Descent into Tyranny: Australian telcos block access to 4chan, 8chan, Zerohedge, Voat & LiveLeak

Several websites including 4chan have been blocked by major Australian telcos for continuing to host footage of the Christchurch terrorist attack.

Telstra on Tuesday blocked access to 4chan, 8chan and Voat, the blog Zerohedge and video hosting platform Liveleak.

"We understand this may inconvenience some legitimate users of these sites, but these are extreme circumstances and we feel this is the right thing to do," Telstra networks and IT executive Nikos Katinakis said in a statement.

Optus and Vodafone declined to name which domains they blocked but the same platforms also failed to load on their networks on Tuesday afternoon.

The ban on 4chan was lifted a few hours later.

Vodafone said while blocking requests normally came from the courts or law enforcement agencies "this was an extreme case which we think requires an extraordinary response".

"While there were discussions at an industry level about this issue, this is a decision Vodafone Australia came to independently," a spokeswoman said in a statement.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/71689/descent-into-tyranny-australian-telcos-block-access-to-4chan-8chan-zerohedge-voat-.html

Q's countdown seems to have been for the cabal!

Report: 449,805 Jewish settlers live in occupied West Bank

The number of illegal Jewish settlers who live in the occupied West Bank reached 449,805 in January this year, Israeli TV Channel 7 reported yesterday.

According to the station, these Jewish settlers are distributed among 11 illegal settlement blocks across the occupied West Bank.

Settlements are illegal under international law, however, Israel continues with the policy with US backing.

Last year, the number of settlers was 453,159, while in 2014 it was 372,681 in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli TV said.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20190319-report-449805-jewish-settlers-live-in-occupied-west-bank/

The Attack on Ilhan Omar and Pelosi’s Unconditional Support for Israel

Nancy Pelosi pledged support for Israel “even if the Capitol crumbles,” as major Democratic Party funder and pro-Israel advocate Haim Saban looked on – TRNN’s panel discusses anti-Semitism, Israel and the Democratic Party with Jacqueline Luqman, Jeff Cohen and host Paul Jay.

Jeff Cohen was the director of the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College, and he was the founder of the media watchdog FAIR. He is the co-founder of RootsAction.org.

Video & Transcript

PAUL JAY: Welcome to The Real News Network. I’m Paul Jay.

This is part two of our sort of a weekly roundup where we talk about a bunch of topics. Part one, if you have watched it, is kind of about Trump and the Republican Party. And we talked a lot about systemic corruption, deep corruption, not just in the Trump organization, but in that whole political stratum around the Republican Party. And we also mentioned you have a similar thing goes on at much of the higher echelons of the corporate Democratic Party.

And one of the things that I personally think–it’s not corruption because it’s legal, but it’s sort of borderline corruption, I think–is how so much of the funding of the Democratic Party affects the policy, particularly in its attitude towards Israel. And it goes it goes beyond normal strategic thinking about Israel and the United States. Sometimes it goes into full prostration in front of–I will use the word, I’m not a congresswoman so no one will care what I say. But yeah, it’s about the Benjamins. There’s a lot of enormous funding that comes from Wall Street particularly, but also from the entertainment sector and Haim Saban, who you’re about to see is on stage with Nancy Pelosi when she’s about to prostrate herself. And Haim Saban is one of the billionaires that’s a major funder of the Democratic Party and certainly pushes the Democratic Party towards a kind of almost uncritical support for Israel.

I’m not saying everyone in the Democratic Party is on that page, but much of the leadership is, same way Sheldon Adelson pushes the Republican Party and helped finance Trump coming to power. I don’t think there’s any accident that Trump moved the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. That was one of the demands of Sheldon Adelson. Maybe he might have wanted to do it anyway, but to think that the money from some of these Jewish billionaires is not affecting policy is crazy. It’s just fact, it’s too obvious. And it’s not anti-Semitic to talk about how the funding affects policy. It’s no different than the Koch brothers affecting policy on fossil fuels. And anyway, here’s Nancy Pelosi back in December at the Israeli-American Council.

https://imemc.org/article/the-attack-on-ilhan-omar-and-pelosis-unconditional-support-for-israel/

Former CIA Contractor Nellie Ohr Provided Husband at DOJ With Russia Research

Testimony reveals Ohr sought job at Fusion GPS; emails reveal she frequently sent Russia research to Bruce Ohr and other DOJ officials

Two key players in the FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump were husband and wife Bruce and Nellie Ohr.

Bruce Ohr was the highest ranking career official at the Department of Justice (DOJ) at the time, and Nellie Ohr was at the time working for Fusion GPS—the firm hired by the Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee to produce the so-called Steele dossier on Donald Trump.

In congressional testimonies reviewed by the Epoch Times, both Bruce and Nellie Ohr testified separately to congressional investigators last year that they had minimal contact with each other about their work, which could have posed an inherent conflict of interest.

Newly released documents and emails obtained by Judicial Watch, however, show that Nellie emailed Bruce dozens of times about Russia-related topics between October 2015 and September 2016. Nellie also routinely included several other DOJ officials in these communications.

The emails also indicate that both Nellie and Bruce were in contact with Nellie’s boss, Fusion GPS co-founder Glenn Simpson.

Russia-related Emails

Nellie told congressional investigators in her Oct. 19, 2018, closed-door testimony, that part of her work for Fusion GPS was to research the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, including campaign associate Carter Page, f early campaign supporter Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, campaign manager Paul Manafort, as well as Trump’s family members, including some of his children.

In court documents filed on Dec. 12, 2017, Simpson referred to Nellie Ohr as a “former government official expert” who was hired “to help our company with its research and analysis of Mr. Trump.”

Prior to her work for Fusion GPS, Nellie had worked as an independent contractor for the CIA for as many as six years.

Email communications between her and Bruce Ohr show that she routinely sent Bruce articles on Russia—most carrying a similar negative slant.

The emails continued throughout the duration of Nellie’s employment with Fusion GPS and usually contained a brief, often one-line commentary from Nellie. An example from page 319: “Lesin’s death (This looks “fishy”…) See the 6 November notes…”

Long read more :

https://www.theepochtimes.com/former-cia-contractor-nellie-ohr-provided-husband-at-doj-with-russia-research_2844457.html

The Military-Industrial Complex: Trump’s Ties to Boeing in Spotlight Amid Probes of 737 MAX 8 Jets

The Trump administration’s close ties to Boeing are facing new scrutiny in the wake of deadly plane crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia involving the Boeing 737 MAX8 jet. President Trump has publicly praised Boeing hundreds of times in his two years in office and participated in efforts to sell its planes, including the 737 MAX series, to countries and airlines around the world. Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg praised Trump’s support at a dinner last August at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club. Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, who was appointed by Trump, spent 31 years as a Boeing executive. And Trump’s former U.N. ambassador, Nikki Haley, has been nominated to the Boeing board of directors.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/71691/the-militaryindustrial-complex-trumps-ties-to-boeing-in-spotlight-amid-probes-of-737-max-8.html

Attempt to prosecute Assad at ICC is aimed at undermining Syrian peace process

Historian John Laughland explains why the International Criminal Court's attempt to indict President Assad of Syria reveals its dictatorial and warmongering tendencies.

The announcement that “a group of Syrian refugees and their London lawyers” have found “a neat legal trick” to press for an indictment against Syrian President Bashar Assad by the International Criminal Court demonstrates, yet again, the dangerous corruption of international justice, against which I have been warning for over a decade.

The Syrian war is nearly over, thanks to the military successes of the Syrian army and its Russian and Iranian allies. Exhaustion on both sides has probably helped. Diplomatic overtures have started to re-integrate Syria into the international system, starting at the regional level: the United Arab Emirates have re-opened their embassy in Damascus; the Sudanese president, Assad's near namesake, Omar Al-Bashir, has visited Syria, as have senior Egyptian officials; Syrian officials have attended pan-Arab summits; even Israel is maintaining its dialogue with Russia over Syria. In short, the situation is being slowly normalised as Syria herself embarks on the painful search for internal peace.

https://www.rt.com/op-ed/454127-icc-war-crimes-assad/

AIPAC Is Coming to Town – Again! Yet Another Concession to Netanyahu Prior to Israel Elections

And the Israelis are having an election

The Trump Administration has delivered yet another concession to Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of parliamentary elections: the Israeli military occupation of much of the Palestinian West Bank and of the Golan Heights will no longer be referred to in official U.S. government documents as an occupation. America’s so-called Ambassador to Israel is a former Trump lawyer named David Friedman who is more involved in serving Israel than the United States. He personally supports the view that the illegal Jewish settlements are legitimately part of Israel, choosing to ignore their growth even though it has long been U.S. policy to oppose them. He has also long sought to change the State Department’s language on the Israeli control of the West Bank and Golan Heights, being particularly concerned about the expression “occupied,” which has legal implications. Now he appears to have won that fight, to the delight of the Netanyahu government.

And the expunging of “occupied” might be only the first of many gifts intended to bolster Netanyahu’s chances. Senator Lindsey Graham, who also boasts of his close ties to the Israeli Prime Minister, intends to initiate legislative action to go one step further and compel the United States to actually recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the Syrian territory that was annexed after fighting in 1967, but which has not been recognized as part of Israel by any other country or international body. If a vote on the bill is pushed forward and goes as expected virtually unanimously as the subject before congress is Israel, it would hugely benefit Bibi. Some sources are also predicting that recognition of the Golan Heights could easily lead to U.S. government recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over much of the West Bank.

Israel’s election is scheduled for April 9th, so there is still plenty of time for additional mischief. There have even been suggestions in the Israeli media that Netanyahu just might escalate fighting with any one or more of a number of its neighbors to enhance his wartime leader credentials. That Gaza will be pummeled is a certainty and Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria is probably also in the gun-sights. An uncorroborated report last week out of Israel claimed that Hezbollah is operating a “terror cell” in Syria close to the border with Israel. It would serve as a pretext for a bit of military action and America’s own congress-critters would immediately be jumping up and down expressing their support for Israel’s right to “defend itself.” The big prize for Netanyahu would, of course, be success at getting the United States to attack Iran and one can bet that Mossad is cranking up “false flag” plans to bring about such an eventuality while also making it look like the Mullahs were at fault.

Netanyahu, bedeviled by corruption charges against him, is otherwise sinking into his usual pre-election mode, which is to outflank nearly everyone on the intransigent right of Israeli politics. He has entered into a coalition with the openly racist Kahanist party Otzma Yehudit, which most Israelis consider to be close to a Jewish version of fascism as it advocates, among other policies, the forceful expulsion of all Arabs.

Benjamin Netanyahu is also looking for a boost through his attendance at the annual American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC) summit, which is being held in Washington from March 24-26. The theme of the conference is, unfortunately, “Connected for Good,” which is clearly a boast by AIPAC rather than an admission of the shameful reality that has been delivered to the American people by a groveling and subservient congress and White House. Co-opting the United States is what it is all about, with the promotional material promising an “UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE : The AIPAC Policy Conference is the largest gathering of America’s pro-Israel community. The conference is a celebration of the U.S.-Israel partnership and the premier opportunity for every attendee to lobby their Congressional office to advance the U.S.-Israel relationship. The Policy Conference is also a rich educational experience and inspirational booster shot. Attendees will hear keynote speeches by American and Israeli leaders, attend intimate educational sessions, and be wowed by moving stories of U.S.-Israel partnerships, Israeli heroism, and groundbreaking Israeli innovations that are changing our world.”

https://www.globalresearch.ca/aipac/5671933

While the Nation Fragments Socially, the Financial Aristocracy Rules Unimpeded

If there is one central irony in American history, it is this: the citizenry that broke free of the chains of British Monarchy, the citizenry that reckoned everyone was equal before the law, the citizenry that vowed never to be ruled by an aristocracy that controlled the government and finance as a means of self-enrichment, is now so distracted by social fragmentation that the citizenry is blind to their servitude to a new and formidably informal financial aristocracy.

From this juncture, ironies abound: the so-called Socialist demands for Medicare for All, "free" college for all and Universal Basic Income (UBI) are encouraged (or perhaps orchestrated) by the financial aristocracy, which rakes in tens of billions of dollars in profits from its banking, healthcare, national defense and higher education cartels: throwing more trillions down the ratholes of Medicare and higher education will only further enrich and empower the financial elites.

As for Universal Basic Income (UBI), the financial aristocracy is cheering loudly for UBI, which would enable debt-serfs to keep servicing their debts. (Is anyone so naive to think that UBI won't have a clause which enables the deduction of debt payments from the monthly "free money"? Does anyone think the financial aristocracy is going to give $1,000 a month to debt-serfs and then let them default on their debt? Get real!)

The demands for social justice, i.e. that everyone be allowed to be treated the same before the law and enjoy the same rights as other citizens, is a core tenet of American culture. Long before the Constitution was even ratified, the calls to end slavery were becoming louder. Long before women won the the right to vote, the calls to treat women equally before the law were gaining ground.

In the long sweep of U.S. history, the rights of gays to marry and other contemporary social justice issues are of a piece with all previous drives to eliminate disparities between the way individuals are treated before the law. This is of course as it should be: this was a core value of the revolutionaries, as limited as it was in that era, and this drive is largely what makes America America.

Equally important was the cultural drive to never be ruled by a neofeudal aristocracy or let an aristocracy form in America. Yet this is precisely what has come to pass: we are ruled by an informal but oh-so neofeudal aristocracy.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/71690/while-the-nation-fragments-socially-the-financial-aristocracy-rules.html

Christchurch Attack Decoded: A Manifestation of Israel’s Master Plan to Orchestrate War between the Muslim and Christian World

Introduction

The terrorist attack on Muslims by a white supremacist terrorist has resulted into more depression and confusion among the people. It is time to explain this subject critically to eliminate uncertainty about what is happening at the global level in the context of white supremacist terrorism. If decoded and analyzed properly, the signs and symbols involved in this attack are not only mysterious but also provide links about the involvement of those of are benefiting from the war on terrorism and other radical ideologies resulting into the more division among the people. With uncertainty among the masses there is one thing which is plain and clear to the casual eye; that this terrorist attack is an act to incite violence among the Christian and the Muslim world.

Firstly, why would an Australian white supremacist terrorist would go all the way to New Zealand and choose a city named “CHRIST-CHURCH” to attack “MUSLIMS”? There is no coincidence involved here; it was a carefully planned operation to send a clear message to the Muslims. According to the first investigative report by the New Zealand authorities there are no international agencies involved in the attack. But if one carefully and logically raises the question that who will benefit if there is more division and hatred among the Muslims and the Christian countries?

A: The Zionists. With that being said, it must be clear to the readers that not all “Jews” conform to the principles and the ideology of Zionism and not all “White People” in the world comply with the manifesto of “White Supremacists”. The current anarchy in between the masses is the result of a global campaign based on “divide and conquer strategy” being implemented by the Zionists for their New World Order to rule the world from Jerusalem. This article will attempt to prove this point by the use of decoding signs and symbols.

According to my thesis, this terrorist act is part and parcel and a manifestation of the long planned master plan to divide the Christian and Muslim world to the advantage of the Zionists. The covert nature of state-sponsored terrorism and secrecy involved at the international level must not restrict the analysts to provide new knowledge into the field of international relations. An investigative attempt with logically deducted questions coupled with the ability of reading signs and symbols is all what the analysts need to decode state-sponsored terrorism.

https://www.fort-russ.com/2019/03/christchurch-attack-decoded-a-manifestation-of-israels-master-plan-to-orchestrate-war-between-the-muslim-and-christian-world/

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>>5776184

Concluding Thoughts: The Zionist Master Plan and the Clash of Civilizations

The wars in the Middle-east are the wars for the state of Israel. The US strategy (influenced by Israel Lobby) of war and regime change in the Middle-east is eventually enhancing the security of the state of Israel at the expense of millions of Muslims being slaughtered and being displaced from their lands. I have been saying this for years that the issue of deceptive war on terrorism cannot be understand without studying the role of the Jews and its Talmudic ideology of wars against the goyim (non-Jews). Since 2001 they are at war with Islam. The war on terror is in reality is a war against Islam.

The migrants immigrating from the Middle-east to Europe and other continents are being framed by the Zionist controlled media as rapists and murderers to incite violence among Muslims and Christians living in harmony with each other. A division or civil war between Christians and Muslims in Europe put the Zionist Jews (who controls the power structure Israel today) into strategic advantage. Thus, simultaneously serves their objective of disintegrating Europe Union back to the point of balance of power system. A balance of power system in Europe is essential for the Zionists to foment future wars for not only profits but also for their Middle-east project. I will be no surprised if European Union gets disintegrated in the next 10 years. Therefore, framing Muslim refugees as rapist and murderers is part of their strategy of predictive-programming to foment future conflicts and wars.

The studies and researches in top global universities on the subject “Clash of Civilizations” have been deliberately funded and aided by them. The “Order out of Chaos” has been long planned by the Zionists. But the question arises why would Zionists want a clash of civilization? A: The current map and the security arrangement of the Middle-east do not allow Israel to expand its territory to complete its biblical mission of “Greater Israel” (From Nile to Euphrates). Thus, a civilizational clash upon the Middle-earth is required to redraw the map of the Middle-east to the advantage of the state of Israel. Surprisingly, the war objectives of ISIS, White supremacist terrorists, Hindutva and Zionists are in complete harmony with each other to initiate a “Clash of Civilization”.

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‘Fascism Is Democracy’: Meet Israel’s Justice Minister

Israel’s Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked released a political ad in which she mimiced a chichi model who samples a bottle of “fascism” perfume.

“Smells like democracy to me,” she says in the video, which, according to the official version, is designed to be a kind of ‘satire’. During the video, she also whispers in Hebrew “judicial reform”, “separation of powers” and “restraining the Supreme Court” – issues which she adresses in her campaign.

Hoewever, taking into acount the hardcore right-wing views of multiple Israeli officials and service members, including the justice minister, the video does not look like a joke.

https://southfront.org/fascism-is-democracy-meet-israels-justice-minister/

The Destabilisation Of Algeria: The Influx Of New Refugees To Europe And A Threat To Its Energy Security

The destabilisation of Algeria will undoubtedly cause problems for Europe.

The president of Algeria, 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in power for almost 20 years, has declared that he will not be running for what would have been his fifth term. The announcement was made against the backdrop of widespread protests that have been rocking the country for days. Thus, the latest revolution in the Arab world has succeeded. The question is, what will come next?

Despite being laid to rest countless times, the Arab Spring has continued where it was least expected. Algeria has the same explosive cocktail as Tunisia, Egypt, Libya and Syria, of course: a young, rapidly growing urban population deprived of jobs and opportunities; corruption and poverty amid opulent wealth and luxury; uneasy relationships between ethnic groups (in Algeria’s case, between the Arabs and the Kabyle people, a Berber ethnic group); Islamist activity; and, finally, an unchanging authoritarian leader who rules with the same unchanging palette of ideas as every other dictatorship – “Who else if not me?”, “It will be worse without me”, “You don’t change horses in midstream” and so on. But judging by how calmly the country endured the turbulent events in nearby Tunisia and Libya, with only localised pockets of unrest, many experts were under the impression that the elderly Bouteflika would simply be able to retire by handing the presidency to whomever he wants – namely Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia, who has the unspoken title of “successor”. Something has gone wrong, however.

It is unclear why, on 10 February, Bouteflika announced that he would be taking part in the presidential election scheduled for April. It is even unclear how much say he had in this decision. In 2013, Bouteflika suffered a stroke. A year later he was re-elected amid myriad accusations of election fraud and stopped appearing in public. Until last Sunday, that is, when Bouteflika delivered an address to the nation in which he announced he had changed his mind and no longer wanted to run for re-election.

“There won’t be a fifth mandate and it was never on the table as far as I am concerned,” he said. “Given my state of health and age, my last duty towards the Algerian people was always contributing to the foundation of a new Republic.”

On Monday, the government, including Ahmed Ouyahia, resigned. A “cabinet of technocrats” is being put together in its place headed by the now former interior minister, Noureddine Bedoui, and the streets of the country’s capital are filled with cheering crowds.

The biggest potential powder keg for the situation in Algeria, of course, is the fact that the presidential election has been postponed indefinitely. Exactly when it will take place will become clear after the national conference tasked with drafting a new constitution. The presidential election and the voting on it has to take place at the same time.

So, for the time being there is political uncertainty: a president who has either resigned or hasn’t; an emerging government; and a people inspired by what seems to be a victory. There is also the bulldog fight going on behind the scenes at the highest levels of government about which little is known, but which has been hampered by the presence of the country’s unquestioned leader, Bouteflika.

http://theduran.com/the-destabilisation-of-algeria-the-influx-of-new-refugees-to-europe-and-a-threat-to-its-energy-security/

>>5776312

Yeah right they only been implementing it for the last 120 years

>>5776352

>you middle eastern fucks and chinks can't get your stories straight.

Low IQ Anon. Who the fuck do you think runs the communist Chinese????? Israel dipshit!

‘Huge injustice’: Kamala Harris accused of refusing to prosecute Podesta-linked company in exchange for bribes

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris is being slammed by Latino activists for refusing to investigate the Ponzi scheme operated by nutritional supplement marketer Herbalife in exchange for what amounts to bribes masquerading as “donations” from Herbalife lobbyist Heather Podesta.

At the time, Harris was the attorney general of California.

Heather Podesta was married to Tony Podesta, the high-powered lobbyist with longstanding ties to Hillary Clinton. Tony’s brother John Podesta was the campaign manager for Hillary 2016 presidential campaign.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/03/19/huge-injustice-kamala-harris-accused-refusing-to-prosecute-podesta-linked-company-in-exchange-for-bribes-734717?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=BPR%20Email&utm_campaign=DMS

>>5776403

MOSSAD

JPMorgan Chase Expanding While It’s Still on Probation for a Felony

On April 19, 2018, JPMorgan Chase announced it would be opening “up to 70 new branches and hiring up to 700 new employees” in northern Virginia, Washington D.C. and Maryland.” In the same announcement, the bank said it currently had “5,130 branches in 23 U.S. states and plans to open up to 400 new branches…”

At the time of that announcement, the bank was under a deferred criminal prosecution agreement with the U.S. Justice Department and on probation – a probation which continues to this day.

Being prosecuted multiple times for felonies by the Justice Department does not appear to have clipped the wings of JPMorgan’s expansion plans under the Trump administration. According to current data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, JPMorgan Chase’s domestic bank branches have already grown by 8 branches to a total of 5,138 since the end of 2017.

In October of last year, Bloomberg News reporter Michelle Davis broke the story that JPMorgan Chase had secretly been under a Federal leash that prevented it from expanding. Davis wrote: “…Obama administration regulators prevented the bank from opening branches in new states as punishment for violating banking rules, according to people familiar with the matter. JPMorgan’s ambitious plan to expand nationally, announced earlier this year, was made possible by the Trump administration’s rollback of those restraints….”

Under the unwatchful eye of Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, the Wall Street bank has received an unprecedented three felony counts in the past five years, to which it pleaded guilty. That’s three felonies more than the bank pleaded guilty to in its prior 100 years of existence.

In a rational Federal regulatory system that strives to ensure the safety and soundness of America’s deposit-taking banks, Dimon would have been forced out when the bank admitted guilt to the first two felony counts in 2014 for its dubious role in handling the business bank account of Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff. If not then, perhaps the following year when it pleaded guilty to its role in a bank cartel (actually called “The Cartel”) that rigged the foreign currency market. In the Forex matter, the bank admitted guilt to one count and received a deferred prosecution agreement along with other banks involved in the matter. The U.S. Department of Justice announced that agreement on May 20, 2015 but the U.S. District Court did not approve the agreement until January 2017. Thus, the clock did not start ticking on the three-year probation period until then. That means that JPMorgan’s probation period will not end until January 2020 and it has confirmed that fact to be true in its most recent 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It writes:

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/jpmorgan-chase-expanding-while-its-still-on-probation-for-a-felony/

Israeli planes shoot at Gazans launching incendiary balloons into Israel

No immediate reports of Palestinian casualties in two separate raids; 11 Gazans said injured in border clashes in northern Strip

Israeli military aircraft fired at two groups of Palestinians launching incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip, the army said on Tuesday.

The Israel Defense Forces said its aircraft shot at two separate groups launching balloons from the northern and southern Strip.

There were no immediate report of casualties in Gaza.

According to the Ynet news site, some clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli troops were also reported near the border in northern Gaza.

At least 11 Gazans were injured in the border demonstrations on Tuesday, according to Palestinian sources.

A protest flotilla was also makings its way toward the maritime border with Israel in the north of the Strip.

For a year, Gaza protesters have launched hundreds of incendiary kites and balloons into Israel, sparking fires that have destroyed forests, burned crops, and killed livestock. Over 7,000 acres of land have been burned, causing millions of shekels in damages, according to Israeli officials. Some balloons have carried improvised explosive devices.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-planes-shoot-at-gazans-launching-incendiary-balloons-into-israel/

Why do they cover their faces? Why launch balloons when they never hit anything? Why don't the Palestinians protesters cover their faces?

U.S. and S. African Christian leaders compare Israel to apartheid

While on the trip, the group said that they "came to visit Israel and the Palestinian Territories in the hope of meeting Israeli and Palestinian citizens.

A group of well-known Christian leaders from American and South Africa, who represent over 55 million worshippers, have slammed Israel for its treatment of Palestinians following a 10-day trip to the country, and have called for "economic pressure" to be applied.

The leaders visited Israel and the Palestinian territories "on a religious pilgrimage as a joint delegation of leaders from historic black denominations of the National Council of Churches (NCC) in the United States of America, and heads of South African church denominations of the South African Council of Churches (SACC)" between February 21 and March 1.

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/US-and-S-African-Christian-leaders-compare-Israel-to-apartheid-583934