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 Middle East Monitor – Nov 5, 2024 The brigades were withdrawn for refresher training based on an assessment of officials participating in ceasefire negotiations that a deal […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Israel couldn’t wait around. Palestine wanted to play the long-wait game, Israel didn’t have the patience or the inclination. And it isn’t over. Martin Harris 26/8/24 I’m no geopolitical analytical genius. But lets see if I understand the sequence of events in the Middle East over the past few weeks. […]
The United Nations Security Council has called for an immediate and independent investigation into reported mass graves containing hundreds of Palestinian dead bodies near hospitals in the Gaza Strip amid the Israeli regime’s months-long aggression on the besieged territory. Press TV – May 11, 2024 https://www.presstv.ir Palestinian civil defense teams […]
Two sides of the story. Iran “punishes” Israel. Israel says 99% of drones were shot down. What concerns us more is what the retaliation will be and how this will escalate. MH posted 14/4/24 7:16 NZT Israel getting punished with ‘Operation Truthful Promise’ Israeli reports say Iran has already fired […]
The promised Iranian retaliation for the Israeli attack on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus is likely in the next 24-48 hours, anonymous US officials told Bloomberg on Wednesday. RTWed, 10 Apr 2024 © Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto/Getty Images 3D models of Iranian missiles and a drone are being placed under an anti-Israeli placard […]
Jared Kushner says it’s “unfortunate” that Europe isn’t taking in more Palestinian refugees, suggesting that the “cleaning up” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip should be accelerated. Paul Joseph Watson – modernity.news March 21, 2024 Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former senior foreign policy advisor made the comments during a conversation […]
The supreme aim of the far right duo National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is not the occupation of the Gaza Strip. Ehud OlmertHaaretzThu, 22 Feb 2024 © Eliyahu Hershkovitz Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir Even settlement throughout the devastated Strip is not the […]