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Saturday 21 October 2023

Palestinian leader rejected Biden phone call – media

Mahmoud Abbas meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Amman, Jordan, October 17, 2023
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas refused to hold a phone call with US President Joe Biden during the latter’s visit to Israel on Wednesday, Israeli state media reported on Friday.

Citing a Palestinian source in the West Bank, the Kan news agency said that Biden’s team had attempted to arrange a conversation between the leaders, but Abbas rejected the request.

Biden and Abbas did speak by phone on Saturday, with the US president pledging to support efforts to “bring urgently needed humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people,” according to a readout of the call provided by the White House.

The two leaders were set to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Jordan on Wednesday. However, the summit was canceled by the Jordanian side after a deadly explosion at the al-Ahli Arab Hospital hospital in Gaza the night before.

The Israelis and Palestinians blamed each other for the blast, which the Palestinian Health Ministry claimed killed around 500 people. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi sided with the Palestinians, accusing Israel of attacking the hospital in what he called “a heinous war crime.”

With the summit scrapped, Biden spent Wednesday in Israel, where he publicly endorsed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claim that the hospital was hit by a wayward Palestinian rocket.

Egypt will host a summit in Cairo on Saturday to address the ongoing war. Abbas is expected to attend, along with multiple Gulf and European leaders, and representatives from the EU. American and Israeli officials will not attend the gathering.

Lavrov explains how truth about Gaza hospital strike can be established

The US could publish satellite images of Gaza taken during a deadly strike on one of its hospitals, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. The high-profile tragedy that took place earlier this week saw Palestinian militant groups and the Israeli military trading blame for the incident. America could clear this situation up if it wanted to, the Russian diplomat believes.

“Now, when everyone is talking about the Gaza tragedy, in which a hospital was attacked and hundreds of people died … one could ask the Americans for the satellite data,” Lavrov told Russia 1, adding that Washington “must surely be monitoring this area with its satellites.”

FILE PHOTO: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
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“An attack like this could not have gone unnoticed,” the minister said, adding that a goodwill move on the part of the US could make the world a “calmer place.” Lavrov criticized US officials for focusing their attention on Moscow’s dealings with Pyongyang instead.

Earlier this week, US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed that North Korea had supposedly sent around 1,000 containers of “equipment and munitions” to Russia between early September and early October.

A London-based Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) think tank published what it called satellite images allegedly proving Russia had received munitions from North Korea. According to RUSI, the photos were specifically taken by a US-based private company, Planet Labs, which owns a fleet of satellites equipped with powerful telescopes and cameras.

The same company pictured the Israeli heavy equipment deployed to Gaza’s northern border, according to several media reports published this week. AP reported on Friday that another US-based company, Maxar Technologies, had taken satellite images of the aftermath of the Israeli strikes on Gaza.

Iran’s Tasnim news outlet claimed in its exclusive report on Tuesday that the US and France had been helping the Israeli military by providing imagery taken by a total of 27 satellites monitoring Gaza from the early stages of West Jerusalem’s operation against Hamas.

The strike on the hospital in question took place late on Tuesday and killed around 500 people, according to Gaza health officials. Many Muslim nations, including Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt, Türkiye, and Jordan, have blamed the Israeli military for bombing the health facility.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has strongly denied responsibility, claiming the strike came from a failed rocket launched by Islamic Jihad. Washington supported West Jerusalem by also blaming Palestinian militants.

Russia has demanded a thorough and impartial investigation that would bring all those responsible to justice.

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Russian forces destroy 500 combat aircraft in Ukraine operation, top brass reports

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Russian forces have destroyed 500 Ukrainian combat aircraft and more than 250 helicopters since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.

"In all, the following targets have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation: 500 aircraft, 252 helicopters, 8,104 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 surface-to-air missile systems, 12,778 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,165 multiple rocket launchers, 6,837 field artillery guns and mortars and 14,463 special military motor vehicles," the ministry said in a statement.

Russian forces destroy 12 Ukrainian combat aircraft over past week

Russian forces destroyed 12 Ukrainian combat aircraft over the week of October 14-20, including seven enemy warplanes in the past 24 hours, the ministry reported.

"Fighter aircraft and air defense forces destroyed 12 airplanes over the past week by their effective operations, among them 10 MiG-29s [fighter jets] and two Su-25 attack aircraft, and also two Ukrainian Air Force Mi-8 helicopters," the ministry said.

In the last 24 hours alone, Russian air defense capabilities shot down seven Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters, the ministry reported.

Russian forces improve forward edge positions in Kupyansk area over week

Russian forces repelled 61 Ukrainian counterattacks in the Kupyansk area and improved their forward edge positions over the past week, the ministry reported.

"Air strikes and artillery fire inflicted damage on the personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 25th airborne, 14th, 43rd, 44th and 115th mechanized, 68th jaeger and 95th air assault brigades in areas near the settlements of Sinkovka, Ivanovka and Timkovka in the Kharkov Region and Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic. The Russian battlegroup’s units improved their forward edge positions as a result of combat operations," the ministry said.

Professional operations by units of Russia’s western battlegroup helped repulse 61 Ukrainian counterattacks over the reporting period, it said.

"The enemy’s losses over the reporting period amounted to over 995 personnel, 10 tanks, 27 armored combat vehicles, 20 motor vehicles and 18 field artillery guns," the ministry reported.

Russian forces repulse 18 Ukrainian attacks in Krasny Liman area over week

Russian forces repulsed 18 Ukrainian army attacks in the Krasny Liman area, destroying more than 940 enemy troops and 42 pieces of military hardware over the past week, the ministry reported.

"In the Krasny Liman direction, units of the battlegroup Center, aircraft, artillery and heavy flamethrower systems repulsed 18 attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 63rd and 67th mechanized brigades and 12th special operations brigade over the past week," the ministry said.

The Ukrainian army’s losses in the Krasny Liman direction over the past week amounted to "over 940 personnel, two tanks, 21 armored combat vehicles, 14 motor vehicles and five artillery guns," the ministry specified.

Russian forces destroy over 2,000 Ukrainian troops in Donetsk area over week

Russian forces destroyed over 2,000 Ukrainian troops, four tanks and 14 armored vehicles in the Donetsk area over the past week, the ministry reported.

"In the Donetsk direction, units of Russia’s southern battlegroup inflicted damage on combat groups of the Ukrainian army’s 28th, 56th, 67th and 93rd mechanized brigades in areas near the settlements of Kurdyumovka, Andreyevka, Kleshcheyevka and Maryinka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. Over the past week, they repulsed 25 enemy attacks in that direction. The Ukrainian army’s losses in that direction amounted to 2,065 personnel, four tanks, 14 armored combat vehicles, 27 motor vehicles and 28 field artillery guns," the ministry said.

Russian combat aircraft and missile troops also wiped out five Ukrainian ammunition and military hardware depots in the Donetsk area over the past week, it said.

Russian forces destroy over 1,010 Ukrainian troops in south Donetsk area in past week

Russian forces destroyed over 1,010 Ukrainian troops and nine armored combat vehicles and gained advantageous positions in the south Donetsk area over the past week, the ministry reported.

"In the south Donetsk direction, Russian units gained more advantageous frontiers and positions and repulsed two attacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 58th motorized infantry, 72nd mechanized and 128th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Ugledar, Urozhainoye and Staromayorskoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

Over the week of October 14-20, the enemy lost over 1,010 Ukrainian personnel, nine armored combat vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, 8 field artillery guns and a multiple rocket launcher in the south Donetsk area, the ministry specified.

Russian forces repel 10 Ukrainian attacks in Zaporozhye area over week

Russian forces repelled ten Ukrainian army attacks in the Zaporozhye area over the past week, the ministry reported.

"In the Zaporozhye direction, Russian units conducted active defense operations, repelling ten enemy attacks in areas near the settlements of Verbovoye and Rabotino in the Zaporozhye Region," the ministry said.

The enemy’s losses in the Zaporozhye direction over the past week amounted to over 475 Ukrainian personnel, 11 tanks, 22 armored combat vehicles, 18 motor vehicles and 14 field artillery guns, the ministry specified.

Russian forces eliminate 345 Ukrainian troops in Kherson area over week

Russian forces eliminated roughly 345 Ukrainian troops and 11 field artillery guns in the Kherson area over the past week, the ministry reported.

"In the Kherson direction, the enemy made a series of unsuccessful attempts by forces of the 36th and 38th marine infantry brigades to seize bridgeheads on islands and on the left bank of the Dnieper River. As a result of pre-emptive strikes by Russian troops and artillery barrages, the Ukrainian army lost as many as 345 personnel, 11 field artillery guns, 48 boats and 38 motor vehicles," the ministry said.

Russian air defenses intercept 35 US-made HIMARS rockets over week

Russian air defense forces intercepted 35 rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system, two S-200 missiles, six American JDAM smart bombs and destroyed 314 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past week, the ministry reported.

"Over the week, air defense capabilities destroyed 314 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and intercepted 35 HIMARS rockets, five tactical missiles, two S-200 missiles converted into strike weapons and six JDAM guided air bombs," the ministry said.

Russian forces deliver 4 multiple-launch strikes on Ukrainian military sites over week

Russian forces delivered four multiple-launch strikes on Ukrainian military sites, destroying a naval drone depot, a missile assembly workshop and units of the Azov formation (outlawed in Russia as a terror group) over the past week, the ministry reported.

The Su-34 is a Russian twin-seat, all-weather strike fighter jet. It is designed for air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, and is known for its speed and maneuverability

"Over the period of October 14-20, Russian forces delivered four multiple-launch strikes by high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles against missile/artillery armament, fuel and lubricants depots, production workshops of enterprises rolling out armament and military hardware and deployment sites of Ukrainian troops, nationalists and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.

"The strikes destroyed the following targets: a depot storing naval drones, explosives production workshops, a workshop for the assembly of tactical missiles, units of the Neo-Nazi Azov formation, foreign instructors and mercenaries," the ministry reported.

Friday 20 October 2023

Peneliti IPB University: 80 Persen Rumah di Bogor Dimakan Rayap Akibat Gunakan Kayu Cepat Tumbuh

Peneliti sekaligus Guru Besar Tetap Fakultas Kehutanan dan Lingkungan IPB University Trisna Priadi mengatakan mutu kayu cepat tumbuh yang saat ini banyak digunakan di sebagian besar bangunan dan rumah rentan dari ancaman 'Biodeteriorasi' dan menjadi target serangan organisme perusak, seperti rayap yang mengakibatkan kayu cepat keropos dan lapuk

"Lebih dari 80 persen rumah di Bogor, Jakarta, Lembang, Serang, diserang rayap dan jamur pelapuk sehingga kayu cepat keropos," kata Trisna pada wartawan saat Orasi Ilmiah Guru Besar IPB.

Menurut Trisna, data tersebut meupakan hasil survei yang menyatakan jika rumah ancaman biodeteriorasi pada kayu dari pohon cepat tumbuh yang banyak digunakan masyarakat, terutama di wilayah Jabodetabek sehingga kayu cepat keropos. "Serangan Jamur pelapuk banyak menyerang komponen bangunan yang sering terbasahi, sedangkan rayap dapat menyerang kayu kering maupun basah," kata dia.

Trisna mengatakan tingginya permintaan dan penggunaan kayu struktur bangunan rumah di wilayah Jabodetabek menyebabkan peningkatan produktivitas kayu dari hutan tanaman umumnya dari jenis cepat tumbuh, "Padahal mengandung kayu muda, bermasalah dalam stabilitas dimensi dan ketahanannya dari organisme perusak," kata dia.

Tingginya risiko biodeteriorasi kayu pada bangunan di Indonesia juga, menurut Trisna, didukung dengan iklim tropis yang hangat, lembab dan curah hujan yang tinggi sepanjang tahun. "Hasil uji lapang tanpa menyentuh tanah selama 45 hari mengungkapkan bahwa kayu sengon, mahoni, mangium dan nangka mengalami penurunan berat jenis yang signifikan oleh serangan jamur," kata dia.

Sedangkan untuk pemanasan di atas 150 derajat Celcius meningkatkan stabilitas dimensi kayu sengon dan mangium dengan nilai anti swelling efficiency yang meningkat seiring dengan peningkatan suhu dan waktu pemanasan. "Modifikasi ini dilakukan agar sifat higroskopisitas kayu juga berkurang sehingga mengurangi resiko serangan jamur," kata Trisna.

Dalam perlakuan panas pada kayu cepat tumbuh berhasil meningkatkan stabilitas dimensi dan ketahanan terhadap jamur pelapuk. "Ini menurunkan sifat higroskopisitas kayu serta memodifikasi warnanya," kata dia.

Bahkan penggunaan minyak nabati, terutama kemiri dengan pemanasan 140 derajat Celcius meningkatkan efektivitas pengawet kayu senyawa boron dalam menahan pencucian, serangan jamur pelapuk dan rayap sehingga mendukung penggunaan kayu dalam fungsi eksterior.

"Memang biaya produksi kayu agar terhindar dari ancaman biodeteriorasi cukup mahal, tapi dengan modifikasi ini kualitas kayu pun terjamin," kata Trisna.

BIODETERIORASI KOMPONEN KAYU RUMAH DI BEBERAPA DAERAH YANG BERBEDA SUHU DAN KELEMBABANNYA

Biodeterioration should be controlled properly for efficient and sustainable forest products (woods) utilization. This research aimed to know the distribution of wood biodeterioration in house structure; the biodeterioration intensity and its economic loss in Lembang, Bogor, Serang and North Jakarta, which were different in temperature and humidity. The survey was conducted to 200 houses in the four places. The result showed that wood biodeterioration occured in most (90%) house buildings. Doors, windows and roof structures were the most frequent attacked by biodeterioration agents. Decay fungi attacked wet wooden house components, mainly lisplank and ceiling, whereas termites attacked mainly doors, windows, poles and walls. The volume of damaged wooden house components in Lembang and Bogor were higher than those in the warmer and drier regions, Serang and North Jakarta. The average economic loss due to wood biodeterioration in a houses was about Rp28 000/year. However the economic loss per region was quite high, about two billion rupiahs per year in Serang and more than eight billion rupiahs in Bogor City.

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Kutuk Serangan Israel ke Gaza, Jokowi: Indonesia Tidak Akan Tinggal Diam

Presiden Joko Widodo menyampaikan sambutan saat menghadiri Forum Bisnis Indonesia-China di Beijing, China, Senin 16 Oktober 2023. Presiden Jokowi mengajak para pengusaha China untuk datang dan berinvestasi ke Indonesia dalam kerangka kerja sama yang saling menguntungkan. ANTARA FOTO/Desca Lidya Natalia

Presiden Joko Widodo mengutuk keras serangan Israel ke Gaza, termasuk menargetkan rumah sakit, hingga menimbulkan banyak korban jiwa.

"Ini jelas pelanggaran terhadap hukum humaniter internasional," tegas Jokowi dalam video pernyataan dari Riyadh, Arab Saudi yang diunggah Sekretariat Kabinet pada hari Kamis, 19/10/2023.

Jokowi menekankan, Indonesia tidak akan tinggal diam dengan semakin banyaknya penderitaan dan ketidakadilan terhadap rakyat Palestina.

Untuk itu, Indonesia, bersama Organisasi Kerjasama Islam (OKI) mendesak dunia untuk menghentikan eskalasi dan penggunaan kekerasan, serta fokus pada masalah kemanusiaan dan menyelesaikan akar persoalan, yaitu pendudukan Israel atas Palestina.

"Indonesia tidak akan tinggal diam melihat korban sipil terus berjatuhan," ucapnya.

"Sekaranglah saatnya dunia berdiri bersama membangun solidaritas global untuk menyelesaikan masalah Palestina secara adil dan menerapkan parameter internasional yang telah disepakati," imbuh Jokowi.

Lebih lanjut, Jokowi menuturkan, Indonesia akan terus menyuarakan isu Palestina dalam setiap kesempatan. Salah satunya dalam KTT ASEAN-GCC pada Jumat (20/10) dan pertemuan bilateral dengan Perdana Menteri Arab Saudi Mohammed bin Salman.

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UN Human Rights Committee participants turn backs on US ambassador - VIDEO

Dozens of activists held a demonstration before a sitting of the UN's independent Human Rights Committee in Geneva on Wednesday, as US Ambassador to the organization's Human Rights Council Michele Taylor delivered a speech defending Washington’s human rights record.

According to the Associated Press, as many as 140 protesters traveled from Puerto Rico, Hawaii, and Guam, among others, to protest Taylor’s speech. When she began her address, the activists, who were sitting throughout the chamber, stood up and turned their backs to the US ambassador.

Taylor’s speech came amid the first scheduled US human rights record review in nine years. The Human Rights Committee evaluated the country’s efforts and uphold its commitments under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

ENOUGH! Today the Dignity Delegation along w/civil society orgs from the US turned our backs in silent protest against the US Ambassador Michelle Taylor as she spoke at the end of the #UN Human Rights Cttee Review of the US. Protect our dignity & human rights. #StartWithDignity pic.twitter.com/Xj7Yd1K77o
— startwithdignity (@startwdignity) October 18, 2023

The ambassador insisted that Washington’s commitment to the treaty was “a moral imperative at the very heart of our democracy” and claimed that the US “leads by example through our transparency, our openness and our humble approach to our own human rights challenges.”

“You have heard over the past two days about many of the concrete ways we are meeting our obligations under the convention, and you have also heard our pledge to do more,” said Taylor, adding that she recognizes that “the topics raised are often painful for all of us to discuss.”

However, US representatives who had traveled to the event to share their personal stories of pain and trauma said that the US delegation “decided to stick to scripted, general, and often meaningless responses” to questions from the Human Rights Committee.

“At times it seemed that AI-generated responses would have been more qualitative,” said Jamil Dakwar, the human rights program director at the American Civil Liberties Union.

“We all feel deceived by a government that has said it is going to do better than the administrations before it but has simply just repeated language out of binders they brought and websites they read and did not meaningfully engage in the topics we had shared with them,” Alliance San Diego Executive Director Andrea Guerrero was quoted as saying by the TAG24 News.

“Their words are meaningless without actions,” she added. “Actions speak louder than words. That's why we turned our backs today.”

The UN Human Rights Committee regularly reviews the observance of human rights by all countries that have signed the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Currently, the pact has been ratified by 173 states, including Russia.

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Saturday 21 October 2023

Palestinian leader rejected Biden phone call – media

Lavrov explains how truth about Gaza hospital strike can be established

Russian forces destroy 500 combat aircraft in Ukraine operation, top brass reports

Russian forces destroy 12 Ukrainian combat aircraft over past week

Russian forces improve forward edge positions in Kupyansk area over week

Russian forces repulse 18 Ukrainian attacks in Krasny Liman area over week

Russian forces destroy over 2,000 Ukrainian troops in Donetsk area over week

Russian forces destroy over 1,010 Ukrainian troops in south Donetsk area in past week

Russian forces repel 10 Ukrainian attacks in Zaporozhye area over week

Russian forces eliminate 345 Ukrainian troops in Kherson area over week

Russian air defenses intercept 35 US-made HIMARS rockets over week

Russian forces deliver 4 multiple-launch strikes on Ukrainian military sites over week

Friday 20 October 2023

Peneliti IPB University: 80 Persen Rumah di Bogor Dimakan Rayap Akibat Gunakan Kayu Cepat Tumbuh

BIODETERIORASI KOMPONEN KAYU RUMAH DI BEBERAPA DAERAH YANG BERBEDA SUHU DAN KELEMBABANNYA

Kutuk Serangan Israel ke Gaza, Jokowi: Indonesia Tidak Akan Tinggal Diam

UN Human Rights Committee participants turn backs on US ambassador - VIDEO

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