Netanyahu’s remarks to his cabinet after meeting with Trump:
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Channel 12:
Netanyahu to the cabinet this evening:
– We will leverage Trump’s good relations with Erdogan to prevent a clash with Turkey in Syria.
– There are secret negotiations with two countries to absorb the people of Gaza as part of Trump’s displacement plan.
– Iran’s negotiations with the Trump administration were with Israel’s knowledge, and the government supports dismantling Iran’s nuclear weapons through diplomatic means first.
Israeli Defense Minister from the Mawarij axis in Rafah:
If Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages soon, we will escalate the fighting throughout the Gaza Strip.
We will dismember the Gaza Strip, seize more territory, and include it in the security buffer zones.
We are working to advance a voluntary migration plan for Palestinians in Gaza, in accordance with Trump’s vision.
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/Sohaibpress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
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80 Palestinian prisoners released, give recounting of conditions. 10 had to be taken to the hospital immediately:
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The Israeli military has released 80 Palestinan detainees at the Israeli-controlled Kissufim crossing in eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Anadolu agency is reporting, citing local sources.
According to a medical source, at least 10 of the freed prisoners were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza’s Deir el-Balah for treatment, as they were in such poor health.
The source reported that one of the detainees is “in a very critical condicion and unable to move,” adding that his body bore “clear signs of torture”.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, one of the freed prisoners reported “endless” abuse, with detainees forced to stand continuously from 7am until 11pm.
“Sometimes, they made us kneel for two or three hours straight. Anyone who moved was beaten. After that, they made us stand with our arms raised above our heads. If your arms dropped, they would beat you,” he said.
“Every week, they would assault us and beat us with metal rods. Our chests and backbones are broken. Our knees too. The situation was unbearable – complete humiliation. There was no sitting, no sleeping, no food – nothing.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-releases-80-palestinian-detainees?nid=420885&topic=Gaza%2520Under%2520Attack&fid=543807
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US Feds detain attorney at airport as he and his family return from vacation. They tried to force him into giiving up his cell phone, but he refused. He was eventually released and calls the episode one of clear intimidation because he works with student protesters. Short interview:
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Attorney representing a student protester detained by federal immigration agents.
https://www.npr.org/2025/04/09/nx-s1-5357455/attorney-detained-by-immigration-authorities
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Posted by: teri | Apr 10 2025 13:54 utc | 4

Repeating the set of local Palestine links….
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/youseffares19?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/Sohaibpress?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/gazanewsnow2021?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/GazaNewsNow?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/NewsPs0?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
Martyred:
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/hossamsshbat?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
Reporting from Rafah
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/madinat_khanyuns?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 10 2025 15:33 utc | 6

https://x.com/permabulla/status/1909681972630151606
🤍permabulla🤍 @permabulla
Israel having nukes is a much bigger problem than Iran having nukes
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/04/06/trump-shares-collateral-murder-style-snuff-film-on-15th-anniversary-of-collateral-murder/
Trump Shares Collateral Murder-Style Snuff Film On 15th Anniversary Of Collateral Murder
President Trump has posted a video on social media showing a US airstrike in Yemen killing dozens of people who he claims are “Houthis gathered for instructions on an attack.” Trump also bizarrely suggested that Ansar Allah has been sinking US ships in its Red Sea attacks, writing “They will never sink our ships again!”
There is no public information about any US ships having been sunk by Houthi attacks. As of this writing there is also no evidence supporting the president’s claim that the people killed in the airstrike were combatants; there are photos online of unarmed Yemeni tribesmen standing in the exact formation seen in the video Trump posted for normal civilian gatherings.
I’ve seen many observers comparing the video Trump posted to the leaked Collateral Murder video published by WikiLeaks in 2010, which showed US servicemen firing on Iraqi civilians and journalists from Apache helicopters while laughing and joking about the carnage they were inflicting. What hasn’t received quite enough attention is the fact that Trump actually shared his Collateral Murder-style snuff film on the 15th anniversary of the day WikiLeaks published Collateral Murder…….
….Even if Trump could mass murder his way into ending the Houthi blockade, that wouldn’t be peace — at least not the kind of peace that normal, healthy people care about. It would be the kind of “peace” that exists in a room full of corpses. The kind of “peace” that exists on a slave plantation where all the slaves have been successfully whipped and tortured into obedience…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPzwxOY4-FQ
Laith Marouf: Yemen Strikes Back: Resistance Grows Stronger Than Ever!
Dialogue Works

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 10 2025 16:29 utc | 8

see the two videos at the last link
https://x.com/yayathehun/status/1910078552009330914
yaya 🍉 @yayathehun
easiest boycott ever lol fuck u losers
https://x.com/MiddleEastMnt/status/1909952720091382151
Middle East Monitor @MiddleEastMnt
Burger King to distribute $128,000 in vouchers to Israel soldiers
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250409-burger-king-to-distribute-128000-in-vouchers-to-israel-soldiers/
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https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1910172666385903846
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
⚡️JUST IN:
A “skunk” water cannon is spraying throughout the Issawiya neighborhood in East Jerusalem. A house caught fire after being hit by a tear gas grenade.
There are no threats or targets — they’re doing it solely to torment Palestinians.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 10 2025 16:58 utc | 10

Hamas pretty much made the same damn mistake, alas!
not hitting them where it really hurts
I vote for the bases in the UAE and saudi arabia, the worst of the pro-zionist arab states.
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1910229063244918802
MenchOsint @MenchOsint
Yemen should stop targeting the ships and start targeting US Bases in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE & Qatar, before it gets too late.
These are 100% legitimate targets and hitting one of these will make Trump think twice.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 10 2025 17:44 utc | 12

https://x.com/ejmalrai/status/1910395319541784714
Elijah J. Magnier 🇪🇺 @ejmalrai
A potential breakthrough in negotiations between Israel and Hamas, mediated under US supervision, appears imminent. The emerging deal reportedly includes the release of 24 surviving Israeli hostages, out of the 59 believed to remain in Gaza. The bodies of the deceased are expected to follow in subsequent stages.
Real estate developer, Trump associate and special envoy Steve Witkoff has reportedly been tasked with overseeing the fine print of the deal and acting as a guarantor for commitments toward the Palestinian side—an unusual but politically significant move that may help bridge lingering trust gaps between parties. While final terms are still being refined, all parties are under increasing pressure to finalise the agreement and end the stalemate.
https://x.com/UNRWA/status/1910323285079830737
UNRWA @UNRWA
“Every day without basic supplies, #Gaza inches closer towards very, very deep hunger,” says @JulietteTouma
, UNRWA Director of Communications.
Nearly six weeks into the Israeli-imposed siege, food supplies are almost depleted, and hunger is deepening. Immediate action is crucial.
Full article: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/six-weeks-since-israel-imposed-total-gaza-blockade-last-food-is-running-out-2025-04-09/

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 10 2025 19:17 utc | 14

UK – Israel lobby group Labour Friends of Israel tagged for ban on entering Israel by pro-Israel fascist group
Dark comedy as genocide-deniers targeted by even more fanatical outfit for not being apologist enough
The so-called ‘Labour Friends of Israel’ (LFI) lobby group is at risk of a ban on entering Israel after it was targeted by the fascist and even more fanatical Betar group because LFI dared criticise Israel’s decision to detain and deport two Labour MPs last week.
LFI didn’t criticise Israel’s genocide, of course – largely because, like ‘Labour’ PM Keir Starmer, it denies any genocide is happening.
Full article : https://skwawkbox.org/2025/04/09/israel-lobby-group-labour-friends-of-israel-tagged-for-ban-on-entering-israel-by-pro-israel-fascist-group/

Posted by: Red Star | Apr 10 2025 19:52 utc | 16

On the Iran option.
If any sign of a serious attack is detected, Iran will have, for most of its arsenal of missiles, a short window of “use it or lose it”
And all those supporting the us attack are “fair game”
What would happen if all skyscrapers , harbors, power stations, oil fields and refineries suddenly go boom?
I don’t mean just Israel, l mean ksa, gulf states, turkey, even Europe in range.
Is it strange to ask?

Posted by: Newbie | Apr 10 2025 20:23 utc | 18

EI Podcast: How Far Will Trump Back Israel?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGN7X6Z4O9I
“Breaking news and analysis on day 552 of the Gaza genocide.”
Essential viewing.

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 10 2025 21:44 utc | 20

I don’t mean just Israel, l mean ksa, gulf states, turkey, even Europe in range.
Is it strange to ask?
Posted by: Newbie | Apr 10 2025 20:23 utc | 18
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No it is not strange to ask. First to go: US bases within range.

Posted by: Jane | Apr 10 2025 21:52 utc | 22

More info on some old news (as in, more than 24 hours ago)…Excerpts may seem a bit long-ish, but what the hell. Better to know the truth when it shows up instead of going around all half-assed and uninformed. Skip if the length is too much. I will never know. LOL.
Eva Bartlett wrote an opinion piece on RT regarding the medics killed 10 days ago in Palestine. This article is interesting because she goes into details of the years when she was in Gaza and witnessed firsthand how the IDF targetted first responders. There are a few new details in the most current massacre of medics that I have not seen reported anywhere else before now.
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How Israel hunts and executes Palestinian medics
The Israeli army has executed 15 Palestinian medics in Gaza, buried them and lied about them being “terrorists.” For those paying attention, this barbarism is not new, only the latest war crime committed by Israel in a litany of war crimes over the decades.
[…] On March 31, Jonathan Whittall, the Head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OCHA) posted on X, “First responders should never be a target. Yet today @UNOCHA supported @PalestineRCS and Civil Defense to retrieve colleagues from a mass grave in #Rafah #Gaza that was marked with the emergency light from one of their crushed ambulances.”
His thread went on to detail how a week prior, on March 23, contact was lost with ten Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and six Civil Defense first responders, in five ambulances and one fire truck, who’d been dispatched to collect injured people, noting, “For days, OCHA coordinated to reach the site but our access was only granted 5 days later.”
When they finally accessed the site, they “recovered the buried bodies of 8 PRCS, 6 Civil Defense and 1 UN staff,” he wrote, noting, “They were killed in their uniforms. Driving their clearly marked vehicles. Wearing their gloves. On their way to save lives. This should never have happened.”
Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson, Mahmoud Basal, separately said, “One of the Civil Defense crews had his feet tied, another had his clothes removed from his upper body, ANOTHER WAS BEHEADED [caps: Teri] Among all the martyrs, the least harmed had 20 bullets fired at him, in his chest.”
According to the PRCS, a ninth EMT is missing and is believed to have been detained. [Teri: There were 15 bodies in total found; there should have been 16. They found the bodies of 8 EMTs out of the 9 Palestinian Red Crescent medics that were in the ambulances that evening.]
[…] The Guardian cites PRCS’ Dr. Bashar Murad, who spoke to one of the paramedics in the convoy:
“He informed us that he was injured and requested assistance, and that another person was also injured. A few minutes later, during the call, we heard the sound of Israeli soldiers arriving at the location, speaking in Hebrew. ‘Gather them at the wall and bring some restraints to tie them.’ This indicated that a large number of the medical staff were still alive.”
The Israeli army media spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, predictably denied Israeli army wrong-doing and blamed Hamas, claiming the ambulances were “advancing suspiciously” toward Israeli forces. He declared the execution of the medics be an elimination of “a Hamas military operative, along with 8 other terrorists from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad.”
[…] In January, I wrote about Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, a Palestinian doctor from northern Gaza abducted and imprisoned by the Israeli army last December. In that article I noted that three doctors from Gaza in Israeli prisons had already been tortured to death in the last year plus, and that there is grave concern for Dr. Abu Safiya’s life.
Since then, other Palestinian hostages released from Israeli detention have confirmed Dr. Abu Safiya is being tortured. More recently, the Israeli Beersheba Court has issued a six-month administrative detention order for Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, administrative detention being the means Israel uses to imprison Palestinians without charge.
The abduction and torture of Palestinian doctors is another aspect of Israel’s all-out attack on Gaza’s health system. It is part of Israel’s attacks on Palestinians themselves, depriving them of life-saving care, part of the decades-long policy of killing Palestinians by every means possible, including by preventing the entry of medical equipment and food, starving Palestinians who escaped bombs and sniping.
I will post the same rhetorical question I’ve posed ad nauseam: What would the international reaction be like if it were Russia point-blank assassinating uniformed, unarmed medics? It would be non-stop 24/7 howling in corporate media, victims faces and stories spoken of, demands for more sanctions… […]
By Eva Bartlett, a Canadian independent journalist. She has spent years on the ground covering conflict zones in the Middle East, especially in Syria and Palestine (where she lived for nearly four years). 
https://www.rt.com/news/615480-palestine-israel-medics-hunt/
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Trump has not, to my knowledge, said anything about the American-Palestinian boys shot in the West Bank last Sunday night. It happened the evening before Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu on Monday. I don’t think any media people asked about the subject during the press Q and A later. Turns out, Israel rather routinely murders American-Palestinians. The US never objects much.
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Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian-American teenager and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank on Sunday night, according to Palestinian officials, after the Israeli military said it targeted a group throwing stones at cars.
Ramallah governor Laila Ghannam said the 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy was shot dead by Israeli troops in the village of Turmusaya. Two other Palestinian-American boys, ages 14 and 15, were injured in the incident, according to the mayor of Turmusaya, Lafi Shalabi.
The Israeli military said its soldiers opened fire during a counterterrorism operation in Turmusaya when they saw three “terrorists who hurled rocks toward the highway, thus endangering civilians driving.”
The soldiers killed one and hit the other two, the military said.
The military shared a blurry video purportedly showing the incident, in which three figures are seen. At the end of the short clip, one of the figures appears to hurl an object. The Israeli military said it would continue operating in the West Bank “to protect the residents in the area.”
The injured boys were shot in the abdomen, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
One severely injured boy and another with minor wounds were taken to a hospital in Ramallah, the Palestinian Authority health ministry said.
The killing of a Palestinian-American teenager came just hours before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu landed in the United States to meet President Donald Trump. On Monday a US State Department spokesperson confirmed the death of a US citizen in the West Bank, offered condolences to the family and noted the death “occurred during a counter-terrorism operation” and that the Israeli military was investigating.
“Out of respect for the privacy of the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment at this time,” the spokesperson said.
[…] The [murdered – word added – Teri] teenager grew up in New Jersey, according to Governor Phil Murphy, who expressed his condolences for the boy’s family.
[…] The killing or detention of American citizens in occupied Palestinian territories by Israelis and concerns about a lack of accountability date back years. In 2003, American activist Rachel Corrie, 23, was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer while trying to block it from razing Palestinian homes in Gaza. Nine years later, an Israeli civil court ruled her death an accident.
In spring 2022, prominent Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed while reporting in the West Bank. That November, Defense Minister Benny Gantz confirmed that Israel would not cooperate with a US probe into her death. A CNN investigation suggested that Abu Akleh was shot dead in a targeted attack by Israeli forces, despite wearing a vest marked “Press.”
In February last year, Florida-born US citizen Mohammed Khdour, 17, was killed by Israeli forces who shot him in the head while he was in his car. The teenager was taking the car out during a study break, snacking on chocolate waffles, posing for Instagram.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) referred questions about Khdour’s case to the Israeli Security Agency, known as the Shin Bet, which did not respond to CNN’s request for comment.
Three weeks before Khdour’s death, Tawfic Abdel Jabbar, a 17-year-old Palestinian-American who grew up in Louisiana, was also shot in the head by apparent Israeli gunmen. The IDF told CNN they received a report that an off-duty police officer and an Israeli civilian shot at a Palestinian “suspected of throwing stones” – which his family vehemently denied – and that the Israeli Police were investigating the shooting. […]
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/06/middleeast/palestinian-american-teen-killed-israel-intl-hnk/index.html
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The CNN article above left out Aysenur Ezgi Eygi. About her, from an article in Wikipedia:
Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old woman from Seattle, who was shot dead Sept. 6, 2024, by an Israeli soldier during a demonstration against Israeli West Bank settlements, according to an Israeli protester who witnessed the shooting.
[…] After President Biden endorsed the conclusion from the Israeli initial investigation that Eygi’s death was accidental, the victim’s partner, Hamid Ali, reiterated the family’s skepticism and added that neither President Biden nor the White House has contacted the family since the activist’s death. The family said of President Biden’s remark that it “is not only insensitive and false, it is complicity in the Israeli military’s agenda to take Palestinian land and whitewash the killing of an American.” […]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ayşenur_Eygi

Posted by: teri | Apr 10 2025 22:06 utc | 24

Bibi had to sack 100 IDF pilots who wrote a letter resisting deployment and who had criticized the government.
They are trying to keep a lid on it domestically.
UNTENABLE.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 10 2025 23:29 utc | 26

Posted by: teri | Apr 10 2025 22:22 utc | 25
I remember discussion here a week ago or so that Mahmoud Khalil may not be the martyr he is portrayed as in the media.
from the Wikispookia about his arrest:

Khalil then spent years working for the British government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, managing the Chevening Scholarship from the British embassy in Beirut and supporting diplomats with his language skills and local knowledge.

Humm.

Posted by: lex talionis | Apr 11 2025 0:28 utc | 28

RE: Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 10 2025 19:17 utc | 14
Thx for report, how silly of them, there is no “stalemate”, just a genocide, and Witkoff was the signature “guarantor” last “ceasefire”, that USReal breached.
Let all the “hostages” die, and carry on, as Gazans will maybe get food for 2 whole weeks after “hostages” released, then back to the fattened slaughter.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 11 2025 1:06 utc | 30

Posted by: psychohistorian | Apr 11 2025 1:47 utc | 31
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I hope a bunch of Israeli and American planes (death machines) get destroyed. That should take the starch out of their pants.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 1:53 utc | 32

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/1909856869486637524
MenchOsint @MenchOsint
The Yemenis shot down an US Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper last night in Al-Jawf Governorate.
The drone was shot down using a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile
The third one in 10 days ($32 million x 3)
https://x.com/adamjohnsonCHI/status/1909219949932888532
Adam Johnson @adamjohnsonCHI
Since Israel recommenced their exterminationist “war” on Gaza March 18 none of the “agenda setting” Sunday shows—ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, NBC’s Meet the Press, CNN’s State of the Union—have mentioned Gaza once. It’s just disappeared from the Washington Discourse
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1909806619732344864
☀️👀 @zei_squirrel
BREAKING: Israel systematically rapes Palestinian hostages and forces them to perform sex acts on each as they watch and tape it. The BBC which fabricated the rape hoax that enabled this intentionally buried this deep in their article
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1909807585718382861
every single line fabricated as part of the rape hoax by the NYT, BBC’s Lucy Williamson, Guardian’s Bethan McKernan, Washington Post’s Shira Rubin, is now actually being done systematically to Palestinian children, girls, boys, women and men. They did this
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1903591309094371620
☀️👀 @zei_squirrel
BREAKING: New evidence presented at the UN confirms Palestinian women are being gang-raped by Israelis who videotape it as they do it. Not a single Western media outlet that fabricated and spread the genocidal atrocity propaganda rape hoax have reported on this actual mass rape….

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 11 2025 4:35 utc | 34

how do you guys see anything getting any better? If “the west” starts to lose unipolarity, won’t it just take out the whole world in the process? if the west doesn’t take out the whole world, then doesn’t the ROW just destroy the west slowly/eventually? is that really any better? what are the different (good, bad, neutral) possible world outcomes?

Posted by: bond | Apr 11 2025 5:39 utc | 36

I begin with a new Palestine Resistance Tally for 2025:
IDF casualty tally as of Sunday 11/04/2025:
– Merkava: 1 destroyed (+1 ), n/a approximate damaged, n/a targeted (unchanged)
– Narmer n/a
– Other Armoured Vehicle: n/a
– Officers ~ 6
– Bulldozers 1 destroyed
– Weapons Trucks n/a
– Missile/Drone Strikes on Israel: 3
– Fighter Jets (as of 22/12/2024) : n/a
– Yemeni attacks on Zionist Shipping 0
– Yemeni attacks on US Navy Ships ~ 32 (average 2 per week for 4 months)
– Yemeni strikes on US Drones 17
– Yemeni strikes on US Aircraft 1
Commentary:
There have been very few direct engagements between Palestinian fighters and the IDF in Gaza in the past 3 months as the IDF appears to be afraid to engage Hamas directly on the ground. They’ve been moving in buffer regions or making heavy use of air strikes.
For contrast, for historical note, this was my last recorded tally from 2024:
IDF casualty tally as of Sunday 23/12/2024:
– Merkava: 275 destroyed (+1 ), 710 approximate damaged, 1 targeted (unchanged)
– Narmer (As of 8/12/2024): 4 (+2)
– Other Armoured Vehicle (As of 8/12/2024): 3 destroyed (unchanged), 2 damaged (+2), n/a targeted
– Officers (As of 8/12/2024): 56 eliminated (+3)
– Bulldozers (As of 8/12/2024): 1 (unchanged)
– Weapons Trucks (As of 8/12/2024): 3 (unchanged)
– Missile/Drone Strikes on Israel (As of 8/12/2024): 6 (unchanged)
– Fighter Jets (as of 22/12/2024) : 1 (unchanged)
– Yemeni attacks on Zionist Shipping (As of 8/12/2024): 0 Destroyed (unconfirmed) damaged 6 targeted.
At that time the IDF was still under the impression that it could fight Hamas face-to-face on the ground.
However 2024 proved that the IDF is not a match for either Hezbollah or the AQB, PFLP or any of the resistance factions in ground combat. They had to resort to heavy reliance on air power.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2025 8:02 utc | 38

Macron just stated that he will recognize Palestine soon.
I’m perplex ; why did baby Rothschild said that ? (also he had done nothing official yet …)

Posted by: Savonarole | Apr 11 2025 11:47 utc | 40

Macron just stated that he will recognize Palestine soon.
I’m perplex ; why did baby Rothschild said that ? (also he had done nothing official yet …)
Posted by: Savonarole | Apr 11 2025 11:47 utc | 40
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If by “recognizing Palestine” he means recognizing the quisling (and illegal) PA regime, the gesture is worse than meaningless.

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 11 2025 12:00 utc | 42

Rape, not tape.

Posted by: Giyane | Apr 11 2025 12:25 utc | 44

Macron ‘s
‘Spot of bother on the North West Fromtier darling ‘, moment

Posted by: Giyane | Apr 11 2025 12:33 utc | 46

Posted by: bond | Apr 11 2025 5:39 utc | 36
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I for one do NOT see “anything getting better”.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 11 2025 11:59 utc
It will be good enough for me if the misery becomes evenly spread between the Empire and its victims. That’s all I’m really asking for at this point.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2025 12:42 utc | 48

Yemen should stop targeting the ships and start targeting US Bases in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, UAE & Qatar, before it gets too late.
These are 100% legitimate targets and hitting one of these will make Trump think twice.
Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 10 2025 17:44 utc | 12
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Excellent point. Those stationary targets at US bases should be easier to hit and cause extensive damage. They are such obvious targets that there must be a good reason why Yemen doesn’t attempt to hit them. Maybe Iran is holding them back. Yet it seems all the resistance forces hesitate to strike crippling blows against the empire.

Posted by: Chas | Apr 11 2025 12:44 utc | 50

EU just pledged over a billion to PA.
Posted by: Ornot | Apr 11 2025 12:33 utc | 47
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The joke being that any money pledged to the pockets of Abbas and his gang has to go through the Zioterrorist entity first, which decides when or whether to disburse any of it.

Posted by: malenkov | Apr 11 2025 12:47 utc | 52

“….will test Washington’s goodwill and seriousness”
the current political leadership of Iran is run by a bunch of fools
the real tragedy of all this so-called ‘diplomacy’ is that it gives israel, the USA and the UK et al. time to slaughter 10s of thousands more Palestinians, which Iran could have done something about by, you know, actually (partially) de-militarizing israel with its True Promise III – but nooooooo the current President of Iran is a numbskull who believes the words of the trumpsters. the USA is agreement incapable, and Iran and the Palestinians will pay for it, too. again….
https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2025/04/11/745942/Iran-says-Saturday-talks-test-US-goodwill
Iran says ‘giving diplomacy a genuine chance’ with Oman talks
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says upcoming indirect talks between the Islamic Republic and the US on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program will test Washington’s goodwill and seriousness.
“In earnest and with candid vigilance, we are giving diplomacy a genuine chance,” Baghaei said in a post on social media platform X on Friday, a day before the start of indirect talks between Tehran and Washington in Oman……
….On Tuesday, Araghchi said the Saturday talks are an opportunity to test the seriousness of the US, “which has a long history of non-commitment and unilateralism.”….

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 11 2025 13:31 utc | 54

see the 7:33 video at the first link
https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/1910292311969251601
IsraelExposed @xIsraelExposedx
Jewish filmmaker, and son of holocaust survivor, Andrew Feinstein, breaks down the holocaust happening right now in Gaza.
‘If it walks like a fascist, if it talks like a fascist, and if it kills children like a fascist, then it is a fascist.’
#GazaGenocide #GazaHolocaust #gaza
https://x.com/SuppressedNws/status/1910216438104707496
Suppressed News. @SuppressedNws
⚡️🇮🇱BREAKING:
970 Israeli Air Force reservists have called for an end to the war on Gaza in exchange for the return of all Israeli captives, stating that the war is being driven by personal political interests (a reference to Netanyahu).
They published their names in a public statement, and the military has threatened to dismiss them if they don’t back down—despite the ongoing shortage of trained personnel and the long training time required to replace them.
https://x.com/prem_thakker/status/1910088485345648979
Prem Thakker @prem_thakker
Ex-Biden State Department official says even the Israeli military expected the US to only let them bomb Gaza for weeks, rather than unconditionally for a year and a half:

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 11 2025 13:56 utc | 56

https://x.com/SammyObeid/status/1909291490381021316
Sammy Obeid @SammyObeid
When did I know that journalism is dead? When I literally watched a journalist burn alive because Israel bombed a tent next to a hospital in Gaza and the only reason I saw is because I have Instagram
https://x.com/danielgoyal/status/1908641351010254872
Dr Dan Goyal @danielgoyal
When the dust settles, it will be clear to all what happened in Gaza.
Spin won’t work anymore
Sound bites will be meaningless
It will be recorded in history as a genocide
And everyone who defended it will be remembered as traitors to humanity!
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https://x.com/berningman16/status/1910194218322346469
Empire Of Lies @berningman16
The USA is ISIS with B2 bombers
https://x.com/Almutawakkil560/status/1910045411902960086
محمد عبدالملك – Mohamed @Almutawakkil560
Yesterday, America targeted an ancient archaeological fortress that sits atop one of the mountains in the capital, Sana’a, with a series of airstrikes carried out by the American B2 bombers. The fortress is older than both America and Israel.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 11 2025 15:05 utc | 58

Posted by: bond | Apr 11 2025 5:39 utc | 36
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I for one do NOT see “anything getting better”.
Posted by: malenkov | Apr 11 2025 11:59 utc
It will be good enough for me if the misery becomes evenly spread between the Empire and its victims. That’s all I’m really asking for at this point.
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2025 12:42 utc | 48
that’s a funny way to describe a more ideal world situation. and maybe there’s a way there can be less brutality in the future, but how? when brutality is the “easier” option for those in power, in a finite world with limited resources

Posted by: bond | Apr 11 2025 16:42 utc | 60

Meet El Salvador president- the president of the TerrorPrisons
Bukele condemned the 7 October attacks, describing Hamas as “savage beasts” who “do not represent the Palestinians”, comparing the group to MS-13. He tweeted that “the best thing that could happen to the Palestinian people is for Hamas to completely disappear”.[217]
He added that another street would be named in honor of Castellanos, who provided fake Salvadoran passports to 40,000 Central European Jews to help them escape the Holocaust;[22] Bukele renamed 89 Avenida Norte in honor of Castellanos in June 2016.[25]
Bukele’s paternal grandparents were Palestinian Christians who immigrated to El Salvador from Jerusalem and Bethlehem in 1921; his maternal grandfather was Greek Orthodox, and his maternal grandmother was Catholic.[4]
Hans kone:
Gabriela Roberta Rodríguez Perezalonso[2] was born on 31 March 1985 in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.[3][4] She is the youngest of four daughters and her husband has claimed she has Sephardic Jewish ancestry.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/his-dad-was-an-imam-his-wife-has-jewish-roots-meet-el-salvadors-new-leader/

Posted by: Paul from Norway | Apr 11 2025 18:02 utc | 62

An in-depth analysis of Qatargate. I can’t imagine a better video on the topic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGmaHwJ9Jo
Interestingly, Iran will indirectly negotiate with the US in Oman rather than Doha, Qatar, where most regional negotiations usually occur.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 0:51 utc | 29
Thanks for the link. It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a succinct analysis, I added the channel to my bookmarks.

Posted by: Autumn | Apr 11 2025 18:58 utc | 64

AIPAC should’ve been registered as a foreign entity decades ago, as once stated by a former POTUS – now it has far too much influence in Washington.
“The Grayzone has obtained audio of an off-the-record session from the 2025 Congressional Summit of AIPAC, the main US lobbying arm of the state of Israel. Recorded by an attendee of the panel discussion, the audio features AIPAC’s new CEO, Elliott Brandt, describing how his organization has cultivated influence with three top national security officials in the Trump administration – Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Director Mike Waltz, and CIA Director John Ratcliffe – and how it believes it can gain “access” to their internal discussions.”
https://thegrayzone.com/2025/04/09/aipac-access-trump-natsec-officials-leaked/

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Apr 11 2025 19:10 utc | 66

‘Shoot to kill’: Israeli soldier shares directives on Gaza ‘kill zone’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWsSxsRiAvI (lenght: 4 minutes)

Posted by: WMG | Apr 11 2025 19:27 utc | 68

“Gaza”
https://t.me/youseffares19/73200

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 11 2025 19:32 utc | 70

Who are these people? The daughter of the Settlements Minister in Israel has filed a lawsuit against her parents and one brother for sexual assault. She filed the suit in Italy, presumably because Israel would not hear the case.
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Israeli minister’s daughter accuses her parents of sexually assaulting her as a child, Israel quickly bans any publication of story’s details
Shoshana Strook, daughter of Settlements Minister Orit Strook, is asking for protection against her parents & “criminal elements”
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- Israeli media reported that a gag order has been issued in a high-profile rape case involving Israel’s Minister of Settlements, Orit Strook.
https://x.com/muhammadshehad2/status/1910407512349708441?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1910407512349708441%7Ctwgr%5E3b693e8b52086c48238347e6429a5cde1cb60926%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fqudsnen.co%2Fgag-order-issued-after-israeli-ministers-daughter-accuses-family-of%2F
Shoshana Strook, daughter of Israel’s Minister of Settlements Orit Strook, filed a police complaint in Italy. She accused her parents and one brother of sexually assaulting her. The court has restricted the publication of suspect names and investigation details at the request of those involved.
Shoshana also revealed in her complaint that she witnessed the abuse of three younger brothers. “After years of beatings and guilt, I finally spoke out,” she wrote. “The memories are overwhelming, but I need justice.”
The family has a history of violence. In 2007, Shoshana’s brother, Zviki Strook, was convicted of kidnapping and torturing a 15-year-old Palestinian boy. He beat and stripped the boy and left him tied in a field. Zviki also kicked a newborn goat to death during the attack. He was sentenced to 2.5 years but released nine months early.
Minister Orit Strook is known for her support of Israeli settlements and hardline views. She has repeated government claims accusing Hamas of sexual violence during the October 7 military operation. These claims have been used to justify Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Now, Strook herself faces accusations that she raped her daughter.
Sexual violence cases in Israel often go unpunished. A report by The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel (ARCCI) said that 81% of such complaints in 2023 ended without indictment. Out of 6,405 cases opened by police, only 663 led to charges.
Israel’s rape culture has been also harming native Palestinians across historic Palestine. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a recent report that Israel is using sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians. It stated that Israeli forces and settlers use rape, reproductive violence, and attacks on health care facilities in Gaza. The report described these acts as “more than a human can bear.”
The UN Commission said these acts aim to dominate and destroy the Palestinian population. It noted that both men and women have been victims, online and in person, across the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
https://qudsnen.co/gag-order-issued-after-israeli-ministers-daughter-accuses-family-of/
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Posted by: teri | Apr 11 2025 19:40 utc | 72

The Grayzone Live (url corrected from above)
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1910749561632759852

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 11 2025 20:16 utc | 74

Israel had an “observer” at the African Union.
They were asked to leave the other day.
Israel keeps trying to set up diplomacy with African countries, but some of them stand firmly against Israel.
The walls are closing in.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 21:00 utc | 76

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 20:20 utc | 75
Remember Nuremberg : “I don’t feel guilt : I just followed the orders”.
The “two stripes one star state” is just a giant Millgram experiment at this stage … poor humankind.

Posted by: Hiro Masamune | Apr 11 2025 21:02 utc | 78

but how? when brutality is the “easier” option for those in power, in a finite world with limited resources
Posted by: bond | Apr 11 2025 16:42 utc | 60
Think about it:
In a world where the misery (consequence) of causing pain becomes equally shared between the powerful and the weak, even if not completely absent or far from absent, “brutality” will no longer happen without a price.
That will serve as a regulating mechanism for Imperialism and colonialism.
There’s no way to erase the base human instincts which eventually lead to mass murder and exploitation. It’s embedded within our neural hardware. We are hundreds of thousands of years of evolution away from rewiring those lethal circuits – by which time it may be too late.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Apr 11 2025 21:51 utc | 80

Complicit Canada’s FM Melanie Joly Stands on Guard for Israel (& vid)
https://x.com/EnglerYves/status/1910714952144289951
“Joly has refused to meet with protesters regarding arms being sent to kill Palestinian children. Twenty police prepare to evict peaceful protesters from the foreign minister’s office – rather than Canada stop sending arms.”
melanie.joly@parl.gc.ca

Posted by: John Gilberts | Apr 11 2025 22:32 utc | 82

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 11 2025 22:24 utc | 81
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The US is not a credible partner. They will attack the moment they think they have an advantage, regardless of any deadlines that may have made.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Apr 11 2025 23:27 utc | 84

According to TASS report after meeting with Witkoff, it appears Russia was unable to move US from position & all the original USReal demands remain in place.
Article expects 2 outcomes:
1) Iran to withdraw from NPT
2) Further critical sanctions on Iran.
No military action was mentioned.
No idea if what’s true in regards to conversation. Just passing along a “post” meeting article.
https://tass.com/world/1942537
IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
11 APR, 11:14
US, Iran unlikely to resurrect 2015 nuclear deal —
“Tehran insists on finalizing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, proposing to include provisions for imposing penalties on any party that withdraws from the agreement in the future. The US, on the other hand, demands not only measures to halt the military aspect of Iran’s nuclear program but also the complete dismantling of all nuclear facilities. Additionally, Washington insists that Tehran end its support for allies in the Middle East and restrict its ballistic missile development program. Iran strongly opposes any attempts to curtail its foreign policy and defense capabilities, asserting its right to develop civilian nuclear power”
Another article:
https://tass.com/world/1942587
11 APR, 13:30
US ready to seek compromise in talks with Iran, special envoy says
“US’ position begins with dismantlement of Iranian nuclear program, Steve Witkoff said
NEW YORK, April 11. /TASS/. The United States is open to seeking a compromise in talks with Iranian authorities, US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said.
“I think our position begins with dismantlement of your [Iranian nuclear] program. That is our position today,” Witkoff told the Wall Street Journal​​​​​​, summing up his message to Iranian officials ahead of the negotiations in Oman. “That doesn’t mean, by the way, that at the margin we’re not going to find other ways to find compromise between the two countries,” he added.”
His idea of “compromise”, is starting with a “Libya” style approach… hope it works, and keep salami slicing & threatening forever and a day on all the rest.
Of course they want the “dismantling” of Irans nuclear program “first”…
I see a “North Korea” style coming for Iran next..

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 12 2025 2:30 utc | 86

@83 Lavieja
The quote comes from a site linked to by another dedicated site, is available in english to me at
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/october7_23?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
It appears loyal/religious/ethical, but I do not know more about the authors so could not guarantee authenticity. Who to trust online is always open to certain questions.
My view on what is presented in the article is similar to what you describe for Iran. Even entering negotiation, even indirect, provides credibility to the enemy, which can be used by the enemy. To not negotiate also might be used by the enemy in its propaganda. So it is a difficult choice and I think the essence of what is mentioned is that a strong or correct attitude must be carefully maintained. Clearly enemy propaganda works without input from the resistance, but is only able to go so far without recognition …it is all presented as hearsay, one sided , so and so has a great plan and are trying to arrange it , etc.
Therefore it is saying if Hamas speaks, it must be from the position of already having been crossed in previous negotiation efforts, so as not to appear trusting of newer offers, so as that the enemy shows aknowledgement that it has wronged the negotiating process.
As LoveDonbass says, the US and “Israel” cannot be trusted, at all. They would strike a fair deal and then kill everyone concerned, then change the agreement to what suited themselves. Hamas know this.
@84 LoveDonbass
Yes, but they have a form also that requires presentation and a degree of credibility to own audience, to other partners. If US goes completely “no plausible deniability” then it will lose position in the wider “game”, will not be able to defend its credibility. That is what black ops are for, that is what entities like “Israel” are for, that have not any of remaining US reputation to keep .
I think 60 days fits with cycling Gaza somehow, and for establishing further military buildup, ramping up propaganda and preparing own audience.
In reality we cannot know who means what is agreeing with who , how and why etc. We can guess or be relatively sure of some of that, but still not really know.
However, I think it is clear that the threat of use of force, continued or increased, is not a bluff, given the existing realities.
giyane is quiet lately, I hope all is well.

Posted by: Ornot | Apr 12 2025 3:53 utc | 88

@ michaelj72
Ok, Yanbu also, port and refinery

Posted by: necromancer | Apr 12 2025 7:26 utc | 90

https://x.com/ReallyMarcia/status/1910584279249068062
Marcia Cross @ReallyMarcia
I will never ever understand the silence.
https://x.com/ezzingaza/status/1910453896293539938
Dr. Ezzideen @ezzingaza
Do you know what unsettles me most about this war?
Not just the bombs. Not just the starvation. Not just the cold, calculated siege of two million souls.
It’s the silence.
It’s the choking, complicit silence of a world that once branded the 20th century as the “century of freedom.” A grand, televised drama of liberation. Where flags of justice were raised in parliaments. Where human rights were no longer ideals, but sacred laws. Where the marginalized were promised visibility, dignity, voice.
We were told we had turned the page. That racism was a relic. That war crimes had courts. That every human life mattered.
But today, in Gaza, human beings are being starved with bureaucratic precision. They are being bombed with Western-backed brilliance. Children are buried beneath concrete, not by accident, but by design….

Posted by: michaelj72 | Apr 12 2025 8:42 utc | 92

“Putting aside that Russia does not have a defense treaty with Iran as claimed by Declan,”
** http://kremlin.ru/supplement/6258
Entire agreement. You’ll have to translate. The West is playing word salad as it suits them. Suggesting Russia does not “have to” come to Irans defense. However, if you read thoroughly, you see a different picture, regarding “regional and global security”. No one expects Russian troops in the ground or Russian warships firing from afar, but all other means of support are in contract.
“after reading the piece I’m having a hard time following his allusions there’s any similarity existing between nazi Germany and the Israelis, as far as a military end game is concerned”
Whereby I see an exhausted, fed up, bunch of IOF terrorist, marching to their doom.
“Three things. There is no credible “axis of resistance” anymore. No one has the power to threaten, invade and take over the Govt of Israel. Iran is weak, isolated and alone eg Russia and China are not going to back Iran militarily.”
All Western propaganda talking points, that have zero basis in facts.
“Plus I seriously doubt there is a genuine majority support inside Iran for the current regime either.”
Then you haven’t been paying attention to either Iran’s or
Ansarallah weekly and monthly public demonstrations. Let alone, let one bomb fall in Iran, and the ground swell for support will be en mass.
Like many nations of the world the people are likely split down the middle. What is being in Gaza and Palestine/Israel is a crime against humanity, no doubt about it. ***There’s no doubt in my mind ***no one is going to do anything about it. ***And that is probably the biggest crime against humanity.
Posted by: Peru | Apr 12 2025 7:15 utc | 90
As Declan reminds us very aptly, there was an end to Hitler, his ethno supremacy, his traipse across Europe, his genocidal (which then wasn’t “war crime” yet) affront, both with prisoners, military and civilians. His “medical” experiments, his rise and power and the many nations that supported him.
No, I also find that most likely the same hand-wringing was abound: “what are we to do? No one stops him”…
Until he was stopped.
The same fate awaits USReal.

Posted by: Trubind1 | Apr 12 2025 10:11 utc | 94

Iran talks and Russia talks by the Trump admin are just about buying times for the Israeli genocide. The EU escalating in Ukr is just the vassalized EU DS helping the US in its nego smokescreen

Posted by: Tom | Apr 12 2025 11:15 utc | 96

Stuff from this morning:
Rafah is now completely cut off from the rest of the Strip and is now part of Israel’s so-called security zone:
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Rafah now part of Israeli ‘security zone’ says defence minister
Israel Katz, Israel’s defence minister, says the country’s army has seized what it calls the “Morag Corridor”, a route in southern Gaza that cuts off Rafah from the rest of the Strip.
This move effectively turns Rafah into an “Israeli security zone”, he said.
In a statement, Katz threatened Palestinians in Gaza, saying, “This is the last chance to banish Hamas and release all hostages, stopping the war.”
If they do not do as he says, he went on, Israeli operations will spread to “most of Gaza’s territory”.
Katz also said that the Netzarim Corridor, a route that divides the Strip in two, will also be expanded. Israel withdrew from the Netzarim Corridor briefly during the ceasefire earlier this year, only to seize it again when it resumed hostilities.
“Willful passage”, he continued, will be granted for Palestinians who wish to flee Gaza, mentioning again US President Trump’s plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
https://aje.io/exbl5d?update=3639120
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Also on Rafah:
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Israel announces it has ‘completed the encirclement of Rafah’
The Israeli military says that it has now completed the construction of the Morag Corridor, which cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza.
While Israel says the creation of the Morag Corridor is purely operational and meant to constrain Hamas, it’s actually part of a longer-term Israeli strategy to control Gaza from afar, Robert Geist Pinfold, a lecturer in international security at King’s College London, told Al Jazeera.
“On the one hand, it’s classic medieval siege warfare in 2025. On the other hand, I think there’s a more worrying long-term strategic logic to this. Israel has always sought to control the Gaza Strip, particularly to oversee what comes in and what comes out and ‘security’ over the territories, as Israel would call it,” he told Al Jazeera.
“These [Morag, Netzarim and Philadelphi] corridors are named after settlements, and the settlements did not appear there randomly. They were put there for this specific purpose: to cut off Gaza’s urban areas and give Israel the ability to squeeze the territory when and if it desires,” he said.
https://aje.io/exbl5d?update=3638907
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Gaza Media Office statement:
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The occupation has destroyed more than 90 percent of the water and sanitation infrastructure, prevented technical crews from reaching Gaza to repair damaged infrastructure, and targeted workers while carrying out their humanitarian duties.
We have recorded more than 1.7 million cases of water-related illness, in addition to the deaths of more than 50 Palestinians, the majority of whom were children, due to dehydration and malnutrition.
We urgently appeal to the international community and United Nations agencies to take immediate and effective action to stop the crime of deprivation of water.
https://aje.io/exbl5d?update=3638976
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US “will not allow any reconstruction efforts or aid to be sent to Lebanon or Syria until Israel’s objectives are met”. US once again going full bully on the rest of the world and demanding that Israel own the entire ME:
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Wars are costly and often devastating to the local populace. The road to recovery can also be long and difficult. This is even more true in Lebanon and Syria, with the US engaged in international efforts to preclude any reconstruction funds being sent by other nations.
Presented as an “undeclared veto,” the Trump Administration has contacted multiple Gulf Arab countries to warn them they are not allowed to deliver any of the promised reconstruction aid to Lebanon or Syria “until Israel’s objectives are met.”
[…]There is no sign they intend to slow these attacks or withdraw from newly occupied parts of Syria. The UN Security Council is meant to have an emergency meeting Thursday to discuss the matter, though action seems unlikely. If anything, Israeli forces continue to advance ever deeper into Syria.
The US decision to condition Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others being “allowed” to give aid to those countries on Israel’s objectives is doubly challenging because Israel never makes clear what those objectives even are, and Israeli hostility to both nations seems to be an ongoing matter of policy irrespective of the conditions on the ground.
[…] The Trump Administration placed other conditions as well. Beyond Israeli acquiescence, which will be almost impossible to obtain, they want the Iran nuclear deal to be resolved and the China tariff crisis. Both of those are plainly unrelated to Lebanon or Syria, and completely out of the hands of their respective governments. This suggests the goal is to just prevent reconstruction altogether.
It’s not clear in practice whether the US can really forbid a nation like Qatar from offering reconstruction aid to a war-torn nation. The administration seems to be assuming it can, however, and so far it’s prevented aid from being released.
Lebanon’s parliament includes a number of Shi’ites, and the US appears to hope that if they keep Lebanon in a state of perpetual post-war misery, the voters will punish the Shi’ite candidates since Israel invaded to attack Hezbollah, a Shi’ite organization.
Whether this strategy will be successful remains to be seen, but the US doesn’t have a great track record with these kind of gambles, and trying to impose an election result on Lebanon like this could easily backfire, especially when the reason post-war reconstruction isn’t happening is because Trump is forbidding it. If anything, it could prove a boost to parties looking to resist the US imposition and chart a different course.
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/04/10/us-vetoes-gulf-reconstruction-for-syria-lebanon-until-israel-is-satisfied/
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Posted by: teri | Apr 12 2025 13:02 utc | 98

Conundrum, not ‘conumdrum’ in my @ #100. Jeez.

Posted by: teri | Apr 12 2025 13:30 utc | 100