Current Affairs & Analyses
By Syed Mohsin Abbas

YEMEN GEARS UP FOR LONG WAR AGAINST ISRAEL

The Armed Forces of Yemen‘s Sanaa government announced an attack on the southern Israeli port city of
Eilat on 21 July, one day after Israeli jets violently bombarded Hodeidah province in response to the unprecedented Yemeni drone strike on Tel Aviv. Sanaa‘s statement also announced an operation targeting a
US ship in the Red Sea. ―The missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces carried out an [effective] military
operation targeting important targets in the Umm al-Rashrash area in southern occupied Palestine with a
number of ballistic missiles, and achieved its goals successfully, thanks to God,‖ Yemeni army spokesman
Yahya Saree said. ―The naval forces, the unmanned air force, and the missile force of the Yemeni armed
forces carried out a joint military operation targeting the American ship Pumba in the Red Sea with a
number of ballistic missiles and drones. The operation led to a direct hit on the ship,‖ the statement added. Israeli warplanes launched heavy raids on Yemen’s western port city of Hodeidah on 20 July, targeting fuel depots and oil refineries as well as the province’s power station. According to an updated toll from Sanaa‘s Health Ministry, six people were killed in the Israeli attack, and at least 83 were wounded, mostly with severe burns. The bombing was a response to the unprecedented Yemeni drone attack on Tel Aviv on 19 July, which killed one Israeli and injured several others. Hebrew media described the attack as a dangerous escalation that marks a new phase in the war – referring to the inability to prevent the attack as a ―mega-failure.

BIDENS WITHDRAWAL FROM U.S. PRESIDENTIAL RACE

U.S. President Joe Biden has announced that he is dropping out of his re-election battle with Donald Trump, in a
historic move that plunges the already turbulent 2024 White House race into uncharted territory. “While it has been my intention to seek re-election, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term,” It‘s still unclear whether Biden would endorse Vice-President Kamala Harris to replace him. Some Democrats, including Pelosi, believe that some sort of competitive nomination process would bolster the credibility of the eventual nominee because voters wouldn‘t see it as a backroom deal. The Trump camp has already started preparing a plan of how to attack Harris if she becomes the It‘s still unclear whether Biden would endorse Vice-President Kamala Harris to replace him. Some Democrats, including Pelosi, believe that some sort of competitive nomination process would bolster the credibilityof the eventual nominee because voters wouldn‘t see it as a backroom deal. The Trump camp has already started preparing a plan of how to attack Harris if she becomes the nominee.. Biden has been a staunch supporter of Israel‘s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, sending billions of dollars and hundreds of additional shipments of weapons, including devastating 500-pound and 2,000-pound bombs, to Israel since 7 October. US aid has helped Israel kill over 38,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children – while turning much of Gaza into a ―moonscape.

EXCESS DEATHS WERE CAUSED BY RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC

The largest study of its kind finds excess deaths during the Covid pandemic was caused by the public health response, not the virus. The study about Excess Mortality in 125 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic found the major causes of death globally stemmed from public health establishment‘s response, including mandates and lockdowns that caused severe stress, harmful medical interventions and the COVID-19 vaccines. ―We conclude that nothing special would have occurred in terms of mortality had a pandemic not been declared and had the declaration not been acted upon,‖ the authors of the study wrote. The researchers also found a lot of variability in death rates within countries over time, which also would not be an expected outcome if those deaths were caused by a pathogen. Rancourt said they found ―the idea that the vaccine saved lives is ridiculous,‖ and based on flawed modeling as he and colleagues also showed in a previous paper. Here again, they found no systematic or statistically significant trends showing that vaccination campaigns in 2020 and 2021 reduced all-cause mortality. Medical interventions — including denial of treatment — caused premature deaths Ran court said the excess deaths his team identified are strongly associated with the combination of two major factors — the proportion of elderly in a country‘s population and the number of people living in poverty. Both factors increased peoples‘ vulnerability to ―sudden and profound structural societal changes‖ and ―medical assaults.

The study provides an overview of plausible mechanisms for this hypothesis, including research showing that some people experienced severe biological stress from measures like mandates and lockdowns. Such interventions included but were not limited to the denial of antibiotics and ivermectin against bacterial pneumonia, the systematic use of mechanical ventilators, experimental treatment protocols, new palliative medications and overdoses, isolation of vulnerable people and encouraged voluntary or involuntary suicide. 17 million excess deaths tied to COVID vaccines. Finally, the researchers projected that 17 million of the excess deaths they identified were associated with the COVID19 vaccines, confirming the findings of their previous research on a smaller sample of countries. Those vaccinerelated estimations were based on analyses of places that had large spikes immediately following vaccination or booster campaigns and also by examining the numbers of vaccine doses and their relation to deaths over time.

Thirty per cent of the countries they analyzed had no excess deaths until either the vaccine rollouts or the booster campaigns. And there were significant correlations between COVID-19 vaccine rollouts and peaks or increases in excess all-cause mortality. Ninety-seven percent of countries showed a late-2021 or early-2022 peak in excess all-cause mortality temporally associated with booster rollouts. It is highly unlikely, the researchers wrote, that the vaccinemortality associations are coincidental.

ICJ RULES ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN LAND ILLEGAL

In a landmark case at the ICJ ruled that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian land is illegal and ordered the evacuation of settlements. The World Court also requires Israel to cease all new settlement activities and evacuate all Jewish settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its advisory opinion on 19 July, ruling that Israel‘s occupation and policies in the occupied Palestinian territories, namely the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza, are illegal under international law. ICJ President Nawaf Salam stated: ―The sustained abuse of Israel of its position as an occupying power through annexation and an assertion of permanent control over the occupied Palestinian territory and continued frustration of the right of the Palestinian people to selfdetermination violates fundamental principles of international law and renders Israel‘s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful.‖ In addition to ruling that Israel‘s continued presence in the occupied territories is unlawful, the court stated that Israel is under an obligation to bring its presence there to an end as soon as possible. The ruling added that Israel must immediately cease all new settlement activities and evacuate all settlers from the occupied Palestinian territories. Further, the State of Israel must make reparations for the damages to Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories. The court ruled as well that the UN and its member states have an obligation not to recognize Israel‘s occupation as legal and must not provide Israel assistance in maintaining the occupation. Finally, the court ruled that the UN, including the General Assembly and the Security Council, should consider steps to bring Israel‘s illegal occupation of Palestinian territory to an end as soon as possible.

GLOBALIST INSTITUTIONS LIKE THE W.H.O. ARE UNDER GROWING SCRUTINY

The World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed plans to advance the negotiations of the “Pandemic Agreement”. With Bill Gates, Big Corporate Pharma and the U.S. funding it this supposedly independent global health agency is being questioned about its independence, performance, political agenda, and its future plans for global health. At the WHO’S latest gathering discussions were awash with the narrative about how “the next pandemic is just around the corner”, and critics noted that it’s narratives were wrapped in politicised language such as equity, equality, justice and international solidarity. The INB are working towards concluding the agreement by 15th November 2024, with a potential special Health Assembly w/c 16th December 2024. Its alleged that these proposals risk normalising, legitimizing and legalising the flawed and harmed measures deployed during Covid-19. Free Humanity are calling for an independent and impartial international inquiry into the WHO’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Such an inquiry should investigate the WHO‘s leadership, decision-making processes, corporate and private conflicts of interest to bring full transparency and accountability for the WHO‘s role and responsibilities during Covid-19 in addition to a full review of the empirical evidence in relation to the pandemic response measures.

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