One of those killed was a Kurdish business man that facilitated smuggled Syrian oil sales to Israel Following his death, many rumors circulated online that the Kurdish businessman used to facilitate oil exports to Israel amid his links to the Mossad. If you’ve followed my work through with the Syrian situation from the beginning, you […]
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The Price of Netanyahu’s Ambition
Long piece from the New Yorker Benzion Netanyahu, the family patriarch and a historian of the Spanish Inquisition, was a secular man. For deliverance, he looked not to faith but to the renunciation of naïveté and the strength of arms That son, Benjamin Netanyahu, is now in his sixth term as Prime Minister. Not even […]
WSJ via archive.ph In Tel Aviv, meanwhile, Israeli families marked 100 days that their loved ones were still being held by Hamas in Gaza. Thousands of their supporters rallied on Saturday, the eve of the anniversary, in one of their largest gatherings since the war broke out. On Sunday, they continued a 24-hour vigil […]
When a wrong was done to one group of people there is no automatic get out of jail card given that allows for them to engage in behaviour that is murderous against others. Israel is not immune to accusations of ethnic cleansing or genocide because of … history. The Conversation Immune to genocide accusations? Israeli […]
Bloomberg Benjamin Netanyahu has long been known as the magician of Israeli politics. The nation’s longest-serving prime minister may have faced daily rallies against his plan to weaken the judiciary, presided over the most right-wing and religious government in Israel’s history and been on trial for bribery and fraud. But Israel seemed secure, and Netanyahu […]
I’m getting the impression the US is managing this war on Israel’s behalf. Some of the quotes from Blinken leave one with that impression. Headline- Blinken Urges Israel to Think of Postwar Role That’s not a call to ceasefire. Or a call to reduce civilian casualties. That’s encouraging Israel to make plans for the land […]
Foreign Affairs so, yes, it has a bias. Author Mark Leonard Still there are some points of interest. One obvious point made is the lamentable state of US diplomacy. Perhaps better acknowledged as non existent. While the United States discredits itself with the countries of the global South through its seemingly unqualified support for Israel, […]
Dead bombmaker and an update…. It was 2014 and ISIS Khorosan was being targeted in Syria by the US. Coincidentally. But, not really, in the exact area where US backed PKK was working to destabilize both Turkey and Syria. KurdIShIS, was my label for this crew of thugs backed by the US, Israel and UK, […]
Too much talking out loud about Israel’s desire to ethnically cleanse Gaza. Embarrassing to Israel’s most loyal ally the US, who is the global social justice warrior par excellence! Charlotte Observer The U.S. State Department has rejected recent comments made by two Israeli ministers, calling them “irresponsible” and “inflammatory” for advocating for the resettlement of […]
(Bloomberg) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea more than two months after being sent to the region following Hamas’ attack on Israel in October, ABC News reported. The carrier and other surface ships that form the strike group will head back to their home port […]