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Palestinians call for broad participation on Nakba Day on Wednesday

Palestinians call for broad participation on Nakba Day on Wednesday near the security fence in the Gaza Strip, https://twitter.com/ShehabAgency/status/1127588755076988928?s=19&fbclid=IwAR2PboCyfFO_9Bv1LHR97ejWNPfVBh_XGk70gEyCtmHD-d26PiQOYOaP6_I

"We are at a high level of readiness": These are US forces in the Gulf

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https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=fnbFMcjK0Ek   US forces in the Middle East are "at a high level of readiness," with the main concern being a missile attack by Iranian ships. While the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln continues to advance to the Iranian coast, together with its battle group, a senior US Navy official was interviewed and told about the threat from Tehran. All this, a few days after the Iranian ultimatum to raise the level of uranium enrichment - and the fear of a surprise attack. Admiral Jim Malloy, commander of the Fifth Fleet, said in a telephone interview to Reuters this weekend that if necessary, he would not avoid sending the Abraham Lincoln carrier and the ships escorting it to the Strait of Hormuz near Iran, Persian region, through which a fifth of world oil consumption passes. "If I have to get her into trouble, I'll do it," Malloy said. "I am not limited in any way to how to act in the Middle East."   The P