Turkey Halts All Trade With Israel As Relations At Breaking Point

For months, relations between Turkey and Israel have been on the brink of breaking point. Already there has been the recalling of ambassadors, inflammatory rhetoric exchanged between leaders, and then things got more serious when Turkey a month ago moved to restrict 54 products from being exported to Israel until a Gaza ceasefire can be reached.

But Turkey's government on Thursday has taken the next big step, halting all exports and imports to and from Israel, according to Bloomberg which cited Turkish government officials. It has begun effective today, but Ankara has yet to officially announce the dramatic move.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/turkey-halts-all-trade-israel-relations-breaking-point

Columbia law students claim they are 'irrevocably shaken' after Gaza camp, ask for no exams, passing grades

"The events of last night left us, and many of our peers, unable to focus and highly emotional during this tumultuous time."

Columbia law students pleaded with the law school's administration to cancel all final exams and pass all students for the work they did the past semester after they were "irrevocably shaken" by arrests at the Gaza Camp protest this week. "As the Administrative Board of student editors of the Columbia Law Review, we urge the Law School to cancel exams and give all students passing grades for their work throughout the semester," the student board said in a press release.

https://thepostmillennial.com/columbia-law-students-claim-they-are-irrevocably-shaken-after-gaza-camp-ask-for-no-exams-passing-grades?utm_campaign=64483

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The US Is Constructing A Base In Chaos-Torn Haiti, But It Hit A Major Snag

The Biden administration’s plan to restore order to Haiti by sending an armed international force has hit another snag: the base that will house the soldiers will not be ready by the date they are set to arrive in the Caribbean nation.

Jake Johnston from the Center for Economic and Policy Research told POLITICO that the Kenyan-led forces will arrive in Haiti on May 23; however, the US-constructed base they will be stationed at will not be completed by that time.Washington and Nairobi are eyeing that date to begin the operations in Port-au-Prince as Kenyan President William Ruto is scheduled to be in the US on that day, officials confirmed to POLITICO.

Johnston said that a second issue is the deployment will be far smaller than initially discussed. While the US plan called for 1,000 Kenyan armed men to be joined by thousands of soldiers from several other countries, Johnston told POLITICO that only 200 Kenyans are scheduled to deploy to Haiti.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-constructing-base-chaos-torn-haiti-it-hit-major-snag

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