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Israeli police arrested four Jewish extremists accused of attacking Palestinians and then Israeli soldiers. A UN count of 264 attacks causing casualties or property damage in October and quotes President Isaac Herzog condemning violence against civilians and soldiers.
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Israeli police arrested four Jewish extremists accused of attacking Palestinians and then Israeli soldiers. A UN count of 264 attacks causing casualties or property damage in October and quotes President Isaac Herzog condemning violence against civilians and soldiers.
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Israeli police raided Al Jazeera’s local offices after the network was ordered to cease operating in Israel on national-security grounds. Al Jazeera called the raid a criminal action.
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Off Leash update 12 Nov PAKISTAN •The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) belatedly claimed yesterday's courthouse blast in Islamabad and said it was targeting "[j]udges, lawyers and officials who carried out rulings under Pakistan’s un-Islamic laws." •It was the first major attack inside the heavily-guarded Pakistani capital in over 10 years. •Defense Minister Khawaja Asif called it a "wake-up call" to the threat the TTP poses to the country, and declared a "state of war" extending beyond the border areas where the army is already battling the TTP. VENEZUELA •The U.S. Navy has sent the USS Gerald Ford - its most advanced aircraft carrier - to the Caribbean to join the ongoing mobilization in the seas around Venezuela, cutting its previous mission to the Mediterranean short by several months. •The Ford will add 5,500 troops to the 10,000-strong U.S. force that has Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro worried for his illegitimate regime. •Aware that he's outgunned by a stronger force with superior technology, Maduro is reportedly trying to inspire a guerrilla-style resistance in case of a U.S. land attack. It's unclear how much of his military would stand by him if his rule was threatened and they were no longer being coerced into loyalty. •Separately, CNN reported that the UK disagrees with the extrajudicial strikes the U.S. force has been carrying out against suspected drug trafficking boats in the region, and stopped sharing relevant intelligence with the U.S. soon after the strikes began. That won't hinder U.S. strikes, though: the UK provides only a small slice of the intelligence the U.S. has used in its 19 strikes to date. WEST BANK •Israeli police arrested four Jewish extremists who attacked Palestinians in the West Bank and then assaulted Israeli soldiers in a nearby industrial zone. •There's been a recent rise in extremist attacks on West Bank Palestinians: the UN logged 264 attacks causing casualties, property damage, or both in October - more than in any other month in almost 20 years. •But yesterday's incidents were unusual in that the perpetrators were arrested and Pres. Herzog publicly condemned the violence for targeting soldiers too: "Such violence against civilians and against IDF soldiers crosses a red line." TURKEY •Istanbul's chief prosecutor filed a wide-ranging indictment against the city's popular jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, and is seeking an absurd 2,352-year total sentence for Pres. Erdogan's strongest rival. •The indictment accused İmamoğlu of leading a vast criminal network that has squeezed Turkey's commercial capital "like the arms of an octopus." •İmamoğlu's real offense was wresting control of Istanbul from Erdogan's party and preparing to challenge Erdogan for the presidency. The timing of İmamoğlu's detention was deliberate: he was arrested days before his party was due to name him as its candidate to run against Erdogan). THAILAND •Thailand suspended its truce with Cambodia after four Thai soldiers were injured by a landmine. Both sides seem inclined to avoid war, but tensions remain high. CHINA •China gave European carmakers some relief by easing restrictions on automotive chip exports to the EU for 12 months. •Analysts point out that the one-year reprieve isn't as much of an EU victory as it might seem. Beijing still bars chip exports for military use, and retained the framework for restoring restrictions on civilian chip exports after the 12-month pause expires.
Open source reportOff Leash update May 7 Gaza •Hamas said it has accepted the terms of a ceasefire proposal from Egypt and Hamas that could stop the fighting - at least temporarily. •The terms of the proposal aren't yet public, but the NYT reported that experts say it has only "minor word changes" from the one Israel recently offered. However, other reports suggest PM Netanyahu has already rejected the proposal Hamas accepted as "far from Israel's basic requirements." •The U.S. is pushing Israel to consider the proposal on the table and hold off on sending ground troops into Rafah, but the clock is winding down: Israel's War Cabinet approved the ground invasion of Rafah unanimously, and prospects for a deal will dim after that begins, since Hamas has threatened to walk away from talks once it starts. •Families of the remaining hostages are also pleading with Israel to accept a deal instead of invading Rafah: some of them are blocking highways in Ayalon to make their demands heard. •Separately, Israeli police raided the local offices of Al Jazeera after Israel's parliament ordered the network to cease operations in the country on national security grounds. Al Jazeera defiantly called the raid a "criminal action" and continued to criticize Israel's war in Gaza. North Korea •The Economist reported that North Koreans were asked to swear their loyalty to Kim Jong Un during a ceremony on Jan. 8 celebrating Kim's 40th birthday. Analysts think the loyalty oaths were designed to solidify Kim's grip on power by boosting his cult of popularity. Ukraine and Russia •Russia said it would hold new military exercises near Ukraine to practice for the possible future use of "tactical" battlefield nuclear weapons. •Pres. Putin has consistently denied - including as recently as March - that he's ever considered using tactical nukes, so these exercises seem like provocative bluster in reaction to recent escalating rhetoric from Western leaders like France's Pres. Macron, who refused to rule out sending French troops to Ukraine (though he most likely would never do so), and top UK diplomat David Cameron, who said Ukraine is free to use weapons from the UK to strike targets inside Russia. •Separately, Russia detained a U.S. Army soldier in Vladivostok on charges of criminal misconduct. U.S. military personnel are strongly discouraged against travel to Russia because of the risk of detentions like this. Libya •Royal Jordanian and Qatar Airways will resume flights to Libya's Tripoli International Airport this month after a long hiatus, and Saudi Airlines is in talks to start servicing Tripoli routes, too. That seems like a good sign of stabilization in Libya - though it took longer than planned to revitalize Tripoli's airport due to cost overruns.
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