routine “walking tour” through the village escalated into an organized attack. Four #settlers began shoving young #Palestinians standing on the roofs of structures being dismantled. “[The settlers] were looking for a fight,” said Avishay Mohar, an activist and photographer who was on the scene.
The settlers and Palestinians began throwing stones at each other. Just when the confrontation seemed to have ended, the settlers called reinforcements: about 25 additional settlers — some masked, many armed with assault rifles and clubs — joined the attack on residents and international activists, who began fighting back.
One settler was struck in the head by a large stone, collapsed and lost consciousness. A Palestinian was also struck in the face by a rock. A second settler, reportedly a minor, seized the pistol from the vest of his passed-out friend and began firing into the air. “Another settler showed up with an M16 and started shooting at us,” Mohar recalled. As panic spread, residents ran frantically toward the neighboring village.
...By the next morning, not a single resident remained in Maghayer Al-Dir. All 23 families, totaling around 150 people, had been forced to flee.
#terrorism #colonialism #SettlerViolence #violence #imperialism #westbank #palestine
3/ (Close eyes and ears. Condemn first the Resistance...)
Since October 2023, over 60 Palestinian shepherding communities in the West Bank have been displaced, with at least 14 new outposts built on or near their ruins. One violently expelled community — Wadi Al-Siq — faced abuse that included sexual assault, leading to the disbandment of the Israeli army’s “Desert Frontier” unit.
#sexualabuse #sexualassault #BlindEyes #collectivesilence
#IsraelTerroristState #terrorism #occupation #SettlerViolence #SettlerColonialism #colonialism
As +972 reported in August 2023, most of the communities in the territory between Ramallah and Jericho, an area of 150,000 dunams, were forced to flee during the previous months as settlers began rapidly constructing herding outposts and violently descending on residents, all with the backing of the Israeli army and state institutions. Now, only two Palestinian communities — M’arajat and Ras Al-Auja — remain in the entire southern Jordan Valley.
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After building on their land, settlers drove out residents of Maghayer Al-Dir, one of the last villages in the southern Jordan Valley.Jonathan Adler (+972 Magazine)
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@ThatCrazyDude
The claim in that screenshot simplifies a much more complex situation—and it’s misleading.
✅ Truth: Tennessee’s SB 392, taking effect on July 1, 2025, does create a felony offense for those who knowingly conceal, harbor, transport, or shield undocumented immigrants for financial gain—punishable by 1–6 years in prison and up to $3,000 fine
⚠️ The law targets "human smuggling"—that is, aiding someone with intent of commercial or private financial benefit.
@ThatCrazyDude
It has to be intentional and knowingly:
(2) Intentionally conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or intentionally
encourages or induces another to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, an
individual that the person knows has illegally entered or remained in the United
States, as determined by the bureau of immigration and customs enforcement of the
United States department of homeland security.
@wy7usa also, imagine some illegal showed you a fake green card when you've been renting him an apartment and then he's like, listen up gringo, I'm actually illegal, so I live here rent free here from now on or you're fucked, because I will totally testify you knew, and so will my 20 cousins.
You see how that can go sideways real quick
@ThatCrazyDude
We have letter of the law and spirit of the law here.
The letter of the law says "Knowingly, intentionally harboring/concealing from detection" -- detection being the key word here, not renting.
And the spirit of the law: It's part of anti-human trafficking laws. So the intent is targeting safehouses of human traffickers.
I think the average landlord has nothing to worry about, even if he is renting to an illegal, without the intent of hiding him from ICE.
@ThatCrazyDude
Totally get the cynicism—Yes, authorities stretch laws everywhere—but unlike Italy’s judge-centric system, U.S. law requires a jury and proof of intent beyond reasonable doubt. The statute applies only if you knowingly conceal someone. Renting alone doesn’t meet that bar.
Easy one to beat in court if innocent.
you can beat anything in court if you spend enough on a good lawyer. It also takes no time whatsoever, when you have nothing better to do, like, making money or something ;)
Face it, man. If I'll drag you to count for whatever bullshit, you're like 10k poorer by default wherever you actually did something or not.
Unless, of course, you'll trust the government to defend you from the government in this particular scenario 🤔😂
@ThatCrazyDude
Just like it is illegal to hire an illegal. Every employee is to fill out an I-9 and show documentation why he/she is allowed to work in the US.
The employer is not allowed to question the validity of the presented documents because they are not forensic/immigration document experts.
Can't expect casual landlords to figure out who is legal or not.
Key in this legislation is intent and knowledge.
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Review on Jurassic World Rebirth:
Decent story plot but the franchise is not the same without the old cast.
What's open and closed on July Fourth
https://apnews.com/article/july-4-stores-open-closed-costco-5f3c956aade6f83758670c9c7e1fe341?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Secret agreements and #genocide enablers.
Arab states take part in Greek air drills alongside Israel
thecradle.co/articles/arab-sta…
The drill, hosted by Greece from 31 March to 11 April, includes joint air combat simulations and operational coordination.
“All types of air operations will be executed at an intense combat pace, both day and night, covering the full spectrum of modern air warfare through a series of complex and highly realistic scenarios,” Greece’s Hellenic Air Force said in a statement.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation's (KAN) military correspondent Itay Blumenthal said on 31 March that Tel Aviv was surprised to see the full list of participants published on the Hellenic Air Force's website, especially given its request to keep its involvement, and that of others like Qatar, confidential – in light of Doha's known political support for #Hamas and its involvement in the ongoing “Qatargate” scandal.
Blumenthal noted that “#Qatar and #Israel are now training together in #Greece.”
Israel had reportedly requested to keep its involvement in the drills a confidential matterthecradle.co
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Όταν οι κάτοικοι στην ελλάδα καταλάβουν πως ληστεύονται από τον πυρήνα της ευρώπης θα θέλουν να γυρίσουν τον κόσμο ανάποδα. Αυτοί που ζουν στον πυρήνα κάνουν ότι δε βλέπουν γιατί έχουν κέρδος.
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