Illuminating how measured this speech is ; in stark contrast to the total war, blind rage , biblical kill-em-all speeches coming from the Likud.

Posted by: Exile | Nov 3 2023 14:44 utc | 3

Thanks, b. I thought it was important that Nasrallah pointed out that the US military assets did not move into the region to attack Gaza and Hamas, that’s ridiculous. It’s to take advantage of the opportunity to potentially target Lebanon, Syria, whomever else. And that Hezbollah has successfully deterred such a strike so far.
Analyst from Mexico, Carlos Aguiar listened to the speech and heard that Israel will be attacked by all the resistance, on all fronts, against all its interests. … maybe I need to listen to it again.
https://x.com/Geopolitic_2024/status/1720445028508815591

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Nov 3 2023 14:48 utc | 5

From the brain dead islamophiliaphobia corner of the room searching for strategic autonomy “energy”.
‘Too few’ German Muslims have condemned Hamas

Germany’s Muslim community has not done enough to condemn the Palestinian militant group Hamas, which carried out a deadly attack on Israel on October 7, Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said.
“The scale of the Islamist demonstrations in Berlin and other cities in Germany is unacceptable and needs a tough political response,” Habeck said in a video address published on Wednesday. “This is also needed from the Muslim associations. Some have clearly distanced themselves from the actions of Hamas and from anti-Semitism, and have sought dialogue. But not all of them – some have been too hesitant to do so, and it’s been too few overall,” the vice chancellor added.
Habeck stressed that Muslims living in Germany must be protected from “right-wing extremist violence,” but, at the same time, “they must clearly distance themselves from anti-Semitism so as not to undermine their own right to tolerance.” He went on to denounce those who “downplayed” the Hamas attack, which claimed the lives of 1,400 Israelis, mostly civilians, as an “unfortunate incident.”
Germany has seen a surge in anti-Semitism in recent weeks, including an attempt to firebomb a synagogue in Berlin. On Tuesday, the country’s leading tabloid Bild published a 50-point manifesto titled “Germany, we have a problem!” The newspaper warned about the growing level of extremism in society, including hatred of Jews.
[…]

Posted by: sln2002 | Nov 3 2023 14:50 utc | 7

Great speech.

Posted by: merkin scot | Nov 3 2023 14:51 utc | 9

Nazrallah is on point. From the river to the sea. Zionism/Nazism is anti human and should go the way of the dinosaur. Destroying ideas often entails destroying life. May few be lost. From the river to the sea. So it goes.

Posted by: Tannenhouser | Nov 3 2023 14:53 utc | 11

What I’m hearing from that speech is that Hezbollah will be sitting this one out. It had a list of grievances and injustices, but nothing about “we’re storming Haifa and then Tel Aviv”. If I’m right, WWIII delayed.

Posted by: Sentient | Nov 3 2023 14:55 utc | 13

Thanks b for relaying this landmark speech to us.
Victory to Palestine !

Posted by: Engineer-John | Nov 3 2023 14:59 utc | 15

Let’s wait and see who hears the words about boycott. More than an attack on Israel it can be a knife into the belly of the beast: imperial finance.

Posted by: Otto | Nov 3 2023 15:06 utc | 17

75 years of the Western outpost colonial ethnic cleansing in the middle East among the compradors ruling the Arab nations. ~500 years of the Western hegemonic oppression and extraction of wealth from the global south. First with military and after WWII with banksters and of course the local compradors and Quislings, many educated/indoctrinated in the western world who think like their western sponsors. The current genocidal brutality shows the contempt for the untermenchen brown people. 2023 and we’re still behaving like chimpanzee War raids on other groups of chimps. If there’s hope, I believe that it lies with China that manages success without hegemony or War.

Posted by: Bob | Nov 3 2023 15:11 utc | 19

“It is the United States … the greatest devil – from Hiroshima, to Vietnam to now in Gaza. It must be held responsible for that and should pay the price for that.”
I think, 90% of the world population would approve that.

Posted by: cortomaltese | Nov 3 2023 15:11 utc | 21

In addition to Lavrov’s presser, “Lavrov on Palestine at Presser 11/3”, Crooke’s al-Mayadeen column was published, which I also added to my substack, “Crooke’s Latest: “Paradigms are Fractured Beyond the Imagined; Perhaps Irreparably”. Lots to digest and discuss.

Posted by: karlof1 | Nov 3 2023 15:12 utc | 23

What I’m hearing from that speech is that Hezbollah will be sitting this one out. It had a list of grievances and injustices, but nothing about “we’re storming Haifa and then Tel Aviv”. If I’m right, WWIII delayed.
Posted by: Sentient | Nov 3 2023 14:55 utc | 7
Not what I took away from it at all. Nashrallah is projecting calmness and rationality in contrast with the bloodthirsty rage of the Zionists. He also seeks to orient the conversation towards the US backing of Israel, knowing that Israel is merely an outpost of the US empire. He is reminding the US that it is not invincible, that its ships are vulnerable, and that the ball is in its court to stop the escalation.

Posted by: Gengar | Nov 3 2023 15:17 utc | 25

Thank you.
There are two basic issues:
A) URGENT: first stop the bombing of Gaza and the violence in West Bank. Get the aid moving.
B) THEN figure out what to do with the apartheid regime. (Treat Israel as South Africa was treated)
A) As I see it only public pressure from within NATO bloc countries can shut down the bombing immediately without further bloodshed or risk of regional / world war. Any Arab / Muslim country military attack with major hardware on Israel will be seen as an affront to the ego of the egomaniacs. Either that country will be obliterated by NATO or a third party sitting and minding its own business will be attacked so as to sow discord. I respect Scott Ritter he’s right when he says Israel is weak….but he has not said what NATO will do if Israel is attacked. That’s the part I need to know.
If Iran launches something from far away, Lebanon will be bombed. Whatever was dropped on Beirut in that warehouse will be used again. NATO will attack a third party, the weakest party even if they did not launch the orginal attack. The bordering countries like Egypt, Leb, Jor, Syria all have their own problems.
As for all the inaction of the 6 Gulf countries especially the “big” two on Objective A:
– I think the power of Gulf sheikhs is overestimated in the Western media. They are constantly being slandered as authoritarian, repressive etc. Saudi keeps getting blamed for 9/11. They are only as good as the last cheque they gave. Their assets abroad can be sanctioned at any minute. Anyone who has been there knows the desert cities are not resilient in terms of food and water in the way a German city survived bombing in WWII.
UAE can break ties or whatever, send the Ambassador and Israeli holidaymakers home from Dubai …is that going to stop Israel bombing? Those actions are Objective B.
As I see it the most effective thing the Gulf countries can do for obj A is to stop the US bases from being used in any way. Is that possible? It seems behind the scenes the UAE is really furious about Israel betraying the Abraham Accords. Of course Israel never keeps any promise, UAE were just the useful idiots. I think the role of UAE is over emphasized. There are only a little over 1 million Emiratis in total.
For those disappointed and expecting something more sensational: how many of you would want a war in your backyard? I want the nightmare in Gaza WB to stop but if you asked me if I would agree in exchange for even a 5% probability of a bomb dropping on my own head…I am afraid I would say no.
Yes, I do wish the “Axis of Resistance” would act together but we’re talking about a dozen different countries each with varying amounts of skin in the game. Look at the bright side: at least they are (somewhat) sovereign nations without a totalitarian superstructure like the EU or NATO HQ telling them to march in lockstep….

Posted by: pq | Nov 3 2023 15:17 utc | 27

Disappointment in the streets of Gaza from Nasrallah’s speech:
“There is none beside us but Allah”

Posted by: Jose J. | Nov 3 2023 15:18 utc | 29

Posted by: Sentient | Nov 3 2023 14:55 utc | 7
Disagree. Israel is being hit, especially lot of ISR installations, vehicles and tanks and groups of infantry all the time. Call it low-intensity if you want, but the purpose is to impose costs and bleed them.
Israel economy also can’t handle a sustained period of this.
Obviously Israel will launch air strikes, but that is the only thing they have. Hezbollah needs to be armed with anti-air defense. Maybe they will, who knows? If they can mitigate IDF air force effectiveness, the entire IDF capability will get cut in half.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 3 2023 15:21 utc | 31

sentient@7
You must have read a different speech. What I learned was that Hezbollah is not sitting this out so the IDF cannot move its forces south and there will be attacks on Israeli assets whenever is tactically appropriate.
One thing that Nasrallah knows but that we seem to be prone to forget is that the “West” is going mad. Its opponents don’t have to do much- just let it destroy itself.
The latest symptom? There are alwauys many but this one is hard to beat:
Axcording to the Skwawkbox there is a serious attempt in the French Senate (older? wiser?) to imprison those who oppose Zionism
“Members of the French Senate have proposed a law to punish critics of Israel by prison sentences and massive fines.
“The planned new law proposes three tiers of punishment, with those considered to have transgressed to face prison sentences of up to five years and a fine of up to €100,000:
« Art. 25. – Those who contest the existence of the State of Israel by one of the means set out in Article 23 shall be punished by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros.
“Insult committed against the State of Israel, by any of the means set out in Article 23, shall be punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 75,000 euros.
“Those who, by the same means, have directly provoked hatred or violence against the State of Israel shall be punished by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros.”
Article 23 referred to in the bill covers a comprehensive list of means of transmitting the supposedly offensive words: by speeches, shouts or threats made in public places or meetings, or by writings, prints, drawings, engravings, paintings, emblems, images or any other written medium, speech or image, sold or distributed, offered for sale or exhibited in public places or meetings
“Zionism is the political proposition that a state of Israel should exist as an ethno-nationalist entity, so the French Senate is proposing to criminalise opposition to a political viewpoint and the racism that springs from it. Israel’s treatment of non-Jewish and particularly Muslim residents in Israel, and especially of the Palestinian people, has been criticised as apartheid by the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and human rights groups in Israel, so presumably UN representatives and human rights activists in France face prison and a fine if they repeat the official positions of internationally-recognised bodies….”

Posted by: bevin | Nov 3 2023 15:21 utc | 33

Violence and murder perpetrated by West Bank Israeli settlers upon Palestinian civilians
has skyrocketed since Oct 7.
Now the IDF has announced immediate plans (probably already underway) to train and arm settlers
quickly so that they can “defend” themselves.
What an explosive mix. Vigilante settlers are going to rampage. It isn’t even a “maybe”.
Pray a massacre like no other is NOT going to descend upon the West Bank Palestinian civilians.
Pray.
But, can you not see the explosive mix?

Posted by: librul | Nov 3 2023 15:22 utc | 35

We are told that the US has over 800 military bases and countless covert operations all around the world because “the world is a dangerous place” and we need to keep the peace.
The truth is the world is only dangerous because of US presence around the world militarily, covertly, financially, and more.
This has been necessary in order to both secure the lions share of the worlds finite natural resources for the west and to keep others from growing their economies and consuming those resources themselves whereby depleting them much faster and driving up the prices significantly.
The Multipolar progression spells the end of this global dynamic. The growth happening in the Global Majority Countries, where 70 to 80% of the worlds resources reside, is increasing the consumption of those resources and has the potential to more than make up for the decline is those resources being funneled to western countries.
This represents the total collapse of western countries, not recession or depression but collapse. This is the analysis that is missing from all of the internet pundits which makes all analysis incomplete and mostly wrong.
This explains the seemingly belligerent and so called “failing” wars and foreign policy of the US over the last 25+ years.
Israel is completely dependent on the unipolar US dominance of the world to exist. It has zero chance of existing in a Multipolar world. Israel has screwed over all of the surrounding countries, killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of Arabs and Muslims, displaced millions, it is beyond any sort of amicable agreement without the threat of the US destroying all who dissent.
What is happening is the US and Israel are fighting for their lives. Europe too but they don’t seem to fully understand and are not able to agree with each other enough to act.

Posted by: jef | Nov 3 2023 15:23 utc | 37

Posted by: Sentient | Nov 3 2023 14:55 utc | 7
Disagree. Israel is being hit, especially lot of ISR installations, vehicles and tanks and groups of infantry all the time. Call it low-intensity if you want, but the purpose is to impose costs and bleed them.
Israel economy also can’t handle a sustained period of this.
Obviously Israel will launch air strikes, but that is the only thing they have. Hezbollah needs to be armed with anti-air defense. Maybe they will, who knows? If they can mitigate IDF air force effectiveness, the entire IDF capability will get cut in half.
It would also be profitable for China or Russia to arm Lebanon with anti-ship weapons, now that half of Nato operational fleet is parked there. They will have less western scrap to deal in the future.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 3 2023 15:23 utc | 39

Nasrallah’s speech appears to be based as usual. It is so odd that a leader of a party that has strong religious sectarian lines is far more grounded in reality than the supposed luminaries of western culture, not to speak about the visceral racists running Israel. It is interesting that Norman Finkelstein had once commended very positively on Nasrallah’s accumen as revealed through his speeches.
I strongly believe this conflict in Gaza demolished for good the ideological basis of anti-Semitism. Not that there was any serious ground on which it stood, but even the old canards have been swept now. Never before had so many Jews denounced Jewish supremacism and never before had so many noon-Jews supported the latter. It is odd to see Jewish critics of the apartheid mentality and coditions in Israel, while the entire west (and that includes critical masses of the western citizenry) has solidly stood behind Zionism and the utterly murderous actions of a hardened racist Israeli government.
It is also marvelous to see the liberals vomiting mind-numbing amounts of hypocrisy, supporting a genocidal far-rightist, while they uttered ferocious denunciations for every instance they saw some redneck hick in the media. Charlottesville was horror, but Gaza.
And no, no amount of crocodilian tears by the likes of trash like Piers Morgan should matter, when these people promoted the standard narrative and effectively validated Zionist ravings, such as those of Jordan Peterson, the darling of the so-called conservatives.

Posted by: Constantine | Nov 3 2023 15:25 utc | 41

‘Sentient’ @7.
You are clearly a troll, or an Idiot. (But then the two are not mutually exclusive.) A significant chunk of the Israhelli army is currently tied down in the North – thanks to Hezbollah’s current attacks. A chunk of the Israheli armed forces that would rather be elsewhere in Occupied Palestine bravely butchering defenceless civilians and children.

Posted by: Born Free | Nov 3 2023 15:30 utc | 43

CRAP!! The weasel words of cowards covering their cowardice. The simple, brutish truth is this: If the Moslem countries are too cowardly to fight for the Palestinians’ existence, the Jews will kill them all. And here’s another guarantee – if the Jews aren’t stopped now, within a decade there will be NO Palestinians left in Israel. When they’ve finished with Gaza they will turn to the West Bank – not the day after, but just long enough to have let the cowardly Moslem World get back comfortably under their shrouds of denial, and the stinking West to pretend it never happened. Stop making weasel excuses and rationalizations for the yellow-backed bastards who won’t fight. This is a point in History that writes the future – FIGHT, or crawl forever.
And by the way, you “group-hug, peace at any price, toadies: SHUT UP!!

Posted by: HOGGY | Nov 3 2023 15:31 utc | 45

#7. Clearly you did not hear what I heard!
1, nutty has had to split his forces
2, nutty has had to evacuate illegal villages
3, Hezbollah has lost 0ver 50 martyrs
4, Hezbollah is calling for the world to Boycott Israel
5, Hezbollah is calling out the real enemy the USA
Do not go buy that Starbucks coffee folks!
FREE PALESTINE

Posted by: Susan | Nov 3 2023 15:31 utc | 47

— Some people say Hezbollah must intervene to ‘stop the bloodshed’
Dear people, what do you think would happen if Hezbollah declared war? Bloodshed would only increase, but this time it will be Beirut instead of Gaza.
Hezbollah will enter the war when it is necessary to do so to achieve victory. Currently, despite what people say, Hamas is in a good position, and it looks like Israel will not accomplish their objectives.
If Hamas is victorious without Hezbollah’s full-scale intervention, and Israel is unable to achieve their objectives, this is even better. This would certainly be the best scenario for the resistance. It means Gaza has become independent and self-sufficient in its resistance.
If Hamas can manage to exert a strategic and military defeat on Israel, besides the political defeat they have already inflicted, while at the same time preserving the power of Hezbollah, this is the best case scenario.
I see people WANTING Hezbollah to join. Not because it would actually help or be beneficial for Palestine in a practical sense, but simply because they get an adrenaline rush from seeing the expansion of war.
The stakes are extremely high, and Hezbollah getting involved would mean the US bombing of Lebanon, and a widescale conflict, which after it, we do not know if we will see Palestine be victorious.
Hezbollah will not intervene just for the sake of intervention, but rather only when it has a practical and realistic reason to do so.
Gaza and Palestine are currently on the winning end, despite their large sacrifices, so there is no point in betting extra money in the poker game you’re already winning.
There is no reason to take a huge risk when you are currently on the side of victory.
@Middle_East_Spectator

Posted by: Down South | Nov 3 2023 15:33 utc | 49

Hezbollah has beaucoup anti-ships missiles with range of ~250km.
Fsmously knocked out a IDF frigate in the 2006 fight that got too close.

Posted by: Exile | Nov 3 2023 15:35 utc | 51

I went to L’orient as b suggested, but I find no text version of the speech (yet).
I wanted to see how L’orient translated this:

It is the United States that stands in the way of a ceasefire in Gaza. As Khomeni said, it is the greatest devil – from Hiroshima, to Vietnam to now in Gaza. It must be held responsible for that and should pay the price for that.

That line gives me shivers as I can almost visualize the creeps in the Pentagon
giving high-fives. They have what they need to give foundation and pretext to a false-flag here in the US and/or EU.

Posted by: librul | Nov 3 2023 15:36 utc | 53

Posted by: Born Free | Nov 3 2023 15:30 utc | 21
This is all patently untrue. The IDF has ZERO problem contending with Hamas and and some sporadic fire from the North. The reality of the past 48 hours clearly illustrate this. Hamas’s days in the Gaza Strip are numbered. Anyone that supports Hamas surely hoped that Nasrallah would jump in, with full force. And he didn’t.

Posted by: Jose J. | Nov 3 2023 15:36 utc | 55

“What I’m hearing from that speech is that Hezbollah will be sitting this one out. It had a list of grievances and injustices, but nothing about “we’re storming Haifa and then Tel Aviv”. If I’m right, WWIII delayed.
Posted by: Sentient | Nov 3 2023 14:55 utc | 7
Not what I took away from it at all. Nashrallah is projecting calmness and rationality in contrast with the bloodthirsty rage of the Zionists. He also seeks to orient the conversation towards the US backing of Israel, knowing that Israel is merely an outpost of the US empire. He is reminding the US that it is not invincible, that its ships are vulnerable, and that the ball is in its court to stop the escalation.
Posted by: Gengar | Nov 3 2023 15:17 utc | 13″
The sociopaths runnignt he Empire see what you call “calmness and rationality” as contemptible weakness.

Posted by: Feral Finster | Nov 3 2023 15:37 utc | 57

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 3 2023 15:23 utc | 19
China and Russia should use the occasion to arm Syria to the teeth, no limitations accepted. If the west can give itself and the Zionist state licence to do as it pleases, because “Israel has the right to defend itself”, then sure as hell Syria has that right too.
This inability of Syria to exercise its most basic rights of sovereignty has been one of the great failures of China and Russia and ll the other self-professed champions of multi-polarism. China in fact, should get far more aggressive and assertive by exploiting the utter criminality of the Anglo-American empire and its Zionist appendage in Syria. It shows why the US of A should not be allowed to even whisper any suggestions about the status of Taiwan.

Posted by: Constantine | Nov 3 2023 15:37 utc | 59

Posted by: HOGGY | Nov 3 2023 15:31 utc | 22
I agree 100%.

Posted by: Jose J. | Nov 3 2023 15:37 utc | 61

Hoggy. Why don’t you lead the way go on show them how to do it.

Posted by: Susan | Nov 3 2023 15:39 utc | 63

Red Line.
A ‘reading of the riot act’ statement to the Collective Waste and fence sitters.
Very similar to Russias ultimatum to Nato and their proxy Ukrops around the same time two years ago in 2021.
Didn’t stop them (us) then. Don’t give it much chance this time either.
We have no reverse gear.
Still a toss up between a Bang and the more peaceful Whimper.
The Unipolar Empire just got another Bong of the Bell.
Are we listening and asking for whom it tolls?

Posted by: DunGroanin | Nov 3 2023 15:40 utc | 65

Posted by: Constantine | Nov 3 2023 15:37 utc | 29
Agree, Syria has been a horrible tragedy despite it isn’t straight up Libya equivalent. Syria, dare to say, is one of the single most important bases for the multipolar world.
It’s painful to see it being kept weak.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 3 2023 15:40 utc | 67

Posted by: Constantine | Nov 3 2023 15:37 utc | 29
Agree, Syria has been a horrible tragedy despite it isn’t straight up Libya equivalent. Syria, dare to say, is one of the single most important bases for the multipolar world.
It’s painful to see it being kept weak. If Syria is lost then everything is lost IMO.

Posted by: unimperator | Nov 3 2023 15:41 utc | 69

I once (one year ago? 2 years ago?) saw a cartoon depicting the situation in Israel, the Middle East & Gaza. In the cartoon Netanyahu sat at his desk working. On the wall there were 2 hunting trophies. These 2 (hunting) trophies were the heads of Joe Biden and Anthony Blinken.
I am sure this was inspirated by another similar picture/cartoon in which the then Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi had the head of Jake “the sjaman” on her wall as a tropy.

Posted by: Mr. Market | Nov 3 2023 15:42 utc | 71

In other words: I see A LOT OF “wishful thinking” in the Nasrallah’s speech.

Posted by: Mr. Market | Nov 3 2023 15:43 utc | 73

I think the point to understand is that for “the Resistance” to come in now with both barrels would not save Gaza, rather the opposite. I think Nasrallah is wise. This is another SMO. Israel cannot endure long at war, under these violent cretins. We will see who will listen.
Of course, time makes fools of us all.

Posted by: Bemildred | Nov 3 2023 15:43 utc | 75

The sociopaths runnignt he Empire see what you call “calmness and rationality” as contemptible weakness.
Posted by: Feral Finster | Nov 3 2023 15:37 utc | 28
Very true. It has become imperative by now for those who face the implacable hostility of the Anglo-American empire into account. Conflict with the imperialists isn’t avoided, but postponed for a later time in worse conditions, the Minsk Agreements being a perfect case in point.
Still, Nasrallah sounded based IMHO. Hezbollah must carefully calculate its actions in the current state of apathy on the part of the Arabs.

Posted by: Constantine | Nov 3 2023 15:44 utc | 77

The Likud can’t afford a long hot war. Hezbollah and Hamas have prepared for a very long drawn out battle of attrition.

Posted by: Exile | Nov 3 2023 15:45 utc | 79

6 Gulf countries …Gulf sheikhs … the Abraham Accords
Posted by: pq | Nov 3 2023 15:17 utc | 14
“Arabs” or “Ummah”: so difficult to decide. May I suggest a cold shower?
Arab League (NGO 1945): AE, BH, DJ, DZ, EG, IQ, JO, KM, KW, LB, LY, MA, MR, OM, PS (PLO, PA), QA, SA, SO, SS, SY, TN, YE
OPEC (1960 FTA): AE, AO, CG, DZ, GA, GQ, IR, IQ, KW, LY, NG, SA, VZ; PLUS OM*, SD*, BN*, RU*, MX*, AZ*, KZ*, MY*, BH*, EC*, ID*, QA*
OIC (1969 NGO): AE, AL, AF, AZ, BD, BF, BH, BJ, BN, CM, CI, DZ, EG, GA, GM, GN, GY, GW, ID, IR, IQ, JO, KG, KM, KW, KZ, LB, LY, MA, ML, MR, MV, MY, MZ, NE, NG, OM, PK, PS, QA, SA, SD, SL, SN, SO, SR, SS, SY, TD, TG, TJ, TM, TN, TR, UG, UZ, YE
GCC (FTA 1981): AE, BH, KW, OM, QA, SA
Abraham Accords Declarations, 2020: AE, MA, BH
Britannica and wikiwtf show one sample FTA with Israel. However, further research reveals that each “declaration” is different.
So. Back to the drawing board with you!

Posted by: sln2002 | Nov 3 2023 15:47 utc | 81

Having a good laugh over the following from Nazrallah

No Arab state can deliver even a truck of goods to Gaza. Are they incapable of acting? No, they should listen to their people and wake up.

The Sunnis are 90% of the world Muslim population and they will do nothing. The Shia are 10% of the world Muslim population and everyone expects them to fight for the Sunni Palestinians. Even now only the Houthis in Yemen have declared war on Israel, and the Houthis are, you guessed it, Shia.

Posted by: gT | Nov 3 2023 15:49 utc | 83

Thoughts:
1) Wonder if Hezbollah is waiting for delivery/installation of additional weaponry
before it changes strategy.
2) Why warn the IDF, “here we come”.

Posted by: librul | Nov 3 2023 15:53 utc | 85

Nasrallah blinks. Not unexpected, but tragic. The Arab governments do nothing, Hezbollah will not escalate further, and the US has Israel’s back 100%. Israel has a free hand for extermination at this point until the Biden team figures out (which they will far too late) that this will ultimately destroy his limited chances of re-election.

Posted by: Bob | Nov 3 2023 15:53 utc | 87

Disappointment in the streets of Gaza from Nasrallah’s speech:
“There is none beside us but Allah”
Lonely are the brave and righteous.
But with them is God.

Posted by: Apollyon | Nov 3 2023 15:54 utc | 89

In the English translation I listened to from PressTV, Nasrallah said that Israel faced a political and military earthquake. This is after he went to great lengths to explain that the resistance forces, the different groups of the resistance, have the authority to act independently, separately, with no coordination with the others. He further said directly that he didn’t find out about the Al-Aqsa flood operation until it was happening, like everyone else.
In whatever Spanish translation, Carlos Aguiar listened to, that I posted a link to above, he heard that all the resistance will attack Israel in the next few days. Speculating a bit wildly, on my part, I wonder if the use of the word “earthquake” refers to Morocco. So the Daily Mail had a video showing these bright flashing lights, “that scientists couldn’t explain” just before the earthquake hit. What if King Mohammed IV did a little poking around and got an explanation of said flashing lights, perhaps along with some depraved attempt at extortion. Then perhaps it’s a quick phone call to Hamas and here we are. Presumably the King shored up some support from other quarters before giving the go-ahead signal.
Then it’s not Nasrallah’s fight. Yes, Hezbollah plays their part, as he elaborated on. But then he’s more of a messenger.

Posted by: Bruised Northerner | Nov 3 2023 15:57 utc | 91

Posted by: bevin | Nov 3 2023 15:21 utc | 16
Jailing critics and insulters”
Inviting millions of poorly vetted Muslim asylum seekers to your shores, abandoning them to the streets and then stuffing this in their faces doesn’t seem the best avenue unless you are stoking civil war.
It will spell Pograms and violence against Jews to levels unwitnessed in the past.
I pray wiser heads prevail.
George Galloway is proposing a global electronic vote on Israel/Gaza
if only

Posted by: ld | Nov 3 2023 15:58 utc | 93

@ 25 Hezbollah has beaucoup anti-ships missiles with range of ~250km.
Hezbollah also has newer Russian P800 Onyx anti ship missiles. Which are a good upgrade from 2006. Russia has used them with great effect in Ukraine. The highly accurate Onyx missiles evaded Ukraine’s western missile defense systems, and hit their targets no problem. These missiles put US vessels at considerable risk if they sail within range.

Posted by: Golddigger | Nov 3 2023 16:00 utc | 95

All Palestinians incarcerated by Israel should be referred to as hostages now.

Posted by: Wilikins | Nov 3 2023 16:01 utc | 97

I would love to believe that speech
it is an old story told many times
tomorrow we will help you

Posted by: ld | Nov 3 2023 16:07 utc | 99