Headline: Soldier rescues dog from Gaza
“Tal says nothing prepared him for the moment he found unexpected love in the heart of the destruction”
https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/12/25/soldier-rescues-dog-from-gaza-she-could-have-been-a-monster-but-chose-not-to/

Posted by: librul | Jan 12 2025 17:41 utc | 3

editor of the Spectator (UK): “The IDF should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize”.
@Posted by: Leuk | Jan 12 2025 16:29 utc | 1
Remember that Barack Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize (Dec 2009).
Obama returned from his acceptance speech and seven days later he slaughtered dozens of women and children
in Yemen. We weren’t at war with Yemen and the target was not a member of an official (“legal”)
Foreign Terrorist Organization. Obama, with the help of the Pentagon and our friends in high places in Yemen,
did a cover-up of the war crimes.

Posted by: librul | Jan 12 2025 17:47 utc | 5

No 1.
Gove (that isnt his real name) is a self serving toady who would sell his own mother (if he knew who she was- he was adopted at 4 months) for advantage. In this case he is kissing the arse of his former Tory donar who now owns that rag The Spectator. Follow the money. Its pretty frightening, the grandee behind The Spectator is a Christian Conservative. Apparently, they believe in the second coming. Hence the support of Israel.

Posted by: Cavery | Jan 12 2025 19:45 utc | 7

I’m saying if he had been born in ancient Sparta he would have been left at the foot of Mt. Taygetus

Posted by: Cavery | Jan 12 2025 20:20 utc | 9

https://www.thejc.com/lets-talk/the-idf-should-be-nominated-for-the-nobel-peace-prize-xmppkld8
Posted by: Leuk | Jan 12 2025 16:29 utc | 1
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“Terrorists defeated, tyrants toppled, democracy defended and Ukraine strengthened: None of this would have happened if the Biden-Blinken team had had their way. Maybe it’s time Joe and Antony made amends to Bibi before they leave office on January 20. Words are all very well, but what about something more tangible? Why not nominate the men and women of the IDF for the Nobel Peace Prize? Provocative, perhaps. But as a sign that Team Biden finally recognizes that its weakness really is more provocative than its strength, it would be truly enlightening.”
​Michael Gove is the editor of the Spectator.
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When people of this mindset take control of your government, you know that you live in a fascist state. Oh wait, I think they just did.

Posted by: Ed | Jan 12 2025 21:03 utc | 11

@Posted by: Cavery | Jan 12 2025 20:44 utc | 10
I was going somewhere else with my post @3.
IDF shoot children for sport, but they have a soft spot for dogs.
Dogs rank 1000 places higher than human children to the spawn of the Psychopathic Entity.

Posted by: librul | Jan 12 2025 21:50 utc | 13

Dogs are most probably all consumed now because of the artificially created famine. I call BS. Propaganda aimed at USA Do muslims really consider dogs “unclean” and not have contact with them? Thats one of the many things said about Muslims when arguing that Islam can only be considered a enemy. Suspicious because here in the USA we love our dogs. If you steal my woman oh well. Steal my dog and you are toast.
Who is more likely to abuse animals those committing a genocide or those not? If your starving you gonna do what you gotta do. Artificially created famine not good for pet longevity.

Posted by: YogitheYankeeBear | Jan 12 2025 22:56 utc | 15

JB #4. Yes indeed. Kissinger – Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Chile coup were some high points – got (bought?) a “Peace” prize as did Barrack O’Bomber who droned some one, often nameless, everyday of his two term regime, plus Lybia, Syria, Ukraine coup, biolabs here and there. It really is sickening. Add to that Killery getting the “Freedom” prize along with sleaze ball Soros. It gets monotonous after a while.

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Jan 13 2025 0:26 utc | 17

US, mediators push for Gaza ceasefire as talks continue in Doha but Israel continues to kill children,at least 70 Palestinian children in the last five days as an Israeli strike on a school sheltering forcibly displaced Palestinians in north Gaza’s Jabalia.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/1/12/live-israeli-forces-kill-dozens-in-gaza-as-negotiations-continue-in-doha

Posted by: Menz | Jan 13 2025 2:48 utc | 19

Rachel Blevins
@RachBlevins
Did you know that Israel killed at least 74 Palestinian children in Gaza in the first week of 2025? Instead of preventing more war crimes, Biden is signing off on $8 BILLION in weapons for Israel, and Trump is threatening the Palestinians with “Hell” over the remaining hostages.
https://x.com/RachBlevins/status/1877851535717101921

Posted by: Menz | Jan 13 2025 2:50 utc | 21

Peter Cronau
@PeterCronau
No one could possibly disagree that “the bastards out there” in Israel, who are “ripping the community in two” in Palestine, should face the “full force of the law” in the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Sounds fair. To deal with the cause of the problem.
SMH report: Minns warned on Sunday the “bastards out there who are determined to rip our community in two” should face the “full force of the law”.
Counterterrorism squad called in as Sydney synagogue attacks escalate
http://smh.com.au/national/nsw/counterterrorism-squad-called-in-as-sydney-synagogue-attacks-escalate-20250112-p5l3mo.html
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/counterterrorism-squad-called-in-as-sydney-synagogue-attacks-escalate-20250112-p5l3mo.html

Posted by: Menz | Jan 13 2025 2:54 utc | 23

srael’s Gaza war costs exceed $67B: Report
January 11, 2025 at 5:32 pm
The economic toll of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza reached approximately 250 billion shekels ($67.57 billion) by the end of 2024, a report said, Anadolu Agency reports.
Israeli business newspaper Calcalist released the figure on Friday that reflects estimates by the Bank of Israel and includes direct military expenses, civilian expenditures, and revenue losses, but not the full extent of financial repercussions.
The report described the costs as a “heavy burden” and criticized the “failure” of the war effort, highlighting the need for substantial increases in Israel’s defense budget over the next decade.
The economic toll of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza reached approximately 250 billion shekels ($67.57 billion) by the end of 2024, a report said, Anadolu Agency reports.
Israeli business newspaper Calcalist released the figure on Friday that reflects estimates by the Bank of Israel and includes direct military expenses, civilian expenditures, and revenue losses, but not the full extent of financial repercussions.
The report described the costs as a “heavy burden” and criticized the “failure” of the war effort, highlighting the need for substantial increases in Israel’s defense budget over the next decade.
READ: Musk calls for treating Gaza like Japan, Germany after WWII
The budgetary strain has sparked discussions within Israel, particularly on the reallocation of revenue from natural gas resources in the Mediterranean, which were originally intended for health care and education but now appears to be earmarked for defense spending.
The report also mentioned a recent recommendation from the Nagel Committee, which suggested an additional 275 billion shekels ($74 billion) for defense over the next decade with annual increases of 27.5 billion shekels ($7 billion).
The committee proposed bolstering Israel’s multi-layered air defense systems, including the Iron Dome and newly operational laser systems alongside fortifying the Jordan Valley border with a heavily secured barrier.
The Israeli army has killed over 46,000 people, mostly women and children, in Gaza since a cross-border incursion by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023. The offensive has left the enclave in ruins and risk of famine is widespread.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250111-israels-gaza-war-costs-exceed-67b-report/

Posted by: Menz | Jan 13 2025 3:00 utc | 25

The UN can end the Middle East conflict by welcoming Palestine as a member
By Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares
Jan 13, 2025
The UN, on its 80th birthday in 2025, can mark the occasion by securing a lasting solution to the conflict in the Middle East, by welcoming the State of Palestine as the 194th UN member state. The upcoming UN Conference on Palestine, set for June 2025, can be a turning point – a decisive, irreversible path towards peace in the Middle East. The Trump administration would greatly serve America’s interests, and the world’s, by championing the two-state solution and a comprehensive Middle East peace deal, at the gathering in New York in June.
Amid Israel’s shocking brutality in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, a small window of hope has nonetheless emerged. Almost the entire world has coalesced around the two-state solution as the key to regional peace. As a result, a comprehensive deal is now within reach.
The UN General Assembly recently adopted a potentially transformative resolution (PDF) by an overwhelming margin. The UNGA demands an end to Israel’s illegal 1967 occupation and reaffirms its unwavering support for the two-state solution. Most importantly, the resolution laid out a roadmap for establishing a Palestinian state at The High-level International Conference (PDF), to be held in June 2025, at the United Nations.
Consider how long the Palestinians, and the world, have waited for this moment. In 1947, the UN first took on the responsibility of addressing the Palestinian question. With Resolution 181 (PDF), the UN General Assembly proposed the partition of Mandatory Palestine into two independent states – one Jewish and one Arab. The proposed partition, alas, was neither fair nor agreed upon by the parties. It allocated 44% of the land to the Palestinians though they were 67% of the population. Yet, before the plan could be revised and settled peacefully, Zionist terror groups began to ethnically cleanse more than 700,000 Palestinians from their homes, the so-called Nakba, or catastrophe, of the Palestinian people.
After Israel declared its unilateral independence, and defeated its Arab neighbours in war, a senior UN mediator, Count Folke Bernadotte, tried to resurrect the two-state solution. Yet Bernadotte was assassinated by Lehi, a Zionist paramilitary organisation. Israel signed the 1949 Lausanne Protocol, resurrecting the two-state solution under UN auspices, but then blatantly disregarded it. What ensued instead was Israel’s 75-year quest to deny Palestinians their rights to a homeland.
MORE…
https://johnmenadue.com/the-un-can-end-the-middle-east-conflict-by-welcoming-palestine-as-a-member/

Posted by: Menz | Jan 13 2025 3:08 utc | 27

Was this already reported on the previous thread? Apologies- I found it on today’s NC links, which sometimes is late to process news.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-approves-plan-to-withdraw-troops-from-gaza-report/3447962

Posted by: juliania | Jan 13 2025 4:46 utc | 29

This is the only defining moment for Trump. No other exists.
Posted by: YogitheYankeeBear | Jan 13 2025 6:03 utc | 30
If President Trump made more effort than Team Biden to stop the genocide (which means any effort at all), what would you do about it? Actually, retweeting Jeff Sachs indicates he’s put more thought into it than Biden has for four years.
The “thoughts and prayers” of the Western left toward Palestine have generally been so useless as to be wickedly comical. Why would anyone, but especially Trump, risk anything for such meager results?
By contrast, the fact America in general and Trump in particular deals with the Zionists would easily be my least favorite fact about the place. That would change just about nothing from the ZioBiden regime, though.

Posted by: They Call Me Mister | Jan 13 2025 6:23 utc | 31

Helmer: Writing on the Kremlin Wall – Is it Strategy or Alibi?
https://johnhelmer.net/writing-on-the-kremlin-wall-is-it-strategy-or-alibi/
“…There is an eyewitness – this is Kamel Saqr who has given his detailed account of what happened, in what sequence and with what meaning.
Saqr is exceptional because he was present as a senior member of Assad’s staff at the meeting Assad held in secret with Putin in Moscow on November 29;
he listened to Putin’s telephone call with General Valery Gerasimov during the meeting and he continued negotiating with Putin’s subordinates through the Friday evening and Saturday morning, November 29 – 30, before Assad and his staff flew from Moscow at 4pm that day…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 13 2025 8:22 utc | 33

Posted by: librul | Jan 12 2025 17:47 utc | 5
Remember that Barack Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize (Dec 2009)
Indeed. The Great Obama Fleecing that began with a preemptive award for waging peace was then followed up with the bestowal of godlike(but unconstitutional) powers under the obliquely named, disposition matrix.
To us regular folks, that would be the kill list. Basically, a hit list conjured up and applied according to extrajudicial chitchat among Obama and his most intimate national security droogs(think John Brennan).

Posted by: john | Jan 13 2025 11:17 utc | 35

abc.net.au News reporting on Gaza during December and January has consistently included daily updates on the Genocide.
However, a recent spate of graffiti and vandalism attacks on Sydney synagogues, and jewish neighborhoods, has inspired the donor-hungry, jewed-up, Labor-Liberal duopoly to reinforce their “anti-semitism” mantra.
This has resulted in abc.au being obliged to report on the Lab-Lib duopoly’s definition of anti-semitism instead of Jewrael’s Genocide as such reporting would be anti-semitic – like any and all criticism of boodthirsty jews, for any reason.

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Jan 13 2025 13:50 utc | 37

What do you think of the Duran boys latest piece ?
“Regional powers collide after Syria collapse”
I think it is a confused analysis on several points.
1. Air defences can easily be overwhelmed. Even Russian air defence has been breached many times during the SMO.
2. I would argue and debate that a nuclear deterrent is by far a more effective defensive weapon than air defence.
It is quite logical really. If you don’t have a nuclear deterrent your enemies will simply keep trying to overwhelm your air defence. Until they get the technology that allows them to do so very easily. Iran is not safe even with a Russian air defence system.
However, if they attain a nuclear deterrent that keeps them safe like North Korea. Nobody would be stupid enough to try and destroy them or they know they will face complete destruction themselves. It takes that advantage away from Israel. Who has always had that advantage in the Middle East.
I would suggest that Iran needs both to ensure its future. It needs a nuclear deterrent ASAP. A capable air defence that can defend it.
Or there will always be a threat of attack by the West ?

Posted by: Sun Of Alabama | Jan 13 2025 14:29 utc | 39

“‘Breakthrough'”
Ceasefire breakthrough announced by Reuters fifteen minutes ago.

Posted by: librul | Jan 13 2025 15:32 utc | 41

According to the Times of Israel
Smotrich is calling the truce deal
a catastrophe.

Posted by: librul | Jan 13 2025 15:35 utc | 43

https://x.com/Pal_action/status/1878813025395949610
Palestine Action @Pal_action
BREAKING: Palestine Action Scotland target Parker Hannifin’s ‘state-of-the art’ Glasgow factory.
Parker Hannifin supply military parts to Leonardo, manufacturers of laser targeting systems for Israel’s F-35 fighter jets.
https://x.com/ejmalrai/status/1878817065907229052
Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai
On 20 Jan 1981, within minutes of Ronald Reagan’s inauguration, Iran released the hostages.
On 20 Jan 2025, within minutes of Donald Trump’s inauguration, Benjamin Netanyahu, with an ICC warrant for his arrest as a war criminal, will accept a deal with Hamas and temporarily halt the war on Gaza.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 13 2025 15:42 utc | 45

Menz (25).
I’d imagine that the war criminal Netanyahu, won’t be too concerned at the cost – afterall, the US taxpayer will continue to be robbed blind – to make sure the Zionists Greater Israel comes to fruition.
On your (27) comment.
The Zionists don’t recognise International Law or the UN – the latter is only mentioned, or used to further the Zionists cause – and then berated by Netanyahu, when it speaks out against the genocide – only force will stop the genocide and the plan for a Greater Israel.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jan 13 2025 15:57 utc | 47

Both the incoming and outgoing US administrations have involved themselves in the latest so-called ceasefire negotiations, but as completely separate efforts – which should ensure nothing will be settled before Jan 20.
Statements by members of the Trump team give little reason for any optimism. This includes Vance’s threat to “enable the Israelis to eliminate the last remnant of Hamas and its leadership”, as if Israel has not been fully “enabled” for the past fifteen months. National security advisor Walz said: “let’s allow our hostages to be set free. I want to see them walking across a tarmac.” “Our” hostages? What tarmac? Why does he want them to walk across a tarmac? He seems to be projecting previous historic instances of hostage negotiations ending with released persons flown to an airport and walking to safety. Will the Trump negotiators insist any freed hostages be taken to an airport so they can be filmed walking on a tarmac? Elon Musk envisions a victor’s peace with Gaza in role of defeated Japan or Germany with simple proscriptions for the future: “fix the education so that Palestinians are not trained from when they are children to hate, to want the death of Israel” and also “make the Palestinian areas prosperous” through a massive US led “rebuilding”, even as Israel faces massive cuts in funding for health care and education.
Perhaps they should just apply tariffs, as that seems to be the magic elixir for everything else.

Posted by: jayc | Jan 13 2025 17:04 utc | 49

The ceasefire agreement is stuck on the fact that Israel will not agree to a ceasefire. What they want is a temporary thing to release the hostages and then they can bomb again, and presumably “finish the job”. [Trump, by the way, makes it clear that he supports Israel’s request that ALL of Hamas be killed before there is a permanent cease fire and that Hamas cannot be part of Palestine’s civic teams. There will be no autonomy for Palestine no matter what, just the same occupation and arbitrary murder coming from Israel.]. While there is talk this morning of “breakthroughs”, all the articles I have read still note that the Israelis won’t agree to any complete cessation of bombing once the prisoners are exchanged.
The mere talk of breakthroughs has egged on the IDF to attack more visciously than ever. They’ve killed over 50 people this morning and are attacking Gaza City and northern Gaza heavily right now. Smotrich says the West Bank will be be settled and soldiers were taped after bombing the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza saying that the only people who will be allowed back in will be Israeli settlers.
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One of the main disputes in the ongoing Gaza hostage and ceasefire negotiations in Qatar is Israel’s refusal to commit to ending the war after a potential deal’s second phase, Haaretz reported on Sunday.
A permanent ceasefire has been one of Hamas’s main demands, and the report said the Palestinian group wants the genocidal war to end after the second phase of the deal.
Instead of committing to a permanent ceasefire, the report said there will be an attempt to present a US commitment to “work with Israel towards ending the war.” That would mean the deal would hinge on a US promise to pressure Israel to end military operations in Gaza, and there would be no actual commitment from Israel.
The Haaretz report comes as US officials are insisting that a deal is “very close.” Hamas officials have also told the media that negotiations have been moving in a positive direction and that they were waiting for the Israeli officials Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent to Qatar to approve their latest draft proposal.
Officials from the incoming Trump administration are also saying that a deal could happen soon, including Steve Witkoff, who will serve as Trump’s envoy to the Middle East and has been involved in the latest negotiations.
Trump himself has repeatedly threatened there would be “hell to pay” if Hamas didn’t start releasing Israeli hostages by his inauguration. Vice President-elect JD Vance elaborated on what that might mean in an interview on Sunday.
“It means enabling the Israelis to knock out the final couple of battalions of Hamas and their leadership. It means very aggressive sanctions and financial penalties on those who are supporting terrorist organizations in the Middle East. It means actually doing the job of American leadership,” Vance said.
The talking point of the Republicans is that President Biden hasn’t done enough to support Israel even though he’s provided Israel with an unprecedented amount of military aid.
In Israel, Netanyahu, who sabotaged previous rounds of negotiations, has been coming under increasing pressure to reach a deal. Over 800 parents of Israeli soldiers recently sent a letter to Netanyahu, accusing him of sacrificing their children for political survival.
“We accuse you of sacrificing the lives of both the hostages and the soldiers. We call on you to stop the war immediately, bring home the hostages, and spare the lives of our soldiers. Let us rebuild the ruins you and your government are responsible for,” the letter reads.
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/01/12/report-israel-refusing-to-commit-to-a-permanent-gaza-ceasefire-as-part-of-hostage-deal/
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Posted by: teri | Jan 13 2025 17:16 utc | 51

“If President Trump made more effort than Team Biden to stop the genocide (which means any effort at all), what would you do about it? Actually, retweeting Jeff Sachs indicates he’s put more thought into it than Biden has for four years.
The “thoughts and prayers” of the Western left toward Palestine have generally been so useless as to be wickedly comical. Why would anyone, but especially Trump, risk anything for such meager results?
By contrast, the fact America in general and Trump in particular deals with the Zionists would easily be my least favorite fact about the place. That would change just about nothing from the ZioBiden regime, though.”
All very good points. What at I think doesnt matter . At all. I voted for Stein. So not even my vote counts. My grand pronouncement are just that. I am a nobody. A nothing. I will go to my grave that way. I accept that truth just as I accept the brutal truth about the genocide in Palestine. I understand my opinions are a tiny minority.
I write here because the events in Palestine deeply trouble me. I believe in civil behavior. I believe this could be a much better world if simple civil standards were practiced.
Is voicing truth useless when it has no effect? Possibly. The alternative is remaining silent. Neither has any effect. Silence is what we witness. Growing overwhelming silence.
I believe pursuit of happiness is a birthright. Most feel to let things not in our control to effect the pursuit of happiness as a character flaw. I dont know if they are right or wrong. To do that there has to be a function where ideas and facts are rejected from consciousness. Most do this. Facts and ideas tha undermine pursuit of happiness are rejected on that basis. I cant do that. I am am old. I will be gone soon. I dont pretend I matter.

Posted by: YogitheYankeeBear | Jan 13 2025 17:37 utc | 53

Stop falling for the puppet show, it doesn’t matter who the figurehead is. Fuck off with the Trump shit, this is a Palestine thread.

Posted by: Rae | Jan 13 2025 18:39 utc | 55

Swiss intelligence analyst, Jacques Baud, gave in interview and discussed the escalating tension between Turkey and Israel. He felt that Erdogan’s rhetoric against Israel wasn’t that serious because the language of diplomacy from Middle Eastern countries often involves extreme language to create negotiations. However, Israel’s recent rhetoric against Turkey is more of a concern because Israel, is like a European nation in that its rhetoric is much more likely to result in action.

Posted by: Turk 152 | Jan 13 2025 20:11 utc | 57

https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/01/12/its-not-the-responsibility-of-the-global-south-to-bring-down-the-empire-its-ours/
It’s Not The Responsibility Of The Global South To Bring Down The Empire. It’s Ours.
After October 7 many said the attack would unify the Axis of Resistance against Israel and the Zionist entity would fall in short order, but that unified confrontation never materialized because Iran wasn’t willing to take on an entire global empire backed only by a few small militant factions scattered around west Asia.
Now Syria has been captured, Hezbollah is greatly weakened, Gaza is rubble, and the West Bank is primed for annexation.
The fact of the matter is that the empire has been able to rule the world in the way that it has for a reason. It’s extremely powerful, and its ruthless methods of coercion, control and manipulation are very effective……

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 13 2025 21:13 utc | 59

Alistair Crooke makes the point that if zionism is to keep the West on its side, it , like HTS, will have to control its fanatics, or lose everything. The fanatics would take Likud apart rather than compromise with Trump. Netanyahu wants Trump to attack Iran and Trump won’t do it.
The fanatics would do it without Trump’s approval or assistance, if they could do it, but israel’s military are unable to successfully attack Iran on their own.
Ben Gvir and Smotrich hate the concept of Israel as a State, because they are
terrorists, which all levels of Israeli politics clearly understand.
Barabbas was freed , and Trump is Pontius Pilate. What happened in 73AD?
Rome crushed the Jews. All the US wants from Israel is help with hegemony and it certainly doesn’t want Israeli fanatics getting it involved in wars it would certainly lose.
Allah promises in the Qur’an that if the Jews create chaos again , they will be crushed and subdued again. Same old , same old story. Thanks Alistair Crooke for setting out what’s at stake so forcefully. Zionist fanatacism will always fail. The Creator controls everything. Allahu dedigi olur.

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 14 2025 0:00 utc | 61

@alkol_61
Notice how Timour forgot to mention that Nawaf Salam was imposed on “lawmakers” by direct Saudi and US influence. He is trying to portray him as a representative of the people, while he is simply a representative of US and Saudi interests.
Timour Azhari
@timourazhari
Lebanese lawmakers today will task a new prime minister with forming a government.
It’s between billionaire tycoon and three-time PM Najib Mikati, and president of the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam.
Salam’s candidacy is backed by lawmakers elected after Lebanon 2019 anti-govt protests + their allies and is seen as the choice of change.
https://x.com/alkol_61/status/1878784535162413314

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 0:06 utc | 63

@ Menz | Jan 14 2025 0:06 utc | 64 with the words about president of the International Court of Justice Nawaf Salam
Reuters has a posting title currently
Lebanon’s Nawaf Salam to be designated PM, angering Hezbollah
quote

But lawmakers from Hezbollah and its Shi’ite ally the Amal Movement, which hold all the seats reserved for Shi’ites in parliament, did not name anybody, indicating they currently do not intend to participate in Salam’s government and raising the prospect of a sectarian rift if they remain outside cabinet.
Senior Hezbollah lawmaker Mohammed Raad, whose Iran-backed group had wanted incumbent Najib Mikati to stay in the post, said Hezbollah’s opponents were working for fragmentation and exclusion. He said the group had “extended its hand” by electing Joseph Aoun as president last week only to find the “hand cut”.
“Any government at odds with coexistence has no legitimacy whatsoever,” Raad said. The group would act calmly and wisely “out of concern for the national interest”, he added.
Last week’s election of army commander General Aoun, who enjoys the support of the United States and Saudi Arabia, was another sign of shifts in the political landscape, in which Hezbollah had long held decisive sway.
It has marked a revival of Saudi influence in a country where it was eclipsed by Iran and Hezbollah years ago.

Isn’t the head of HTS also a Saudi? Hmmmm.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 14 2025 0:50 utc | 65

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhaWQVNuWmo

Posted by: rosross | Jan 14 2025 5:01 utc | 67

Re my comment @ 69: sorry, I hit Post instead of Preview:

“… Now we watch and wonder whether having the freedom to travel outside Israel as anonymous tourists will have any effect on these soldiers psychologically, and how the consequences will percolate through their families and social networks, and through Israeli society …”

should have been:

“… Now we watch and wonder whether having the freedom to travel outside Israel severely restricted, even ended, as anonymous tourists will have any effect on these soldiers psychologically, and how the consequences will percolate through their families and social networks, and through Israeli society …”

Posted by: Refinnejenna | Jan 14 2025 5:18 utc | 69

psychohistorian 67
Rather than talk about different national identities of Nazism, Saudi Royal Fascism, Ukrainian Russophobic Nazism, Israeli Zionist Nazism, HTS Islamic Fascism, US Zionist Nazism etc , the time has surely come after the Ukrainiam Ambassador visits HTS to state clearly that NAZISM includes in its fold many Nations and Religions all of which are united in their worship of Money and Satanism.
My young niece once started a conversation at a family meal with “Aunty boring; Daddy boring; Hajji (me) boring. ” To which her dad replied ” You might as well finish it off with Mummy boring ” , which she didn’t dare say.
The Nazi world now encompasses USUKISEU and you may as well finish it off with adding Political Islam to the list.
RoW consists of USUKIS’ chosen bete noire of Communism, USUKIS’ chosen bete noire of Islam, and USUKIS chosen bete noir of the undermenchen South.

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 14 2025 5:29 utc | 71

@ tobias cole,
One thing is certain, the Palestinians have had 76 years to study their colonial rulers and I have no doubt they understand them better than they do themselves and knew what the Israelis would do after the Flood. They must have prepared for years of living underground, holding hostages, continuing to make weapons and have access to weapons and supplies the Israelis do not know about.
No doubt it all functions on what we in our techo age would deem to be primitive but robots will never outwit human minds and the Israelis rely heavily on robots and computerised weaponry.
And of course, the ruins of Gaza are a perfect environment for a Resistance militia and an impossible nightmare for a conventional military and a hi-tech army. One thing to have AI telling you were x is and where x lives, which of course the Israelis know because they issue ID cards to every single Palestinian, including those in the Gaza concentration camp, and when x gets home while homes, roads and facilities existed.
But AI cannot function in the rubble and neither can the Israelis whose only real expertise is in managing and murdering unarmed civilians, but the Palestinian Resistance can. As indeed the Vietnamese Resistance proved against American might half a century ago.
I suspect when it is all over and Palestine is free it will be found that the Palestinian tunnel system is far more extensive than just Gaza.

Posted by: rosross | Jan 14 2025 6:08 utc | 73

Question:
Where does the Univeral Declaration Of Human Rights (1948) fit into the jewed-up West’s uncritical support for “Israel’s” genocide and collective punishment in Illegally Occupied Palestine?
Human Beings would like an honest answer…

Posted by: Hoarsewhisperer | Jan 14 2025 6:19 utc | 75

U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts
Israel has long been the leading recipient of U.S. foreign aid, including military assistance. That aid has come under heightened scrutiny amid Israel’s conflicts with Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.
Article by Jonathan Masters and Will Merrow
Last updated November 13, 2024 9:00 am (EST)
The United States was the first country to recognize the provisional government of the state of Israel upon its founding in 1948, and it has for many decades been a strong and steady supporter of the Jewish state. Israel has received hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in the post–World War II era, a level of support that reflects many factors, including a U.S. commitment to Israel’s security and the countries’ shared foreign policy interests in a volatile and strategically important part of the world. Israel is also a leading buyer of U.S. weapons systems via traditional arms sales.
The two countries do not have a mutual defense pact, as the United States has with allies such as Japan and fellow members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). However, Israel is among a short list of “major non-NATO allies” and has privileged access to the most advanced U.S. military platforms and technologies.
U.S. military aid to Israel has soared to its highest in decades amid Israel’s yearlong war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. More than forty thousand Palestinians, including a large share of civilians, have died in the conflict, according to the United Nations and the Gaza health ministry. Israel is responding to Hamas’s October 2023 attack that killed approximately 1,200 Israelis, the deadliest in the country’s history. U.S. military support is also proving essential for Israel during its more recent hostilities with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and with Iran.
How much U.S. aid does Israel receive?
Israel has been the largest cumulative recipient of U.S. foreign aid since its founding, receiving about $310 billion (adjusted for inflation) in total economic and military assistance. The United States has also provided large foreign aid packages to other Middle Eastern countries, particularly Egypt and Iraq, but Israel stands apart.
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https://www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 7:53 utc | 77

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Mike Johnson thinks there should be “conditions” on aid to California but not on aid to Israel.🇮🇱🇺🇸
Manu Raju
@mkraju
New — Asked Speaker Johnson about placing conditions on aid to California, and he tells us: “I think there should be conditions on that aid.” Said that’s his personal view before talking with the conference.
Also says “there’s some discussion” within the House GOP about tying the debt limit increase to the aid “but we will see how it goes.”
Aid to rebuild after natural disasters often is approved without any conditions and with significant bipartisan support. But there could be a big fight over the California aid in the coming weeks.
https://x.com/mkraju/status/1878885889150951465

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 7:58 utc | 79

Noga Tarnopolsky נגה טרנופולסקי نوغا ترنوبولسكي
@NTarnopolsky
💥Stunned like the true believer he is, Netanyahu proxy @ErelSegal
laments: “We’re the 1st to pay a price for Trump’s election. [The deal] is being forced upon us… We thought we’d take control of northern Gaza, that they’d let us impede humanitarian aid”
https://x.com/NTarnopolsky/status/1878924117723828460

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 8:04 utc | 81

From XYMPHORA:
“The Zionist Jews behind ‘Foreign Policy’ Magazine“ (Karl’s Substack).
https://karlradl14.substack.com/p/the-zionist-jews-behind-foreign-policy

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 9:54 utc | 83

More Victimhood from the Genociders.
Surprise, surprise, surprise…NOT
“It is Us! that are the victims, not the Palestinians!”
Hollywood has just released *another* victimhood movie (“September 5”).
How many has it been? Dozens or hundreds?
How many Holocaust victimhood books are there, thousands or
tens of thousands?
There are more than 100 Holocaust museums and memorials worldwide.
There are day(S!) set aside for Holocaust remembrance.
How many thousands — tens of thousands — of articles?
And what have they learned!? That genocide is wrong, wasn’t that the purpose
of the remembrance?
It is small wonder that Victimhood narcissism has fed the beastliness
of the Psychopathic Entity. And set loose murderous monsters upon Gaza.
But a new Holocaust movie at this time of Zionist genociding would be problematic,
so what were they to do?
They went with yet **another** “terrorism at the Munich Olympics” movie.
No surprises there.
Will be interested to learn if they failed to mention, even
fleetingly, the randomly chosen 250 Palestinian women, children
and old people “Israel” murdered in immediate retaliation.

Posted by: librul | Jan 14 2025 11:52 utc | 85

My 2 cents:
No deal.
Both will blame the other.
Too much peripheral energy building up in resistance groups.
Too much pressure to destroy Israel.
It all depends the nod or not from the Muslim Brotherhood. And I doubt they’re feeling generous at the moment.
Nevertheless, I’ve been wrong before as I was with Hezbollah ceasefire. I didn’t see Hezbollah putting up with more than 3 days of Israeli violations… I remain stunned that they did and continue too.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Jan 14 2025 16:15 utc | 87

Gaza War #465: End in Sight? (url corrected)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQGpwwRsQ-A

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 14 2025 19:26 utc | 89

“So many keyboard warrior-philosopher-wannabe’s post here…heheheh…you’re truly legends in your own minds!”
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | Jan 14 2025 16:55 utc | 89
That does not sound like the Tom I know. In particular notice the trademark Hasbara ‘hehehehe’. A zionist in Israel.
Was that you Tom?

Posted by: David G Horsman | Jan 14 2025 21:46 utc | 91

” It won’t take long for Israel to restore its fake image in the USA but it may be more difficult in the rest of the world.”
Posted by: Chas | Jan 14 2025 16:05 utc | 87
Where is Mel Gibsons when you need him? He is from Hollywood so you will have to forgive him for not knowing the difference between a Jew and a Zionist.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Jan 14 2025 21:49 utc | 93

My apologies Menz, I didn’t mean to sound condescending or patronizing. You have my utmost respect. My intent was to illustrate how westerners might conceptualize these issues.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Jan 14 2025 22:02 utc | 95

The Palestinian Authority’s Assault on the West Bank Resistance
For six weeks, PA security forces have laid siege to Jenin in their longest and most lethal campaign in recent memory.
Mariam Barghouti
Jan 14, 2025
JENIN—On December 28, 21-year-old Palestinian journalist Shatha Sabbagh was standing on the stairs of her home on the outskirts of the Jenin refugee camp when she was shot and killed. The bullets weren’t fired by Israeli troops but, according to eyewitnesses and forensic evidence, by Palestinian Authority security forces. The Palestinian Authority has been conducting a large-scale military operation in Jenin since early December, dubbing it “Operation Homeland Protection.”
A stronghold of Palestinian armed resistance in the occupied West Bank, the city of Jenin and the refugee camp within it have been repeatedly raided, bombed, and besieged by the Israeli military in an attempt to crush the Jenin Brigade—a politically diverse militant group of mostly third-generation refugees who believe armed resistance is key to liberating Palestinian lands from Israeli occupation and annexation. Over the past 15 months, the Israeli military has killed at least 225 Palestinians in Jenin, making it the deadliest area in the West Bank.
But the current operation, which is being billed as a campaign to “restore law and order,” is the longest and most lethal assault by Palestinian security forces in recent memory. While the PA claims to be rooting out armed factions and individuals accused of being “Iranian-backed outlaws,” according to multiple residents and eyewitnesses, the operation is a suffocating siege, with indiscriminate violence, mass arrests, and collective punishment.
Sixteen Palestinians have been killed so far, with security forces setting up checkpoints around the city and refugee camp, cutting electricity to the area, and engaging in fierce gun battles. Among those killed are six members of the security forces and one resistance fighter, Yazeed Ja’aysa. Yet the overwhelming majority of those killed have been civilians, including Sabbagh, and at least three children: Majd Zeidan, 16, Qasm Hajj, 14, and Mohammad Al-Amer, 13.
“It’s reached levels I have never seen before. Even journalists aren’t allowed to cover it,” M., 24, a local journalist and resident of Jenin, told Drop Site News on condition of anonymity for fear of being arrested or targeted by PA security forces. Dozens of residents, including journalists, have been arrested from Jenin and across the West Bank by the PA in the past six weeks under the pretext of supporting the so-called Iranian-backed “outlaws.”
PA security forces spokesperson Brigadier General Anwar Rajab has justified the assault as “in response to the supreme national interest of the Palestinian people, and within the framework of ongoing continued efforts to maintain security and civil peace, establish the rule of law, and eradicate sedition and chaos.”
But the real aim, residents say, is to crush Palestinian armed resistance at the behest of Israel. Dubbed the “Wasps’ Nest” by Israeli officials, Jenin refugee camp has posed a constant threat to Israel’s settler colonial project.
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https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/palestinian-authority-west-bank-jenin-assault

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 23:56 utc | 97

Hala Jaber
@HalaJaber
⚡️ So Israel is now ready for a ceasefire & to swap prisoners for POWs held by Hamas, the essence of the same basic offer put to them 15 months ago? This alone, proves it was never about the “hostages,” but more about “cleansing” as many Palestinians as they can, while turning Gaza into an uninhabitable area.
To think that an entire genocide could have been avoided, thousands of lives spared if only it had the sense to agree to this simple equation from the start.
https://x.com/HalaJaber/status/1879150683284193308

Posted by: Menz | Jan 14 2025 23:58 utc | 99