Journalist Youssef Fares
“All land crossings between Syria and Lebanon are out of service due to Israeli attacks”

Posted by: Ornot | Nov 26 2024 21:46 utc | 203

As I said in 126, the genocidal maniac Netanyahu has said now why he has accepted the ceasefire:
a) They need more ammo, because they are running-out of interceptor missiles due to the attrition waves of Hezb rockets, drones and missiles, and soon the Occupied Palestine cities will be unprotected against the Hezb rockets, and the casualties will start to increase exponentially
b) Now they can concentrate in the extermination of the people in Gaza without the “disturbances” from Hezbollah, and this is the reason they killed Nasrallah, he would never accept a ceasefire without another one in Gaza, but now the leadership of the people in charge is not so powerful.
c) They can “concentrate” against Iran, because they fear a combined drone and missile attack from Lebanon at the same time than from Iran, and also without a ceasefire they need to have a big part of the air force attacking Hezbollah targets and protecting the troops, now all that means (air defenses, warplane, IRS, etc…) will be free to use against Gaza and Iran. They know Hezb will honor the agreements, they are people of faith not like the zionists
d) The settlers can return to the North because always respect the accords they are not like the zionists

Posted by: Dave | Nov 26 2024 21:58 utc | 205

It was a very smart move by the Brits to import some of the Nazi Khazars , look the other way while German Nazis gassed others, and arm the Nazi Jews in Palestine.
The British plan was always to genocide the Arabs in West Asia, and blame it on the Jews. Britain now has a Uniparty same as the US in which both Parties are the same Zionists.
I didn’t vote for either Starmer or Blair. The calculated hatred of Arabs is an Anglo-Saxon obsession. Except when they can be used in sectarian Divide and Rule struggles, Like Salafis against Sufis, for worldly rewards. .

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 26 2024 22:11 utc | 207

From Press TV
Explainer: How Yemeni military chased away US aircraft carrier from Red Sea?
Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 26 2024 21:37 utc | 201
thanks for that link, Norwegian, a long but very detailed, informative and interesting article.
the Houthis are just about the bravest and most principled people and leadership in the Middle East
— and compared to most of these cowardly arab/moslem leaders like in egypt, turkey, saudi arabia, and the Persian Gulf states, the Houthis/Yemenis are outstanding,
and actually put themselves on the line.
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/11/24/737826/explainer-yemeni-military-chase-away-us-aircraft-carrier-red-sea/
How Yemeni military chased away US aircraft carrier from Red Sea?

Posted by: michaelj72 | Nov 26 2024 22:20 utc | 209

zero hedge is reporting :
Nearly 10,000 Buildings Destroyed By Hezbollah In Israel’s North: Report
“In the conflict line settlements, there is almost no building that does not require renovation – or demolition & rebuilding.”

Posted by: Carl | Nov 26 2024 22:27 utc | 211

We may end up with a civil war all the same.
Al-Akhbar is also reporting Lebanese troops headed south.
Posted by: Ornot | Nov 26 2024 21:40 utc | 202
I don’t think there’ll be a civil war.
The anti-Hezbollah are extremely weak and definitely not combat ready.
The Lebanese Army couldn’t fight their way out a wet paper bag.
The only option would be Western troops coming in as masquerading as one side of the ‘civil war’, like it was during the last Lebanese civil war.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 0:51 utc | 213

From what I read,
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-hezbollah-ceasefire-expected-halt-170404633.html
“Echoing remarks from earlier from Netanyahu, Mr. Biden said if Hezbollah or anyone else breaks the deal and poses a direct threat to Israel, then Israel retains the right to self-defense.”
I have seen nothing that says Hezbollah agreed to any of this.
The arrogance of Israel/US is astounding. I hope Hezbollah responds appropriately.

Posted by: saner | Nov 27 2024 1:17 utc | 215

If Hezbollah disarms that would surely quality as the stupidest thing ever done in the history of mankind.
I find it hard to believe.

Posted by: JAB | Nov 27 2024 1:24 utc | 217

It hardly matters what “caretaker” Najib Mikati signs.
It’s war… within and without Lebanon.
No “peace” will last longer than 36 hours.
If that long.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Nov 27 2024 2:07 utc | 219

lex talionis | Nov 26 2024 22:25 utc | 211
I have clicked on the link you provide, and i was BLOCKED, with a white X in red field !
I got the same blocking accessing MoA – and it lasted a few hours, but luckily I am able to get MoA back again. it was upsetting.

Posted by: fanto | Nov 27 2024 2:27 utc | 221

Ceasefire deal fine-print is being referred by American spokespersons…
Hezbollah must immediately withdraw north of Litani, while Israeli troops can deploy within Lebanon for up to 60 days:
“Israeli troops who are occupying territory in Lebanon will hold their positions…They will not withdraw, but a 60-day period will start in which the Lebanese military and security forces will begin their deployment towards the south. This is a process that cannot happen overnight or in several days, and therefore there is this period to prevent any vacuums from being formed, where as the Lebanese military deploys… the Israeli military will withdraw.” 
Lebanon’s army is expected to act to “dismantle” Hezbollah arms facilities, and remove “all heavy weaponry.” The United States, via US military, will be the overseeing party in ceasefire enforcement, will directly “work” with the Lebanon army, and will beef up its surveillance and intelligence capabilities in southern Lebanon:
“The United States, together with France, are going to be joining an existing mechanism, referred to as the tripartite mechanism. This is something that was created shortly after the 2006 war to include Unifil, the UN force in Lebanon and Israel… It will be reformulated and enhanced to include France and to be chaired by the United States. What this means is that the United States, both through diplomats and military personnel, are going to be receiving any complaints by either side of the of any potential violations. If they are there, they will work with the Lebanese army to make sure that its capacity is building, its training is the necessary training is provided, and that information can flow on a real time basis to make sure that any potential violations are deterred.”
Lebanon has not signed onto the deal yet, even though it will go into effect within hours.

Posted by: jayc | Nov 27 2024 2:40 utc | 223

Ceasefire deal fine-print is being referred by American spokespersons…
Hezbollah must immediately withdraw north of Litani, while Israeli troops can deploy within Lebanon for up to 60 days:
“Israeli troops who are occupying territory in Lebanon will hold their positions…They will not withdraw,
Posted by: jayc | Nov 27 2024 2:40 utc | 224
The Biden administration is engaged in a collective hallucination.
Perhaps they all attended the same cocaine orgy and are now experiencing the consequences.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 2:44 utc | 225

Posted by: Norwegian | Nov 26 2024 20:41 utc | 174
It is not a return to status quo ante
Hezbollah would lose the south of lebanon
Gaza would continue with mowing, starvation and destruction.
If it comes to pass in the described terms Hezbollah folded.
Either too attritied or Iran ordered.
Unless it proves to be a psy-op, or within days israel retreats from gaza, it does not bode well for Hamas (no matter how much lipstick they stick in the pig).

Posted by: Newbie | Nov 27 2024 2:45 utc | 227

@ 214 Arch
“The only option would be Western troops coming in as masquerading as one side of the ‘civil war'”
Unifil are already seen as biased, and have introduced advanced tech directed at Hezballah. (Not all Unifil, there are diffrent contingencies at work).
Already there are western ‘platforms’ within Lebanon that are basically covert (as per frequent western military transport flights to).
More importantly though I think this is about ‘legitimacy’ , or psyop if you prefer:
The ‘coalition’ create a scenario where “Israeli” (and then US) intervention are able to be presented as justified.
There is open pre-commitment by the US, there is (at least talk of) UN approval.
Part of the population are looking to return to their homes. Eg.
https://theconversation.com/bouncing-between-war-torn-countries-displacement-in-lebanon-and-syria-highlights-cyclical-nature-of-cross-border-refuge-241168
And so there is a large popular pressure on cessation of hostilities. There is a large enough western leaning part of the population in Lebanon also who see Hezballah as the problem.
As the Lebanese govt is granted international legitimacy, Hezballah will be portrayed (especially internationally) as surplus and even extraneous.
It would not be you to forget what “Israel” (or the US) justify with a minimum of pretext.
So when I say civil war:
You might find main supply routes from Syria closed (already to a degree).
The northern and eastern civilian strongholds being continually attacked by air (as now).
The Lebanese army (LAF) challenging and creating a northern front for Hezballah in the south of Lebanon, possibly with UN approval even.
Continued attack by “Israel” and US in southern Lebanon.
In a scenario like that, Hezballah might take the differences to Beirut – but that means effectively three fronts. I simplify of course, but it does depend more on if LAF are able to maintan control of the more civilian north than at directly combating Hezballah. It is hard to imagine Hezballah also devoting itself to a conflict with entrenched western backed (by air) LAF forces to its north. So in that scenario Hezballah gets closed into a reduct that can be attacked by “Israel” coalition.
I’m speculating, and also clearly other factors may come into play (e.g. Iran or western change of approach).
So for now it all appears tentative or a ‘trying it on’, but that is part of the sort of picture I am looking at, or mean, when I say civil war.

Posted by: Ornot | Nov 27 2024 2:46 utc | 229

Al-Akhbar is also reporting Lebanese troops headed south.
Posted by: Ornot | Nov 26 2024 21:40 utc | 202
I don’t think there’ll be a civil war.
The anti-Hezbollah are extremely weak and definitely not combat ready.
The Lebanese Army couldn’t fight their way out a wet paper bag…”
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 0:51 utc | 214
I think it might be 5,000 troops.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Nov 27 2024 2:59 utc | 231

“Northern Israeli Mayor slams emerging Hezbollah ceasefire as ‘surrender'”
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/northern-israeli-mayor-slams-emerging-hezbollah-ceasefire-as-surrender/articleshow/115668996.cms

Posted by: Matt | Nov 27 2024 3:02 utc | 233

@ Matt | Nov 27 2024 3:02 utc | 234 with the report of discord about the ceasefire in Occupied Palestine….thanks
I am starting to see the ceasefire as a ploy to justify some further atrocities. Given all the MSM and Western buildup to the one sided deal how will they spin the Hezbollah rejection?

Posted by: psychohistorian | Nov 27 2024 3:11 utc | 235

He wrote earlier that the Lebanese always honour their agreements.
Posted by: Giyane | Nov 27 2024 3:00 utc | 233
I don’t think the Lebanese have ever been allowed “agreements” or the breathing room to “honour” them in the last 80+ years.
If he actually said that he was lying too.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 3:15 utc | 237

“There were heated discussions about the borders. Some said stick to the Partition Plan borders, while Ben-Gurion argued strongly that they should say nothing about the borders, because it was his intention to capture territory outside the Partition Plan borders and include it in the state. His view was accepted by a vote of five to four in favor, with the four other members being absent.”
https://mondoweiss.net/2014/11/documents-borders-palestine/

Posted by: Matt | Nov 27 2024 3:19 utc | 239

What’s its called when one side in a conflict unilaterally ceases fire ?
Capitulation.

Posted by: Exile | Nov 27 2024 3:50 utc | 241

Netanyahu Indirectly Acknowledges Failure of War on Lebanon: We Need to Reactivate Troops, Overcome Restrictions on Arms Supplies to ‘Israel’
https://english.almanar.com.lb/2278927

Posted by: Exile | Nov 27 2024 3:54 utc | 243

Echoes of Defeat
The flags lie crumpled, mud-stained and torn,
Memories of valor now weathered and worn.
Silence descends where battle cries rang,
The weight of surrender, a sorrowful pang.
Broken soldiers return with hollow eyes,
Carrying the burden of shattered goodbyes.
Maps redrawn, borders erased and changed,
The landscape of hope forever rearranged.
Dreams scattered like dust on a battlefield wide,
Pride crushed beneath history’s relentless tide.
What once was certain now trembles and falls,
Defeat echoes softly through empty halls.
No triumph, no glory, just loss and regret,
A story of courage that we can’t forget.
The cost of conflict etched in every face,
A painful reminder of war’s cold embrace.

Posted by: A | Nov 27 2024 4:20 utc | 245

Trunbind1 24 / 7
Or, as Allah puts it in the Qur’an .
We didn’t harm them. They singlehandedly wronged themselves.

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 27 2024 5:56 utc | 247

224 jayc — “Lebanon’s army is expected to act to “dismantle” Hezbollah arms facilities, and remove “all heavy weaponry.” The United States, via US military, will be the overseeing party in ceasefire enforcement, will directly “work” with the Lebanon army, and will beef up its surveillance and intelligence capabilities in southern Lebanon.”
230 Ornot — “Already there are western ‘platforms’ within Lebanon that are basically covert (as per frequent western military transport flights to) …There is open pre-commitment by the US, there is (at least talk of) UN approval…”
Is Biden working on his legacy as the most insane ruler of the US empire? US ‘boots on ground in Lebanon?’ ‘Why not?’ he would ruminate. Whatever happens he won’t be forgotten if not in Europe then in the Middle East…

Posted by: Lavieja | Nov 27 2024 6:10 utc | 249

@ Israel Victorious!
I am not sure whether one is impressed or amazed at the level of delusion in Israelis and their supporters.
There are remaining, give or take a couple of hundred thousand, about 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza concentration camp, nearly half of them children. It has taken more than a year for Shitrael to murder around 600,000 of them with bombs, bullets, starvation and denial of any medical aid, so just how do you think they are going to dispose of 2 million people since the Palestinian Resistance is still defeating the Israeli Extermination Forces?
And if they succeeded in that, how do you propose they exterminate the 4 million in the rest of Occupied Palestine and the 2 million living in what is called Israel for the moment? Trucks, trains, gas ovens? What is the plan to get rid of 6 million people.
And if they did that, how do you propose they would then be able to exterminate the 8 million Palestinians in the Diaspora? Only when every Palestinian is dead, 16 million of them, will Palestinian Resistance end and the fight for justice and freedom in their homeland be extinguished.
There are a trivial few million Israelis, less than half the number of Palestinians and fewer all the time as the colonists pack up and go back to where they came from, and they are detested worldwide with boycotts and sanctions forever increasing.
Shitrael’s economy is in ruins, no-one will invest in the genocidal state which now holds a terrifying mantle as the greatest intentional mass murderer of children in recorded history, and the shitraeli colonists are leaving in their droves and will never return.
The Israeli Extermination Forces have been defeated by Hamas and Hezbollah, and you are ranting on about them being victorious when they have achieved no victory on any count and are incapable of doing so.
As I said, the level of delusion in shitraelis and their supporters is indeed impressive.

Posted by: rosross | Nov 27 2024 6:40 utc | 251

@Fred,
The solution is to eradicate Zionist Israel and that is already happening. Boycotts and sanctions, along with investors turning their backs, will turn the Zio State into the basket-case it always was. Detested worldwide, the colonists are leaving in droves and will never return.
If as you say, the Shitraelis drive out the remaining Palestinians in the Gaza concentration camp, how will they get rid of the Palestinian Resistance/Hamas, which remains undefeated. More than a year and the Resistance holds the ground.
And, even if they did clear Gaza, how do you see them removing the 6 million Palestinians who remain in the rest of their Occupied homeland and those living in what is called Israel?
Gunpoint to where? The Jordanians won’t let them in and neither will the Egyptians. What, shoot them all at the border? It is quite simply impossible for Shitrael to march the 2 million, probably 1.7 million, but still a lot, out of Gaza, let alone 8 million in total.
Yes, a couple of million Palestinians might be dead before shitrael is dismantled, but there would still be 14 million Palestinians in the world, 8 million in the Diaspora, who would be fighting even harder for their homeland.

Posted by: rosross | Nov 27 2024 6:48 utc | 253

Just wanted you to know that this is the most arsehole statement I’ve heard this year.
I mean, the nerve to mention “good faith” when talking about Israel after what’s happened to date? Are you mad?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 3:12 utc
It was more of a rhetorical response to your viewpoint that nominating those two is an indication Hezbollah doesn’t want negotiations to succeed in post #112.
If you put aside the mental gymnastics and look at it objectively with info about the players like I posted earlier in post #149, the choice would instead indicate they do want to negotiate, even with the cost of terms favouring the Israeli/US side. This is the exact opposite of what you want to happen.

Posted by: Autumn | Nov 27 2024 7:00 utc | 255

Re: Civil War ?
Appears a civil war is going to happen in Israel. Heavily armed factions seething with rage are screaming for Likud blood.

Posted by: Exile | Nov 27 2024 8:29 utc | 257

shameful
https://x.com/AliAbunimah/status/1861044698585894927
Ali Abunimah @AliAbunimah
Mission accomplished. The liberal establishment congratulates itself for crushing dissent against the Democratic Party-backed genocide in Palestine
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/university-crackdowns-protests-israel-hamas-war.html
How Universities Cracked Down on Pro-Palestinian Activism
Stricter rules and punishments over campus protests seem to be working. Universities have seen just under 950 protest events this semester, compared with 3,000 in the spring……..

Posted by: michaelj72 | Nov 27 2024 8:44 utc | 259

Seyed Mohammad Marandi
@s_m_marandi
Hezbollah will rapidly prepare itself over the days and weeks ahead.
If the Zionist regime breaks the ceasefire or if there is no extension after 60 days, then Hezbollah will be more prepared than ever before to inflict great pain.
https://x.com/s_m_marandi/status/1861658377606041626

Posted by: Menz | Nov 27 2024 9:40 utc | 261

JB 261
Why bother to criticise others here and then proceed to say exactly the same thing as them?
Dismissing USUKIS ‘ lies is the foundation of peace in the region.
Islam ‘ s Touchstone is La ilaha illAllah / There’s nothing worthy of worship except Allah. The statement dismisses all false worship , two negatives.
Your friends’ negativity about USUKIS Nihilism is also a double negative.
It’s not a negative opinion. Exactly the opposite, because even after all the lies, massacres, and assassinations, the Resistance gives us hope that the Colonial Powers will be defeated soon.

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 27 2024 10:01 utc | 263

Exile 258
Alistaire Crooke has said at one stage that the vast majority of Israelis support the genocide and he is now saying the opposite that there is nearly civil war.
I didn’t believe the first tripe , and I don’t believe the second tripe. Yes, at one stage Netanyahu delegated one piece of genocide to Smotrich and Ben Gvir and the other to the “General “,(retarded).
The snakes will squirm. Until , like a Puffin on a rock with eels in its beak, they are neutralised.

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 27 2024 10:20 utc | 265

But Hezbollah are no fools, they have acheived alot. Israel are now serverly wounded animals.
Posted by: Mark2 | Nov 27 2024 10:33 utc | 266
That Zionazis have accepted a truce is because Hezbollah are able to fight back. Hamas have also done exceptionally considering the limited weaponry they were able to manufacture and muster.

Posted by: Menz | Nov 27 2024 10:45 utc | 267

The big question is….
Will israel now imeidiatly stop their hostilitys in palistine and Gaza ? If they do all well and good, if not this alleged ceasefull is at best ‘isolated’ and should be seen as such.
It should not be allowed for the izzyes to exploite it to restock the arms. And recuperate.
The next chapter looks like israel verseses Iran, wheather Iran wants that or not.

Posted by: Mark2 | Nov 27 2024 10:49 utc | 269

Autumn has received his inaugural, “The Most Retarded Post I have Read Today”:
“Hezbollah has had decades to clean house but they did not do so. They took the easy way out for political expediency and now Lebanon is suffering the consequences of it. Remember, many global south countries gained their independence by having strong leaders who had the courage to kick out their colonial oppressors and their local lackeys. Yes, they paid the price in blood but they also gained their independence and sovereignty. Meanwhile, Lebanon today is the opposite, progressively losing their sovereignty as every year passes by, sliding backwards and becoming more of a US vassal.”
Posted by: Autumn | Nov 27 2024 6:58 utc | 255

Posted by: canuck | Nov 27 2024 10:51 utc | 271

AJ+
@ajplus
Mediterranean ports are part of a “supply chain of death that is being used against Palestinians,” say activists.
Here’s how they exposed Spain for allegedly violating its own policy by facilitating weapons shipments to Israel.
https://x.com/ajplus/status/1861606874426089897

Posted by: Menz | Nov 27 2024 10:55 utc | 273

Menz @ all
You and a few others here are absalutly brilliant. Steady, consistant and above all sane.
Just saying.
Thank you for all your work and effort.

Posted by: Mark2 | Nov 27 2024 11:22 utc | 275

Friedman had today an interesting outlook on the truce between Hezbollah and Israel. He see it as an admission of defeat by Hezbollah as it no longer supports Hamas. He claims that Iran too suffered humiliations.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/opinion/trump-israel-iran.html

It turned out that the Mossad and Israel’s cyber Unit 8200 had been forging what became one of the country’s greatest intelligence successes ever. They planted explosive devices in the pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah’s military commanders, developed human and technological tracking capabilities to find Hezbollah’s top leaders, painstakingly identified storage facilities in Lebanon and Syria for Hezbollah’s most lethal precision rockets and then systematically took many of them out by air in October.
According to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s April strike on Iran eliminated one of four Russian-supplied S-300 surface-to-air missile defense batteries around Tehran, and Israel destroyed the remaining three batteries on Oct. 26. Israel also damaged Iran’s ballistic missile production capabilities and its ability to produce the solid fuel used in long-range ballistic missiles. In addition, according to Axios, Israel’s Oct. 26 strike on Iran, which was a response to an earlier Iranian attack on Israel, also destroyed equipment used to create the explosives that surround uranium in a nuclear device, setting back Iran’s efforts in nuclear weapons research.
A senior Israeli defense official told me that the Oct. 26 attack on Iran “was lethal, precise and a surprise.” And up to now, the Iranians “don’t know technologically how we hit them.

Posted by: Wim | Nov 27 2024 11:48 utc | 277

Yes I know it was Hollande. Macron did the deed to Hollande and now is saying that FRANCE had no intention of enforcing the Minsk agreement. Funny how the frog proclaim liberte egalete etc and keep on colonizing… Or so it has seemed to me.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Nov 27 2024 12:15 utc | 279

Zionists quickly violate “ceasefire” with attack on civilian vehicles in Lebanon
https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2024/11/27/18871036.php

Posted by: mmi | Nov 27 2024 12:29 utc | 281

to nmi #281 I will add this which I just read. https://www.telesurenglish.net/palestine-israel-seizes-at-least-5000-hectares-of-land-in-west-bank/. This so called ceasefire is looking like smoke to me… “60 days to withdraw”. ???? Right. France – !!!
to be part of the “peace keepers”. ???? Nothing about Gaza. One hopes that some lives are saved, but the reality is that Izzyhell has been lying, murdering and stealing since day one in 1948. Why would anyone think that has changed.
Written with sorrow for the young lives lost. There might have been another Beethoven or Fairuz.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Nov 27 2024 12:47 utc | 283

Statement by Yemen’s Ansarallah on Hezbollah’s victory in Lebanon:
‘We salute the great resilience of Hezbollah and the dear Lebanese people in confronting the brutal Israeli aggression. Through this steadfastness and the unity of the people, army, and resistance, Lebanon has achieved another victory by repelling this aggression and thwarting its malicious goals.
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, with its immense sacrifices, has only grown deeper in its roots, stronger, and more steadfast. It has excelled in its escalating operations, both in quantity and quality, forcing the Zionist enemy and its American sponsor to agree to a ceasefire that preserves Lebanon’s security, sovereignty, and independence.
We have full confidence in the choices of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon. We believe its wise leadership has managed to regain the initiative in a short time despite the significant wounds inflicted upon the resistance, especially after the assassination of the esteemed Secretary-General, the martyr of Islam and Muslims, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah — may Allah’s blessings be upon him. The Israeli enemy would not have relented and accepted a ceasefire were it not for its confrontation with a resilient resistance that stood firm against treacherous assassination crimes. This resistance rose with even greater ferocity, proving its ability to engage in a prolonged war of attrition — something a fragile and weak entity like the Zionist regime cannot endure. As described by the martyred leader His Eminence Sayyed Nasrallah, this entity is more fragile than a spider’s web.
The martyrs of Hezbollah are martyrs on the path to Al-Quds. Hezbollah has performed admirably on this challenging path, continuing its support for Gaza and Palestine despite the shameful and disgraceful Arab and Islamic betrayal, with rare exceptions.
The struggle against the Zionist enemy is inevitable, and the wars with it are rounds in a conflict that will inevitably end with its demise, God willing.’
@Middle_East_Spectator

Posted by: JB | Nov 27 2024 13:56 utc | 285

How much were you paid for this choice sample of propaganda?
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 0:48 utc | 213
Typical response when you do not have ANY argument and also demonstrate your level of stupidity and arrogance…
Let’s see one of your recent comment to see your “capacity” to predict Archy, OK?:
You’re being overly optimistic.
No peace will last longer than 15 minutes.
And THAT is optimistic!
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Nov 27 2024 2:45 utc | 229
so Archy, as you are the Only Witness of the Truth In The World, instruct all of us about ANY symptom Hezbollah is not honoring the ceasefire today? Where are raining the Hezb rockets, drones and missiles now? only in your dreams?
I am sure you are so arrogant and conceited, with a so self-inflated ego that cannot accept other points of view or that you are totally wrong in your assessments.
Yes, Hezbollah, like Iran, will honor the ceasefire, and will not break it if the zionists do not break it before (and probably they will do in the future if a war with Iran start). Iran respect the JCPOA and also any agreement they signed, as Hezbollah in the past.
This morning the only bombs raining down are the zionist’s bombs on Gaza. Now Hezb is decoupled from Gaza, and the zionist settlers will return to the North of Occupied Palestine slowly but surely.
This is the sad truth

Posted by: Dave | Nov 27 2024 14:59 utc | 287

When the new cabinet was announced I said maybe the us will drop Ukraine, so many vested interests in china that maybe the china thing will be forgotten , but the ME looks screwed.
Let’s call a spade a spade, hezbolah folded.
Is there a cease fire in Gaza, or even food trucks going in?
If as some say this is just to reorganize and rearm that’s because currently they can’t continue . That is a defeat .
The big question is Iran’s true role, were they the ones forcing or were they ignored. Why?
Yesterday I left room for psy-op, but now unlikely. Also left room for a non evident quid pro quo (and praying that sudendly and magnanimously Israel reduces attacks on Gaza and allows food in), short of that I’ll sadly take this as a loss.

Posted by: Newbie | Nov 27 2024 15:52 utc | 289

The struggle against the Zionist enemy is inevitable, and the wars with it are rounds in a conflict that will inevitably end with its demise, God willing.’
@Middle_East_Spectator
Posted by: JB | Nov 27 2024 13:56 utc | 286
As per the Hezbolla communique announcing its victory in achieving this ceasefire,
Allah is clearly not wishing to see the end of the Zionist entity.

Posted by: zargo | Nov 27 2024 16:28 utc | 291

No agreement is valid if signed under duress. I don’t know what duress is if not bunker busting Lebanese civilians in their blocks of flats on a daily basis.
Neuther the Yanks who did this bombing nor the frogs who jumped onto the debris of battered households have any entitlement to make agreements in Lebanon.
Even though the agreements may exist, they have no validity, because diplomacy by bunker buster isn’t diplomacy, isn’t military and isn’t humanly acceptable.
The so-called agreement, if it exists, is invalid. The US and its vassals will have to learn the hard way that pursuing its policy through bombing isn’t a policy at all.
It is a request to be destroyed.

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 27 2024 16:49 utc | 293

Giyane
What part of my post do you disagree with?
Beirut doesnt wish destruction.
Iran doesnt wish destruction.
This is the way of the world.
Sane people who value life yield to those who dont care.
Its not that Iran is unsympathetic.
Its not that Lebanon is unsympathetic.
They have responsibilities to their people.
They have responsibilities to life.

Posted by: Fred | Nov 27 2024 17:08 utc | 295

Troll #0296
If you had your way, which you call the way of the world, we would all be shagging eachother, killing eachother and eating eachother openly on the streets.
If you think this is the ‘ way of the world ‘ which in reality you would scuttle away from as fast as a rat on a sinking ship, the you are mentally ill like many of your compatriots. Get yourself locked up before you get given electric shocks to your braincells.
What is clear from the US mindset and its attempting to set up a new, religious cult in Israel and in the US taking the place of the Roman Catholic Church, is that the US is not the Rum of the Islamic prophecies. Maybe the US is the Antichrist, normalising every obscene act as you do. Maybe just his John the Baptist.
What Rome represents in terms of Islam is Compassion and the Rule of Law. The US, and only the US not its satellites, has openly abandoned all claims to either compassion or the rule of Law.
By all means take on the role of the Antichrist – whatever blows yer skirts up – but you will find no allies in the RoW, including in Europe, China, Africa or any other society on earth, except Jewsrael.

Posted by: Giyane | Nov 27 2024 17:45 utc | 297

Tom Friedman will eventually be tried and found guilty of war crimes same as Julius Streicher was.

Posted by: Exile | Nov 27 2024 18:11 utc | 299