[IsraelTimes] Avoiding attacks on ships in the Red Sea, Israel-based firms run trucking routes from the ports of Dubai and Bahrain to Haifa.
It’s starting to look like this big temper tantrum of Iran’s via its Houthi catspaws will end up making Israel, and Israel’s MidEastern connections, even stronger... and weakening Iran’s. Allah really must have it in for the Mad Mullahs.
The disruption of maritime trade in the Red Sea amid the ongoing assaults by Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... ’s Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets
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[IsraelTimes] Graham Jones, seeking Hyndburn seat, dropped over remarks made at meeting of party activists where comments by another candidate saw support withdrawn from him too
The UK’s Labour Party has suspended a parliamentary candidate in coming elections over his anti-Israel remarks, less than a day after pulling its support for another candidate who was dropped for the same reason. Graham Jones, who is running to keep his seat in Hyndburn, has been suspended, local media said Tuesday. According to the BBC, Jones is also facing an investigation.
The move came after the Guido Fawkes website published a recording from a meeting of Labour activists in the northern England county of Lancashire during which Jones said: "I’m sure when [world leaders] go home, like me, pardon my French [they say] ’fucking Israel’ again."
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[IsraelTimes] After being used to express support for Hamas and its Oct. 7 atrocities, pages of the organization and its founder Nerdeen Kiswani are deactivated.
Within Our Lifetime, perhaps the most visible pro-Paleostinian activist group in New York City, said on Friday that Instagram had permanently disabled its accounts, depriving it of a major platform for organizing protests. Within Our Lifetime’s main account and a backup page, each of which had tens of thousands of followers, both appeared to be inactive, as did two pages belonging to founder Nerdeen Kiswani. Within Our Lifetime shared a screenshot on X, formerly Twitter, saying that the accounts had been disabled due to violations of community guidelines. A Facebook page belonging to the group, which has not been active in months, is still online.
A spokesperson for Meta, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, told the New York Jewish Week that the accounts had been removed because they violated the platform’s community guidelines, including its "Dangerous Organizations & Individuals policy."
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[IsraelTimes] The bans in Belgium on the slaughter of animals without stunning neither interfere with freedom of religion nor constitute discrimination, the European Court of Human Rights rules.
The ruling Tuesday by the tribunal in Strasbourg, La Belle France, is on a petition filed by Moslem groups against the bans introduced in 2019 in two out of three Belgian regions. The ruling is final as the Strasbourg court is the highest instance with jurisdiction to review the bans.
Jewish and Moslem groups in Belgium oppose the bans, which they view as an unreasonable infringement on religious freedoms. The bans cite the widespread view that slaughter without stunning is cruel to animals. Advocates of Jewish slaughter, or shechita, argue that when performed correctly, that technique does not result in excessive suffering for animals. Defenders of the Moslem variant, d’biha, argue the same.
Many observant Jews and Moslems do not consume meat that isn’t kosher or halal, respectively. For meat to be labeled as such, the animals from which it is produced must be healthy and conscious when their necks are cut.
Multiple countries in the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and beyond have laws limiting or outlawing slaughter without stunning.
"The implied determination of the distorted verdict is that the rights of these citizens to freedom of religion and worship are even less than that of animals," says Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association.
He warns that the restrictions on Jews practicing their faith, as he defines them, will lead to "serious damage to the fabric of life throughout the continent."
Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, President of the Conference of European Rabbis, calls the ruling "a black day for Europe," adding that "the Jewish and Moslem communities of Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... will continue to fight for religious freedoms and equality," but "that task is now made all the harder.
The bans added Belgium to a number of EU countries where ritual slaughter is illegal, including Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Slovenia. In 2011, the Netherlands briefly joined the list, but the Dutch Senate reversed the ban in 2012, citing freedom of worship. Poland also outlawed ritual slaughter in 2013, but has since scaled back the ban to include only meat for export.
Advocates of the customs say that in addition to being required under religious law, they result in no greater suffering to animals than mechanized slaughter methods with higher malfunction rates and less attention to individual animals.
[Jpost] An Israeli offensive on the Gaza city of Rafah where 1.3 million people have sought refuge would be a humanitarian catastrophe, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said on Wednesday.
Speaking at a news conference in Jerusalem, Baerbock said: "1.3 million people are waiting there in a very small space. They don't really have anywhere else to go right now ... If the Israeli army were to launch an offensive on Rafah under these conditions, it would be a humanitarian catastrophe." It's them or us, Annalena.
Their heads are with Israel, but their secret, romantic hearts are with the bandits of Hamas. Even though Hamas aren’t nearly so harmless as bandits.
[IsraelTimes] The United States says it has imposed sanctions on a subsidiary of the Central Bank of Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... (CBI), along with two entities based in the United Arab Emirates, one in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... and on three individuals for smuggling US technology to the CBI.
"These designations target three individuals and four entities tied to the procurement of sophisticated US technology for use by CBI in violation of US export restrictions and sanctions," the Treasury Department says.
In a statement, the Treasury notes the CBI is itself already under sanction for providing financial support to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Quds Force (IRGC-QF), an elite arm that carries out overseas operations, and to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group in 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... The sanctions represent Washington’s latest efforts to punish Tehran, whose proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... and 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 have attacked US and Israeli targets.
The Treasury named the entities as Iran-based Informatics Services Corporation (ISC), a subsidiary of CBI; UAE-based Advance Banking Solution Trading DMCC (ABS), an ISC front company; UAE-based Freedom Star General Trading Co. (LLC); and Turkey-based Ted Teknoloji Gelistirme Hizmetleri Sanayi Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Ted).
It identified the three individuals as ISC Chief Executive Seyed Abotaleb Najafi, Freedom Star President Mohammad Reza Khademi, and ISC employee Pouria Mirdamadi, a dual French and Iranian national it said was involved in Ted’s operations.
[IsraelTimes] US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier... has issued a memo using his executive powers to shield thousands of Paleostinians in the US from deportation for the next 18 months.
Some 6,000 Paleostinians are eligible for the reprieve under an immigration program called Deferred Enforced Departure.
"While I remain focused on improving the humanitarian situation, many civilians remain in danger; therefore, I am directing the deferral of removal of certain Paleostinians who are present in the United States," Biden states in the memo.
"In light of the ongoing conflict and humanitarian needs on the ground, President Biden signed a memorandum directing the deferral of removal of certain Paleostinians who are present in the United States, giving them a temporary safe haven," US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says in a statement explaining the executive order.
"This grant of deferred enforced departure would provide protections for most Paleostinians in the United States, with certain exceptions," including convicted felons, others deemed public safety threats, Sullivan adds, saying those who voluntarily return to the West Bank or 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... would lose such protections.
The move is likely to be welcomed by Arab and Moslem American community leaders who have fumed over Biden’s support for Israel amid the war in Gaza, with many pledging not to vote for the president in re-election.
But the memo also sharpens the difference between Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...... , who has called for deporting Paleostinians who express support for Hamas ...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",... . A Republican politician issued legislation — which has no chance of passing — that would revoke the visas of Paleostinians and prevent them from receiving asylum status in the US. Wait til one blows up Americans
[GEO.TV] If one person has truly lost the political battle, he is none other than the three-time Prime Minister of Mian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif ...served two three non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts... , whose fourth-term dream was smashed to smithereens in Pakistain's general elections of 2024. It came to pass despite all the cards he played before and after returning to Pakistain after over three years.This is a lesson for him to learn as to what went wrong that, in the end, Nawaz was left with no other choice but to nominate his brother Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... for the premiership, the second time since 2022 and also to see his beloved daughter Maryam Nawaz making a debut as Chief Minister (CM), Punjab. If elected by the Punjab
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[GEO.TV] Jamaat Ulema-e-Islam ...the political wing of the Pak Taliban... -Fazl (JUI-F) Emir Maulana Fazlur Rehman ...Deobandi holy man, known as Mullah Diesel during the war against the Soviets, his sympathies for the Taliban have never been tempered by honesty. Fazl seldom misses a meal and is now so large he has his own gravitational pull... has said that if the establishment deems the February 8 elections to be fair, then the "narrative" of May 9 has been "buried" — as the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI)-backed candidates secured the most seats in the National Assembly.
PTI workers and leaders were rounded up post-May 9 — the day when party founder Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five... was arrested in a graft case. During the nearly countrywide protests, the miscreants targeted the civil and military installations including — Jinnah House and the General Headquarters (GHQ) in Rawalpindi. The military had termed May 9 "Black Day" and decided to try the protesters under the Army Act.
Subsequently, an exodus was witnessed after the unprecedented incident and later on, the party faced several setbacks. However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the PTI-affiliated candidates emerged victorious despite scepticism.
After projected ’unofficial’ election results, major parties including — Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf (PTI) — swung into action to form coalitions to form their governments in the Centre and provinces.
However, man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the politico-religious party formally announced to stay away from joining any coalition whose supremo headed the former ruling coalition — Pakistain Democratic Movement (PDM), a multi-party alliance — which ousted former prime minister Imran Khan via a parliamentary vote in 2022.
"The JUI-F will play its parliamentary role and join the assemblies, but with reservations," the senior politician said in a presser on Wednesday, in which he categorically rejected the February 8 nationwide poll results.
Fazl added that "rigging" in 2024 broke records of 2018 elections, alleging that the poll organising authority was held hostage by the establishment. He went on to say that the May 9 narrative was seemingly buried if the establishment deemed the Feb 8 polls fair.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Fazl-led party managed to win four National Assembly (NA) seats and 18 provincial assembly seats in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , as per unofficial election results.
Maulana Fazl termed the top electoral body’s role in the 2024 general polls "suspicious". He alleged that the commission was suspending petitions of JUI-F candidates without issuing any notices.
He claimed that the JUI-F was deliberately defeated via "rigging" in the nationwide polls as it was "unacceptable for the United States and the West"
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PTI workers and leaders were rounded up post-May 9
Very much a Jan/6 event.
Are the Dems writing the screen play for these guys?
[GEO.TV] The Muttahida Qaumi Movement ...English: United National Movement, generally known as MQM, is the 3rd largest political party and the largest secular political party in Pakistain with particular strength in Sindh. From 1992 to 1999, the MQM was the target of the Pak Army's Operation Cleanup leaving thousands of urdu speaking civilians dead... -Pakistain (MQM-P) has been 'offered' six ministries in the upcoming federal cabinet after the party decided to vote for Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) candidate for the prime minister’s slot.
The Khalid-led party, which has won 17 NA seats following the February 8 nationwide elections as per unofficial results, was given an offer of six ministries, including four federal ministers, state minister, and an adviser, Daily Jang reported citing reliable sources.
Sources added that the ministries included information technology (IT), overseas Paks, port and shipping, health, and others.
The sources also revealed that one of the key allies in the six-party alliance had shown reluctance to join the next cabinet until its prescribed constitutional amendments were not made part of the Constitution.
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[GEO.TV] Three independent candidates, who won from National Assembly constituency NA-144, Punjab Assembly constituencies PP-205 and PP-212, joined PML-N in meeting with party President Shehbaz Sharif.
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[GEO.TV] PTI leader Latif Khosa Wednesday predicted that the PML-N-led government which will be formed with the backing of other parties was not sustainable.
"This government cannot survive without Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who anti-establishment Pak premier, who was hounded out of office, arrested, jailed, and will likely be hung by his political opponents... ; neither can the parliament sustain nor will we allow it. Neither can democracy work nor will we let it. Neither can the state work," Khosa told Geo News’ Shahzeb Khanzada.
"This is the ground reality. Imran Khan was awarded three sentences, but look at how the people expressed their anger [— in terms of votes]."
"People were so angry, they stressed that it is up to them to send politicians to the parliament. People came from abroad to vote for Imran Khan."
"There will be a backlash on PML-N as Nawaz Sharif ...served two three non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts... has decided to make his brother the prime minister and daughter chief minister."
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[IsraelTimes] An independent Paleostinian leader backed by Arab peacekeepers could oversee the reconstruction 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... after the war between Israel and Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... , a prominent Paleostinian exile says.
Mohammed Dahlan, the former Paleostinian Authority Gaza security chief, tells The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... that in his vision, "the leaders of Egypt, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and the Emirates are open to supporting processes that are part of efforts leading to a Paleostinian state."
The new Paleostinian leader would push PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... aside to a ceremonial role, and could invite countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia to send in troops and pay for a reconstruction of the Strip, says Dahlan, who many think may be eyeing the job for himself.
But Israel would have to agree to a Paleostinian state: "The main Arab countries are really very keen to settle this conflict. Not the war, the whole conflict."
"No Abbas, no Hamas," says the former Fatah strongman. "New people in charge of the Paleostinian Authority."
As he has been for decades, Dahlan is openly critical of Hamas: "Relying on people suffering isn’t leadership. The Paleostinian people want to live."
Dahlan’s security force operated in Gaza with an iron first after the Oslo Accords. A Gaza native, he was abroad when Hamas took over by force in 2007, and after moving to the West Bank he was expelled from Fatah in 2011 over accusations that he murdered Yasser Arafat.
His potential popularity as an alternative to Abbas has led to tensions with the Paleostinian leader. In 2014, Dahlan was convicted in absentia by the PA for defamation and embezzlement.
In the UAE, where he moved after being pushed out of Fatah, he has been a top adviser to President Mohammed Bin Zayed, and has also stayed somewhat active in Paleostinian politics. In 2017, he brokered a deal between Egypt and Hamas to keep fuel flowing to Gaza’s power plant, flexing his diplomatic muscle.
Representatives from six Arab countries met last week in Saudi Arabia to discuss a ceasefire and the future of Gaza.
Dahlan tells the New York Times that he is trying convince Hamas to step aside to let new Paleostinian leadership take over.
[IsraelTimes] The Defense Ministry rehabilitation center says it is anticipating receiving some 20,000 additional maimed veterans over the coming year, as fighting in 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 continues into its fifth month.
So far, since October 7, the rehab unit has dealt with more than 5,500 soldiers, the ministry says.
It expects that of the 20,000 in the coming year, at least 80 percent, or 16,000, will be due to injuries sustained in the war.
Currently, the rehab center aids some 62,000 soldiers, many of whom are physically maimed, but also those suffering from PTSD.
[IsraelTimes] US State Department front man Matthew Miller says Hamas ...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... ’s demand for limitations of Israel’s illusory sovereignty at the Temple Mount in the context of ongoing hostage negotiations was an "obvious non-starter."
The demand was one of several Hamas made in the response it issued earlier this month to a hostage deal framework crafted by 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, Egyptian and American mediators. US 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... said some of Hamas’s demands were "over the top," but this appears to be the first time that a US official specifies Washington’s issues with Hamas’s response.
"You saw a number of issues that were obvious non-starters, for example, the status of al-Aqsa is not going to be resolved in negotiation of hostages," Miller says during a press briefing.
He also notes that the Israeli government has taken steps to ensure that aid is delivered through the Kerem Shalom crossing by declaring the surrounding area a closed military zone to prevent access to far-right protesters seeking to block the assistance from reaching 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... . Miller says the IDF has also moved its troops into the crossing to ensure that the aid is delivered, even though the protesters have still frequently managed to thwart the shipments.
"We think it is extremely unfortunate the times that the crossing has been blocked. We engage with the Israeli government and have made clear that the position of the United States is that the crossing ought to remain open and that they take whatever steps they can to make sure that it remains open," Miller says.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in a statement that no advancements can be made in talks in Cairo until Hamas changes its “delusional” position.
“In Cairo, Israel was not given any new proposal by Hamas for the release of our hostages,” says a statement from the PMO, adding that the prime minister “insists that Israel will not submit to the delusional demands of Hamas.”
“A change in Hamas’s positions will allow progress in the negotiations,” the statement says.
Reports today in Hebrew media indicated that Netanyahu refused to send a delegation to Cairo tomorrow, arguing that there is no point in doing so until Hamas climbs down from its demands regarding the release of large numbers of Palestinian prisoners.
The Hostages Families Forum reacting scathingly to the news, saying it was a death sentence for the remaining hostages.
So much for French commitments and trust in Hamas promises — and the Red Cross/Crescent careful refusal to even try to protect innocent Jewish victims. At least no Israeli money went to this travesty.
[IsraelTimes] Maayan Sigal Koren, the niece of rescued hostage Fernando Marman, says her uncle never received any medication while in captivity, despite 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... -brokered deal that was supposed to see this happen.
"We handed over all the medications [they needed] as part of the last medicine deal," she tells Army Radio, "and according to what they said they never got anything — they were surprised [to hear] that there was any such deal."
Marman and his brother-in-law Louis Har were rescued in a dramatic IDF operation in Rafah
[Jpost] US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III stressed the importance of protecting civilians and ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid before launching any operations against Hamas in Rafah during a conversation with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant early Thursday morning.
Exactly the kind of light exertion suitable while recovering from surgery.
The two also discussed the recent rescue mission in which Fernando Marman and Luis Norbeto Har were rescued from Hamas captivity in the heart of Rafah, as well as ongoing negotiations to reach a hostage release deal. Is it my imagination, or do I really hear Houthis rolling on the floor, laughing?
[Jpost] Israel's economy is taking a hit after more than four months of war with Hamas, but the economy looks set to grow slightly this year before rebounding in 2025 as long as the conflict stays contained to Gaza.
Israel's $500 billion economy had been humming along and was expected to grow around 3.5% last year, but after gunmen from Palestinian terrorist group Hamas attacked on October 7, the economy came to a standstill. Israelis stopped spending and travelling, hundreds of thousands were called up into reserve military duty in one of the largest troop mobilizations Israel has ever seen and thousands of Palestinian workers were laid off.
...Consumer confidence stands at levels not seen since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, while the annual inflation rate has eased back down to 3%, prompting a Bank of Israel rate reduction of a quarter-point in January.
At the outset of the war, most private spending was just on essential goods like food, while Israelis were not in any mood to travel for leisure, or go to movies or shows.
Now, even as fighting continues in Gaza, thousands of reservists have been sent home and crowds have returned to the shopping malls and restaurants that were shut down at the start of the war.
"It seems like the economy is coming back," said Bank Leumi chief economist Gil Bufman. He pointed to real-time data such as credit card purchases that indicate "demand is coming back" following a "terrible month" in October, before stabilizing in November and improving in December.
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... After standing by as 12 of your employees murdered, raped and kidnapped Israelis, you have absolutely ZERO say in how we respond.
After turning a blind eye while hundreds of your employees praised the Hamas Massacre in work group chats, you have absolutely ZERO say in how we respond.
After ignoring the 1200 employees of yours which have ties to Islamic Jihad and Hamas, you have absolutely ZERO say in how we respond.
Yours sincerely,
Israel
#DefundUNRWA
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“Where to move?” How about they swim out to sea and dog paddle around till the operation is over.
[GEO.TV] In a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart in Nicosia, Paleostinian Authority’s Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of prioritising his "personal career and personal future" over the well-being of Israeli hostages and innocent lives in Paleostine
According to Al Jazeera, al-Maliki emphasised that Netanyahu's actions indicate a lack of concern for the destiny of people on both sides of the conflict.
He urged collective responsibility to prevent further escalation and the extension of the war to additional fronts in the West Bank or south 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... "This is something we should deplore and stand against," he added.
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Russia continues contacts with Israel and Palestine for the release of kidnapped Russians, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said on February 14.
“We continue our contacts. One of the main tasks - if not the main one - is to continue contacts with all interested parties so that the Russian citizens remaining hostage are released and their safety is ensured,” he said.
According to him, Russia sees the danger of expanding the conflict in the Middle East and “an explosion in the region.” Peskov noted that Israeli strikes on Rafah are fraught with a large number of casualties, and Moscow is concerned about this.
“A lot of people, a lot of Palestinians, gathered in Rafah. And striking Rafah is fraught with a multiple increase in casualties. This is a matter of particular concern for us. We are very carefully monitoring the news that comes from there,” the Kremlin spokesman said.
As Regnum reported, on October 7, 2023, Hamas took dozens of people hostage, including Russians, during an attack on the border areas of Israel. Since the beginning of the escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, several exchanges have taken place.
At the end of November, Hamas representatives released several Russians as a sign of gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin. As Politburo member Musa Abu Marzouk reported, during the prisoner exchange with Israel from the Gaza Strip, they did not release a single Israeli man, but they did release Russians.
Hamas's military wing later released two more Russian hostages in response to Moscow's request.
In early January, Al-Arabiya TV channel reported that the leadership of the Palestinian Hamas movement decided to stop any negotiations on the release of hostages after an explosion in their office in Lebanon, which killed the deputy head of the Hamas politburo, Saleh al-Arouri, and his associate. On January 2, the head of the Hamas Politburo, Ismail Haniyeh, said that the movement would release the hostages only on its own terms, and any exchange initiatives would be considered only after an Israeli ceasefire.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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[IsraelTimes] Graham Jones, seeking Hyndburn seat, dropped over remarks made at meeting of party activists where comments by another candidate saw support withdrawn from him too
[IsraelTimes] The bans in 
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
...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...
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
...Deobandi holy man, known as 
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...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...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....jpg)
[Jpost] US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III stressed the importance of protecting civilians and ensuring the entry of humanitarian aid before launching any operations against Hamas in 
[GEO.TV] In a meeting with his Cypriot counterpart in Nicosia, Paleostinian Authority’s Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of prioritising his "personal career and personal future" over the well-being of Israeli hostages and innocent lives in Paleostine
