Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser of the US government, said that the administration in the White House does not see evidence of genocide by Israel in Gaza. According to him, the United States wants to see the defeat of Hamas. The Washington official also noted that the Palestinians living in the vortex of the war are living in extremely difficult conditions and that Israel's large-scale military operation in Rafah was a mistake.
An additional 13.6 million tons of greenhouse gases were released into the atmosphere in the four months (from mid-December 2023 to April 2024) after the Houthis attacked Israeli-affiliated ships in the Red Sea and the ships began to circumnavigate Africa via the Cape of Good Hope. According to experts' calculations, if the crisis continues, the amount of waste may reach 41 million tons per year.
Pentagon Major Harrison Mann has resigned over US support for Israel's war in Gaza. This is the first public resignation by a member of the US military and intelligence community. "Over the past months, we have been presented with some of the most horrific and heartbreaking images of what happened in Palestine, and I couldn't ignore those images. It made me feel incredible guilt," Mann said.
The Iranian parliament is debating a proposal to divide the Sunni-dominated Sistan and Baluchistan region in the south of the country into 4 regions with different names. Also, issues of relocation of 10 million people and the transfer of the coasts of Sistan and Baluchistan to other provinces are also being considered.
It has been 221 days since Israel launched its war of aggression and destruction in the Gaza Strip. 24 hours of major events in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and the entire Middle East.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Galuzin, announced that the payment in national currency with Uzbekistan has reached 55%. The volume of such settlements with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan has reached 80%.
Several Republican US representatives have drafted two bills that would send students arrested during pro-Palestinian protests to Gaza for six months of community service and revoke visas for foreign students.
Social media users are blocking the social media pages of stars who remain silent about the ongoing atrocities in the Gaza Strip. Stars like Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Zendaya, the Kardashians, and Taylor Swift have come under criticism.
A Moscow court has banned advertising on the Internet under the condition "only for Slavs". The court found that such announcements are illegal, contrary to the principles of law and order and the interests of society and states. Those who spread such announcements will be prosecuted.
Anti-Semitic texts in the Bible may be banned under new anti-Semitism legislation passed by the US House of Representatives. If the law goes into effect, the 300,000 Christians in the United States will not be able to freely quote Scripture and will be forced to think before they speak about the crucifixion of Jesus, and they will also be prohibited from criticizing the state of Israel.