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Sulaimani security forces arrest 55 ISIS suspects
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5 10:58 Tom [17] 
7 16:20 Besoeker [21] 
6 23:10 Grom the Reflective [17] 
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5 11:18 Grom the Reflective [20]
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Arabia
More than a million Palestinians in Gaza are now displaced; why are Arab countries not opening their doors?
[Fox News] Because you don't invite pests into your home. See: Lebanon prior to ejection of the PLO
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/20/2023 05:57 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Black September
Posted by: Procopius2k || 11/20/2023 7:13 Comments || Top||

#2  Because they are still the best weapon against Israel that Arabs have.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/20/2023 8:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Arabs learned from their history. See Lebanon, Kuwait, Egypt, Jordan et. al.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/20/2023 9:36 Comments || Top||

#4  ^But the Arabs are the ones who created the problem - why should Israel have to solve it.

p.s. It's not a question of Arabs learning from their history. It's a matter of an average Arab having zero, zilch, and nada empathy for anyone outside the immediate family.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/20/2023 9:48 Comments || Top||

#5  The Arabs know who the troublemakers are, and they want to keep them out.

Years ago when I worked in Riyadh, I met imported workers from just about every Arab/Moslem nation there is. The Palestinians and the Iranians were conspicuous by their absence.
Posted by: Tom || 11/20/2023 10:58 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
UK doctor who worked at Shifa confirms Gaza hospital used for ‘non-medical purposes’
[IsraelTimes] ‘There was a part I wasn’t to go near, and if I did, I’d be in danger of being shot,’ says physician, describing an atmosphere of ‘collective paranoia’ and ‘genuine fear’ of Hamas.

A British doctor who used to work at Shifa Hospital, 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 medical center, under which the IDF says Hamas
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/20/2023 2023-11-20 01:29 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  A British doctor who used to work at Shifa Hospital, Gazoo

Kept it to himself all these years did he ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/20/2023 6:33 Comments || Top||

#2  I believe he has been interviewed before. Or another brit said same.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 11/20/2023 6:42 Comments || Top||

#3  He flunked Hippocrates Oath 101 but still got his license?
Posted by: Jack Salami || 11/20/2023 13:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Nobody is more amoral than the person who is sure they have staked out the moral high ground.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/20/2023 13:55 Comments || Top||

#5  The Tattletale's Tale, or, An Asian Nightingale?

Too late to do good but here written,
The truth of a stout-hearted Briton
Yclept Yunus Bulbul,
His belly of ful full...

Okay, so it's not Bulwer-Lytton.
Posted by: Slusotle Jeth1714 || 11/20/2023 15:43 Comments || Top||


#7  /\ Classic.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/20/2023 16:20 Comments || Top||


Netanyahu Opposes Biden: No Way Palestinian Authority Runs Gaza Again
[BREITBART] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated his opposition Saturday night to a proposal by U.S. President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
to restore control of 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...
to the Paleostinian Authority (PA) once Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
is removed from power and destroyed.

On Saturday, Biden published an op-ed in the Washington Post in which he supported Israel, though once again joining the Israeli cause to the Ukrainian one, putting Hamas and Russia in the same category as enemies of the United States.
Wonder if Biden knows he did?
Biden also reiterated his support for a "two-state solution" as the only answer to the conflict, and added: "As we strive for peace, Gaza and the West Bank should be reunited under a single governance structure, ultimately under a revitalized Paleostinian Authority, as we all work toward a two-state solution."

However,
a good lie finds more believers than a bad truth...
Netanyahu emphatically rejected that idea.

"In Gaza, after the destruction of Hamas, and for a long time thereafter, there will not be a regime that encourages terror, that teaches terror, that funds terror — that also indoctrinates about the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews — this will not be," Netanyahu vowed at a presser on Saturday night.

He was alluding to the PA’s record of encouraging terror, including the practice of "pay-to-slay," in which the PA provides stipends to hard boyz in Israeli prisons, and pensions to the families of hard boyz killed by Israel.

Despite the loss of U.S. aid under the Taylor Force Act, which President Donald Trump
...His ancestors didn't own any slaves...
signed in 2018 to prohibit taxpayer dollars from funding the PA as long as it continues "pay-to-slay," the PA has not changed its policy.

The PA also continues naming public parks and monuments after terrorists, and Paleostinian educational materials are frequently filled with anti-Israel and antisemitic propaganda.

The PA ran Gaza from 1994 to 2007, when it was ousted by Hamas in a violent mostly peaceful coup. Rocket attacks against Israeli civilians began years before it was ousted, and especially from 2001 onwards, despite a unilateral withdrawal of Israeli soldiers and civilians in 2005.

Posted by: Fred || 11/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Israel denies report of Gaza truce as part of hostage deal
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/20/2023 10:47 Comments || Top||

#2  With all the billions we give to them...that's supposed to give us influence over their government.

And then they just crap on us. Why do we still give them money? Cut them off, maybe they'll get the idea.
Posted by: Ebbease Panda9307 || 11/20/2023 15:34 Comments || Top||

#3  With all the billions we give to them...that's supposed to give us influence over their government.

I agree completely. It’s long past time to stop giving the Palestinians anything more than the back of our hand.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/20/2023 18:00 Comments || Top||

#4  Russia or China would welcome Israel as an ally with open arms. If Biden betrays Israel the US will lose the ME.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 11/20/2023 21:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Russia or China would welcome Israel as an ally with open arms.

I disagree, Walking Unvaxxed. China’s TikTok is deliberately the most antisemitic popular app on the internet. They’ve clearly decided to cultivate the Muslim world instead of the Innovation Nation, now that Haifa port is no longer available.

As for Russia, Syria and the PLO are traditional Soviet clients, while Iran is a current arms supplier — much more important to Russia’s interests than cultivating the sentimental Jewish former Soviet emigrants in Israel may have to the Motherland.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/20/2023 21:20 Comments || Top||

#6  #4,5 It's a lot more complicated.
(a) China is not antisemitic - how can they be if for Chinese you're either Chinese or a monkey. And they don't really distinguish between Arian and Jewish monkeys.
(b) The current Russian leadership is, probably, the most pragmatic in their history. In particular, they remember that Soviet Union became bankrupt through being too generous with their third world allies.
Both are anti-Israel because Israel is an ally of USA and both view USA as an irrational geo-political player. But they're, sorta, lukewarm about it.
On the other hand, Israel is not about to break American alliance despite openly anti-Semitism of USA upper classes.
Most importantly, this is not a war between Israel and Arabs in general. Arabs are just as tired of "Palestinians" as everybody else. They just want it to be Israel's and not their problem - big mistake!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/20/2023 23:10 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran issues threat to Israel, US with new hypersonic weapon
Real or the usual vapourware?
[Jpost] Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Aerospace Force today unveiled the Fattah II, a hypersonic missile claimed to have the capacity to bypass the most advanced anti-ballistic missile systems of the United States and Israel, according to Reuters.

The missile, developed within Iran in spite of numerous sanctions from the West, has a supposed range of 1,400 kilometers (870 miles).

BUILDING ON FATTAH I
The first version, Fattah I, was unveiled in June but the newer version contains a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) warhead that supposedly supports the weapon reaching maximum speed, Iran’s Tasnim News reported.

The source reported that the updated missile can reach speeds of Mach 5-20 (6,170-24,700 kph).

The weapon was unveiled by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Ashura Aerospace Science and Technology University, according to the Islamic Republic News Agency.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/20/2023 07:47 || Comments || Link || [28 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


#2  ^Because Russia claims to have one.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 11/20/2023 8:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Real or the usual vapourware?

TW,

I'll take 'Not THIS Crap Again' for $500... ;)

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 11/20/2023 9:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Are these hypersonic weapons in the room with us now?
Posted by: Angstrom || 11/20/2023 10:48 Comments || Top||

#5 
#4 Are these hypersonic weapons in the room with us now?
Posted by: Angstrom 2023-11-20 10:48



...Respectfully nominate for Snark O'The Day.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 11/20/2023 11:18 Comments || Top||

#6  I concur
Posted by: Frank G || 11/20/2023 11:25 Comments || Top||

#7  I too shall concur, once I stop laughing.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/20/2023 11:33 Comments || Top||

#8  Show us on the doll where the hypersonic weapon hurt you
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/20/2023 11:49 Comments || Top||

#9  Putting the hype in hypersonic.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/20/2023 11:54 Comments || Top||

#10  An improvement of this older version?

Posted by: Bobby || 11/20/2023 12:04 Comments || Top||

#11  You all win, every blessed one of you.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/20/2023 12:25 Comments || Top||

#12  There's hardly a day goes by without me calling to my dear wife of over 60 years now and saying to her "C'mere and look at these comments!". And the two of us laugh and giggle about them for the rest of the day.

Our thanks to all you clever jokesters.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 11/20/2023 13:34 Comments || Top||

#13  Iran, the US has hypersonic weapons, they are called ICBMs. Perhaps you need a tangible demonstration?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 11/20/2023 14:27 Comments || Top||

#14  Hey, I've got an idea! Let's defend Israel! And let's do it by invading one of their biggest threats!

In a war planned by the same deep state that spent 20 years and $2 trillion in Afghanistan and still couldn't win. Surely this will work out well.
Posted by: Ebbease Panda9307 || 11/20/2023 15:36 Comments || Top||

#15  ^ The Herbian "we" rears up...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 11/20/2023 15:52 Comments || Top||

#16  H3rbal 3ssen(*, dully green:
Pure sharn p00 or really cl3an?
Is he Yank or mutaweein',
Jooish or a European?
Posted by: Angineger Dingle8582 || 11/20/2023 17:41 Comments || Top||

#17  [bruised and exhausted, claps new pal spam filter on back and limps away]
Posted by: Angineger Dingle8582 || 11/20/2023 17:43 Comments || Top||

#18  [The effort deserves applause nonetheless, Angineger Dingle8582, limps and all. Bravo!]
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/20/2023 18:04 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Mon 2023-11-20
  Sulaimani security forces arrest 55 ISIS suspects
Sun 2023-11-19
  Israel strikes deep in south, Hezbollah downs drone as clashes continue
Sat 2023-11-18
  Israeli airstrikes destroy Hezbollah arms depot near Damascus
Fri 2023-11-17
  Israel believes that top Hamas leadership is now in southern Gaza
Thu 2023-11-16
  Biden admin renews sanctions waiver giving Iran access to $10 billion from Iraq
Wed 2023-11-15
  Yemen's Houthi rebels to target Israeli vessels in Red sea
Tue 2023-11-14
  IDF Golani Brigade Inside Hamas Parliment
Mon 2023-11-13
  IDF operating in Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza
Sun 2023-11-12
  IDF says West Bank raids capture 41 wanted Paleos, including 14 Hamasniks
Sat 2023-11-11
  Israeli snipers target Gaza's Al Quds hospital
Fri 2023-11-10
  IDF continues to advance into Gaza city
Thu 2023-11-09
  IDF says Hamas has lost control of northern Gaza
Wed 2023-11-08
  Israel Shoots Down Ballistic Missile Fired From Yemen in Huge First
Tue 2023-11-07
  US tells Iran and Hezbollah it's ready to back Israel militarily
Mon 2023-11-06
  Iranian defense minister threatens U.S.


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