Bulletins and News Discussion from January 20th to January 26th, 2025 - Viva La Resistance

Image is of many Hamas soldiers supervising the handing over of Israeli hostages to cars heading out of the Gaza Strip.

After 15 months of genocide - and resistance to it - the Israeli regime realized that they could not win a military victory against Hamas, and were forced to sign a humiliating ceasefire in order to get their hostages returned.

With much of Syria under the control of Al-Qaeda, and an increasing level of covert infiltration into Lebanon, the crisis in the Middle East is not over, and we may still be in its beginning stages, as the center of hegemony continues its gradual shift away from the United States. Their navy, once considered the best in the world, is likely also not very happy about their ships and aircraft carriers being forced to retreat by Yemen, one of the poorest countries; and all eyes are on Iran, who has, over the last year and a half, demonstrated a newfound confidence and strength to directly strike Israel.

The recovery for Gaza will take, at a minimum, decades; it could indeed never fully recovery to even how it was before, considering it is not in Israel's interests to see their concentration camps recover. But Hamas has proven to be steadfast and the tunnel network has proven its resilience, despite facing some of the most powerful conventional bombing in history. This shows that Palestine's liberation is a when, not an if; and hopefully a much sooner "when" than expected before October 7th.

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Colombian President Gustavo Petro says that the presidential plane will be able to pick up “in a dignified manner” immigrants who will be deported from the US. The decision was announced before Trump imposed a tax on the country.
The President of Colombia calls for an emergency meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to discuss the new US immigration policy. The US press claims that the price of coffee and flowers could explode in the United States as a result of the tax on Colombian products.
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- an emergency meeting of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) to discuss the new US immigration policy.
  They are screwed. Trump is going to make an example of them and use them to threaten México. They either fold to Trump's demands, or face his wrath. Trump doesn't really care about them of the potential consequences for the average citizen of both their countries and the United States. Sanctioning them is just a means to an end.
  The decision was announced before Trump imposed a tax on the country.
  I don't think this decision on the presidental plane being sent to pick up Colombian migrants would have happened if there wasn't pressure from the United States, regardless of the timing, and anyways it does not adress the key issue: freedom of aerial navigation for US military aircraft in the region, to do whatever mission is deemed necessary (in this case, deportations).

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