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August 10, 2025
Palestine Open Thread 2025-181

News & views related to the war in Palestine …

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I really wish that Ansar Allah would start bombing the Saudi oil fields.
Dubai would be another good target – lots of Western tourists. It’s time for these Gulf states to pay.

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Aug 10 2025 12:41 utc | 1

Truman Diary entry
“The Jews, I find, are very, very selfish. They care not how many Estonians, Latvians, Finns, Poles, Yugoslavs or Greeks get murdered or mistreated…as long as the Jews get special treatment. Yet when they have power, physical, financial or political neither Hitler nor Stalin has anything on them for cruelty or mistreatment to the underdog.”
— U.S. President Harry S. Truman, diary entry for July 21, 1947

Posted by: Exile | Aug 10 2025 12:54 utc | 2

“Resistance is futile, you will be assimilated”.

– The Borg

A quote recognizable to scifi fans around the world.
On September 22, 2023, fifteen days before October 7th,
Netanyahu, in a speech given before the world body,
wiped Palestine from the map.
In this speech he urged Palestinians, wearing his trademark smirk,
to “embrace Israel”.
Nine days later Netanyahu gave Palestinians a demonstration
of what assimilation would entail.
On Oct 1st, Oct 2nd, Oct 3rd, Oct 4th, … Zionist settlers
invaded and defiled the al Aqsa mosque.
This invasion continued until Hamas gave their response
of resistance on October 7th.

Posted by: Otto Penn | Aug 10 2025 13:06 utc | 3

Ghost of Zanon@1……work as a terrorist in a past life? Kill tourists, the Apartheid State would just love that…..’oh, look, unhinged Muslims killing poor service workers from third world countries’….you sound as confused as The Resistance, everyone plus the elephant in the room knows what the problem is…….firing one rocket once a week at it will not solve that particular problem…..
Cheers M
…. haven’t been following MOA lately, touring East n West, Canada is huge and growing, maybe it’s been discussed, but over the past few weeks there have been rather large explosions near or at Iranian facilities…..guess the don’t take proper precautions handling the fire works…..

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Aug 10 2025 13:09 utc | 4

Otto Penn@3…..that is so old news Otto, look at what the Squatters are doing right now……Hamas kills some Occupation Soldiers, Squatters burn down entire Palestinian towns…..one of, if not the biggest blunder of the October Seven ‘reaction’….my God did they blow hot air, big air, until they fell for the Appeasement and Reconciliation schtick…..wonder what Nasrallah might think of that, he’ll have much to discuss with all the other martyrs……

Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Aug 10 2025 13:18 utc | 5

Ukraine and World Affairs: Weekly Update, 8th August 2025: May be useful to some: https://robcampbell.substack.com/p/ukraine-and-world-affairs-weekly-3fe Covers Gaza and Middle East

Posted by: The Busker | Aug 10 2025 14:03 utc | 6

Ghost of Zanon@1……work as a terrorist in a past life? Kill tourists, the Apartheid State would just love that…..’oh, look, unhinged Muslims killing poor service workers from third world countries’….you sound as confused as The Resistance, everyone plus the elephant in the room knows what the problem is…….
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Aug 10 2025 13:09 utc | 4
Mmhmm- five seconds after the rebels start firing rockets at oil fields, KSA will ask the USA or China to cleanse Yemen of all life. And either one will do it, given that China imports more oil from KSA than even Iran. Part of what’s happening in Gaza is being an answer to “terrorism” as a viable method of warfare.

Posted by: They Call Me Mister | Aug 10 2025 14:13 utc | 7

sean the leprechaun 6
Corbyn’s new slogan YOUR, is taken from the Urdu Apke, your culture. It’s a racist slogan. The PTB need to understand that International Law protects us ALL. Dog eat dog, and they’re the dogs who need protecting when their rules get broken.
It’s like connecting an electrical circuit from a transformer to earth.
The vast mass of the earth tells the electrical energy to be Neutral 0 volts on one side, and live 230 volts on the other side.
If you put a fuse between the live and the earth, the fuse will explode. The full power of the transformer needs to meet the full Resistance of the mass of the Earth.
The PTB fuse constantly blowing up will eventually teach the PTB that the Law is for everybody’s protection.
All of OUR Protection. Corbyn should call his Party OUR imo.

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 10 2025 14:42 utc | 8

Posted by: Ghost of Zanon | Aug 10 2025 12:41 utc | 1
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No justice will emerge from destruction.
Better if Ansar Allah seizes control of Saudi oilfields and deposed the corrupt Sauds.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 15:03 utc | 10

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 15:03 utc | 9
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And a very good friend of Epstein and his elite pedo social gang.

Posted by: pepe | Aug 10 2025 15:09 utc | 11

five seconds after the rebels start firing rockets at oil fields, KSA will ask the USA or China to cleanse Yemen of all life. And either one will do it, given that China imports more oil from KSA than even Iran.
Posted by: They Call Me Mister | Aug 10 2025 14:13 utc | 6
You really don’t understand much about the Middle East do you? It is physically impossible to do what what you claim (but you didn’t know it). Yemen is a very mountainous country. The explosions (even nuclear) just bounce off the rocks without doing much damage. That’s why Nagasaki killed far fewer than Hiroshima.
In any case Russia can supply the oil for China.

Posted by: laguerre | Aug 10 2025 15:29 utc | 12

Posted by: pepe | Aug 10 2025 15:09 utc | 10
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I can’t stand the Sauds and MBS is representative of the lot.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 15:38 utc | 13

fyi
According to Israeli media reports, a bruising week of leaks and public recriminations has laid bare the rift between Israel’s political leaders and its military high command.
“This is the most severe crisis in the history of relations between the political echelon and the military since the 1948 war,” said Prof Yagil Levy, the head of the Institute for the Study of Civil-Military Relations at the Open University of Israel. “Never before has the political leadership compelled the military to execute an operation it adamantly opposed.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/10/israel-plan-to-occupy-gaza-deepens-rift-between-government-and-idf

Posted by: Don Firineach | Aug 10 2025 16:06 utc | 14

Re: Otto Penn | Aug 10 2025 13:06 utc | 3,
“On September 22, 2023, fifteen days before October 7th,
Netanyahu, in a speech given before the world body,
wiped Palestine from the map. . ….”
I’m beginning to understand Hamas’ actions a little better now. Their taking hostages Oct 7 was a “Hail Marry” move to advert an impending invasion and destruction of Gaza by Israel. Unfortunately, Hamas’ gambit did not work. Nutandyahoo went forward with his plans anyway.

Posted by: Gee Eye Joe | Aug 10 2025 17:12 utc | 15

Unfortunately, Hamas’ gambit did not work. Nutandyahoo went forward with his plans anyway.
Posted by: Gee Eye Joe | Aug 10 2025 17:12 utc | 14
Wrong. The gambit did work. It attracted attention back to the Palestinian plight. Though it did trigger Netanyahu and his eschatological cronies into carrying out the immediate wipe-out of Gaza, and more importantly the west bank. The situation could have festered for many years yet.

Posted by: laguerre | Aug 10 2025 17:20 utc | 16

@Posted by: Gee Eye Joe 14
Hamas took prisoners, not hostages.
Plenty of them IDF warcriminals.
Of the 1400 deaths of oct 7 (most killed by IDF also) half of them were their own forces.
The other half were colonisers who FAFO when they decided to live on ethnically cleansed and stolen Palestinian land.
Also Satanyahoo is better than Nutanyahoo.
He is more evil than mad.

Posted by: Ed Bernays | Aug 10 2025 17:43 utc | 17

The gambit did work. It attracted attention back to the Palestinian plight. Though it did trigger Netanyahu and his eschatological cronies into carrying out the immediate wipe-out of Gaza, and more importantly the west bank. The situation could have festered for many years yet.
Posted by: laguerre | Aug 10 2025 17:20 utc | 16
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This. Sinwar’s conclusion that if Hamas didn’t do “something” all future Gazans would be born into a ghetto with no future.
When the choice is slavery or death, Muslims (and maybe some Christians) know what to do.
Oct 7th was a Hail Mary, an all-in move. Yes, lots have died, but they all would have died under the ZioMerican boot anyway. This way, they go out on their terms.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 18:01 utc | 18

How Israel killed hundreds of its own people on 7 October
https://electronicintifada.net/content/how-israel-killed-hundreds-its-own-people-7-october/49216

Posted by: Exile | Aug 10 2025 18:01 utc | 19

Chris Smalls, who was on the most recent Flotilla boat, gave an interview to Middleeasteye. It is really interesting, to say the least. He was separated from the rest of the crew and held in solitary while they were in Israeli prison.
He says that when they stopped in Galipoli (he said in Italy, so it was a dock in the town of Gallipoli, Italy, not in Libya) to get a tank of fresh water for bathing and cooking, the tank actually contained acid. Luckily they figured that out soon enough to stop the dock crew from dumping it into the boat’s water supply and get the tank replaced with a water tank.
In Israel, the IOF cholked him with his own chain necklaces and beat him up. He talks about how the US did not respond to the Americans’ requests for assistance, and that US politicians don’t want to speak to him.
Smalls says that he has never felt such hatred – evil, seething hatred – directed at him as a black man in his life. The Israelis see the Palestinians as black people; the hatred is clearly racist. He says there is no way Israel will let the Palestinians have their own country, there is simply too much hatred coming from the Israeli side.
It’s a 55-minute interview, but if you have the time, it is worth watching.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/video/they-used-my-chain-choke-me-chris-smalls-speaks-out-after-israeli-prison-assault-real-talk

Posted by: teri | Aug 10 2025 18:05 utc | 20

“Choked”, not “cholked” in paragraph 3 above.

Posted by: teri | Aug 10 2025 18:06 utc | 21

Posted by: teri | Aug 10 2025 18:05 utc | 20
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Would be great if Black radio picked that up.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 18:08 utc | 22

“Canada is huge and growing…..”
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | Aug 10 2025 13:09 utc | 4
This is fake news. Canada is the same size that it always was… after the genocide of course.
Enjoy your holiday in our shithole country Sean.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 18:32 utc | 23

Mahmood OD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXIjJdLAdiE
“Egypt calls for mobilization against Israel/ ‘Risk for global population’/”
Israeli bio-warfare? Recommended.

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 18:56 utc | 24

Like many of us have been saying from the start of this slaughter, no one is coming to save the poor Palestinians. As long as Israel has America’s unconditional backing, world opinion doesn’t mean sh|t. Hell even in some European countries, like the UK and Germany, they are coming down hard on pro-Palestinian protesters. A literal genocide being conducted and broadcast in real time and no one dares do anything.

Posted by: bored | Aug 10 2025 19:08 utc | 25

The Met Police Force in London – have arrested at least 474 people for carrying a sign saying stop the genocide and I support Palestine Action – free speech is all but dead in Britain.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 19:24 utc | 26

what is stopping the United for Peace vote at the UNGA from overriding the UZraeli veto?
Anyone know the process?

Posted by: cafe_con_leche9 | Aug 10 2025 19:43 utc | 27

“Egypt is bankrolling nearly half the Gaza slaughter, a $35B gas deal with the occupation, covering ~43% of the war’s total cost.
Since October 7, 2023, the Zionist assault on Gaza has cost ~$81B.
While an entire people is being killed, starved, and besieged, billions flow to the hands of those carrying out the massacres.”
“The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) comprises 57 member states, each possessing considerable economic, political, and human resources. However, the contemporary geopolitical landscape reveals a disquieting trend: 56 of these nations appear to be effectively neutralized, whether through the insidious mechanisms of bribery, pervasive political and economic pressure, or the devastating consequences of being bombed into a state of defenselessness, as tragically exemplified by Syria and Lebanon.
In this deeply concerning tableau, only one Islamic state appears to stand resolutely against the Zionists and their entity known as Israel. This assessment, frankly, is objective and reflects a harsh truth about the current state of affairs within the Muslim world. The pervasive silence and inaction of the majority, contrasted with the steadfast, albeit challenging, stance of the lone dissenting voice, paints a grim picture of widespread capitulation in the face of perceived overwhelming opposition”
https://nitter.poast.org/iwasnevrhere_/status/1954291552131731529#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 19:46 utc | 28

The Biggest Mass Arrest in UK History, Guess What For?
https://x.com/justinpodur/status/1954349435816747475
“The largest number of arrests in history by the MET police at a singke protest, was for people holding signs that say ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action’.

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 19:50 utc | 29

JohnGilberts (29).
Maybe not according to this person, but no matter – the labour party is finished – this will not be forgotten, I think Corbyn’s new party will replace Labour.
“Lots of people still saying that today marks the most arrests ever at a single protest.
My mum helped organise this demo in 1961 where over 1000 were arrested for peacefully sitting down in Trafalgar Sq.
If we don’t want today’s resistance forgotten, let’s not forget yesterday”
https://nitter.poast.org/Natasha_Walter/status/1954294929502744836#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:03 utc | 30

The brave Met Police in London arrest a blind man in a wheelchair for protesting against genocide in Gaza – no doubt those brave Stasi officers will get medals for their actions on this one.
The piss-poor excuse of following orders doesn’t cut it anymore.
https://nitter.poast.org/NormalIslandNws/status/1954193107148320828#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:09 utc | 31

JT: Justin Podur (Anti-Empire Report)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFxZ-dzBqM
“Netanyahu’s mask comes off/ Did Russia abandon Syria for Ukraine?”
‘Russia in the Middle East is not a solid ally. Russia has always had a special relationship with Israel. The alliance Russia had to defend Syria exempted Israel…’

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 20:14 utc | 32

JT: Justin Podur (corrected)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxFzZ-dzBqM

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 20:18 utc | 33

There’s quite a few (LFI) Labour Friends of Israel British politicians on the Israeli payroll.
“Last year, Yvette Cooper received £215,000 from the Israel lobby. Then she proscribed Palestine Action as a ‘terrorist organisation’.”
https://nitter.poast.org/MyArrse/status/1954581076606595328#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:31 utc | 34

Sources on Zionists and their mercenaries war crimes in Gaza.
US Green Beret: Israeli “Hunger Games in Gaza” (h/t Sen. Chris Van Hollen)
juancole.com/2025/07/green-a…
Ex-US contractor says he saw IDF commit war crimes at aid sites; GHF rejects ‘false claims’
timesofisrael.com/ex-us-cont…
Democracy Now: Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes
democracynow.org/2025/7/29/a…
youtube.com/watch?v=57htMYk4…
BBC News
Former US Green Beret says Israel committed war crimes at Gaza food distribution site
youtube.com/watch?v=72aZhsNM…
France 24 Exclusive: GHF ‘complicit in war crimes’ in Gaza, says former aid contractor
france24.com/en/middle-east/…
Green Beret Anthony Agular recounts how a 5-year-old Palestinian kissed his hands to thank him for the food Agular gave him
https://nitter.poast.org/wikileaks/status/1950898764647923759#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:31 utc | 35

Julian Assange back to doing what he does best – opposing injustice.
“Julian and Stella Assange helped lead more than 100,000 Australians in a march across the Sydney Harbour Bridge to oppose Israel’s campaign of slaughter, subjugation and censorship. Police had earlier tried to block the March but were overruled by the New South Wales Supreme Court”
https://nitter.poast.org/wikileaks/status/1952525786063224981#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:32 utc | 36

Another old granny is arrested and searched, then put in a police van by Starmer’s Stasi force for protesting the genocide.
https://nitter.poast.org/MaxBlumenthal/status/1954257249880232117#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:49 utc | 37

https://x.com/CraigMurrayOrg/status/1954338252757799285
Craig Murray @CraigMurrayOrg
The Western political class, exposed as deeply complicit in genocide, is turning viciously against its own people as the only way of maintaining the zionist project.
We need revolutionary change.
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https://x.com/georgegalloway/status/1953511226698252512
George Galloway @georgegalloway
That’s why life in the West Bank under Israeli occupation is so sweet…
https://x.com/HatsOffff/status/1953505407504093489
HatsOff @HatsOffff
Netanyahu justifies Gaza annexation: “We want to liberate ourselves and liberate the people of Gaza from the awful terror of Hamas.”

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 10 2025 20:50 utc | 38

This is utterly f*ckin surreal.
“MP claims Surrey Care Home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.”
https://nitter.poast.org/RosieisaHolt/status/1953721018205266174#m

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:51 utc | 39

Re my (39) comment its sarcasm from a comedian – but it hits the spot I think.

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 20:56 utc | 40

Translation

Shocking Scandal
Saudi Arabia, the True Enemy of Arabs and Muslims
The Saudi ship named “Yanbu,” operated by the logistics company “Bahri,” was carrying a shipment of Oto Melara cannons and other weapons to the occupying entity.
The efforts of port workers led to a decision by Italian port authorities to impose oversight on arms exports.

https://x.com/Alghoom2025/status/1954603081238532153
Occupying entity = Israel
Basically KSA is the supply vector for the genocide.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:13 utc | 41

🇵🇸 Aftermath of the Israeli strike on the Al Jazeera tent in Gaza. Warming, graphic images.
Earlier today, Netanyahu stated that he would allow foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip.
Hours later, the Israeli military launched an attack directly targeting Al Jazeera’s tent full of journalists.
The IDF has previously accused Al Jazeera journalists of being undercover Hamas operatives.
They’ve directly accused Anas Al-Sharif of being an undercover Hamas operative several times.
The hasbara will go in that direction.

short video of the aftermath
https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1954653153871405479

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:18 utc | 42

Like we said: 🇮🇱 The IDF has announced targeting and killing Anas al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera correspondent.
The IDF justified its strike by once again accusing him of being a “terrorist operating under the guise of a journalist.”
The IDF stated:
The terrorist Anas al-Sharif served as a cell leader in the Hamas terror organization and advanced plans for rocket fire against Israeli civilians and IDF forces.
The IDF has previously claimed Anas’s affiliation with the AlQassam Brigades back October, 2024, stating he “headed an artillery unit” and was a member of the “Nukhba” Elite Forces in eastern Jabalia’s Battalion.
➡️ The Al Jazeera News Outlet has denied Israel’s bizarre allegations, and stated that the IDF systematically targets Al Jazeera’s employees in the Gaza Strip.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1954653515789582364
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UPDATE | The entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza City has been assassinated by Israel, including reporters and cameramen.
They are:
Reporter: Anas al-Sharif
Reporter: Mohammad Qureiqaa
Cameraman: Ibrahim Zaher
Cameraman: Moamen Alaywa
Crew driver: Mohammad Nofal

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1954653422004678964
Sinwar was right. The Israelis cannot help showing the world that they are evil.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:22 utc | 43

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever among you sees evil, let him change it with his hand. If he cannot do so, then with his tongue. If he cannot do so, then with his heart, which is the weakest level of faith.”
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 49

Imagine if Judeo-Christians were encouraged to stand against oppression and injustice.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:26 utc | 44

Sohaib Al-Masalmeh
“Hebrew sources:
At a time when Israel is losing on the global propaganda front, the assassination of Anas al-Sharif, a key player in Al Jazeera’s propaganda apparatus, is a major achievement.
Sharif’s influence on Israel’s standing in the world far outweighs that of many of the senior leaders in Hamas’s military wing who are still active . Hamas is winning on the propaganda front; it must be defeated there as well.”

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 10 2025 21:34 utc | 45

“This is my last will and testament.
If these words of mine reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.
First, may God’s peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you. God knows that I have exerted all my effort and strength to be a support and voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and neighborhoods of Jabalia refugee camp. I had hoped that God would prolong my life so that I could return with my family and loved ones to our original hometown of occupied Ashkelon (al-Majdal), but God’s will was greater, and His judgment is binding.
I have lived the pain in all its details, and I have tasted the pain and loss repeatedly. Despite that, I have never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without falsification or distortion. May God be a witness against those who remained silent and those who accepted our killing, and those who besieged our breath and did not let the remains of our children and women move in their hearts and did not stop the massacre that our people have been subjected to for more than a year and a half.
I entrust you with Palestine, the jewel in the crown of Muslims and the heartbeat of every free person in this world.
I entrust you with its people and its young oppressed children, who did not live long enough to dream and live in safety and peace.
Their pure bodies were crushed by thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart, and their remains scattered on the walls.
I entrust you not to be silenced by restrictions, nor to be paralyzed by borders. Be bridges toward the liberation of the country and its people, until the sun of dignity and freedom shines over our usurped country.
I entrust you with my family,
the apple of my eye, my beloved daughter Sham, whom I never had the opportunity to see grow up as I dreamed.
I entrust you with my dear son Salah, for whom I wished to be a support and companion until he grows strong, so he can bear my burdens and complete the mission.
I entrust you with my beloved mother, through whose prayers I have reached this point, whose prayers were my fortress and whose light has illuminated my path.
I ask God to strengthen her heart and reward her on my behalf.
I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah Bayan, whom the war separated for many days and months, yet she remained faithful, steadfast like an olive trunk that does not bend, patient and content. She carried the trust in my absence with all strength and faith.
I entrust you to rally around them and be their support after God Almighty.
If I die, I will die steadfast in my principles. I call God to witness that I am satisfied with His judgment, faithful to the meeting with Him, and certain that what is with God is better and more lasting.
O God, accept me among the martyrs, forgive me for my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family.
Forgive me if I have fallen short, and pray for mercy for me, for I have kept my promise, and have neither changed nor altered.
Do not forget Gaza…
and do not forget me in your prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
04/06/2025
This is what the dear friend Anas recommended to be published upon his martyrdom.”
https://t.me/youseffares19/85248

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 10 2025 21:38 utc | 46

Hamas is winning on the propaganda front; it must be defeated there as well.”
Posted by: Ornot | Aug 10 2025 21:34 utc | 45
These people are so devoid of basic human morality that every countervailing opinion is considered “propaganda”.
They cannot conceive of a world where people are just averse to mass murder.
These are the kind of people now striving for full spectrum dominance of humanity from the cradle to the grave …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 21:42 utc | 47

Russia should order all the occupants of illegal Israeli settlements to leave and then destroy them. Give ’em a taste of their own medicine.

Posted by: D J G | Aug 10 2025 21:45 utc | 48

Basically KSA is the supply vector for the genocide.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:13 utc | 41
As I have said from the very beginning.
Yet there are still some here who continue to apologise on behalf of the satanic house of Saud and the fake nation of Saudi Arabia.
The same for all the Gulf fiefdoms: like ‘israel’: fake states, fake nations conjured out of the deserts by colonial charlatans.
Behold the children of Cain.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 21:48 utc | 49

see the 2:19 video at the first/second link.
https://x.com/MajestyRia/status/1953848422311899300
Tori Wan Kenobi @MajestyRia
Fact: He traveled there for his cooking show & when they tried to block this one episode, he said he would pull his entire show from the network & this was the first time the world ever saw behind the walls in Gaza 2013
https://x.com/AdameMedia/status/1953226018795217061
ADAM @AdameMedia
Its been 7 years since anthony bourdain died, he respected palestinians like very few other western journalists ever did. This is from a 2013 episode of parts unknown where he went to the gaza strip.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 10 2025 21:52 utc | 50

‘Russia in the Middle East is not a solid ally. Russia has always had a special relationship with Israel. The alliance Russia had to defend Syria exempted Israel…’
Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 20:14 utc | 32
Iran should take heed.
If it should ever find itself dependent on Russia for defence against the Zionists it is as good as gone.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 21:53 utc | 51

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 21:53 utc | 51
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Iran will never be dependent on anyone besides Allah SWT. They are genuine Muslims.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:55 utc | 52

Zionists are so stupid. Killing well-known journalists while trying to enlist the Arab street.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 21:56 utc | 53

Mmhmm- five seconds after the rebels start firing rockets at oil fields, KSA will ask the USA or China to cleanse Yemen of all life.
Posted by: They Call Me Mister | Aug 10 2025 14:13 utc | 7
China won’t do it.
The USA has been trying for more than a decade.
They’ll be as successful as their last red sea jaunt.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 21:58 utc | 54

Posted by: D J G | Aug 10 2025 21:45 utc | 48
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Russia is complicit. They have zero interest in preventing the genocide. It diminishes America, and one should never interrupt the enemy when he is making a mistake.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 22:00 utc | 55

Iranians are of good aryan stock descendants of a son of Noah, creators of many civilisations, intelligent and resourceful and have no fear of a zionist upstart

Posted by: Monty | Aug 10 2025 22:06 utc | 56

“The Met Police Force in London – have arrested at least 474 people for carrying a sign saying stop the genocide and I support Palestine Action – free speech is all but dead in Britain.”
Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 10 2025 19:24 utc | 26
I have Britain on my list of fascist States but I never did determine a clear date when they became one. There are several western states that are creeping into the pre-fascist stage.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 22:20 utc | 57

“If it should ever find itself dependent on Russia for defence against the Zionists it is as good as gone.”
Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 21:53 utc | 51
Hi arch. Soldier on dude. I have noticed a marked shift in the Moa community regarding Russia and China. They are both increasingly seen as being complicit rather than supportive of the Palestinian cause. While self-interest was an acceptable geopolitical View, they seem to be viewed as complicit increasingly.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 22:23 utc | 58

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 20:14 utc | 32
That’s the problem in a nutshell with Russia. It’s been quite some time since I’ve seen them as a true Ally of the resistance. Russia seems to very much be a Western or european country. As is so often true, the people are okay, the elites are corrupt and often vile.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 22:27 utc | 59

israel is a nation of sociopatic mass-murderers
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/1954659827499868569
☀️👀 @zei_squirrel
just 10 days ago the UN’s Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression said she was deeply worried about the genocidal Israeli death-cult’s repeated threats against journalist Anas Al-Sharif. Just minutes ago they murdered him and his colleague. They planned the murder out in the open, and then killed him as the Western media class launders it all.
the genocidal death-cult is openly celebrating their murder of Anas Al-Sharif, not even bothering with the “human shields” propaganda. I think what was done to Anas Al-Sharif should be done to everyone who has ever served in the Israeli rape-army and poses as a “journalist”…..
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/8/10/live-israel-pounds-gaza-as-death-toll-from-starvation-rises-to-212
LIVE: Israel kills five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh were killed along with camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.
Al Jazeera staff join long list of Gaza journalists killed by Israel
The Israeli military has been systematically killing journalists, photographers and local media workers in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war in an attempt to silence their reports.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has been able the verify the killing of at least 186 journalists since October 7, 2023. At least 90 journalists have been imprisoned by Israel.
The Government Media Office in Gaza reports a higher number, saying over 230 journalists have been killed.
The Israeli military has accused many of the media workers it has killed, including Al Jazeera journalists and correspondent Anas al-Sharif, of being “terrorists” working for Hamas and other groups. It has yet to provide any documentation verified by independent international parties that would prove its claims.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 10 2025 22:35 utc | 60

“Wrong. The gambit did work. It attracted attention back to the Palestinian plight. Though it did trigger Netanyahu and his eschatological cronies into carrying out the immediate wipe-out of Gaza, and more importantly the west bank. The situation could have festered for many years yet.”
Posted by: laguerre | Aug 10 2025 17:20 utc | 16
I completely agree with your basic Point here but I would add one thing. Hamas expected a typical response from Israel although perhaps more severe in scope.
Like the rest of the world they did not expect a full blown genocide and Regional expansion. Israel did not believe that the world would allow them to get away with this genocide.
I have never seen a LIHOP fail so spectacularly. This was not only a military successful operation but a massive media success globally. It put Palestine on the map in a way that is never happened before.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 22:36 utc | 61

Psychopathy, or psychopathic personality, is a personality construct characterized by impaired empathy and remorse, persistent antisocial behavior, along with bold, disinhibited, and egocentric traits. These traits are often masked by superficial charm and immunity to stress, which create an outward appearance of apparent normalcy.
I have begun to understand that pschopathy is a birth defect. A defective wiring of the brain that does not allow for a conscience. Too bad for the world that these sort of liars ended up in positions of power.
But it is a defect from birth.

Posted by: Nooneuknow | Aug 10 2025 22:46 utc | 62

I have never seen a LIHOP fail so spectacularly. This was not only a military successful operation but a massive media success globally. It put Palestine on the map in a way that is never happened before.
Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 22:36 utc | 61
“The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men / Gang aft agley”
I take at least some comfort that the plans of the Zionists, no matter how well funded and diabolical, will eventually turn against their masters and lead to their destruction.
“LIHOP” eventually transforms into LIGOOH:
“Let It Get Out Of Hand”

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 10 2025 23:36 utc | 63

Russian actions in Israel are constrained by Russian constitution.
Something to do with protection of Russian diaspora. Didn’t note the exact wording.

Posted by: necromancer | Aug 10 2025 23:41 utc | 64

Posted by: Nooneuknow | Aug 10 2025 22:46 utc | 62
######
Power selects for the traits of psychopathy.
Empathy doesn’t handle competition well.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 10 2025 23:41 utc | 65

Confirmation of Green Light By US For Israel’s Plans To Invade Gaza City…
https://x.com/Raminho/status/195481125709594920
“…Where l million Palestinians are located, delivered via USUN acting Amb Shea (in defiance of every other UNSC member even other strong Israeli allies)):
‘The Government of Israel did not make its decision to advance its military campaign in a vacuum, but after months of Hamas intransigence. Hamas refuses to accept a ceasefire and continues to torture the hostages.
‘The United Snakes supports Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas’ terrorism. And ultimately, Israel has a right to decide what is necessary for its security and what measures are appropriate to end the threat posed by Hamas and other similar groups.”
Over to you Americans. Your president could end this in 1 phone-call. Instead he chooses more genocide.

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 23:44 utc | 66

Confirmation of Green Light By US For Israel’s Plans (correction)
https://x.com/Raminho/status/1954581125709594920

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 10 2025 23:47 utc | 67

Re:David G Horsman | Aug 10 2025 22:36 utc | 61
I think Hamas knew a full blown genocide was imminent, and hoped to advert it by taking some hostages. That did not happen. Anyway, either way Hamas and the rest of Palestine really had nothing to loose by their Oct 7 action. Actually, considering the number of people leaving Israel, and Israel being condemned by petty much the rest of the planet, by military stat’s Hamas is winning. Israel don’t know it yet by they are done. Israel’s only hope is to ditch Satanyahoo and his extremist posse, and form a new government that can stop its aggressions, and adopt a new policy toward Palestine.

Posted by: Gee Eye Joe | Aug 11 2025 0:15 utc | 68

“I have never seen a LIHOP fail so spectacularly. This was not only a military successful operation but a massive media success globally. It put Palestine on the map in a way that is never happened before.”
I agree but the interesting thing is that if it was a LIHOP neither Hamas nor Hezbollah nor Iran have articulated this likelihood, let alone gone into expansive detail, i.e. they have not even remotely made a forensic case for this possiblity or probability. Perhaps something like mathematical game theory could be applied to calculate the probability of it being an Israeli LIHOP.

Posted by: Ludovic | Aug 11 2025 1:11 utc | 69

Is it safe to say that the US is now 100% responsible for the starvation and bombings?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 2:01 utc | 70

Is it safe to say that the US is now 100% responsible for the starvation and bombings?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 2:01 utc | 70
No, other countries are responsible too.
Europe, Canada, Australia
Gulf Petrostates
China
Some might even argue that Israel is responsible.

Posted by: Afro | Aug 11 2025 2:17 utc | 71

LoveDonbass 70
Trump said it was on US authority.
By which he means White Supremacy.
Pharaoh repented , but was not forgiven because of his obstinacy in opposing Islam and the Muslims of Moses’ AS time.

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 11 2025 2:34 utc | 72

Posted by: Afro | Aug 11 2025 2:17 utc | 71
######
What is Israel?
Who protects Israel at the UN?
Which government has given billions every year to Israel?
I think that America is 100% responsible for the genocide.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 2:40 utc | 73

I think that America is 100% responsible for the genocide.
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 2:40 utc | 73
Absolutely. When you have to power to stop it immediately, but don’t…

Posted by: Nooneuknow | Aug 11 2025 2:47 utc | 74

Bibi has been claiming that Hamas destroyed all of the buildings with booby traps.
They do think people are that dumb.
Who provided the bombs and planes? Whose CENTCOM Commander has been regularly meeting with the Israeli military?
America owns the genocide. Individual Americans may not, but the country of America is a genocidal nation. That is beyond dispute.
And this is not the first such event.
The natives in the Americas. The Mexicans. The Vietnamese. The Koreans. The overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The Philippines. Iraq. Afghanistan.
Syria, soon Lebanon, and Iran, if they get the chance.
Yankees are not the good guys.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 2:50 utc | 75

🇦🇺🇵🇸 Australia will recognize the State of Palestine in September at the UN General Assembly. This was announced by Australian Prime Minister Albanese.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/1954747487849218526
So, friends, help me figure this out.
England, France, Canada, and now Australia are all going to recognize Palestine.
Obviously, England and its colonies (Canada, Australia) are marching in lockstep, and England is behind the creation of Israel and conducts regular surveillance flights of Gaza on behalf of Tel-Aviv.
What game are the Anglos playing?

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 3:36 utc | 76

Exile @2
Thanks for this gem.
Here is another well informed source
https://lobelog.com/so-harry-truman-wasnt-so-big-on-israel-after-all/

Posted by: fanto | Aug 11 2025 3:56 utc | 77

a poem
I cannot hear of another Israeli
Genocide Act – again, again, and again.
Day in day out, I can, and I do.
But to hear of a Nazi extermination of Jews
– As a nightly prayer, at evening meal, it
corrupts, by slammer, a soul who loves.
Soul, I, who loves, Must play Dufay;
the chants Missa Ecce ancillary Domini.
Soul, Chill; And find peace.

Posted by: Slim | Aug 11 2025 4:20 utc | 78

What game are the Anglos playing?
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 3:36 utc | 76
Fake opposition to the Zionist-maga trump conglomeration.
Remember when trump was chastising zelensky and the “leaks” were blaming Europe? Just a show to push to get the vassals to pay more.
They’re still arresting anyone who protesting zionism too much

Posted by: Meh | Aug 11 2025 4:57 utc | 79

“England, France, Canada, and now Australia are all going to recognize Palestine…
What game are the Anglos playing?”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 3:36 utc | 76
It’s extremely suspicious for the colonies to be less extreme than the empire.
Is this becoming a bridge to far? An outrage even they hesitate to indulge?

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 11 2025 5:18 utc | 80

“They do think people are that dumb.”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 2:50 utc | 75
No they don’t. This is a tactic where you spend all your time responding to their lies and misleading statements. If it’s in the news, why this, why now?

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 11 2025 5:22 utc | 81

“they have not even remotely made a forensic case for this possiblity or probability. Perhaps something like mathematical game theory could be applied to calculate the probability of it being an Israeli LIHOP.”
Posted by: Ludovic | Aug 11 2025 1:11 utc | 69
It’s quite ironic but the only source for this information is the Israel press and statements from Israeli soldiers involved that day. They will often have discussions in Hebrew imagining that the world doesn’t have a translate button.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 11 2025 5:26 utc | 82

“I have begun to understand that pschopathy is a birth defect. A defective wiring of the brain that does not allow for a conscience. Too bad for the world that these sort of liars ended up in positions of power.
But it is a defect from birth.”
Posted by: Nooneuknow | Aug 10 2025 22:46 utc | 62
You are quite right about that and it is well supported by scientific evidence. Ignoring the DSM-5, the rest of these monsters would be categorized as sociopaths. Which is really just learned psychopathy in some respects.

Posted by: David G Horsman | Aug 11 2025 5:57 utc | 83

see the photo at the first link
see the 20-second video at the second link. the BBC is among the lowest of the low.
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here”
– William Shakespeare, The Tempest
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1954653624547836014
Max Blumenthal @MaxBlumenthal
As the opening salvo of its occupation of Gaza City, Israel has assassinated Anas Al-Sharif, one of the world’s most courageous journalists
Israel also murdered his brave colleagues, Ismail Al-Ghoul and Hosam Shabat
Israel killed them because they showed the world the uniquely satanic violence it has unleashed across Gaza – they were our eyes and ears on the ground
https://x.com/Hamza_a96/status/1954666053151105212
Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96
“Israel says Anas al-Sharif was a member of Hamas…”
Hang your heads in shame @BBCNews
You are the lowest of the low.
https://x.com/EyeonPalestine/status/1954664983012225169
Eye on Palestine @EyeonPalestine
Today in Gaza, in front of Al-Shifa Hospital, the voice of truth and justice was silenced by the bullets of betrayal and shells of oppression…
Anas Al-Sharif and Muhammad Qariqa carried nothing but their cameras and pens; they were targeted because they exposed the face of the crime to the entire world.
They were assassinated while documenting the cries of the hungry and the tears of the bereaved, turning their blood into the most powerful news, and their final images into an eternal testimony.
Where is the humanity that remains silent in the face of killing the word?
And where is the conscience that witnesses the crime in sound and vision, then chooses to close its eyes?
May God have mercy on our heroes who sacrificed their lives for the truth… Their names will forever soar in the skies of justice, reminding the world:
In Gaza, even the truth is deliberately killed, and the world bears part of this crime.

Posted by: michaelj72 | Aug 11 2025 6:12 utc | 84

a poem
@ Slim | Aug 11 2025 4:20 utc | 78

Thank you.
In case you haven’t heard of Anita Barrows, she has written a pretty good poem for each day of this holocaust. This is Day 673 (Saturday):

A child stands on a hill,
the remains of his city
stretching before him, behind him,
around him. Overhead, a parachute
falls from a plane. It will land
too far for him to run
and find what it carries: some boxes
of food, much of it inedible:
spoiled, moldy, not enough.
Unreachable, he knows: he watches it
touch ground, sees those
who are closer race to get it.
How many days since he’s eaten?
Since his small brother has eaten?
A summer day. A day when, in
another time, he’d be kicking a ball
on the beach with his friends.
Suddenly all he wants in this world
is the feel of sand under his feet,
the predictable thud of the ball
as it flies through the blue air.

https://www.poemsforgaza.com/

Posted by: Aleph_Null | Aug 11 2025 6:24 utc | 85

No, other countries are responsible too.
Europe, Canada, Australia
Gulf Petrostates
China
Some might even argue that Israel is responsible.
Posted by: Afro | Aug 11 2025 2:17 utc | 71
The destruction of Palestine was a gang-rape in which most of the world participated in one way or another.
The literal handful who dove in to defend the victim were beaten to the brink of death (Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen).
The impotent many who couldn’t participate masturbated to the scene while making faux moans of distress.
With each ejaculation they wiped themselves off with tissues purchased from the rapists.
Hordes of Christian worshippers praised their demonic God with every demonic thrust of the gang leader.
Hordes of comatose Muslims, their voices joined as one wailed: “God Wills It!”.
It is true what the prophet said:
“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 11 2025 7:43 utc | 86

This guy wants to turn Iran into another Lebanon or Syria:

— 🇮🇱/🇮🇷 Failed and disgraced Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian, implies that Iran shouldn’t follow an independent path:
‘There are two ways. First is the way of independence, which will lead to war and a lot of bad things. Second is the way of compromise and peace.
If you want independence, you have to be prepared to suffer and pay the price, and likely have another war imposed on you. I’m not sure if this is worth it, and if this is the right path.
Okay, so you want independence, and we’ll go to war. We’ll hit them, and rebuild our capabilities. Then what? They’ll just hit us back. It’s all useless. But anyways, we won’t surrender.’
@Middle_East_Spectator

He is under the discredited delusion that bowing down to empire results in mercy.
He seems to be blind to the reality that this particular empire hates Iran for being Iran, not because it resists.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 11 2025 8:12 utc | 87

@ LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 3:36 utc | 76
Keep in mind that they’re recognizing not Palestine’s elected and legitimate government, which is Hamas, but Israel’s corrupt kapo, Mahmoud Abbas’s “Palestinian Authority”.

Posted by: malenkov | Aug 11 2025 11:20 utc | 88

“What game are the Anglos playing?”
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Aug 11 2025 3:36 utc | 76
France is not an Anglo, moron.

Posted by: canuk | Aug 11 2025 11:52 utc | 89

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Aug 11 2025 8:12 utc | 87
MiddleEastSpectator is a dubious site with a pronounced anti-Iran stance.
Iran’s current president is disliked but all stripes of hardliners who just want conflict and war, as if that is the only solution.
President Pezeshkian has demonstrated so far that he is a reasonable and responsible man fully committed to Iran’s security and dignity, both extremely important to the Iranian people and state.
Iran is conducting an open, principled, constructive and wise international policy and has been tirelessly working to convince the regional states that together they have all the necessary means to ensure the security and prosperity of the region without foreign sponsors and interference.
Iran has always openly stood by the justified and necessary regional resistance struggle, a principled, honorable and courageous position – the right thing, simply speaking.

Posted by: JB | Aug 11 2025 12:10 utc | 90

@LoveDonbass
“Is it safe to say that the US is now 100% responsible for the starvation and bombings?”
At least 51%
Where that translates into actions it means 100%
Obviously some do not think the US is the US, that it is run by outsiders etc.
However, even then … the US is still the US, as far as its combined presentation and actions are concerned.
“What game are the Anglos playing?”
Something I think about often. Where is the UK (for example) going with all of this.
UK knows that the reality of what is occuring is not eventually digestible, so it skirts an all in approach. In fact, there are few that would take the US line, because ‘it isn’t British’.
Many would argue here, and there is plenty to use as argument, however I present the view (and not excuse) that UK was a ‘moderate’ colonial, as a whole. Those subjected to any of the various excesses will disagree, and rightly.
That is to say, Britain calculated its approach carefully, and use of force was understood to be counterproductive. It was mostly applied to set a precedent and establish a position of respect. These manners were also exercised on the British people.
Where respect could not be had, for example lack of hierarchy or organisation to work with (manage) in a colonised country, events generally went south. Whether this is judged as an opportunism or due to the resulting unruliness of those being subjected, is for debate.
The point being, the British people as a whole do not consider the Nazi / jew question, and the resulting Palestine travesty, as fitting to the British sense of standing (whether considered an invention or as existant, by the reader). That is considered a continental reality, Palestine is considered of interest for strategic reasons, and so the initial combination and continuing involvement, which involves a fair amount of reticence (not pretend).
The British public do not generally think in terms of five eyes, they think in terms of the commonwealth.
The ‘continentals’ have their own designs on the near east and north Africa, as does the US. The continental nations (particularly france and germany, which happen to be also EU) have the Nazi / jew legacy, as well as their own ties to the US. Germany (and france and so EU) is strongly supportive of “Israel” (at political level, including armament) because it is part of continental expansion of hegemony and reinforcement of own centralised identity.
The Anglos are therefore walking a line that fits in with continental and US imposition, that suits their own strategic interests. That is why they are involved. When they say they will recognise a Palestine state, you can be near sure that it is designed to fit in with whatever ambitions the others are about, while maintaining the British line of standing also.
Meaning, the push for recognition of a (fudged or reduced) Palestine state by continentals (where iirc the idea was first forwarded) is just acceptable as path to resolution by Anglos, given their own positions and interests in the region and worldwide.
As you know, at level of world force, UK is now much reduced. If UK said it derecognised “Israel” and recognised Palestine, it would find itself ignored and isolated by continental and US.
Some say UK has financial power and is able to rule via intelligence or similar, but I think it is just playing along because it is already part of the reality (for reasons well enough known), and that it is trying to balance out what is incompatible from any other position of logic or reason, while trying to maintain own integrity and safeguard its positions at various conflicting levels (public ‘acceptance’, international law, political status etc.) furthering some and defending others, an approach that often verges on, if not crossing into, dystopian.
Obviously there is corruption and influence running in various directions also.
Of note is the conflict in Ukraine which acts as a dampener or sump. I think this is a facet you miss, by trying to reconcile say Russia being ‘anti-Nazi’ towards europe on the one hand, but supportive of ‘Nazi genocidalists’ on the other. I have to leave people to their ten D chess, but otherwise it is fairly straightforward as a form of manipulation underway, part purposeful part entrapment, part weakness.
Put simply, without the big enemy of Russia moving towards europe, threatening to take over the whole world, what is occuring in Palestine would be much easier and clearer to understand for anyone. Now it is of if not the west, then it is Russia that will benefit, regardless that the US is based there and supplying the arms; i.e. we are talking of subliminal presentation at public level and open presentation at diplomatic level for reason to support “Israel”. The US is hot on Iran, the UK on gulf protection, continental on Syria and Turkey, as examples. “Israel” is known to play off countries.
But no one will hear of any complicity or back room deals, only pragmatic agreement to resolutions that finally establish a much wanted peace, along with a newer order… and who is going to complain ?
(I am just presenting a perspective, a hypothesis if you will, don’t flame me for that please).

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 11 2025 12:32 utc | 91

> France is not an Anglo
In his defense, LD asked what the Anglos are playing. The Anglos bumped off the French Empire in the first two world wars. Ever since, France just keeps bleeding out. So, France isn’t a “player”, any more. Now, France just gets played. Just like the rest of continental Yrop.

France’s but a walking shadow, a poor player
That strutted and now frets its last hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more. It is a land
Ruled by Macron, full of sound and fury.
Signifying nothing.

Posted by: I forgot | Aug 11 2025 13:27 utc | 92

“The blood of journalists in Gaza… is a stain on the brow of humanity.
In Gaza, cameras are not targeted by chance, and voices are not silenced in vain… There are those who fear the truth, so they kill its bearers.
Every journalist killed is a witness to a double crime: the murder of a human being, and the assassination of the truth.
Killing journalists is not only a violation of international laws, but it is a clear declaration that the perpetrators want a war in the dark, without witnesses and without evidence.
But they forget that blood speaks louder than pictures, and that words written in the blood of martyrs never die.
We direct an urgent appeal to all free people of the world, to free journalists, to human rights organizations, to press unions, to stand united against these crimes, and to demand immediate justice and accountability for the killers.
The pen will not fall… and the camera will not be turned off… until the last breath of the last journalist who carries the truth,
Journalist Sohaib Al-Masalmeh”

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 11 2025 13:36 utc | 93

@92 I Forgot
“The French economy is second in the EU only to Germany…”
https://www.cep.eu/eu-topics/details/whats-left-of-french-influence-in-brussels.html
The hint meant being that european countries are largely run via EU now. Apart from ties with Germany, and a central geographic position, the size of france’s economy gives it much say at eurozone level.
In other words france is but a shadow of itself, as its influence is dedicated to EU which ‘it’ both runs and is subserviant to.
The role left it at a purely national level, apart from allowing itself to be used, often appears to be little more than one of formalities.

Posted by: Ornot | Aug 11 2025 14:09 utc | 94

The fate of the Gaza Strip was decided some time ago.
When ‘Hamas’ ‘invaded’ ‘Israel’ (which has no agreed on borders), on Oct 7, 2023, it was one step..
Why, how that happened, won’t be elucidated any time soon, all the W (USuk, EU…) and ‘Arabia’ (a short cut) stick to the MSM story of Hamas entering violently, taking hostages, kept to this day in starving conditions, and so on.
The aim from USuk-isr is not so much (imho) to take territory, but to do genocide.
The Gaza strip was always a sort of open air concentration camp, supported massively by the W, particularly the UN, via UNRWA, which employed (?) last time I looked, about 35K ppl, or more, all of them Palestinians living mostly in Gaza but also the W. Bank, getting salaries as teachers, doctors, cleaners, electricians, etc. thus keeping the ppl alive. One salary could more or less support 4 ppl, or even more.
Link below has lowered employees to 30K.
https://tinyurl.com/avd7d4bj (UNRWA site)
Trump halts funding to UNRWA. Jan. 2025. The Jewish Chronicle.
https://tinyurl.com/r8zddb63

Posted by: Noirette | Aug 11 2025 14:54 utc | 95

The British played their part in the murder of the journalists.
“The US spy plane stationed at RAF Akrotiri was active last night just before ‘Israel’ slaughtered five Al-Jazeera journalists in their tent.
Since flight path is hidden, we assume its signal on flight radar may indicate deployment – just 30 mins before the attack.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Aug 11 2025 15:41 utc | 96

Thank you all.
We are witnessing the disgusting birthing of greater israel, like a terrible golum covered in slime, dripping with blood, insane grimace on its ugly face, raising from black ashes…
All but the resistance ( Iran, Ansarullah, Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria before it was sold out and destroyed) are either helping directly, or being complicit. Or too far away, too small to help.
Only the states could help if they wanted by concrete economic, military means, all our individual peoples actions can not.
Palestine will be totally erased, I say this with enormous pain.Planned long ago…
Now, to maintain this phase israel needs 250 000 mercenaries. Where would they come from?
You guessed, from Ukraine…
Thus, if you paid attention to Putin zioWitkoff meeting ( Putins body language), to Putins loving relationship with natanyahoo, to selling out of Syria ( important step in creating the golum), you have guessed the purpose of the meeting in Alaska.
Putin will be offered a temporary ceasefire, maybe some economy coop ( read what his oligarch Dmitriev enthuses about:Together we will be exploring energy, environment in Arctic and above ).
This will free the pool of mercenaries in Ukraine for urgent needs in Levant.
Total control of gas fields and routes by greater israel. All enemies to be destroyed.
Egypt has folded, read about purchase by UAE, buys 35 B from genocidals. Syria destroyed,Lebanon close…Iran still standing, thank God.
Now, Syria and Putins relationship with genocider c…t, makes me darkly aware that he may accept, that everything is being decided already.
Whatever fatboy in USA does is for the golum, thus this pharsycal meeting may include further betrayal of Iran.
We will see. All the rest is noise…Sorry about emotional language, Anas El Shareef was last drop this morning. Rest, beautiful soul.
PS Laith Maaruf did interviews with Syrian Army survivors, is working on the video to protect their indentities before release. In the interview with Jamarl he mentioned some very bad things about Syria re Russia, active participation of Russians on the side of terrorists.
RF has removed, citing age reasons, a long time trusted and respected Middle East envoy Bogdanov.
Glen Diesen had interesting interviev with Kurtonov, on new strategy of Russia in Middle East. Neutrality he says, yeah, we see it in regard to genocide…So neutral, that next they will invite him to the 9.5 parade.
Helmer has gone silent in these important days, probably does not dare to speak out ( was already exiled as he spoke about Deripaska and oligarchy)…
Take care, we are living the worst times…

Posted by: stranger | Aug 11 2025 16:19 utc | 97

Mahmood OD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg6Qiad8Slg
“Smotrich: ‘500M must die’/ Netanyahu’s 5 genocide principles/ press conference”

Posted by: JohnGilberts | Aug 11 2025 16:40 utc | 98

What game are the Anglos playing?
Divide and Rule. But, but, Macron isn’t English. Yes darling, that’s one of Divides. But, but , it’s nothing to do with the English. Yes darling, that’s that’s another of the Divides. Why is poxy England sticking it’s poxy nose again into the Middle East?

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 11 2025 17:38 utc | 99

What game are the Anglos playing?
Divide and Rule. But, but, Macron isn’t English. Yes darling, that’s one of Divides. But, but , it’s nothing to do with the English. Yes darling, that’s that’s another of the Divides. Why is poxy England sticking it’s poxy nose again into the Middle East?

Posted by: Giyane | Aug 11 2025 17:38 utc | 100