My username is meant to be an expression of my own existence. To be alive is to have autonomy, opportunity, etc.
As far as I can tell, he has not said "Israel has a right to defend itself". Zohran said that Israel has the right to exist as a non-Jewish state. He told the Mayoral debate and some news networks that Israel can exist only if it is not a Jewish ethnostate. I don't even think that his answer was good, but he may have been trying to say that he wants a 1-state solution with a secular state.
Israel does not have a right to exist. The correct answer is "Israel does not have a right to exist".
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1930483587825955064
What I think is more important is that he says that he supports the BDS movement and he implied that his support of BDS will impact his decision making as Mayor. Support for BDS is much better than most US politicians. Over 30 states have laws against BDS. Support for BDS is huge.
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1931997092177965438#m
It says in the press statements that all of the crew were separated and that each crew member was allegedly asked if they would rather be deported or detained. Or it could be that Israel decided to detain certain people.
Here's the latest statement from 1 hour ago.
https://xcancel.com/GazaFFlotilla/status/1932522355383021901#m
You uploaded the 1 minute clip from reddit. The full video aired on BFM was 13 minutes.
redact dot dev is owned by a guy named Dan Saltman. Dan Saltman is the cohost to liberal youtuber Destiny (Steven Bonnell). Dan Saltman is openly Zionist and has tried to have all anti-Zionists banned from streaming websites, such as twitch. I would avoid using redactdev. I don't trust them to securely delete things.
Greta Thunberg interviewed at Paris France airport, a few hours ago.
Some notes
Israel bombed the prior Freedom Flotilla ship named "Conscience" off the coast of Malta, in May 2025.
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Are you a journalist within the White House press pool? Why are journalists asking Trump what the US will do in response to Israel kidnapping a ship full of activists in international waters? Trump is the leader of the United States and the United States provides Israel with weapons to do war crimes. The job of a journalist is to observe things that happen and to ask questions, and then to report to other people that information.
"We know exactly how he's going to respond". Not everyone knows what you think you know. Maybe there are people who will read the article and see Trump denying that Israel kidnapped activists, though you can observe that Israel did kidnap activists, and this could make them change their minds.
This is the whole reason why the Freedom Flotilla happened. Greta Thunberg and the 11 other activists knew that they were likely going to get kidnapped by Israel and did so because they wanted to show uninformed people that Israel is a criminal terrorist state and western countries are complicit. Greta Thunberg allowed herself to be kidnapped intentionally so that people would ask Trump why the US is complicit in the naval blockade against Gaza.
The point is to create awareness of the contradictions.
For the last 20 months, Zionist propagandists have been saying "If you like Hamas, then go to Gaza". Greta said "I will go to Gaza" and now Zionist propagandists say "You can not go to Gaza".
The KCNA article is written in response to Trump's June 4 travel ban, which takes effect on June 9. The KCNA article points out that DPRK was not included in the 20 countries on the list. The article humorously says that people of the DPRK don't want to travel to the US.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-signs-travel-ban-multiple-countries/
https://archive.is/zDt2n (white house summary)
https://archive.is/htHCC (whit house presidential proclamation)
https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1917617183112175742
258 million out of a total US population of ~340 million
Ground-breaking Ceremony for Building Motor Bridge Linking DPRK and Russia Borders Held
Pyongyang, May 1 (KCNA) -- The construction of the motor bridge linking the DPRK and Russia borders began while practical measures have been positively taken to strengthen bilateral exchange and cooperation under the treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries of the DPRK and Russia.
The construction of the motor bridge serves as a significant occasion in adding fresh dynamics to the development of the friendly relations between the two countries as it provides a substantial guarantee for laying down and reinforcing the important infrastructure for economic cooperation and for vitalizing the bilateral cooperation including travel of persons, tourism and circulation of commodities in a many-sided way.
A ground-breaking ceremony took place simultaneously in Rason Municipality, a border city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Khasan, a border city of the Russian Federation, on April 30 amid deep interests and expectation of the governments and peoples of the two countries of the DPRK and Russia.
The national flags of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation were fluttering at the flagstaffs in the DPRK-Russia Friendship House, the venue of the DPRK side.
Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and Mikhail Mishustin, prime minister of the Russian Federation, attended the ceremony in Pyongyang and Moscow via video-conferencing.
Present at the ceremony were Jong Myong Su, vice-premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations and chairman of the DPRK side of the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Kim Kyong Jun, minister of Land and Environment Protection, Sin Chang Il, chairman of the Rason Municipal People's Committee, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned, builders and working people in Rason Municipality.
Also on hand were Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, Oleg Kosheev, consul general of the Russian Federation in Chongjin, and members of the embassy and consulate.
The national anthems of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Russian Federation were played.
Mikhail Mishustin, prime minister of the Russian Federation, made a congratulatory speech.
He said that the construction of the motor bridge linking Russia and DPRK borders serves as a significant occasion showing the common will to strengthen the friendly and good-neighborly relations between the two countries and to develop cooperation between the regions.
Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, and Comrade Kim Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, concluded a treaty on comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, thus developing the Russia-DPRK relations onto a new high stage and providing conditions to start the joint work that is mutually beneficial, he stressed.
He affirmed that the motor bridge linking Russia and DPRK borders which contributes to the expansion of bilateral trade and economic cooperation would be a symbol of peace and friendship between the Russian Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, made a congratulatory speech.
He extended warm congratulations on behalf of the DPRK government to the builders and friends of the two countries who made sincere efforts to successfully ensure the start of the construction of the bridge to be handed down forever as a historic monument to the DPRK-Russia friendship, true to the strategic plan of Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Vladimir Putin.
He said that after the historic DPRK-Russia Pyongyang summit, bilateral exchange and cooperation have been further vigorously expanded and developed in all fields and the joint plans conducive to the promotion of the well-being of the peoples of the two countries have been carried on.
He stressed that the construction of the motor bridge would contribute to laying an eternal foundation for the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries that put on a track of new comprehensive development.
Construction equipment went into the work at the bridge construction sites of both sides according to the instructions given by the heads of the governments of the two countries.
In the concluding speeches, the heads of the governments of the two countries expressed belief that the motor bridge linking the borders would be successfully built as a monumental edifice to be brilliantly recorded in another golden letters in the history of the DPRK-Russia relations.
Then a commemorative monument to the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the DPRK-Russia border motor bridge was unveiled.
Inscribed in the monument were the national emblems of the two countries and the letters "Commemoration of Starting the Construction of DPRK-Russia Border Motor Bridge April 30, 2025" in Korean and Russian.
That day the DPRK leading officials who took part in the ground-breaking event had a talk with leading officials of the Russian government who visited the DPRK-Russia Friendship House.
Present there were Jong Myong Su, vice-premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK, Yun Jong Ho, minister of External Economic Relations and chairman of the DPRK side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Kim Kyong Jun, minister of Land and Environment Protection, Sin Chang Il, chairman of the Rason Municipal People's Committee, Kim Jong Gyu, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Sin Hong Chol, DPRK ambassador to Russia, Jo Sok Chol, DPRK consul general in Vladivostok, and Yuri Trutnev, deputy prime minister of the Russian Federation and concurrently presidential envoy to the Far East Federal Region, Alexandr Kozlov, minister of Natural Resources and Ecology and chairman of the Russian side to the DPRK-Russia Inter-governmental Committee for Cooperation in Trade, Economy, Science and Technology, Roman Starovoyt, minister of Transport, Aleksei Chekunkov, minister of Development of the Far East and Arctic, Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of the Maritime Territory Administration, Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and Oleg Kosheev, consul general of the Russian Federation in Chongjin.
Discussed at the talk in detail were the practical issues for completing within the fixed date the construction of the DPRK-Russia border motor bridge which is of substantial and important significance in dynamically promoting the many-sided exchange and economic ties and development between the DPRK and Russia. -0-
www.kcna.kp (2025.05.01.)
http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/82d0df4deb0670b97e75efd3a916fc6c.kcmsf
https://xcancel.com/atrupar/status/1917375813177037212
This is the image that Trump is talking about. Trump insists that the letters are not photoshopped.
Video transcript
Trump: Wait a minute, he had “MS-13” on his knuckles tattooed!
Moran: He had some tattoos that are interpreted that way, but let’s move on.
Trump: Wait a minute. Hey, Terry. Terry. Terry. Don’t do that.
Moran: He did not have the letter “MS-13.”
Trump: It says “MS-13.”
Moran: That was photoshopped.
Trump: That was photoshopped? Terry, you can’t do that. They’ve given you the big break of a lifetime. You know, you’re doing the interview. I picked you because, frankly, I had never heard of you, but that’s okay. But I picked you, Terry, but you’re not being very nice. He had “MS-13” tattooed. Terry. Terry. Do you want me to show you the picture?
Moran: I saw the picture.
Trump: And you think it was photoshopped? Well, don’t photoshop it, go look at his hand. He had “MS-13.”
Moran: He did have tattoos that can be interpreted that way. I’m not an expert on them.
https://xcancel.com/MFA_China/status/1917069881142612278
This version of the video has English audio. There is a another version of the video with Chinese audio.
This gist of the video is that China will not concede to US pressure because when you give a bully an inch, then they will take a mile. The video says "all bullies are paper tigers".
The video is only 2 minutes, worth watching.
https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1916889129771577847 (7 tweet thread)
https://archive.is/knnOU haaretz article
On Friday, Trump had claimed that he spoke with Xi over the phone.
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/lxjzh/202504/t20250428_11606273.html
Phoenix TV: It was reported that President Trump said at a TIME interview on April 22 that President Xi Jinping “has called.” What is China’s comment? Is there ongoing talks between China and the U.S.?
Guo Jiakun: As far as I know, there have not been any calls between the two presidents recently.
Let me make it clear one more time that China and the U.S. are not engaged in any consultation or negotiation on tariffs.
AFP: The U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in a television interview on Sunday suggested that China might be denying ongoing talks between the U.S. and China on tariffs because China is “playing to a different audience,” but that there’s a path forward. So would the Foreign Ministry like to respond to Mr. Bessent’s assessment of the situation?
Guo Jiakun: China’s position on the tariff war is abundantly clear. Tariff and trade wars have no winners. If a negotiated solution is truly what the U.S. wants, it should stop threatening and blackmailing China, and seek dialogue based on equality, respect and mutual benefit.
AFP: Can the Foreign Ministry share any details about Wang Yi’s trip to Brazil for the BRICS meeting, including any deals that he hopes to land with other countries on how to respond to tariff tensions?
Guo Jiakun: China previously shared Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s attendance at the Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs / International Relations and other relevant meetings. Readouts on Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s activities in Brazil will be released in due course. Please stay tuned.
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