Published at Antiwar.com by Dave DeCamp
Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who abruptly announced he was stepping down in October, was pushed out by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Senator Rand Paul said that the two dozen boats targeted by the US in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific are part of a buildup to war in Venezuela.
The Republican Senator said on Fox News, “I think the boat attacks are a prelude to an invasion of Venezuela. I don’t like the idea of an offensive war. I don’t like the idea of a regime change.” He continued, “It's really one of the things I liked about Donald Trump, was that he was against the Iraq War, he was against the war in Libya, he was. . .
Israel is in the process of erecting a new 13-mile-long separation barrier in the Jordan Valley. The wall will isolate Palestinian villages and cut off farmers from their land.
According to Haaretz, the IDF is in the advanced stage of building the barrier. Last month, Israel informed several Palestinian families that their land in the southern Jordan Valley would be seized, and they must destroy any structures on the property.
The outlet notes that the new fence will significantly restrict Palestinians' freedom of movement throughout the Jordan Valley. The. . .
