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Posted by: The Busker | Jan 18 2026 14:13 utc | 4

Are these moves preps for attack son Iran.
 
 
“Atleast 12x F-15’s are being dragged by 4x Stratotankers towards Jordan from RAF Lakenheath, England. They will likely be used to enhance strike capabilities and air defense against drones in defense of Israel, meaning US will ultimately strike Iran in the coming days and expect Iran to retaliate by striking Israel
 
Additional F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath are being deployed to Jordan today, while lots of C-17’s tranposting additional military equipment are moving across the Atlantic”
 
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) on the move, making its way towards the middle east”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jan 18 2026 14:21 utc | 6

NEW: Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, says he believes Trump will try to assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei
 
With Trump’s recent remarks that ‘Iran needs new leadership’ and ‘Khamenei is a sick, murderous man who needs to go’, in combination with Khamenei’s frequent taunting of Trump in speeches, Shapiro believes this will push him over the edge.
 
NOTE: Based on Trump’s character and ego, I would not be surprised at all if he tries to kill Ayatollah Khamenei simply out of personal spite. He reportedly kidnapped Maduro for similar reasons
 
https://t.me/s/Middle_East_Spectator/

Posted by: teri | Jan 18 2026 14:37 utc | 8

Bravo Caitlin Johnstone…
 
https://x.com/dimitrilascaris/status/2012711160747831613
 
“Regime change the United States, and regime change all its imperial member states. Australia. The UK. Israel. Canada. The EU. The entire imperial core.
 
If you have done this and you still want to talk about how mean and bad the Iranian government is, THEN I might listen to you. THEN I might take some interest in what you have to say.
 
Until then, you’re just one more mindless imperial bootlicker trying to advance the interests of the power structure under which you live.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 18 2026 15:07 utc | 10

This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone – I hope they publish the details of the money transfers.
 
“Iran’s Spokesperson of the National Security Commission: European ambassadors were the instigators of the unrest. The ambassadors of Germany, the UK, and France stood directly alongside the terrorists and played a role in directing the chaos. There is evidence that Western countries have transferred dollars and currency to organize terrorist groups and carry out “assassinations” inside Iran.”

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jan 18 2026 15:12 utc | 12

Can’t confirm, but if true, is it Iran or Greenland that’s up first?
 
“The US Central Command has been ordered to enter the highest level of alert and readiness for an attack in the coming days.”
 
Meanwhile the wannabe Shah of Iran’s daughter gets in on the act.
 
Monitor𝕏 (@MonitorX99800): “🇮🇷⚡- The daughter of US-backed Reza Pahlavi, Noor Pahlavi, posts on Instagram that Iranian protesters are committing suicide because they believe Trump is not going to attack Iran” | nitter.poast.org
 

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jan 18 2026 15:23 utc | 14

“Israeli assessments say the U.S. strike on Iran has been delayed because Washington is preparing for a broader, longer campaign aimed at regime change rather than a limited attack – Kan News Israel asked the U.S. to wait until both sides are ready for a sustained offensive, arguing that a one-off strike would not be enough to bring down the Iranian regime”
 
Meanwhile.
 
The U.S. military buildup in the Middle East will reach its peak in one week – Israeli Channel 12″

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jan 18 2026 15:37 utc | 16

Gotta love that Baby Shah – 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Posted by: Exile | Jan 18 2026 15:41 utc | 18

Oh dear o’dear.. odure! orbans ziofascist stinky underpants are … showing and smelling .
 

From the lovely Laura Ru. 
 
 
“A subscriber to this channel asked me to explain why Hungary, a country that refused to send weapons to Ukraine and the first European country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative, voted against Palestinian membership in the UN. Hungary’s vote didn’t come as a surprise. Hungary and Israel are united by historical and social ties, economic and military cooperation, and last but not least Prime Ministers Viktor Orbán and Benjamin Netanyahu are close friends. Hungary established diplomatic relations with Israel in 1948, which were broken after the Six-Day War in 1967. In 1989, after the change of political regime, Hungary became the first country from the former Eastern Bloc to restore diplomatic relations with Israel. Relations became particularly warm in 2009-10, when the right-wing Likud party, led by Netanyahu, formed a coalition government, while in Hungary, Orbán’s Fidesz party won an overwhelming majority of seats in parliament in the 2010 elections, and Viktor Orbán became prime minister. Budapest is home to the largest Israeli community in Central and Eastern Europe – from 50 to 100 thousand people, in Israel live up to 300 thousand Hungarian Jews. Economic cooperation between the two countries is intense – the trade turnover in 2022 reached a record $750 million (mainly automotive components and agricultural/pharmaceutical sector goods).
 
In Hungary, Israeli investors can be found in the medical field (Teva Pharmaceuticals, Celitron Medical Technologies Ltd.), navigation software (NNG Software Developing and Commercial Llc), chemical products (Well Done St. Moritz Manufacturing). 
 
Cooperation between the two countries also extends to the defense sector: within the framework of the partnership announced in August 2023, the German Rheinmetall and the Israeli UVision Air Ltd. will produce combat drones on the territory of Hungary. In addition, Hungary is interested in acquiring the Iron Dome air defense system, eleven ELM-2084 air surveillance radars, etc.  Budapest openly supported  Donald Trump’s “Peace for Prosperity” Middle East plan and the expansion of the Abraham Accords. Hungary was the only European country to take part in the signing ceremony of the peace agreement between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain in Washington in September 2020. The Hungarian government regards immigration from Muslim countries to Europe as anathema and mistakenly thinks that Israel acts as a bulwark against it. Budapest’s foreign policy is dictated by national interests, that’s why it has chosen pragmatism and realpolitik in its approach to China and Russia – it cooperates and sides with these countries in so far as it is beneficial to do so.” LauraRuHK

Posted by: DunGroanin | Jan 18 2026 15:52 utc | 20

TNA: Brian Berletic: ‘It Was Always About Regime Change’
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiJm4zwZZHY
 
“Washington’s war on Iran: The importance of defending information space.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 18 2026 16:15 utc | 22

Further, I might be the only person at the bar who remembers DOGE just 12 months ago and how Elon was going to revolutionize the American federal government. Mass layoffs, shuttering Democrat pet agencies, reduce the budget deficit by cutting waste, starting a program to achieve missions to Mars…
 
95% of what the American government says are lies. The other 5% is BS.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 18 2026 16:22 utc | 24

@ LoveDonbass @ # 24
Except that this time he has succeeded in taking out Venezuela, running the economy into the ground with tariffs, destroying multiple agencies throughout the gov’t, bombing 8 or 9 countries including Iran, giving US citizens’ entire personal data to Musk, altering the curricula of multiple universities, putting loathsome creatures in charge of every dept. in the gov’t, sending ICE agents into communities with no compunction to follow any laws, making billions of bucks in personal wealth for himself and his family, instigating a red vs blue divide, taking previously allocated money and simply refusing to disburse it, sanctioning international groups as well as more countries and individuals, giving billions of dollars to the ultra-wealthy and making life more precarious for the poor and working poor than ever before, ending all standards on toxins in the water, air and ground………
 
Yeah, I think he is an idiot, too, but he sure is succeeding at ruining many lives in his idiotic way this time around.  He has some help, of course, from his stooges – who are way better at it all than the last batch.    I don’t think he is funny any more.  It’s getting scary in the US and really hard to afford basic food, much less anything else one needs.  [I say this as a person who does not eat red meat or pork or chips and such, and never eats out.]
 
Scariest thing: no-one seems inclined to stop him.

Posted by: teri | Jan 18 2026 17:10 utc | 26

teri,
 
Trump has accomplished nothing in Venezuela. No oil is coming his way and the oil companies are scared to go into hostile territory.
 
He talks a lot but tends to deliver nothing.
 
Remember when he blew up Iran’s nuclear program?
 
When he ended wars between countries that were not in conflict?
 
Gaza will not be affected by this “Peace Board”. It’s all for the cameras and Western television viewing audience.
 
Get a few “big names” and televise some mock meetings.
 
He has done this sort of thing many times.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 18 2026 17:17 utc | 28

A very good point apart from Yemen, and Iran no other nation actually put their hardware and the lives of the people on the line to save the Palestinians from genocide.
 
Monitor𝕏 (@MonitorX99800): “🇮🇱🇮🇷🇵🇸⚡- Academic David Miller says if it wasn’t for Iran the possibility of the liberation of Palestine wouldn’t even exist. Footage from Press TV” | nitter.poast.org

Posted by: Republicofscotland | Jan 18 2026 18:42 utc | 30

🇮🇷🇬🇧| According to reports, the UK embassy in Tehran has directly financially supported the armed rioters in Iran.
The UK ambassador to Tehran has reportedly left Iran in this regard.

https://t.me/RezistanceTrench1/35469

Posted by: Norwegian | Jan 18 2026 19:49 utc | 32

Mahmood OD: ‘US Super-Carrier Heads To Iran’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD
 
“USS Abraham Lincoln strike group to Iran| Trump calls to end Khamenei rule|

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 18 2026 21:51 utc | 34

AH: Struggle Session with Lara Sheehi & Nina Farnia
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpHWQpq-Ca8
 
“This panel program will wrestle with the major developments shaping the world so far in 2926. Expect uncompromising anti-imperialist analysis of the continuing resistance to US hegemony and defense of sovereignty…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 18 2026 22:01 utc | 36

38
mercenaries , special effects and make-up teams.

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 18 2026 22:30 utc | 38

see the 1:01 video at the first link
 
 
 
https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2012767660866408931
Ounka @OunkaOnX 
 
An Israeli settler blocks the path of a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance carrying patients as it heads to the hospital in occupied Jerusalem. 
 
In Israel Palestinian lives—even in medical crisis—are just obstacles to their racist fantasy
 
————-
 
https://x.com/PeruginiNic/status/2012817622518095976
Nicola Perugini  @PeruginiNic 
 
Imagine a “board of peace” with the architect of the genocide on it.
 
 
https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-among-50-world-leaders-invited-to-join-gaza-board-of-peace/
Netanyahu among 50 world leaders invited to join Gaza Board of Peace
 
Netanyahu has slammed the inclusion of Turkey, Qatar and Egypt in the subordinate Gaza Executive Board.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 18 2026 22:46 utc | 40

Looks like Australia is supposed to help out in Trump’s GAZA real estate developments now: 
 
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-19/australia-asked-to-join-trump-s-gaza-board-of-peace-/106242966?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Jan 18 2026 23:54 utc | 42

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 18 2026 13:57 utc | 2
 

I find this too coincidental with the events in Iran. If past events are a good predictor, an army of terrorists is being summoned from these prisons to hurl against the Iranian nation.

 
If past events are a good predictor, and prophesied events are, too? The imagery of demons being released from the Abyss. 
 

Posted by: Sticker | Jan 19 2026 0:39 utc | 44

Trump Seeks To Replace the UN With His ‘Board of Peace’
 
https://x.com/AliAbunimah/status/2012843377994105236
 
“Again, we can’t overlook how Russia and China enabled this by failing to veto the UNSC resolution that legitimized it. There’s just no rationalization or excuse, no matter what Arab tyrannies urged them to do. They had a unique opportunity and responsibility and they failed us.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 1:29 utc | 46

 “Each Member State shall serve a term of no more than three years from this Charter’s entry into force, subject to renewal by the Chairman,” who will be US President Donald Trump, the charter says. “The three-year membership term shall not apply to Member States that contribute more than USD $1,000,000,000 in cash funds to the Board of Peace within the first year of the Charter’s entry into force.” https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/trump-administration-asking-for-1-billion-from-countries-on-gaza-board-of-peace-report/  

Posted by: teri | Jan 18 2026 14:04 utc | 3
===================
 
Not original with me, but this sure sounds like a “private club” type of new UN.
It is all sickening.

Posted by: Jane | Jan 19 2026 2:47 utc | 48

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 19 2026 3:42 utc | 49
 
Well said! I think some always try to find a way to blame Russia and China for everything no matter what it is. Meanwhile those that are really responsible for causing the problem get a free pass.

Posted by: GeorgeWendell | Jan 19 2026 4:12 utc | 50

see the 1:07 video at the first/second link
 
see the 2:13 video at the third link
 
 
 
https://x.com/caitoz/status/2012870383838396732
Caitlin Johnstone  @caitoz 
 
HAHAHA holy shit. Watch this clip, and the one below it with Haim Saban. These billionaire Zionist megadonors are pretty straightforwardly admitting that they’re manipulating the US government in some very shady ways that would cause a scandal if the public found out about it.
 
 
https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2012735900560572918
Chris Menahan 🇺🇸  @infolibnews 
 
Israeli-American Council to Zionist billionaire Miriam Adelson: How do you buy and exercise influence over politicians in the US? 
 
Adelson: “Can you allow me not to answer? … I want to be truthful and there are so many things I don’t want to talk about.”
 
 
https://x.com/infolibnews/status/2012732736193151356
Chris Menahan 🇺🇸  @infolibnews 
 
Israeli-American Council to billionaire Haim Saban: How do you buy and exercise influence over politicians in the US ?
 
Saban: “I wanna be cautious…We just play within the system…Those who give more have more access, and those who give less have less access—it’s simple math.”
 
———-
 
https://x.com/caitoz/status/2013083405161042043
Zionist Billionaires Openly Acknowledge Manipulating The US Government 
 
Speaking together at the Israeli-American Council Summit on Saturday, billionaire Zionist megadonors Miriam Adelson and Haim Saban strongly implied that they are engaged in some extremely shady activities to manipulate the US government in advancement of Israeli interests. 
 
There’s a guy I follow on Twitter named Chris Menahan who’s always posting clips from Zionist events which might otherwise go unnoticed, frequently turning up jarring admissions from pro-Israel operatives who tend to loosen their lips a bit when addressing an audience of like-minded individuals. I recently cited a clip he spotted featuring former Obama speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz decrying the way social media has allowed the public to view evidence of Israeli atrocities in Gaza…….   
 
…..Miriam Adelson is here admitting that in addition to the hundreds of millions of dollars that she and Sheldon are known to have poured into the political campaigns of Donald Trump and other Republican politicians, they have also been manipulating US politics behind the scenes in ways that she would prefer to keep secret from the public. Presumably because it would cause a significant scandal if the public ever found out…..
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 19 2026 5:37 utc | 52

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 19 2026 6:35 utc | 53
Do the Saudis and Erdogan really want to see Iran turned into the next Libya or worse by Israel?  Iran is a useful foil for them.  I am sure it has dawned on Erdogan that israel will put Turkey next of the list after finishing with Iran. They are not helping Iran because of the goodness of their hearts, they are doing it for leverage and survival.  

Posted by: Deniz | Jan 19 2026 6:57 utc | 54

Trump is calling for regime change in Iran.  
Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 19 2026 0:32 utc | 43
 
I don’t think Trump has the capacity to regime change Iran. Even a nuke would only consolidate Iranian nationalism and resistance, as was provoked by the attacks in June and just now.
 
The error Trump, and indeed the Israelis, are making is to listen to the whispers of the exiles, who are saying the regime is on the point of falling, and only a little push is needed, a version we see in all the western media.
 
The problem is one of class. The exiles were much from the old aristocracy, who left with the shah, the sort of people who feel they have an inherent right to be in power, and a right to exploit the country’s resources. Though there is also a large component of the upper middle class. All the sort of people who in the time of the 79 revolution were called gharbzadeh “west struck” or those who are ready to abandon traditional Iranian values in favour of the west. That was what the Iranian revolution was all about. It was a populist revolution, exploited by Khomeini evidently, which relied on support from the lower classes, who subsequently benefitted a lot from the regime’s policies.
 
The West will never approve of, nor even are able to understand, a regime which depends on lower class support against the traditional managerial middle and upper classes. But the Mullahs’ regime has succeeded in retaining lower class support, evidently the majority, and seeing off all attempts to overthrow it for 47 years now. I don’t see a new attempt will succeed. Those attempts only provoke the already powerful Iranian nationalism.
 
 

Posted by: Laguerre | Jan 19 2026 8:26 utc | 56

 Putin Invited To Join  Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ – Kremlin in Contact with US – RT News

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 10:19 utc | 58

Putin Receives US Invitation To Join Board of Peace on Gaza – Kremlin
 
https://tass.com/politics/2073125
 
“Dmitry Peskov said that Moscow is currently studying all the details of this proposal…”
 
Let us hope the rejection of this outrageous US usurpation-as-genocide comes soon!
 

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 10:56 utc | 60

It may not be ONE nuke. A flock of sub launched Tomahawk nuclear tipped cruise missiles directed against all known missile and radar sites, especially anti submarine and ship killer units might come as a surprise.
Of course, we do not know how many are safely underground, but they cannot be used from that location.
 
In which case the carrier battle groups are merely a distraction. And DJT has said, in the past
“What use are tactical nukes if we do not use them”

Posted by: necromancer | Jan 19 2026 11:15 utc | 62

Posted by: necromancer | Jan 19 2026 11:15 utc | 62
 
You’re predicting global nuclear war there. I don’t believe it.

Posted by: Laguerre | Jan 19 2026 11:20 utc | 64

Lest we forget…
 
UN Top Court Says Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Territories is Illegal
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ajerjzxlpvdo
 
“The UN’s top court has said Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is against international law, in a landmark opinion. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) said Israel should stop settlement activity in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and end its ‘illegal’ occupation of those areas and the Gaza Strip as soon as possible…”
 

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 11:32 utc | 66

Do the Saudis and Erdogan really want to see Iran turned into the next Libya or worse by Israel? 
 
Posted by: Deniz | Jan 19 2026 6:57 utc | 54
 
Replace Iran with Syria in your conjecture above.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 19 2026 11:39 utc | 68

John Gilberts 60
Putin has to summon the willpower to tell the Ziomonster Trump that he does not accept the premise of the invitation because it is completely against International.Law to genocide the Palestinians and steal their land from them.
 
If Trump thinks he can threaten the world with Nukes if He doesn’t get his own way tantrums, he has another thing coming.
 
Putin’s problem, which is also everybody else’s problem,  is that the Russian economy is only surviving by borrowing from Jewish Nazi Bankers.
 
The Russian economy collapses if he goes against infant tantrum Trump.
All Americans are arrogant. It’s their birthright from their Christian Genocidal heritage. 
If the only cure for US arrogance is the US getting nuked, use it, because if you don’t,  the US will kill you first. 
 
The US only understands force. 
 

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 19 2026 12:59 utc | 70

Did the UN Security Council have copies of this “Charter of the Board of Peace” in front of them when they voted to approve Trump’s “plan”?  
 
Or did they vote in favor of a “kinda sorta later on Trump will establish a Board of Peace and we are sure it will be swell”?
Either way, whether or not they had this document in front of them, I can only assume the UN willingly ceeded all its power right then and there and they are all in on the idea of Trump running the planet: If they had it in hand, they could see what treacherous flim-flam it was.  If they simply trusted the US to write a document later and yet still held a vote on the Resolution, they did not care what the details really were, nor did they care what shit the US would eventually produce.  How can you vote on a resolution which creates an international law without seeing the details of what you are voting on?
 
15 members in the Security Council; 13 in favor of adopting Trump’s entire plan [which, in writing, included establishing a Board of Peace – it is mentioned specifically in the UN resolution, after all], 2 abstentions, 0 against.
 
Here are relevant parts of the Resolution:
 

Key Details of the Vote: 
 
Resolution: Adopted as UNSC Resolution 2803 (2025).
 
Vote Count: 13 in favor, 0 against, 2 abstentions (China, Russia).
 
Support: Included P5 members US, UK, and France, alongside non-permanent members.
 
The UN Security Council overwhelmingly approved a resolution (Resolution 2803) on November 17, 2025, endorsing Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan, with 13 votes in favor and two abstentions (China and Russia), with no votes against, authorizing a temporary International Stabilization Force (ISF) to oversee security, support Palestinian police, and prevent Hamas rearmament. The resolution welcomed the plan, which established a Board of Peace (BOP) to manage reconstruction and governance, aiming for a pathway to Palestinian statehood after reforms and rebuilding, though Israel firmly rejected the statehood aspect. [We now see that the Board of Peace mentions none of these details. – Teri]
 
Key Aspects of the Endorsed Plan:
 

• Resolution: Adopted as UNSC Resolution 2803 (2025).
•  

• International Force (ISF): Authorized the establishment of an ISF to secure Gaza, oversee demilitarization, and support vetted Palestinian police.
•  
• Board of Peace (BOP): Created a body to manage humanitarian aid, oversee Gaza’s development, and support a new Palestinian administration.
•  
• Pathway to Statehood: The resolution included language about a “credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood” after reforms and rebuilding, though Israel rejected this. 

 
If they did not see Charter for the Board of Peace at the time of the vote, will they rescind the resolution to adopt Trump’s plan, now that it is in the open and clearly does not do what the US said it would?  Yeah, I doubt it, too.  No wonder Trump feels like he is unto a god.

Posted by: teri | Jan 19 2026 14:35 utc | 72

see the 20-second video at the first link
 
see the two photos at the second link 
 
 
 
https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/2012909145477775863
Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده  @RamAbdu 
 
Settlers wearing Israeli army uniforms were filmed stealing from a Palestinian shop in Shuafat Camp, north of occupied Jerusalem.
 
——————
 
https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2013118897633873928
Ounka  @OunkaOnX 
 
“If the guards ever caught them playing, laughing, smiling, doing push-ups, having fun in any sort of way, they would come in and pepper-spray them.” 
 
Jewish American journalist Jasper Nathaniel on children inside Israeli jails
 
—————-
 
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/concerns-grow-over-enforced-disappearance-of-palestinian-jou
Concerns grow over enforced disappearance of Palestinian journalists 
Advocacy groups warn that detainments, enforced disappearances, and attacks on reporters are escalating. 
 
At least 40 Palestinian journalists are currently being held in Israeli prisons across the occupied territories, according to the Palestinian detainees’ media office, ASRA Media Office, which accused Israeli authorities of intensifying repression against media workers. 
 
In a statement issued on Sunday, the office said the detained journalists include both men and women who were “abducted” by Israeli occupation forces, describing the arrests as part of a broader campaign to silence Palestinian media…..
 
……The office’s figures come amid a sharp escalation in violations against journalists, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate. In its monthly report published earlier this month, the syndicate documented 99 violations committed by Israeli forces against Palestinian journalists in December 2025. 
 
These included killings, physical assaults, abductions, and restrictions on media coverage, the report said……..
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 19 2026 15:34 utc | 74

FPTV: ‘Watch The Kurdish Contras…’
 
https://x.com/TVFreePalestine/status/201296043490770410
 
“Observing the Rojava crowd implode as they watch the Kurdish Contras in minutes hand over 90% of territories they occupy in Syria, to the Wahhabi Death Squads, because Daddy in the White House said so. Nevertheless, tomorrow that same crowd will start cheering on these Kurdish Contras when they attack Iran, after Daddy in the White House transfers them to the borders with Iraq.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 15:54 utc | 76

This is part of an article from the cradle.  I’ve had trouble with the posts appearing briefly and then disappearing if I link to certain websites, so rathe than give the link here, you can see the entire article at thecradle[dot]co, with the article in today’s line-up across the top of their homepage.
 

Chevron approves $2.36bn expansion of Israel’s Leviathan gas field
 
Israel, the US, and UAE are in talks to seize Gaza’s natural gas
 
[…] In December, officials from the US, Israel, and UAE held meetings to discuss exploiting Gaza’s offshore gas supplies under the pretext of paying for the reconstruction of the destroyed enclave, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported, citing a former western official and a current western and Arab official.
 
One scenario under discussion involves the UAE’s state energy firm, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), taking a stake in Gaza’s undeveloped gas fields.
 
Large natural gas reserves were discovered in the Marine Field off Gaza’s coast in 2000. However, Israel did not allow the Palestinian Authority (PA) to develop the fields.
 
The rights to develop the gas are shared by the Palestine Investment Forum, which is the PA’s sovereign wealth fund, and the Consolidated Contractors Company, a construction and energy conglomerate owned by a Palestinian diaspora family based in Greece. About 45 percent of the rights are also reserved for an international partner.
 
TRT notes that Israel’s overarching strategy from the time gas was discovered in Gaza in 2000 until now “has revolved mainly around monopolizing control over the natural gas reserves in Gaza Marine and the oil reserves along the West Bank-Israel border while simultaneously depriving the Palestinians of a fair share of revenues resulting from these resources.”
 
The desire to take control of gas off the coast of Gaza may be one reason for Israel’s ongoing genocide. If Israel is able to achieve its goal of ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza and annexing the strip for Jewish settlement, this would allow it to take control of Palestinian’s untapped gas wealth as well. […]
 

There are three very informative tweets emedded in the article as well.

Posted by: teri | Jan 19 2026 16:10 utc | 78

see the war propaganda by The Guardian at the first/second link.  “While airstrikes and gunfire have slowed, they have not ceased….”.   Airstrikes and gunfire by WHOM?? oh, so that’s The Ceasefire, eh?
 
see the 50-second video at the third/fourth link
 
 
 
https://x.com/Hamza_a96/status/2012840901639332328
Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96 
 
The Guardian wants you to believe Palestinians are dying of natural causes, not conditions forced on them by Israel’s genocide. 
 
That’s why the Guardian won’t even name Israel.
 
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/child-mortality-crisis-continues-in-gaza-with-more-than-100-killed-since-ceasefire
Newborn baby becomes eighth to die of hypothermia in Gaza this winter 
Despite the ceasefire, more than 100 children have died in the territory since October 
 
…..Life in Gaza remains precarious. A Unicef spokesperson, James Elder, said more than 100 children had been killed in the territory since the ceasefire came into force in October. 
 
While airstrikes and gunfire have slowed, they have not ceased. Recent storms have compounded the crisis, causing deaths and flooding in displacement camps already stretched beyond their limits…..
 
—————–
 
https://x.com/Frances_Coppola/status/2012809918848385074
Frances ‘Cassandra’ Coppola  @Frances_Coppola 
 
This was shown on Israeli TV. 
 
Meanwhile, Western media is silent, and Western politicians continue to insist Israel is a Western-style liberal democracy which fully supports human rights.
 
 
https://x.com/RamAbdu/status/2012798729158328758
Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده  @RamAbdu 
 
A special episode aired yesterday on Israel’s Channel 13 exposes the brutality against Palestinian prisoners in the underground Rakevet prison—showing cell raids, shackling, dog attacks, and psychological warfare, including images of Gaza’s destruction hung inside cells.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 19 2026 16:39 utc | 80

Northern NY Town of 44,000 where almost no-one works

Posted by: exile | Jan 19 2026 17:21 utc | 82

83 corrected:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NafXw4MxrDA

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 17:44 utc | 84

stranger@85:
 
“I have mentioned Drop Site for news, please ignore…”
 
Drop Site [Soros] News: ‘The Signs Were Always There’
 
https://x.com/drposhlost/status/2013038257349484626
 
“Open Society Foundation: $250,000 to support establishing a Drop Site News MEMA desk…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 19 2026 18:14 utc | 86

RE: Posted by: teri | Jan 19 2026 16:10 utc | 78 
 
here it is tere…..
 
https://thecradle.co/articles/chevron-approves-236bn-expansion-of-israels-leviathan-gas-field
Chevron approves $2.36bn expansion of Israel’s Leviathan gas field
 
 
https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/1725063525075169691
Megatron  @Megatron_ron 
 
🇮🇱 From Nord Stream to Gaza: How Israel Got a Giant $453 Billion Gas Field 
 
“The Gazans haven’t even seen a shekel,” underlines Saskia Taylor, RT journalist. 
 
In 1999, the Palestinian authorities, in coordination with British Gas, discovered huge deposits of gas and oil, she recalls. 
 
But in 2007, under the pretext of Hamas coming to power in Gaza, Israel invaded Gaza… and took control of the precious reserves…………..
 
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 19 2026 18:51 utc | 88

No, my Exile…
Obviously they are spreading in Ukraine, Peru, Cyprus, Patagonia…
They burn the grounds, Slow turtles, all the animals being killed. For the ge4nociders to get the land.
What is the forest burning like? Millions of live creatures burned?
Israeli cu..nts have to be stopped, and here in my neighborhood ( lots of cunts renting and receving anybody), I have started to destroy them. Ooops, it will hurt.
They will be paying. Also, lots of cars are being targeted

Posted by: stranger | Jan 19 2026 19:21 utc | 90

They the zios have a target, whether american or Israeli on their back from now on.
This time when the summer comes and their infestation, it will not be legal and it will not be pretty. For the ugly Janes here who justified killing of the Good person in Minessota. You are not welcome anywhere, you are the target as are your offspring . You are expelled from the world as you stink to high heaven.
You will be expelled. By force, bitches…
 

Posted by: stranger | Jan 19 2026 20:17 utc | 92

see the two photos at the first/second link. 
 
 
 
https://x.com/jvgraz/status/2012678564173455380
99% Johnny Graz  @jvgraz 
 
Yes – the Nazis weren’t allowed to keep doing it for 78 years.
 
 
https://x.com/Partisan_12/status/2012625976518225967
The Resonance @Partisan_12 
 
Is there any difference?
 
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 19 2026 20:39 utc | 94

see the photo at the first/second link. Stop the Genocide
 
 
https://x.com/AssalRad/status/2012995402489065577
Assal Rad @AssalRad
 
Imagine future generations learning about how we punished the people asking to stop a genocide, instead of the people committing it.
 
 
https://x.com/Phil_Lewis_/status/2012948801678430277
philip lewis  @Phil_Lewis_
 
Houston Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair has reportedly been fined $11,593 for wearing eye black that contained the message “stop the genocide” https://espn.com/nfl/story/_/id
 
—————
 
https://x.com/AnasSaleh_NYC/status/2012670829381681513
Anas Saleh انس صالح  @AnasSaleh_NYC 
 
I’ve experienced the IDF firsthand, so I won’t soften this: they are far worse than ICE. But anyone paying attention can see the trajectory. ICE is being molded in their image. 
 
This is the IDF’s playbook. Arrest begins with humiliation. You’re blindfolded and restrained immediately. You’re beaten, spat on, stripped, mocked for sport. If you’re “lucky,” you’re thrown into a cell instead of killed during the arrest. No bathroom. No privacy. No dignity. No humanity. You sit there not knowing if your family is safe or if they even know where you are. 
 
For years, Palestinians have warned the world: mobilize early, because what’s tested on us never stays with us. That warning wasn’t symbolic. You’re watching it arrive here in real time, in 4K. License plate surveillance. Drones overhead. Detention based on how you look. Different uniforms, same logic. 
 
It’s all connected and it always was.
 
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 19 2026 22:31 utc | 96

Martyred:

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https://t-me.translate.goog/s/Ahaamd1985?_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

Other:

https://t-me.translate.goog/s/pal74press?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en

https://t-me.translate.goog/s/P_S_PI?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en

Posted by: Ornot | Jan 19 2026 23:18 utc | 98

The Blood Trail of Islamist Death Cult: From Tehran to Gaza.
The Regime Behind the Carnage: Iran’s War on Its Own People and on Israel.Iran’s Hypothetical Atrocities and Its Proxy War Against Israel.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has a dark history of brutally suppressing its own people, with estimates suggesting that in just two weeks of crackdowns (Jan/2026), it massacred between 20,000 and 50,000 unarmed civilians. Extrapolating this rate over two years yields a staggering 1.04 million to 2.6 million potential deaths—a chilling reminder of the regime’s capacity for mass murder against innocents, far exceeding even the most tragic conflicts.
This same ruthless regime fuels terrorism through its backing of genocidal Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in Gaza, providing weapons, funding, and training as part of its “axis of resistance” to destabilize the region and target Israel. On October 7, 2023, “Palestine” regime Hamas launched a barbaric invasion, massacring over 1,200 Israelis and taking hundreds hostage in acts of unspeakable cruelty, including rape, torture, and the slaughter of families. This unprovoked assault forced Israel into a defensive war to dismantle the terrorist infrastructure and secure its citizens from endless rocket barrages and threats.
In a cynical strategy to garner international sympathy, Hamas and PIJ deliberately embed their military operations—rocket launchers, tunnels, and command centers—amidst civilian areas like hospitals, schools, and UN facilities, using Gazan civilians as human shields to inflate casualties and demonize Israel’s precise responses. Despite these tactics, Israel’s military has gone to extraordinary lengths to minimize harm, issuing evacuation warnings, creating humanitarian corridors, and adhering to international law, even as Hamas diverts aid and holds its own people hostage to its ideology of destruction.
As of late 2025, Israel eliminated over 25,000 terrorists, early 2026, Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry claims around 67,000–71,000 deaths, though these figures include combatants and are often inflated or unverified; independent analyses suggest the true toll, while heartbreaking, reflects the consequences of Hamas’s war crimes rather than Israeli aggression. Israel’s fight is not against Palestinians but against Iranian-backed extremists who prioritize jihad over peace, sacrificing their own to perpetuate conflict.
In the face of such evil, Israel’s resilience and commitment to defending democracy shine through, underscoring the moral clarity: a sovereign nation protecting its people from genocidal threats, while the world must hold Iran and its proxies accountable for the bloodshed they engineer.

Posted by: Oscar | Jan 20 2026 2:05 utc | 100