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Saturday: Tens of thousands march in pro-Palestinian London rally calling for Gaza ceasefire
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-Great Cultural Revolution
Over THREE HUNDRED migrants move into San Diego airport after border city was hit by influx of crossers
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Migrants have been seen sleeping over at the San Diego International Airport

  • Some of them arrived several hours and even days before their scheduled flights

  • They are believed to be coming from Border Patrol processing after they crossed the US- Mexico border in San Diego, California
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  The airport security and TSA must be enjoying that stupid move.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/27/2023 6:49 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
27 Palestinian refugees arrive in Makhachkala
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The second group of refugees from Palestine arrived in Dagestan; there were 27 people, including 14 children. They were sent to a temporary accommodation center.
May all involved be very happy they are there.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on November 25, the first group of refugees from Palestine, consisting of about 50 people, arrived in Dagestan . They were sent to a temporary accommodation center.

On November 21, the Dagestan authorities announced that they were ready to accept up to 200 refugees from Palestine. The republican authorities allocated 8.2 million rubles for their placement .

Today, the second group of Palestinian residents of 27 people, including 14 children, arrived in Makhachkala. They were met at the railway station by representatives of the authorities, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, psychologists and doctors, who escorted them to the temporary accommodation point, where the Palestinians who arrived yesterday were already staying, the press service of the government of the republic reported.

“Each of those arriving experiences what happened in their own way. One of the Palestinians, getting off the train, first of all bowed to the ground on peaceful Dagestan soil. Later, he shared that he lost his son in the Gaza Strip,” says a publication on the government’s telegram channel .

The publication is illustrated with a video showing refugees leaving a train carriage. Staff meet them at the carriage and help them carry out their suitcases. One of the men bows to the ground on the platform. The following frames of the video show how this man is accompanied along the platform by an employee of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Posted by: badanov || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  May all involved be very happy they are there.

Given "palestinian" mentality, and given the locals' -, I very much doubt it.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/27/2023 5:49 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Nothing to see here! Cover-up claims as Arizona border patrol sector that saw record 15,300 illegal crossings last week PAUSES sharing photos and updates on the worsening crisis
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Tucson, Arizona has seen a record 15,300 crossings in the past week alone

  • Tucson Chief John R. Modlin said that all of his border social media accounts would be 'paused'

  • Many were outraged as the accounts provide important photos and video
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants



'I'm sorry... I'm disappointed in myself': Joe Biden secretly APOLOGIZES to group of Muslim Americans for casting 'excessive skepticism' on the number of Palestinian deaths released by Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health
Kinda like ballot counts, eh Joe?
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Joe Biden privately apologized and vowed to 'do better' to a group of Muslim Americans for casting 'excessive skepticism' over the number of Palestinian deaths released by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.

The president, 81, faced five community figureheads who were furious one day after he publicly dismissed a Palestinian death toll on October 25. One person organizing the meeting said the process was a 's**tshow.'

At the press conference at the White House, Biden - who has been steadfast in his support of Israel since October 7 - said: 'I have no notion that the Palestinians are telling the truth about how many people are killed.'

The next day on October 26, Biden had fraught discussions with five community public figures who were incensed by his comments. Their group back-and-forth went over Biden's allotted scheduled time by 30 minutes.

All five attendees had been hand-picked by the White House.

The guest list included, according to the Washington Post: Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Chicago-based Rami Nashashibi, interfaith leader Imam Mohamed Magid, Muslim lobbyist Wa'el Alzayat, and health-care advocate Suzanne Barakat.

One person involved in the talks told the Post: 'Why are you sitting down with him without any agreement that he's going to retract that statement and apologize?

'What seat at the table are you negotiating, the toilet seat?'

One participant, speaking to the Post, said the goal was to press Biden on the issue of ceasefire. The invitees were 'livid' that Biden was debating the fatality data just one day before - rather than accepting that thousands were being killed in Gaza.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Moslem Colonists

#1  We're disappointed in you too.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 8:05 Comments || Top||

#2  In a positive, supportive way.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 8:06 Comments || Top||

#3  When is the POS going to apologize to the rest of us?
Posted by: Chris || 11/27/2023 10:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Yes, he's sorry. He's a sorry excuse for a president.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/27/2023 11:19 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 11/27/2023 11:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Don't feel bad, Joey. Feel worse.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/27/2023 13:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Hey! He's seen the polling numbers among Moslems in Michigan, which is a state he has to have.

Grovel, baby, grovel!
Posted by: Tom || 11/27/2023 15:13 Comments || Top||

#8  he demonstrated 'nothingness' when he introduced us to anita hill.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 11/27/2023 17:21 Comments || Top||

#9  I must have missed when Biden moved out of the cesspool into the dumpster.
Posted by: No moreBS || 11/27/2023 20:43 Comments || Top||

#10  My error. Comment meant for NoMoreBS.
Posted by: Jack Salami || 11/27/2023 20:45 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Hamas says it's willing to extend ceasefire by releasing more hostages
[DM] Hamas has declared it wants to see a four-day ceasefire between its fighters and Israel's Defense Forces extended beyond today's deadline to negotiate the release of more hostages from Gaza in return for Palestinian prisoners. A statement released last night by Hamas called for 'an extension of the truce after the conclusion of the four-day period, through serious efforts to increase the number of those released from captivity as stipulated in the humanitarian ceasefire agreement.'
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 07:37 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  AKA rebuild while dribbling out the releases
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/27/2023 9:41 Comments || Top||

#2  I believe the Arabic term is "hudna". A chance to regroup and rearm.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 11/27/2023 11:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't be stoopid.
Posted by: Bobby || 11/27/2023 13:41 Comments || Top||

#4  They must really be hurting if they keep needing more time.
Posted by: Tom || 11/27/2023 15:12 Comments || Top||

#5  Starting to look like biz as usual.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 11/27/2023 17:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Israel is basically trading the hostages' lives for those of its soldiers.
Posted by: Angstrom || 11/27/2023 17:08 Comments || Top||

#7  Some elements of Hamas are probably able to rearm or at least recuperate.

However, those elements that are surrounded in Gaza City and elsewhere are not going to get much.

During the pause, the IDF is gaining more intel also.

So it is not necessarily a military setback.
Posted by: lord garth || 11/27/2023 20:02 Comments || Top||


Israel's Netanyahu shows Elon Musk the horrors of the Oct. 7 massacre at Kfar Aza kibbutz after billionaire landed in Tel Aviv amid accusations his social media platform X is amplifying anti-Semitic hatred
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Elon Musk walked with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through the Kfar Aza kibbutz, where 62 people were savagely murdered by Hamas terrorists on October 7.

In a video released by the Israeli government, Musk is shown solemnly listening as a member of the IDF explains how the terror unfolded on that fateful day. The South African remains silent, stopping only to take pictures of the ravaged community.

Kfar Aza was among the 20 or so kibbutz that were ransacked and assaulted by Hamas. Among the homes visited by Musk was that of the community's security chief Ofir Libstein, who died while trying to repel Hamas terrorists.

In another poignant moment, the Tesla founder was shown a baby's crib that now contains expelled terrorist gunshot shells.

Musk was also told about 4-year-old Abigail Mor Edan, the Israeli-American who was just released yesterday after spending six weeks in captivity after her parents were slaughtered by gunmen.

Following the tour, Musk will got to the seat of the Israeli government, the Knesset, for a conversation what will be live streamed. An hour before Musk was shown in the kibbutz, he tweeted: 'Actions speak louder than words.'
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 07:04 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Not as sorry as Biden.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 8:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Could it be that MediaMatters is wrong about Musk?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/27/2023 11:18 Comments || Top||


14 Israelis, 9 of them children, freed by Hamas on 3rd day of hostages-for-truce deal
[IsraelTimes] Dual US citizen Avigail Idan, 4, whose parents were murdered, among those released; Russian-Israeli citizen let go at Putin’s request; 3 Thais also freed

A third group of Israeli and foreign hostages was released from Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
captivity Sunday evening and arrived in Israel, numbering 17 people — 14 Israelis and three Thai citizens.

The Israelis included nine children, two mothers, two more women, and one man. Although the Red Thingy said an initial medical examination indicated they were all in good condition, one of the elderly Israeli hostages was taken straight via helicopter to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba.

Among those released was Avigail Idan, 4, an American-Israeli citizen from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, whose parents were murdered by Hamas bully boyz on October 7 and whom US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity....
had repeatedly pledged to see released.

The group was handed over to the Red Thingy around 5 p.m., which delivered them to Israeli forces. Unlike previous releases, which took place at the Rafah crossing in southern 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...
, 13 of the Israelis were transferred through the border fence in the Strip’s north, amid reports, including in Al Jazeera, that they had been held in the Gaza City area, possibly in regions not yet reached by the massive IDF ground offensive.

From the border, they were ferried to Hatzerim Airbase near Beersheba for an initial reception. They were then to be sent to hospitals to meet their families there.

Ten of those freed were from Kfar Aza. Hundreds of evacuated residents of the kibbutz celebrated Sunday evening at an event hall at Shefayim in central Israel, as they watched news of the release. Kibbutz members erupted in cheers at the first glimpses of their neighbors in videos from Gaza.

The man freed, Roni Krivoi, holds dual Russian-Israeli citizenship, and was released at President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
’s request. Krivoi was not freed under the current Israel-Hamas framework, which provides for the freeing of at least 50 Israelis over four days, with children, their mothers, and other women prioritized. Krivoi was the only Israeli freed through Rafah, along with the three Thai nationals.

The release took place on time, following concerns that the terror group would once again hold up proceedings, as it did on Saturday, when it delayed the release of the second group for hours, putting the temporary truce deal at risk.

Following the release, 183 hostages are believed to remain held by Hamas., including 18 children (8 girls and 10 boys) and 43 women.

The Israel Prison Service said earlier Sunday it was preparing to release 39 Paleostinian terror convicts as part of the deal. That group included a Gazook resident, for the first time. It was unclear if he would be sent to Gaza or the West Bank.

Sunday was the third of four days in which such exchanges were expected to be held, with additional days of calm possible if Hamas agrees to release more hostages.

Israel had allowed 200 trucks into the Strip on Saturday, as required by the deal, and announced that at least 50 of those trucks had reached northern Gaza, a claim confirmed by the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy.

A political source told The Times of Israel that Hamas’s behavior on Saturday evening "embarrassed" 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...
i and Egyptian mediators.

Four Thai nationals were also freed Saturday as part of a separate deal negotiated by Egypt, also with the involvement of Qatar and Iran, after initial reports that seven were set to be released.

These are the 14 Israeli hostages released from Gaza today

[IsraelTimes] • Avigail Idan, 4, whose parents were both murdered on October 7 and has two surviving siblings, was kidnapped with her neighbors from Kfar Aza.

• Hagar Brodutch, 40, and her children Ofri, 10, Yuval, 9, and Oriya, 4, taken captive from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, while their husband/father Avihai was fighting off terrorists.

• Chen Almog Goldstein, 48, and Agam, 17, Gal, 11 and Tal, 9, kidnapped from Kfar Aza. Their father/husband Nadav and daughter Yam were killed in the assault.

• Elma Avraham, 84, taken hostage from Nahal Oz.

• Aviva Siegel, 64, a native of South Africa, taken captive from Kfar Aza along with her husband, US citizen Keith Siegel, who is believed to still be in Gaza.

• Sisters Ela, 8 and Dafna, 15, Elyakim — taken captive from Nahal Oz after their father, Noam, his girlfriend, Dikla and her son, Tomer, were murdered. Mom Maayan Zin has been face of the public battle for their return.

• Roni Krivoi, 25, a dual Russian-Israeli national, was working at the Supernova music festival when he was kidnapped.

Gazan included among Palestinian prisoners released today

[IsraelTimes] The list of 39 Palestinian convicts released today as part of the truce agreement between Israel and Hamas includes for the first time the name of a Gazan resident, Alaa Fathi Abdulhadi Abu Sunima.

Abu Sunima, who will turn 19 in a few days, is a resident of the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. He was arrested in June 2022, for entering into Israel illegally and for possession of weapons/explosive material.

He had previously been detained in November 2021, as he was trying to sneak through the security barrier that separates Gaza from Israel, and was released immediately afterwards.

It is unclear if Abu Sunima will be allowed to cross into the Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing, or from Egypt through the Rafah crossing, or whether he will be sent to the West Bank until the end of military operations in Gaza.

The list of Palestinian convicts to be released today also includes 21 residents of East Jerusalem, as well as West Bank Palestinians from Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem (three each), Bethlehem, Jericho, Jenin (two each), Nablus, and Qalqilya (one each).
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [37 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Ireland's Taoiseach Had an Interesting Word to Describe One of Hamas' Hostages

But, at least, we know he's not solely motivated by "anti-Zionism"
Ireland's PM Leo Varadkar vows to crack down on free speech in response to the outrage over a migrant stabbing attack

CJ Bill (22) will make it a criminal offense in Ireland to possess "hate speech" on your phone or computer
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/27/2023 7:07 Comments || Top||


Eritrean given permanent residency in Israel after saving IDF officer’s life on Oct. 7
[IsraelTimes] An Eritrea
...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age...
n citizen is awarded permanent residency in Israel, in what Interior Minister Moshe Arbel calls a "thank you" for saving an IDF officer’s life on October 7.

Mulugeta Tsagi gave life-saving first aid to an IDF lieutenant colonel shot in the abdomen by Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
Death Eaters in Sderot. Tsagi remained with the officer for hours, before helping transport him to a hospital.

The officer, named only by the Hebrew letter Yud, later asked Arbel to arrange Tsagi’s permanent residency.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He has already cast his lot, publicly.
Posted by: ed in texas || 11/27/2023 13:44 Comments || Top||


Hamas onslaught was originally planned for first night of Passover – report
[IsraelTimes] Assault reportedly called off after Israel caught wind; intel officers outlined a mass invasion one month before October 7, but top officers waved off manual showing detailed plans

Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
had initially planned its October 7 cross-border onslaught for the eve of Passover, but canceled the attack after Israel raised the alert level, according to a Saturday report.

Military intelligence caught the early signs of an attack on Passover, which this year fell on April 5, and raised the alert, leading Hamas to cancel and the IDF to consider the incident a false alarm, Channel 12 reported, citing unnamed soldiers in the IDF’s 8200 signal intelligence unit.

In the period after that attempt, Hamas, fearing it had Israeli informants in its ranks, raised its internal security and kept most of its members unaware of subsequent plans and of the new timing for the incursion, the report said.

On the morning of October 7, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah, some 3,000 gunnies burst across the border into 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 by land, air and sea, killing some 1,200 people and seizing over 240 hostages of all ages under the cover of a deluge of thousands of rockets fired at Israeli towns and cities. Nearly 50 of the hostages have since been released, including 26 women and kiddies as part of a 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...
-led deal, and 15 foreign nationals.

The vast majority of those killed as button men seized border communities were civilians — including babies, children and the elderly. Entire families were executed in their homes, and some 360 people were slaughtered at an outdoor festival, many amid horrific acts of brutality by the terrorists.

Saturday’s exposé on the planned Passover attack followed several others in the past month that revealed IDF intelligence on a possible invasion, including reports filed by surveillance soldiers on the Gaza border who detailed unusual Hamas training exercises three months before October 7.

Soldiers in the 8200 unit reportedly warned senior officers before the October 7 atrocities that Hamas was preparing a highly organized and meticulously planned mass invasion of Israel, but were told their concerns were "fantasies."

A senior and experienced non-commissioned officer as well as a junior officer in 8200 alerted senior IDF officers well in advance that a major operation was being planned by Hamas, but their warnings went unheeded, according to Thursday reports.

Channel 12 reported that the NCO in Unit 8200 put together a report from an range of raw intelligence data detailing a scenario that essentially predicted the October 7 invasion.

Together with the junior officer, she also pointed to a Hamas drill a month before the attack, noting that it included preparations for a mass invasion with multiple entry points into Israel. "They were told in real-time. There were so many things that should have set off red flags," an unnamed source from the 8200 unit told the network.

The Kan public broadcaster reported similar details, noting that the non-commissioned officer stated that the Hamas drill included the use of vehicles to carry out the attack and gunnies practiced taking over Israeli towns. The NCO also warned that the assault Hamas was planning was on such a large scale that it could spark an all-out war.

The senior officer briefed by the NCO reportedly agreed that the information she had was substantive, but said a distinction needed to be made between what Hamas could drill for and what it could accomplish in reality.

Separately, Kan reported that before October 7, the IDF had come into possession of a Hamas terror manual that described ways to capture the Gaza border region in southern Israel.

The manual described taking over IDF positions, capturing kibbutzim and towns in the region, killing and kidnapping residents, and attacking and capturing the three regional cities of Sderot, Ofakim and Netivot. It described how pickup trucks would be used to stage the invasion along with cycle of violences and hang gliders, as well as the use of anti-tank missiles under the cover of rocket and mortar fire from Gaza — in much the same way that events unfolded on October 7.

The manual also described a strategy to lull Israel into complacency by holding negotiations for some form of long-term arrangement, while at the same time staging frequent drills and small security incidents on the border on Saturdays and Jewish holidays to lull the IDF into a false sense of security when Hamas forces turned up en masse at the border fence.

The plan was reportedly drilled with two companies of Hamas’s elite Nukhba force, which was responsible for the October 7 attacks, and included capturing an imitation kibbutz.

Kan reported that the plans detailed in the manual were passed along to senior ranks in the IDF, who dismissed it on the grounds that Hamas did not have the operational capabilities to carry out such an attack.

Responding to the report, the IDF said it was "operating and fighting in these very days against the murderous terror organization Hamas in the Gaza strip. All of the [IDF’s] commanders and soldiers are focused on this mission alone in order to complete the goals of the war. When the war is finished, a detailed and thorough investigation will be conducted clarifying every last detail."

In late October, an opinion poll published by the Maariv newspaper found that the vast majority of Israelis believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should publicly accept responsibility for the staggering failures that led to Hamas’s devastating onslaught on October 7.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Senior Fatah official justifies Oct. 7 massacre as ‘defensive war’ against Israel; Ramallah crowd cheers released prisoner with Hamas slogans
[IsraelTimes] Jibril Rajoub, secretary general of Fatah’s Central Committee, says Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
terror group that carried out onslaught is part of Paleostinian ’political and social fabric’.

Ramallah crowd chants Hamas slogans as it celebrates return of Palestinian prisoner

[IsrelTimes] A crowd in Ramallah welcomes one of the 39 Paleostinian prisoners released today as part of the truce deal between Israel and the terror group Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
In a video of the street celebrations that erupt when the prisoner arrives in the city, the young man is filmed among the crowd hugging his mother, a green Hamas flag wrapped around his head. The mother shouts, "With our soul, with our blood, we will redeem you Hamas," prompting the crowd to chant the same slogan.

The phrase is a common Paleostinian chant, usually applied to the redemption of the al-Aqsa mosque.

Another video from the mass gathering shows a woman shouting, "We did not come here to celebrate, but rather to cheer and show our loyalty to the resistance [i.e., Hamas] and 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 green banner of the terror group is not commonly displayed in Ramallah, seat of the Paleostinian Authority under the control of Fatah, a rival group to Hamas, but has frequently appeared in images released over the past three nights from celebrations for released prisoners.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under: Fatah



Tel Aviv rally for hostages draws 100,000 to mark ’50 days of hell’ since October 7
Idiots being loudly unhelpful, organized by the anti-Bibi professional activists who recently were organizing anti-judicial overhaul protests.
[IsraelTimes] Demonstrating shortly before 2nd group freed from 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...
, speakers urge continued support for abductees’ families, more pressure on government to secure the release of everyone


Some 100,000 people gathered Saturday night in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, near the Defense Ministry headquarters, at what is now known as Hostages Square, to mark "50 Days of Hell" since the Hamas
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Biden admin accused of aiding Palestinian 'pay for slay' as terrorists profit in Hamas deal, experts claim
[FoxNews] Experts claim US and EU taxpayer dollars used by the Palestinian Authority to pay stipends for released terrorists.

Many of the newly released convicted Palestinian terrorists who are part of a swap that secured the freedom of some Israeli and foreign hostages held by the terrorist movement Hamas could receive U.S. funds via the Palestinian Authority, an expert on the matter claimed.

Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), an Israeli-based organization researching Palestinian society, told Fox News Digital, "The American and European funding boosts the Palestinian Authority budget by $600 million. The Palestinian Authority pays the salaries of imprisoned terrorists and the family members of the martyrs and the amount comes to $300 million a year."

Marcus continued, "There is no doubt that the Palestinian Authority could not pay this funding without the boost of funding from the Americans and Europeans. The Americans and Europeans are absolutely facilitating the payment. It is willful blindness."

He noted, "Every single terrorist gets a salary from the Palestinian Authority once they are imprisoned." According to Palestinian law, Marcus said, a prisoner who serves more than five years in prison receives a monthly salary for life.

The release of the Palestinian terrorists comes after Fox News Digital reported on a lawsuit in January by victims of terrorism and Rep. Ronny Jackson., R-Texas, alleging the Biden administration pumped more than a half billion U.S. taxpayer dollars into the Palestinian Authority without verifying that the organization isn’t funding terrorism, according to a federal lawsuit.

The Palestinian Authority, which controls the West Bank (known in Israel by its biblical name of Judea and Samaria), has paid the families of the convicted Palestinians a stipend while their family members were incarcerated as part of the notorious "pay for slay" program.

Marcus from PMW provided Fox News Digital a list of nine just-released Palestinian terrorists who will receive monthly payments ranging from approximately $535 to $668 for Jerusalem residents.

Shurouq Dweiyat, a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem’s Sur Baher neighborhood, was convicted of attempted murder in Jerusalem’s Old City, after she sought to stab two Jews in October 2015 and wounded one of them. She was imprisoned for eight years.

Amani Al-Hashim, a 31-year-old female Palestinian from East Jerusalem attempted to run over Israeli security forces with her car at the Qalandiya checkpoint on Dec. 13, 2016. Israeli forces opened fire, at which point she got out of the car with a knife and started shouting, "Allahu Akbar" before being arrested. Al-Hashim was serving a sentence of 10 years. She was in prison for seven years.

Israeli Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser told Fox News Digital that many of the convicted Palestinians released over the last few days as part of a truce with Hamas will return to terrorism.

Kuperwasser said of the released terrorists, "Those with sentences for more than five years were paid. Many of them were sentenced to more than five years. Many of them are still committed to the terrorist struggle against Israel. Past experience tells us they will re-enter terrorism."

The Israeli reserve general, now a senior researcher at the Israeli Defense Security Forum, added, however, "Each case has to be looked at by itself."

According to Palestinian media, over 7,500 released Palestinian prisoners who served more than a five-year prison term have received monthly salaries.

Israel’s government and counterterrorism experts have long argued that the so-called moderate Palestinian Authority controlled by Mahmoud Abbas encourages terrorism with its "pay for slay" program.

Khaled Abu Toameh, a Palestinian affairs analyst, told Fox News Digital, "I don't know if some of the released prisoners will return to terrorism, but it's possible that others will now be emboldened to carry out attacks against Israel knowing that they could be released in a prisoner exchange deal."

Abu Toameh, who is widely viewed as one of the leading Middle East experts on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, added, "The release of the Palestinian prisoners will undoubtedly boost Hamas’ popularity and influence in the West Bank. We saw hundreds of Palestinians celebrating the release of the prisoners with Hamas flags and slogans praising the group’s leaders and its military wing. This is bad news for the Palestinian Authority, whose security forces did not stop the celebrations."

Toameh posted a picture on X, formerly known as Twitter, with the comment: "In Ramallah, masked Hamas members celebrating the release of more Palestinian prisoners from Israeli prison. They chanted: ‘We are the men of Mohammed Deif.'"

Mohammed Deif is the commander behind Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack in southern Israel that led to the slaughter of 1,200 people and kidnapping of some 240 individuals, including young children.

Fox News Digital contacted the U.S. State Department for a comment about the possible misuse of U.S. funds sent to the Palestinian Authority but, as of press time, has not received a comment on the accusations saying the U.S. is indirectly funding terrorists.

The effort to crack down on Hamas’ financing is now front-and-center in the minds of many counterterrorism officials in Israel, the U.S. and Europe after the Oct. 7 massacre.

Money is highly fungible and vulnerable to terror finance in Mideast countries and regions that are not regulated by modern anti-terrorism standards, according to security officials.

In 2018, in a sign of protest, Congress passed the Taylor Force Act aimed at cutting economic aid to the Palestinian Authority until it ends the payment policy. In addition, Israel, which collects some taxes on commerce and income on behalf of the Palestinian governing body, has passed a similar law.

Taylor Force was a West Point graduate who served in Afghanistan and Iraq. He was pursuing his MBA at Vanderbilt, and was savagely knifed to death March 8, 2016, by a Palestinian terrorist during a tour of Israel. President Trump signed the Taylor Force Act into law in October 2018.

Kuperwasser, who has written extensively about the dangers of the Hamas rulers in Gaza, said the cease-fire agreement is "is a done deal. We have to go along with it."

Posted by: Skidmark || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


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Iran-backed Iraqi militia says it joins truce with Israel, will reduce attacks on US forces
[IsraelTimes] The Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades — a separate group from the Lebanese Hezbollah — announces it has joined the truce between Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
and Israel, and that it will halt attacks against Israel until the end of the truce period.

The Hezbollah Brigades, a Shiite paramilitary group directly controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), is one of several Iraqi Shiite groups present in southwestern Syria and southern 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...
that have reportedly been carrying out attacks against Israel after October 7, alongside Hamas and the Lebanese Hezbollah. The latter has previously announced that it is going to abide by the truce.

In their statement, the Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades further announce a "reduction in the pace of escalation" of attacks against US forces in Iraq and Syria. A string of at least 73 attacks have been carried out by 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 Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
and Iran-backed paramilitary groups on US and coalition bases in Iraq and Syria since October 17, according to CNN
...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for...
.

The Hezbollah Brigades are accused of being behind the kidnapping of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov in March in Baghdad. A video statement by Tsurkov was released on November 13, in which the researcher, seemingly under duress, demanded an end to the Israeli operation 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 increased pressure for her release.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies



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