Canada’s Trudeau Says He Would Arrest Netanyahu, on ICC’s Orders

WATCH: Canada’s Trudeau Says He Would Arrest Netanyahu, on ICC’s Orders

Joel B. Pollak

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday that he would have Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrested in accord with a controversial warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) earlier that day.

As Breitbart News reported, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant over the war in Gaza, which was started by Hamas, the Iranian-backed Palestinian terror organization.

Israel called the decision antisemitic, and the Biden-Harris administration denounced the ICC for the decision — though it was that same administration that reversed sanctions that President Donald Trump slapped on the ICC.

At a press conference, Trudeau responded to a reporter’s question about whether Canada would enforce the warrants:

First of all, as Canada has always said, it’s really important that everyone abide by international law. This is something we’ve been calling on from the beginning of the conflict. We are one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court, and International Court of Justice. 

We stand up for international law, and we will abide by all the regulations and rulings of the international courts. 

This is just who we are as Canadians. At the same time, we need to keep working to solve this terrible situation. We need to see aid flowing in to people who are facing famine [sic] and disease. We need to see all the hostages released. We need to see Hamas lay down its arms. We condemn Hamas for its continued actions. We need to see a ceasefire that protects civilians. We need to get back on track towards a two-state solution with a peaceful Israel living alongside a peaceful Palestinian state. These are the things that Canada has been working on, and at the same time we have to recognize as Canadians that it’s been very, very difficult for members of different communities in this country. We have to remember who we are, be there for each other, understand that people are angry and grieving, but remember that we are all pushing for peace and stability as hard as we can.

Trudeau repeated his remarks in French, saying that everyone needed to respect the decisions of international institutions.

He was wrong about claims of “famine” in Gaza, as well as about Canada’s obligations under international law to respect the decisions of the ICC; Canada could simply withdraw from the Rome Statute that established it.

Trudeau also mentioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ), where South Africa has brought a charge of “genocide” against Israel, allegedly after donations from Iran and Qatar to South Africa’s ruling party.

Ironically, the ICJ, while critical of Israel, has declined to find that Israel’s war in Gaza constitutes “genocide,”

Putin calls secret meeting TONIGHT after threatening UK with new missile…as Brit military chief says we’re ready for war

Putin calls secret meeting TONIGHT after threatening UK with new missile…as Brit military chief says we’re ready for war

Annabel Bate

PUTIN has called a secret meeting for tonight after threatening the UK with his new deadly missile as tensions between the West and Russia spill over.

It comes as a top military chief told MPs that Britain would be ready to fight "tonight" should Vladimir Putin strike another Eastern European nation.

A Telegram channel run by journalists from the Kremlin pool chillingly shared that Putin would be holding a secret meeting tonight.

It added that the Kremlin has yet to disclose what it would be about as fears of all-out war loom across the world.

The channel also disclosed that there has been no contact between Russia and the US with hostilities between the two reaching boiling point.

Meanwhile Lieutenant General Rob Magowan made an unsettling statement to the House of Commons defence committee that Britain would be ready to fight.

The military chief said Britain's armed forced would be ready to fight their Russian counterparts "tonight" if mad Vladimir Putin were to invade another Eastern European nation.

The deputy chief of the British defense staff told the committee: "If the British Army was asked to fight tonight, it would fight tonight.

"I don't think anybody in this room should be under any illusion that if the Russians invaded Eastern Europe tonight, then we would meet them in that fight."

He also labelled Russia the "aggressor" and said that the "war could end today if Putin stopped being aggressive".

It comes as the UK gave Ukraine the green light to use British-made Storm Shadow missiles to strike inside Russia.

Ukrainian MPs are preparing for a Russian missile attack on their parliament building after one of the country's ex-top generals eerily claimed World War Three had officially begun.

Putin said on Thursday that his war in Ukraine was escalating towards a global conflict after the US and Britain allowed Ukraine to strike deeper into Russia with Storm Shadow and ATACMS missiles.

He has since warned the West that Moscow could devastatingly strike back.

In direct response to Ukraine's strikes, he said Russia had launched a new kind of hypersonic ballistic missile dubbed "Oreshnik" at a defence enterprise in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

This deadly missile, according to Putin, travelled at 10 times the speed of sound and therefore couldn't be intercepted.

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A new hypersonic missile, conflict escalation and a warning for NATO: What you need to know from Putin’s latest address

A new hypersonic missile, conflict escalation and a warning for NATO: What you need to know from Putin’s latest address

RT

Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered a televised address from the Kremlin on Thursday evening, outlining Moscow’s response to recent escalations of the Ukraine conflict. 

He revealed that Russia had deployed a new hypersonic missile system in a strike on Ukrainian territory, criticized the United States for escalating tensions, and reiterated Moscow’s willingness to engage in peace talks while blaming Washington for the conflict becoming global in nature.

Putin’s address comes after recent Ukrainian strikes inside Russia’s pre-2014 borders using Western-made long-range missiles, which mark a significant escalation of the conflict. His comments reflect growing tensions between Russia and the NATO countries, and signal the dangers of a potential shift toward a broader confrontation.

Deployment of the new Hypersonic Missile ‘Oreshnik’

Putin confirmed that Russia has used its latest hypersonic ballistic missile system, nicknamed ‘Oreshnik’ (Hazel in English), during a strike on a Ukrainian defense industry facility in Dnepropetrovsk on Thursday morning. The missile is part of Moscow’s new generation of medium-range weapons and reportedly travels at speeds of up to Mach 10 (2.5-3 kilometers per second).

Putin emphasized that no existing air or missile defense systems, including those deployed by the US in Europe, are capable of intercepting the Oreshnik. “There are no means of countering such weapons today,” he said, adding that the strike successfully hit one of Ukraine’s largest Soviet-era industrial complexes producing rocket technology.

The Americans are making the Ukraine conflict global

Putin accused the US and NATO of deliberately escalating the crisis by providing Kiev with long-range, high-precision weapons capable of striking Russian territory. This week, Ukraine used American-made ATACMS missiles and British Storm Shadow systems to strike targets in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk Regions. 

Putin said these attacks demonstrate the West’s intent to transform the Ukraine conflict into a global war. He stressed that these weapons could not be used without the direct involvement of US and NATO military specialists. “This regional conflict provoked by the West has now acquired global elements,” the president declared.

US defenses helpless against Russian hypersonic weapons

Putin highlighted the strategic advantage of Moscow’s new missile technology, stating that Western defense systems, including those at US bases in Europe, are powerless to intercept them. He framed the deployment of the Oreshnik system as a response to NATO’s increasingly aggressive actions, including Washington’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in 2019. “Missiles like Oreshnik are our answer to NATO’s plans to deploy medium- and shorter-range missiles in Europe and the Asia-Pacific,” he said.

Americans destroyed the system of international security

The Russian president placed blame squarely on Washington for dismantling global arms control agreements and eroding international security. 

“It was not Russia but the United States that destroyed the system of international security,” Putin said, referring to the collapse of the INF Treaty and other agreements. He accused the US of clinging to its “hegemony” at the expense of global stability, stating that the Americans are “pushing the whole world toward a global conflict.”

Russia’s position on the deployment of missiles

Putin announced that while Russia has refrained from deploying medium- and shorter-range missiles globally, it would reassess this policy in response to US actions. He warned that future targets for Russia’s advanced systems would be chosen based on perceived threats to national security. As a “humanitarian”gesture, he stated that civilians in targeted areas would be warned in advance to evacuate.

A call for Peace, and a warning to the West

Despite his tough words, Putin reiterated that Russia remains open to talks, but warned of decisive retaliation against escalating aggression. “We have always preferred, and are still ready, to resolve all disputes through peaceful means,” the president said.

However, he cautioned Western leaders, particularly in Washington, to take Russia’s warnings seriously. “There will always be an answer,” to attacks on Russia, he concluded.

Russia’s key ally warns of World War III

Russia’s key ally warns of World War III

RT

The world is teetering on the brink of World War III, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has warned, sounding the alarm about the recent escalation of the Ukraine conflict.

Lukashenko made the remarks on Friday during an address to university students in Minsk, days after Ukraine launched several strikes using US-made ATACMS and HIMARS systems, as well as British-made Storm Shadow missiles, into territory internationally recognized as Russia, something Moscow had previously strongly warned against.

Moscow responded with its own strike on a defense complex in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, using its latest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range missile.

“We have been talking a lot lately about how, God forbid, World War III might start, that we are on the brink of that terrible event. But, thank God, somehow humanity is still restraining itself and has not yet plunged into World War III,” the Belarusian leader said, adding that the “information war,” however, is now in full swing.

He added that the Ukraine conflict should be settled through talks involving Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus. “No Americans, no Europeans – they won’t do anything good for us... We have to sit down and come to an agreement,” he stressed.

Instead, however, the conflict continues to escalate, Lukashenko noted. “Under no circumstances should [Belarus] get involved. If it comes to a clash between Russia and NATO, it will not be easy for us either. We don’t want war on our territory, we don’t want other people’s interests to be decided here at our expense,” he stressed.

Belarus is an ally of Russia under the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The two are also part of the Union State, an entity aimed at bringing Moscow and Minsk closer together economically and geopolitically.

Since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, Belarus has supported Russia, but has not directly engaged in hostilities. It also hosted several rounds of peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, which failed to lead to a decisive breakthrough. Despite this, Lukashenko has repeatedly urged the two countries to negotiate, while offering his mediation.

Take Putin’s warnings seriously – Orban

The West should not ignore Russian President Vladimir Putin's warnings  regarding Moscow’s response to long-range Ukrainian strikes, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said.

On Thursday, Putin announced that Russia had used its new Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile to destroy a military-industrial facility in Dnipro (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) in Ukraine. The strike was carried out in response to Kiev’s attacks on internationally recognized Russian territory using US-made ATACMS and British Storm Shadow missiles, he said.

“We consider ourselves entitled to use our weapons against military facilities of those countries that allow the use of their weapons against our facilities, and in case of an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond decisively and in mirror-like manner,”the Russian leader warned.

In an interview with Kossuth Radio on Friday, Orban, who is one of the few European leaders to maintain contact with Moscow during its conflict with Kiev, said the communication system in Russian society was significantly different from the one in the EU.

“Sometimes we, Western European decision-makers, do not take this into account” when dealing with Moscow, he stated.

The Hungarian prime minister cautioned that “if the [Russian] president says something, it is not chatter, it has weight and consequences.”

He added that politics in the West is 80% talk and just 20% action, with even the most high-ranking officials often making statements that are not followed by concrete moves.

It is not like that in Russia, he explained, warning that Putin’s words must be taken seriously and interpreted in the logic of war.

Orban urged the nations that are supporting Ukraine in the conflict to “act out of common sense or there might be problems.”

White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that the US “will not be deterred” by what Moscow described as a “combat test” of its new intermediate-range ballistic missile. “We will continue to ensure that Ukrainians have what they need on the ground,” she said.

On Thursday, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic also called on the West to heed Putin’s warnings. “If you think you can attack everything on Russian territory with Western logistics and weapons without getting a response, and that Putin will not use whatever weapons he deems necessary, then you either don’t know him or you’re abnormal,” Vucic said.

Germany Gears Up For Potential War With Russia

Unhinged Germany Goes Ballistic, Gears Up For Potential War With Russia – Reports

Sputnik

Previously, a scenario for a hot war between Russia and NATO was imagined in a classified Bundeswehr document cited by Bild in winter. It envisioned an escalation of tensions culminating in potential clashes by the summer of 2025.

Germany is implementing contingency protocols in preparation for a large-scale war with Russia, German media reported, citing a classified strategy paper. 

Fueled by hyped allegations of a “Russia threat,” the Bundeswehr has reportedly developed comprehensive plans for responding to a potential “maneuver” by Moscow on NATO's eastern flank in its Operation Plan Germany (Operationsplan Deutschland).

Here are some details: 

It identifies infrastructure facilities deemed “particularly worthy of protection for military reasons”; 

Involves possibly moving 200,000 military vehicles across German territory if needed; 

Details the logistics of national defense mobilization, highlighting the significant challenges Germany would face if it became a hub for “tens of thousands, possibly hundreds of thousands” of soldiers, along with military equipment, food, and medicine that would need to be transported east to the front lines; 

Advises businesses to work out plans for crisis scenarios that include stockpiling of diesel generators, securing alternate energy sources such as wind turbines, and stocking up on supplies; 

Tasks territorial command centers with implementing the plan developed by government officials and military leaders, a Bundeswehr spokesperson was cited as saying.

Third time the charm? Germany draws up contingency plan for war

As NATO continues to stoke tensions in Europe by arming the Ukrainian conflict, Germany has drafted a plan for a possible war in the region. Dubbed Operationsplan Deutschland (Operational Plan Germany) or OPLAN DEU for short, the plan deals with issues ranging from “homeland security and the protection of defense-critical infrastructure to deployment planning and national territorial defense,” German Brigadier General Thomas Hambach said as quoted by Abendzeitung Munchen. The plan also addresses the possibility of rapid NATO troop movements through Germany. "In the event of an acute threat on the alliance's eastern flank, German and allied forces would have to be moved throughout Germany, including Bavaria, within a very short time," Hambach said. OPLAN DEU is drafted by military and civilian experts, including people affiliated with federal ministries, local administrations and emergency services. The exact contents of the plan are classified, though German media already surmised that the document outlines procedures to be enacted if Germany finds itself in a war.

Operation Plan Germany first surfaced following the COVID pandemic, and then earlier in the year, with German Brigadier General Thomas Hambach quoted as saying that the plan deals with issues ranging from “homeland security and the protection of defense-critical infrastructure to deployment planning and national territorial defense.” 

It also addresses the possibility of rapid NATO troop movements through Germany.

Russian officials ridiculed the Bundeswehr’s rich imagination at the time, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova comparing the leaked plan to a “powerful horoscope,” saying she wouldn’t be surprised if the scenario was provided to the German military by the Foreign Ministry and its notoriously Russophobic chief, Annalena Baerbock.