Newsweek Good on the author for acknowledging Israel had a hand in the creation of Hamas! For a mainstream media piece that’s extremely rare. Excerpts below Many Israelis, seeking to understand the horrors of Oct. 7, have turned to comparing Hamas to ISIS. The hashtag “#HamasisISIS” has trended on social media as Israeli leaders—including Prime […]
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This was expected. Israeli strikes in Gaza against Hamas (Israel’s proxy) were inevitably going to give cover to wider war. How much wider will this go- Dangerous. Insane. The US has struck eastern Syria to protect their PKK proxies who are lovingly ensconced in the stolen and ethnically cleansed territory Foreign Policy On Thursday, the […]
New Republic The Biden administration thought the Palestine question could be downplayed in pursuit of other objectives. And here we are. Twenty-six. That is the number of times Wadea Al Fayoume, a Palestinian American child living in the Chicago area, was stabbed in a murderous rampage committed by his landlord. The picture of Wadea in […]
Cause it’s a “smart investment”- So all the dead children, collateral damage, that’s all. Pays dividends… Barron’s via Archive.ph Geopolitical risks are mounting and Biden said the funding–expected to be around $100 billion–was a “smart investment” that would pay dividends for American security for generations. He said he plans to send an urgent budget request […]
The link! Doh! China and Palestine established diplomatic relations in 1988. In recent years, China has sought to deepen bilateral trade and investment ties, pursuing a free trade agreement and integration with the Belt and Road Initiative. China’s growing influence in the Middle East positions it as a potential mediator in peace efforts, an ever […]
Savvy diplomat- I don’t care what any one says. Erdogan is spot on. He negotiated well with Ukraine/Russia. On peace and the grain deal. In both cases the US interfered. Again we see the US antagonizing the situation. While other parties call and push for diplomacy. My understanding is Turkey’s leadership has been busy, busy, […]
The world does NOT need more war. Interesting and probably correct- Israel Conflagration Opens Potential New Path to Aid Ukraine In August, when President Joe Biden’s administration proposed sending $24 billion in additional aid to Ukraine, it looked like it would once again breeze through Congress, albeit with a few more dissenting voices than previous […]
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The end of the Netanyahu doctrine
Did his plan to preserve Hamas in Gaza as a tool for keeping the strip separate from the West Bank and the Palestinian Authority weak finally backfire? ResponsibleStatecraft Is what happened a backfire? I’m not 100 percent sold on that idea This fact is not just a historical anecdote; it has a direct political meaning. […]
Archive.ph Surveying the wreckage of a neighbor’s bungalow hit by a Palestinian rocket, retired Israeli official Avner Cohen traces the missile’s trajectory back to an “enormous, stupid mistake” made 30 years ago. “Hamas, to my great regret, is Israel’s creation,” says Mr. Cohen, a Tunisian-born Jew who worked in Gaza for more than two decades. […]
2014- Washington Post All signs indicate that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prepared to wage a protracted battle in the battered Gaza Strip as it seeks to crush the capabilities of the Islamist militant group Hamas. The ongoing conflict has already exacted a bloody toll, with the Palestinian death count approaching the total […]