Today: Meloni va da Macron per riaprire Hormuz: il ruolo dei cacciamine europei

Inizierà alle 14 la Conferenza sulla navigazione marittima nello Stretto di Hormuz. Il vertice tra i "volenterosi" europei si terrà al palazzo dell'Eliseo, a Parigi. La premier Giorgia Meloni raggiungerà in presenza il presidente francese Emmanuel Macron, il primo ministro britannico Keir Starmer...

Meloni goes to Macron to reopen the Strait of Hormuz: the role of European patrol ships.

The conference on maritime navigation in the Strait of Hormuz will begin at 2:00 PM. The summit between the “willing” Europeans will be held at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will attend in person along with French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer...

#Meloni #Macron #theStraitofHormuz #European #Europeans #theÉlyséePalace #Paris #GiorgiaMeloni #French #EmmanuelMacron #British #KeirStarmer

https://www.today.it/europa/attualita/meloni-vertice-volenterosi-riaprire-hormuz.html

Today: Un milione di europei firmano per chiedere la sospensione dell'accordo tra Ue e Israele

L'Unione europea deve sospendere l'accordo di associazione con Israele in risposta ai "crimini contro l'umanità" commessi a Gaza. A chiederlo sono oltre un milione di cittadini che hanno sostenuto la petizione "Justice for Palestine". L'iniziativa, promossa dal gruppo della European Left Alliance...

A million Europeans sign to demand the suspension of the agreement between the EU and Israel.

The European Union must suspend the Association Agreement with Israel in response to the “crimes against humanity” committed in Gaza. More than one million citizens are asking for this, those who supported the “Justice for Palestine” petition. The initiative, promoted by the European Left Alliance…

#Europeans #Israel #TheEuropeanUnion #Palestine

https://www.today.it/europa/deep/un-milione-di-europei-firmano-per-chiedere-la-sospensione-dell-accordo-tra-ue-e-israele.html

Il Fatto Quotidiano: Trump intrappolato nello stretto di Hormuz: chi pensa più all’Ucraina? Chi parlerà con Putin? | il commento

Se Trump schiaffeggia colei che era considerata l’amica prediletta, la figlia del popolo, l’underdog italiana Giorgia Meloni, figurarsi la voglia che ha di negoziare ancora in nome dell’odiato Zelensky e dell’Ucraina la pace con Mosca, il luogo del potere di Vladimir Putin, l’uomo al quale il tycoon non ha mai mancato di rispetto. Oggi infatti è lo stretto di Hormuz, principio e destino di una guerra che colpisce il dominio degli Usa nel mondo e ne mette in discussione la supremazia, l’urgenza sulla quale l’amministrazione americana pone mano. È invece la necessità del gas russo, l’urgenza parallela dell’Europa, figlia degli esiti delle bombe lanciate da Trump sul capo degli ayatollah.
Nel clima di apprensione per una economia già in recessione e per ciò che si paventa, le voci di trovare in Mosca un’alternativa della fornitura di gas nascondono forse anche la richiesta principale: tocca a Bruxelles, giacché Trump è fuori campo, gestire i negoziati di pace con la Russia, rappresentare le istanze di Kiev e finalmente arrivare a un accordo che chiuda non solo il terribile confronto militare, ma dia spazio agli europei di ritrovare per la propria economia l’energia che manca. L’invito a riprendere le forniture del gas russo invocato da Claudio Descalzi, amministratore delegato dell’Eni, la prima azienda pubblica italiana, sembra un fuor d’opera giacchè il suo ruolo gli impedirebbe di affrontare questioni più squisitamente politiche. Ma quelle parole, lette in controluce, ripropongono esattamente un’emergenza politica: gli Usa sono ancora in grado di chiudere un accordo con la Russia? Trump è nelle condizioni, con il conflitto aperto con l’Iran, di gestire e modulare le richieste ucraine?
I conti della guerra sono disastrosi per le casse dell’Unione. Finora spesi 195 miliardi di euro in aiuti e gli altri novanta miliardi di prestiti per il biennio 26/27 rappresentano la dote che Zelensky, oggi a Roma, raccoglie come ultimo atto di un’alleanza che inizia ad arrancare. Il problema per Bruxelles adesso è: chi andrà al Cremlino a incontrare Putin?
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Trump trapped in the Strait of Hormuz: who thinks about Ukraine anymore? Who will talk to Putin? | the comment

If Trump slaps the woman considered the favorite friend, the daughter of the people, the underdog Giorgia Meloni, let alone the desire she has to still negotiate in the name of the hated Zelensky and Ukraine to achieve peace with Moscow, the seat of power of Vladimir Putin, the man whom the tycoon has never disrespected, today it’s the Strait of Hormuz, the beginning and end of a war that strikes at the dominance of the US in the world and challenges its supremacy, the urgency on which the American administration is acting upon. It’s instead the need for Russian gas, the parallel urgency of Europe, daughter of the results of the bombs launched by Trump against the ayatollahs’ head.

In the climate of apprehension for an economy already in recession and for what is being rumored, the voices of finding in Moscow an alternative to gas supply may also conceal the main request: it’s up to Brussels, since Trump is out of the picture, to manage the peace negotiations with Russia, represent the demands of Kiev and finally reach an agreement that not only closes the terrible military confrontation, but also gives Europeans the space to regain the energy that is lacking for their economy. The invitation to resume Russian gas supplies invoked by Claudio Descalzi, CEO of Eni, Italy’s first public company, seems like a missed performance, since its role would prevent it from addressing more exquisitely political issues. But those words, read in the background, precisely re-present a political emergency: are the US still able to close an agreement with Russia? Is Trump in the conditions, with the conflict open with Iran, to manage and modulate Ukrainian demands?

The war accounts are disastrous for the coffers of the Union. So far, 195 billion euros have been spent in aid, and the other ninety billion in loans for the 2026/27 biennium represent the dowry that Zelensky, today in Rome, collects as the final act of an alliance that is starting to falter. The problem for Brussels now is: who will go to the Kremlin to meet Putin?

The article Trump trapped in the Strait of Hormuz: who thinks more about Ukraine? Who will speak with Putin? | The Comment is from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2026/04/15/trump-russia-ucraina-hormuz-crisi-news/8357076/

LA NOTIZIA: Il cappio di Hormuz

Negoziati di pace falliti. L’Iran non cede sul Hormuz e l’America blocca le navi che l’Iran fa passare. Non capisco più niente. Trump non aveva detto che di Hormuz non gli interessava perché lì passa solo il petrolio per Europa e Asia?
Ignazio Volta
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Gentile lettore, a Donald Trump non importa nulla di europei e asiatici, ma ha due problemi. Il primo è che, se si consolida il controllo iraniano su Hormuz, i Paesi petroliferi del Golfo, alleati dell’America, sono destinati a sottostare all’odiato Iran, che speravano fosse demolito da Usa e Israele. Per questo urlano e protestano con Washington. Il secondo problema è che, se l’Iran impone pedaggi a Hormuz, il prezzo del greggio rimarrà alto e salirà ogni volta che Teheran decida di stringere il nodo scorsoio. In teoria questo non dovrebbe riguardare l’America, che ha autonomia energetica. Ma nella pratica non è così. Se il prezzo del greggio aumenta in tutto il mondo, le compagnie petrolifere Usa avranno vantaggio a vendere all’estero anziché sul mercato domestico o in alternativa venderanno internamente ma allo stesso prezzo che gira sui mercati esteri. Da qui un violento rialzo del costo del carburante negli Stati Uniti, dove in un mese è salito dell’82%. Gli americani sono molto sensibili al prezzo della benzina, che è il maggiore fattore per indurre il consenso o dissenso con le politiche del Presidente. Con le elezioni di midterm tra 6 mesi, Trump ha il cappio al collo. Ha fatto tutto da solo, iniziando una guerra inutile che, stando alla sua insipienza, doveva durare 4 o 5 giorni. Il blocco di Hormuz che ha ordinato ora, credo non gli servirà a nulla.
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The Hormuz Noose

Failed peace negotiations. Iran refuses to yield on the Hormuz and America blocks ships that Iran passes. I don't understand anything anymore. Didn't Trump say that he wasn’t interested in Hormuz because only oil for Europe and Asia passes through there?
Ignazio Volta
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Dear reader, Donald Trump doesn’t care about Europeans and Asians, but he has two problems. The first is that if Iran consolidates control over Hormuz, the oil-producing countries of the Gulf, American allies, are destined to submit to the hated Iran, which they hoped would be demolished by the US and Israel. That’s why they are shouting and protesting with Washington. The second problem is that if Iran imposes tolls on Hormuz, the price of crude oil will remain high and will rise every time Tehran decides to tighten the noose. Theoretically this shouldn’t concern America, which has energy independence. But in practice it isn’t. If the price of crude oil increases worldwide, US oil companies will benefit from selling abroad rather than on the domestic market or alternatively selling domestically at the same price that is circulating on foreign markets. This would lead to a violent rise in the cost of fuel in the United States, where it has risen by 82% in a month. Americans are very sensitive to the price of gasoline, which is the main factor in inducing consent or dissent with the President’s policies. With the midterm elections in 6 months, Trump has the noose around his neck. He has done everything himself, starting an useless war that, according to his indifference, was supposed to last 4 or 5 days. The blockade of Hormuz that he ordered now, I don’t believe will serve him anything.
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Curse of Ham

Author’s Note: This post talks about some very racist ideas. We here at Spirituality & Religious Studies DO NOT agree with ANY racist rhetoric at all, EVER! If this post triggers you, please move on to 1 of our other posts. Thank you.

In the Book of Genesis, the curse of Ham is described as a curse that was imposed upon Ham’s son, Canaan, by the patriarch Noah. It happens in the context of Noah’s drunkenness & it’s provoked by a “shameful” act that was perpetrated by Noah’s son, Ham, who “saw the nakedness of his father.”

The exact reason for Ham’s transgressions & the reason Noah cursed Canaan when Ham had sinned has been debated for over 2,000 years.

The story’s original purpose may have been to justify the biblical subjection of the Canaanites to the Israelites, or a land claim to a portion of the New Kingdom of Egypt, which ruled Canaan in the late Bronze Age.

In later centuries, the narrative was interpreted by some Jews, Christians, & Muslims as an explanation for black skin. As well as a justification for the enslavement of black people. Many Christians, Muslims, & Jews now disagree with such interpretations. Because in the biblical text, Ham himself isn’t cursed. Race or skin color isn’t even mentioned in the text at all, anywhere.

The idea of this curse has its beginnings in Genesis 9:20-27. The story goes:

Noah began to be a farmer. He planted a vineyard. He drank some of the wine that the vineyard produced & enjoyed the drink a little too much. Noah was naked in his tent. Ham (the dad of Canaan) saw Noah’s nakedness. Ham told his 2 brothers. Shem & Jepheth took a garment & put the garment on both their shoulders & covered Noah’s nakedness, while they walked backwards. They kept their faces turned away from Noah so they didn’t see him naked.

Noah woke up from his drunken stupor. He knew what Ham had done. “Cursed be Canaan. A servant of servants will be to his brothers. Blessed be the Lord God of Shem. Canaan will be his servant. God will enlarge Japheth. He’ll live in the tents of Shem. Canaan will be his servant,” Noah said. (Genesis 9:20-27)

The objection of the story may have been to justify the subject status of the Canaanites (the descendants of Ham) to the Israelites (the descendants of Shem). The narrative of the curse is replete with difficulties. It’s uncertain what the exact nature of Ham’s offense is.

In verse 25 of the Genesis story, Noah refers to Shem & Japheth as the “brethren” of Canaan. However, in verse 18, they’re identified as his uncles.

The Table of Nations introduces Canaan & Mizraim (Egypt) among the sons of Ham. The Table of Nations is a genealogy of the sons of Noah & their dispersion into many lands after the Flood. In the Psalms, Egypt is identified with Ham.

A land claim on Canaan, which fell under the rule of the New Kingdom of Egypt in the late Bronze Age, has been suggested as a motive for the curse on Canaan & the association with Ham via Ancient Egypt’s rule over Canaan.

It’s important to realize that the curse was placed/made by Noah, not by God. The curse of Ham (& his descendants) wasn’t confirmed by God. Because the text would mention that, or at least you’d think it would if God had confirmed it. And if God had actually confirmed the curse, then why was the “promised land” called Canaan?

A pesher (interpretation) of the Book of Genesis found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, explains that since Ham was already blessed by God, it made Noah’s curse null & void (Genesis 9:1).

The Book of Jubilees also tells the tale. Jubilees gives a bit more info that Ham had assigned to Canaan a land west of the Nile. All of Noah’s sons agreed to invoke a curse on anyone who tries to seize land that wasn’t assigned to them. Well, Canaan violates this agreement & instead chooses to squat in the land set forth to Shem & his descendants. So Canaan brought on himself the full force of this second curse.

In the past, some groups have claimed that the curse of Ham was a biblical justification for imposing slavery & racial discrimination.

In the 15th century, Dominican Friar Annius of Viterbo invoked Ham’s curse to explain the differences between Europeans & Africans in his writings. Annius doubled down on the racism. He claimed that due to the curse imposed on black people, they would inevitably remain permanently subjugated by Arabs & other Muslims.

Similarly, the Catholic mystic Anne Catherine Emmerich said in her visions that she discovered that black people are, in fact, descendants of Ham.

In 1835, Joseph Smith (founder of the Mormon faith) published a work called the Book of Abraham. Get ready, it’s going to be a very bumpy & cringy ride. This is your trigger warning.

This “work” states that the Pharaoh was a descendant of Ham & the Canaanites. Pharaoh ruled justly & was blessed with wisdom, but was barred from getting into the priesthood because of the curse on Ham. According to the Book of Abraham, ALL Egyptians descended from the Canaanite lineage.

The Book of Abraham was eventually made into Scripture by the Mormon Church. And it is still in active use today. This passage is the only 1 found in any Mormon scripture that bars a particular “lineage” of people from holding the priesthood.

While there’s nothing in the Book of Abraham that explicitly states that Noah’s curse was the same curse that is mentioned in the Bible, or that the Egyptians were related to other black Africans. Some leaders later used the verses of this text as justification for the church policy with regard to the priesthood ban.

The 2002 edition of the Doctrine & Covenants Student Manual pointed to Abraham 1:21-27 as the reason why highly melaninated friends of the male gender weren’t given the priesthood until 1978. That’s 148 years, y’all. Really? That’s almost 150 years, guys. We can’t. We just can’t. And here’s the kicker: they also said that those who tried to abolish slavery were going against the decrees of God.

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Repubblica.it: La tela di Xi per la pace in Iran: europei, russi e arabi a Pechino. La Cina attacca gli Usa

Colloqui con Pedro Sánchez, Lavrov e il principe emiratino. Il presidente invoca il rispetto dell’ordine internazionale: “No alla legge della giungla”

Xi’s canvas for peace in Iran: Europeans, Russians and Arabs in Beijing. China attacks the US.

Meetings with Pedro Sánchez, Lavrov, and the Emirati prince. The president invokes respect for the international order: “No to the law of the jungle.”

#Europeans #Russians #Arabs #Beijing #China #PedroSánchez #Lavrov #Emirati

https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2026/04/14/news/cina_iran_guerra_usa_xi_sanchez-425282886/

#Europe doesn't trust certain nation state actors - and it stands to reason.

Data is communications, locations, associations, behavioral patterns, natural language, political affiliations, all your wants and needs.

All this can be combined through psychology and opportunity to lead you, blind you, drive you to certain things.

We must free ourselves from the encroachers. They want us nothing good.

8 in 10 #Europeans don’t trust #US, #Chinese firms with data – POLITICO
https://www.politico.eu/article/8-in-10-europeans-dont-trust-us-chinese-firms-with-data/

Domani: Per questa sconfitta Trump deve ringraziare Netanyahu

Gli Usa si erano illusi che bastasse una spallata per far crollare il regime: niente di più falso, come avevano loro ripetuto più volte arabi del Golfo ed europei. Se deve prendersela con qualcuno, Trump farebbe bene a rivolgersi al premier israeliano che l’ha trascinato in una trappola micidiale. E nel frattempo l’Asia diventa – senza averlo davvero voluto - la chiave della stabilità mondiale futura

For this defeat, Trump must thank Netanyahu.

The US had hoped that a single punch would be enough to bring down the regime: nothing could be further from the truth, as had been repeated many times by Arabs from the Gulf and Europeans. If he wants to take someone to task, Trump would do well to turn to the Israeli prime minister, who has dragged him into a deadly trap. And in the meantime, Asia is becoming – without truly wanting it – the key to the future stability of the world.

#Netanyahu #Arabs #Europeans #Trump #Israeli

https://www.editorialedomani.it/idee/commenti/trump-sconfitta-iran-trattative-deve-ringraziare-netanyahu-b4x6mc9q

Il Fatto Quotidiano: L’impresa pazzesca di Yeman Crippa: un azzurro vince la Maratona di Parigi. “Da oggi si apre la mia nuova carriera”

Grande impresa di Yeman Crippa in Francia. L’azzurro trionfa alla Maratona di Parigi, una delle più grandi al mondo, con quasi 60mila partecipanti al via, siglando il primato personale di 2h05:18. È il primo italiano della storia a conquistare i 42,195 km della capitale francese, una gara che un atleta europeo non vinceva da ben 24 anni. Per il trentino delle Fiamme Oro, tre ori agli Europei e primatista azzurro di tutte le misure del mezzo fondo, è forse la vittoria più importante della carriera. Sicuramente quella che lo lancia in una nuova dimensione, anche in vista delle Olimpiadi di Los Angeles 2028.
Crippa, abbracciato da papà Roberto, da coach Massimo Pegoretti e dal manager Gianni Demadonna subito dopo il traguardo, ha preso la testa della gara quando mancavano circa cinque chilometri, all’interno del parco Bois de Boulogne, polmone verde di Parigi, e poi ha sferrato l’attacco decisivo a un chilometro e mezzo dal termine, in un tratto in pavè in leggera discesa, staccando l’etiope Bayelign Teshager, il keniano Sila Kiptoo e il gibutiano Mohamed Ismail. “È stato incredibile – ha raccontato Crippa – intorno al 33esimo chilometro ho capito che sarebbe stata la mia giornata e quando al 39esimo ho visto che gli avversari facevano fatica, ho deciso di attaccare“.
Quella di oggi lungo la Senna e all’ombra della Torre Eiffel era la settima maratona in carriera per Yeman Crippa, che ha debuttato tre anni fa a Milano, dopo una brillante carriera in pista. “La mia carriera da maratoneta inizia oggi – ha esultato – finalmente ho trovato la strada giusta“. “Oggi mi sono riscattato dal 25esimo posto di Parigi ai Giochi Olimpici e si apre una pagina tutta nuova, stamattina ho scoperto di avere feeling con la maratona”, ha dichiarato Crippa.
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Yeman Crippa’s amazing feat: an Italian runner wins the Paris Marathon. “From today, my new career begins.”

A great achievement by Yeman Crippa in France. The blue ace triumphs at the Paris Marathon, one of the largest in the world, with nearly 60,000 runners starting, setting a personal record of 2h05:18. It is the first Italian to conquer the 42.195 km of the French capital, a race that an European athlete hadn’t won in 24 years. For the Trentino athlete of Fiamme Oro, three golds at the Europeans and all-time Italian record holder in the middle distance, it is perhaps the most important victory of his career. Certainly the one that launches him into a new dimension, also ahead of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.

Crippa, embraced by his father Roberto, coach Massimo Pegoretti, and manager Gianni Demadonna immediately after the finish line, took the lead in the race when there were approximately five kilometers remaining, within the Bois de Boulogne park, a green lung of Paris, and then launched the decisive attack one and a half kilometers from the end, on a cobblestone section with a slight descent, breaking away from the Ethiopian Bayelign Teshager, the Kenyan Sila Kiptoo, and the Gibraltarian Mohamed Ismail. “It was incredible – Crippa said – around the 33rd kilometer I realized it would be my day and when at the 39th I saw that the opponents were struggling, I decided to attack.”

Today’s marathon along the Seine and in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower was the seventh of its kind for Yeman Crippa, who made his debut three years ago in Milan, after a brilliant career on the track. “My marathon career begins today – he exclaimed – I finally found the right path.” “Today I redeemed myself from the 25th place in Paris at the Olympic Games and a new page opens, this morning I discovered that I have a feeling with the marathon,” Crippa declared.

The article “Crippa’s Crazy Achievement: An Italian Ace Wins the Paris Marathon” “From today, my new career opens” comes from Il Fatto Quotidiano.

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