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January 18, 2026
Palestine Open Thread 2026-018

News & views related to the war in Palestine …

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GN: Laith Marouf: Middle East in Depth
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bwCHwB5LRU
 
“Syria unrest – Iran defeats Western operations – NATO in crisis.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 2:34 utc | 101

Mahmood OD: ‘The Iranian Oreshnik’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@Mahmood_OD
 
“Iran reveals 10,000 km nuclear-capable ICBM.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 2:42 utc | 102

A Chinese official setting aside custom and stilted English to deliver a very good rebuke:
 
OUNKA
 
A Chinese scholar tells an Israeli officer – A government responsible for 70,000 civilian deaths has no right to lecture anyone on facts
Video (2:42)
https://x.com/OunkaOnX/status/2013176157173084569
 

Posted by: Menz | Jan 20 2026 2:55 utc | 103

Iran has tested an ICBM in Siberia; it is similar to the Oreshnik in that it creates a plasma effect while in flight. I don’t know what that means for the missile, but it would give them the ability to reach anywhere in Europe.
 
From MahmoodOD
IRAN REVEALS 10,000KM NUCLEAR CAPABLE ICBM

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 20 2026 3:16 utc | 104

Nato is in meltdown over Trump planning to illegally occupy an empty country that belongs to Denmark .
 
How come the genocide of 800,000 Palestinians hasn’t given them even a tingle of conscious pangs?
 
There governments have to go,  NOW.
 
 

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 20 2026 5:20 utc | 105

Do these Nato European politicians and Generals now egin to understand that our neighbour Putin isn’t going to immediately leap to our defence Trump attacks Greenland,  if we have been genociding his patriotic soldiers for four years, fighting Jewish Ukrainian Nazis in Ukraine?
 
Touché !

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 20 2026 5:33 utc | 106

see the photo at the first/second link
 
 
 
https://x.com/dlLambo/status/2012666508359385590
Daniel Lambert  @dlLambo 
 
A mother and daughter kidnapped, blindfolded and put in with 3 IDF members. 
 
They are pictured holding hands as the soldiers smile. 
 
They were then murdered….. 
 
This is what the EU/UK/US arm and support as “the most moral”
 
 
https://x.com/swilkinsonbc/status/2012576733292073074
Sarah Wilkinson  @swilkinsonbc 
 
Family members identify Aisha Ahmed Bakr Al-Aqqad & her daughter in an israeli soldier’s post — it’s believed they were killed after the photo
 
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https://x.com/JaquelineOutram/status/2012753027594396059
Jaqueline Outram 🇵🇸  @JaquelineOutram 
 
Stop calling them settlers. Call them what they are. Murderers and thieves. 
 
#FreePalestine
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 20 2026 5:36 utc | 107

Too bad the Iranian Alishnik test run wasn’t loaded with Nukes. 
It’s only 6000 miles from Siberia to New York and Trump has threatened to defund  the United Nations.
 
Bwaaaaah! Mummy Addlebrains! 
I’ll give you all your money back. 
Just fuck off and leave me alone!

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 20 2026 5:57 utc | 108

I understand Russia informs its citizens if a missle test was conducted, and no Russian news has been published about an Iranian ICBM test which would be a victory for Russia.  

Posted by: Deniz | Jan 20 2026 6:29 utc | 109

One of services that Political Islam in the Nest of Islamist Spies in London supplies to the Britidh Government  is videa and audio recordings of Muslm  critics of the British Government secretly  filmed and recorded  in their homes and bedrooms.
 
For 250 years Britain controlled India by using local Spies against their own people.
The current Spies in London are from the immigrant population who bear a grudge against Britain. They made a good living spying on and working against their own countries. Now they work directly for Empire in the capacious  rectum of Shaytan.

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 20 2026 6:32 utc | 110

Deniz 108
 
Why would Russia draw attention to its assistance to Iran? 
 I heard there is a [still] a spot if bother on the North West Frontier.  Yes, after all this time!
Trump wants Bagram bank and to own Iran.
Why bait the dogs of war  further when there’s  more foam flecks in Washington than in my washing machine?

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 20 2026 6:47 utc | 111

The main branch of Sufism , the Naqchabandis , have been trained by Sauds in jihad. 
 
If even the Sufi Woofies are part of Pussy   Islam, I mean Western-controlled Islam, why wouldn’t Trump and Netanyahu feel confident that there is no longer any opposition to Empire from Islam, except for Lebanon, Palestine Yemen and Iran?
 
Pussy Islam of course speaks only for itself , from its Orifice in London.  There are billiions of other Muslims out there who try not  to have to listen   to Pussy Islam constantly humping Uncle Sam. 
 
 
 

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 20 2026 7:12 utc | 112

https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/israeli-agricultural-exports-face-looming-collapse-as-world-rejects-products-over-gaza-genocide/
 

(exccerp)….In recent months, Israel’s public broadcaster aired several reports on Israel’s massive problem in exporting fruits, particularly to European markets.
 
The reports, which indicate what the growers themselves describe as a looming “collapse,” unwittingly testify to the importance of the continuing international boycott of Israel. 
 
It’s hard to trace a single party that is responsible for Israel’s export problems, but Europe is a big part of the story. 
 
“They don’t want our mangoes,” a grower tells Kan 11. “In Europe, they talk to us only if they’re missing something. Only then do they buy from us. If they have an alternative, they avoid it.” ……
 

Posted by: exile | Jan 20 2026 9:04 utc | 113

BDS WORKS. 
That’s why they are so scared of it. 
Tell everyone what the Ziofascists murdering  entity’s illegal apartheid squatters really own, then sit back and let people make their choices. 
 

 

@OunkaOnX

Jan 19

⚡️JUST IN – Boker Tov, an Israeli food chain, is closing its final Belgian outlet and filing for bankruptcy following boycotts over Israel’s genocide in Gaza


Jan 19, 2026 · 9:41 AM UTC

Posted by: DunGroanin | Jan 20 2026 13:20 utc | 114

China confirms invitation to join Trump’s  Gaza ‘Peace Board’. 
 
The genocidal stink of this odious concoction,  not to mention the $1 b payment demanded by Chairman Trump, is dampening any enthusiasm by  prospective members. Canada’s Carney, who immediately accepted, is now dithering. I expect Putin and Xi to do the same.

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 13:22 utc | 115

@ Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 13:22 utc | 115
 
This is the empire negotiating a ‘peace deal’ across the whole Great Game. Which it is losing again. This time the New Yalta can’t be stitched up like the last one as we were supposedly ‘allies’. Russia was bloodied , 20 millions plus dead, populations, agriculture, cities infrastructure depleted. China too was spent and pre ‘independence’. 
 
This time it is much clearer. The multipolar are the good guy ‘allies’. We the Collective West have been cornered into openly being the bad guy Nazis!  
 
 
We have been beaten. It’s our axis that is fast approaching ‘spent’.
 
 
In short we have no legs to stand on except a threat of MAD – which can’t be used. 
 
Of course China, Russia and their multipolar partners demand a say, even a final say in the future of THEIR West Asia! 
 
Meqnwhile the crazed amalak killing red heffer sacrificing NuttyYahoo is reduced to promising the knesset that Turks and Arabs won’t be having any boots on the ground in Gaza or the Plaestine State!
 
 
Oh the final hubris and chutzpah – they are DONE – stick a fork in the illegal entity and shove it the bin!
 
 
From The River To The Sea. 

Posted by: DunGroanin | Jan 20 2026 13:55 utc | 116

Oscar | Jan 20 2026 2:05 utc | 100
*** Israel’s resilience and commitment to defending democracy ***
 
 
By getting its bought politicians (traitors) in various countries to introduce laws banning dissent, serious criticism and questioning of anything the Zionists and their financial cultists say and do.
And in all ways subverting whatever remains of  ‘democratic’ processes.
 
 
*** shine through ***
 
 
That shining light on the hill is really a Zionist rectum masturbating itself with a lit candle.
 
 
*** underscoring the moral clarity ***
 
 
The “morality” and “values” of Tel Aviv, which its puppet politicians in NATO claim to share. 
 

Posted by: Cynic | Jan 20 2026 14:11 utc | 117

I think this is important and urgent re attack on Iran. IMO imminent. Will split it in two, as long text for those without X.
 
https://x.com/Intel_Sky/status/2013402090119344597
Deceptive Calm: The Blueprint for a US Strike on Iran is Being Drawn in the Air — Talal Nahle
 
We will now focus the microscope exclusively on American preparations against Iran based on raw air cargo data from January 19, 2026. These movements represent the most dangerous type of mobilization. We are not witnessing the random transport of soldiers; rather, we are witnessing the “transfer of qualitative capabilities.”
 
Here is the decoding of these flights and what they signify for Zero Hour against Iran:

  1. The Mystery of “King Abdullah II Air Base”: Entry of Special Forces (JSOC) The most notable shift today is the direction of flights (REACH 901 & REACH 956) to King Abdullah II Air Base (rather than Muwaffaq Salti Air Base).

* The Source: Flights originated from Pope Army Airfield (Headquarters of the Joint Special Operations Command JSOC and the 82nd Airborne Division) and Lawson Army Airfield (Headquarters of the Rangers).
 
* The Base: King Abdullah II Air Base is the traditional hub for special operations and joint training, not a base for conventional fighter jets.
 
 * The Analysis: The arrival of aircraft from the strongholds of “Special Forces” and “Rangers” to this specific base indicates that the US is preparing “lightning ground intervention” teams.
 
 * Potential Mission: Paratroop drops to seize Iranian missile sites, Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) teams to recover pilots who might be downed over Iran, securing tactical nuclear warheads, or providing air support for opposition forces.
 
 

Posted by: stranger | Jan 20 2026 14:14 utc | 118

2)

  1. “Creech” in Jordan: Stealth Spy Eyes

The arrival of flight (REACH 537) from Creech AFB to Muwaffaq Salti Air Base acts as confirmation of my previous reports, but with increasing intensity.
 
* Capabilities: Creech AFB is the home of the RQ-170 Sentinel (the stealth spy drone known as the “Beast of Kandahar”).
 
* The Objective: Iran possesses formidable air defenses (S-300/Bavar-373). You cannot bomb them without first “blinding” their radars or exposing their vulnerabilities. The deployment of these aircraft to Jordan implies that the operation of “deep scanning and electronic penetration” has effectively begun or is imminent.
 
The “Lakenheath” Bridge: Feeding the Beasts (F-15)
The arrival of flights (REACH 854 & REACH 829) from Lakenheath (UK) to Jordan represents logistical support for the 35 fighters that arrived previously.
 
* These aircraft carry the munitions and spare parts necessary to sustain the momentum of air raids for consecutive days. The continuation of this air bridge means the mission is not a “strike and exit,” but an extended air campaign.
 
“Davos” and the Flying Command (E-4B) KC-46 tankers moved a short while ago to support the E-4B (“Doomsday Plane”) due to President Trump’s visit to Davos.
* This will be a prime opportunity for him to urge heads of state to join the military coalition against Iran.
 
 Strategic Conclusion (Evening of Jan 19 / Dawn of Jan 20):
The picture is now clearer than ever. The US is not mobilizing an “occupation army” (tanks and infantry); it is mobilizing a “surgeon’s scalpel”:
* The Striking Force: 35 F-15E fighters (in Jordan).
* The Eyes: RQ-170 stealth spy drones (in Jordan).
* The Claws: Special Forces and Rangers (at King Abdullah II Base).
* The Command: E-4B (in Europe).
 
Assessment: The phrase “nothing suggests imminent action” in current reports is misleading, relying on the absence of additional aircraft carriers or thousands of troops.
 
However, the quality of the forces that have arrived (Special Ops, espionage, deep-strike fighters) says the exact opposite. This formation is designed to launch a “blitz attack” aimed at paralyzing Iranian capabilities in a single night, not to wage a long war.
The tools are ready, and the stage is set. We are waiting only for “Iranian preemption” or the “Presidential Order.”
Did not read the thread yet, but think was not posted.
After they plan massive carpet bombing. Bustards.
I am praying that Iran erases them from earth, and Palestine survives.

Posted by: stranger | Jan 20 2026 14:18 utc | 119

Just a few things…
 

The US military continues its preparations for a military strike against Iran. Aircraft carriers, transport planes, strategic bomber squadrons, and tactical fighter squadrons are heading to US bases.
 
Breaking: Haaretz: Israel refuses entry to members of the technocrat committee into the Gaza Strip via the Rafah crossing, after they were scheduled to enter this week.   
 
(Hmm, I thought Israel was all good with the Trump “plan” and Phase 2.)
 
https://t-me.translate.goog/s/gazanewsnow2021?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en
 
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“We take responsibility for what happens (in Gaza), impose military rule, and, with god’s help, complete the mission… The time has come to dismantle the (US) headquarters in Kiryat Gat, to expel from there countries like Egypt and Britain…”
 
Bezalel Smotrich, Israel’s Minister of Finance and de-facto governor of the West Bank, calls to “storm the Gaza Strip with full force” and ethnically cleanse it.
 
Footage from a speech today in Gush Etzion, an Israeli settlement bloc in the West Bank.
 
1:16 video
 
https://x.com/ireallyhateyou/status/2013364431107826113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2013364431107826113%7Ctwgr%5E5738f8933312ec38cd47a25aa1f38513f4585066%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nakedcapitalism.com%2F2026%2F01%2Flinks-1-20-2026.html
 

Posted by: teri | Jan 20 2026 14:23 utc | 120

Anybody having thoughts on where opening the gates to Al-Hol prison camp housing thousands of Daesh prisoners will lead to? This occurs with a nod by the US empire if not on its instruction. Their bases are close by and there is 0 intervention.

  • Will it weaken Turkey fueling tension with Kurds pitting them against an influx of radicals?
  • Will it weaken Iraq where these radicals would be fueling unrest in Al Anbar and/or Mosul?
  • Will they be flown by unmarked US helicopters to the border with Iran to wreak havoc inside Iran while USIS bombs it from the air?

I doubt many will return to Europe.
 
Not that anybody in US targeted nations will take note but it’s another major reminder that when one is no longer useful to the US empire, he (SDF and YPG in this case) is discarded like a used condom.

Posted by: xor | Jan 20 2026 14:31 utc | 121

Today:
 
https://x.com/Intel_Sky/status/2013613426103259251
1. NOTAM Status: “Clearing the Deck”
 
What occurred within the NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) files over the past few hours is a highly significant measure:
* Mass Removal: 13 NOTAMs were deleted in a single batch. Most pertained to small, local gunnery drills that either expired today (Jan 20) or were cancelled.
* Distant Future Issuances: The new NOTAMs (A0271/26 and B0055/26) refer to drills on distant dates (January 31 and 28). * Military Significance: Iran is signaling to the world, “There is no emergency today or tomorrow.”
 
This current “vacuum” in the NOTAMs is exactly what hostile aircraft require: skies free of declared danger zones and radars operating in “routine” mode.
 
 

Posted by: stranger | Jan 20 2026 15:11 utc | 122

116@DunGroanin:
 
“We have been beaten. It’s our axis that is fast approaching ‘spent’.
 
Yes, the signs grow everywhere thick and fast. The Empire under Trump is losing the ability and credibility to keep itself together.
 
 
Trump Mocks Macron After Gaza ‘Peace Board’ Snub
 
https://www.rt.com/news/631183-trump-macron-board-peace/
 
“US President Donald Trump mocked French President Emmanuel Macron after France decline to join an American-led Gaza ‘Board of Peace,’ saying Macron’s refusal is irrelevant and could be reversed with the threat of trade tariffs.
 
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, ‘the Charter of the Board of Peace extends beyond Gaza and therefore exceeds the scope of the peace plan endorsed by the United Nations.’
 
When told by reporters on Monday that Macron, whose presidential term expires next year, had rejected the invitation, Trump said: ‘Well nobody wants him, because he is going to be out of office very soon.’
 
If they feel like hostile, I’ll put a 200% tariff on his wines and champagne. And he’ll join.
 
But he doesn’t have to join,’ he added.”
 
 

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 15:11 utc | 123

Why does Macron thank Trump for what is going on in Syria and the attacks of the army against the SDF and the ISIL prisoners they have? Freed to be shipped to Iran?

Posted by: Tom | Jan 20 2026 17:33 utc | 124

R2R:  Corruption Scandal Rocks Cyprus
 
https://www.youtube.com/@reason2resist/videos
 
“Cyprus’ pro-Israel president engulfed by crisis after mysterious video goes viral.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 18:20 utc | 125

Freedom of speech, Texas style:
 
ENSOREDHUMANS
 
“We’re here because of the comments you made online about Israel.”
 
A man in Texas shared a video saying local police came to his home to question him over posts critical of Israel.
 
https://x.com/CensoredHumans/status/2013285740377944417
 

Posted by: Menz | Jan 20 2026 20:53 utc | 126

New Hate Laws in Australia:
 
PETER CRONAU
Unwilling to respond clearly to a question repeated four times by @ABCnews  on whether a group accusing Israel of genøcide could be designated a ‘hate group’, Attorney-General Rowland eventually deferred to relying on advice from ASIO & police in such a case.
 
https://x.com/PeterCronau/status/2013558821424439652
 

 

Posted by: Menz | Jan 20 2026 20:59 utc | 127

DH: Alastair Crooke: ‘Trump’s Self-Made Nightmare’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@DannyHaiphongYT/streams
 
“Iran’s missile dominance devastates Trump’s war plan, Russia in control.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 20 2026 21:25 utc | 128

Posted by: xor | Jan 20 2026 14:31 utc | 121

… Will it weaken Turkey fueling tension with Kurds pitting them against an influx of radicals? Will it weaken Iraq where these radicals would be fueling unrest in Al Anbar and/or Mosul? Will they be flown by unmarked US helicopters to the border with Iran to wreak havoc inside Iran while USIS bombs it from the air?…

My impression is that the US considers these combatants as day labourers that can be thrown at an enemy at little cost and with zero accountability. Possible targets could be Hezbollah and Iraqi PMF.
 
Now thatSyrian forces have taken control of the Tabqa dam, Raqqah and the gas and oil fields of left bank Deir Ezzor, the question is will the Kurdish forces surrender their historic areas or will there be a last stand in Kobane and the tip of Hasakah?

Posted by: robin | Jan 20 2026 21:29 utc | 129

see the 27-second video at the first link
 
see the 2:24 video at the second link.
 
Everyone hates israel and their Western media/political apologists now. They are the lowest form of scoundrels on this pathetic planet
 
 
 
https://x.com/_jwhittall/status/2013530442956234849
Jonathan Whittall  @_jwhittall 
 
This morning, Israeli authorities are demolishing #UnitedNations property in #EastJerusalem, yet another live-streamed contravention of their obligations under international law. Just months ago, the ICJ reaffirmed that Israel “may not obstruct the functions of UNRWA in the OPT”.
 
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https://x.com/xIsraelExposedx/status/2013436062656348355
Israel Exposed  @xIsraelExposedx 
 
The Israeli lobby in Australia is flat out trying to make anti Israel speech illegal. Imagine being so hated you have to make laws to force people to like you.
 
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https://x.com/caitoz/status/2013379528991854899
Caitlin Johnstone  @caitoz 
 
Everyone hates Israel now, and what’s funny is this wouldn’t have happened if our society had been the tiniest bit normal about Gaza. 
 
If everyone wasn’t constantly being forcefully told they’re not seeing what they’re seeing, it wouldn’t have become so personal for them. 
 
If western governments had just said “this is bad” when news came out about Israel bombing a hospital instead of “THIS ISN’T WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S A HAMAS BASE IN EVERY HEALTHCARE FACILITY YOU ARE BEING ANTISEMITIC”. 
 
If the news media had just said “this is bad” when Israel systematically exterminated journalists in Gaza instead of reporting “three killed in what IDF describes as strike on terrorist vehicle” over and over again.
 
If we’d just been allowed to say “this is bad” when we saw raw video footage showing children ripped apart by military explosives without getting fired and de-platformed and told we’re evil Nazis who need our free speech rights taken away.
 
That’s all it would’ve taken to keep Israel from being a front-and-center issue for so many people……….
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 20 2026 21:46 utc | 130

Complete silence on Iran today.  The regime change playbook is 24/7 media saturation on evil Iranian boogeyman.   My guess is that Trump finally realized what a disaster it would be and has already called it off.  The bankers probably told Trump the real death and destruction would be in the oil derivatives market when Iran shuts down Hormuz.    

Posted by: Deniz | Jan 20 2026 22:34 utc | 131

see the 5-second video at the second link, and the four short videos at the third link
 
see the 25-second video at the fourth/last link. They celebrate their war crimes & post them on the internet, so everyone can hate them even more. The World Court just months ago reaffirmed that Israel “may not obstruct the functions of UNRWA in the OPT” (the Occupied Territories). Ben-Gvir should be arrested, rendered and on trial at The Hague.  
 
 
 
https://x.com/spectatorindex/status/2013489895038202036
The Spectator Index  @spectatorindex
BREAKING: Trump says that if Macron is ‘hostile’ to Board of Peace invitation, he will impose 200% tariff on French wines and champagnes.
 
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https://x.com/EddyJokovich/status/2013524018473648312
Eddy Jokovich  @EddyJokovich 
 
A new sport in Israel: kicking cats, having a good laugh with your mates, and posting it on the internet. They seem to be world champions in this sort of stuff, but luckily the new hate speech laws will outlaw any criticism of this behaviour. #AUSPOL
 
https://x.com/Kahlissee/status/1814330791373295642
Khalissee  @Kahlissee 
 
“Kick a Cat For fun!” 
Young Israelis in a youth group launched the challenge of kicking cats as hard as possible and sharing the videos on the group. 
 
This is Israel. This is how it raises its children and young people on violence, terrorism, crime, and hatred. 
The children of Gaza were raised with mercy and kindness. They cut off part of their food from aid to feed the hungry.
 
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https://x.com/SuppressedNws1/status/2013544753543938463
Suppressed News.  @SuppressedNws1 
 
⚡️🇮🇱BREAKING: Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir celebrating the destruction of UNRWA headquarters: 
 
“A historic day, a holiday, a very important day for governance in Jerusalem. For years, these terror supporters were here, and today these terror supporters are expelled from here with everything they built here. This is what will be done to every terror supporter!”
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 20 2026 22:39 utc | 132

Witkoff admits Trump’s Gaza plan was developed two years ago.         

Posted by: Nobody Special | Jan 20 2026 23:47 utc | 133

unbelievable. the focking kurds allied with the USA for years and years against the legit Syrian Arab Republic/Assad – And now they are being attacked and massacred by america’s new ally, Jolani and his al Qaeda barbarians and ISIS beheading hoards
 
 
 
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/2013405242574970954
☀️👀  @zei_squirrel 
 
there are currently Kurds, including women, being beheaded and massacred by Jolani regime death-squads, and there’s actual video footage of it so it’s verifiable. But zero mention of this in the NYT, BBC, Guardian, Reuters, AP, who are all busy with their Iran atrocity propaganda op “OMG THIS PAHLAVIST ARYAN NATIONALIST NAZI TOLD ME THERE WERE 5 MILLION GAZILLION BLINDED TODDLERS”. 
 
Jolani is now one of the “good ones”, so his mass murdering beheading rape gangs are Freedom Fighters™ now, and this is one of the perks. No more media war against you by CIA-NED fronts and assets at the NYT, BBC and Guardian. 
 
Of course all those pseudo-radicals who laundered Jolani are quiet too. You can behead and massacre and rape whoever you want, as long as you’re on Our Side. Like with the Azov Nazis that all the Owen Jones’ and George Monbiots (writers for The Guardian) love.
 
 
https://x.com/zei_squirrel/status/2013407693332009194
☀️👀  @zei_squirrel 
 
here’s a great joke from the Western media and political class, it’s hilarious: They disinvited Iran’s foreign minister from Davos, and gave this stern moral lecture: WE STAND FOR HUMAN RIGHTS. Guess who are invited as guests of honor? Israel’s president and Jolani, the mass butchers, beheaders and rapists of Palestine and Syria. But they did it for the Israeli-US-NATO empire, so it was Good butchering, Good beheading, Good mass raping. That’s what they want to see, everyone of (Owen) Jones’ colleagues at the Guardian, the NYT, BBC, CNN, NYT, AP, Reuters. They love that.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 21 2026 0:06 utc | 134

Genocidaire Mark – ‘For A Zionist Palestinian State’ – Carney at Davos: ‘But Putin!!!’
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN83lfuyYic
 
Does this mean Canada no longer ships ammunition to USrael?
 
mark.carney@parl.gc.ca

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 21 2026 1:04 utc | 135

re: 135: 
 
Canada Stop Arming Israel!
 
https://worldbeyondwar.org/canadastoparmingisrael/2/
 
“Weapons companies across Canada are making a fortune off of the carnage in Gaza and the occupation of Palestine. This map displays some of the weapons manufacturing companies involved in arming the Iraeli military…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 21 2026 1:18 utc | 136

see the photo at the second link. I personally don’t agree with these numbers, and consider them inflated, as I haven’t seen the scientific report itself or the data used etc ….I do however agree with the conclusions: Israel isn’t “defending itself”, and it is trying to wipe out Palestinian life.
 
 
 
https://x.com/AidanSimardone/status/2013313170543194150
Aidan Simardone  @AidanSimardone 
 
I feel bad for Greenlanders, but it is funny watching Europeans cry about American aggression after doing nothing as Israel invaded Palestinian land
 
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https://x.com/MusafirNafar/status/2012629671259820482
Musafir  @MusafirNafar 
 
This is beyond horrifying. 
 
New data shows Israel has killed over 680,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Among them:
• 380,000 infants under 5
• 99,000 children over 5
That’s 479,000 children murdered by Israel.
 
Israel isn’t “defending itself.”   It is wiping out Palestinian life.
 
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https://x.com/Shut_downAmazon/status/2013688122832195858
Christian Smalls  @Shut_downAmazon 
 
Italy is going on its 3rd General Strike for Palestine and all endless wars in just a few short months bringing their entire country to an economic halt lead by unions. The next date is February 6th I’m honored to be joining them in Genova our media won’t ever tell you. 🇵🇸✊🏽
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 21 2026 2:45 utc | 137

 
https://x.com/CraigMokhiber/status/2013607057107108192
Craig Mokhiber  @CraigMokhiber 
 
Today the Israeli regime unlawfully entered and destroyed the UN compound in occupied Jerusalem. This is the same regime that has murdered hundreds of UN staff.   
In the meantime, representatives of the regime are walking freely around UN Headquarters in New York.
UN, get off your knees. Expel the genocidal Israeli apartheid regime from the UN now.
 
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https://x.com/OffGuardian0/status/2013658950453858770
OffGuardian  @OffGuardian0 
 
Davos is always brilliant, the richest people in the world get together and listen to academic talks with titles like “Do Poor People Really Need ALL Their Organs?” or “How Sleep-Replacement Tech is Boosting Worker Efficiency”, then go off and eat a Michelin star lunch and never consider for a second they might be what’s wrong with the world.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 21 2026 3:28 utc | 138

🇸🇾🇺🇸 🇮🇱 US allies- either Jolani’s Al-Qaeda or the SDF – have freed all ISIS prisoners.
What’s the evil empire’s new plan?

 
Well, we can all see where this is going …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 4:10 utc | 139

—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷 NEW: Six KC-135 ‘Stratotankers’ are headed towards the Middle East from the U.S. 
 
@Middle_East_Spectator

 
An army on the ground, an army in the sky …
 
What does the electronic djinn say?
 

The Dajjal’s army, in Islamic eschatology, is a diverse group of followers, notably including seventy thousand Jews from Isfahan wearing green robes, alongside hypocrites and those led astray by his deceptive powers, with many women also joining him, all opposing the true believers led by the Mahdi and the returning Jesus (Isa), who will ultimately defeat the Dajjal and his forces in a major battle in Syria. 
Key Characteristics of the Dajjal’s Army:

  • Jews of Isfahan: A specific group of 70,000 Jews from Isfahan are mentioned as following him, wearing distinctive Persian shawls or green satin robes, as per Hadith.
  • Hypocrites & Corrupt Individuals: The Dajjal’s power attracts hypocrites (munafiqun) and corrupt people who are unable to withstand the trials, with many women also falling prey to his deception.
  • Followers of Deception: Many people join the Dajjal because they are convinced by his magical displays and false claims of divinity, failing to recognize him as the false Messiah. 

The Final Conflict:

  • Battle in Syria: The Dajjal and his forces will march to Syria, where a great battle will occur against the Mahdi’s army.
  • Divine Intervention: A third of the Mahdi’s army will flee, a third will become martyrs, and the remaining third will fight, ultimately being joined by Jesus (Isa) from heaven.
  • Defeat of the Dajjal: Jesus, the true Messiah, will kill the Dajjal, destroying him and his army, bringing an end to his trial on Earth. 

Misinterpretations:

  • It’s crucial to note that interpretations branding all Jews as the Dajjal’s army are considered extremist misuses of the religious texts, as the specific Hadith refers to a particular group, not the entire Jewish people. 

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 4:17 utc | 140

Prediction:
 
There will be a buildup or Iranian army on the borders of Iran, in response to tens of thousands of Isis terrorists now being marshalled to attack.
The Zionist vassals in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Balochistan will be readying to conduct cross border terror attacks in Iran and to host Western colonial forces …
 

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 4:24 utc | 141

Chris Hedges interview with Norman Finkelstein:
 
https://consortiumnews.com/2026/01/19/hedges-report-trumps-gaza-peace-plan/

Posted by: jayc | Jan 21 2026 6:05 utc | 142

I am seeing reports that Chinese Y-20 military transports have been flying to Iranian air bases with their transponders off.
 
On such short notice, I don’t know what they could provide that the Iranians don’t have. Maybe their version of the MQ9 Reaper for defending the border per Arch?
 
If accurate, this means China is taking its hardest stance vs Israel.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 21 2026 7:14 utc | 143

I am now seeing these Chinese deliveries being mentioned by multiple channels.
 
Maybe they all have the same source but if not, the Dragon taking a hard stance is a major development and more bad news for the Golden Don.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 21 2026 7:47 utc | 144

There’s no point pretending that either the Ali worshippers or the Neocon mercenaries  represent Islam.
Neither  Jewish Neocon Nazi Islamofascist mercenaries nor Shi’a. 
 
Trump doesn’t give a fuck if it’s Venezuela or Greenland , he  just wants bits of Real Estate with minerals and oil under them.
Trump refuses to engage with Green Energy because it communilises land , which is an egalitarian, socialist concept to which Americans are indoctrinated to hate.
 
Looked at this way, Trump is on the wrong end of History, a dinosaur living in a world of humans.  History tells us that the dinosaurs will become extinct because they are very very stupid.  
 A Muslim fighting for a dinosaur is also a pretty stupid flag to fly. 
The Neocon Jew Dinosaurs  seem to think that their Muslim mercenaries can be incentivised to kill humans  Failing that,  that their life  killing  nukes can achieve victory  , not suicide.. 
Jurassic stupidity. Fool’s gold. 
It takes a very long time for the message to get down the dinosaur’s soine, 
 
 
 

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 21 2026 9:17 utc | 145

🇮🇷 Iran’s Ministry of Security says the leader of a terrorist cell linked to the “Ansar al-Furqan” group was killed in Sistan and Baluchistan province. Eleven other members were arrested during a raid, and weapons and ammunition were seized. Authorities say the cell was planning attacks in southeast Iran.

 

🇮🇷 🇮🇶 The Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) claims Iran’s IRGC conducted a joint drone and ballistic missile strike targeting Kurdish positions in Duhok, northern Iraq.
Attack occurred at 5:45 a.m. on Wednesday.
 
🇮🇷 🇮🇶 Drone strike hits the headquarters of Iranian opposition group “Kurdistan Freedom” in Iraq’s Erbil province. One killed, several injured — Iraqi sources.
 

ResistanceTrench:

🇺🇸 Ongoing U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo flights transporting military equipment to the West Asia over the past 48 hours.
According to WSJ, additional US air defenses are being sent to West Asia, including more patriot and THAAD missile-defense systems.
🇸🇾🇺🇸 🇮🇱 US allies- either Jolani’s Al-Qaeda or the SDF – have freed all ISIS prisoners.
What’s the evil empire’s new plan?
 

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 9:25 utc | 146

Maybe their version of the MQ9 Reaper for defending the border per Arch?
 
If accurate, this means China is taking its hardest stance vs Israel.
 
Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 21 2026 7:14 utc | 143
 
Alexander Mercouris speculated some days ago that the Chinese are likely providing radar, satellite and GPS jamming equipment of the type that could shut down starlink.
 
At short notice, that’s what I’d imagine would be most effective.
Of course, this assumes the Iranians need this. My experience is that the Iranians don’t need much help in the area of telecommunications or telecoms compromise …

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 9:33 utc | 147

Trump burned all the Mossad assets in Iran which would have taken a long time to develop and put Iran, China and Russia on alert by a delayed response but he is still proceeding with a strike?  
He threw Netanyahu and Mossad under the bus for Erdogan?  Would Miriam allow that?

Posted by: Deniz | Jan 21 2026 11:28 utc | 148

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 9:25 utc | 146
Iran orders all miltary commanders to their posts within 48 hours ( yesterday).
 
Fatboy pedofiles plane turns back from routhe to Davos, heads to USA.
 
https://x.com/Intel_Sky/status/2013889777158807760
 
The Shield Joins the Sword: 10 Fuel Tankers Pave the Way for Bombers, and Washington Deploys “THAAD” to Counter Iran’s “Day of Wrath” — Talal Nahle
 
Based on the latest file analysis (03:01 AM Wednesday, Tehran time), there are no new airspace closures. The Iranian skies remain “open” and suspiciously silent, which aligns with a “clearing the skies” scenario to avoid engagement or collateral damage during bombardment.
The new intelligence—the crossing of 10 tankers and the deployment of Patriot and THAAD missiles—moves us into the final preparation phase: the phase of “The Shield and The Sword.”

Posted by: stranger | Jan 21 2026 11:38 utc | 149

Great work as usual  by barfly michaelj72, hope you are recording it elsewhere too and barflies keep copies too. 
The coming Genocide trials of the illegal apartheid entity killer regime and its Nazio mass murdering madness of its WHOLE population will require testimony.
 
It is of course what the shapeshiftter dynastic Old Bastards DESIRE –  to reinforce the age old Big Lie of Victimhood to hide behind  – they are happy for their demented minions, their eschatological Christian Zionists and the dumbed down illeducated Collective Waster slaves to be implicit in the crimes against Palestine; as they are about all their crimes across the world and imperialist colonisations.
 
 
When the less than a dozen million ziofascist supremacist raised into their deluded, cruel, sadistic concentration camp guards – yup that’s what HasbaRats do every post – get their just desserts; they will have to pay for a very long time for following their delusions  
I especially hope that our local braindead ziofascist supporting diehards are forced to see exactly what they have been deludedly supporting; whilst they ignored the masses in the streets, their families in some instances and their old friends who they grew up together as happy shiny liberal peoples – only to now ally themselves to the supremacist theology of ziofascism and military conquest of the whole world
 
For that last group it is amazing to see that they have always been anti Trump for multiple reasons EXCEPT the ONLY one that is needed – his affiliation as a tool and hammer for his ziolord paymasters, controllers and FAMILY connections.
 
Here is more evidence of the horrors that any ziofascist entity supporter can’t claim ‘they did not know’ when they are pilloried for that support  
 

B’Tselem בצלם بتسيلم

 
 

@btselem
23h

Israel has created a system of routine abuse against thousands of Palestinians in its prisons: severe violence, inhuman conditions, deliberate starvation, denial of medical care, humiliation and psychological abuse. Some released prisoners recounted severe sexual violence: sexual assault, threats of sexual assault, forced stripping, serious injury to genitals from beating, and forced anal penetration. B’Tselem reports the names of 84 Palestinians, including one minor, who died in Israeli prisons in the past two years as a result of torture, denial of medical care and inhuman conditions. There is cause for grave concern that the full figure is much higher. Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir has boasted on TV and social media about the inhuman detention conditions for Palestinians. The Israel Prison Service has put the abuse on display, providing the media access to the facilities and video footage. Although B’Tselem and other human rights organizations have reported on these torture camps in detail, with extensive local and international media coverage, the international community continues to grant the Israeli regime full immunity. Incarceration is central to the Israeli apartheid regime’s system of repression and control. Israel has imprisoned more than 800,000 Palestinians over the years, many of them without trial or concrete charges. The dehumanization and violence directed at Palestinians, and the dismantling of the Palestinian collective, are foundational to the Israeli regime. These foundations, which govern the treatment of Palestinian prisoners, are what enables the genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. Link to the full report > btselem.org/publications/202…

Jan 20, 2026 · 1:00 PM UTC

Posted by: DunGroanin | Jan 21 2026 12:44 utc | 150

DunGroanin 150
 
I’m hoping the Neocons get a thrashing they never forget. I have no doubt that they will use mininukes like they used in Beirut.
Their idea is to expunge their existing crimes by committing new, worse ones. Like covid their idea is to train us to accept their Total Nazism.
 
If we accept it, they will increase it. They are testing our pain limits, because  psychopaths manufacture  new psychopaths through pain.
All of the Islamists have been torture renditioned from normal Islam into being psychopaths, and it’s my belief that Israel is just as much a  tortue rendition site for Jews as the mass  brainwashing of Muslims in Western funded Prisons since 9/11  to create Islamists.
 
The Neocons have cooked Trump with Epstein blackmail in the same way that they cooked Biden. The list of potential future blackmailees is infinite. 
So the only way to stop Armaggeddon now is to Oreshnik the White House gardens  and escort Trump like Thatcher away from the levers of power until he comes back to his senses again.
 
Only in a completely insane world can the megalomaniacs like Trump appear normal enough to be tolerated as politicians.
In Islam , the evil of  Killing psychopaths is better than allowing psychopaths to create insanity and  Lawlessness like today’s Israel.
 
 
 
 
 

Posted by: Giyane | Jan 21 2026 14:47 utc | 151

From today:
 

At least 11 Palestinians, including two children and three journalists, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, with six others injured, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
 
Munir al-Bursh, director-general of the ministry, told Al Jazeera that the photojournalists killed when their vehicle was struck on Wednesday worked for the Egyptian Committee for Gaza Relief, which supervises Egypt’s relief work in Gaza.
 
Anas Ghunaim, Abdul Ra’ouf and Shaath Mohammad Qeshta were documenting developments on the ground in central Gaza near the so-called Netzarim Corridor when they were hit in an Israeli strike, colleagues and medical officials told Al Jazeera. A fourth person was also killed in the attack, an Al Jazeera team on the ground reported.
 
Video footage circulating online showed their charred, bombed-out vehicle by the roadside, smoke still rising from the wreckage.
 
Mohammed Mansour, the committee’s spokesman, told The Associated Press news agency that the journalists were filming a newly established displacement camp. He said the strike occurred about 5km (3 miles) from Israeli-controlled territory and that the vehicle was known to the Israeli military as belonging to the Egyptian committee.
 
Israeli Army Radio, citing an Israeli security source, said that the Israeli Air Force had targeted a vehicle in central Gaza, claiming that its occupants were using a drone to collect intelligence on army forces.
 
Three killed from single family
 
In a separate attack in central Gaza, three other Palestinians from a single family – including a child – were killed in eastern Deir el-Balah, sources at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told Al Jazeera.
 
The victims were a father, his son and another relative, the sources said.
 
In southern Gaza, a 13-year-old was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, an Al Jazeera team on the ground reported.
 
The Associated Press reported, quoting hospital staff, that the child was shot while collecting firewood in the eastern town of Bani Suheila.
 
In footage circulated online, the boy’s father could be seen weeping over his son’s body on a hospital bed.
 
A 32-year-old woman was shot and killed in a separate attack in the vicinity of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, an Al Jazeera team reported.
 
Two other Palestinians were killed in attacks in the north of the strip, the Wafa news agency reported.
 
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/21/three-journalists-among-11-palestinians-killed-in-israels-attacks-on-gaza

Posted by: teri | Jan 21 2026 17:05 utc | 152

Time is coming, it is time.
All the false players have been exposed, regarding Palestinians and their genocidal tried erasure by all, including the cheating Russia. Which wants nothing more than to be embraced by fascist USA and has lost all the respect of the Global South.
Russians are not to be trusted.
Beware of the lying priests like Escobar ( paid by Russia to spread propaganda, ask yourseves how does he afford living ), like GlobalSouth spreading misinfo, and many in the USA like CIA Exes, like they ever retire., Larry, fat Russian bag Martyanov, etc etc.
Saker had decency to retire when he realized the lies, by the wy he adored Nasrallah and Soleimany.
Beware of the liers all around

Posted by: stranger | Jan 21 2026 18:40 utc | 153

What i want to say as i am Global South, is that Russia has to Fuck off, and fold into USA as they want to do. By now they have shown only treachery and betrayal of the allies.
Seems they want the reprisal of the 90ties rape, let them have it. Offering unilateral concession to USA fashists, to be raped again.
China is the real leader of the multipolars.
Russia is the sad betrayal of everything. Fickle and weak.

Posted by: stranger | Jan 21 2026 18:53 utc | 154

The Palestine Chronicle: Live Blogs, Articles, Videos, News
 
https://www.palestinechronicle.com
 

  • The ceasefire in name only
  • Israel escalates kills 11 in Gaza
  • Israel drops leaflets in Gaza to evacuate
  • Hebron under attack
  • Canada joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ echoing logic of the Balfour declaration

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 21 2026 21:15 utc | 155

stranger@154:
 
“China is the real leader of the multipolars…”
 
Also Israel’s second largest trading partner alas.

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 21 2026 21:20 utc | 156

 
https://x.com/UNRWA/status/2013552403476267037
UNRWA  @UNRWA 
 
“A new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law, including of the privileges and immunities of the United Nations, by the State of Israel. 
 
Early this morning, Israeli forces stormed the UNRWA Headquarters, a United Nations site, in East Jerusalem. 
 
Bulldozers entered the compound and began demolishing buildings inside it under the watch of lawmakers and a member of the government. 
 
This constitutes an unprecedented attack against a United Nations agency and its premises. 
 
Like all UN Member States and countries committed to the international rule-based order, Israel is obliged to protect and respect the inviolability of UN premises. 
 
This comes in the wake of other steps taken by Israeli authorities to erase the Palestine Refugee identity. 
 
On January 14, Israeli forces stormed into an UNRWA health centre in East Jerusalem and ordered it to close. 
 
Water and power supplies to UNRWA facilities – including health and education buildings – are also scheduled to be cut in the coming weeks. 
 
This is a direct result of legislation passed by the Israeli parliament in December, which stepped up existing anti-UNRWA laws adopted in 2024. 
 
These actions, together with previous arson attacks and a large-scale disinformation campaign, fly in the face of the ruling in October by the International Court of Justice, which restated that Israel is obliged under international law to facilitate UNRWA’s operations, not hinder or prevent them. The court also stressed that Israel has no jurisdiction over East Jerusalem. 
 
There can be no exceptions. 
 
This must be a wake-up call. 
 
What happens today to UNRWA will happen tomorrow to any other international organisation or diplomatic mission, whether in the Occupied Palestinian Territory or anywhere around the world. 
 
International law has come under increasing attack for too long and is risking irrelevancy in the absence of response by Member States.” 
— @UNLazzarini
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 21 2026 21:21 utc | 157

🇺🇸 🇸🇾 🇮🇶 🇮🇷 US CENTCOM announced operation of airlifting ISIS fighters from Syria to Iraq near Iran. They aren’t hiding it anymore.

 
 

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 22:29 utc | 158

Trump burned all the Mossad assets in Iran which would have taken a long time to develop and put Iran, China and Russia on alert by a delayed response but he is still proceeding with a strike?  
 
Posted by: Deniz | Jan 21 2026 11:28 utc | 148
 
The assets are disposable.
 
None of them are Jews.
 
Just stupid, poor crazies run through mkultra.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Jan 21 2026 22:31 utc | 159

see the first link. Every accusation by any kind of zionist is a confession of their own devilish state of mind or plans. This kind of thing by Graham that he accusing the Iranian leadership of is exactly what netanyahu, ben-gvir, smotrich, gallant, herzog and 100s of thousands of israelis/jewish settlers believe about themselves: they are the Chosen People; total impunity due to their God-given status; their land-grabbing based on some Biblical text from 3000+ years ago; that they are superior to the goyim and arabs/moslems (literally eternal racism & white supremacy); all this is used to justify their endless war crimes and crimes against humanitys; and perhaps worst of all, that the zionists themselves are blameless victims. The israelis and their settler-colony-state in fact daily act like the neo-f*scists of the 21st century
 
see the 1:19 video at the second link. “….One poll showed that 47% of israeli jews said israel should commit Genocide in Gaza.  They were asked a very small specific question, When the army enters  a city, should it kill everybody?….”
 
see the 1:05 video at the third link
 
 
https://t.me/Middle_East_Spectator/27599
Middle East Spectator — MES 
 
— 🇺🇸/🇮🇷 Senator Lindsey Graham: ‘Adolf Hitler wanted a master race governed by the superiority of the Aryans. Just like Hitler, the Ayatollah [Khamenei] is a religious Nazi who wants a world religion that he governs.’
 
————
 
https://x.com/ChrisLynnHedges/status/2012638082739364132
Chris Hedges  @ChrisLynnHedges 
 
.@NormFinkelstein describes the “nazification” of Israel.
 
——————-
 
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2013589140818796907
Quds News Network  @QudsNen 
 
Israel has transformed its prisons into an interconnected system of torture camps targeting Palestinians. Detainees are subjected to extreme violence, systematic humiliation, starvation, sleep deprivation, denial of medical treatment, and abuse across all detention facilities. Some have also suffered grave sexual assaults.
 
Since October 2023, at least 84 Palestinians have died in these torture camps. Those responsible for policy, most notably National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have publicly bragged in televised segments and on social media about the conditions and practices inside these torture camps.
Via: B’Tselem
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 21 2026 23:25 utc | 160

Don’t know if y’all have seen this.   Izzy bullets found in the bodies of dead Iranian children.   Babies.   Of course we know it’s the Izzynazi MO.  They love to shoot children in the head.   Truly wish some one would glass over that seat of infamy.   https://thecradle.co/articles/israeli-bullets-found-inside-bodies-of-iranian-children-killed-in-riots-report.    

Posted by: Formerly Miss Lacy | Jan 22 2026 1:00 utc | 161

see the photo/link at the first link
 
see the 39-second video at the last link. 
 
 
 
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014004386297532826
MenchOsint  @MenchOsint 
 
Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: 
 
“An all-out confrontation will certainly be messy, ferocious, and drag on far, far longer than the fantasy timelines that Israel and its proxies are trying to peddle to the White House.” 
 
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/irans-regime-defends-its-crackdown-46a2f59a
Unlike the restraint we showed in 2025, this time we’ll have no qualms about firing back with all we have……
 
—————
 
https://x.com/karaokecomputer/status/2013737230481666414
Victims of Capitalism Memorial Foundation  @karaokecomputer 
 
The problem isn’t that Trump is the “Most Unamerican President” – it’s that he’s the MOST American President. He’s the true face of empire, just without the mask.
 
————-
 
https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/2013902409026666771
TIMES OF GAZA  @Timesofgaza 
 
Israeli bulldozers demolish a Palestinian home in the village of Shuqba, west of the city of Ramallah.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 22 2026 1:26 utc | 162

Paving military roads, Israel prepares permanent control of West Bank camps
By Majd Jawad January 19, 2026
 
https://www.972mag.com/west-bank-camps-israel-permanent-control/
 
 

Posted by: GreatLakesObserver | Jan 22 2026 1:28 utc | 163

@149
 
USCentcom is also receiving 2 carrier battlegroups, one moving into the east Mediterranean it will use its Aegis destroyers to shield Israel.  The other will be near range to shield UAE and Qatar.
 
The Med carrier’s aircraft can prove interceptors for drones and cruise missiles, they do not have range to arrive over Iran.
 
Interesting the extent that KSA, Turkiye, Qatar, Jordan etc allow US air operations from their bases.
 
00:00 hour Saturday 24/1/2026 Tehran time likely commence attacks.

Posted by: paddy | Jan 22 2026 1:33 utc | 164

Wilkerson thinks a nuclear bomb will be dropped.

Posted by: Deniz | Jan 22 2026 1:49 utc | 165

In response to

Wilkerson thinks a nuclear bomb will be dropped.
Posted by: Deniz | Jan 22 2026 1:49 utc | 165

 
I have written this before and believe it will be part of the desperation of dying empire.
 
My hope is that the nuke exchange is limited.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Jan 22 2026 3:01 utc | 166

The Cradle/Syriana Analysis: ‘Reactivating ISIS in Syria & Iraq’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@thecradlemedia/videos
 
“Kevork Almassian and Sharmine Narwani on the deadly foreign games in Syria.”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 22 2026 4:07 utc | 167

Al Mayadeen:  ‘Israeli Airstrikes in South Lebanon & Syrian Territory’
 
https://english.almayadeen.net/shortnews
 
Down USrael!

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 22 2026 4:16 utc | 168

Wilkerson thinks a nuclear bomb will be dropped.RE: Posted by: Deniz | Jan 22 2026 1:49 utc | 165”
 
first of all, I really wish people wouldn’t write sheet like this without giving a link to where they saw or heard Col Wilkerson say this. He qualifies a lot of his statements too…. He’s has also said a many things that haven’t come true or been exactly true….. like Ritter, and Escobar, and Doctorow, et al.
 
But…..perhaps…..as it appears that netanyahu has recently threatened something iran ‘hasn’t seen before’, using some such phrasing. I always write that sheet off to rhetoric for domestic consumption and a big roar from a little lion (that can’t take a sheet without uncle sam being them to back it up) etc.   
 
Also, Iran has its own Aces up its sleeve, and frankly if israel drops an atomic bomb on Iran, I can imagine that israel itself will be annihilated by thousands of Iranian missiles & drones….. and also quite a few things coming from the Houthis and Hezbollah, I would imagine. But Trump/Hegseth/Rubio are idiots and pathological narcissists, so anything can happen
 
 
https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2014212171211665664
MenchOsint  @MenchOsint 
 
✈️🇺🇸 More and more U.S. military equipment being delivered to the region. 
12 flights in the past 36 hours. 
 
Interestingly most C-17s are landing at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, (Jordan) the main one to be used in an attack against Iran & to defend Israel.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 22 2026 6:46 utc | 169

Re: Atom Bombs ?
 
Although the Likudniks have a Masada 2.0 obsession, I doubt at this point they are that demented to use nukes.  Stuff like the Hannibal Massacre of 7.October, sure, but wholesale destruction of Israel ? Not so much 

Posted by: exile | Jan 22 2026 8:24 utc | 170

 
https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2014083087341146412
Quds News Network  @QudsNen 
 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will skip the signing of US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” in Davos after Switzerland confirmed it would enforce the ICC arrest warrant over war crimes in Gaza.
 
———–
 
https://x.com/GlobalIJournal/status/2014070799200821400
Global Insight Journal  @GlobalIJournal 
 
Iran Delivers a Crushing Blow to Musk and Israel: 
Starlink shifts from a communication tool to a tracking trap. 
 
Iranian Military Media: In a carefully executed scenario, we cut off the internet in Iran, left Starlink temporarily operational to use it as a tracking tool, monitored the users, identified and arrested them, and then permanently shut down Starlink.
 

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 22 2026 10:28 utc | 171

Posted by: michaelj72 | Jan 22 2026 6:46 utc | 169
https://youtu.be/y6X5PBFG3tU?si=BIUtLjY9FwAYNQ9F

Posted by: Deniz | Jan 22 2026 10:46 utc | 172

https://t.me/enemywatch/45946
 

🇮🇷 | Statement from Yahya Rahim Safavi, advisor to Imam Khamenei (H):
 
Yahya Rahim Safavi stated: “We are preparing for the final battle with ‘Israel’.”
 
He emphasized that there is no ceasefire, adding, “We are in a war phase.”
 
Yahya Safavi further noted that no protocol, regulation, or agreement has been written between Iran and the United States or ‘Israel’, stressing that the upcoming war will determine the end of the conflict.

Posted by: too scents | Jan 22 2026 12:01 utc | 173

“Putin says Russia won’t join any “Board of Peace” unless full Palestinian rights under UN resolutions are guaranteed, adding that $1B in frozen Russian funds could be used for Palestine’s reconstruction”

Posted by: Call it what u will | Jan 22 2026 12:43 utc | 174

Trump claimed, while at Davos, that the US has overseen the largest resurgence of aid into the Gaza Strip and that Hamas would disarm or be wiped out.
 
While he was talking about his Bored of Peace, here is what happened in Gaza:
 

LIVE: Four Palestinians killed in Gaza as Trump launches ‘Board of Peace’
 

  • Medical sources at Al-Shifa Hospital say at least four people have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza and an infant has died from cold.

 

 

Posted by: teri | Jan 22 2026 14:50 utc | 175

Trump opens Bored of Peace by listing countries the US has bombed.

 

Posted by: teri | Jan 22 2026 14:55 utc | 176

Trump’s latest threats towards Hamas mirror his past threats against Ansar Allah, Hezbollah, Iran, Venezuela.
 
One thing about bullies is that repeated intimidation loses emotional weight. Humans adapt to stress, which creates a scenario where more stress is required to get an effect.
 
America can’t threaten much these days. They can’t even bully sycophants and cowards in the EU.
 
They can’t bully the Canadians or Venezuelans.
 
I’ve said for over a year that Palestinian victory is an unlivable Israeli colony,
 
We’re getting close to that moment with an imminent attack on Iran.

Posted by: LoveDonbass | Jan 22 2026 15:26 utc | 177

EI Weekly Podcast: ‘Board of Genocide’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@TheElectronicIntifada
 
“Breaking news and analysis  on day #839 of the Gaza genocide.”
 
Don’t miss this one…

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 22 2026 18:27 utc | 178

Syriana Analysis: Tarik Cyril Amar: ‘Davos & Gaza Master Plans’
 
https://www.youtube.com/@SyrianaAnalysis/streams
 
“From Trump’s BoP & the Jared Kushner Gaza master plan to the Greenland takeover framework, we analyze ‘the Rupture’ with historian Tarik Cyril Amar…”

Posted by: John Gilberts | Jan 22 2026 18:43 utc | 179

وكالة شهاب للأنباء    @ShehabAgency
#متابعة| 📌 منظمة أطباء بلا حدود:
 
Doctors Without Borders:
 
– We warn of a sharp deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip amid harsh weather conditions and ongoing Israeli attacks.
 
Large numbers of residents are living in temporary plastic shelters, while others are living in old tents that have been severely damaged by strong winds and rain.
 
Children and adults are dying from the extreme cold, and the situation can only be described as a real catastrophe.
 
– The occupation’s attacks continue to occur regularly, along with the banning of the activities of many international civil society organizations in Gaza.
 
Some Palestinian families are living under a very limited number of blankets, while some 2,900 patients who depend on the organization’s services are in urgent need of support.
 
– The relief support provided is still insufficient in light of the continued blockade on the entry of food, medicine, medical supplies and shelter assistance into the besieged sector for more than 18 years.
 
https://x.com/ShehabAgency/status/2014323549935214923
 

Posted by: GreatLakesObserver | Jan 22 2026 19:29 utc | 180