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#1201 [Permalink] Posted on 18th January 2025 14:24
In the meantime the Americans are building the world's second largest embassy in Lebanon. On a land mass of 43 acres.
5000 staff. equipped with interrogation cells, and underground dungeons.

From this embassy the Americans will run and control Lebanon whilst carrying out missions across the region including Palestinian territories.

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#1202 [Permalink] Posted on 18th January 2025 15:34
"But let’s offer some necessary context about Joe Biden in all this. The two consistent themes of his policy on Israel and Palestine since 7th October 2023 are the same as they’ve been throughout his entire political career. Let’s refer to an anecdote published last March, in the London Review of Books, penned by Indian essayist and novelist Pankaj Mishra.

It refers back to 1982, when Israel had invaded Lebanon, inflicting terrible atrocities as it did so, led by Menachem Begin, leader of Likud, the party of Benjamin Netanyahu, who was himself a former terrorist leader in the run-up to the establishment of Israel. One of the atrocities was Sabra and Shatila, in which Israel’s allies slaughtered up to 3,500 civilians, mostly Palestinians and Lebanese civilians.

Israel’s behaviour was too much for the then Republican President Ronald Reagan, who - as Beirut was assaulted - rang Begin and ordered him to cease what he described as a “Holocaust”. Begin was angry, but he complied.

With that backdrop explained, here’s the anecdote:

In 1982, shortly before Reagan bluntly ordered Begin to cease his ‘holocaust’ in Lebanon, a young US senator who revered Elie Wiesel as his great teacher met the Israeli prime minister. In Begin’s own stunned account of the meeting, the senator commended the Israeli war effort and boasted that he would have gone further, even if it meant killing women and children. Begin himself was taken aback by the words of the future US president, Joe Biden. ‘No, sir,’ he insisted. ‘According to our values, it is forbidden to hurt women and children, even in war ... This is a yardstick of human civilisation, not to hurt civilians.’

Let’s be very clear. Joe Biden’s long political career, and his strategy since 7th October 2023, all point in one direction: that Joe Biden is an anti-Palestinian racist. He clearly does not believe that Palestinian life has any significant worth. The occasional handwringing you have heard from him has all been for show, to try and defuse growing domestic anger as well as backlash abroad. He has gladly, proudly kept arming ISrael to the teeth as it has butchered Palestinians in this genocidal mayhem, offering a record amount spent on US military aid to Israel.


Now let’s go through the caveats. Israel is bombarding Gaza, and history tells us they will use the period leading up to Sunday’s ceasefire to slaughter as many Palestinians as they can.

Dozens are now reported killed since the ceasefire announcement

At one hospital, Ahli Arab hospital admitted 53 victims who were killed because of Israeli bombing since the announcement of the ceasefire - 18 women, 18 children, 4 men, 3 elderly. If that number of civilians were suddenly slaughtered in Britain, that would be regarded as one of the great tragedies of the post-war era. It would be remembered for decades - and Britain has a population so much bigger than Gaza. Yet these massacres have happened day after day after day, and Western politicians and media outlets have shrugged them off, as though Palestinian life doesn’t matter. But Palestinian life does matter: every one of those lives was a whole universe, extinguished forever.

But what of Donald Trump. Trump is no friend of the Palestinian people and he has nominated pro-Israel anti-Palestinian zealots to his incoming administration.

Back in November, just after Trump’s victory, I posted:

Here's what I think may happen:

“Donald Trump grants Israel annexation of the West Bank in exchange for Israel winding down its full scale onslaught against Gaza (in favour of quieter gradual strangulation) so he can present the latter as a win.”

As Muhammad Shehada, a brilliant Palestinian analyst, put it:

“Trump gave Israel a "gift bag" in return for the Gaza deal. The first item is lifting all sanctions on Israeli extremists, settlers; spyware companies.

“The second expected item is major land thefts in the West Bank.

“Third is allowing Israel to violate the ceasefire all they want.”

As Mike Waltz, Trump’s national security pick, told an Israeli newspaper:

"If the IDF is required to to enter Gaza again, we are with them. Hamas will not continue to serve as a terrorist organization; will not rule Gaza."

On a podcast, he made the same arguments at length.

Now it’s worth emphasising that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week declared that, according to US assessments, Hamas had recruited almost as many new militants as they had lost. So what is Waltz talking about here? Given apocalyptic barbarism has been unleashed against Gaza now since October 2023, what on earth is he possibly endorsing that he thinks will achieve a different outcome?

Trump is no peacemaker, don’t be fooled. It’s worth noting that last time he won in 2016 he dramatically escalated air strikes in Afghanistan which meant a surge in civilian deaths, even if he paved the way for the inevitable US acceptance of defeat.

For those who believe the genocide is over, a bitter appointment with a grim reality beckons.

And indeed, what is left of Gaza? It isn’t inhabitable. Most of its infrastructure lies in ruins. Its hospital system is in tatters. Its domestic food production and agriculture ruined. 83% of plant life has been destroyed, as one example.

Whatever happens, there has to be accountability. The Democratic administration - Joe Biden, Antony Blinken and yes Kamala Harris - they need to go to jail. I don’t care how far fetched and utopian that seems now. If we normalise this evil, then we are paving the way for a future of unspeakable barbarism, and thus for the destruction of our own species.

We need accountability for other leaders too. That includes Keir Starmer, the Labour prime minister, who at the beginning of the genocide, declared that Israel had hte right to cut off the basic essentials of life to the civilian population of Gaza. he has issued a statement about the ceasefire. It is absolutely disgusting.

In that statement, he talks of Hamas being brutal terrorists, the “deadliest massacre”, Israelis brutally ripped from their homes, held captive in unimaginable conditions, being murdered. While Palestinians instead have simply lost their lives, no perpetrator identified, as though it was an act of god, or a natural disaster.

There is no evidence, zero evidence, that that man truly believes that Palestinians have equal worth as human beings, and it is very clear to me that he believes Palestinian life is worth a fraction of Israeli life.

Finally, let us think of the Palestinian journalists of Gaza.

They are the lions of the world’s press pack. They have suffered so much. They did everything they could to show the world the horror, the barbarism being inflicted on their own people, all while they suffered biggest slaughter of journalists in history. They were the eyes and the ears of the world in a time of unspeakable evil.

One by one, or sometimes more than one at a time, they were butchered, sometimes alongside their families and their little kids, burned alive, blown to pieces, buried under rubble.

They had one objective above all else. To convince the world that Palestinian life matters. That the worth of a Palestinian is no less than the worth of anyone else. That their suffering matters. That their pain matters. That they deserved the right to live, to flourish, to be happy. Not to be trapped in a killing field and reduced to ash. They were lights in the darkness, the most courageous journalists to ever walk the face of the earth, and we must never, ever forget what they have done.
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#1203 [Permalink] Posted on 19th January 2025 10:33
A ceasefire deal agreed between Israel and Hamas has gone into effect after a nearly three-hour delay during which Israeli attacks killed at least 19 Palestinians.

Israel has confirmed receiving the names of the three captives to be freed on the first day of the implementation of the agreement.

The deal stipulates a pause in fighting and the release of three Israeli captives and about 95 Palestinian prisoners on the first day.
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#1204 [Permalink] Posted on 19th January 2025 12:59
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We have to wait watch what will be Israel's reaction after the last hostage leaves Hamas Camp.
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#1205 [Permalink] Posted on 19th January 2025 13:20
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#1206 [Permalink] Posted on 19th January 2025 14:15
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Gaza is done now for few years apart from few strikes now and then to keep them in the constant fear. Next target is West Bank.
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#1207 [Permalink] Posted on 19th January 2025 17:05
As-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh,

I have not posted here in a while, but let us pray and hope, by the grace of Allah ﷻ, that this marks a step towards peace and relief for our brothers and sisters in Gaza. Today, during an interview with Sky News, David Mencer made some troubling remarks. When asked about what Israel could do to alleviate the suffering in Gaza, his response was dismissive. He claimed that Israel had sent in over a million trucks of aid, which, according to him, Hamas confiscates, uses for themselves, and then sells back to the Palestinian people at an exorbitant price.

How does such a claim make any sense? The entire economy in Gaza has collapsed under the weight of the blockade, destruction, and war. If the people are suffering and barely surviving, how could Hamas sell anything back to them at any price, let alone an "insane price"? Such allegations lack basic logic and serve only to deflect accountability.

This rhetoric mirrors the deceit and betrayal seen in the time of the Prophet ﷺ when he dealt with the likes of Banu Qurayza and Banu Qaynuqaʿ.

Mencer further alleged that Hamas hates its own people more than Israel does, an assertion that defies logic and reason. How can a group, accused of being motivated by religious goals, simultaneously harbour hatred toward its own community? This narrative, targeting Hamas as self-destructive and malevolent, fails even the most basic standards of coherence.
The comparison to groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS also reveals a deliberate attempt to mislead. These groups, with their misguided and haram tactics, sought to remove foreign intervention in the Middle East. Hamas, however, has been consistent in its focus on resisting Israeli occupation. It does not carry out attacks outside its territory and has never been ideologically aligned with extremist factions like ISIS, which themselves have labelled Hamas as deviant.

It is evident that the ongoing campaign against Hamas is part of a broader agenda. The aim is to perpetuate the vision of "Greater Israel" at any cost. Yet, as believers, we hold firmly to the promise of Allah ﷻ that His plans will always prevail, no matter how much deception and treachery are employed.

May Allah ﷻ guide us to the truth and protect the oppressed.

Wa-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
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#1208 [Permalink] Posted on 20th January 2025 12:49
Netanyahu has two ways to sink the agreement and find an excuse to renew the war. One option is to simply stall the negotiations for phase two, due to begin in 15 days, and waste time in the talks until the time expires. He performed this same exercise several times to Biden's team, which was too weak or unwilling to admit the reality of his sabotage.

The second option is to provoke an outbreak of violence in the West Bank. The tinder is already flaring there: extremist settlers set fires to homes and cars in several Palestinian villages on Sunday night, at the same time that millions of Israelis celebrated the return of the three hostages.
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#1209 [Permalink] Posted on 20th January 2025 21:20
At least three Palestinians have been killed and a further eight wounded by Israeli gunfire in Rafah despite the ceasefire.
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#1210 [Permalink] Posted on 21st January 2025 19:32
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At least nine Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli army raid on Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to health officials.

Israeli settlers have carried out attacks and acts of aggression across the occupied West Bank, while dozens of Palestinians have been arrested in military raids.
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#1211 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd January 2025 08:41
US President Donald Trump’s UN ambassador pick says Israel has a “biblical right” to the occupied West Bank.

The UN Human Rights Office in the occupied West Bank says freedom of movement for Palestinians has been “massively restricted” as illegal Israeli settlements expand.
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#1212 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd January 2025 10:58

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Trump takes the credit for the ceasefire in Gaza and is hailed by many as a peacemaker.

Within 24 hours of the ceasefire, Trump’s Middle East Envoy reportedly suggests relocating 2 million Gazans to Indonesia.

On the day of his inauguration, he describes Gaza in the language of Jared Kushner’s settler “real estate” plans.

Within 24 hours of his inauguration, Jewish settlers start pogroms against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank while Israeli forces encircle and attack Jenin.

Doesn’t matter if the president is blue or red, the policy of protecting Israel at the continued displacement and subjugation of Palestinians is a constant
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#1213 [Permalink] Posted on 22nd January 2025 12:07
An average of four incidents of settler violence have taken place each day in the occupied West Bank since October 7 which makes it over 1800 attacks.
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#1214 [Permalink] Posted on 25th January 2025 14:35
A total of 200 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails have been freed under the terms of a Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Seventy of them will be deported to countries in the region.

The release comes after Palestinian fighters freed four female Israeli soldiers who were held in Gaza.

The soldiers, who appeared to be in good condition and each carried a bag, were seen smiling as they waved to a packed crowd in Gaza City’s Palestine Square.
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#1215 [Permalink] Posted on 25th January 2025 15:39
What is Hidden is Greater... The Flood

An investigation reveals what happened on October 7, from the moments of preparation and the attack to the outcomes that followed. On the morning of October 7, 2023, Israel and the entire region were confronted with a sudden, complex, and large-scale military operation that shifted the balance of power in the Middle East. On that day, hundreds of fighters from the Al-Qassam Brigades managed to breach the fence that separated the Gaza Strip from the outside world in an operation they named "Al-Aqsa Flood."

Al-Tufan (The Flood) presents exclusive materials from that day, including films and documents revealed for the first time since the war began, as well as some interviews conducted for the first time.

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