American elections: Regardless of who gets the most votes, Israel wins. Either openly (Right wing incumbent) or by controlled opposition (Left wing incumbent). At least that’s the opinion I offered Jon Eisen (our editor) while discussing a certain news item. Here’s RT’s items on the subject of “American Zionists” and […]
Middle East
A UN special committee has said that Israeli policies and practices in Gaza are “consistent with the characteristics of genocide”. Julian Borger – The Guardian Nov 14, 2024 A Palestinian girl carrying portions of food walks past a bombed building in Gaza. The committee, set up in 1968 to monitor […]
Baalbek is well known for the amazing Roman temple ruins and of course its puzzling trio of almost impossibly huge foundation stones. Recent excavations at the quarry and examination of the site reveal mind-blowing and perplexing new evidence to back up the myths that the foundations are far older and […]
The Israeli army withdrew several brigades from southern Lebanon amid expectations of a possible ceasefire soon, according to Israeli media on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reports. Middle East Monitor – Nov 5, 2024 The brigades were withdrawn for refresher training based on an assessment of officials participating in ceasefire negotiations that a deal […]
Interesting find on Chinese Social Media by Jennifer Zheng. Perhaps “Did assist Hezbollah” might be more appropriate if this posting is correct. MH Inconvenient Truths by Jennifer Zeng14 The CCP’s IT Team Assists Hezbollah! According to rumors on Chinese social media: The IT team sent by the CCP to assist […]
“I don’t think there is an implicit obligation for the United States to follow like a stupid mule whatever the Israelis do. If they decide to start a war, simply on the assumption that we’ll automatically be drawn into it, I think it is the obligation of friendship to say, […]
Two days out from Iran’s seminal strike on Israel and some things are being clarified. Simplicius https://simplicius76.substack.comOct 04, 2024 All the early claims of having shot everything down were slowly retracted, with more realistic headlines slowly taking their place as testament to the confusion behind the scenes. Iranian missiles were […]
Over the last year or two, Hezbollah had become increasingly concerned that the cell phones used by its members were giving away their locations and allowing the Israelis to target them with airstrikes or missiles, so its leadership finally decided to shift most of its communications network to the use […]
Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside thousands of pagers ordered by Hezbollah months before the devices exploded, a Lebanese security source has told the Reuters news agency. Sky News – Sept 18, 2024 The senior source said the militant group had ordered 5,000 beepers which […]
Sky News host James Macpherson reacts to the Australian ambassador to Iran getting a dressing down over an Instagram post supporting the LGBTIQ+ community. Ian McConville was summoned to the foreign ministry office in Tehran, Iran’s capital, after sharing a post on the embassy’s official Instagram account celebrating “Wear It […]