As part of the Toufan Al-Ahrar deal to exchange prisoners, Mohammad Dahnoon, a prisoner from the village of Aboud, west of Ramallah, was released after spending 21 years in the occupation's prisons.
Interview: Mohammad Dahnoon
Interview: Qasem Musallam, a freed prisoner
Reporting: Momen Somrain
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov forcefully dismissed Western demands for Russia to make territorial concessions, calling them historically ignorant and politically motivated. Speaking in response to growing international pressure, Lavrov urged critics to "read history" and understand how Soviet-era territorial adjustments shaped modern borders. He accused Western powers of attempting to rewrite history to serve their geopolitical interests, using the issue of territorial concessions as a tool to undermine Russia’s sovereignty.
Lavrov reiterated that many of the regions in question were historically developed and inhabited by Russian people, who built cities, industries, and infrastructure long before being incorporated into Soviet Ukraine.
Lavrov also pointed to past diplomatic agreements, including the Minsk Accords, which he claimed were deliberately sabotaged by Western nations. He accused Germany and France of using negotiations as a cover to arm Ukraine, rather than seeking genuine peace.
Highlighting recent statements from European and American officials, Lavrov suggested that the push for territorial concessions is not about ending the conflict but about further weakening Russia. He warned that any attempt to force such a decision would only escalate tensions and have severe consequences, emphasizing that Russia will not negotiate under false pretenses designed to prolong hostilities.
Bowdoin College (Brunswick, Maine) security just sent Brunswick policeman to my
door with a 'Criminal trespass warning' which I
refused to sign.
They are banning me from stepping onto the campus for
one year. If I do I would be arrested for criminal
trespass.
The reason: because I entered the student union during
the occupation after being told I could not enter.
When I did enter ( a couple days after I was told I could not enter with others going in) a young Bowdoin security guard let me
enter saying 'You are not supposed to go in, but I
won't stop you.'
I just went in to take a look at the scene and gave a
cheer to the occupiers and then left.
I'm told the students who occupied the student union (and are now facing possible reprimand and expulsion from the college) are also being intimidated.
One person connected to the students told me, "They [the college] are trying their very best to isolate the students involved - even trying to isolate them from their peers on campus".
Bowdoin has now banned 8 students who were the last to leave the student union from the campus too.
Freedom? Democracy? Liberty? Free expression?
Gone with the wind....
Bruce
PS See Portland Press Herald story updating this situation here
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal holds his second interview with Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, a senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansar Allah (Houthi movement), asking him why his movement intervened in defense of Gaza despite devastating Israeli and US-UK attacks.
Al-Bukhaiti explains why he believes Palestinian losses would have been worse without Ansar Allah's intervention, and discusses developments in Yemen's grueling civil war.
Translated and produced in collaboration with Hekmat Aboukhater
Sick of the BS.
Laith Marouf & Hadi Hotait were the only journalists at the scene of battle between Wahhabi death-squads invading from Syria, and local indigenous village forces defending north Lebanon.
Israeli Air Force came to the aid of the Wahhabit terrorists.
Watch this report, which includes an interview with Ali H Mourad who hails from the area, to understand what is happening in north Lebanon, and why now.
