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Hizbullah Hit by Backlash after Beirut Port Blast — Naharnet
Active since the October protests, Jaafar is frustrated by the small turnout in rallies since the blast but recognizes an outpouring of public anger is only one requisite for change. She, like many in Lebanon, sees her country’s political crisis as a product of rivalry between Hizbullah’s patron, Iran, and the U.S. and Gulf states. Only a resolution to that conflict will force change, she said.
“I understand why they exist. They filled the gap where the state failed,” said Jaafar. But “we want a real nation, a real country,” she said. “This is a jungle.”
Jaafar said protest activists are realizing they must work with allies within the system for change — push for early elections and challenge Hizbullah and its allies in Parliament.
“We won’t get rid of them in one election,” she said.
Source: Hizbullah Hit by Backlash after Beirut Port Blast — Naharnet
U.N. Says Half of Lebanese Could Face Food Shortages

More than half of Lebanon’s population risk facing a food crisis in the aftermath of a Beirut port blast that compounded the country’s many woes, a U.N. agency said Sunday.
“More than half of the country’s population is at risk of failing to access their basic food needs by the year’s end,” the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said.
Coronavirus digest: Brazil deaths rise above 120,000

Brazil, the country with the second-highest number of deaths from COVID-19, has now seen over 120,000 fatalities. Anti-mask protesters took to the streets of European capitals over the weekend. Follow DW for the latest.
Warner calls Intelligence chief’s decision to scale down congressional election security briefings ‘outrageous’

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the decision made by the Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Satur…
Trump’s Message Isn’t Confused. He’s Promising A Dictatorship. | Washington Monthly
The message is that Trump will break free of the meager constraints that have shackled him in his first term, to unleash a full authoritarian nightmare in his second—and beyond. The RNC doesn’t need a platform because it will be whatever Trump wants. There won’t be any more racial justice protests because Trump will just put them down as brutally as Putin does, with the help of the “very fine people” in the far-right militias to whom he gives tacit or not-so-tacit consent. There won’t be any more Constitutional constraints on his becoming president for life, because he doesn’t intend to follow that law any closer than he follows the Hatch Act. There won’t be any check on the ability of his personal vizier Attorney General to lock up political opposition on any supposed pretext. He will lead the final charge and conquest by Red America over Blue Non-America.
Source: Trump’s Message Isn’t Confused. He’s Promising A Dictatorship. | Washington Monthly
Covid-19 vaccine may be mandatory in Portugal – The Portugal News
Graça Freitas during the usual press conference on Covid-19 in Portugal stated that “Portuguese legislation allows a vaccine to be used in an epidemic and in defence of public health to be mandatory.” The prime minister announced the purchase of 6.9 million vaccines against Covid-19, worth €20 million, adding that in Portugal vaccination will be “universal and free”.
Source: Covid-19 vaccine may be mandatory in Portugal – The Portugal News
Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay apologizes for tweet linking Freeland with billionaire Soros
Some things, like being Anti-Jew, you cannot apologize for – face the music and resign!
Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay is apologizing for “thoughtlessly” spreading material about Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland from a source she said she later discovered traffics in hateful conspiracy theories.
Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests – BBC News – (Facebook enabling ultra right wing in Germany)
German news site Deutsche Welle reported that flags and T-shirts supporting the far right could be seen among the crowd.
The demonstration to the west of the Gate at the Victory Column was organised by the Stuttgart-based movement Querdenken 711 (or Lateral Thinking 711). The group has more than 16,000 followers on Facebook and communicates largely through encrypted messaging service Telegram.
Source: Germany coronavirus: Hundreds arrested in German ‘anti-corona’ protests – BBC News
Migrant rescue: Dozens evacuated from overloaded Banksy ship – BBC News
The Italian Coastguard has evacuated 49 migrants from a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, funded by the British artist Banksy, about 12 hours after it called for help.
The crew of the Louise Michel had said it was overloaded and could not navigate safely after rescuing 219 people in recent days.
The remaining migrants were later transferred to a larger vessel, the SeaWatch4.
Source: Migrant rescue: Dozens evacuated from overloaded Banksy ship – BBC News
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