Trump seeks a currency commitment from BRICS or 100 percent tariffs will apply. The man feeding up to 3,000 Gazans daily has been targeted and killed, while Al Jazeera investigates IDF use of quadcopters with sounds of babies crying luring Gazans from their homes. A soldier tells Hareetz that what he has seen in Gaza will define our future. Gabriel Shipton speaks to the optimism that Biden might parden Julian Assange. The Australian Institute decried interest rates as the only way to fix inflation while ABC News still reports on Gaza with ambiguity.
Trump warns: BRICS needs to commit to the US Dollar
@realDonaldTrump
The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER. We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the mighty U.S. Dollar or, they…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 30, 2024
Palestinian chef and co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, Mahmoud al-Madhoun, was targeted and killed
@RyanRozbiani
Palestinian chef and co-founder of the Gaza Soup Kitchen, Mahmoud al-Madhoun, was targeted and killed by an Israeli drone strike.
He was able to feed over 3,000 people a day in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/eccTHa1DCM— Ryan Rozbiani (@RyanRozbiani) December 2, 2024
Quadcopters lure Gazans with sounds of babies crying
@AJIunit
"Quadcopters were emitting baby sounds, playing sounds of screaming women."
Palestinians in Gaza say Israel has been using small quadcopter drones, equipped with loudspeakers, to lure them out of their homes and then shoot them. #GazaCrimes pic.twitter.com/W4VytzyvdA
— Al Jazeera Investigations (@AJIunit) December 2, 2024
Soldier: What I saw in Gaza will define our future – Haaretz
@MaryKostakidis
Soldier: What I saw in Gaza will define our future – Haaretz
'The truly surprising thing is the quickness with which everything looks normal and reasonable. After a few hours, you find yourself trying hard to be impressed by the magnitude of the destruction, muttering to yourself…— 💧Mary Kostakidis (@MaryKostakidis) December 2, 2024
Keeping ABC News accountable
@PeterCronau
Dear @ABCnews,
Why would you say “the disputed Golan Heights area”, when the Australian government and the United Nations recognise it as “the occupied Golan Heights”?Noting that the Dept of Foreign Affairs clarified to the media in July. “There is no change in our position… pic.twitter.com/WPYprqCrux
— Peter Cronau (@PeterCronau) December 2, 2024
Pardon Julian Assange: Gabriel Shipton on ABC RN
@Stella_Assange
Gabriel Shipton 🎙️ speaks to ABC RN Breakfast about supporters of Julian Assange calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to pardon the Australian before leaving office in January. #Assange #PardonAssange #Biden #FreedomOfPress pic.twitter.com/zy9Iyzb2Er
— Australian Assange Campaign (@AssangeCampaign) November 30, 2024
Higher interest rates not the only solution for inflation
@TheAusInstitute
Australians have been punished with high interest rates, the wrong tool for inflation driven largely by excess corporate profits.
We need to ditch the idea that there is only the "blunt instrument" of rate rises for dealing with inflation.@StephenLongAus explains. #auspol pic.twitter.com/aPfTK8S4Di
— Australia Institute (@TheAusInstitute) December 2, 2024
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