The leaders of Canada, the United Kingdom and France are condemning Israel’s expansion of military operations and actions in Gaza and the West Bank, threatening in a joint statement Monday to take concrete actions, including sanctions.

The statement called Sunday’s announcement that Israel will allow a basic quantity of food into Gaza “wholly inadequate” and said the level of human suffering is “intolerable.”

“We will not stand by while the Netanyahu government pursues these egregious actions,” the statement said. “If Israel does not cease the renewed military offensive and lift its restrictions on humanitarian aid, we will take further concrete actions in response.”

The statement said the three countries have always supported Israel’s right to defend itself against terrorism but called the escalation disproportionate

At least 53,573 Palestinians have been killed and 121,688 wounded since the start of the war, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

The Israeli army said on Tuesday afternoon that it attacked 100 targets in Gaza in the preceding 24 hours, claiming they were all “terrorist” targets.

As the Israeli military and government continue to promise to “defeat” Hamas, devastating military strikes on the Palestinian territory have intensified.

Thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of imminent death after a nearly three-month total Israeli blockade on the besieged enclave, which has spread famine, the United Nations relief chief warns.

That has put 14,000 babies at risk of dying in the next 48 hours, Tom Fletcher said in an interview with the BBC on Tuesday.

Meanwhile:

Netanyahu blasts Starmer, Macron and Carney over Israel sanctions threat

https://www.politico.eu/article/benjamin-netanyahu-keir-starmer-emmanuel-macron-mark-carney-gaza-criticism

Edited text Sources: Canadian Press, Politico, AlJazeera,Haaretz

With all this AI imagery proliferating every nook and cranny of cyber space, Court Painter Studio Inc. wishes to make it known that in the plus 12 years of posting : not a single image has been generated by the AI machine and never will be!

However be warned, occasional text in various styles is generated by the studio resident scribe Chatterley Gorgeous Preposterous Thunderbuns (ChatGPT) to add satirical spice to an otherwise ho hum arrangement of letters. As a public service, the following is an AI example produced after being prompted to summerize in Shakesperian prose – the state of AI today.

Verily, the entwining of imagery wrought by artificer minds into the fabric of our media is both vast and swift in its advance. Whilst it doth open wondrous paths for the forging of new creations, it likewise summoneth grave perils—of falsehood most cunning, of morals sorely tested, and of truth in visage now cloaked in doubt. As this engine of thought and imagery, born not of flesh but code, doth grow in craft and cunning, ’tis meet and necessary that both the maker and the beholder arm themselves with wit, wisdom and observational media skills, lest they be led astray upon this precarious stage of illusion and invention.

Speaking of AI -Breaking News

Prime Minister Mark Carney appoints Evan Solomon as the newly created Minister for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation

Court Painter with recent portrait

Zelenskyy to fly to Turkey to meet Erdogan, wait for Putin

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters that he would fly to Turkey on Thursday to meet the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and wait to see if Russian president Vladimir Putin decides to join them for peace talks.

He explained that because “absolutely everything in Russia” depends on Putin, the only way to secure a ceasefire and an end to the war was through direct talks with him, Reuters reported.

“If Putin does not arrive and plays games, it is the final point that he does not want to end the war,” he said, AP reported.

Meanwhile one is reminded of a Samuel Beckett play.

Waiting for Godot is a 1953 play by Irish writer and playwright Samuel Beckett  in which the two main characters, Vladimir and Estragon, engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives.

A bit of stroll down memory lane from Court Painter’s February 11, 2017 post when the former PM Justin Trudeau made a trip to Washington to meet the 45th President of the US Donald J Trump.

Those were the days of Twitter,sunny ways, high hopes and low tariffs…

Prime Minister Mark Carney tells President Donald J Trump that Canada ‘never for sale’ during White House meeting

In their first face-to-face meeting on Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney told U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada will never be for sale.

Exclusive footage obtained by the Court Painter studio features Prime Minister Carney and President Donald Trump meeting in the Oval Office on Tuesday May 6/2025.

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Court Painter & painting “PM explaining Canada to a gourd“

In a most dazzling and unprecedented proclamation, The Great Unifier Number 47 Donald J. Trump, Monarch of Monetization and Pope of Grift, did announce a bold and braincramp transformation of the American Republic. Henceforth, declared he, the vexing divide betwixt church and state—long enshrined in the ancient parchment known as the First Amendment—shall be cast aside like a worn-out meme, to the roaring approval of the Evangelical Magamonarchy rabble.

With majestic confidence and peerless flair, the President did proclaim that the United States shall descend into a new and resplendent age as the MAGA-Monarchy & Evangetical Restoration. He, alone fit for the dual mantle, shall reign as both the American Monarch and Evangelical Pope of the New Covenant, thus unifying throne and pulpit under one gilded grift.

This sacred coronation, a pageant of unparalleled splendor, shall proceed in due time—once the grand parade route and flyover is finalized, the media coverage contracts monitized, crypocrown coins minted and the royal souvenirs ordered and priced. For lo,Number 47 DJT prepares to don the regalia drag befitting his occupation of Kingdumb & Popedumb.

Court Painter has been commissioned to paint in advance the splendour of DJT’s threads in celebration of his new role and as a testament to his unifying disposition in the face of annoying constitutional amendments.

To stoke is to poke a fire and fuel it so that it burns higher. Stoke also means “incite” —as to stoke the flames of secessionist anger.

Premier Smith & Manning seen with friends at a gathering.

Premier Smith making a point with PM Carney

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Reform Party founder Preston Manning have both engaged with the topic of Alberta’s potential separation from Canada, albeit from different perspectives with varying emphases : equally fanning the flames of secessionist division and complaint.

Danielle Smith ‘attempting to manufacture a national unity crisis’ with referendum changes, First Nations say

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https://calgaryherald.com/news/politics/first-nations-criticize-danielle-smith-separatism-bill-54

Preston Manning & Premier Smith having tea.

Premier Smith with prairie dog

The chiefs warned Premier Smith with a Cease & Desist- Separatist Threats letter that Alberta, as a province, was preceded by treaties that Indigenous communities signed with the Crown.

“The province has no authority to supersede or interfere with our Treaties, even indirectly by passing the buck to a ‘citizen’ referendum,” the letter said. “If you or any Canadians are not happy living on Treaty lands, they are free to apply for citizenship elsewhere.”

This map delineates the areas covered by the Numbered Treaties within Alberta:

• Treaty 6 (1876): Central Alberta, encompassing the Edmonton area and extending into Saskatchewan.
• Treaty 7 (1877): Southern Alberta, including Calgary and surrounding regions.
• Treaty 8 (1899): Northern Alberta, covering a vast area extending into parts of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories.

These treaties were agreements between First Nations and the Crown, outlining the terms for land use, resource sharing, and coexistence. They continue to hold significance today, both legally and culturally.

Still from A Sad Sob Story video

Court Painter undertook a rare video commission to document a sad sob story narrated by an internationally famous and wealthy influencer (name withheld) dramatizing his particular frustration with newly minted Prime Minister Carney of the Great Dominion. Court Painter was particulary moved by the tale and is pleased to share with his followers,who love a great yarn!

Court Painter stands proudly beside a recent painting entitled Teller of a Sad Sob Story

Munch on this news PP.

Liberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton

Conservative leader projected to lose his longtime Ottawa riding

CBC News · Posted: Apr 29, 2025 5:48 AM ADT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

Canadian ex-PM Jean Chrétien ,91, seeks to help Liberals match his 1993 landslide victory by employing his famous Shawinigan Handshake to the Orange Menace.

Jean introduces Donald to the Shawinigan Handshake

 “I was enraged when Trump treated our Prime Minister like a nobody.We are united against threats of annexation by President Donald Trump. I have witnessed many challenges in my lifetime, and we have always overcome them. This time will be no different, as Canadians will choose the most reliable political institution in the Western world: the Liberal Party of Canada.”

“Trump has helped us so much for Canadian unity that I will propose him for the Order of Canada,” he said at a recent event in Quebec City, referring to the country’s highest honour. “But they told me that in Canada, you can’t give the Order of Canada to someone who has a criminal record.”

Court Painter & painting “Jean introduces Donald to the Shawinigan Handshake”

Shawinigan Handshake is the epithet given to a chokehold executed on February 15, 1996, by Jean Chrétien, then-Prime Minister of Canada, on anti-poverty protester Bill Clennett. The phrase comes from Chrétien’s birthplace of, Shawinigan,Quebec as he often styled himself the “little guy from Shawinigan”.