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Houthi blockades prompt Israeli port of Eilat to lay off half its workers

May 03, 2024 -

Last month, Israel’s main labor federation, Histadrut, said that Eilat port management declared its intention to fire half of its 120 employees. The port was one of the first to be impacted when shipping companies started rerouting their vessels to avoid the area as Iran-backed Houthi rebels started attacking ships in response to Israel's military campaign in Gaza.

Eilat is not nearly as big as Israel’s major Mediterranean ports in Ashdod and Haifa, which handle most of ...

Hundreds of German farmers set up disruptive road blockades to protest punitive taxes

January 12, 2024 -

Across the country, people are dealing with heavy traffic and struggling to reach certain locations. Several border crossings with France have also been blocked. A Volkswagen car plant in the city of Emden in northwestern Germany had to stop production because blocked access roads meant that employees were unable to get to work.

A group of farmers stopped Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck from getting off of a ferry in a North Sea port when he was returning from a personal ...

Farmer rebellion spreads to PARIS where tractors are creating blockades to protest climate insanity

February 05, 2024 -

Upset about all of the costly and ridiculous climate policies coming from President Emmanuel Macron and his colleagues, who aim to destroy the farming sector in order to "save the planet," European farmers drove their tractors to the city center in Paris to stage demonstrations.

Unfair competition from more lightly regulated countries is one of their complaints, as are the subsidy cuts and tax hikes that threaten to put many farmers out of business.

Some of the ...

Libya announces force majeure on oil exports amid continued blockades of production and ports

July 07, 2022 -

Force majeure refers to an unforeseen set of circumstances preventing a party from fulfilling a contract.

The announcement came after weeks of protests and closures amid the new rift in Libya's political class featuring Fathi Bashaga, the prime minister appointed by the Libyan Parliament earlier this year, and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah, who was nominated last year through a process supported by the United Nations. (Related: Ecuador announces force majeure for oil, ...

Gaza hospitals shut down as bombardment and fuel blockades push health system to the brink

September 23, 2025 - blockades and restrictions. The ministry warned that hospitals may completely shut down within days if fuel supplies are not replenished. Without power for generators, vital departments such as neonatal units, surgical wards and emergency services are at risk. (Related: Israeli strikes on Gaza hospitals kill dozens amid health system collapse.)

The warning comes as Israel's military advances deepen. Tanks have moved into areas near al-Shifa Hospital, including neighborhoods ...

Mayor of Hague threatens protesting Dutch farmers with VIOLENCE to stop their blockades and tractor caravans

March 12, 2023 -

Unless farmers remove all their tractors and blockades, van Zanen says he plans to authorize the use of military equipment to remove it all by force on March 11. This is the date both climate activists and farmers are scheduled to demonstrate in the Zuid-Holland city.

"I am not going to rule out the possibility that Defense equipment will be deployed," van Zanen threatened. "That is available if necessary."

Van Zanen further asked police forces from elsewhere ...

Canadian police move in to forcibly clear Freedom Convoy truckers, protesters from international bridge

February 14, 2022 - blockades at the border – I updated him on the situation, and we discussed the American and global influence on the protests,” Trudeau noted. “We agreed that, for the security of people and our economies, these blockades cannot continue.”

Today, @POTUS Biden and I spoke about the illegal blockades at the border – I updated him on the situation, and we discussed the American and global influence on the protests. We agreed that, for the security ...

Brent crude oil prices soar above $81 as Libya shuts down oil production and exports

August 28, 2024 - blockades are a longstanding issue in Libya. Unlike recent blockades, which were mainly driven by local demands for jobs and better living conditions and were relatively easy to resolve, this one is politically motivated. Political blockades tend to last several months. The disruption in Libya is likely to exacerbate the price impact we've seen over the weekend from the latest round of Israel-Hezbollah airstrikes," said Fernando Ferreira, director of geopolitical ...

AstraZeneca changes the name of its coronavirus vaccine after wave of blood clot deaths

April 01, 2021 - blockades of either vaccines or medicines or ingredients for vaccines are sensible and I think that the long-term damage done by blockades can be very big," he told the Commons liaison committee after the EU announcement.

"I would just gently push anybody considering a blockade or interruption of supply chains that companies may look at such actions and draw conclusions about whether or not it is sensible to make future investments in countries where arbitrary ...

Spanish authorities send RIOT POLICE to quell farmer protests

February 19, 2024 - blockades in various Spanish cities in opposition to stringent EU regulations on farming. (Related: Farmer protests erupt across Europe over GREEN POLICIES that demand the obliteration of food production.)

According to the El Mundo newspaper, hundreds of officers from the Spanish National Police Corps' (CNP) Police Intervention Unit (UIP) were deployed in Madrid and Valladolid to address the roadblocks the protesting farmers set up. "The demonstrations are expected ...

France’s new prime minister announces new measures in effort to calm farmer protests

February 05, 2024 - blockades across the country after the announcement.

Arnaud Gaillot, the president of the Young Farmers Union, and Arnaud Rousseau, the head of the umbrella organization the National Federation of Agricultural Holders' Unions, jointly declared on Feb. 1: "We call on our members to suspend the blockades. We have been heard on a number of points, with tangible progress."New measures may not be the answer

However, not all farmers, particularly those ...

GENOCIDE BY STARVATION: 185 Palestinians died of hunger in August while Israel bombs aid lines

September 04, 2025 - blockades, and a war with no end

While Gaza starves, Israel is intensifying its assault on Gaza City, home to nearly a million people. The goal? Forcible displacement and total destruction. On Tuesday, Israeli airstrikes slaughtered 53 Palestinians in Gaza City alone, part of a broader campaign that has now killed at least 63,633 people—most of them civilians—and wounded 160,914 since October 2023.

The world’s top genocide scholars agree: Israel’s actions meet ...

French farmers join German farmers in blocking highways with tractors, throwing manure to stop globalist agenda that targets farms for destruction

January 26, 2024 -

Similar to what their German and Dutch counterparts did in recent months, French farmers are doing everything they can to make their voices heard in support of agricultural freedom, i.e., tractor demonstrations, road blockades and other public spectacles. They are sick and tired of being told that carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen and other natural elements involved with farming are "pollutants" that must be eradicated in order to stop "global warming."

According ...

“Anti-vaxxer” hunter who terrorized Freedom Convoy truckers COLLAPSES on camera: Was it the covid jab?

November 11, 2022 - blockades at border crossings into the United States.

"At their peak, the protests – led by truck drivers furious over Covid vaccination requirements for transporting freight across the border – drew 15,000 people to the capital and inspired copycat movements in other countries," reports explain.

"The emergency powers included the ability to freeze the bank accounts of those suspected of supporting the Freedom Convoy blockades, without obtaining ...

Trudeau declares martial law in Canada using draconian Emergencies Act

February 18, 2022 - blockades."

Thanks to Trudeau, banks and financial institutions can selectively block people out of their accounts under the mere suspicion that it might be getting used "to further the illegal blockades and occupations."

"A bank or other financial service provider will be able to immediately freeze or suspend an account without a court order," it was explained.

Banks "will be protected against civil liability for actions taken in good faith....

Farmers CLASH with police in Brussels amid fury over EU trade policies

December 21, 2025 - blockades and demonstrations against policies they say prioritize climate goals over food security and fair competition.

In Germany, farmers forced the government to backtrack on planned subsidy cuts after nationwide tractor blockades. In Poland, farmers blocked highways to protest cheap Ukrainian imports, while Dutch farmers faced armed police during demonstrations against forced farm seizures under nitrogen emission laws.

"We've been protesting ...

Texas border mayor sounds alarm bells, warns that a tsunami of illegal immigrants heading to U.S. once Title 42 ends

May 05, 2022 - blockades at appropriate regions in the Rio Grande River, deploying razor wire at low-water crossings in high traffic areas, creating container blockades to drive people away from low water crossings,” Abbott said, indicating that he will be announcing additional measures soon.

Biden isn't going to enforce border laws and maintain the integrity of our boundaries, so it's going to be left up to states to do so, the federal government be darned.

Sources ...

Brazilian government under Leftist Lula freezes bank accounts of anti-election fraud protesters

November 22, 2022 - blockades and occupations," the younger Trudeau told reporters during a press conference at the time.

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed the order to freeze Freedom Convoy participants' accounts during the same press conference.

"This order covers both personal and corporate accounts," she said, adding that banks and other financial institutions in Canada "have the authority to temporarily cease providing financial services where the institution ...

Tyrant Trudeau: Canadian PM invokes Emergencies Act to control citizens and terrorize those who hold opposing political views

February 17, 2022 - blockades and occupations.

According to Sigurdson, the government's actions are shutting down the Canadian economy and destroying countless lives as people got shunned from their families or fired from their jobs over their defiance at getting vaccinated.

"We're told that we're the extremists when they're the ones perpetrating all this stuff against us, against the truckers, against everyone," Sigurdson said. (Related: President Trump tweets "Martial law ...

Ontario government shuts down 39 trucking companies for participating in Freedom Convoy

March 02, 2022 - blockades and occupations. The focus absolutely has been on leaders and on the vehicles that were such an important part of the illegal blockades and occupations."

She also told protesters that the "way to get your account unfrozen is to stop being part of the blockade and occupation."

The Freedom Convoy demonstrations originally focused on Canada's COVID vaccine requirement for truckers entering the country but changed into a wider protest against ...