PREVIEW: #RUSSIA: #KHARKIV: Conversation with colleague Josh Rogin of the Washington Post re the Russian bombardment of Kharkiv and how it compares to what happened to Grozny in Chechnya and Aleppo in Syria. Details later. 1945 MoscowPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: EU: Conversation with colleague Judy Dempsey of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace re the policies of the Far Left and the Far Right in the imminent vote for the EU legislators. Bernie Sanders makes a name drop appearance. Detail tonight. undated BrusselsPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #GAZA: #HAMAS: Conversation with FDD Jonathan Schanzer re the suspicion that a "highway of tunnels" run from Rafah into the Sinai, and that Egypt is involved these years in smuggling and infiltration into the Hamas Battalions. More details tonight. 1846 EgyptPar John Batchelor

GOOD EVENING: The show begins in Gaza with the report that the US knows where the gangsters are hiding and yet has not shared the information with Israel. To the conditions for a Palestinian State. To Doha and the Trump Administration negotiation that ended the US deployment and established again a terror state, including Al Qaeda camps and madrasa…

#SOLOMONS: China elbows out all opposition and sets up camp. Cleo Paskal, FDD https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-china-winning-solomon-islands-210984 1940 MalaitaPar John Batchelor

#RUSSIA: Putin tends to the war economy. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Nation Magazine. https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/why-has-putin-removed-key-ally-as-defence-minister/ar-BB1mk9wC 1914Par John Batchelor

#Lebanon: The Hezbollah provocations & What is to be done? Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, FDD. https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-800996 1938 GalileePar John Batchelor

#GAZA: Hamas infiltrates Gaza. Seth Frantzman, Jerusalem Post, FDD. https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/idfs-new-three-pronged-gaza-offensive-takes-shape.php 1867 GazaPar John Batchelor

#WESTAFRICA: The Russian Afrika Corps moves in. Caleb Weiss, Bridgeway Foundation, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/us-hopes-to-maintain-some-forces-in-niger-as-talks-on-withdrawal-continue-officials-say/ar-BB1mbmhZ 1900 Central African RepublicPar John Batchelor

#EASTAFRICA: Al Shabaab destabilizing the Horn of Africa. Caleb Weiss, Bridgeway Foundation, FDD. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/in-surprise-move-somalia-asks-un-to-end-political-mission/ar-BB1m8GDW 1897 EthiopiaPar John Batchelor

#NewWorldReport: #ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires and Milei challenging Caracas and Maduro. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/argentina-ramps-up-pressure-venezuela-over-opposition-embassy-refugees-2024-05-13/ 1895 Buenos Aires…

#NewWorldReport: #BRAZIL: The worst flooding in Rio Grande do Sul. Joseph Humire @JMHumire @SecureFreeSoc. Ernesto Araujo, Former Foreign Minister Republic of Brazil. #NewWorldReportHumire https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/death-toll-floods-southern-brazil-hits-147-2024-05-13/ 1956 Rio de Janeiro…

#MANUFACTURING: Moving away from the Chinese factory floor. Alan Tonelson, independent economic policy analyst who blogs at RealityChek and tweets at @AlanTonelson @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.businessinsider.com/xi-europe-tour-eu-companies-china-economy-investor-confidence-low-2024-5 1860 Qing Dynasty…

#PRC: Green tariffs and more. Jonathan Ward, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and author of The Decisive Decade: American Grand Strategy for Triumph Over China, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill https://www.voanews.com/a/china-tests-european-unity-through-xi-jinping-s-trip/7607224.html 1925 Hong Kong…

UN: General Assembly fail. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/world/2024/05/10/netanyahu-israel-biden-arms-warning-hamas-cease-fire-talks/73638316007/ 1950 UNPar John Batchelor

#Israel: Memorial Day and Independence Day. Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres @mhoenlein1 @ThadMcCotter @theamgreatness https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/the-latest-israel-marks-memorial-day-as-hundreds-of-thousands-flee-rafah-assault/ar-BB1mim3e 1857 JerusalemPar John Batchelor

2/2: #AlQaeda: TALIBAN: AFGHANISTAN: The falsehoods the US State Department told. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/generation-jihad-ep-166-bill-and-toms-excellent-debunking.php 1895 Khyber roadPar John Batchelor

1/2: #AlQaeda: TALIBAN: AFGHANISTAN: The falsehoods the US State Department told. Bill Roggio, FDD https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2024/05/generation-jihad-ep-166-bill-and-toms-excellent-debunking.php 1890 PashtunsPar John Batchelor

#ISRAEL: Offering a Palestinian State with conditions, 2009. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/12/how_netanyahu_can_convince_israelis_reassure_us_and_satisfy_saudis_150929.html 1950 RamallahPar John Batchelor

#GAZA: Is the US withholding information about the Hamas locations? https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-said-offering-intel-on-hamas-leaders-whereabouts-if-israel-drops-major-rafah-op/ 1940 JordanPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: SOLOMONS:Conversation with colleague Cleo Paskal of FDD re the PRC takeover of the Solomon Islands by bribing, bullying, persistence and the cunning influence-peddling that wins parliamentary elections. Details tonight on the playbook. 1944 over the SolomonsPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #RUSIA: #PUTIN: Conversation with colleague Katrina Vanden Heuvel of the Nation Magazine re the changes in the Kremlin leadership, asking who is the new Defense Minister, Andrei Belousov, and what is his writ? Details tonight. 1815 MoscowPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #HAMAS: Conversation with colleague Malcolm Hoenlein re the dominantly foreignorigin funding directed to the agitprop on university and college campuses since last autumn -- and its origins, mentioning PRC: China. Details tonight and later in the week. 1918 Harvard commencementPar John Batchelor

PREVIEW: #GAZA: Conversation with colleague Seth Frantzman of the Jerusalem Post and FDD re the evidence that Hamas has now returned to all parts of the Gaza Strip where the IDF is not actively on guard or attacking -- and that Rafah is not the last of Hamas. More later tonight. 1898 GazaPar John Batchelor

PR:EVIEW: #AFGHANISTAN: Conversation with colleague Bill Roggio of FDD re the failure of Washington over many years to face the fact that the Taliban and Al Qaeda work together, and that there are numerous Al Qaeda facilities that have long prospered before during and after the American presence. More later. 1880 Khyber Pass…