"This Is Insanity": Judge In Trump Case Issues Unbelievable Jury Instructions

Update (1345ET): Legal minds are beside themselves at how the judge in the Trump 'hush money' case has instructed jurors to rule - first in what constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley called "the coup de grace instruction," Judge Juan Merchan said that there is no need to agree on what occurred - and can disagree on what the crime was among the charges.

"Merchan just delivered the coup de grace instruction," Turley wrote on X. "He said that there is no need to agree on what occurred. They can disagree on what the crime was among the three choices. Thus, this means that they could split 4-4-4 and he will still treat them as unanimous…"

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jury-begins-deliberations-trump-hush-money-trial

Former Thai PM to be indicted over royal insult – media

Thaksin Shinawatra denies any wrongdoing and has repeatedly pledged his loyalty to the crown

Thai prosecutors said on Wednesday that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is to be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole for a conviction on other charges.

Thaksin, who denies the charge, was ousted in 2006 in a military coup. His opponents would later accuse him of disrespecting King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who died in 2016.

The complaint lodged against the former PM reportedly stemmed from an interview he gave to foreign media in 2015. Prosecutors allege that, while in exile, Thaksin had told South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo that privy councilors, who serve Thailand’s king, had in 2014 ordered the country’s armed forces to oust the government of Thaksin’s sister, then-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

A former two-time prime minister, Thaksin returned to Thailand from a 15-year self-imposed exile after a general election last year that ultimately saw the Shinawatra-backed Pheu Thai Party rise to power after nearly a decade of military-backed rule.

According to media reports, Thailand’s attorney general announced the charges on Wednesday, reportedly after months of consideration. However, the reading of the charges has been postponed until June 18, as the 74-year-old told the court that he is ill with Covid-19.

Since returning from exile to Thailand last August, Thaksin began serving an eight-year sentence on charges related to corruption and abuse of power. He was released on parole in February from the hospital in Bangkok where he’d spent six months. The parole was granted because of his age and ill health, leaving him free for the remainder of his sentence.

Thai laws against royal defamation, or lese-majesté, are extremely strict: Article 112 of the criminal code could see anyone found guilty of insulting the royalty face 15 years behind bars for each count.

Thaksin denies the charges and has repeatedly pledged loyalty to the crown. He had also submitted a statement defending himself.

Other charges against Thaksin include violating a computer-crime law.

The former premier’s lawyer told Associated Press that the video of Thaksin’s interview that investigators used as evidence might have been manipulated.

According to Bloomberg, the charges against the former PM could be viewed as “attempts by Thailand’s conservative establishment to reassert its hold over the nation’s politics,” which have become dominated by Thaksin’s Pheu Thai Party.

The Shinawatra family’s political parties have won all but one election since 2001, with three Shinawatra governments toppled by coups or court rulings. Pheu Thai leads the current government, with Thaksin’s business ally Srettha Thavisin serving as prime minister and his daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra as party chief.

https://www.rt.com/news/598407-former-thai-pm-royal-insult/

COVID-19 Vaccine Litigation Against Mayo Clinic Revived By Federal Court

A lawsuit against the Mayo Clinic must move forward, a federal court has ruled, reviving the suit after it was thrown out in 2023.

The five fired workers who sued the Minnesota-based health nonprofit have all plausibly pleaded that their religious beliefs conflict with the clinic’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled on May 24.

The workers in multiple suits, which have since been consolidated, argued that the Mayo Clinic illegally failed to accommodate their religious beliefs, violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Three of the workers applied for religious exemptions to the nonprofit’s mandate and were denied; the two others saw their applications accepted but protested against the requirement that they had to test for COVID-19 weekly.

U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in 2023 tossed the suit, finding that some of the plaintiffs did not prove that they hold religious beliefs in opposition to the mandate or show how the testing requirement conflicts with their beliefs.

The Eighth Circuit’s new ruling is that the judge’s findings were erroneous.

Federal employment law makes it illegal for employers to fire or otherwise take action against employees over their religion. The three workers whose religious exemption requests were denied, Shelly Kiel, Kenneth Ringhofer, and Anita Miller, all said that their Christian beliefs prevented them from accepting COVID-19 vaccination, in part because they oppose abortion and aborted fetus cells were used in the production or testing of the COVID-19 vaccines.

“The district court erred in finding that the plaintiffs failed to adequately connect their refusal of the vaccine with their religious beliefs,” U.S. Circuit Judge Duane Benton said. “At this early stage, when the complaints are read as a whole and the nonmoving party receives the benefit of reasonable inferences, Kiel, Miller, and Ringhofer adequately identify religious views they believe to conflict with taking the COVID-19 vaccine.”

The two other plaintiffs received religious exemptions but refused to undergo weekly testing. One said it “violates her conscience to take the vaccine or to engage in weekly testing or sign a release of information that gives out her medical information.” Both also plausibly pleaded religious beliefs that conflicted with the testing, the panel found.

https://www.zerohedge.com/medical/covid-19-vaccine-litigation-against-mayo-clinic-revived-federal-court

Biometric Data Collection Continues To Be On The Rise In 2024

From the Western Hemisphere to the East, biometric technology continues to be implemented laying the foundation for panopticon of global digital mass surveillance.

Have you noticed a lot of two-factor authentication prompts lately? Are you getting emailed verification codes that take forever to arrive, so you have to request another?

Perhaps you are asked to do captchas to “prove you’re human” and they seem to be getting more complex all the time or simply not working at all?

Why do you think that might be?

We’ll come back to that.

Did you know we’re in a “breakthrough year” for biometric payment systems?

According to this story from CNBC, JPMorgan and Mastercard are on board with the technology and intend a wide rollout in the near future, following successful trials.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/technology/biometric-data-collection-continues-to-be-on-the-rise-in-2024

Elites Found Another Way To Human Traffic Pretty Girls For The Obscenely Rich

Elites have found a way to make sex trafficking upscale with a new app, FlyMeOut.

While the app’s terms of service claim the company “stand[s] firmly against any form of exploitation, especially those involving minors or human trafficking,” this is essentially what it will be accomplishing. In what world will a wealthy man with access to a private jet and a sprawling suite with pool and dome views in Greece spend the time or money on an 18+ woman and not expect more than a smile when the sun goes down?

In the age of OnlyFans, our culture has become so disconnected from morality and desensitized by degeneracy that FlyMeOut will seem like a low-risk way for women without the means to travel themselves to find their way to beaches they otherwise wouldn’t. But at what cost?

Because we glorify instant gratification and trade sex for likes, it won’t even register to these women that their future husbands will be horrified to learn of their willingness to give themselves to a stranger for the chance to take Instagram pics on a beach. In ten years, Reddit will be filled with posts of 30-something men who found out that the mother of their children used to be a frequent flyer on beachthot.com and find themselves asking AITA (Am I The A**hole) for looking at my wife differently, knowing she sold her self for a trip to Dubi.

It’s hard to judge who is more in the wrong here. Is it the rich men who know their wealth can buy bodies or the women who know their bodies are up for sale? Either way, this can only end badly for the women used by FlyMeOut.

How are we supposed to market a traditional life with more meaning when our culture sells trips to Paris for the “small” price of women’s souls?

https://dailycaller.com/2024/05/29/flymeout-app-human-trafficking/

France and Poland Approve Ukraine Using Western-Supplied Missiles to Strike Inside Russia

The war in Ukraine may be on the precipice of expanding into uncharted territory as NATO members France and Poland stated publicly that Kyiv was allowed to use their missiles to strike targets within Russia, prompting warnings from the Kremlin of a full-on war with the West.

Following controversial comments from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who said over the weekend that Ukraine should be free to use Western-supplied weapons to attack sites inside Russia, both Paris and Warsaw have come out in support of the apparent escalation in the war.

During an interview on Radio ZET, Polish Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk said that Ukraine “can fight as they want”, saying that Warsaw will not apply any restrictions to Kyiv on the use of Polish-supplied weapons against Russian targets.

“We decided to help Ukraine in the conflict, Ukraine was brutally attacked, so it has the right to defend itself as it deems appropriate,” Tomczyk said.

Meanwhile, speaking on the final day of his state visit to Germany on Tuesday, French President Emmanuel Macron also argued that Ukraine should be given dispensation to use Western-supplied weapons against certain targets within Russia, namely areas from which Moscow uses to launch attacks on Ukraine.

“We think that we should allow them to neutralise military sites where missiles are fired, from where… Ukraine is attacked,” Macron said according to France24, but added: “We should not allow them to touch other targets in Russia, and obviously civilian capacities”.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was slightly more circumspect. Still, he said he had no legal objections to Macron’s view: “Ukraine has every possibility under international law for what it is doing. That has to be said explicitly… I find it strange when some people argue that it should not be allowed to defend itself and take measures that are suitable for this.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/05/29/france-and-poland-approve-ukraine-using-western-missiles-to-strike-inside-russia/

550 UK Parliamentarians Demand Proscription of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard: ‘Business as Usual Is Over’

A coalition of over 550 UK parliamentarians is urging the next government to officially label Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization as part of a broader effort to address the threat posed by the radical Islamic military body’s activities globally.

Despite persistent resistance from the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), the MPs and peers, part of the British Committee for Iran Freedom, are pushing to label Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) a terrorist group in a cross-party initiative, marking a significant policy shift.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration designated the IRGC a terrorist organization in 2019, setting a precedent that these UK lawmakers are keen to follow.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/05/29/550-uk-parliamentarians-demand-proscription-irans-revolutionary-guard-business-usual-over/

Australian State Creates Parliamentary Position For ‘Men’s Behaviour Change’

Labor Premier Jacinta Allan of Victoria, the second most populous state in Australia, announced on Monday that a new position had been created in her government: “Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change.”

Allan selected Tim Richardson, the State Labor MP for Mordialloc, to fill the position.

“Tim Richardson will become Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, continuing the Allan Labor Government’s priority to make Victoria a safer place for women and children and work to end the tragedy of deaths of Victorian women at the hands of men,” Allan stated. “This is the first position of its kind in Australia – and will focus largely on the influence the internet and social media have on boys’ and men’s attitudes towards women and building respectful relationships.”

https://www.womensystems.com/2024/05/australian-state-creates-parliamentary.html

Rafah residents face further danger as Israel hits city’s two hospitals

Israeli air raids put Kuwaiti Hospital out of service and trap medical staff and patients inside Indonesian Field Hospital.

The Gaza Strip’s collapsing health system is under further strain after the Israeli army intensified bombing in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area and other parts of the enclave, a day after an attack on a camp in Rafah killed 45 Palestinians.

The Indonesian Field Hospital is the latest medical facility in Rafah to be hit with the attack on Monday causing damage to the hospital’s upper floors.

Medical staff and patients are reportedly trapped inside the facility, where many Palestinian families are also taking shelter.

Earlier on Monday, Rafah’s Kuwait Speciality Hospital was forced to shut down after an Israeli attack just outside the gates of the hospital killed two of its medical staff.

Witnesses said the victims were hit by fire from an Israeli aircraft. The hospital was treating most of the 249 wounded in Israel’s attack on Sunday night on a camp for displaced people.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/28/rafah-residents-face-further-danger-as-israel-hits-citys-two-hospitals

Microsoft and Walmart Insider Trading Alert

https://citizenwatchreport.com/microsoft-and-walmart-insider-trading-alert/

https://x.com/Barchart/status/1795569972933988663

https://x.com/Barchart/status/1795626053496402079

Knesset passes preliminary bill designating UNRWA terrorist organization

The same bill, which comes in light of evidence suggesting UNRWA employees' links to Hamas, will abolish the immunities and privileges gifted to UNRWA employees.

https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-804197

NPR’s new CEO is a CIA woman involved in building a “global censorship prison”

In recent months, women involved with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have worked behind the scenes to achieve one sinister goal: a "global censorship prison."

New NPR (National Public Radio) CEO Katherine Maher, 41, has an odd resume, having worked at a CIA cutout, the National Democratic Institute, the World Bank and the United Nations Children's Fund. Maher also worked at the Council on Foreign Relations, the Center for Technology and Democracy, the Digital Public Library of America and Wikipedia.

Within the same week of the announcement of Maher becoming NPR's new CEO, the government of Tunisia accused her of working for the CIA during the Arab Spring.

Christopher F. Rufo's investigation of her career revealed that Maher was involved in color revolutions.

The alleged purpose of color revolutions, so-called after the Rose Revolution, Orange Revolution and Tulip Revolution in Georgia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan, respectively, is to replace authoritarian regimes with Western liberal democracies.

Both American and European intelligence services are usually heavily involved in these revolutions, with the organizations aiming to spread modern ideologies and undermine geopolitical opponents. Maher is a minor figure in these movements and she has recently come to greater prominence.

Maher was involved in the wave of color revolutions that took place in North Africa and the Middle East in the 2010s, also known as the Arab Spring. She then supported the post-George Floyd upheavals in the United States.

https://newstarget.com/2024-05-28-women-cia-building-global-censorship-prison.html

HOUTHIS ANNOUNCE ATTACKS ON SIX ISRAEL-LINKED SHIPS AS SIXTH U.S. DRONE CRASHES IN YEMEN (PHOTOS)

The Houthis (Ansar Allah) announced on May 29 that they had launched attacks against six ships linked to Israel in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea and Mediterranean Sea from Yemen in response to the war on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza Strip.

“The naval forces, the drone force and the missile force of the Yemeni armed forces, with the help of God Almighty, carried out six military operations, as follows:

Three military operations in the Red Sea, the first targeted the ship Laax and it was directly hit and severely damaged, thanks to God.

The second operation targeted the ship Morea and the third operation targeted the ship Sealady.

The three operations were carried out with a number of naval and ballistic missiles and drones, and led to direct casualties, thanks to God.

The armed forces carried out two military operations targeting the American ships Alba and Maersk Hartford in the Arabian Sea, and the operations were carried out with a number of missiles and drones.

The sixth military operation targeted the ship Minerva Antonia in the Mediterranean Sea with a number of winged missiles,” the group’s military spokesman Brigade General Yahya Sarea said in a statement.

The spokesman noted that the six ships were targeted for “violating the decision to ban access to the ports of occupied Palestine.”

“The Yemeni armed forces, in the face of the continued Israeli crimes against our brothers in the Gaza Strip, will not hesitate, with the help of God Almighty, to target all ships that deal with the Israeli entity in the declared area of ​​operations, regardless of their destination, as stated in their previous statements,” he warned.

The Marshall Island-flagged, Greek-owned and operated bulk carrier Laax was hit by three out of five anti-ship ballistic missiles the Houthis launched from Yemen on May 28, according to a statement released by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM).

The ship continued its voyage, the command said, noting that there were no injuries reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels.

In the same statement, CENTCOM announced that its forces had successfully intercepted five Houthi drones over the Red Sea.

“It was determined the systems presented an imminent threat to merchant vessels in the region. These actions are taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more secure for U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels,” the command said.

Separately, photos posted to social networks on May 29 showed what appears to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper combat drone of the United States military in the central Yemeni province of Ma’rib where the Houthis maintain a strong presence.

CENTCOM acknowledged seeing “reports” of the aircraft being downed in a desert region of Ma’rib. However, the Houthis have not yet claimed downing the drone.

https://southfront.press/houthis-announce-attacks-on-six-israel-linked-ships-as-sixth-u-s-drone-crashes-in-yemen-photos/

https://www.informationliberation.com/?id=64469

Call for ICC To Charge European Commission President With Complicity in Israeli Genocide

On May 22, 2024, the Geneva International Peace Research Institute (GIPRI), the Collectif de Juristes pour le Respect des Engagements Internationaux de la France (CJRF) and a group of international concerned citizens, submitted a legal brief to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan requesting the opening of an investigation against Ursula von der Leyen for complicity in war crimes and genocide against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, including the Gaza Strip.

This legal brief, endorsed by various human rights groups and prominent academics and experts in international criminal law, calls the Prosecutor to initiate investigations on the basis of the information provided against Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen. The latter has been repeatedly informed of violations of international humanitarian law committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, particularly in the Gaza Strip, through reports from international organizations and foreign governments. This is evidenced by a letter sent to her on February 14, 2024, by the President of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, and the then Irish Prime Minister, Leo Varadkar.[1]

Mrs Ursula von der Leyen is responsible for aiding and abetting the commission of crimes and violations of international humanitarian law, within the meaning of Article 25(3)(c) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Mrs von der Leyen enjoys no functional immunity before the International Criminal Court by virtue of Article 27 of the Rome Statute.

The President of the European Commission is complicit in violations of Articles 6, 7 and 8 of the Rome Statute by her positive actions (military, political, diplomatic support to Israel) and by her failure to take timely action on behalf of the European Commission to help prevent genocide as required by the 1948 Genocide Convention. Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen cannot deny awareness of the plausibility of these crimes, especially following the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures order of 26 January 2024 in the pending ICJ case South Africa v. Israel. More importantly, Mrs. Von der Leyen has failed to take appropriate action to prevent such crimes, whereas the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide and the Statute of the International Criminal Court make prevention an erga omnes obligation.

[1] Leo Varadkar and Pedro Sánchez, Letter to the President of the Commission of the European Union Mrs. Ursula von der Leyen, Oifig an Taoisigh (Office of the Taoiseach) and Gobierno de España – Presidencia del Gobierno, 14/02/2024.

https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2024/05/28/call-for-icc-to-charge-european-commission-president-with-complicity-in-israeli-genocide/

RFK Jr celebrates an infamous Dem gay rights leader Harvey Milk who was accused of grooming minors

On Wednesday, independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. posted an homage to Harvey Milk, an infamous Democrat politician accused of grooming minors, on the day established in 2009 to celebrate his life. Kennedy posted on X, "I want to take a moment to celebrate Harvey Milk Day and honor a man whose bravery transformed our society. Harvey Milk was a trailblazer for LGBTQ+ rights and the first openly gay individual elected to public office in California."

Harvey Milk. Why are so many Jews gay? Overbearing mothers and browbeaten fathers.

https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-05-27-rfk-jr-celebrates-dem-gay-rights-leader.html

MARCH 3, 2019

Open Letter From Sanhedrin to Donald Trump Concerning Dividing the Land of Israel and Jerusalem

The nascent Sanhedrin issued an open letter to the president of the United States in advance of the announcement concerning his peace plan for the Middle East. Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and special adviser, is currently touring the region to garner support for the much-anticipated plan. Though details of the plan have yet to be revealed, it is believed that the plan will include establishing a contiguous Palestinian state in Judea and Samaria as well as a Palestinian capital in Jerusalem. The Trump Administration is expected to release its peace plan following Israel’s elections on April 9.

“To the honorable President Donald Trump,

The Beit Din of the Sanhedrin, the High Court of 71, would like to express its appreciation for all you have done for the People of Israel, for the State of Israel, and in particular your formative action in moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem.

At the same time, we are very concerned about the implications of the so-called “deal of the century ” that has not yet been presented to the public but has already been announced. The plan received considerable attention from Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Netanyahu. We assume that not everyone is wrong and we are convinced that you have truly good intentions to make peace. However, peace can only be achieved if it is not contrary to the will of the Creator. And it follows that peace can only be implemented by whosoever decides to ensure that all of land mentioned in many places in the Bible are granted as an eternal inheritance to the people of Israel, the seed Abraham Isaac and Jacob.

We ask you and your government not to present any plan that violates the Divine rights of the people of Israel to all of its land, the Land of Israel.

The Creator of the World did not grant any rights of settlement in the borders of the Holy Land to other nations, and certainly not to the enemies of the People of Israel. If you act according to these principles you will be guaranteed the blessing of the Beit Din and the Blessing of Heaven. Accordingly, your terms of office will be filled with success, both for you and for the United States of America.”

With great respect and blessings,

Rav Yoel Shwartz (Chief Justice) Rav Yishai Babad Rav Yonatan Ben Eliezer Rav Arel Segal Halevy Rav Boaz Melet

Rav Dov Stein (Secretary of Court and Associate Justice)

Rav Prof. Hillel Weiss (Speaker of the Court and Associate Justice)

Rabbi Weiss noted that Donald Trump entered the White House as the result of an upset victory and has remained in office despite concerted efforts by the media and left-wing politicians to remove him.

“I am not a prophet but Trump is clearly being blessed with success,” Rabbi Weiss said. “This blessing is the result of his attachment to Jerusalem. If he wants to complete his term in office, he must continue this.”

https://israel365news.com/329303/open-letter-from-sanhedrin-to-donald-trump-concerning-dividing-the-land-of-israel-and-jerusalem/

Quote: "The Creator of the World did not grant any rights of settlement in the borders of the Holy Land to other nations, and certainly not to the enemies of the People of Israel. "

"WHAT EXACTLY IS THE SATANIC CULT OF JUDAISM DOING SQUATTING THERE, THEN???"

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Jewish donors earlier this month that if elected in November he would deport anti-Israel protesters and defeat the "radical revolution" he said the campus demonstrations were part of.

Karoline Leavitt, the campaign's national press secretary, wrote to the Post in email that "When President Trump is back in the Oval Office, Israel will once again be protected, Iran will go back to being broke, terrorists will be hunted down, and the bloodshed will end."

https://www.timesofisrael.com/trump-says-hell-deport-anti-israel-student-protesters-if-elected-report/

Restricting Whites From Employment Becomes "Systemic" In Canada

"The federal government also suggested discriminatory race-and gender-based hiring practices could continue regardless of targets."

https://bradsalzberg.substack.com/p/restricting-whites-from-employment

Salvini: 'The bill to reintroduce the draft in the Chamber'

'Six months of civil or military service for 18-26 year olds'

http://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/politica/2024/05/21/salvini-alla-camera-la-proposta-di-legge-per-reintrodurre-la-leva_1e407f84-c9da-4d87-a03c-55a70c8975fb.html

Venezuelan sex trafficking operation discovered in Louisiana and 7 other states.

Reports like these highlight the human cost of policy decisions. They paint a grim picture of organized crime taking advantage of lax border security, with victims of sex trafficking paying the ultimate price. The implication that such operations are facilitated or tolerated under current policies raises profound concerns about national security and human rights.

https://citizenwatchreport.com/venezuelan-sex-trafficking-operation-discovered-in-louisiana-and-7-other-states/#google_vignette

The RELIGIOUS WAR behind GAZA MARINE GAS. Netanyahu & Hamas vs Christian Tycoon Ally of Palestinian Muslims

One of the important reasons for the genocide in Palestine cannot be understood without analyzing the background of the agreement for the exploitation of the gas fields called Gaza Marine as they are a few hundred nautical miles in front of the Strip tormented by Israel’s bombings.

But we cannot fully grasp the importance of this strategic project without analyzing the story of one of the main protagonists: the tycoon Samer Khoury who grew up in the Palestinian Christian family of his father Said who became famous throughout the Holy Land for having dedicated his soul, intelligence and donations to The Bethlehem Development Foundation project to revive the birthplace of Jesus Christ around the Church of the Nativity.

In 2000, the British Gas (BG) group discovered the Marine 1 and Marine 2 gas fields about 35 kilometers off the coast of Gaza after being granted an exploration license by the Palestinian National Authority. After Shell acquired BG in 2016, CC Oil & Gas and the Palestinian Investment Fund (PIF) acquired Shell’s working interest in the fields, with each party owning 50%.

According to CC Oil & Gas, the fields are estimated to contain over 1 trillion cubic feet of gas, similar to the size of the Karish gas field.

Khoury, tycoon of CC, was born to a Palestinian Christian family in Safed, Palestine in 1923. After attending St. Luke’s School in Haifa, he followed his cousin Hasib Sabbagh to Lebanon to study at the American University of Beirut, where they both graduated from the faculty of engineering. Upon returning home, they each founded a small construction company in Palestine.

https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2024/05/the-religious-war-behind-gaza-marine-gas-netanyahu-hamas-vs-christian-tycoon-ally-of-palestinian-muslims/

https://x.com/francis_scarr/status/1795450100447142357

Biggest Blow! Russia Seizes 100,000 Ukrainian Weapons; Tanks, Shells, Missiles 'Lost' In Luhansk

https://youtu.be/DiksWa9jTmQ