— ❗️🇮🇱/ 🇱🇧 NEW: All electricity and communications in the Israeli settlement of Metula is down, including landlines, after 250kg Hezbollah missiles landed – Metula Mayor
@Middle_East_Spectator

https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/9686

Posted by: Norwegian | Sep 19 2024 20:06 utc | 103

A couple of idiots on this thread already.
Hezbollah’s AA strength is of great concern to to IOF. The fear is real hence no “bombing Beirut to the stone age” boost made by the Zionists thus far.
Scorecard showed US “winning” in Vietnam.
Scorecard showed US “winning” in Iraq.
Scorecard showed US “winning” in Afghanistan.
The ongoing massacres in Palestine is not an Arab or Iranian failure to stop, its humanity’s failure.
What’s happening in Gaza and Ukraine is also what could happen to Lebanon and Iran if they pre empt. The Zionists love to pull the victim card, much like the LGBTQ+++× community.
There’s no appetite for war among the Zionists and their backers. Why unite them by striking first?

Posted by: Suresh | Sep 19 2024 20:07 utc | 105

https://www.voltairenet.org/article221265.htlm
On September 10 Palestine became a full Member of the UN

Posted by: swiss | Sep 19 2024 20:11 utc | 107

It would be something if “Israel” attacks Chinese UN personnel and China responds by declaring war on “Israel” 😀
Or Ireland; a EU member responding by officially declaring war on “Israel” would be a magnificent treasure trove even if not a single shot was fired 🙂

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Sep 19 2024 20:33 utc | 109

Now Typepad blocks comments with Al-Mayadeen links. Figures. I removed it so my comment will post.
Scotch Bingeington | Sep 19 2024 19:15 utc | 93–
Bologna breath. The entire Zionist cabinet row was over Gallant’s refusal to attack Hezbollah for which there’re many sources, Zionist and others. As For Hezbollah’s AD systems, its downing last year of a Hermes 450 drone proved it has such capabilities. There are excellent reasons why Hezbollah doesn’t show all its cards as the Zionists would like. Some would call that smart

Posted by: karlof1 | Sep 19 2024 20:37 utc | 111

If the news about a staging area for IDF tanks south of lebanon is true then would be a nice time for iran to bomb them (they still have credits for the last jokes)
And Hezbollah could wipe out the port of haifa (and refinery) as the last attack by israel was general terrorism.
Add a pinch of RF using some mig-31 to light up IDF fighters for any Hezbollah AD to take out and it could be pretty.

Posted by: Newbie | Sep 19 2024 20:48 utc | 113

worth a watch/listen, in part and in full
https://www.youtube.com/live/o7BMWUd3ixc
israel Escalates Terror Campaign: How Will Lebanon and Iran Respond?
On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 9/19 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Eugene and Rania are joined by special guests:
Elijah Magnier- Israel weaponized civilian communication devices, turning them into deadly explosives and killing at least 12 people while maiming thousands in a series of terrorist attacks in Lebanon this week. Veteran war correspondent Elijah Magnier exposes Israel’s ongoing war crimes, carried out with full US support, as it recklessly pushes for a war with Lebanon—one it cannot win.
Abubaker Abed – Palestinian journalist and commentator in Gaza, Abubaker Abed, joins hosts Rania Khalek and Eugene Puryear to share the situation in the central city of Deir al-Balah amid the ongoing US-Israeli genocide in Gaza.
David Hundeyin – Days after US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced sanctions against Russian state broadcaster RT and other non-western-aligned media platforms, Meta banned the accounts of African Stream, a Pan-African digital media organization. Nigerian Investigative journalist and author David Hundeyin, explains how Meta’s ban on Africa Stream is the latest in the US government’s offensive against media that challenge US corporate media narratives…….

Posted by: michaelj72 | Sep 19 2024 21:12 utc | 115

Posted by: lulu | Sep 19 2024 20:40 utc | 111
Small clarification: it’s not that ultrasonic-welded devices can’t be opened up, it’s that there’s near zero possibility of opening them up without leaving behind evidence of tampering. This implies the manufacturer’s complicity in implanting the explosive material. The theory that the devices were modified after they have left the factory becomes far less plausible. The netizen making this claim is apparently an electronics engineering professor at Wuhan University. The netizen also mentioned that the ultrasonic welding is needed for the pager to obtain an IP67 rating (resistance against dust and water).
Good job on sharing information that’s widely available on Chinese internet to this part of the world.

Posted by: All Under Heaven | Sep 19 2024 21:23 utc | 117

‘I see no representative of that other major world religion in your list …’ — Arch Bungle
Question everything. Is a cult with only some 15 million adherents worldwide a ‘major religion’?
No one denies its historical precedence among the so-called Abrahamic religions, of which the other two are vastly larger.
But we must entertain the possibility that it has descended into an ethnic supremacist hate cult, more like the Ku Klux Klan or the Azov battalion than a religious tradition. Evidently, the secular heresy of Zionism infected and derailed it from any former legitimate status as a religion.

Posted by: Jim H | Sep 19 2024 21:30 utc | 119

@ lulu | Sep 19 2024 20:40 utc | 111
@ All Under Heaven | Sep 19 2024 21:23 utc | 116
Adding …
Are the precursors (detonator + explosive) readily available at the place of manufacture?
Both items are somewhat special.

Posted by: too scents | Sep 19 2024 21:37 utc | 121

It is obvious now that the pager detonations were a prelude to the actual attack.
Phase 1 was creating confusion and disruption of communications within Hezbollah.
Phase 2 is the aerial bombardment.
Phase 3. ( the most difficult and perhaps impossible phase) will be the land invasion.
It is also obvious the U.S. knows this and is on standby for the Israeli Diaper Force.

Posted by: Moses22 | Sep 19 2024 21:56 utc | 123

All Under Heaven @116
Thank you very much for the clarification!
This netizen (video linked in my post99) also mentioned that the pager explosion could be triggered by doctored code for certain radio band (?), for all the exploded pagers got a message/code simultaneously just before their explosion.
If you understand Chinese, I’d suggest you listen to how he explained in the video.
too scents @119
Sorry, what do you mean by radio battery packs? Could you explain it a bit for me so I can give your right info?
So far the chatters/videos in Chinese (mainly from TW) I have seen do not focus that much on battery, rather on the company Gold Apollo and the role it might played because of 1). its boasting of cooperation with FBI (the article linked in my post98) and 2). its exclusive ultrasonic-welded devices which can’t be opened “without leaving behind evidence of tampering” as explained by post 116.

Posted by: lulu | Sep 19 2024 22:04 utc | 125

https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/exploding-device-attacks-in-lebanon-utterly-despicable-says-harris-1674047.html
The usual from our taoiseach (prime minister). Words words words, with €234 billion debt, (from €40 billion before we were made to take the fall in the recession), I can’t see the government doing anything. We’re bordering on bankruptcy. Might be better to be financially bankrupt than morally bankrupt.

Posted by: Joe | Sep 19 2024 22:18 utc | 127

I don’t think anyone has cited this article yet by Jamal Kanj
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/19/exploding-pagers-in-lebanon-another-israeli-terrorism-blunder/
stating that on 16 September, Israel dropped leaflets on South Lebanon warning the inhabitants to leave immediately, by 4 PM. Then the terrorist pager attack took place the following day. Kanj says this shows that a planned Israeli military operation was aborted, but the pagers went off anyway the next day, resulting in a thoroughly wasted opportunity. Of course, the pager attack should have been followed immediately by a coordinated military campaign. The failure of that to happen shows disarray in the Israeli leadership, probably connected with the IDF vs. messianic fanatics split in Israel. It represents a missed opportunity and also will probably lead to recriminations among the Israeli leadership.
It is quite clear, as observed by one of the commenters today, that neither Israel nor Hizbullah desires to attack on land across the border with troops. Israel may kill more people, but it certainly got a bloody nose in 2006, and Hizbullah is way more powerful today. The fact that the IDF has not been able to restore the Israeli occupation that prevailed in Gaza 1967-2005 after a whole year of mayhem, massacre, and murder stands out most sorely to Israel. How can it be that the IDF couldn’t even corral the barely-armed Palestinians in Gaza when it had done so easily before, sometimes in a day or two, as in 1956 and 1967? However those Palestinians have armed themselves, apparently mostly from unexploded Israeli ordinance, they have been blockaded for years and never received any official transfers of weapons from anyone. Hizbullah, on the other hand, is an organization quite legitimate in the internal context of Lebanon which has in various official or quasi-official ways received plenty of arms and ammunition continuously from before 2006 and all the more thereafter. While it remains unlikely that Hizbullah could successfully cross the border into Galilee with ground forces, they certainly can defend South Lebanon better than in 2006. So Israel blusters about invading, but definitely does not want to bite that bullet, which would definitely promise it a bloodier nose than in 2006.

Posted by: Cabe | Sep 19 2024 22:42 utc | 129

proflutz @ 115.
Thanks for the link to the very interesting post that explains and shows exactly how battery packs are made and can be modified into explosive devices, with diagrams, etc.
It answers a lot of questions.
Here is a lengthy excerpt that bears consideration:

“Aside from taking advantage of gray and secondary markets, there are multiple opportunities along the route from the factory to you to tamper with goods – from the customs inspector, to the courier.
But you don’t even have to go so far as offering anyone a bribe or being a state-level agency to get tampered batteries into a supply chain. Anyone can buy a bunch of items from Amazon, swap out the batteries, restore the packaging and seals, and return the goods to the warehouse (and yes, there is already a whole industry devoted to copying packaging and security seals for the purpose of warranty fraud). The perpetrator will be long-gone by the time the device is resold. Depending on the objective of the campaign, no further targeting may be necessary – just reports of dozens of devices simultaneously detonating in your home town may be sufficient to achieve a nefarious objective.
Note that such a “reverse-logistics injection attack” works even if you on-shore all your factories, and tariff the hell out of everyone else. Any “tourist” with a suitcase is all it takes.
Pandora’s Box is Open
Not all things that could exist should exist, and some ideas are better left unimplemented. Technology alone has no ethics: the difference between a patch and an exploit is the method in which a technology is disclosed. Exploding batteries have probably been conceived of and tested by spy agencies around the world, but never deployed en masse because while it may achieve a tactical win, it is too easy for weaker adversaries to copy the idea and justify its re-deployment in an asymmetric and devastating retaliation.
However, now that I’ve seen it executed, I am left with the terrifying realization that not only is it feasible, it’s relatively easy for any modestly-funded entity to implement. Not just our allies can do this – a wide cast of adversaries have this capability in their reach, from nation-states to cartels and gangs, to shady copycat battery factories just looking for a big payday (if chemical suppliers can moonlight in illicit drugs, what stops battery factories from dealing in bespoke munitions?). Bottom line is: we should approach the public policy debate around this assuming that someday, we could be victims of exploding batteries, too. Turning everyday objects into fragmentation grenades should be a crime, as it blurs the line between civilian and military technologies.
I fear that if we do not universally and swiftly condemn the practice of turning everyday gadgets into bombs, we risk legitimizing a military technology that can literally bring the front line of every conflict into your pocket, purse or home.”

Posted by: Jane | Sep 19 2024 22:47 utc | 131

Two Taiwanese bloggers, one is mp from Taipei city, talking about who made the exploded pagers?
– Contradictory Statements (video: 6’30 – 7’42)
TW Ministry replied journo question stating that the company (Gold Apollo) said that “ the exploded pagers were tampered after they were exported ” after it reviewed the photos;
Gold Apollo company statement and Hsu Ching-kuang, founder and president of Gold Apollo, said that these batch of pagers “are 100% not made by Gold Apollo but made overseas”.
It is clear neither the Ministry nor the company know where these pagers were actually made, or they have not adopted/found a unified official explanation.
– Is Gold Apollo Lying? (video: 7’52 – 11’33)
The company denied that it produced the Gold Apollo Pager AR924, Mr. Hsu said to the media that pager AR924 is not its product. Then, why did it make the promo about 【Introduction】Gold Apollo Rugged Pager AR924【AR924】Rugged Pager【Gold Apollo】in 2023?
Because the company has boasted its exclusive ultrasonic-welded technology, i.e. its pagers could not be opened without leaving evidence of tampering, it is reasonable to suspect Pager AR924b were tampered during the assembly.
– Possible Revenge on TW by Muslim?
The focus of discussion in Chinese info sphere (mainland and tw) is different from that in Western which is based on info distributed by MSM.

Posted by: lulu | Sep 19 2024 22:53 utc | 133

Roll over iPhone and Samsung, let Huawei and Xiaomi take over:

Chinese factories are overwhelmed with orders from the Middle East! Posts from Chinese social media, stating factories are running overnight shifts to accommodate huge orders of communication devices from the Middle East.
A requirement from clients, is that the whole manufacturing process must be done inside China.
“>https://t.me/myLordBebo/44709

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 19 2024 23:06 utc | 135

Ixrahell five jets flying over Beirut creating sonic booms during Nasrallah speech about coming retaliation for exploding devices. Intensive bombing of northern Gaza also. Israhell on offensive. Will Hezbollah act soon?

Posted by: Lavieja | Sep 19 2024 23:15 utc | 137

so sorry folks, I put this in the Ukraine thread by mistake as I was reading over there, forgot where I was, and as I don’t usually post in that thread……… so, an error on my part.
https://x.com/mona_fawaz/status/1836655105434665010
Mona Fawaz @mona_fawaz
Had the terrorist attack witnessed in Lebanon in the past 48hrs occurred in Europe, western media would be following victims, telling the story of a boy who lost an eye, a girl who lost her life… but these are only brown people, so they celebrate Israel’s ingenuity. Repulsive.
https://x.com/emanabdelhadi/status/1836099831653085634
Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi
Reading the NYTimes can restore your faith in God. Pagers explode without anyone detonating them. Bombs fall without anyone dropping them. Bullets pierce people without anyone shooting them. Subhanallah.
see video here:
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1836509086575399322
☀️👀 @zei_squirrel
as Norman Finkelstein said, Israel is a lunatic state, a crazed rabid freak incapable of reason. If you don’t deter it swiftly and decisively, it will merely keep going insane with its murderous rampage, as we saw again in Lebanon today

Posted by: michaelj72 | Sep 19 2024 23:31 utc | 139

A member of the Knesset yesterday reiterated that Israel was prepared to observe a ceasefire with Hezbollah on terms previously articulated. Those terms require Hezbollah to retreat permanently to the northern side of the Litani River. For its part, Hezbollah says it will observe a ceasefire with Israel as soon as a ceasefire in Gaza is implemented. Ceasefire in Gaza: Hamas says it will observe terms it says were on the table back in June, while Israel has since added new conditions.
The UK appears to be assuming a lead role in brokering more talks between Hezbollah and Israel, after US officials today expressed the opinion that no Gaza ceasefire can be achieved during the remainder of Biden’s term. British Foreign Minister Lammy told Reuters: “Tonight, I’m calling for an immediate ceasefire from both sides. We are all united in our desire for a negotiated political settlement, allowing Israelis to return to their homes in northern Israel and Lebanese to return to theirs.” This after speaking with French, American, and Italian counterparts. No mention on how the negotiations could or should proceed, or how yesterday’s UN vote factors in. Clearly Israel is the party continuously escalating the conflict, and the U.S., UK and France are continuing to supply Israel with vast stocks of weaponry.
The diplomatic “solution”, or peace terms after a broader conflict, will likely not be brokered by US-UK or their allies.

Posted by: jayc | Sep 19 2024 23:37 utc | 141

125 Dogon Priest. “Assuming that this was, in fact, an Israeli operation, there are two possible explanations for why Netanyahu, who right now seems to be the one behind Israel’s northern strategy, authorized it.
The first is that the prime minister hopes that the growing pressure and heightened paranoia of further attacks will eventually bring Hezbollah to the breaking point. Nasrallah will come to the conclusion that the price Hezbollah is paying for its contribution to Hamas’ struggle in Gaza – the nonstop rocket, anti-tank and drone attacks since last October – is too high. He will thus seek a cease-fire agreement in which Hezbollah’s Radwan units will withdraw to north of the Litani River, thereby enabling at least some Israelis to return to their homes on the border with Lebanon”
Re:The above post from Haeretz by Dogon Priest: When Nazrallah emphasizes how Hezbollah will never forsake Gaza, why did he even suggest this possibility? Better to have said nothing imo. Sorry, but I think he talks too much.

Posted by: Lavieja | Sep 19 2024 23:42 utc | 143

Forgot to mention the Gold Apollo Pager AR924 can be plugged in a computer via usb as its promo video demonstrates.
The tw bloggers also said that Mr. Hsu, the founder and president of Gold Appolo, probably should worry about his life now.

Posted by: lulu | Sep 19 2024 23:43 utc | 145

Thanks Lulu & michealj72.
It’s postings like these that’s freaking out the Narrative controllers.
Hence, the “trolls” flooding this site. I had often imagined these were cheap labour call centre type personnel, but more likely to be msm “journalists” & their main income streams.

Posted by: Suresh | Sep 19 2024 23:47 utc | 147

US BBC news suggests uncommitted movement spokesperson in US state of Michigan has said US voters in Nov. US Pres election should not vote for 3rd party candidate as this will enable a Trump victory. Suggesting of course Trump will be better for Palestine. Will those Muslim voters really support such a position? Let’s see how Jill Stein responds to this. She has claimed US Muslim voters support her.
A lot of bad news today. Tomorrow another day.

Posted by: Lavieja | Sep 19 2024 23:54 utc | 149

@148
“Gaza News Now
#Urgent | A word from the Republican candidate for the US presidential elections, Donald Trump
– Kamala Harris must be defeated because her victory will harm Israel
– The attacks on Israel these days have not happened since the “Holocaust”
– Harris cannot protect the Jewish people from Hamas or those who support it, but we will do so if we reach power
– I am the best friend of the Jews
– I will protect Israel and defend it when I am in the White House”

Posted by: Ornot | Sep 20 2024 0:02 utc | 151

Lulu @ 132, Arch Bungle @ 133:
The video promo was made by Apollo Systems HK which appears to be a separate (though perhaps related) company from Gold Apollo:

Apollo Systems HK was established to answer a growing market of pager communication systems around the world. Apollo Systems HK acquired the sole distribution rights to Gold Apollo Pagers Systems, and is proud to provide a wide range of products and services. From our sales office in Taiwan to our logistics facilities in Hong Kong, we provide full customer experience and maintain a direct connection to our manufacturers in Asia. We deliver reliable communication, system design and network-enabled solutions internationally.

The company’s website is at this link. Curiously, if you try to find out anything about the company, or contact it, you get the 404 error message.
The actual pagers themselves (if not the booby-trapped walkie talkies that exploded a day after the pagers did) were apparently made by BAC Consulting KFT, a Budapest-based company, on licence from Gold Apollo. But all that has been found out so far about this company – you can Google for information about it – suggests that BAC Consulting KFT might be a front or a shell company being operated by a person or people linked to intelligence agencies.
Did Israel use this Hungarian firm for its alleged Hezbollah pager bombs?
Methinks BAC Consulting KFT subcontracted the work of making the pagers to other companies, possibly in other countries, with components coming from different suppliers, and this could have been done deliberately to confuse checks by auditors and other outsiders on the supply chain network to ensure transparent operations and accountability.

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Sep 20 2024 0:13 utc | 153

Thanks also lulu.
I can hardly believe how useless the western press has become. Search engines also. And that people accept this.
I cannot find a circuit diagram of the pager, a picture of components and detailed specs of the pager, let alone a document illustrating a disassembled rigged one to show how they were rigged. There is nothing secret about this, there were thousands of pagers and many did not explode and so eventually someone will publish the info. Searches that are not news focused just bring reels of only news stories from msm all saying the same thing.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/hunt-for-origins-of-lebanon-pager-attack-widens-to-bulgaria%2C-norway
has a little extra information. Important is to obtain a rigged one and compare with normal originals to find out if it was not made as copy and switched for a batch from Taiwan (or wherever officially made).

Posted by: Ornot | Sep 20 2024 0:20 utc | 155

The element of surprise has to be there in Iran or Hezbollah’s response. Israel is ready for an attack.
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Posted by: Jason | Sep 20 2024 0:22 utc | 155
The problem is you’re dealing with a paranoid entity that’s always expecting an attack.
The “eternal victim” mentality is there for a reason.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Sep 20 2024 0:40 utc | 157

One more wake up call to Taiwan’s elites where their best interests and future lies.
Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Sep 19 2024 23:13 utc | 135
The future of Taiwan’s elites will always lie in their estates in Europe, Singapore, Thailand and the USA.
Like all elites, they’re there to suck the life out of the host and leave a charred shell behind.
They’ll never need to “wake up” until they’re at the pointy end of a bayonette.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Sep 19 2024 23:37 utc | 139
==================
Are Taiwan’s “elites” actually Taiwanese or Chinese from the adjacent portions of the Chinese mainland?
I recall reading—perhaps in a book by Sterling Seagrave—that the local Taiwanese had been more or less colonized and taken over by Mainland Chinese.

Posted by: Jane | Sep 20 2024 0:44 utc | 159

Jerr @ 147,
quote from Guardian piece:
” Israel’s leaders have a long history of carrying out sophisticated remote operations, ranging from cyber-attacks, suicide drone attacks and remote-controlled weapons to assassinate Iranian scientists.”
The Guardian article doesn’t provide a list of these operations but limits itself to a restricted menu (cyber-attacks et al.). How about bringing down buildings and planes?
When do we start to connect more dots concerning Israel’s “sophisticated remote operations”?

Posted by: Jane | Sep 20 2024 0:57 utc | 161

Man, I made the mistake of clicking on Telegram links that showed the extent of the injuries as a result of the pager explosions. Nightmare fuel. Israel is literally a satanic collective manifest on Earth.

Posted by: bored | Sep 20 2024 1:18 utc | 163

The overinflated self-importance of the conspiracy theorists seems infinite
And yes, I shouldn’t feed the trolls. I know. I should focus on the positive aspects but it is very hard to.

Posted by: Escobar | Sep 20 2024 1:27 utc | 165

I suspect that the day Israel sinks Atlantis-like into the sands of the Levant, exploding mobile devices are going to be part of their global Sampson option.
If you’re laughing at the Lebanese now you’ll be crying blood when that day comes.
Take a second look at your supply chain from now on …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Sep 20 2024 1:29 utc | 167

@159
Thank you for those links.
The circuit he shows is AL 924 and not AR 924
Search pictures via: tech-flashback-gold-apollo-al-924-t-synthesized-pocsag-pagers/
Which I had found, although it is possible both are very similar. I am looking at it from a slightly different perspective :
Exact copies were made elsewhere, with either a coded text (or even a seperate receiver waiting a certain signal) caused detonation. Originals were made in an official factory (and sealed) , they were replaced by the counterfeit batch (also sealed) and that new counterfeit shipment carried all the paperwork of the original authentic batch.
Equally the factory that made them was compromised, or parts were (if the explosive was self contained in the battery).
I don’t say your videos are wrong either, because I don’t know … because disassembly of actual rigged device has not been presented to us yet.
“Israel” (and msm) narrative – we rigged them, they only went to Hezballah because only Hezballah was hurt or those “too close” to them.
Other version – the pagers were handed around to all people Hezballah (a political party) might want to be kept notified (medics, rescue etc. ). Some of those might have been lost or stolen, some flown out from Syria, some might have been placed on ebay even (assuming they are able to change code number or hz ) .
Hypothetically some rigged ones had left Lebanon and are in the west or wherever.
So, where is the advisory to hand in certain serial nos ? Not to take those on flights ? Etc.
The clock idea of detonation is neater.
Too neat maybe ?

Posted by: Ornot | Sep 20 2024 1:36 utc | 169

Posted by: Ornot | Sep 20 2024 1:36 utc | 168
It’s all speculation. The prof is not performing forensics on the actual devices, so he could very well be wrong. I’m just sharing information that may be absent on this side of the internet due to language barriers.

Posted by: All Under Heaven | Sep 20 2024 1:54 utc | 171

An article in today’s R.T. virtually outraged me to the point where a 17,000 thousand casualty list for Hamas fighters in Gaza, as propounded by an Azerbaijanian academic in Moscow struck me as simply echoing Israeli propaganda. In my furor I accidentally posted the entire gripe on the Ukraine site rather than this one. Posting was just a few minutes ago. Please do check it out, as it really lowered my respect for R.T.

Posted by: aristodemos | Sep 20 2024 2:17 utc | 173

Hungarian vote at the UNGA is a bad look, plus with the association to recent terrorist attacks by the Zionist entity……..?
Hope Orban stamps out the rot within before his cellphone “goes” off!

Posted by: Suresh | Sep 20 2024 2:59 utc | 175

Journalist Suhaib Al-Masalma
“A large squadron of warplanes is heading towards northern Palestine and Lebanon.
02:07
An Israeli raid targeted a site near Damascus International Airport.
03:29 ”

Posted by: Ornot | Sep 20 2024 3:09 utc | 177

I could go on awhile Jane but in my thinking, it’s context not a listing of facts that’s needed.
Posted by: Jerr | Sep 20 2024 2:40 utc | 173
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I think you may have missed my point.
To repeat, I wrote:
” Israel’s leaders have a long history of carrying out sophisticated remote operations, ranging from cyber-attacks, suicide drone attacks and remote-controlled weapons to assassinate Iranian scientists.”
The Guardian article doesn’t provide a list of these operations but limits itself to a restricted menu (cyber-attacks et al.). How about bringing down buildings and planes?
When do we start to connect more dots concerning Israel’s “sophisticated remote operations”?
========
Please note boldface.
This has nothing to do with the Warsaw Ghetto.
Regards, J

Posted by: Jane | Sep 20 2024 3:24 utc | 179

OMG, what a bunch of Allah lovers on this site, 5 times a day.
Call it the Moon of Allah.
Posted by: antonym | Sep 20 2024 3:24 utc | 179
Peace be upon you, may I inquire which type you are? Lowly paid call centre operator or Presstitude?
“Oh, there’s no rest for the wicked
Money don’t grow on trees
I got bills to pay
I got mouths to feed…” – Cage The Elephant
Wait, no? Zionist draft dodger?

Posted by: Suresh | Sep 20 2024 3:41 utc | 181

Not M.A.G.A., but rather M.J.L.A.= Make Jews Lampshades Again

Posted by: Jill Kewes | Sep 20 2024 3:44 utc | 183

Posted by: Jane | Sep 20 2024 3:24 utc | 178
Let me try again.
I don’t think you can expect The Guardian to provide the listing you want to see. Their controllers view all those items as Israeli acting in self defense.
Basically the article suggested that Israeli acted in violation of the conventions of war. Michael72 brought this up on a different thread several days back. Link and post are below.
The Guardian saying Israeli committed a war crime according to the Prohibitions on the Use of Booby-traps is a big deal for them. Sorry it isn’t a complete listing.
However, don’t dismiss the analogy between Gaza post-Oct 7 and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. It would be shocking to most Westerners that the Israeli killed twice as many Palestinians as the Germans killed jews in the Warsaw Uprising. The best arguments are stated in a way the listeners can understand and relate.
Hopefully I responded better to your question, but I feel you won’t think it satisfactory.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/09/israels-threat-to-wage-war-on-hizbullah-is-getting-more-serious/comments/page/5/#comments
the USA, israel and Lebanon are all parties to the Convention
https://disarmament.unoda.org/ccw-amended-protocol-ii/
The Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices as amended on 3 May 1996 (Amended Protocol II)
…Prohibits the use of booby-traps and other devices in the form of apparently harmless portable objects, such as children’s toys, specifically designed to contain explosive material….
…applies to non-international armed conflicts as well as conflicts between States, which means that its rules not only apply to States, but also to parties in a conflict other than States….
Posted by: michaelj72 | Sep 18 2024 4:54 utc | 482

Posted by: Jerr | Sep 20 2024 3:56 utc | 185

It will be an international conference sometime in the future, I do not know when, but it will be one. It is a fact that each big war ends with some kind of international meeting of the winning
and losing nations. It may be called a ‘treaty’ or whatever. In those meetings there will be a discussion about ‘the culprit who started it’.
This is in my opinion a very important aspect of international gravity, and this is why Israelis are so eager to avoid being seen as the one who starts a war and that is why they always insist that “we are responding” to this attack by our adversary. Now, Hezbollah and Iran have turned this aspect fully around and it will be Israel who will be called the aggressor and will be held accountable – or if it is not there anymore, the countries which supported it will be in the dock.

Posted by: fanto | Sep 20 2024 4:04 utc | 187

I think it’s safe to say that the era of Western manufacture is over (“Western” including Taiwan, South Korea, Japan) as of this month.

China is now the unquestionable, indisputable dominating power in manufacturing across the entire spectrum of consumer goods and will remain so for the next decade *at least*.

The only other potential contender, India, is decades behind and frankly will never be a manufacturing power on the scale of China, in this century or the next.

Thank you Israhell. Thank you very much.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Sep 20 2024 4:22 utc | 189

Posted this along with some more information in the last thread, but does not appear to be there. It looks like almayadeen is blocked.
“The sources explained that the material used in the complex operation could bypass all scanning equipment available even in countries and airports around the world as the explosive material is undetectable. In other words, the explosive material is “specially designed for this mission.”
Contrary to initial assumptions, it was not the pager batteries that caused the explosions, but the lithium within them that caused the detonation. The blast was triggered through advanced technology, which transmitted a message activating the explosives.
Additionally, the sources revealed that the explosives, often waist-strapped, were intended to cause maximum harm by directly impacting the body. It was noted that pager units that were either turned off or located in areas without coverage did not explode, as well as older pager models.”
headline of article : toll-from-israeli-attack-rises-to-12-martyrs—2800-injured

Posted by: Rhymerez | Sep 20 2024 4:45 utc | 191

I think it’s safe to say that the era of Western manufacture is over (“Western” including Taiwan, South Korea, Japan) as of this month.
China is now the unquestionable, indisputable dominating power in manufacturing across the entire spectrum of consumer goods and will remain so for the next decade *at least*.
The only other potential contender, India, is decades behind and frankly will never be a manufacturing power on the scale of China, in this century or the next.
Thank you Israhell. Thank you very much.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Sep 20 2024 4:22 utc | 188
Made in China! Fuck western imperialism! New world order emerging, bastards.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 20 2024 5:03 utc | 193

A couple of idiots on this thread already.
Hezbollah’s AA strength is of great concern to to IOF. The fear is real hence no “bombing Beirut to the stone age” boost made by the Zionists thus far.
Scorecard showed US “winning” in Vietnam.
Scorecard showed US “winning” in Iraq.
Scorecard showed US “winning” in Afghanistan.
The ongoing massacres in Palestine is not an Arab or Iranian failure to stop, its humanity’s failure.
What’s happening in Gaza and Ukraine is also what could happen to Lebanon and Iran if they pre empt. The Zionists love to pull the victim card, much like the LGBTQ+++× community.
There’s no appetite for war among the Zionists and their backers. Why unite them by striking first?
Posted by: Suresh | Sep 19 2024 20:07 utc | 105
Word.

Posted by: Ahenobarbus | Sep 20 2024 5:07 utc | 195

Michigan Dude @161, correct. Ballroom Blitz by Sweet.

Posted by: Immaculate deception | Sep 20 2024 5:12 utc | 197

….Those and more are the reasons why Gallant didn’t want to attack Hezbollah.
RE karlof1 | Sep 19 2024 18:03 utc | 75
very interesting and informative, Karl
confirms some of what I have read before (and forgotten).
thanks

Posted by: michaelj72 | Sep 20 2024 5:23 utc | 199