— 🇺🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: U.S. Representative Seth Moulton says he will be returning donations from the Israeli lobby AIPAC and will no longer accept their support.

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— 🇺🇸/🇷🇺 NEW: According to the Russian readout of the Trump-Putin phone call, President Trump mentioned repeatedly that the war in Ukraine was more difficult to end than he originally thought

Putin also told Trump that sending Ukraine 'Tomahawk' missiles wouldn't change the battlefield situation but ruin any chance of diplomacy.

Rueters is now reporting that the phone call has cast doubt on whether Trump will agree to supply 'Tomahawk' missiles.

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— 🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: The U.S. military's '160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment' has flown in Caribbean waters less than 90 miles from the coast of Venezuela in recent days, according to the Washington Post

These operations are largely viewed as preparation for an expanded conflict aimed at regime change in Venezuela.

The 'MV Ocean Trader,' a 'Special Warfare Support' vessel, has also recently operated in the Caribbean.

The U.S. recently dispatched several C-17 'Globemaster' transport aircraft to St. Croix. These flights landed while the 'MV Ocean Trader' was in port and originated from various U.S. bases, including 'Fort Campbell' in Kentucky, where the 160th is headquartered.

Yesterday, the New York Times revealed that the Trump administration had authorized the CIA for 'lethal operations' aimed at regime change in Venezuela.

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— 🇮🇱/🇹🇷 NEW: Hebrew media reports that Israel is blocking the entry of a Turkish 'rescue team' with heavy equipment into Gaza.

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— 🇬🇧/🇮🇱 NEW: British football team Aston Villa will not permit fans of the Israeli settler team 'Maccabi Tel Aviv' to attend their UEFA Europa League match in Birmingham next month

Britain's Jewish Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has condemned the decision.

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— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 NEW: Israel has filed an indictment against Ahmad Shahab, a 32-year-old Arab Israeli, on charges of espionage for Iran.

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— 🇮🇱 WATCH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wearing a small hat, says in Hebrew that October 7 was the real genocide, not the systematic murder of Palestinians in Gaza over the past two years.

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— 🇺🇸 NEW: John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, has been indicted for his handling of classified documents.

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— ❗️🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: African-American Admiral Alvin Holsey, commander of U.S. SOUTHCOM, will step down at the end of this year, two years ahead of schedule

Reuters reports that there were tensions between him and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth regarding American operations in the Caribbean and potential aggression against Venezuela.

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— 🇺🇸/🇻🇪 NEW: Survivors have been reported following the latest American strike on a boat in the Caribbean, which occurred on October 16

The United States has killed at least 27 people across six strikes on vessels since September, which it claims belong to 'narcoterrorists.' The Pentagon has not yet provided any proof of these claims.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: HP (Hewlett-Packard) is set to lay off approximately 4% of its Israeli workforce amid cost-cutting measures.

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— 🇮🇱/🇺🇸 NEW: The Jerusalem Post complains that Trump being president with a Republican sweep of both the House and Senate is 'not Israel's preferred scenario'

The author adds: 'Israel is more comfortable with a divided U.S. government, the kind that allows an Israeli leader to balance between Congress and the White House, as Netanyahu did during the Obama years. When Barack Obama pursued policies he opposed, Netanyahu could go around him, appealing directly to Congress, as he famously did in his 2015 address to Congress against the Iran deal.'

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— 🇺🇸/🇦🇷 NEW: American banks including JPMorgan, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup are in talks with the U.S. Treasury to provide up to $20 billion in loans to Argentina – Semafor

President Trump has conditioned the loan on President Javier Milei, who has converted to Judaism, winning the midterms, stating 'If he loses, we are not going to be generous with Argentina.'

The bailout could even potentially be doubled to $40 billion, according to reports.

Earlier this year, Milei profited over $100 million dollars from the $LIBRA cryptocurrency scam, and later dissolved the unit in charge of investigating it.

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— 🇮🇱/🇵🇸 NEW: Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says he feels 'proud' that the physical conditions of Palestinian prisoners still in jail have worsened, after recent reports of Marwan Barghouti being tortured and his ribs being broken.

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— 🇺🇸/🇺🇦 WATCH: After his call with Vladimir Putin, Trump once again casts doubt on the delivery of 'Tomahawk' missiles to Ukraine, stating that the United States 'needs them too' and 'can't deplete' its supply

The Financial Times recently reported that the U.S. could provide a maximum of 50 missiles to Ukraine.

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— 🇵🇸/🇮🇱 NEW: The IDF targeted a bus with 10 people in Gaza City with artillery approximately one hour ago

Daily Israeli violations of the ceasefire continue, and the Rafah crossing remains closed for the fourth day in a row, in violation of the agreement. Sources report that it may be opened on Sunday.

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