MOSSAD PLAYS KEY ROLE IN THWARTING TERROR IN EU, GERMAN PARTIES SUPPORT HEZBOLLAH BAN
BREAKING: TERRORIST ATTACKS IN EUROPE AS ROCKETS ARE FIRED FROM GAZA INTO SOUTHERN ISRAEL
Police wrestle with the London Bridge terrorist suspect moments before opening fire. (Credit: YouTube video, via Guardian News)
In the last 4 hours
A stabbing rampage on London Bridge kills two Britons before the self-proclaimed jihadist was shot and killed by police.
Another stabbing attack in The Hague, Netherlands injures several, the attacker is still at large
An explosive device is found in an abandoned bag in Paris.
Rockets are fired from Gaza into Southern Israel, triggering warning sirens for the 4th time this week and prompting retaliation from the Israeli military.
Israel and Europe are right now facing the same threat of radical jihad. Hamas, al-Qaeda and ISIS are all children and grandchildren of the Muslim Brotherhood, a movement founded in 1923 to reestablish the Islamic Caliphate after its abolition at the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Sources:
https://twitter.com/ConflictsW/status/1200503067248136201
https://twitter.com/BreakingNAle…/status/1200506519684599813
https://www.theguardian.com/…/london-bridge-incident-police…
https://www.jpost.com/…/Dutch-police-Several-wounded-in-sta…
ERDOGAN STAGES REACH FOR MEDITERRANEAN OIL SUPPLY, PROVOKING CYPRUS/EU OFFICIALS
Andreas Manoli/EPA
ANKARA - Reports say a Turkish driller ship came as close as 51 nautical miles off Cyprus’ southwest coast have drawn criticism from both the government of Cyprus and European Union officials. Cyprus has been partitioned since a Turkish invasion in 1974, leading to a Turkish occupation of the island’s northern area recognized only by the Republic of Turkey. Access to oil resources in eastern Mediterranean waters remains a point of contention between the Turkish and Cypriot governments. August’s recent agreement between Israel, the U.S., and Cyprus last fall drew new lines against Erdogan’s clearly articulated ambitions to rebuild the Ottoman Empire.
Erdogan publicly outlined his regional and territorial ambitions several years ago, with his sights set on reclaiming ground lost to the collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I. These nautical provocations related to the Mediterranean oil bed point to his broader goals to restore the fallen Caliphate, while claiming the entire island of Cyprus—which, though small, stands as a strategic point of access and resource for the eastern Mediterranean Basin.
Photograph: Andreas Manoli/EPA
Sources:
http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/352157.aspx
https://www.timesofisrael.com/greece-cyprus-israel-us-pledge-to-boost-energy-cooperation/