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Hezbollah Gearing Up For Showdown With Israel
In a series of strategic political and military moves, Hezbollah is intensifying preparations for an imminent confrontation with Israel, drawing global attention and raising concerns about regional stability.
Under the guise of the battle over an Israeli border barrier, the Lebanese terrorist group aims to preserve its option of invading the Galilee, while also serving Iran’s interests in establishing a foothold in Syria.
Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, is promoting the deployment of his forces along the border, with over 30 observation posts in place there. Lebanese sources suggest that the group is readying itself for a prolonged conflict with Israel, which it believes is gradually accepting new rules of engagement set by Nasrallah.
Israel Heritage Foundation Awards President Trump ‘Crown of Jerusalem’
“We all have great gratitude to this person,” Rabbi David Katz, executive director of the Israel Heritage Foundation, said from the podium, gesturing toward former U.S. President Donald Trump at his right.
“This is a person that doesn’t care only for himself but cares for the entire world,” Katz said. “Especially for the people in Israel and for the Jews in America.”
The rabbi extended the “blessings from Israel” and wishes for a long, healthy and sweet life to “the president, his family and all his friends” as many looked on at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on July 10, as the Israel Heritage Foundation awarded the President the Keter Yerushalayim (Crown of Jerusalem) award.
Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas Seeks to Create a Government of TerroristsThe Palestinian Authority is seeking to revive an initiative for the formation of a national ‘unity government’ consisting of several terrorist factions, including Hamas and Iran’s Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinian officials in Ramallah recently reported.
The proposal, officials said, will be presented to leaders of Palestinian factions who have been invited to a meeting in the Egyptian capital of Cairo at the end of July.
In addition to Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the leaders of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) have also been invited to participate in the meeting.
All four groups are strongly opposed to the Oslo Accords and any form of normalization with Israel. They have also repeatedly called on the PA leadership to sever all relations with Israe
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Decades of US corn export dominance fade as Brazil seizes top supplier crown
CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. corn export dominance is fading in an increasingly competitive global marketplace as Brazil, aided by a new supply agreement with China, is set to out-ship the U.S. for just the second time ever this season.
Meanwhile, Mexico, America’s other top market, is preparing to limit imports of genetically modified corn that comprises more than 90% of every U.S. harvest.
The eroding export market share spells trouble for the $90 billion U.S. corn industry as domestic demand for feeding livestock and producing ethanol has also cooled. Plantings of America’s most widely grown crop are likely to decline and farm incomes could suffer in the years ahead as a result, analysts said.
Full article: Yahoo!Finance
Air Force general who predicted war with China leads ‘unprecedented’ training exercise
“I don’t believe conflict is inevitable. I don’t believe it’s unavoidable,” Gen. Mike Minihan told NBC News. “But I also believe that ready now is what matters most.”
ONE THOUSAND FEET OVER TINIAN ISLAND, Northern Mariana Islands — U.S. Air Force Capt. Brenden “Biggie” Small peers out the window of a C-130 as roughly a dozen other aircraft deploy parachutes carrying supplies to a small group of troops assembled below.
The mission is part of a training exercise involving 70 aircraft and more than 3,000 airmen from seven countries — the largest readiness exercise in Air Mobility Command history.
“On this scale,” it’s “really unprecedented,” Small says.
Full article: NBC News
Hunter Biden’s Chinese partners recruited ex-CIA director to do Beijing’s bidding
The think tank official who gave the FBI info on Hunter Biden reached out to former CIA director James Woolsey, prosecutors say.
A Chinese energy conglomerate linked to Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly recruited former president Bill Clinton’s CIA director to do Beijing’s bidding, raising questions about what the firm sought from the Biden family.
According to federal prosecutors, CEFC China Energy funded a scheme to “recruit” former CIA director James Woolsey to pen articles for Chinese state-run media that promoted Chinese government initiatives. Prosecutors allege that CEFC China Energy ran the operation through Gal Luft, the co-director of a think tank Woolsey founded. Luft is charged with failing to register as a foreign agent for “work related to Chinese foreign principals.” Luft, a dual Israeli and American citizen, disclosed earlier this year that he was under investigation, but claimed he was targeted because he provided the FBI with information about Hunter Biden’s work for CEFC China Energy in 2019.
Full article: The Washington Free Beacon
Google plans to scrape everything you post online to train its AI
Additions to Google’s Privacy Policy are making some observers worry that all of your content is about to be fed into Google’s AI tools. Alterations to the T&Cs now explicitly state that your “publicly available information” will be used to train in-house Google AI models alongside other products.
From the Privacy Policy page:
In some circumstances, Google also collects information about you from publicly accessible sources. For example, if your name appears in your local newspaper, Google’s search engine may index that article and display it to other people if they search for your name.
GOOGLE’S WARNING:
We may also collect information about you from trusted partners, such as directory services who provide us with business information to be displayed on Google’s services, marketing partners who provide us with information about potential customers of our business services, and security partners who provide us with information to protect against abuse. We also receive information from advertising partners to provide advertising and research services on their behalf.
Full article: Malwarebytes
Google CEO sounds alarm on AI deepfake videos: ‘It can cause a lot of harm’
CEO Sundar Pichai says Google is intentionally limiting Bard AI’s public capabilities
Google CEO Sundar Pichai sounded the alarm about the dangers of using AI to create fake videos of public figures, a task he says will soon be “easy.”
Pichai made the comments during a conversation with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” telling interviewer Scott Pelley that Google is placing limits on its Bard AI to prevent misuse.
“It will be possible with AI to create– you know, a video, easily. Where it could be Scott saying something, or me saying something, and we never said that,” Pichar told Pelley. “And it could look accurate. But you know, on a societal scale, you know, it can cause a lot of harm.”
Full article: FOX Business
Google CEO sounds alarm on AI deepfake videos: ‘It can cause a lot of harm’
CEO Sundar Pichai says Google is intentionally limiting Bard AI’s public capabilities
Google CEO Sundar Pichai sounded the alarm about the dangers of using AI to create fake videos of public figures, a task he says will soon be “easy.”
Pichai made the comments during a conversation with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” telling interviewer Scott Pelley that Google is placing limits on its Bard AI to prevent misuse.
“It will be possible with AI to create– you know, a video, easily. Where it could be Scott saying something, or me saying something, and we never said that,” Pichar told Pelley. “And it could look accurate. But you know, on a societal scale, you know, it can cause a lot of harm.”
Full article: FOX Business
Biden proposal would give foreign climate group veto power over U.S. military contracts
A British environmentalist group was founded with money from a liberal dark money group.
A new Biden administration rule aimed at reducing carbon emissions would give approval authority over large U.S. defense contracts to a little-known British environmentalist group that just incorporated two weeks ago.
Under the White House’s proposed rule change, a London-based group called the Science Based Targets Initiative that is funded by the Democratic Party’s main dark money network would be responsible for approving the carbon emissions reduction plans of large federal contractors.
The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) is a fee-based service that helps companies set emissions reduction targets in line with the Paris Climate Agreement and verifies their progress. But its foreign status and murky financial background raise questions about the Biden administration’s decision to outsource its vetting process to the group. Critics say the proposal would give SBTi enormous veto power over American defense contracts and access to potentially sensitive data about U.S. military suppliers.
Full article: The Washington Free Beacon
Hezbollah slowly rewrites the rules on the northern border
Hezbollah believes Israel is deterred from getting into a conflict and as a result they’ve become increasingly aggressive in their provocations near the border.
This week saw a rise in tensions between Israel and Lebanon, with Hezbollah driving this rise in tensions by increasing the tempo of its provocation. This has included setting up tents in the disputed Mount Dov Area several months ago and then trying to use these as leverage to get changes of the border near the village of Ghajar.
Hezbollah is doing these operations as part of a larger plan to rewrite the rules of how it deals with Israel. Hezbollah believes Israel is deterred. It learned from the maritime deal last year that creating new claims and demands and then claiming that if Israel doesn’t concede something there might be “war” is a successful tactic.
Full article: The Jerusalem Post
