News Roundup & Comment | February 14, 2025
Overflowing with news items, Jim presented another ‘Round-Up’ broadcast. Listeners added their comments as well. Here are stories presented during the first quarter hour:
–Hamas, the Iranian backed terror organization, announced Wednesday that they won’t be complying with the next stage of the previously negotiated hostage deal. Israeli violations are said to be the reason for their decision.
–A task force devoted to the prosecution of October 7th massacre perpetrators and supporters was established by the U.S. Attorney General’s office. That’s according to a memorandum issued by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
–The Palestinian Authority Chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, issued a decree on Monday, ostensibly ending his embattled government’s terrorist payment program known as “pay for slay.”
–Iranian people marked the 46th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution with cries of, “Death to the Islamic Republic” and “Death to the Dictator” ringing through several cities.
–Iran’s currency plunged to a new all-time low against the U.S. dollar on February 8th.
–President Trump appears to have at least partially won over Jordanian leader King Abdullah II after their Tuesday meeting to discuss plans for the U.S. to take over and rebuild the Gaza strip.
–A Hezbollah field commander, Abbas Haidar, was killed last Friday along with several members of his family, in an explosion in southern Lebanon.
–The Trump administration is planning to sell more than 7 billion dollars in weapons to Israel, including thousands of missiles and bombs.
–2 Jewish men were accosted by a woman spewing anti-semitic slurs in mid-town Manhattan. Jim provided audio.
–U.S. air strikes in a cave complex in northeastern Somalia earlier this month killed 14 senior members of the Islamic State’s local group, including an ISIS leader who helped finance the deployment of jihadists in the U.S. and also in Europe.
–An alleged drone struck the protective shell covering the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine earlier today.
–Alarming news allegations have emerged regarding the billions of dollars worth of American taxpayer funded weapons that have been sent to Ukraine.
–President Trump said Wednesday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin negotiations on ending the Ukraine war.
–At least one U.S. citizen who’s been detained in Belarus was released Wednesday.
–President Trump signed a memorandum on Thursday laying the groundwork for implementing new tariffs on foreign nations with which the U.S. has a negative trade balance.
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