[IsraelTimes] Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... chief Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... is set to visit Egypt on Wednesday for talks on a ceasefire in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... and a prisoner exchange with Israel, a source close to the terror group says.
Haniyeh, based in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... , will head a "high-level" Hamas delegation to Egypt, where he is due to hold talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel and others, the source tells AFP on Tuesday.
The discussions will be "on stopping the aggression and the war to prepare an agreement for the release of prisoners [and] the end of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip," the source says on condition of anonymity.
According to the source, the talks in Egypt will focus on "the delivery of humanitarian aid, the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the Gaza Strip and the return of displaced persons to their towns and villages in the north."
Haniyeh’s visit will be his second to Egypt since the start of the war on October 7, following a trip in early November.
Hamas says it will not hold hostage negotiations while IDF op in Gaza continues
Hamas reiterates its position “categorically rejecting holding any form of negotiations over a prisoner exchange” amid the ongoing Israeli military operation in Gaza.
“We are, however, open to any initiative that contributes to ending the aggression on our people and opening the crossings to bring in aid and provide relief to the Palestinian people,” the terror group says in a statement.
The terror group has also conditioned a deal on Israel withdrawing troops from the Strip.
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Imho no ceasefire until unconditional surrender
Hamas surrender
Then resettle all arab muslims of gaza to egypt, jordan, iraq, saudi where they belong
Those 4 nations being the chief attackers in 1848
They started the war so they must take the refugees
Better for them, and us
They are arab muslims. They have their countries and we have ours
[AFRICANEWS] Despite concerns about violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC), the UN Security Council is expected to launch on Tuesday an early but gradual withdrawal of peacekeepers from the country from the end of 2023, as requested by Kinshasa.
On the eve of high-risk elections in the country, which coincide with the expiration of the annual mandate of the peacekeeping mission, according to the draft text seen by the;AFP. "the tensions between Rwanda and the DRC" in the east and "concern regarding the escalation of violence" of the United Nations ...a formerly good idea gone bad... (MONUSCO), the Council should underline its
Despite this situation, the Congolese government has been calling for months for an "accelerated" withdrawal of Blue helmets, from the end of 2023 and not the end of 2024. He considers the UN force ineffective in protecting civilians against gangs and militias that have been raging for three decades in eastern DRC.
An accusation similar to other African countries, notably Mali which imposed the emergency departure of the UN mission (MINUSMA).
Several members of the Council, notably the United States, have expressed doubts in recent months about the fact that the Congolese forces are ready to replace MONUSCO to ensure the security of the population.
But since UN missions cannot operate without authorization from the host country, the DRC also wants - but less directly than the Malian junta - to force the hand of the Security Council.
If the draft resolution is adopted as planned on Tuesday, the Council will decide "to begin the gradual, responsible and sustainable withdrawal" of the mission, in accordance with a withdrawal plan concluded in November between Kinshasa and MONUSCO.
The first phase plans the complete withdrawal of peacekeepers from the province of South Kivu by the end of April 2024, a withdrawal which will begin "before the end of 2023".
From May 2024, MONUSCO will only be present in North Kivu and Ituri. From July 1, its workforce will be reduced by some 2,350 people (i.e. a maximum authorized strength of around 13,800 military and coppers).
The possible continuation of the withdrawal will have to be determined on the basis of an evaluation report of the first phase, which the Council expects by the end of June 2024.
The UN peacekeeping force (MONUC, then MONUSCO) has been present in the country since 1999. For several years, the Security Council had already begun a cautious disengagement, setting broad parameters for transferring responsibilities from the Blue Helmets to the Congolese forces. With the aim of starting to withdraw by 2024.
In this context, MONUSCO had already focused on the three eastern provinces, North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri.
Noting further the importance of "coordinating" the various peacekeeping operations in the country, the draft resolution considers the possibility of "operational and logistical" support from MONUSCO to regional forces present in the country.
Kinshasa has decided not to renew the mandate of the East African force deployed in the east, which expired on December 8, and is counting in particular on replacing it with troops from the Southern African Community (SADC).
While the head of MONUSCO Bintou Keita recently expressed concern about an increased risk between the two neighbors. "for calm and dialogue", the draft resolution also calls Rwanda between the DRC and "direct military confrontation"
Without naming anyone, he also condemns "support by any external party" for the gangs of the M23 ( "March 23 Movement") and the FDLR (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda), and calls for "withdrawal" from these external parts of Congolese territory.
In their last report published in June, experts mandated by the Security Council assured that they had "new evidence of direct interventions by the Rwandan defense forces" in the DRC, notably in support of the M23 and the FDLR.
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Send them to patrol the Israel/Lebanon 6 mile border buffer.
[AFRICANEWS] The Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... declined to authorize satellite equipment for European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... election observers, expressing concerns that it could be utilized to manipulate the upcoming presidential poll later this month, as reported by multiple sources.
"Some organizations come with technology that could effectively penetrate the electronic system of the CENI (Independent National Electoral Commission) and be able to manipulate the election results," said Peter Kazadi, Minister of the Interior and Security.
In an unexpected move on November 29, the EU called off its electoral mission to the central African nation, citing technical issues.
"We wanted this process to be as transparent as possible. That is why, in a sovereign way, we invited these international organizations. But we will not accept that someone comes to manipulate the elections to change the will of the Congolese people that they will express tomorrow at the polls," added M. Kazadi.
The government, acknowledging its regret over the cancellation of the observation mission, faced criticism as several officials revealed that the decision was a result of a prolonged request for permits for satellite equipment.
"We will not shut down the Internet. We are not in a situation of war or popular uprising. Tomorrow there will be a morning, there will be a noon, there will be an evening, and we will each sleep tranquilly in our homes," concluded the Minister of the Interior and Security.
Congolese civil society, the US-based Carter Center and the 16-nation Southern African Development Community will observe the election on December 20th.
[IsraelTimes] Beyond global trade, the decision to bypass the Suez Canal will also affect other countries in the region, and in particular hit Egypt’s struggling economy hard as the canal’s fees amount to $12 billion a year in revenue, according to Dr. Ronni Shaked from the Truman Institute at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"It is a big economic problem, which requires the formation of an international coalition to protect the vital trade route and safeguard the international principle of freedom of navigation," said Shaked.
The United States, which has been reluctant to hit back militarily, is reportedly weighing options to strike back at Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan traveled to Abu Dhabi on Friday for a meeting with his Emirati counterpart Tahnoun bin Zayed, about the ongoing war in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... and the pair also touched on "countering threats from the Houthis to freedom of navigation in the Red Sea."
[IsraelTimes] Judge said attack was planned with help of Iranian state agencies; foreign ministry says it ’will not tolerate foreign-controlled violence in Germany,’ will consider next steps
The German foreign ministry said Tuesday it had summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires after a court found that an attempted arson attack on a synagogue last year was planned with the help of Iranian state agencies.
"We will not tolerate any foreign-controlled violence in Germany," the ministry wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
The higher regional court in Duesseldorf had earlier sentenced a German-Iranian national to two years and nine months in prison over a plot to attack a synagogue in Germany in November 2022.
The 36-year-old, identified only as Babak J., had planned to target a synagogue in the western city of Bochum but ended up throwing an incendiary device at an adjacent school building. No one was injured.
In handing down the verdict, the Duesseldorf court on Tuesday said the attack had been planned with the help of "Iranian state agencies."
"The fact that Jewish life should be attacked here is intolerable," the foreign ministry said.
It added that it would carefully study the judgment to determine the "consequences and next steps, including at [the] EU level."
Germany has grown increasingly alarmed in recent years about rising anti-Jewish sentiment eight decades after the end of the Holocaust.
The Israel-Hamas ...always the voice of sweet reason... war has further enflamed tensions with German authorities registering a number of antisemitic incidents in recent weeks, including the targeting of a Berlin synagogue with Molotov cocktails in October.
Several thousand people demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin earlier this month.
Police estimated that around 3,200 people gathered in the rain in the German capital, while organizers put the figure at 10,000, German news agency dpa reported. Participants in the protest, titled "Never again is now," marched to the Brandenburg Gate.
A group tracking antisemitism in Germany said in late November that it had documented a drastic increase in antisemitic incidents in the month after Hamas’s October 7 deadly terror onslaught in southern Israel — a total of 994, an increase of 320 percent compared with the same period a year earlier.
Germany’s main Jewish leader, Josef Schuster, said that "antisemitism is common practice in Germany in the middle of society," and called for solidarity with Israel and with Jewish life in Germany.
Germany’s Labor Minister Hubertus Heil said that many decent people are too quiet on the issue. "We don’t need a decent, silent majority — we need a clear and loud majority that stands up now, and not later," he said.
[Washington Examiner] AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration is mulling legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) after civil rights organizations sued over a new law that gives state and local law enforcement the ability to arrest suspected illegal immigrants. The Lawfare train is right on time.
Blowback from Democrats and liberal organizations commenced less than 24 hours after Abbott signed SB 4, which gives non-federal police the legal authority to arrest immigrants who have illegally entered the state from a foreign nation. Immigration laws are federal, therefore, until the signing of SB 4, only federal law enforcement had the authority to make such arrests, and some already have taken legal action to quell Abbott's latest border security action.
Abbott signed the bill, along with two others that passed during recent special legislative sessions, Monday during a ceremony in the border city of Brownsville. SB 4 criminalizes unlawful entry to the country, while other enacted laws provide $1.5 billion for border wall construction and create a mandatory 10-year minimum prison sentence for human smugglers.
The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Texas, and the Texas Civil Rights Project filed a lawsuit in federal court on behalf of El Paso County and two immigrant rights groups Tuesday challenging Texas.
"Governor Abbott’s efforts to circumvent the federal immigration system and deny people the right to due process is not only unconstitutional, but also dangerously prone to error, and will disproportionately harm Black and Brown people regardless of their immigration status," said Anand Balakrishnan, senior staff attorney at the ACLU’s Immigrants’ Rights Project, in a statement. "We’re using every tool at our disposal, including litigation, to stop this egregious law from going into effect."
A declassified intelligence report found foreign countries stepped up their efforts to interfere in the 2022 midterms compared to 2018
The intelligence community found strong evidence that China 'approved efforts to try to influence a handful of midterm races'
The assessment noted Russia pushed the message that 'Democrats were stealing the elections' in an effort to undermine the democratic process If it’s true, how can it be propaganda?
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Biden ‘feels so much younger’ than 81 as wife, aides reportedly warn him to slow down: ‘His own worst enemy’
If he slowed down any more he'd be dead.
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The government of the USA is the most important and most influential entity in the world. If I were ANY major (or most minor) country, I would certainly interfere to try to elect people who would be friendly to me. They would be foolish not to.
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Therefore, Brandon.
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[Railway Age] For the second time in four months, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has temporarily suspended operations at three U.S./Mexico international railway crossing bridges—two on Union Pacific and one on BNSF.
A farmer friend opines:
"Finally, the US has shut down Eagle Pass and the El Paso crossings in Texas, the main shipping points for corn and soybean trains to Mexico due to the influx of migrant crossings. Mexico is our largest corn customer and the trains are currently stuck in the US. I spoke to a shipper yesterday who billed a Union Pacific train to Mexico on Saturday. That train is still sitting on their tracks and they are not sure when it will move.
It is fine for illegals to cross, but not corn allegedly because of illegals on the trains. Creating another supply chain disruption is probably the real reason the rail crossings were closed. If anyone but the US government doing it, they would call it sabotage."
[IsraelTimes] A poll published today indicates that most Americans are opposed to US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Joe's wife and daughter weren't killed by a drunk driver. He didn't graduate with three or even two degrees, wasn't in the top half of his law class, and his daddy didn't come home from a hard day's work in the mines and play football with the guys. The NAACP hasn't endorsed him every time he's run.... ’s handling of the Israel-Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... war.
The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... /Siena College poll finds that 57% of Americans disapprove, 33% approve, and the rest did not know.
The poll also finds a split between younger voters and older ones. The poll finds that among people between 18 and 29 years old, nearly three-quarters disapprove of the way Biden is handling the conflict.
Americans are also split on what course Biden should pursue. Some 44 percent said Israel should end its military campaign; whereas 39 percent said Israel should push on.
Forty-eight percent of all voters said they believed Israel was not taking enough precautions to avoid civilian casualties in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... The poll also found that 48% believe that former president Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... , Biden’s likely challenger in next years election, would do a better job of handling the Israel-Hamas conflict. Just 38% believe Biden will do a better job.
Interesting. Israel is not the only subject about which American voters prefer Trump over Biden, or so I’ve read.
[IsraelTimes] The head of the International Committee of the Red Thingy tells journalists that the conflict in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... is a "moral failure," as she presses for a ceasefire to end the fighting.
"I have been speaking of moral failure because every day this continues is a day more where the international community hasn’t proven capable of ending such high levels of suffering and this will have an impact on generations not only in Gaza," ICRC president Mirjana Spoljaric tells journalists in Geneva following trips to Gaza and Israel.
"There’s nothing without an agreement by the two sides, so we urge them to keep negotiating and to keep facilitating the space that we need in order to operationalize the releases (of hostages and detainees)."
Spoljaric has come under immense fire in Israel for failing to do enough to pressure Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... to allow Red Thingy visits to the hostages still in Gaza. She claims public pressure against Hamas won’t work but has made a point of issuing ample criticism against Israel throughout the war.
[IsraelTimes] A UN Security Council vote on a resolution calling for a surge in humanitarian aid and an urgent halt in the Israel-Hamas ...a regional Iranian catspaw,... war has again been delayed, a diplomat for a country on the panel tells The Times of Israel.
The vote is now slated to take place Wednesday morning.
The council had scheduled a vote late Monday afternoon, but it was postponed until this morning to try to get the US to support the resolution or abstain.
[Gatestone] The public statements since October 7 of Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières, MSF) and its employees, on the ground in Gaza, show a systematic bias in favor of Hamas and hostility to Israel. MSF has failed in its humanitarian purpose and violated its own charter, which proclaims "assistance... irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions."
MSF has been present in the Gaza Strip since 1989. It now plays a leading role there, with at least 300 staff members, and works closely with local hospitals on a number of projects, either directly or indirectly with the Hamas "Ministry of Health".
MSF is often quoted by the international media and is seen by public opinion as an objective, neutral and independent observer of the conflict in the region. Because of the history of the organization, which in 1999 was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the French and international media have blind faith in MSF when it comes to reporting what it states.
However, a new investigative report on the social media posts of MSF and its employees has seriously called this reputation into question. The tweets and the Facebook posts of MSF and around 100 of its employees in Gaza were scrutinized.
Despite being subject to the MSF Charter, a significant proportion of its staff seem to share the Hamas point of view and support the terrorist attacks of October 7. For example, from October 7:
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Assuming their intentions are good, which is debatable, they are at the very least stooges for malevolent forces like Hamas. IIRC, you will also find MSF and the Red Cross helping all the Third World types as they make their way to our southern border to invade our country.
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It’s what they have to do in order to be able to treat those in need, or so they always say about whatever nasty corner of the world they’re challenged on.
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Not sure why there is a question mark at the end of the title. Seems superfluous.
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Recently had a creepy grocery-door-fundraiser encounter with two MSF guys. Struck me as nurse and doc (or doc wannabe). Absolutely not rent-a-bums. Thirty-ish, maybe a couple, hard left vibe. Went full if-looks-could-kill at first hint that I wasn't down (and I wasn't even trying to spoil a sale, my usual mode in that situation). On lonely mountain path, I'd have been thinking "goodbye, organs." Real Bay Area shit, practically on me doorstep
More normalcy, no matter what the Democratic party wants.
[IsraelTimes] Singapore’s new ambassador to Israel Ian Mak presents his credentials to President Isaac Herzog today, marking the first time the island nation has posted an envoy to Israel despite a 54-year-long relationship.
Israel and Singapore have close diplomatic and military ties, with Israel being a major arms supplier to the country.
Mak was one of three envoys to present their credentials today, along with new ambassadors from North Macedonia and Ecuador.
Since the beginning of the war with Hamas ...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... , Israel has seen eight ambassadors depart, with some of them having been recalled in protest.
With many of those recalled for consultations being from South American countries, the presentation of the charter by the Ecuadorian ambassador Maria Veronica Abed Rojas is a positive sign for Israel.
[IsraelTimes] The Foreign Ministry issues a travel warning to Israelis against visiting the Maldives, citing increased anti-Israel sentiment during the war with Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... The warning comes "due to the heightened anti-Israel atmosphere, including public comments by officials."
The statement recommends that Israelis refrain from visiting at this time and those already there should consider leaving.
The warning notes that should Israelis need help, the Foreign Ministry would "find it difficult to provide assistance."
Israel does not have diplomatic ties with the Moslem-majority nation, but Israelis have been allowed to visit the country famed for its island atolls.
As part of a broader travel warning issued in the wake of the war, Israel cautioned its citizens from visiting the Maldives along with other Moslem nations.
In unity, decided disunity. These are not people who can become a single country.
[IsraelTimes] In an interview with the Saudi news channel Al Arabiya, a top adviser to Paleostinian Authority President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... blasts the Hamas ...one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede,... terror group for bringing destruction upon Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , and says "that nobody will dodge their responsibility."
"I tell our people, the price that Gaza has paid is not small, and this calls for an assessment. There will be a hard reckoning, but not for now," Mahmoud Habbash says.
"We will not get into details, but 100,000 people have been killed or injured in the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of homes have been destroyed, and the infrastructure was destroyed. We cannot let this pass, nobody can dodge their responsibilities," he adds.
In a separate interview with Al Arabiya on Monday, Habbash also accused Hamas of turning its back to the Paleostinian reconciliation process which was launched in Egypt in July but did not advance.
In an interview with The Times of Israel earlier this month, Habbash tore into Hamas, saying, "We didn’t want or need this war. What was the point? Did Hamas imagine that it could win?"
[IsraelTimes] Israel’s military liaison to the Paleostinians COGAT says that 127 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... today.
Sixty-seven trucks were inspected at Israel’s Nitzana Crossing before being transferred to Egypt’s Rafah Crossing and ferried into Gaza.
Sixty trucks were inspected at Israel’s Kerem Shalom Crossing and entered Gaza directly from there.
The number continues to lag behind the figure of 200, which Israel revealed earlier this week it committed to allowing in each day moving forward as part of the hostage deal last month.
Israel blames the UN and Egypt for failing to keep up with the amount of trucks that it is inspecting each day, while they in turn argue that Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza makes it impossible to safely deliver large amounts of aid.
[IsraelTimes] Gadi Mozes and Elad Katzir seen for first time since being kidnapped during Oct. 7 onslaught; Mozes’s son says family happy for sign of life but he ’looks completely different’
The military wing of the Paleostinian Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... terror group published a video Tuesday of Israeli hostages Gadi Mozes and Elad Katzir, in which they call on Israel’s leadership to urgently act to bring about their release.
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[IsraelTimes] A combination of business ventures abroad, an informal donation network and support from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... have ensured that the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... terror group has more than enough money to keep fighting. Continued on Page 49
With several Arab oil nation power brokers funding HAMAS. Should we soon expect a 1974 type oil embargo and $20 Gal Gas.
I wonder if the Obama-Biden Admin would reopen the US Oil fields on Federal land or the Off Shore ones the EPA shutdown? While on the subject, did they even refill the Strategic Reeves yet?
Or is the DC Swamp still waiting for the price of oil to increase to collect some back channel pocket $Money in kick backs?
Idiots playing with their government issued toys.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Israeli troops deliberately fired an artillery cannon over the head of a female soldier, video shared online shows, prompting an investigation by the IDF.
Footage shows the young woman standing in front of the self-propelled howitzer as it fires off a round, sending her stumbling to the ground.
The reckless incident prompted a quick response from the Israeli military, which stressed that no one was hurt in the stunt.
'The incident seen in the video is severe and completely deviates from the IDF's safety regulations,' an IDF spokesperson said.
'An in-depth investigation into the matter will be held as soon as possible, and punishments will be in order. No one was hurt in the incident.'
Just reading the headline made me feel cynical, never mind the rest of the article.
[IsraelTimes] The Western powers in the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... accused Tehran on Monday of developing and testing ballistic missiles, transferring hundreds of drones to Russia, and enriching uranium to an unprecedented 60% level for a country without a nuclear weapons program — all in violation of a UN resolution endorsing the deal.
Iran and its ally, Russia, dismissed the charges by Britannia, La Belle France and Germany, strongly supported by the United States, which pulled out of the agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action in 2018.
The six-party agreement was aimed at ensuring that Iran could not develop atomic weapons. Under the accord, Tehran agreed to limit enrichment of uranium to levels necessary for the peaceful use of nuclear power in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
The sharp exchanges came at the Security Council’s semi-annual meeting on the implementation of its resolution endorsing the 2015 nuclear deal.
Both Iran’s UN Ambassador Amir Iravani and Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia blamed the United States’ withdrawal from the JCPOA, Western sanctions and an "anti-Iran" stance for the current standoff.
Iravani said Iran is allowed to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, and Nebenzia rejected alleged evidence that it was using Iranian drones in Ukraine.
At the council meeting, UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo stressed that UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... still considers the JCPOA "the best available option to ensure that the Iranian nuclear program remains exclusively peaceful."
She urged Iran to reverse course, as did the three European countries who issued a joint statement quoting the IAEA as saying Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium now stand at 22 times the JCPOA limit.
"There is no credible civilian justification for the state of Iran’s nuclear program," the UK, La Belle France and Germany said. "The current trajectory only brings Iran closer to weapons-related capabilities."
The Europeans and US Minister Counselor John Kelley stressed that they would use all means to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
As for the future, Kelley told the council: "Iran should take actions to build international confidence and de-escalate tensions and not continue nuclear provocations that pose grave proliferation risks."
And if not, then war! But in the meantime it gives Hezbollah & Friends something to pontificate about instead of lobbing missiles in the general direction of the Dimona Mushroom Growers Combine.
[IsraelTimes] Israel has reportedly told the US that it wants Hezbollah pushed back six miles from its northern border in a deal that would end ongoing tensions between Jerusalem and the Lebanese terror group.
The idea behind the request is that the terror group would be too far away from the border to be able to fire at Israeli towns or conduct an invasion akin to the massacre carried out by Hamas ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... on October 7.
The Biden administration, led by top Biden aide Amos Hochstein, has sought to reach a diplomatic solution to the ongoing tensions but has yet to make a breakthrough.
Israeli officials told visiting US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that Jerusalem couldn’t accept the continued displacement of tens of thousands of citizens from the north, Axios reports.
The Israeli officials told Austin that they don’t want Hezbollah fighters to be able to return to its military posts along the border that the IDF has destroyed over the past two months, Axios says.
Austin told Israeli leaders that he understands their concerns and will try and push for a diplomatic solution.
[IsraelTimes] The US Treasury Department announces a new batch of sanctions against 10 entities and four individuals based in Iran, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Indonesia that it says are behind the production of Iranian drones.
The network has facilitated the acquisition of UAV parts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force Self Sufficiency Jihad Organization and its drone program, the Treasury Department says in a statement.
"Iran’s illicit production and proliferation of its deadly UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to its terrorist proxies in the Middle East and to Russia continues to exacerbate tensions and prolong conflicts, undermining stability," Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson says.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka 
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...always the voice of sweet reason...
[Washington Examiner] AUSTIN, Texas — The Biden administration is mulling legal action against Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) after civil rights organizations sued over a new law that gives state and local law enforcement the ability to arrest suspected illegal immigrants.
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
[Gatestone] The public statements since October 7 of 
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
