Iraqi Parliament Passed Law Banning Normalization with Israel

The Shi’ite led parliamentary in Iraq passed a law banning normalization with Israel. The video includes scenes within the Iraqi Parliament as well as supporters of Shi’ite leader Muqtada al-Sadr celebrating the new law. Al-Sadr was reportedly so thrilled by this that he called on his supporters to pray and thank Allah for the passing of this new bill into law.

Successor of Mahmoud Abbas Has Been Appointed

The PA’s Minister of Civil Affairs Hussein a-Sheikh was officially appointed as the Secretary of the Executive Committee in the PLO. This appointment filled the void created when Sa’eb Erekat (who died from Covid complications a year and a half ago), and this officially establishes a-Sheikh as the designated successor of Mahmood Abbas, the 87-year-old President of the Palestinian Authority.

Protests Take Place in Iran

Last night, demonstrations took place in the Iranian cities of Abadan, Khorramshahr, Bandar Abbas, Shadin Shahr, and Behbehaan. The protesters called on others to join. In the video, the residents of Abadan chant, “In spirit and blood, we will redeem you Abadan.” Later, the protesters chanted, “Death, death to a dictator” and “Not Gaza, not Lebanon, I will give my life for Iran.”

The WHO Treaty Is Tied to a Global Digital Passport and ID System

The WHO recently announced plans for an international pandemic treaty tied to a digital passport and digital ID system. Meeting in December 2021 in a special session for only the second time since the WHO’s founding in 1948, the Health Assembly of the WHO adopted a single decision titled, “The World Together.”

The WHO plans to finalize the treaty by 2024. It will aim to shift governing authority now reserved to sovereign states to the WHO during a pandemic by legally binding member states to the WHO’s revised International Health Regulations.

In January of 2022 the United States submitted proposed amendments to the 2005 International Health Regulations, which bind all 194 UN member states, which the WHO director general accepted and forwarded to other member states. In contrast to amendments to our own constitution, these amendments will not require a two-thirds vote of our Senate, but a simple majority of the member states. Source: Brownstone Institute