//The Wire//2130Z July 24, 2024//

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//BLUF: PM NETANYAHU ADDRESSES CONGRESS AMID DEMONSTRATIONS. PRESIDENT BIDEN SCHEDULED TO ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT.//

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-International Events-

Europe: The situation regarding immigration continues to intensify following several recent events around the continent. In Ireland, the local resistance to a migrant center in Coolock has slowly been increasing over the past few months. A few days ago another potential site for a migrant center was burned down by locals who do not support illegal migrants being housed in their community. This latest event follows weeks of demonstrations and more kinetic events, such as the destruction of construction equipment. In the U.K. similar tensions have been building as PM Starmer has made the continuance of immigration a key part of his platform. AC: Increasingly numerous knife attacks, assaults, and otherwise violent behavior perpetrated by illegal migrants over the past few years has exacerbated tensions on the island nation. As such, in some of the more localized areas which have been forced to accept migrants into their communities, resistance to these efforts is mounting (resistance which is increasingly cracked-down on by authorities).

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Washington D.C. – Preparation continues for President Biden’s address to the nation tonight, as well as PM Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Various groups of demonstrators protested the event, and limited fortifications and obstacles have been emplaced at strategic sites around the National Capitol Region (NCR). During PM Netanyahu’s address, the demonstrations outside became more kinetic, and Capitol Police dispersed some of the larger groups. Also, 6x people were arrested for disruptive behavior in the Gallery.

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Analyst Comments: Most of the demonstrators in Washington D.C. appear to have been bused in for the event. As with most high-profile political events such as Netanyahu’s speech, the potential for information warfare is elevated. Though more analysis is needed in this specific case, events of this nature often result in protesters and counter-protesters that are in reality (mostly) paid activists funded by the same sources. This is worthy of note, as these events (ones that appear to be hosted by professional protesters) present a higher likelihood of both violence (on the part of the protesters) and entrapment (on the part of agitators). Generally speaking, the less organic a “protest” is, the higher the potential is for more wide-ranging impacts to be felt, even outside the original demonstration area.

Analyst: S2A1

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