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But Ole Claudine just said (in her fourth pronouncement on the subject, trying desperately to get it right) that there was no place for antisemitism at Harvard.
Guess this guy didn't (or doesn't) listen to Claudine. And, btw, Claudine, this is the perfect way to get no respect. You let people get away with thumbing their noses at you, and soon everyone will be doing it.
Beginning to warm to the theory that Claudine's appointment was a plot by Yale.
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My thinking is, 99.9% of libs who made a big show of putting "Hate Has No Home Here" signs in their yards can take them down now...
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[DAILYPOST.NG] Traders in the Lokpanta cattle market in Umuchieze, Umunnochi LGA of Abia State, have said they are not involved in kidnappings, ritual killings, or prostitution.
The traders who spoke at the Lokpanta market, while addressing a cross-section of journalists, said it would be wrong to associate genuine traders in the market with criminal activities.
They expressed shock at wide media reports about the corpse discovery story and how the market was being linked with the crime.
The traders, whose press statement was read by Malam Buba Abdulahi, said they were not aware of unidentified corpses reported to have been discovered in forests around the market.
On the state government’s plans to make the Lokpanta cattle market a daily business area and to fence it, the traders said that they are ready to engage the Abia State government in dialogue to resolve the issues, but urged that they be given a listening ear by accommodating their requests.
The traders equally complained that a large number of their family members who live and do business in the area may find it difficult to run their trades from rented homes if the market is stopped from being a residential area.
They assured the Abia State government of their commitment to assist in exposing any suspected criminal in or around the market, as they had done in the past.
Malam Abdulahi, who said that they had been paying revenue to the state and local governments and even the host community, added that they also donated cows to the host community during the Christmas celebration.
They recalled how the Lokpanta market land, which measures 80 hectares, was given to them in January 2005 by the Abia State government, adding that the take-off of the market was even performed by the then Deputy Governor of Abia State, the late Dr Chima Nwafor.
While charging security agencies to go after suspected criminals around the area, the Lokpanta traders recalled how their leaders petitioned the Department of State Security (DSS) and the Nigerian Police in 2021 to rescue them from criminal elements tormenting them around the market area.
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"Hey, we're cattleiers. We've got our own meat."
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[KavkazUzel] A statement was submitted to the National Center for the Prevention of Torture of Kyrgyzstan about torture in the pre-trial detention center of a native of Chechnya, Mansur Movlaev. The court in Bishkek did not specify where it decided to deport Movlaev, who fears persecution by the Chechen authorities, his lawyer said.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on October 4, a court in Bishkek sentenced a native of Chechnya, Mansur Movlaev, to six months in prison and subsequent deportation from Kyrgyzstan for illegally crossing the border. Movlaev, who fears persecution by the Chechen authorities, asked in court to be sentenced to the maximum term, the lawyer said.
In August, security forces detained Mansur Movlaev in the Issyk-Kul region of Kyrgyzstan, who was put on the wanted list in Russia in the case of financing extremist activities. On September 15, Movlaev requested asylum in Kyrgyzstan, and on September 30, the case of Movlaev illegally crossing the border came to court. Recently, activists from Russia have often been detained in Kyrgyzstan under various pretexts, while the country’s authorities very rarely grant refugee status, human rights activists have pointed out.
Today, a statement about violence against Mansur Movlaev was sent to the National Center for the Prevention of Torture, Movlaev's lawyer Bakyt Avtandil told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.
According to him, this center is engaged in preventive visits to places of detention; its representatives must visit Movlaev, take his statement and examine him.
The use of torture was expressed in the beating of the activist; the security forces did not demand anything specific, the lawyer explained. “Our security forces do not have any legal claims of their own, except that they can comply with the court’s decision on expulsion if they fail to appeal,” he said.
At the same time, according to the lawyer, in the case materials there are no specific justifications on the part of the Russian security forces for the extradition of Movlaev. "There is no reference to the verdict or to any investigation. There is no orientation. All data was literally erased from the case materials. Everything that was previously written about Movlaev is not in the case materials. This was done in order to show the Kyrgyz justice that Movlaev is not being persecuted in Russia, and he is not facing torture,” Avtandil said.
According to the lawyer, the Kyrgyz security forces “need him to simply be expelled.” “And the court’s decision is that Movlaev should be expelled for illegally crossing the state border. Formally, his case was considered that way. There are no other demands or charges,” he indicated.
Although the decision on deportation does not imply mandatory deportation specifically to Russia, the court has instructed the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) to carry it out. “The court did not clearly indicate where they would be deported, but entrusted the deportation procedure to the employees of the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan. And they, in turn, can take Movlaev on a direct flight wherever they ask,” the lawyer said. What criticism of the Chechen authorities was expressed by Movlaev was not voiced either at the trial or by Mansur Movlaev himself, he added.
Mansur Movlaev reported torture on October 31 at a meeting of the Bishkek City Court, where it was planned to consider his appeal. “Dear judge, I am being tortured in a pre-trial detention center. I am being forced to abandon the trial,” Radio Azattyk quoted Movlaev on its website that same day.
However, the native of Chechnya was unable to speak to the end; the chairman of the judicial panel interrupted him. He stated that the defendant’s appeal had not yet been received by the court, and postponed the hearing to November 16, the newspaper writes.
In August, the State Committee for National Security of Kyrgyzstan stated that Mansur Movlaev was detained as part of counter-terrorism activities as “an adherent of radical ideology, who, at the direction of emissaries of international terrorist organizations in Syria, was part of a sleeper cell from among previously convicted followers of the terrorist underground.” According to the intelligence service, Movlaev is a citizen of Russia, born in 1995, has been on the international wanted list since August 2022, and in January 2023 illegally crossed the state border of Kyrgyzstan and used a fake passport of a Russian citizen in the country, the publication says.
Let us recall that earlier sources reported that in 2020 Movlaev was sentenced in Russia to three years in prison, in 2022 he was released on parole, but was detained by security forces in Chechnya and held in an illegal prison . He escaped from there and was able to illegally reach Kyrgyzstan after a case of financing extremism was fabricated against him.
[KavkazUzel] Members of the Jewish communities of Kizlyar and Khasavyurt reported a tense atmosphere in Dagestan, but, according to them, there were no targeted threats to community representatives. The work of at least two Jewish communities in the republic has been suspended, they said.
As the " Caucasian Knot " wrote, from October 26 to 29, mass anti-Semitic actions took place in the cities of three republics of the North Caucasus Federal District. In Cherkessk, protesters demanded that visitors from Israel not be allowed in, and in Nalchik a cultural center was burned. In Khasavyurt, Dagestan, hundreds of people gathered at a hotel after reports on social networks that refugees from Israel were staying at the hotel. The most large-scale action was the unrest at Makhachkala airport amid reports that a plane from Israel had arrived there. A representative of the Israeli Embassy in Russia said today that the diplomatic mission is ready to help Dagestani Jews move to Israel.
On October 29, mass riots occurred at Makhachkala airport due to reports of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured in the riots, including nine police officers. The criminal case of mass riots has been transferred to Moscow investigators. Security forces identified more than 150 riot participants and detained 83 of them, police reported .
A representative of the Jewish community of Kizlyar said that although there were no direct threats to her, or other members of the community, the aggressive mood in society persists. “It can be unpleasant to see such statuses in What’s App from people you know well,” she told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
The work of the Jewish community in Kizlyar has been suspended, the woman noted. “We will not work under any circumstances until the situation improves,” she said.
According to her, the police are keenly interested in the situation, but no police were stationed near the community premises. “The police are taking the initiative and are concerned about what is happening. But they did not set up a permanent post - this will attract even more attention,” she said.
According to her, among members of the Kizlyar community there is a desire to leave the city. “People are thinking about moving, for example, to the Stavropol Territory,” she said.
A representative of the Khasavyurt community confirmed that the atmosphere in Dagestan remains tense. “There are threats on Instagram* and Telegram, they write everywhere – even in What’s App statuses,” she said.
The woman said that the community in Khasayurt is not functioning now. “The community doesn’t work, how can it work when everyone is ,” a community representative told the “Caucasian Knot” correspondent.
At the same time, she emphasized that she personally does not intend to leave the city. “I’m not thinking about it yet,” she concluded.
The events at the Makhachkala airport and anti-Semitic actions in Khasavyurt, Cherkessk, and Nalchik are atypical both for the North Caucasus and for Russia as a whole; they threaten interreligious and interethnic harmony in the country, the Russian Jewish Congress said on October 29.
The head of the reconciliation department in the Muftiate of Dagestan was fired due to unauthorized and loud statements on the Palestinian issue, the Muftiate announced today. Blogger Rasul Assad reported that for the same reason, the head of the department of fatwas under the Muftiate of Dagestan, Zainulla Ataev, was also fired.
The "Caucasian Knot" wrote that Muslims of the North Caucasus reacted sharply to the new escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. In Chechnya, the clergy organizes daily mass prayers in support of Palestine; the Muftiate of Dagestan reported on October 28 that thousands of participants participated in prayers for the Palestinians. At the same time, the Coordination Center for Muslims of the North Caucasus called anti-Semitic actions unacceptable and urged not to regard the opinion of their participants as the opinion of the people.
From October 26 to 29, mass anti-Semitic actions took place in the cities of three republics of the North Caucasus Federal District. In Cherkessk, protesters demanded that visitors from Israel not be allowed in, and in Nalchik a cultural center was burned. In Khasavyurt, Dagestan, hundreds of people gathered at a hotel after messages on social networks that there were refugees from Israel in this hotel, and riots broke out at the airports in Makhachkala, according to the Caucasian Knot report “Anti-Semitic actions in the North Caucasus: how it happened . ” The Caucasian Knot has also prepared a report entitled “ A Wave of Anti-Semitic Actions in the North Caucasus.”
Magomed-Rasul Saaduev, an employee of the masliat department of the Muftiate of Dagestan, was dismissed from his position a week ago, the Muftiate of Dagestan announced today.
How embarrassing to see a Moslem department in Russia immediately announcing the firing by name of an employee who speaks up to support Hamas, even if the country has not declared the group a terrorist organization, but President Joe Biden’s administration refuses even to name theirs, never mind the possibility of chastising the brute.
“All employees of the Muftiate were informed of the Mufti’s order not to make unauthorized and loud statements that agitate the Dagestanis, taking into account the Dagestani mentality. Despite this, Saaduev, under his own responsibility, made a statement on Friday that “the entire Muslim world considers what is happening in Palestine to be jihad", says a message on the Muftiate’s Telegram channel.
The message emphasizes that unauthorized speeches are not worthy and are not encouraged for employees of any serious organization." "Saaduev has previously made similar unconfirmed statements and received a warning that the opinion expressed out loud must be responsible and collegial."
Adviser and wife of the Mufti of Dagestan Aina Gamzatova noted in her Telegram channel that she understands the indignation over Saaduev’s dismissal and regrets what happened. “But I think everyone agrees that in any organization, especially in such a serious and responsible for the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Dagestan, like the Muftiate, there must be a strict hierarchy,” she wrote.
At the same time, the Telegram channel “Ask Rasul,” which is run by blogger Rasul Assad, with reference to sources, reported that in addition to the adviser to the mufti, the founder of the Insan Foundation and the head of the reconciliation department under the Muftai of Dagestan, Saaduyev was also fired because of his position on the Palestinian issue Head of the fatwa department at the Muftiate of Dagestan Zainulla Ataev.
The telegram channel “What is it with the Dagestanis” reported today that information about Atayev’s dismissal was also confirmed by Aina Gamzatova and Saaduev himself.
Atayev’s Telegram channel by 16.10 Moscow time does not contain any statements on this matter.
Let us note on October 31, the Telegram channel “Caucasus Pravda” published an appeal from Saaduev to the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, in which he asked for “a mitigation of the measure” in relation to each participant in the riots at the Makhachkala airport. “I am sure that each of them learned a lesson for themselves and repented of what they did,” Saaduev said in the video.
The riots in Dagestan were “organized by forces from outside,” and their participants, who became victims of provocation, should be shown leniency, the Chief Mufti of Tatarstan Kamil Samigullin said today.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, 15 participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport were sentenced to administrative arrests for periods of three to 10 days under the administrative article of petty hooliganism, two more were assigned to compulsory labor.
On October 29, mass riots occurred at Makhachkala airport due to reports of the arrival of a plane with passengers from Israel. More than 20 people were injured in the riots, including nine police officers. The criminal case of mass riots has been transferred to Moscow investigators. Security forces identified more than 150 riot participants and detained 83 of them, police reported .
The Chief Mufti of Tatarstan, Kamil Samigullin, called for leniency towards the participants of the riots at the Makhachkala airport. In his opinion, the unrest in Dagestan was “organized by external forces.”
“Everyone strives to support Palestine in their own way. But what definitely won’t help it are pogroms and aggression, hooliganism and outrages in regions far from it, as happened in Dagestan. To a certain extent, I understand the feelings of these Muslims: their hearts are breaking from injustice in Palestine. But their actions will only cause evil and harm to the participants of the pogroms themselves, their families and the entire Russian society," he wrote in his Telegram channel.
The incident in Dagestan is pure provocation, he said. “I urge, if possible, to show leniency towards those who fell for the provocation: it is clear that they did it out of desperation and a sense of injustice. I am sure that now, after their actions were condemned by the entire Russian public, they have repented of their deeds", he noted
A similar appeal was made by the former head of the reconciliation department of the Muftiate of Dagestan, Magomed-Rasul Saaduev, whose dismissal due to statements on the Palestinian issue was announced today by the Muftiate.
The "Caucasian Knot" also wrote that the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov addressed the participants of the protest action, promising inevitable punishment. “I admit, of course, that there were also random people in the crowd who came with sincere concerns about the Palestinians. Therefore, we will look into each case individually,” Melikov added.
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[Regnum] The head of the Spiritual Assembly of Muslims of Russia Albir Krganov , against the backdrop of the past unrest at the Makhachkala airport, on the air of the Solovyov LIVE program on November 1, called for compliance with the norms of Islam.
“According to the norms of Islam, it’s not just to destroy airports and enter the territory of an international airport, but even if you knocked and they didn’t answer you, you can’t go into another house,” Krganov said, pointing to the existing order in Islamic law.
He called for the rioters at Makhachkala airport to be held accountable and called the violation of the law unacceptable. Krganov also cited an Arabic proverb: “What the Lord did not correct with the Koran, he will correct with the Sultan,” speaking about the punishment of those who succumbed to provocations.
On October 29, the airport's operations were disrupted by an aggressive crowd looking for passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv. The rioters staged pogroms and arson, chanting slogans in support of Palestine. As it soon became clear, one of the Telegram channels controlled by Ukraine was behind the actions of the crowd.
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, called this incident the result of a provocation on the part of the Kiev regime.
As Regnum reported, law enforcement officers detained at least 83 people who took part in the riots. On November 1, the head of the press service of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Dagestan, Zarema Mamaeva , stated that the number of those arrested at Makhachkala airport was 15 people, eight of whom were given a preventive measure in the form of administrative arrest for a period of eight days.
The National Intelligence Service of South Korea briefed Lawmakers recently on Evidence they have received which shows North Korean Leader, Kim Jong Un has ordered for Officials to begin providing Support to the Palestinians in Israel and to begin looking into the possibility of… pic.twitter.com/yfSMoYRv2y
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While they're closing their embassies because they're broke.
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"possibility of Iran market"
You mean, besides atomic warheads and missles.
Don't know that there's a big call for kimchee in the middle east, even if you've got it.
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[DM] Germany is considering ditching a £90billion fighter jet project with France and joining a rival programme with Britain.
Ahead of a potential deal, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in discussions about removing Germany’s veto on a delivery of Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia, which the UK considers important strategically.
A pact of this nature would amount to a coup for the UK and reflect a progressively intensifying rift between Germany and France, with the two nations holding contrasting views on issues including diplomatic protocol, air defence and energy.
The fighter jet issue has left Scholz with tough choices that will factor in his nation’s alignment in Europe and worldwide.
He must decide whether to keep the Future Combat Air System (FCAS), a leading Franco-German-Spanish programme to construct the next generation of air power, which some analysts have hailed as Europe’s most significant defence project.
[AmericanMilitaryNews] The announcement of the Marine Corps Ball comes amid rising tensions in the Middle East, including the war between Israel and Hamas that started after Hamas terrorists brutally attacked Israel last month. Additionally, the Department of Defense has recorded 27 total attacks against U.S. forces in the Middle East since Oct. 17. On the same day as the cancelation announcement, the Pentagon announced the deployment of 300 additional U.S. troops to the Middle East.
The Marines - being Marines - celebrate the ball except under combat or imminent combat conditions, and even then they find a way to at least get some cake or other treats to the guys.
This ball, however, is in CENTCOM - that lovesome spot we know as the Middle East and Persian Gulf. Taking Marines off the line for any reason, and gathering them into one or more easily located spaces would be a massive security and safety risk, all the more so for a service that just observed the anniversary of the Beirut bombing. This was the right call.
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The phrase ‘unforeseen operational commitments’ is a bit disturbing. Don't they have people whose job is to foresee operational commitments. Seems like a handy thing to at least think about.
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I would think they have it anyway, just post enough guards to ensure no interruptions....honestly, it takes a special kind of stupid to INTERRUPT the Marine Corps Birthday Ball.
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General Kurilla, USA, with a genuine command resume, is based in Tampa. Nov 10th will be a good night to enjoy dinner out there. Pretty sure others around the world will enjoy the evening just like 247 times before!
[BLAZE] IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel claimed that cutting his agency's budget to finance military assistance to Israel will cost taxpayers dearly.
On Monday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) unveiled legislation to send $14.3 billion in military aid to Israel, a figure both Republicans and Democrats support. To pay for the assistance, the legislation proposes offsetting the cost by rescinding funds appropriated to the IRS in the Inflation Reduction Act.
That proposal, Werfel claimed, will cost taxpayers $90 billion.
"This type of the cut, over the cost of the Inflation Reduction Act, would actually cost taxpayers $90 billion — that's with a 'B,'" he told the Washington Post.
Apartheid is not the four letter word ascribed by many liberals and communists.
Stalin knew the Poles would never return and peacefully and reintegrate into a Post-WWII Russian governed Polish society. The Katyn Forest massacre became a remedy.
MAGA people are the modern-day Katyn Forest arrivals. We will never conform to an Obama governed communist society. Therefore, we must be eliminated and replaced by willing others.
[GEO.TV] The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... on Wednesday decried strikes on 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... ´s largest refugee camp that killed scores of people in attacks that Israel said targeted a Hamas ...a regional Iranian catspaw,... commander.
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... "is appalled over the escalating violence in Gaza," his front man Stephane Dujarric said.
This includes "the killing of Paleostinians, including women and kiddies in Israeli Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s in residential areas of the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp," Dujarric said.
A strike on the camp killed at least 47 people Tuesday -- including a Hamas commander involved in the October 7 attacks, according to Israel.
"This is just the latest atrocity to befall the people of Gaza where the fighting has entered an even more terrifying phase, with increasingly dreadful humanitarian consequences," Martin Griffiths, the UN humanitarian chief, said in a statement.
He said "the world seems unable, or unwilling, to act," adding "this cannot go on. We need a step change."
Dujarric said that the secretary-general reiterated that all parties "must abide by international humanitarian law including the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution." What about hiding terrorists and hostages among civilian populations?
He also called on them to "bring an end to this shocking violence, pain and suffering."
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UNWRA report: "Jabalia is the largest of the Gaza Strip's eight [former] refugee camps. It is located north of Gaza City, close to a village of the same name. After the 1948 War, refugees settled in the camp, most having fled from villages in southern Palestine. Today, the camp covers an area of only 1.4 square kilometers. 116,011 Palestine Refugees are registered with UNRWA in Jabalia camp."
In sum, Jabalia is a small city and no longer a refugee camp; however, UNRWA will maintain the fiction as long as Western nations continue to support that miserable operation.
[The Times of Israel]Report: Biden indicated to Netanyahu he believes his days in office are numbered.
Certainly his State Department has been working to make it so, using the anti-judicial overhaul protesters.
US President Joe Biden and his aides reportedly believe that Benjamin Netanyahu’s days as Israel’s prime minister are numbered in the fallout of the war in Gaza.
Biden has even conveyed this sentiment to the prime minister, suggesting to Netanyahu during the president’s wartime visit to Israel last month that the premier think about lessons he’d want to relay to his successor, Politico reports, citing two senior administration officials.
A third US official says that the expectation within the administration is that Netanyahu would only be able to remain in power for a few more months or until the early phase of Israel’s ground incursion into Gaza ends. However, all officials acknowledged the volatility of Israeli politics, which serves as a caveat to their speculations.
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However, all officials acknowledged the volatility of Israeli politics, which serves as a caveat to their speculations.
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Thinking of Bibi here, though I suppose it works on the crazy side of the looking glass too...
Might a patriot, late in the game,
Not spend for the state his good name
On the making of plots...
And the taking of shots
And the lion's share, maybe, of blame?
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IMHO if you are Muslim born and raised in the US you are called American. When Russia started bombing everything in Ukraine, Ukrainian Muslim refugees fled to live with relatives in Gaza.
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And I though the only people trapped in Gaza were the hostages.
You of course asked for their immediate release, didn't you?
Oh, you didn't?
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Why are the news peddling this nonsense about Jabalia being a "refugee camp". It's an (ungly) built up city within Gaza City, Hamas City to be more precise.
Also stop that nonsense about Palestinians being "refugees". It's like calling the (much better looking) Bavarian city of Neugablonz a refugee camp of the Sudetendeutsche.
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Some people are so far beyond stupid that it's scary. No amount of facts or logic can break through her armor of subhuman hatred. Culling such mutations is the only solution.
Hamas Official Ghazi Hamad: We Will Repeat the October 7 Attack Time and Again Until Israel Is Annihilated; We Are Victims - Everything We Do Is Justified #Hamas#Gaza#Palestinianspic.twitter.com/kXu3U0BtAP
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He is right. Given the chance, they will repeat the attack which is why Gaza is getting a Hamasectomy. It is a painful operation, but the tumor must be removed.
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I’m sure Israel is well aware of those helping them on the inside. I’ve no doubt there are more of them than Hamas realizes, some high up in the hierarchy.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan this week as Israel’s war in Gaza and international criticism of it intensify, the State Department said Wednesday. Time to deliver the Biden administration ceasefire ultimatum to Israel.
Blinken will depart Washington on Thursday and will be in Israel and Jordan on Friday and Further stops in the Middle East are possible, meaning the trip may follow the frenetic pace of Blinken’s last trip to the region shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel where last-minute schedule changes were frequent. Blinken ended up traveling to Israel three times as well as six Arab nations during that trip.
Blinken will be entering a diplomatic maelstrom that will likely complicate his mission. Jordan announced Wednesday that it had recalled its ambassador to Israel and would not permit Israel’s ambassador to Jordan to return to the country. It said it would not revisit those moves until the Gaza conflict was over.
State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Blinken would once again underscore the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s right to defend itself but also stress the importance of minimizing civilian casualties and ensuring that humanitarian assistance reaches innocent Palestinians in Gaza. US Navy enforced No-Fly zones coming soon.
Securing the release of hundred of Israelis and others held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, easing the transit of dual Palestinian nationals and foreigners currently in Gaza into Egypt and preventing a broader regional war from erupting will also be key agenda items, Miller said. DoD and State Department to establish protected relief and evacuation corridors as soon as the shooting stops.
At the same time, Blinken wants to begin a conversation with Israel and with Jordan about an end game for the Gaza conflict once it is over, Miller said. To that end, Blinken will push Israeli officials on reining in violence being committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank and will be re-stating U.S. backing for the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza, he said. Here it is again, the notorious "Two State Solution."
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Joe Biden said he thought there should be a humanitarian "pause" in the Israel-Hamas war, after his campaign speech Wednesday evening was interrupted by a protester calling for a cease-fire.
"I think we need a pause," Biden said.
The call was a subtle departure for Biden and top White House aides, who throughout the Mideast crisis have been steadfast in stating they will not dictate how the Israelis carry out their military operations in response to the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas.
But the president has faced intensifying pressure from human rights groups, fellow world leaders and even liberal members of his own Democratic Party, who say that the Israeli bombardment of Gaza is collective punishment and that it is time for a cease-fire.
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Relief agencies, NGO's, and the feckless media will rush to Gaza. Possibly even the UN or some sort of "peace keeping" force. Relief stations and humanitarian infrastructure will provide cover and sustainment for HAMAS.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin.
Events since the revelation of the plan have proven the necessity of the plan.
[ColonelCassad] “Mass evacuation of civilians from war zones is a predictable and natural solution” - Gila Gamliel, Israeli Minister of Intelligence, October 3, 2023.
Documents have been leaked to social networks indicating a pre-planned and prepared operation by Israel to displace the population of Gaza into the territory of the Sinai Peninsula. This implies the creation of a tent city on Egyptian territory, as well as a sterile zone that prevents the population from returning back.
The document provides for the involvement of a number of Western states, led by the United States, in the implementation of this plan. At the same time, displacing the population is considered one of the main objectives of the ongoing military operations.
The apartheid plan is divided into several stages. In the first stage, the population of Gaza should be evacuated to the south, while Israeli air strikes will be concentrated in the north. The second stage involves a ground invasion of Gaza and the clearing of Hamas underground communications. As a result of these actions, the population will be forced to leave Gaza.
The plan envisages keeping the transport routes towards the south usable in order to provide a corridor for the population to reach Egypt. The document proposes to conduct a special campaign that will encourage the population of Gaza to agree to the plan and leave their lands, while the blame for the loss of territories is planned to be placed on the
Hamas leadership.
The document also states that the government should conduct a public campaign in the World, within the framework of which the expulsion of the population from Gaza would look like a humanitarian necessity in order to avoid mass casualties among civilians. For these purposes, it is proposed to use US influence on Egypt, with the aim of the latter making a decision to accept the residents of Gaza. To assist in the reception and resettlement of residents in Egypt, it is planned to attract humanitarian organizations from Greece, Spain and Canada. Moreover, the document implies obliging Egypt, with the help of the United States, to certain “obligations under international law.”
The financial costs of such a large-scale operation are planned to be borne by Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Tunisia and other Arab countries, presenting this as assistance to the Palestinians and their rehabilitation. To achieve this, it is proposed, if necessary, to launch large-scale propaganda programs in these countries.
The document also reflects alternative versions, but they are recognized as unpromising. For example, the introduction of a Palestinian administration in Gaza, as in the Palestinian Authority on the West Bank, could contribute to the creation of a Palestinian state and is considered unacceptable to Israel.
It should be noted that the document reflects the position that massive casualties of the civilian population, if they remain in Gaza, deal an image blow to Israel.
The document is shocking with its cynicism and arrogant attitude of the authors towards representatives of the Arab population.
Those around Netanyahu confirmed the existence of such a plan, calling it “hypothetical.”
[IsraelNationalNews] In a speech before the international media on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed not to accept a ceasefire in the current war until Hamas is utterly defeated, defying the cries for a ceasefire from the United Nations, anti-Israel demonstrators, and far-left politicians from around the world.
"Calls for a ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism," Netanyahu said.
In this, the Prime Minister could not be more correct.
Israel has been forced to fight many wars and battles in its 75 years against enemies whose goals were the complete annihilation of the Jewish State. And almost every time, whenever Israel had or gained the upper hand, the UN, the US, and the international community imposed a ceasefire which merely ended that round of fighting rather than contributed to peace in any meaningful way.
During Israel’s War of Independence of 1948-1949, when the newborn Jewish State was invaded by the armies of five nations, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, an ’armistice’ was ultimately declared, with not a single Arab nation agreeing to make peace with or accept the existence of the State of Israel.
During the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Eisenhower Administration sided with Egypt and the Soviet Union against not only Israel, but against Great Britain and France. The ceasefire Britain declared under intense American pressure caused former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to declare in astonishment: "I cannot understand why our troops were halted. To go so far and not go on was madness."
During the 1967 Six-Day War, Israel’s immediate successes in the war and the crushing losses Egypt, Syria, and Jordan suffered led to faster efforts to impose a ceasefire and resulted in the war lasting less than a week. Despite their losses, the Arab states issued the famous Three Noes of Khartoum: No with Israel, No negotiation with Israel, No recognition of Israel.
Israel’s then-Foreign Minister Abba Eban called the Six Day War "the first war in history which has ended with the victors suing for peace and the vanquished calling for unconditional surrender."
In 1973, after the Egyptian and Syrian armies achieved stunning early successes by launching a surprise attack against Israel on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Hebrew calendar, the efforts to impose a ceasefire by the United Nations again ramped up specifically after Israel had turned the tide and had begun to win the war. When the ceasefire was declared, the IDF had Egypt’s Third Army completely encircled and was just 62 miles from Cairo, but Egypt was rescued at the last minute by a UN and US-brokered ceasefire.
In 2006, the Bush Administration provided a few weeks of covert to Israel before allowing a ceasefire to be imposed to save Hezbollah after the Iranian-controlled Lebanese terrorist organization murdered and kidnapped two IDF soldiers in an unprovoked cross-border raid and launched thousands of rockets at northern Israel.
And in 2009, 2012, 2014, and 2021, Israel never even tried to eliminate the threats posed by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, knowing full-well that the UN, western Europe, and even the US would not let these conflicts end in any way other than a ceasefire which protected these genocidal terrorist organizations.
The pattern is clear and consistent. Israel’s enemies have never been allowed to lose in a manner which would force them to give up on their dreams and goals of wiping Israel off the face of the earth and slaughtering all of its Jewish inhabitants.
If these forces lose after picking a fight with Israel, they are always given a chance for a ’do-over’ to rebuild their strength and try to wipe out the Jews another time.
When the enemies were Egypt and Syria, the excuse was that Cold War tensions took priority, and any regional crisis that had the potential to lead to war between the US and Russia had to be dealt with as quickly as possible even if it meant prolonging the Arab-Israeli conflict and allowing Arab leaders to continue to plot to destroy the Jewish State.
In modern times, the excuse is the suffering of the residents of Gaza or Lebanon who are caught in the middle whenever the terrorists who control their lives launch wars to kill as many Jews as possible.
Everyone knows that Hamas has never respected the very concept of a ’humanitarian ceasefire.’ It was during just such a ceasefire that the terrorist organization launched an attack in which IDF soldier Hadar Goldin was murdered and his body taken captive. In violation of all international law and norms, Hamas has held the bodies of Hadar and fellow soldier Oron Shaul in Gaza for nearly a full decade.
Those who cry for ceasefires now don’t care about Hadar Goldin or Oron Shaul or Hamas’ violations of previous ceasefires. They never have. If they did, they would have done something, anything, to hold Hamas accountable for those war crimes and exploitations of ceasefires.
Even still, had this been a raid comparable to the attack Hamas committed in 2006 in which Gilad Shalit was kidnapped, had the terrorists ’merely’ launched thousands of rockets at Israeli civilians the way they have for the past 18 years since the Disengagement from Gaza, Israel would likely have already agreed to a ceasefire.
This time is different.
Over 1,400 people, the vast majority of whom were civilians, were mercilessly butchered in the worst mass murder of Jews since the Nazi Holocaust.
Agreeing to a ceasefire now, agreeing to give Hamas yet another ’do-over,’ is agreeing to allow them to commit massacres just like this over and over again.
Agreeing to a ceasefire now tells the world that it is ok to wipe out families, to commit mass rape, to take hundreds of innocent people hostage, to gun down hundreds at a peace rave, to cut open the bellies of pregnant women, to burn babies alive, shoot them in the head, and cut off their heads, as long as the victims are Jews.
Agreeing to a ceasefire now tells Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Ayatollahs in Iran that there is no consequence for murdering as many Israelis and Jews as they want, inviting them and all of Iran’s terrorist proxies to launch more large-scale attacks against Israel’s civilian population, since they will always get a ’do-over’ for their next attempted genocide.
Agreeing to a ceasefire now tells all those antisemites who have crawled out of the gutter since October 7, the crowds chanting "gas the Jews" in Sydney, Australia, the bloodthirsty students at Cooper Union College who trapped their Jewish peers in the university library while banging on the doors and yelling antisemitic slogans, and the pogromists who gathered to find and attack Jews at the airport in Dagestan, Russia, that it is open season on Jews anywhere and everywhere.
And agreeing to a ceasefire now tells the citizens of Israel, whether they be Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Druze, or from any other religion, that their lives are cheap, that the opinions of the Secretary General of the United Nations, of antisemities who pretend to be humanitarians like Ken Roth, and of the crowds who cheer for the modern-day Nazis matter more than the lives of Israeli babies. It would break the central covenant at the heart of every democratic country — that the government will do everything in its power to defend and protect the safety and security of its citizens. And it would break the promise Israel’s existence is meant to fulfill — Never Again. People always ask me "Grom, why are you Jews so paranoid? Why do you think everyone plots against you? If you only were less quick to accuse people of antisemitism, maybe we wouldn't dislike you kikes so much!!”
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[An Nahar] Lebanese emergency crews rush to the scene of Israeli bombardments in aging vehicles and without protective gear as the crisis-hit country struggles to prepare for a possible war.
A grueling, four-year-long economic collapse, widely blamed on the governing elite, has left Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... ill-prepared for another disaster, and volunteers and local authorities are scrambling to fill the gap with limited means.
Anis Abla, who heads the civil defense in south Lebanon's Marjayoun area, said his fire and rescue service cannot afford flak jackets or helmets for his 37-strong team, most of them volunteers.
"We are the first line of defense, yet we have no equipment to protect ourselves," Abla told AFP from his office, a container located less than 10 kilometers (six miles) from the Israeli border.
"If war erupts, we might not be able to secure enough water for our trucks or other basics like food," he added.
Since Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... carried out an unprecedented attack on Israel from 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... Strip on October 7, Israel has exchanged cross-border fire with Hezbollah and allied Paleostinian factions in Lebanon's south, stoking fears of a regional spillover.
Israeli bombings have caused fires near the border, an area of trees and olive groves.
Hussein Fakih, head of civil defense for the southern Nabatiyeh region including Marjayoun, said his personnel had limited access even to water for fire trucks, as Lebanon's chronic power cuts cripple pumping systems.
The newest vehicle is about 30 years old, said Fakih, who is responsible for 21 emergency centers.
He said fire trucks regularly break down and that "even if we get a puncture, we can't get another tire."
"If the situation worsens... We will not be able to carry out all our tasks."
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[An Nahar] After visiting 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... , caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati will continue a tour of other Arab countries, as he works to ensure Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... does not enter the Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -Israel war.
Mikati said Wednesday that time is of the essence in stopping the Hamas-Israel war from "going out of control" and affecting Lebanon and the wider region.
The PM has been scrambling with international governments to keep Lebanon away from the war, as gunnies from Hezbollah and Israeli troops have been clashing along the tense Lebanon-Israel border since the onset of the war on Oct. 7. The festivities so far have mostly been limited to areas along the border.
His comments come days before Hezbollah leader Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... is scheduled to give his first speech since the start of the war. Lebanon is experiencing political paralysis and economic turmoil, leaving many worried of the consequences of a fully fledged war in the crisis-hit country.
Mikati condemned both Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon and attacks in the blockaded Paleostinian 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... Strip.
"A humanitarian cease-fire for five days is necessary, where there can be active international talks to secure prisoner swaps and reach a permanent truce in order to reach an agreement on the conditions for regional peace," Mikati said before a government meeting.
He condmened the silence of the international community over Israel's crimes in Gaza and over its aggression against Lebanon.
"The Israeli aggression against the south affects the nation as a whole," Mikati said, calling for national solidarity and dialogue.
"Our duty is to meet, to talk, and to think together in order to reach a unified national solution," he said.
Mikati had said Monday that he is doing his best to ensure the state, with its "humble means", would be able to respond in case of war, although he is also working to ensure his country does not join the fray.
"Enough war in Lebanon, for we are with the choice of peace," Mikati said, adding that the decision of war today is in the hands of Israel.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] If Israel destroys Hamas, it will have to wage a full-fledged war with the Shiite paramilitary organization Hezbollah, The New York Times reported.
Oh noze! Not Hezbollah!!!
As noted by the authors of the material, Maria Abi-Habib and Ben Hubbard , Lebanese Hezbollah is the most powerful node in the network of pro-Iranian paramilitary structures in the Middle East. This network also includes Hamas.
To maintain its reputation as the vanguard resistance force in the Middle East, Hezbollah will not want to stand by if Hamas is defeated by the Israeli army.
They’re standing by thus far. The rockets/missiles they’ve shot off thus far are purely symbolic compared to the 150,000-200,000 they piled up in inventory years ago. It’s almost as if Hezbollah is afraid of what would happen if Israel turns its full attention on them like it currently is on Hamas.
Hezbollah's last major war with Israel occurred in 2006. Much has changed since then, and the group has more advanced weapons and personnel with combat experience.
The authors of the article cited the statement of Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bu Habib that no one in the republic wants war. He noted that Lebanon is under pressure from the West, demanding that the country's authorities contain Hezbollah.
However, the Lebanese Foreign Minister added that if attacks on the Gaza Strip intensify or if Israel intensifies shelling of Lebanese territory, Hezbollah may not be able to stand it and react.
“If the situation in the Gaza Strip gets really bad, it will be really bad for the entire region, not just Lebanon and Israel,” the publication quoted the minister as saying.
On October 7, Hamas fired three thousand rockets into Israeli territory. Israel responded with full-scale military action to destroy Hamas. The Israeli army initially focused on targets in Gaza.
The Israeli army's operation then spread to the West Bank. In addition, the Israeli military is shelling Lebanese territory with the goal of attacking Hezbollah locations.
As the head of the Israeli government, Benjamin Netanyahu , said on October 30, Israel will not stop the fight to destroy Hamas, because if it refused it, it would consider itself the losing side.
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[REGNUM] On November 1, Iran's spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for a halt in food and oil supplies to Israel while shelling of the Gaza Strip continued.
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