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The Split In Israel And The War Of Al-Aqsa
What is the reason for the 'Al-Aqsa Deluge', as Hamas had named its terror operation against the Zionists?
On October 8 Alastair Crooke, one of most experienced Middle East hands, wrote in AlMahadeen:
"Israel" has shattered into two equally weighted factions holding to two irreconcilable visions of "Israel’s" future; two mutually opposing readings of history and of what it means to be Jewish.
The fissure could not be more complete. Except it is. One faction, which holds a majority in parliament, is broadly Mizrahi — a former underclass in Israeli society; and the other, largely well-to-do liberal Ashkenazi.
Mizrahi are mostly the original Middle Eastern Jews and often on the religious far right, Ashkenazi are mostly liberal European ones. The current Netanyahoo government is the first which includes far-right Mizrahi ministers.
Most Mizrahi follow the Sephardi religious rites. They want an religious state based on Jewish law. They are as radial as ISIS.
The high court of Israel has 14 Ashkenazi judges and one Mizrahi one. It is one of the reasons why the Netanyahoo government wants the parliament to be able to vote down high court judgements. There have been large, U.S. sponsored 'regime change' protests in Israel against that move. The leaders of the military and security services, mostly Ashkenazi, have also opposed the government move against the court.
I therefore think that it is quite possible that there was intelligence pointing to the Hamas attack, but that it was not revealed to let Netanyahoo fall into a trap. We have however no evidence that there were reasonably precise intelligence warnings, or that they were held up.
There are already demands for Netanyahoo to go. If only for his long term sponsoring of Hamas as a counterweight to the more secular Fatah Palestinians. Should he no longer be prime minister the courts will take up the three bribe cases against him which are currently pending. He would likely end up in jail.
Another reason for Hamas' success was the fact that three of the four infantry battalions, with 800 soldiers each, that usually guard the Gaza strip, had been moved to the West Bank to protect right-wing Zionist settlers during a religious holiday. This allowed for Hamas' easy breach of the fence.
Back to Alastair Crooke on the real motive of the Al-Aqsa flood:
Well, the Right in Netanyahu’s government has two long-standing commitments. One is to rebuild the (Jewish) Temple on ‘Temple Mount’ (Haram al-Shariff).
Just to be clear, that would entail demolishing Al-Aqsa.
The second overriding commitment is to the founding of "Israel", on the "Land of Israel". And again, to be clear, this (in their view) would entail clearing Palestinians from the West Bank. Indeed, the settlers have been cleansing Palestinians from swaths of the West Bank over the past year (notably between Ramallah and Jericho).
On Thursday morning (two days preceding Al-Aqsa Flood), more than 800 settlers stormed the Mosque Compound, under the full protection of Israeli forces. The drumbeat of such provocations is rising.
This is nothing new. The First Intifada was triggered by (then) PM Sharon making a provocative visit into the mosque. I was a part of Senator George Mitchell’s Presidential Committee investigating that incident. Even then, it was clear that Sharon intended the visit to fuel the fire of religious nationalism. At that time, the Temple Mount Movement was a minnow; today it has ministers in Cabinet and in key security positions — and has promised its followers to build the ‘Third Temple’.
So, the threat to Al-Aqsa has been building for two decades, and today is reaching an apex. And yet US and Israeli intelligence didn’t see resistance coming, and nor did they see the settler violence building in the West Bank?
What happened on Saturday was widely expected and clearly extensively planned.
There is by the way no archaeologic evidence, none, that a Jewish 'Temple' ever existed in Jerusalem. If it did, it was most likely not on the hill of Al-Aqsa but one of the six other ones.
Al-Aqsa is holy to all Muslims, Shia and Sunni alike. Its destruction would inevitably lead to war. The West is clearly underestimating what forces calls like this one can rise:
Khalid Aljabri, MD د.خالد الجبري @JabriMD – 11:52 UTC · Oct 13, 2023
Friday sermon from the Grand Mosque in Mecca prays for the “liberation of Al-Aqsa Mosque” in Jerusalem.
This is significant for two reasons:
• Audience of 2 billion Muslims.
• Such sermons have been significantly censored under MBS. Today's sermon was likely pre-approved.
Video
Israel has used White Phosphorus on the people in Gaza, another war crime. Israel has given all people in north Gaza, 1.1 million human beings, 24 hours to move to south Gaza. That is impossible and will not happen. It is an attempt of ethnic cleansing.
Caitlin Johnstone @caitoz – 10:52 UTC · Oct 13, 2023
If there were two million Jewish people trapped by Christians in a giant open-air prison and placed under total siege, being told that half of them had 24 hours to relocate into the other half or be killed, nobody would have any confusion about what they were witnessing.
If Israel makes, as announced, a ground attack on Gaza, Hizbullah in Lebanon is likely to attack Israel. The U.S. has allegedly let Syria know (via France) that Damascus, and President Assad personally, would be attacked if that were to happen. This is a miscalculation. It is far from certain that Assad, or even Iran, has the means to hold Hizbullah back.
A U.S. attack on the government of Syria would bring Russia into the war. Iran would also respond which is exactly what some of the neocons want.
The war could easily escalate further from there.
Word of the Zionist’s plans is now out to the Umma. The Arab “street” was already on fire according to Iraqi PM Sudani. Putin’s explanation/analysis in a Q&A from the 11th that was seen by all of Judge Napolitano’s viewers yesterday and today that it was US policy that’s at the root of this disaster informs a small segment of the US populace as to cause/effect, but that’s little solace for anyone at this juncture. I can’t help but think of the great Russian military planner who said you must shape events to your liking on the battlefield so you can face the enemy on terms you dictate. IMO, that’s what Hamas and the overall Resistance Movement are doing, which explains the political aspects of the military events we’ll soon see. The Zionists will invade Gaza and be met with their own Bakhmut. Zionist military logistics are already at a low ebb because of its support for their Ukie Nazi kin, thus the urgent call on the Outlaw US Empire for help. Iron Dome has proven to be relatively useless, with much of its ammo expended and we know how well Patriot systems perform. When the Zionists go into Gaza that crosses Hezbollah’s red line, so will Hezbollah act as it’s said it would? And what of the threats to Syria? Would Russia allow such threats to be carried out since it would be hard to determine where the strikes are aimed? And what of the Empire’s troops inside Syria? Will they finally be attacked? Iraqi PM Sudani said he’d like to remain neutral, but I doubt that will be politically possible now that the Zionist’s plans are known and Gaza is being invaded. What might happen there? And then there’s Iran. The Neocons drool at the possibility of attacking Iran, but Iran has shown it is capable of defending itself and is far more able to now then the last time it was tested by Trump.
The two carriers and their escorts are now all targets if they provide any fire support for the Zionists, and Hezbollah, Syria, Russia, and Iran all have weapons capable of taking them all out. Then there’re the regional bases, and not just those in West Asia; what will become of them with the Umma’s ire raised? And what will happen to Jews outside of Palestine? The comparison in size between the Zionists zealots and the Umma is massive, with the small cult aiming at launching a religious war, for that’s what will surely result. The current Pakistani government may be somewhat controlled by the Empire, but it will quickly fall if it doesn’t act as its populous demands.
IMO, the Zionists and their supporters have far too much hubris because they’ve been allowed to get away with their crimes and their plans for too long, so they see themselves as untouchable because of their great protector, the Outlaw US Empire.
In his presser after the CIS Heads of State Summit, there were two questions related to Palestine, with the first being the most comprehensive:
E. Zhelbunov: Edmund Zhelbunov, NTV.
Vladimir Vladimirovich, from your point of view, regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, is there any prospect of resolving it in the coming weeks or at least in the coming months? And how is the Russian side ready to contribute to this process?
Vladimir Putin: Israel, of course, faced an unprecedented attack, which has never happened in history, and not only in terms of scale, but also in terms of the nature of its execution, in terms of brutality – well, what can I say, we must call a spade a spade. Israel responds on a large scale and also with rather brutal methods. Of course, we understand the logic of events, but despite all the bitterness on both sides, I still believe that, of course, we need to think about the civilian population.
I have already said this and I want to repeat it. We are currently looking at assessments of what is happening in the United States, and various scenarios are emerging, including that military and non-military measures can be taken against the Gaza Strip in the same way as during the siege of Leningrad during World War II. But we understand what this is about, and in my opinion, this is unacceptable. More than two million people live there. Not everyone supports Hamas, by the way, not everyone, and everyone should suffer, including women and children. Of course, hardly anyone will agree with this.
On the other hand, as I said today at a meeting with my colleagues, Israel, of course, has the right to ensure its security and guarantee this security. But we need to find these tools, find this way out of the situation. In my opinion, it can be achieved, of course, as a result of some mediation efforts.
As I have already said many times, there are a lot of our compatriots living in Israel – former citizens of the Soviet Union and Russia. This factor is real for us, of course. We can’t forget about it.
But on the other hand, we have very good relations with the Arab world – many years, decades – and, first of all, of course, with Palestine, which at one time was promised that a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital would be created. They were promised, and decisions were made at the UN level. They are entitled to expect these promises to be fulfilled. We need to combine all this and, of course, first of all, think about the people who are not to blame for today’s escalation at all. And to pretend that no one sees this, does not understand it, and puts it out of brackets is impossible.
E. Zhelbunov: Can Russia help with this?
Vladimir Putin: And Russia can, precisely because of the fact that we have developed very good relations with Israel over the past, say, 15 years, absolutely, and traditional relations with Palestine. Therefore, no one will suspect us that we want to play along with someone. But if, of course, someone needs our mediation. This is always done only on the basis of the parties ‘ agreements.
Hopefully behind the scenes there’s a greater sense of urgency and appreciation of the situation’s gravity, none of which were expressed by Putin. The Zionist deadline for Gazans to move South nears.
Posted by: karlof1 | Oct 13 2023 16:57 utc | 81
Word of the Zionist’s plans is now out to the Umma. The Arab “street” was already on fire according to Iraqi PM Sudani. Putin’s explanation/analysis in a Q&A from the 11th that was seen by all of Judge Napolitano’s viewers yesterday and today that it was US policy that’s at the root of this disaster informs a small segment of the US populace as to cause/effect, but that’s little solace for anyone at this juncture. I can’t help but think of the great Russian military planner who said you must shape events to your liking on the battlefield so you can face the enemy on terms you dictate. IMO, that’s what Hamas and the overall Resistance Movement are doing, which explains the political aspects of the military events we’ll soon see. The Zionists will invade Gaza and be met with their own Bakhmut. Zionist military logistics are already at a low ebb because of its support for their Ukie Nazi kin, thus the urgent call on the Outlaw US Empire for help. Iron Dome has proven to be relatively useless, with much of its ammo expended and we know how well Patriot systems perform. When the Zionists go into Gaza that crosses Hezbollah’s red line, so will Hezbollah act as it’s said it would? And what of the threats to Syria? Would Russia allow such threats to be carried out since it would be hard to determine where the strikes are aimed? And what of the Empire’s troops inside Syria? Will they finally be attacked? Iraqi PM Sudani said he’d like to remain neutral, but I doubt that will be politically possible now that the Zionist’s plans are known and Gaza is being invaded. What might happen there? And then there’s Iran. The Neocons drool at the possibility of attacking Iran, but Iran has shown it is capable of defending itself and is far more able to now then the last time it was tested by Trump.
The two carriers and their escorts are now all targets if they provide any fire support for the Zionists, and Hezbollah, Syria, Russia, and Iran all have weapons capable of taking them all out. Then there’re the regional bases, and not just those in West Asia; what will become of them with the Umma’s ire raised? And what will happen to Jews outside of Palestine? The comparison in size between the Zionists zealots and the Umma is massive, with the small cult aiming at launching a religious war, for that’s what will surely result. The current Pakistani government may be somewhat controlled by the Empire, but it will quickly fall if it doesn’t act as its populous demands.
IMO, the Zionists and their supporters have far too much hubris because they’ve been allowed to get away with their crimes and their plans for too long, so they see themselves as untouchable because of their great protector, the Outlaw US Empire.
In his presser after the CIS Heads of State Summit, there were two questions related to Palestine, with the first being the most comprehensive:
E. Zhelbunov: Edmund Zhelbunov, NTV.
Vladimir Vladimirovich, from your point of view, regarding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, is there any prospect of resolving it in the coming weeks or at least in the coming months? And how is the Russian side ready to contribute to this process?
Vladimir Putin: Israel, of course, faced an unprecedented attack, which has never happened in history, and not only in terms of scale, but also in terms of the nature of its execution, in terms of brutality – well, what can I say, we must call a spade a spade. Israel responds on a large scale and also with rather brutal methods. Of course, we understand the logic of events, but despite all the bitterness on both sides, I still believe that, of course, we need to think about the civilian population.
I have already said this and I want to repeat it. We are currently looking at assessments of what is happening in the United States, and various scenarios are emerging, including that military and non-military measures can be taken against the Gaza Strip in the same way as during the siege of Leningrad during World War II. But we understand what this is about, and in my opinion, this is unacceptable. More than two million people live there. Not everyone supports Hamas, by the way, not everyone, and everyone should suffer, including women and children. Of course, hardly anyone will agree with this.
On the other hand, as I said today at a meeting with my colleagues, Israel, of course, has the right to ensure its security and guarantee this security. But we need to find these tools, find this way out of the situation. In my opinion, it can be achieved, of course, as a result of some mediation efforts.
As I have already said many times, there are a lot of our compatriots living in Israel – former citizens of the Soviet Union and Russia. This factor is real for us, of course. We can’t forget about it.
But on the other hand, we have very good relations with the Arab world – many years, decades – and, first of all, of course, with Palestine, which at one time was promised that a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital would be created. They were promised, and decisions were made at the UN level. They are entitled to expect these promises to be fulfilled. We need to combine all this and, of course, first of all, think about the people who are not to blame for today’s escalation at all. And to pretend that no one sees this, does not understand it, and puts it out of brackets is impossible.
E. Zhelbunov: Can Russia help with this?
Vladimir Putin: And Russia can, precisely because of the fact that we have developed very good relations with Israel over the past, say, 15 years, absolutely, and traditional relations with Palestine. Therefore, no one will suspect us that we want to play along with someone. But if, of course, someone needs our mediation. This is always done only on the basis of the parties ‘ agreements.
Hopefully behind the scenes there’s a greater sense of urgency and appreciation of the situation’s gravity, none of which were expressed by Putin. The Zionist deadline for Gazans to move South nears.
Posted by: karlof1 | Oct 13 2023 16:57 utc | 82
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