DJ, lots of false info on the Israel crisis...YES-Dutch air force planes landed in Israel...but they were military Airbus planes picking up Dutch people trying to get out of Israel...Maybe those planes did bring some (medical) supplies on the way in...

[url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/us-plans-to-ethnically-cleanse-gaza.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/us-plans-to-ethnically-cleanse-gaza.html ;

U.S. Plans To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza

This is, presumably, the U.S.-Israeli plan for the Palestinian people in Gaza:

Harry Sisson @harryjsisson - 1:44 UTC · Oct 11, 2023

Amazing: President Biden is working on a plan with other countries that would allow civilians to safely leave Gaza and cross the border into Egypt. This is great news. President Biden is making sure that innocent people don’t die due to the actions of Hamas. That’s leadership.

No, it is not leadership. It is ethnic cleansing, a war crime disguised as humanitarian gesture. It is ethnic cleansing of people who's land has been stolen by Zionist settlers. These people would have no right of return to the homes and land they once owned. People who have been put into an open air prison, who have no access to electricity, water and food and are currently under intense attacks.

Egypt, the only country where they potentially could be moved to, is already bankrupt. It can not even provide for its own people. Two million new people from Gaza, all poor and some of them radicalized, would undoubtedly unbalance the Egyptian state.

Should such a plan be put into action it would guarantee that the resistance axis, Hizbullah and various other Sunni and Shia groups in the Middle East, would step in. The would attack Israel to prevent such a move.

The U.S. thinks it can deter resistance action by threatening to move in with its own forces. That's why the USS Herald Ford, its newest carrier, was moved into the Eastern Mediterranean. Rumors have it that a second carrier will come in too.

But the resistance can not be deterred by that. The last time the U.S. tried to intervene in Lebanon it ended up with 241 dead Marines and had to retreat in shame. Hizbullah at that time was only a handful of men. Today Hizbullah has tens of thousands of very well trained men. Then there are also Iran and Russia:

agitpapa @agitpapa - 12:24 UTC · Oct 11, 2023

As I said in my analysis today of the NATO intervention in the Israeli northern front, it's inconceivable that Russia should stay silent in the face of such brazen NATO overreach. This seat-of-the-pants, unmandated NATO panic move will speed up Russia's pivot from pro-Israel to pro-Arab that started with the deaths of Russian airmen caused by an IAF aggression against Syria and was locked in with Netanyahu's support for the nazi regime in Kiev.

The Russian military has long identified Israel as an enemy state and Putin is now conceding to them, acknowledging the failure of yet another one of his strategies, namely the political use of the Russian Jewish community in Israel via his "friend" Avigdor Lieberman. Russian Jews in Israel are virulently anti-Arab, so Putin tried not to upset them.

Today, however, with Bibi bringing in the full might of NATO to the Eastern Mediterranean to threaten not only Lebanon but Russian bases in Syria, it's no more Mr. Nice Guy. With Patrushin and Shoygu holding the reins of state and a clear and present NATO threat on Syria's doorstep, expect a strong and unexpected Russian intervention in the multifront Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah war.

DJ, Putin tried to be friends with netanyahu only to be betrayed by netanyahu...

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7cQQ5vnf4[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs7cQQ5vnf4 Judge Napolitano/Scott Ritter (SR);

-Israel intel failed because they had the facts/intel but "wishfull thinking"  (and AI) did result in wrong conclusions...

(DJ- It may answer some of my questions-how it can be Israel missed this hamas-terror-attack...But Israel defense failed for hours...maybe because those to react at first were killed/wounded or hiding/fighting/trying to get in a better position ?) 

-DJ, Of course this mass murder comes in a long list of mass murders...Israel till october killed over 300 Palestinians...The "west" ignored the Israeli terror...

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The IDF would be preparing for ground operations into Gaza. SR and many others point to the underground defense infra structure in Gaza...The Israeli Air Force now only is bombing the "upper floor" and killing hundreds of Palestinians in the action...

Moving into Gaza by ground forces will result in very heavy losses for Israel. It would also start other "problems". Again -this time- the Lebanon and Syria border did become one front line...Israel provided aid to "Syrian rebels-like IS"...

Zelensky trying to link the war in Ukraine with that in Israel...he knows that now NATO weapons end up in Israel...Ukraine is moving towards collapse...

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DJ-NATO/US trying to limit damage;

-Ukraine is collapsing...another defeat...

-Arab countries are now moving even faster towards BRICS+...

(DJ-If Egypt, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Ethiopia did not join BRICS+ within a few months would we than be in this crisis ? )

-Most people in the west do NOT support a political crazy elite getting involved on the Israeli side...

-Tomorrow may see massive protests against the Israeli terror...The unbalanced elite crazyness has major economic consequences...[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB96bBDfO8Q[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB96bBDfO8Q DJ-people sometimes work 80 hrs a week to limit debts...

 U.S. Economy Is SINKING: RECORD Numbers of Americans Work 2 Full Time Jobs As Delinquencies RISE

DJ, yesterday-this weekend-widespread protests around the globe...Pro-Israel demonstrations protected by police in NATO countries, pro-Palestine demonstrations may even get attacked...

The Duran [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDYB1mTWiSY[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDYB1mTWiSY BRICS preparing a two-state peace plan...Western "leaders" visiting Israel to "show support" without any real solutions...

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtUvodNbRW8[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtUvodNbRW8 Military Summary;MS;

-Unclear yet who will lead the non-western group to get out of this crisis

-The "west" again not able to come up with answers...only more weapons...

-DJ, I think there could be several coalitions within BRICS+

   -A Russia/India/China one still seeking diplomacy

   -An Iran/Arab one looking for "sanctions" on the west

   -Muslim countries in between...if radical Islamic groups gain to much influence it may be a problem in Indonesia, Pakistan, Egypt...

DJ-By now the non-western world may be losing patience with the US/NATO...kicking down the can for decades-"fake diplomacy" only created Hamas etc...The west only wants western domination for western goals...

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In Ukraine Russia may be using the momentum...Ukraine may be running out of new supplies while Russia may have recieved new stocks from North Korea. 

MS mentioned Bahkmut as an example of modern urban warfare...however Bahkmut once housed a 70,000 population and was almost empty during the fighting...That fighting did see tens-of-thousends killed...Gaza is populated, still over 2 million people in a much more urban area...

DJ-I think Israel may think twice before they start a ground war in that area;

-What would be the Israeli goal needing (large scale) ground operations ? Release of hostages may be more succesfull via indirect talks/prisoner exchange..

-A Gaza ground war will start a major conflict with at least Hezbollah...

-Limiting civilian losses in such an urban area will be impossible...a ground war in Gaza would hurt Israel a lot...

-IDF military losses may run in the thousends-only in a first phase of a major Gaza land operation...

So-yes-Israel may claim they will start such a land war but the main goal may be getting more (western) help...

On the other hand I think also Israel would love to not destroy relations with Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Russia, China...

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Since Egypt tries to limit the flow of refugees most people in Gaza are stuck...soon without water or hospitals...Hamas is stopping people from moving to southern Gaza...

Western propaganda makes it Hamas using the population as a human shield-however giving up northern Gaza would very likely see Israel destroying it and reclaiming it...

Like with the pandemic "real news" is limited....lots of false info around...

Can OPEC+/Gulf States stop selling energy to the west with winter on its way ? I think they will use the energy weapon-increasing further energy prices and inflation...

IF however Israel would start a major ground war in Gaza we may see an escalation of conflicts explode around the globe...

DJ, Again...pandemics have a background. Wars make health crises much worse...Some claims of smallpox in Gaza showed up in the news. The Israel/NATO mass murder/genocide of Palestinians in part will be done by destroying healthcare...

-A very likely major reason why Israel groundforces still are not inside Gaza may be in calculations...IF Israel moves into Gaza with a lot of US support the position of the US in the Middle East would even get worse than it already is...

Israel needs -for now- US military in the Middle East. The US bases-from Türkiye, Jordan to UAE, Qatar, Iraq, Syria all are at risk with a large scale Israeli ground war in Gaza...

-Another point may be the goal of such a war...Push all Palestinians-over 2,3 million-towards Egypt ? This may end a peacedeal with Egypt...make Egypt again an Israeli enemy..

Egypt will join BRICS+ per 1-1-2024...Egypt becoming anti-western may leave NATO with another Suez-canal problem...

-The surprise terror attack of Hamas on october 7 is showing Israel is not as strong and secure as it loves to claim...Iron dome ran out of missiles to bring down Hamas missiles...On the Gaza-border Israel intel failed to see 1+1+1+1=4...They even knew Palestinians were training on para-gliders/deltawing ultralight planes...but failed to come up with the idea some radical groups may have been planning any kind of attack...

-In Gaza the Israeli Army itself once build fortifications...Several Palestinian groups may have been working on defenses for years...Even if Iran, Yemen Houthis or others did NOT help -and even with Israeli intel having done a very bad job- it is clear a war inside Gaza will be very bloody...

-There were protests against netanyahu in Israel. Lots of people inside Israel see netanyahu as a very major problem...A war inside Gaza may be long and have no clear winner...dividing Israel even further...

-We had a large pro-Palestine demonstration yesterday/sunday here in NL-Amsterdam...The "west" already is no longer pro-Israel...only a "crazy political EU elite may still support this war"...With lots of (regional) elections the west is not waiting for a major Middle East war...wich also would push up inflation even worse...

So...Israel/NATO wants to show "strength"...in fact because they know they are very weak...

Behind the scene there is a lot of diplomacy...Russia may cover Türkiye in providing aid to Gaza...(and I think Egypt may be part of such a plan). China (a.o.) may come up with another peace initiative...In fact-in many ways-it is the west, in need for energy and with massive debts, that may find itself empty handed...

DJ-Ukraine is moving closer to collapse...A reason why zelenski may still be in power is disagreement on replacement...Poland, Germany, NL face growing political crises...

I would not be surprised if "western leaders" would give up on Ukraine, Israel to save their own neck...

The Duran [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTXVtvQggE[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qTXVtvQggE ;

Russia and China diplomacy for war off-ramp. Isolated Biden goes to Israel

DJ, Putin is in Bejing meeting Xi. BRICS+ (including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, UAE) may be trying to find ways to not only end the crisis in Israel but also work on long term solutions for both Ukraine and the Middle East. 

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-evacuates-residents-28-towns-near-lebanese-border-hezbollah-attacks-increase[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/israel-evacuates-residents-28-towns-near-lebanese-border-hezbollah-attacks-increase 

The Gaza hospital bombing most likely for now;

-Was an Israeli action

-Was done on purpose

Even if hamas had a weapon storage or used the hospital as a shield it is NOT an excuse for Israel for attack. 

"crazy joe" showing his support for Israel...with other NATO "leaders" mostly still following US orders...Outcome very likely is the Arab/Muslim world breaking further ties with a "west gone crazy"....US bases in the Middle East, including Türkiye, Qatar, may become "impossible"...

[url]https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/us-deploys-large-force-eyes-on-syria.html[/url] or https://www.moonofalabama.org/2023/10/us-deploys-large-force-eyes-on-syria.html The US could be thinking of "providing help" to Israel if a war breaks out between Israel and Syria. Assad would like to reunite the Golan-heights...

DJ, In Ukraine from time to time Russian missiles hit targets that are fired from planes hundreds of kilometers from the target...Syria is not that far away from Russia..In the past Iran allowed Russian planes to use Iran bases/airspace for actions in Syria. 

So far Russia limited both Iran and Hezbollah inside Syria from reacting to Israel air strikes...

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With Israel now also attacking places were wounded people, refugees, seek safety there may be a red line crossed. 

-Russia could allow Russian made airdefense provided to Iran/Syria to be used against Israeli fighters...

-Russia could also increase its navy presence in the mediterranean and near Iran. 

-China may decide to go for a stronger role

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I think Russia/China may still try to "make trade not war" however if others now may go further Russia/China could try to limit it still...India, Brazil, South Africa (old BRICS) also may try to play a role...

The "west" has made itself a part of the problem...positioning itself in fact behind netanyahu...Both in Israel and the west most of the public may be fed up with western leaders promoting war...

DJ, Here in NL a "political elite" keeps pushing pro-Israel excuses...[url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/10/extinction-rebellion-palestinian-flag-projected-on-landmarks/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/10/extinction-rebellion-palestinian-flag-projected-on-landmarks/ 

Two local groups attached to environmental movement Extinction Rebellion Netherlands movement have been busy this week projecting the Palestinian flag on Dutch landmarks.

On Monday, the Palestinian flag was projected Utrecht’s Dom Tower for a little over an hour by Justice Now!

And Wednesday night, Extinction Rebellion Rotterdam projected the Palestinian flag atop the city’s Euromast from 9 pm to 10.30 pm

“We did it primarily because in politics and the media, the dominant narrative is the support of Israel’s right to defend itself even though according to UN officials, there’s a mass ethnic cleansing going on right now,” Extinction Rebellion Rotterdam and Justice Now! spokesperson Victor told Dutch News.

“No politicians are talking about that, even though Israel has been getting away with these types of crimes for decades, and it’s time for people and politicians to speak out about it.”

Saying they want to put “the true narrative out there”, Extinction Rebellion Rotterdam and Justice Now! are calling on the Dutch government to “stop supporting Israel and bring Netanyahu and others committing war crimes to justice before the International Criminal Court (ICC).”

Although the actions may seem a bit outside the mandate of a movement fighting for “climate justice”, Victor says they are completely compatible.

“This is about justice,” he said in reference to the Palestinian flag actions. “We are for life everywhere, and we speak up when lives are in danger, whether it’s the capitalist system destroying the environment or committing genocide. It’s the same system, run by a small group of rich, powerful people. We are for justice for humans, animals and planet. It’s our moral obligation to speak out against oppression, or else we stand with the oppressors.”

Victor says the police were at the group’s door an hour after the Euromast action began, saying the owner didn’t support them. “We took it down after 1.5 hours. A lot of us had to go to work.”

This may underline the gap between "politics for sale" and democracy...The present political elite does not stop fossil fuels, made Israel a bridgehead to the oil/gas production in the Middle East. 

The Duran; [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RyIYR0f0k[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RyIYR0f0k ;

Biden wants multiple wars, $60B to Ukraine. Middle East shuns POTUS. Brazil ceasefire.

DJ, In the security council the west (US,UK,France) blocked both a Russian and Brazilian call for a ceasefire...Again underlining (this) Israel -like Ukraine- is part of "NATO"...Neo-colonial Atlantic Terrorist Organization...

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/de-dollarization-china-completes-first-digital-yuan-purchase-cross-border-oil[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/de-dollarization-china-completes-first-digital-yuan-purchase-cross-border-oil and [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ev-stocks-slide-after-china-curbs-graphite-exports-latest-trade-spat[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/ev-stocks-slide-after-china-curbs-graphite-exports-latest-trade-spat 

DJ, Western media ignoring the destruction of holy buildings-over 1400 years old- in Gaza by Israel...The same war-industry owned "media" claim biden his visit to Israel was a success...

DJ, Hal Turner may not always do a good job however;

[url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/idf-general-reveals-hideous-truth-we-have-lost-the-ability-to-field-an-effective-army[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/idf-general-reveals-hideous-truth-we-have-lost-the-ability-to-field-an-effective-army ;

In his view, Israel’s ground forces are not ready for war. The warning follows a series of polls showing that a large portion of Israeli citizens have lost faith in their country’s future. This was particularly evident over the last year, when the people were divided over political and judicial issues.

“In my role as general, I have visited more than 1,400 units and spoken to tens of thousands of commanders and soldiers, three to four times a week, four hours in each unit. I know the army on the ground better than anyone in the Israel Defense Forces,” Brick said years ago. “I have seen soldiers who do not take care of their weapons before leaving the base. No army in the world behaves like this. The soldiers carry their smartphones with them everywhere. Commands are sent via WhatsApp groups. These phones are being tracked by the enemy.”

Not only that, but commands are said to have been sent via email and then deleted, meaning no follow-up action is possible. “Our system has lost all control. Have we gone crazy? I cannot sleep at night. Our ground forces and armored corps are not ready for war,” Brick continually warned.

“What I present to you here is something you will not hear from the top IDF officials. Not only do many of the commanders not know anything, but even those who do know are afraid to speak out lest they be punished,” he wrote, calling on members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to speak to the rank-and-file soldiers and address the issue. “Let them show you what is going on, share with them their problems and difficulties. It will not be the division, brigade, and battalion commanders from whom you will learn about the reality that exists in the field. You should learn it from those for whom it is the routine of their life… Their statements are the truth.”

Israel’s entire security apparatus has failed and relied too heavily on technology, with an unhealthy dash of arrogance. But as is typically the case, those who don’t go with the flow and call out the glaring problems are dismissed as lunatics, like General Brick, who saw the danger before anyone else.  He seems to have been ignored.

May explain the crisis Israel -and NATO- now faces...

You can NOT fight a war with the air force, navy, artillery and high tech as the only tools. The hamas mass murder on october 7 was possible because Israel security failed...

[url]https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-staff-criticise-von-der-leyen-over-israel-stance/[/url] or https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-staff-criticise-von-der-leyen-over-israel-stance/ ;

“We, a group of EU Commission and other EU institutions’ staff solemnly condemn on personal grounds the terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas against helpless civilians (…). We equally strongly condemn the disproportionate reaction by the Israeli government against the 2.3 million Palestinian civilians trapped in the Gaza Strip”, they write.

“Precisely because of these atrocities, we are surprised by the stance the European Commission has taken – and even other EU institutions – promoting what has been described in the press as European cacophony,” the letter reads.

They also write that they are concerned about “the seeming indifference demonstrated over the past few days by our institution toward the ongoing massacre of civilians in the Gaza Strip, in disregard for human rights and international humanitarian law”.

Earlier last week, the Commission had to backtrack on its early announcement by Neighbourhood Commissioner Oliver Varhelyi that it would cut “all aid” to Palestinians following widespread criticism from other EU institutions and divisions within the EU executive.

Some EU officials and member states also criticised von der Leyen, who visited Israel last Friday (13 October), for not declaring that the EU expects Israel to abide by international humanitarian law in its response to the attack, as other EU leaders did.

DJ, You can NOT call cutting of water, electricity by Israel self defence, when Russia does the same it is "terrorism"...Western "morality" seems to see US wars in Iraq, Syria as "good wars"...Russia stopping NATO moving east is "agression of Russia"....

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_tmSs2cmEY[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_tmSs2cmEY The Duran with Sofia Midkiff-Chinese born. 

China Belt and Road influence and Middle East policy

DJ See also [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Israel_relations[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%E2%80%93Israel_relations 

From The Duran; During the Japanese occupation of parts of China some zionists groups contacted Japan on the possibilities of a Jewish state in China...

The New Atlas [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAi9IXFT2M[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiAi9IXFT2M ;

Update on the conflict in the Middle East for October 22, 2023 (Sunday) 

- Even before Israel’s ground operation begins, it is requesting scarce artillery ammunition from the US who is diverting it from Ukraine; 

- Israeli ground operations in 2006 against Lebanon and 2008-2009 and 2014 in Gaza provide possible insight into the limits of Israeli military power ahead of a potential ground incursion into Gaza now; 

- Israel may be able to occupy northern Gaza but will push the limits of military power, its logistical support both domestically and via the US, as well as risk political stability within Israeli society; 

DJ, Most "modern western countries" are NOT ready for a real war...NATO did destroy Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan...most of it long distance...resulting in chaos...My view; Israel is NOT ready for a major war that will become a two front war if the IDF invades Gaza. 

[url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/10/dutch-woman-stranded-in-gaza-is-killed-in-bombing-raid/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/10/dutch-woman-stranded-in-gaza-is-killed-in-bombing-raid/ ;

A 33-year-old Dutch woman has been killed in an explosion in Gaza, the foreign affairs ministry confirmed on Sunday.

Islam al-Ashqar was visiting relatives at the Nusairat refugee camp in central Gaza and was one of 22 Dutch nationals the ministry was trying to help leave, broadcaster NOS said.

According to news agency AP, Israel bombed the local evening market in the camp on Saturday night but it is unclear as yet if Al-Ashqar was killed in that blast

DJ The 16 y/o son did get on NL-TV  with video's of how they tried to get out of Gaza...PM rutte visiting Israel today may have to explain why NL accepts Israel killing Dutch people in Gaza...

[url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/22-october-spokesman-for-the-ministry-of-health-in-gaza-the[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/22-october-spokesman-for-the-ministry-of-health-in-gaza-the ; 

Spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza: The health system has lost all its treatment capabilities and the fuel needed to operate it

DJ, The "west" is unwilling to call a genocide a genocide-again. Ukraine killing over 14,000 Russian speakers in between 2014-2022, now Israel murdering thousends of Palestinians...

Western "politics"  from hiding pandemics, lies on climate collapse to ignoring genocide...

I did write a story about growing political crises in the "west"...but internet of this site failed...

So in short for Gaza/Middle East-now with also mass murders by Israel (settlers) in the West Bank;

-NATO calls these war crimes "self defense"

-Israel is trying to pull NATO into a war with Iran by attacking (Iran)targets in Syria/Lebanon

-Türkiye-Iran-Arab States (TIA) may decide to follow one strategy

DJ-TIA could go for another oil-boycot of the west-no longer selling oil/gas to countries that support Israel

TIA also could end US bases/close air space for NATO air force

TIA needs Russian and Chinese supplies when they move into a war with Israel/NATO

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In Europe, UK, US both political and economic crises worsen...US houses need a yearly income of 114,000 US$ with the average US income 75,000 US$...in most of Europe the (neo-liberal) politics also created a major housing problem...

[url]https://www.dw.com/en/wagenknecht-a-far-left-challenge-to-germanys-far-right-afd/a-66470345[/url] or https://www.dw.com/en/wagenknecht-a-far-left-challenge-to-germanys-far-right-afd/a-66470345 ; Many analysts have speculated that Wagenknecht's unique political position — left-wing on economic issues, but closer to the far-right on issues like immigration and gender diversity — could pose a threat to the recently surging AfD.

See also [url]https://buendnis-sahra-wagenknecht.de/[/url] or https://buendnis-sahra-wagenknecht.de/ 

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In Ukraine the pro-NATO forces are at breaking point. [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-37_(missile)#Design[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-37_(missile)#Design is destroying the Ukraine (western made) air force...also western F16's may have no chance...

Russia may be preparing its position in Syria. If need be Russian radar/weapons cover ALL of the Middle East. US carrier groups in the eastern mediterranean and Red Sea may be of little use when countries in the region close the sky/sea...

BRICS+ is now pushed to become not only the major economic but also military bloc...The big question is do the 8 to 10 leading US political figures still have any contact with reality...Or do they think this is 1941 in stead of 2023 ? 

One crazy US idea is Saudi Arabia did join BRICS to get US nuclear weapons...simply ignoring Asia now is THE major global economy...

There is an "idea" the US is still the axis/center of the globe...Both Europe and the UK may have no other option left than to break with this US...

Linking health to war; [url]https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-alphabetical-a-thru-h/childhood-diseases/measles/980147-israel-2023-measles[/url] or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/emerging-diseases-other-health-threats-alphabetical-a-thru-h/childhood-diseases/measles/980147-israel-2023-measles ;

Updated: OCTOBER 6, 2023 15:15

Four Israeli children from the same kindergarten in Tel Aviv have been confirmed to be infected with measles, the Health Ministry said Friday.

A fifth child is suspected of being infected but has not been confirmed as of yet...

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OCTOBER 26, 2023 11:30

A total of nine cases of measles cases were discovered in Tel Aviv last month, according to the Health Ministry, whose epidemiologists found a connection among all of them. Although those infected were considered mild cases with a rash and fever, the virus is very contagious and may lead to severe and even life-threatening complications.

The ministry continues to carry out an epidemiological investigation and to look for those who were in contact with the sick patients to check whether they had received the protective vaccine against the disease...

DJ ;[url]https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/middle-east/all-other-diseases-aa/980825-gaza-sloppy-cnn-reports-outbreak-of-smallpox-in-gaza-has-to-be-an-error-right-probably-chickenpox-october-23-2023#post980831[/url] or https://flutrackers.com/forum/forum/middle-east/all-other-diseases-aa/980825-gaza-sloppy-cnn-reports-outbreak-of-smallpox-in-gaza-has-to-be-an-error-right-probably-chickenpox-october-23-2023#post980831 latest;

May indicate how "media" are doing a bad job...

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The "rest" of the world may no longer accept an Israeli mass murder in Gaza, settlers killing Palestinians on the West Bank. The 'west" may still talk to netanyahu and his extremists...Some of the Israeli cabinet members live in  (West Bank) settlements seen as illegal by the UN....

Part of the netanyahu agenda may be to "make Israel Jewish again"...With also annexation -in fact- of East Jerusalem/West Bank...

Another part of netanyahu long term strategy was to get "the west" to fight Iran...

DJ, "the west" AGAIN making a genocide/ehtnic cleansing possible...Supplying the means for it...

A western puppet regime in Ukraine killed over 14,000 Russian speakers between 2014 and 2022...

At present Israel did kill close to 8,000 Palestinians in just over 3 weeks...

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It looks like Iran may have organized "the rest" of the world to stop another western major crime...

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A common tactic in genocide denial is to try to dispute numbers. The strategy is to legitimize the genocide by delegitimizing the victims and questioning their very existence.

DJ..US attacking "Iran" targets legally in Syria and Iraq to "defend" US bases in Syria and Iraq against any international law...and than claim "it has nothing to do with the Israeli mass murder" may indicate the level of western insanity...

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoDzPIitIqM[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoDzPIitIqM ;

Judge Nap:  Do you think that President Biden is under pressure from the globalists and neocons around him to take this as an opportunity, once and for all, to destroy the regime and its nuclear capability in Tehran? Alastair Crooke: I think so, yes. I think there's pressure. I'm not saying he's succumbed to it. I'm not saying it will prevail, but you have to look at it from the other end of the telescope too. In the region, people look at this huge build-up and they see, is America preparing for World War III?

A quote; crazy joe biden is more afraid of leaking weak than of escalation....

To end this update as positive as I can;

The "rest" of the world -by now- has that many ways of putting pressure on the west -without a major war- maybe we can avoid such major war...

-Energy boycot of the west

-No Fly zone over the rest for western airlines

-No more travel from the west to the rest...

We live in "interesting times"...

Hal Turner may have done a good job in this story/update [url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/al-jazeera-possible-ground-offensive-beginning-in-gaza-complete-communications-blackout-including-internet[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/al-jazeera-possible-ground-offensive-beginning-in-gaza-complete-communications-blackout-including-internet 

-Israeli forces moved into northern Gaza from three points with lots of tanks/soldiers

-Palestinian defense did -very likely- manage to destroy a lot of the Israeli forces

-Yemen fired missiles (again) at Eilat, Palestine mobilization on West Bank, Syrian shelling over Golan Heights

-HT ???? US Delta force involved in Gaza (on the Israeli side )....

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Today there will be widespread protests around the globe. Jewish organizations "not in my name" distance themselves from netanyahu and his extremist clan...

[url]https://conquer-and-divide.btselem.org/map-en.html[/url] or https://conquer-and-divide.btselem.org/map-en.html on the history of the conflict...In its basics; UK promised Jewish groups a country in what then still was part of the Ottoman Empire -[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration 1917.

Zionist groups did try to get a country for Jews since the 1890"s [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zionism  however Palestinians also did/do live in the Middle East region...

Religious aspects (christian, Jewish) claiming "god" did "give" the land to "the Jews"...One of the -present day- problems is Rabbi's decide who is a "Jew"...

Another point is a "Jewish State"...can you have such and avoid "apartheid" non-Jews becoming second class citizens...

DJ-My view;

-Israel can play a constructive role in West Asia...however the "Jewish State" is a problem.

-A two state Israel/Palestine solution may work..

-The present "Palestine" does NOT work ! Gaza-Negev-West Bank may have better perspectives...

-The "west" used Israel as a modern crusader-state [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem to get oil/gas rich region under its control...

There are ways out of this conflict-however we are now sinking deeper in a very dangerous swamp. The "west" failed to "correct" Israel. Its far right Jewish extremists want Gaza/West Bank as part of a Jews-only Israel...That is a disaster...

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Risks of escalation...

Netanyahu claims Iran is working on nuclear weapons...Israel itself may not have enough means to end any Iranian nuclear programm. Iran claims it does NOT want nuclear weapons (for religious reasons). Still Netanyahu has been pushing for western/US help to "destroy Iran" (nuclear programm)...

Netanyahu hoped Saudi Arabia could help Israel against Iran...China managed to get Saudi Arabia and Iran working together-both are part of BRICS+ per 2024...So a "regional ally" for Netanyahu switched sides...

Iran is a major North-South link between Russia and India...for China Iran is part of a route west...Russia, China will NOT accept ANY western attack on Iran...very likely India may be in the same position...

Türkiye-Iran-Pakistan is the West Asia link between India, China and Europe...so also Türkiye and Pakistan can not accept any attack on Iran...

Iran is a major Islamic state...the west did break also an "Iran-deal" (mase under Obama...therefore trump had to break it...)..EU seems to be taken over by the US...

-Regional escalation; Very likely-Hezbollah from Lebanon and Syria...West Bank intifada/uprising...The Israeli army may have a major job in Gaza and may need to limit conflict-for now-in the north of Israel

-MENA escalation Middle East North Africa; 

DJ Egypt may end diplomatic relations...However starting a major war may destabilize (and radicalize) Egypt. 

Syria may give "fighters" room to do "their thing" ...Syria did have decades of non-violence on the Golan/Israeli border...Israel supported "moderate terrorists" in the NATO made "civil"war..

Lebanon also may leave the fighting to "militia"...

Russia is "in control" in most of Syria and seems able to "limit" (or not) Iran...

So...Israeli/NATO actions can decide if that MENA powder keg explodes...Israel/US attacking Russian positions in Syria could result in Russia blowing up both the planes and "bases" (even if it would be a US/UK carrier)...

World War Three ????

It was biden his choice to provoke Russia with Ukraine...zelensky 2021 december claiming Ukraine;

- would get into NATO

- would get nuclear weapons (after the fall of the Soviet Union Soviet nuclear weapons became Russian nuclear weapons..NEVER were Ukrainian..)

- would start an operation against Russian-speakers in Eastern Ukraine...

All three the ideas were agreed upon with biden...He wanted to punish Russia for "trump becoming president"...

BRICS+ soon could cover over half the global GDP...Per 2024 BRICS+ is 48% of global population, 43% of global oil...US$ based on debt is sinking...NO longer linked to oil/gas/energy

So "western domination" would end after 500 years...

DJ-The Ukraine war was avoidable, the present crisis in the Middle East can be solved...point is "the west" believes to be "superior"...If they do not give up that idea we are moving into all out war...In my view the "west/NATO" is the problem...

However under pressure NATO may break up...Türkiye may decide "this NATO" is an anti-Islam "club"...Poland already did see thousends of Polish "volunteers" dying in Ukraine... Ukraine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya have become NATO made disasters...

Romania, Bulgaria may decide the upcoming war is NOT their war...Orthodox Greece may see links with Serbia...also go for neutrality...

The present "governments" in NL, UK, France, Germany are hated by large groups of the population...Elections may NOT change the break-up of Government-Citizen relations...

So the west may become much more authoritarian...more censorship, "anti terrorism" laws for climate protests etc...only making matters worse...

DJ-Under pandemic rules governments failed in communication resulting in lots of protests...Somehow "politics" only worsened since then...became a closed cult-like group outside reality...

DJ, In Gaza Israel is trying to destroy the underground defensive infrastructure...tunnels, bunkers, storage...

The Israeli claim Hamas/other groups are using Palestinians as human shields is not very strong-with 2,3 million people in a stretch of land 40 kilometer by 5 kilometer...So Israel decided to first destroy over 100,000 houses on top of the underground infrastructure-killing by now very likely close to 10,000 Palestinians...

YES Hamas is keeping several hundreds Israeli hostage as human shield...Israel did arrest several hundreds of Palestinians a.o. on the West Bank -in fact also using them as human shield...

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netanyahu claimed "phase two" of the Gaza "operation" did start. However he denied/lied on this phase two being a ground war on a larger scale...

DJ-my view-netanyahu and his extremists government want to be able to deny the ground attack became a disaster...There are several "stories" on where Israel moved into Gaza. Some indications in the north of Gaza Israel did see very severe losses...

If Iran did provide Russia with drones for the Ukraine war than Iran will have offered Palestinians also "modern weapons". In Ukraine those weapons need to be long distance...in Gaza it is short distance, urban warfare...

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Another major shift is netanyahu NOT being supported by lots of people;

-Inside Israel there are lots of questions on how october 7 could have happened. How Hamas was able to break through the -supposedly- "perfect" border checks...How did para-gliders -on this scale- were able to fly into Israel ? 

-Also stories of Israeli forces/civilians (?) responsible for also lots of Israeli deaths during that Hamas attack...

-A third major point is-does netanyahu want to push for war with Iran ? 

Lots of Israeli's fear netanyahu may be the end of Israel...

-Outside Israel lots of Jewish groups are fed up with netanyahu...They do NOT agree with the Israeli mass murder in Gaza...

-Also lots of people -once supportive of Israel- are now disgusted by netanyahu bloodthirst...

Another aspect is Israel now "opening" a new list of enemies. Türkiye, Egypt, Saudi Arabia all want to show themselves as leaders of "the Islamic world"...Iran already was in a "covert war" with Israel...But Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia may now become allied against Israel...

The US/biden may have given Israel "a lot of support" ...but the US may find itself now in an impossible position...A lot of the US/western population does NOT support more wars...

Here in NL "our" neo-liberal PM mark rutte is trying to become the next secretary general of NATO...He "showed himself to be a very good friend of Israel" hugging netanyahu last week...

NATO may be even get more split; 

-Türkiye could even join military action against Israel...

-SE Europe does not want yet another war on the EurAsian border...their economy is getting destroyed..

-UK, Germany, France "government" tried to forbid pro-Palestine demonstrations-but the support for those demonstrations is massive...

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From a military perspictive;

-The EU long term idea was to avoid wars...Via NATO Europe/UK played a limited role in Middle East/North Africa (MENA) wars...

-US has a stronger military...but the Ukraine war did push the US over its limits...The US turned out NOT to be able to fight long wars with strong enemies...Russia did beat NATO in Ukraine by production...More weapons, logistics/language in Russian favour...

-Israel can NOT fight a major war without foreign help...The EU/UK can NOT provide that help...and very likely-even if the US would "dump" Ukraine the US could NOT provide enough military aid...

-The "west" now finds itself even more isolated from the "rest" of the world. 

DJ-Russia did close its airspace for western airlines...This did put western airtransport to East Asia in a bad position...If more countries close their airspace it could see US-UK-EU airlines getting marginalized..

Energy, raw materials have fallen into BRICS+ hands and are moving high speed that direction...

Western "debt based" currencies now face a crisis unimaginable...It will NOT go slow...US$, Euro, UK-pound could see their value drop to 5-10% of the 2020 value...Not only imported goods but also food, logistics, will see a price explosion...

The outcome of western insane foreign policy may make the "west" a new "third world" with starvation around the corner...Climate change, aging, also worsening the perspectives...

Russia may see more agriculture production due to climate change...Most of Asia has a relative young population...on top of lots of energy/raw materials...China has a larger production capacity than the EU-UK-and US combined...

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Nuclear option or talks ? That is the choice "western leaders" have to make...

In a "conventional war" the west can NOT beat BRICS+/the rest...The "wise thing" to do would mean acceptance of a multi polar globe...The problem is we do not have many wise leaders...

DJ, People in Gaza are running out of food and water...Israel is claiming it did reopen watersupply but the bombing did destroy water supply lines inside Gaza...

Israel also "strongly demanding" the Gaza population north of the Gaza-wadi to move south...On what legal basis ? What legal basis is there a hospital has to move/kill their patients? 

Israel keeps claiming Hamas is using hospitals...very likely Hamas-members do get treatment in hospitals...This does NOT make them military targets...In a stretch of 5 by 40 kilometers-with a population of 2,3 million ANY Palestinian defense position is near civilians...That is what urban warfare is...Israel/western propaganda is claiming;

-Palestinian defense using human shields is non-sense

-A lot of Palestinians may get killed by Palestinian weapons-also is a lie; Israel is bombing/shelling Gaza now on a very high level for weeks...With Israeli ground forces moving in

[url]https://twitter.com/War_Mapper/status/1718415025050697876/photo/1[/url] or https://twitter.com/War_Mapper/status/1718415025050697876/photo/1 may give an indication on the parts of Gaza now under Israeli control...

DJ-The extremist netanyahu government is -in fact- calling Palestinians "sub-humans"...That use of words did see other mass murders like the holocaust...

NATO in general is still providing all kinds of aid to Israel. Without NATO help Israel would not be able to conduct this mass murder in Gaza and its terror campain on the West Bank. 

Since the US has most military means it is the US that has a major role for Israel. For now the US is sending in weapons, providing intel to Israel. 

The US also did and does provide Kiev with intel on targets inside the Russian speaking part of Ukraine. Ukraine is using cluster ammo, mining from the air, HIMARS against civilians in Donetsk city. 

Since at least 2001 NATO has to be seen as a terrorist organization...killing (a.o. by drones) millions of most Muslim civilians in West Asia and North Africa. The main goal is control over energy and gold, supply lines and keeping other countries out. 

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Iran is ready for a large scale confrontation with "the west"...Syria, Iraq may be willing to work with Iran but they both need more support. 

Russia may be a "partner" in talking with Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq. The Kurds are also a "point of discussion" for Türkiye-still a NATO member. 

Intervention to stop the Israel/NATO mass murder in Gaza is complex. 

One scenario that is very likely-within days-is opening up a second front from Lebanon and Golan heights. A plan could be disrupting Israeli logistics and communications. So ports, roads inside Israel would be targets. Military storage, baracks etc. also would be a target. 

Israel has been attacking airports in Syria, Iran transports via Iraq into Syria. Also Hizbollah/other militia positions have seen Israeli and US attacks. 

The major intervention goal is to stop the Israeli genocide. If that intervention becomes a genocide on Israel it has failed....so it will need to concentrate on military Israeli (and if need be US/NATO) goals. 

Lots of missiles on civilian targets inside Israel may be counter productive.

-Wide public support for the limited military intervention has to be priority #1

-A wide "front" of countries supporting the intervention (if only in words)  also has to be a high priority. 

Türkiye may decide NOT to get involved military in an action to stop the Gaza-genocide. But it could distance itself from NATO and no longer allow US, UK to use Turkish bases/air/sea...

Russia may provide intel/advice and warnings/cover...The Russian Navy could show up to watch over US/UK/NATO ships in the area. 

DJ-So an intervention to stop Israel has to be well organized and pin-point on Israeli military means. 

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No doubt the netanyahu extremists try to push the US/NATO in a war with Iran...A lot of Jewish people both inside and outside Israel hate netanyahu...A full scale attack on also Israeli citizens would end up with more (western) support for netanyahu and his gang...

Inside NATO support for more war is dropping high speed. NATO is running out of a lot of (non-nuclear) weapons. NATO can NOT enable/fight two wars. in UKraine and Israel/Gaza/West Bank. 

One long term BRICS+ goal has to be breaking up NATO. 

DJ, My country-the Netherlands/NL-was neutral till may 10 1940. It was hitler that ended that neutrality...In my view the EU should be a "force of peace"-return to its post war ideals...

NATO was a US/UK tool against Russia since 1949. It did support all kinds of facist criminal leaders from Portugal, Greece to Chile, Argentina, Nicaragua etc. So present Ukraine and present Israel fall in line with the kind of leaders NATO should NOT be supporting if human rights and democracy were NATO priorities...

Again and again NATO does show to be a Neo-colonial Atlantic Terrorist Organization...defending oil, gas, pipelines and exploitation...The world would be a better place if this kind of NATO would go...

The post-war EU ideals were "never again war in Europe"...It did not stop European countries fighting all kind of (neo) colonial wars...However other countries did see the EU -once- as an example of how countries should work together for mutual benefit...It is a shame NATO did take over the EU...ended the peacefull ideals...

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Western citizens can show they want "better politics/politicians"....The public sector is destroyed to fight endless wars killing millions while making the planet less safe...

The pandemic(s) show an urgent need for better public healthcare (NOT for profit !!!) better public schools, public housing, public infrastructure...

We need to end self-destruction via foreign wars...

Every bomb on Gaza is also "damaging western citizens"! Because "we pay that bomb" and that money is NOT invested in schools, care, roads...

We deserve better !

DJ, CoViD, flu, climate problems are getting worse...so "the west" starts destroying diplomacy and international relations...

NL may send up to 42 F16 fighter jets (50+y/o) to Romania in november so Ukraine pilots can get training for 1 year...also NL will send patriot air defense to Ukraine...

In Ukraine Russia is "killing" Leopard-2 tanks...UK challeger tanks are not even mentioned by Military Summary./MS..Lots of sources indicate Russia did destroy a lot of (western provided) Ukraine fighter jets with new-long distance (400 km+) air-to-air missiles...MS believes Ukraine fighter jets only can operate over western Ukraine...to far away for (UK made) Storm Shadow missiles to reach a front line...

Weeb Union/WU on Gaza [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M96XS6CUauk[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M96XS6CUauk ;

-Concrete tunnels up to 70 meters deep...

-Israeli tanks NOT ready for drone warfare

-Israel encircling Gaza-City/North part of Gaza

DJ, The ground war in Gaza did start...Israel first denied that...WU mentions three lines of invasion by Israel;

-following the coast line

-NE Gaza

-Wadi-Gaza cutting the Gaza strip in half. (The video of an Israeli tank shooting at a civilian car was made in this area. Very likely a Palestinian family tried to move south and got killed). 

DJ, Israel did move into parts without much fixed defenses. No doubt Palestinians did try to stop them here. Still "fresh" and with still a lot of weapons-evere meter Israel can not move would be a Palestinian victory...

The US role in this Israeli ethnic cleansing in Gaza/West Bank is;

-US Navy in the Red Sea shooting down missiles from Yemen on their way to Eilat 

-Massive supplies flown/shipped in

-PR/Media campain

-Intel on tunnels & tactics (US has learned a lot on that in Iraq, Afghanistan)

-US boots on the ground ????? DJ-To do what ? Israel may have enough soldiers/special forces. US may have observers/advisors to see what weapons may be needed where..

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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsN81IIZtE[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPsN81IIZtE ; 

EU Values Are A Joke | The Monthly Daly 

If any western leaders speaks of "values" do you still believe them? Well you have either been living under a rock or watched only western mainstream. Luckily, not everyone in the EU is blind. Clare Daly and Mick Wallace call out the hypocrisy and what should be plainly obvious to everyone. In September Clare and Mick were especially fierce, opposing EU militarism, the "values" nonsense, and even the EU's own huge democratic deficit that make its agenda the opposite of what EU citizens want

DJ...the west defending human rights, democracy, basic values ? Please ! The rest of the world has had enough of western double standards...US wars are "good"...Russia stopping NATO is "bad"....

DJ, One of the reasons in february 2022 Russia started the Special Military Operation (like the Dutch started "Police Actions" in the former Dutch East Indies-not calling it a war) is Russia-AND other BRICS members !!!-may have given up on "talking to a west that only is listening/talking to/with itself"...

Lena Petrova/US [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlO_5dzOI2U[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlO_5dzOI2U ;

MIDDLE EAST OIL SHOCK: World Bank Warns Oil May Spike To $150 Per Barrel

she also had 

BREAKING: Government Grants Real Estate Developers $45 BILLION To Convert Offices Into Rentals

DJ A "premium Zero Hedge article;

After borrowing $1 trillion in calendar Q3, the US is preparing to borrow another $1.5 trillion in calendar Q4 '23 and Q1 '24, or a total of $2.5 trillion, and that's only for 9 months of the calendar year

There are limits to debts...The West is moving into bankruptcy high speed...

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But those who support this, fund this, do this are hailed as the arbiters of morality...

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DJ...there will be lots of diplomacy going on...

Türkiye making demands on both the US and NATO to stop sending bombs to Israel...if not Türkiye may choose to leave NATO and transfer US bases in Türkiye to "others"...

Türkiye may also be talking to Syria; Turkish forces moving via Syria to a northern front with Israel. 

Iran-Turkish talks on -possibly also religious aspects....Islamic countries beating the west in Israel...(a new crusaders war...)

The UN talking with Egypt on opening an extra border with Gaza...Maybe Palestinians with also other nationalities can move out of Gaza...

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/idf-tanks-reach-outskirts-gaza-city-cut-key-north-south-highway-after-netanyahus[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/idf-tanks-reach-outskirts-gaza-city-cut-key-north-south-highway-after-netanyahus ;

Axios has revealed that the head of Mossad, David Barnea, made a secretive weekend trip to Qatar where he met with senior Qatari officials as part of mediation efforts to secure the release of Israeli and foreign hostages. 

According to the latest update, over 235 are in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) captivity, and Qatar remains the chief third party communicating with both Tel Aviv and Hamas. But Israeli officials have described that the ground offensive was launched after it became clear that the talks had born no fruit. Barnea was in Doha as the ground invasion kicked off and progressed. According to the Israeli side's conclusions reached as a result of the meetings, per Axios: 

• Israel made the decision [to invade] in part because Hamas refused to give Israel via Qatar a list of names of all the hostages it is holding, the officials said.
• Hamas told the Qatari officials it is still in the process of finding out where all the hostages are located and their identities. But the feeling in Jerusalem was that this was just a tactic to buy time and prevent an Israeli ground operation, the Israeli officials said.

DJ, netanyahu is facing very much/wide criticism on security failure on october 7. 

Both inside and outside Israel there will be lots of questions if military action can end Hamas/Palestinian resistance...

DJ-Again my view; Every bomb may create a few Hamas/other "extremist"....War is NEVER an answer ! 

You have a choice; sit and talk...or fight-sit-talk...If you do not learn from history you keep fighting endless wars...only to sink deeper...

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DJ-My speculation; Even the US-by now-may have decided Israel needs to "cool down"....Israeli military actions in Gaza and West Bank may bring the largest genocide of the 21st century...

[url]https://ejmagnier.com/2023/10/29/ground-invasion-of-gaza-israels-fight-for-the-impossible-goal/[/url] or https://ejmagnier.com/2023/10/29/ground-invasion-of-gaza-israels-fight-for-the-impossible-goal/ 

Possibly next secretary general of NATO -NL-PM mark rutte, close friend of netanyahu and zelensky already is isolated in Dutch politics with only his neo-liberal vvd backing him on his pro-Israel "right of self defence" stand...

Both NATO and Israel may not survive if we do not see an end to the Israeli genocide on Palestinians within a week...

-Türkiye could move away from NATO high speed...position of other SE European countries in NATO could be "on the move" as well...

-Israel is unable -even with lots of NATO/US help- to fight a full scale major war if that would bring in Syria, Egypt, Türkiye and Iran...Lebanon, Jordan may try to stay out of the war...but could get dragged into it via Hizbollah and West Bank uprising...

-US position in the Middle East-North Africa is getting impossible high speed as well...

So both NATO and Israel -once cooled down- may see a need to a ceasefire NOW !!! If they fail to do so we may be moving to an "end game"...

In Gaza 1,5 million people are without a house -out of the 2,3 million...Still the US-ruled-west keeps sending bombs, intel to Israel...killing hundreds of Palestinians per day. 

On october 8 the Israeli "army" attacked Hamas positions killing both Hamas-fighters and Israeli hostages...blaming Hamas for the dead Israeli's...

[url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/ pro-western info...giving some indications...

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/iraq-moves-further-out-uss-influence-new-russia-and-china-deals[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/iraq-moves-further-out-uss-influence-new-russia-and-china-deals  ;

By Simon Watkins of OilPrice.com

With the U.S.’s current primary Middle East focus being on trying to deter a widening of the Israel-Hamas War, China and Russia have been busy cementing their influence elsewhere in the region, most recently in Iraq. This remains a key target for Beijing and Moscow to expand their presence for three main reasons. First, it could easily become the world’s top producer of crude oil within a relatively short time if the endemic corruption in its hydrocarbons sector was curtailed. Second, its geographical positioning in the heart of the Middle East make it a vital link in building a network of logistical connections from the east of Eurasia into the west of Europe. And third, together with Iran under whose enduring influence its operates, it forms the core of the spiritual, political, military, and cultural Shia Crescent. A flurry of activity in the past couple of weeks involving Iraq, Russia, and China underline how seriously all these plans are moving forward.

DJ, Iraq has seen what the US/NATO has to offer-killing over 1 million Iraqi citizens, supporting IS, destroying the country...

There are claims Hizbollah, even Iran, could start a second front-tomorrow...The "humanitarian crisis" with over 2 million people living in Israeli/NATO made terror-without water and food is demasking "western civilization"....

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Osaid Alser, MD, MSc(Oxon)  

@OsaidesserMD

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Israel is destroying not only buildings for healthcare...they are also killing health care workers...

To link Gaza with CoViD;

Dr Phil Hammond 

@drphilhammond

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Rae

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Many of us who witnessed firsthand the devastation Covid was causing & STILL IS CAUSING tried to speak up - loudly & repeatedly….& were ignored. & we STILL aren’t doing enough to protect our citizens. Covid is not over, it’s now triggering chronic disease. We need real change.

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BREAKING  | The Conservative government IGNORED Covid safety warnings in schools because ministers 'didn't want to give an inch to unions'. Released WhatsApp messages at the Covid Inquiry have revealed: Gavin Williamson and Boris Johnson REJECTED calls for masks in schools…

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DJ, bojo did see CoViD as a "welcome solution for the elderly"....

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In 2020, scientists who specialise in the 1918 flu pandemic warned clearly and explicitly: "Covid is setting us up for one hundred years of problems." Our leaders were warned what mass covid infection would do. They ignored those warnings

So -with Ukraine collapsing Gaza as a new distraction ? More money being created to get the rich even more rich ? 

If "politics" is losing ALL credebility...go for World War Three ? 

Both the Ukraine and Gaza mass murder could be over NOW if biden wanted it to be over...NATO does NOT need to move east...A Palestinian State has been discussed for decades...And YES...Taiwan is part of China (UN even US accepted that idea...)

Climate disasters are getting a new normal-just like pandemics-just like for-ever wars...all three in a downward spiral...

DJ-The "rest" of the world only can come to one conclusion; the "west" is killing us all...Talking to idiots is pointless...

The rest can try to unable the west to destroy the planet...but US, UK, France, Israel are willing to "go nuclear"...even zelensky in Ukraine may blow up nuclear power plants to "save Ukraine"...Western citizens have to push for regime change...

A very good conversation [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv1P6FeJw3U[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fv1P6FeJw3U ;

SCOTT RITTER JOINS ON THE TRUTH ABOUT ISRAEL WAR, ZELENSKY'S DEMISE, PLUS MORE!

Stream starts at 2:02 
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DJ Some (very good) points;

-Hizbollah was trying to play a political role in Lebanon, Iran just joined BRICS/SCO...both more or less had given up on the idea of a (real) Palestinian State

-After october 7 Hamas ensured Palestine is back on the international agenda

-Scott Ritter once did see himself as a "friend of Israel" but he thinks netanyahu is destroying that country

-On Ukraine; Zalushny/Zelensky openly stated their offensive would break the land link between Crimea and Russia...So giving up the surprise element from a much weaker position...Russia knew what was coming...They were ready for it...

Only option left for Ukraine is restaty talks with Russia-end the fighting...Real friends of Ukraine would have accepted the Turkish deal april 2022 -or even better- avoided this crisis and not pushed for the 2014 coup...

DJ, Maybe the basic point a lot of commentators are trying to make; WE ARE DOING IT TO OURSELVES !!!

BRICS would not grow this fast if the west was not going full confrontation all the time...WE !!! pushed Iran and Saudi Arabia to make peace and join BRICS...WE push for lots of countries joining BRICS in Kazan-Russia autumn 2024...WE push Russia-Iran-China towards forming a military alliance...

WE-the west-stopped diplomacy and compromise...The US seem to think to be "better than the rest"...well the rest of the world-even the EU/UK may see things in a different perspective...

DJ-Both the UK and EU are in a very deep crisis...most of all political...Like with the US an "uni-party political elite" is trying to set the rules...Maybe that "elite" has less (longer) room in Europe ?  The BIG problem is a bunch of neo-cons with nuclear weapons still trying to push uni-polar -US- global role...

Scott Ritter mentioned the [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option ;

The Samson Option (Hebrew: ברירת שמשון, b'rerat shimshon) is the name that some military analysts and authors have given to Israel's deterrence strategy of massive retaliation with nuclear weapons as a "last resort" against a country whose military has invaded and/or destroyed much of Israel.^[1] Commentators also have employed the term to refer to situations where non-nuclear, non-Israeli actors have threatened conventional weapons retaliation, such as Yasser Arafat.^[2]

The name is a reference to the biblical Israelite judge Samson who pushed apart the pillars of a Philistine temple, bringing down the roof and killing himself and thousands of Philistines who had captured him,^[3] crying out "Let me die with the Philistines!" (Judges 16:30).^[4]

DJ, netanyahu and nuclear weapons -my opinion- a bad combination...

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[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-live-hezbollah-leader-gives-first-speech-israel-high-state-alert[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/watch-live-hezbollah-leader-gives-first-speech-israel-high-state-alert ;

Summary recap: Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah's speech went for just under one-and-a-half hours, and while full of threats and ultra-provocative heated words aimed at Israel and the United States, this was not a declaration of war speech. But he emphasized that Hezbollah's full entry into war with Israel will be determined based on developing events in Gaza, and whether Israel halts its attacks on the Palestinian people. Shelling on the Israel-Lebanese border was reportedly ongoing through and by the end of the speech in Beirut (Nasrallah addressed his top officers via remote feed from a secure location). Some highlights from Nasrallah's speech...

All "Options" on the table

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US sent message to Hezbollah, warning its ships & planes will attack

Nasrallah related that Hezbollah was warned soon after Oct.7 that US ships and war planes positioned in the Mediterranean would bombard southern Lebanon if Hezbollah fighters escalate attacks on Israel. 

But Nasrallah said, "We will continue to infiltrate" and that Hezbollah's calculus will be "a civilian for a civilian" - meaning that attacks from southern Lebanon will be determined based on the intensity of Israel's attacks on Palestinians. 

"I assure you all options are open on the southern front. They can be adopted anytime," he said. "I assure you it will not be the end, this is not sufficient."

DJ, The US is VERY INVOLVED !!! in current events;

-providing all kind of weapons 24/7 by air, ship

-funding Israel now costs go high/income goes low

-sharing intel

-shooting down missiles a.o. from Yemen

-"self defense claim" while Israel is occupying Palestinian land (against UN decissions). 

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Around 1,50 S.R. discussing "teeth-tail"; Ukraine once had simple Soviet weapons; easy to repair...The "teeth" could deal with the Ukraine territory...The logistic-"tail"-does win the war...

NATO did push a lot of modern high tech weapons into Ukraine...but logistics is a drama...Poland has a lot of repair jobs if western weapons make it to return to NATO territory...Russia is keeping the fighting 1000 kilometer from NATO borders...

Israel has a "teeth" problem...Reservists may not be trained well enough to work with high tech gear...Infantery troops staying in the safety of an armoured car become a target for better -for the battlefield- trained Hamas fighters..(One dealing with "Trophy" anti grenade protection, secon d fighter blowing up the vehicle..killing the Israeli soldiers...) 

DJ-Israel only can fight a limited war...even with all the US/NATO help pooring in...

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DJ, The US made it very clear-they will defend Israel....with a few carriers/ships/planes and US bases spread widely in the region...The US is a "sitting duck" but fails to even get that point...

What is "saving" Israel/US for now ? 

-Countries have to find strategies and allies...get a plan together...

-Civil defense is major in a big war...It does take time

-Countries did not want this war...but can not accept netanyahu "greater Israel" genocide/ethnic cleansing of Gaza/West Bank

-There are border issues; Golan Heights-Syria, Sheba Farms-Lebanon, Mediterranean coast line with oil and gas...Lebanon, Israel, Gaza very likely Egypt, Syria, Türkiye want to exploit that energy

So...what is next ? 

Hezbollah is keeping over 90,000 Israeli forces on the Lebanese border...Other countries could "increase pressure" pulling even more Israeli soldiers away from the 300,000 in the South of Israel...

Stopping western support for netanyahu also would be "wise"; from energy boycot, closing air/sea-space/ports to ending US bases in the region...The "west" did see relations with MENA (Middle East North Africa) getting worse...it can get even more worse...

Another -less likely- option could be a "no fly zone" over Gaza...imposed by Russia from Egypt/Mediterranean...Russia has had good relations with Israel...Once Putin and netanyahu were very close...The 15/20% Russian (speaking) minority in Israel may be anti-Arab but may accept the fact that "Israel needs Asia"...

So-I hope to be right-NO regional war...it would also fit biden his "wish" to get reelected...He does not need energyprices going "explosive" hyper-inflation...

My (non expert) view is US/NATO military warn "the west" is NOT ready for a major war in West Asia...risks of it getting nuclear is unacceptably high...so de-escalate...

.....biden/NATO needs to "claim" they did not lose the wars in Ukraine, Israel...so it has to be "wrapped" as "compromise" maybe even a "western victory" (with Ukraine staying out of NATO/EU, a pro-BRICS leadership...a Palestine from Gaza-Negev to the West Bank...).

The other -only- option may be the [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_Option ..a "west" unable to give up the idea of western (racist) domination..."We win or nobody wins"...nuclear blackmail going wrong...I hope we can stay away from that insanity...

Costs....

Confrontation instead of diplomacy bankrupted "the west"...Let me be very clear...most of the blame for that is with "crazy joe" biden...but neo-cons/liberals in the "west" did give him that room...

Certainly German "greens" deserve a big thank you; Claiming to want to save the planet the German "green party" showed itself as a bunch of crazy war-mongers...breaking every promise they made...Export of weapons to countries at war..."no problem"...Coal as a source of energy...

German "greens" are not a "joke" but an insult to hamanity ! WE NEED TO SOLVE THE CLIMATE PROBLEM !!!

But German greens did the worst possible job for the planet..even trump is more "green"....disgusting !

DJ, The basic WRONG idea biden/western leaders had; US indispensable...US made rules "for the globe"...US "exceptionalism"....Based on that WRONG idea "western sanctions" did fail as a weapon...

DJ...western sanctions are destroying the west NOT the rest of the world...

...so sanctions did not work...Western military is "superior"...Well it is not...

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dxG_z0tNE[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1dxG_z0tNE Military Summary on Ukraine...DJ-zelensky still trying to push for Ukrainian attacks...to at least get some help from "the NATO west"...But zelensky in Kiev is isolated...

A trend may be Russia now more and more destroying bridges/supply lines and command centers...Since Ukraine is running out of trained soldiers "NATO" is no longer willing to provide weapons to untrained soldiers...Even a lot of "western liars/"experts" now admitting Ukraine can "not win" this war...

Still those "experts" claim a sort of stalemate...denying Russia did -in fact- beat NATO months ago....

Lena Petrova [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ZWPjcFMRU&t=398s[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ZWPjcFMRU&t=398s ;

CRUDE OIL CUTS: OPEC+ Led by Saudi Arabia and Russia Extend Oil Cuts Despite Middle East War

DJ, OPEC+ meeting later this month, Russia and Saudi Arabia stick to production cuts...EU did buy more LNG from Israel..."did"....Of course if demand drops faster than supply price still may be controlable...EU gas storage for this winter may be over 99% full...However storage does not cover all energy needs...

Weeb Union [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGRJmBpeaOE[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGRJmBpeaOE ;

Israeli army STUCK | Hamas Ambushes EVERYWHERE | Major UNREST In Israel & The World

DJ, Hamas may have seen the latest NATO disaster in Ukraine when they decided for the major october 7 terror strike...Still the other part-Israeli security faillure-Hamas was supposed to be stopped and destroyed at the Gaza-border ! NOT be able to set one foot on Israeli soil...AI-faillure does NOT explain all of the story...

[url]https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/strange-u-s-announces-ohio-class-submarine-has-entered-centcom-area-of-responsibility[/url] or https://halturnerradioshow.com/index.php/en/news-page/world/strange-u-s-announces-ohio-class-submarine-has-entered-centcom-area-of-responsibility ;

Whatever is coming is apparently HUGE!   At about 4:00 PM eastern STANDARD Time (GMT-0500) here in the USA, the Israeli Defense Force put out a message on social media that they have **NEVER** put out before:  "Pray for us."   It's all over social media right now . . .

DJ, Israeli forces are now in an urban jungle...They send in army dogs with transmitters/camera's to get a view on the tunnels...(DJ-poor dogs...)

In a "normal" military way Israel would be able to destroy Hamas positions in Gaza...however guerilla warfare, NO cover by infantry of Israeli tanks, is giving Israel a "very hard time"...Israel is bombing -flattening- populated urban area's....the mass murder goes on killing very likely over 1,000 civilians per day...to maybe also kill a few Hamas/other Palestinian fighters...

netanyahu in Israel now only at 24% approval...even worse than "crazy joe biden"....Still the US did send the CIA director to Tel Aviv, is sending MORE military to "the region"...

DJ-For me a big question...netanyahu wants NATO to start war with Iran...does biden support that ? 

Maybe another remark; "Countries" may get involved without much "showing". From cutting supplies/air space for US/NATO forces to electronic warfare...Israel facing communication problems...(and maybe even tech problems...electronics hacked...). 

So the "big picture" in the NATO - BRICS+ "conflict" NATO may be close to collapse...Very likely the only way out is start communication and end confrontation...

Judge Napolitano/D.McGregor [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ummiGWp3KBg[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ummiGWp3KBg ;

Col. Douglas Macgregor: America’s failed diplomacy.

DJ, Some (in the US, Israel, NATO) are "waiting for an excuse to attack Iran";

Since Hezbolla, Shia-militia's in Syria/Iraq attacking US bases, Yemen-Houthi's ALL are supposed to represent Iran (and have no will of their own-in some "western view") ;

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-rare-move-advertises-location-nuclear-capable-submarine-near-israel[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-rare-move-advertises-location-nuclear-capable-submarine-near-israel ;

Update(1410ET): At what is obviously a highly dangerous moment where the United States has two carrier strike groups and a nuclear-powered submarine parked in regional waters (a rare build-up even during the prior "global war on terror" years), Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis have launched a wave of drones toward Israel: 

Yemen’s Houthis launched a new batch of drones against sensitive targets inside Israel on Monday, according to a statement from their armed forces broadcast by TV channel Al Masirah.

The statement said the targets of the drones were “varied and sensitive” and led to halting the movement in the targeted bases and airports for hours.

It's unclear how effective they were in reaching Israeli territory, if at all. So far the Yemeni rebels have sent a handful of missiles toward Israel, reportedly with no casualties or damage. The Houthis last week declared "war" on Israel, though their launch sites remain a great distance away from reaching Israeli territory.

-So Yemen...

[url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/07/714162/US-military-bases-eastern-Syria-northern-Iraq-targeted-drones[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/07/714162/US-military-bases-eastern-Syria-northern-Iraq-targeted-drones ;

Two major US-run military bases in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah and Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region have been once again targeted by drones, amid smoldering anti-US sentiments in the region over its unconditional support for Israel’s onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

Citing local sources speaking on condition of anonymity, Lebanon’s Arabic-language al-Mayadeen television news network reported that several unmanned aerial vehicles struck targets inside the US military installation near al-Khadra village in Hasakah province early on Tuesday morning.

There were no immediate reports about the extent of damage at the military facility, and possible casualties.

Earlier, a drone attack targeted US forces based near the Erbil International Airport.

-Militia's in Syria, Iraq, against illegal US military in their countries...

[url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/5-november-al-qassam-brigades-continue-to-fire-rockets-barrages[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/5-november-al-qassam-brigades-continue-to-fire-rockets-barrages and [url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/6-november-sirens-in-northern-israel[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/6-november-sirens-in-northern-israel 

both-still from Gaza and Lebanon rockets fired on Israel...

[url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/07/714165/Israel-relies-mercenaries-war-Gaza-Report[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/07/714165/Israel-relies-mercenaries-war-Gaza-Report ;

The Israeli army has reportedly hired foreign mercenaries, including a notorious Spanish group, to use in its brutal war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

El Mundo, a major Spanish newspaper, interviewed Pedro Diaz Flores, a notorious Spanish mercenary, who said “many” mercenary groups have joined Israel’s army that pays them “very well.”

“So I came for economy, for money. They pay very well, they offer good equipment and the work is calm. It is 3,900 euros [$4,187] per week, complementary missions aside,” he said of his motives for joining the Israeli forces.

Pedro Diaz Flores previously fought alongside neo-Nazis in Ukraine after Russia began a special military operation in the country’s Donbas region last year.

“We only provide security support to arms convoys or the troops of the Israeli armed forces that are in the Gaza Strip. We do not fight Hamas directly, nor are we involved in assault operations,” he claimed.

“We are in charge of the security of the checkpoints and access control on the borders of Gaza and Jordan. There are many PMCs (private military companies) here and they share the work. Traditionally they have guarded border terminals between Eliat and Aqaba,” he added.

DJ, paid by US tax dollars ? 

[url]https://news.antiwar.com/2023/11/06/us-to-transfer-320-million-in-precision-bombs-to-israel/[/url] or https://news.antiwar.com/2023/11/06/us-to-transfer-320-million-in-precision-bombs-to-israel/ ; 

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that the Biden administration is planning a $320 million transfer of precision-guided bomb kits to Israel, a show of support for the Israeli onslaught despite the growing civilian death toll.

The report said the administration notified congressional leaders on October 31 that it intended to transfer Spice Family Gliding Bomb Assemblies, which turn unguided bombs into precision-guided munitions that can be fired by Israeli warplanes.

The bombs will be transferred from weapons manufacturer Rafael USA to its Israeli parent company, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It’s unclear what funds will be used for the transfer or if Israel is purchasing the equipment.

Israel receives $3.8 billion in annual military aid from the US, and the Biden administration is looking to provide another $14 billion to support the Gaza campaign. In the wake of the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel, the US began immediately shipping new military equipment to Israel.

There are claims Israel did see 350+ soldiers killed in the Gaza fighting...With the major horror of urban fighting still in the future...If one includes the military killed on october 7 Israel may see the heaviest losses since the 1948 , 1973 wars...[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Israel[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Israel ...

DJ-netanyahu may push for distraction by a war with Iran to hide the genocide on Palestinians.  Both the US and NATO still support Israel/netanyahu in this insanity...

[url]https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/06/714143/Iran-India-Ebrahim-Raeisi-Prime-Minister-Narendra-Modi-Gaza-Palestine-Israel-blockade-aid-attacks-ceasefire-[/url] or https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/06/714143/Iran-India-Ebrahim-Raeisi-Prime-Minister-Narendra-Modi-Gaza-Palestine-Israel-blockade-aid-attacks-ceasefire- ;

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says the Islamic Republic supports any joint global effort seeking to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as Israel continues its brutal attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Speaking in a phone call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, Raeisi added that Iran backs collective bids to lift the blockade on Gaza and provide aid to the oppressed Palestinian people in the war-hit territory.

"The continuation of the killing of the Palestinian people has infuriated all the free nations in the world,” the president said, warning that the killings will have “extra-regional consequences.”

It would be "unfair and unrealistic" to carry out any analysis of the recent Israeli crimes in Gaza without paying heed to the root causes, the president emphasized.

He said all nations condemn the "unacceptable" killing of the oppressed and innocent Palestinian women and children, as well as attacks on hospitals, schools, mosques, churches and residential areas.

DJ, South Africa pulled back its ambassador in Israel...In World War One (British)I ndian troops did fight Turkish/Ottoman forces in [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza#Attackers[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza#Attackers 

The number of countries that can mediate is getting smaller....

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[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yA0ONKQ-60[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yA0ONKQ-60 ;

Ukraine Started A Purge In Military Circles | Zaluzhny Is In Danger. Military Summary For 2023.11.07

Military Summary; a comment;

This was an assassination attempt on Zaluzhny.  Zelenski is trying to reduce his opposition but this failed attempt will now "warn" Zaluzhny and may just force him into taking action against Zelenski. Very interesting power play going on.

[url]https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/6-november-commanderinchief-of-ukraine--zaluzhny-confirmed[/url] or https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/6-november-commanderinchief-of-ukraine--zaluzhny-confirmed 

Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine Zaluzhny confirmed the death his assistant Major Chestyakov as result of explosion of unknown device

DJ, Ukraine moving towards infighting ?

DJ, lots of aspects in this NATO-BRICS war...

Lena Petrova [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwz3PK4Qcc[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwz3PK4Qcc ;

TOTAL COLLAPSE: Germany's FAILING Economy Drives E.U.'s Economic Crash

DJ, Most of Europe/the "west" ;

-aging population

-lack of skilled labor

-bureaucracy

Now further worsened by;

-high energy costs

-less export a.o. to China

-DJ-Long CoViD/disease becoming an extra burden...extreme weather increasing (we have flooding in western France, Belgium and even -limited-NL...increasing food prices...)

...Another aspect is the ongoing political crises in most western countries...[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-aides-simply-cannot-stomach-bidens-israel-policy-dissent-memos-leak-revolt[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/political/white-house-aides-simply-cannot-stomach-bidens-israel-policy-dissent-memos-leak-revolt ;

The Democratic base too, could increasingly shift to become more sympathetic to the unrelenting denunciations issued by the Squad. Progressives and protesters are calling Biden "genocide Joe" - as CNN describes further:

Reminders of emotions running high have not been hard to come by. The president was confronted by a protester calling for a ceasefire at a private fundraiser last week; pro-Palestinian protests have been a daily occurrence near the White House compound; and this week, one of the entrances near the West Wing was covered in bright-red handprints – meant to mimic blood – and words like “genocide Joe.”

DJ, After Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria NATO killed hundreds of thousends in Ukraine-by pushing east...Now another genocide in Gaza...

From my -Dutch history- perspective; The main reason why the US bacame a republic in 1776 was they did see the [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic as a "model" ...The Dutch did break with Spain [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic#History[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic#History in 1568...Till 1549 "the Netherlands/Low Countries" were part of a sort of Germany...

The Dutch "roots" -Yankee first used by the British for the [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland they did overtake in 1674...One of the families living in New Amsterdam was the Roosevelt-family...may still be part of many aspect of US culture, laws, thinking...see also [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutgers_University[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutgers_University ...

For that matter it is not strange ALL of the west is now facing a deep political crisis...It is also not "new"...we did see that kind of crises after 1929, middle of 19th century etc...

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Ukraine in fact is "over"...lots of commentators see it as in a final phase...zelensky isolated, the war no longer funded by the west...

Now we have the war in Gaza [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDy0MVZk9s[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdDy0MVZk9s Weeb Union;

Israeli Army Struggles To Advance | Shocking Losses

DJ, Hamas claiming to have destroyed over 130 Israeli vehicles...even if you take that as propaganda Israel is facing very heavy fighting...netanyahu/biden may disagree on "how to clean up Gaza"...both are war criminals going for a goal that is unrealistic...Even if NATO takes -in fact- over Gaza and the West Bank (like Ukraine Israel only can fight this kind of war with NATO weapons, intel, financial support etc.) Hamas will move elsewhere...Both the Arab and Islamic world -again- see NATO as a bunch of criminals...

An overview of Israeli murdering Israeli on october 7....[url]https://twitter.com/PVPGurl/status/1722439467217146157[/url] or https://twitter.com/PVPGurl/status/1722439467217146157 ;

Many of the civilian deaths came from Israeli Apache pilots not knowing who was Hamas & who were civilians so they just fired a huge amount of munitions at everyone fleeing the Nova festival: Israel’s two Apache helicopter squadrons had 8 choppers in the air, “and there was almost no intelligence to help make fateful decisions,” Mako reported. The squadrons did not reach full strength until noon. 

As the wave of infiltrations from Gaza drove chaos on the ground, discombobulated Israeli pilots unleashed a frenzy of missile and machine gun salvos: “The Apache pilots testify that they fired a huge amount of munitions, emptied the ‘belly of the helicopter’ in minutes, flew to re-arm and returned to the air, again and again. But it didn’t help and they understand it,” Mako reported. 

The Apache helicopters appear to have focused on vehicles streaming back into Gaza from the Nova electronic music festival and nearby kibbutzes, attacked cars  with apparent knowledge that Israeli captives could be inside. They also fired on unarmed people exiting cars or walking on foot through the fields on the periphery of Gaza. One Apache pilot reflected on the tortuous dilemma of whether to shoot at people and cars returning to Gaza. He knew that many of those vehicles may have contained Israeli captives. But he chose to open fire anyway. “I choose targets like that,” the pilot reflected, “where I tell myself that the chance that I am shooting here on hostages as well is low.” However, he admitted that his judgment “was not 100%.” “I understand that we have to shoot here and quickly,” the commander of the Apache unit, Lt. Col. E., told Mako in a separate report. 

“Shooting at people in our territory – this is something I never thought I would do.” Lt. Col. A., a reserve pilot in the same unit, described a fog of confusion: “I find myself in a dilemma as to what to shoot at, because there are so many of them.” A report on the Apache squadrons by the Israeli outlet Yedioth Aharanoth noted that “the pilots realized that there was tremendous difficulty in distinguishing within the occupied outposts and settlements who was a terrorist and who was a soldier or civilian… The rate of fire against the thousands of terrorists was tremendous at first, and only at a certain point did the pilots begin to slow down the attacks and carefully select the targets.”

DJ Also Israeli ground forces attacked area's near Gaza killing lots of Israeli hostages as well as Hamas fighters...There may have been 1400 Israeli deaths on october 7-maybe over 90% of them could have been killed by Israeli forces...(DJ-[url]https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molukse_wijk#Gewelddadigheden_Vaassen[/url] or https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molukse_wijk#Gewelddadigheden_Vaassen in oktober 1976 NL police/army evicted former Dutch East Indies Army families from their camp. Heavy fighting took place-later on at least some of the damage proved Dutch police/army did shoot at eachother...It was a miracle no one was killed...)

Israel/netanyahu is now in ethnic cleansing killing hundreds of Palestinians in both Gaza and the West Bank per day [url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/9-november-alaqsa-martyrs-brigades-in-jenin-claims-five-of[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/9-november-alaqsa-martyrs-brigades-in-jenin-claims-five-of ; 

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in Jenin claims five of its fighters have been killed during an Israeli operation in the city

DJ...countries using this kind of violence to "keep safe" are self-destructive...The "west" failed to solve the question of a Palestinian State...(like they fail to create a Kurdistan-oil interests go above the right of the Kurds...)

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Israel/US/NATO do create tensions in all of West Asia...one of the goals of "West Asia" must be to get rid of NATO without starting a nuclear war...

Sinking NATO aircraft carriers in the region may start "serious escalations"...shooting down the aircraft, destroying radar on NATO ships may limit those risks....

DJ-I do NOT doubt countries in West Asia/Africa are "making plans" -very likely hoping they do not have to use them...the NATO mass murder will be stopped before that...

Yet another aspect is what western citizens can do...have to do... 

Western democracy has become "democrazy"...In the UK it is getting clear "bojo" former/future (?) PM Boris Johnson believed CoViD only "killed those destined to die anyway" so "it would only save costs"...Most of "the west" now going for "natural immunity" as a protection against CoViD...ignoring the science and ongoing pandemic...to save profits..

Economy/fossil energy also put above climate collapse...DJ-Sealevelrise by 2100 is NOT the main concern...october 2023 was the warmest and most wet october in NL since we began taking measurements...Extreme weather is becoming a "new normal-downward spiral" destroying food supplies, infrastructure...houses, jobs...

We ARE in a climate collapse...

Present "politics" did distance itself from present problems...only creating new ones to stay in power to "save an economy" in the interest of a small group...For that matter the Gaza-genocide is a symptom of a western disease...

DJ-Since the international situation is getting from bad to worse, trying to make up my mind;

[url]https://ejmagnier.com/2023/11/10/gazas-defiance-us-israeli-alliances-and-the-ethics-of-war/[/url] or https://ejmagnier.com/2023/11/10/gazas-defiance-us-israeli-alliances-and-the-ethics-of-war/ ;

As dawn broke over the besieged Gaza Strip, the distant rumble of tanks and the whirr of drones signalled a new chapter in the long-running conflict. In a calculated display of military precision, Israeli forces have launched a multi-front offensive, entering the coastal enclave from strategic points in a bid to reshape the battlefield. This latest surge in violence comes amid a crescendo of international outcry, with the United States and Israel at the epicentre of condemnation for their roles in the indiscriminate and systematic killing and collective punishment of Gaza’s 2.3 million Palestinians.

The unfolding scenario in Gaza is not only a testament to the ongoing strife that has plagued the region but also a reflection of the complex interplay of military power and geopolitical alliances. The involvement of US military assets, including special forces and advanced drone technology, underlines the strategic depth of the conflict and reveals a web of shared intelligence, combat expertise, and logistical support that binds the US and Israel in pursuit of objectives that have so far eluded them due to the staunch resistance of the city’s defenders.

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DJ, Both Israel and US planes bombed targets in Syria, Iraq-both blaming Iran for attacks (in fact most of them by nationalist militia NOT backed by Iran !) for attacks on Israel and (illegal under international law) US/NATO bases in the region...

Elijah J. Magnier 

@ejmalrai

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Elijah J. Magnier 

@ejmalrai

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DJ, Today in Riyad-KSA both Arab and Islamic countries will meet. Since Egypt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia -per 1-1-2024- are members of BRICS also Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa will be "in close contact"....Very likely a sort of ultimatum will be the outcome. 

-To who ? Israel or also US...NATO ? 

-For what time ? 24 hours/48 hours

-To do what ? Israel pull back from Gaza ? Cease fire ? Acceptance of a Palestinian State

-Or else ? Economic sanctions ? War ? 

DJ-It is NOT very likely the top meeting will see 100% agreement on all issues. But agreement on an inmeadiate ceasefire, NO ethnic cleansing by Israel (of Palestinians/Arabs-both from Gaza, West Bank and Israel itself) will be agreed upon...

Countries "may position themselves" on "other issues"....Türkiye may decide;

-To pull out of NATO

-Close US/NATO bases

-Send military to fight Israel

Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen in fact are already at war with both Israel and US/NATO...(poor) Lebanon has hardly any say...Both "parties" ignore Lebanons stand...violate Lebanon airspace...

-Russia is already a major factor in the region. Direct via  (in fact very limited) military presence in Syria and indirect, most of the region is under Russian reach for airstrikes, missiles, a Russian fleet...

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It looks like netanyahu can not wait to "get his war" with Iran...Israel/netanyahu is doing all he can to provoke a major war and "counting/using" US/NATO solidarity in "Israeli self defense"....

DJ-I think netanyahu is a mad man....

The more Israel now attacks targets deep inside Lebanon, Syria the more "the west" may think twice....

DJ...the "west" is getting VERY divided !

Crazy joe biden, richie sunak may be willing to "stand with Israel"...maybe NL-PM mark rutte, Germany also may go "far"...

Public support in "the west" for yet another -this time very major- war is as good as zero...Censorship/media control may have reached its limits...

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/55-global-nations-do-not-recognize-palestine-29-dont-recognize-israel[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/55-global-nations-do-not-recognize-palestine-29-dont-recognize-israel 

Inside most western countries-very likely including Israel-there "are limits"....

One can think of several war scenario's;

-Very limited; regional Israel moving into Lebanon to "deal with Hizbollah" while also "ending problems" in Gaza/West Bank...

The basic idea here would be the Islamic/Arab worlds to be very divided...Russia will "limit" "radical action"

-A bigger war involving also Syria, Egypt...maybe a sort of repeat of Yom Kippoer 1973 in Israeli fantasy....

-The very likely war will be between Israel/US and Iran...

Also here several scenario's;

-short war, missile exchange - than talks..."first strike" making an end to fighting a necessity

-longer war...Iran "and allies" fighting on Israeli borders/soil...In this scenario US will "move in" flying troops from Eastern Europe (Ukraine) to the Middle East/Israel...a problem could be Türkiye becoming involved in a war-first with Israel-than also with the US...

Israel WILL use its nuclear weapons if Israel itself is at risk...In a serious escalation non-nuclear war will allready be "the end" of Israel...

DJ-Today Israel is spending 250 million US$ PER DAY on military gear to be in this crisis...1/3 of its army is in the north...Over 300,000 reservists NOT on their normal job, NO tourism left, trade is getting harder...I would not be surprised if allready NOW the Israeli costs for the present crisis may be close to a billion per day !!!

The "west" may be funding Israel -like they funded the Ukraine nazi-regime since 2014....But there are limits...

-The worst scenario is all out war...

China NOT longer allowing US in the Taiwan (Chinese !!!) waters...Russia and China can take over control over Taiwan (air)ports...there is NO need to invade Taiwan...

US bases in the Middle East under full attack-maybe even US carriers sunk...

In such a scenario nuclear war may be around the corner-but even without it the economic damage would be terrible...Very likely millions of people killed per day...

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The most welcome development would be the west restarting diplomacy...Western "idea of being above the rest" may be the main problem...

DJ, How intelligent people can be totally blind(ed) ....

[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-C-G0aBcwY[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-C-G0aBcwY ;

The US Military has Overextended Itself - John Mearsheimer, Alexander Mercouris and Glenn Diesen

DJ Some remarks;

-The US, EU, NATO are bankrupt !!! 

-BRICS-not mentioned in the 90 minutes conversation-is the new superpower

-Türkiye can not stay in a NATO that is supporting netanyahu...while the EU is keeping Türkiye out...

-Eastern Europe may be cultural /religious closer to Russia than to Western Europe 

-BRICS+ will NOT trust "the west"...it will break the west...

YES, Sweden and Finland may join NATO, Yes Baltic Sea/Arctic will see more NATO countries...BUT !!! Russian trade will no longer use those routes...It is exploring the Russian Arctic coast as a transport route to China...The Caspian Sea-Iran to India...

NO !!! India has always had good relations with Russia since independence in 1947...The US has NOTHING to offer in exchange ! Russia is accepting India currency -even if they can not spent all of it in India...The US NEEDS to see its $ as a global currency to be able to fight wars over the world....

Do Mearsheimer, Mercouris, Diesen miss basic economic insights ??? 

The US/NATO economic base is exploitation, keeping countries poor and dependent ! BRICS+ is ending that...

-Russia may not "take over" Ukraine...BRICS+ may do so....I think a lot of eastern European countries are VERY !!! disappointent in what "the west" did bring...One of the reasons why AfD in -former- East Germany is that strong is "western promisses turn out to be bla-bla !"....

Eastern Europe, Türkiye, will "move east"...for religious reasons (Western Europe is not christian any longer...) but also for energy and trade...with Asia !

The €/Euro, US/Canadian $, UK pound may see hyperinflation...the basic trade/economy -let countries we keep poor pay for fiat-currency- is over...

Ukraine will be "finished"....Israel may get "finished" as well...One does NOT need all out war to archieve such a goal...Both Ukraine and Israel now face such immense costs because of the war - only further breaking up social economic  and political internal relations...

ALL of the "west" is political bankrupt ! In the UK bojo, liz truss, richie sunak destroy the UK...The US may have to deal with a re-run of biden-trump "democrazy"...Here in NL "rutte" may move to a NATO-job (or not...) but the elections november 22 may only worsen the present (privatize everything) crisis...In Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Portugal..."politics" is gone off the road...

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DJ We have "never ever" been this close to nuclear (all out) war...The problem is the west...but "that west" seems unable to realize THEY are the problem...

The "west" only making deals to break them, feeling "superior"...and if you do not like that there is NATO to "regime change"you....Somehow that "west" still believes "the rest" of the world enjoys this kind of exploitation and slavery ???

Hardly any politician of any influence in the west dares to be critical enough...all playing "hide and seek" , trying to keep buying time by creating ever more money...kicking ever more cans down the road....

The "rest" of the world does NOT need us !!! "We" -the "west"- need them ! But we no longer can enforce, blackmail to a level that can save "us"...

As long as even intelligent people do not see that point the "west" will remain the -self destructive- problem !

So what will be next ? 

The Arab/Islamic world and BRICS still need to get their acts together...

Elijah J. Magnier 

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#Israel will never allow Palestinians to live in peace anywhere in #Palestine. The Israeli occupation army takes advantage of the world's silence to commit crimes across Palestinian geography. It is therefore understandable that Palestinians die trying to liberate their land.

DJ, Israel/netanyahu his goal may be clear by now; A "greater Jewish Israel" with non-Jews kicked out by the millions...the west is not stopping it...calling it "self defense" even providing help...

Elijah J. Magnier 

@ejmalrai

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#Israel will not bomb #Lebanon like it did #Gaza. 

@Netanyahu

 is incapable of starting another war and the #US will not finance another Israeli war and won't send him weapons for a second war. Netanyahu is in a sinking boat and all rats will leave him alone.

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Elijah J. Magnier 

@ejmalrai

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#Israel is expected to continue the level of exchange of fire, it can be intense but contained, along the borders and in land. #Hezbollah proved its determination to hit beyond the 5km when necessary. Therefore, Netanyahu doesn't need to test Hezbollah again and feel the heat.

DJ..Ejilah Magnier (Belgian) -in my view- may be optimistic...netanyahu still want NATO to fight his war with Iran...

This is far from over...just started...After Hamas Hezbollah must be destroyed...even if it would mean Beirut in ruins...A war with Syria, Iran "underlines the need for western support for self defense of Israel"...So netanyahu is doing all he can to provoke a bigger war...

Provoking wars and than claim the provoked party is the agressor worked well in western propaganda...

[url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/13-november-senior-us-defense-official-tells--67-iranian[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/13-november-senior-us-defense-official-tells--67-iranian ;

Senior U.S. defense official tells: 6-7 Iranian proxy fighters were killed at one of the 2 locations struck by U.S. warplanes in E Syria tonight. IRGC HQ/safe house. 2 hours of secondary explosions seen at second location suggesting large weapons and ammo storage

DJ...US bombing targets in Syria...goes against ANY international law ! So "the west" made their own "rules"....

The Duran; [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblr7y2dApM[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wblr7y2dApM ;

Russia, Kazakhstan alliance and Reindustrialization. Putin in Rostov, confidence grows

DJ..One of the latest economic statistics did show 5,1% economic growth for Russia...So Russian companies move production outside Russia...Kazakhstan did welcome Putin...Uzbekistan and Iran may see a Putin visit within months...

There is a labor-shortage In Russia so foreign workers may be welcome in Russia as well (North Korea !) 

DJ-YES ! Very likely Russia may have seen over 100,000 of its soldiers killed/wounded in Ukraine...but it still has a very major (700,000 to 900,000 ?) army...Weapon production increased in Russia...but also Russia is able to import all kinds of weapons...Iran, North Korea did make "the news" ...maybe even Cuba, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina may export "products" to Russia...

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In Ukraine [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Eqcysuv8w[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Eqcysuv8w Military Summary;

The Fall | The Ukrainians Refuse To Fight. Kherson Foothold Elimination. Military Summary 2023.11.12

DJ ...one of the few reasons the war is still ongoing; Both zelensky and biden/NATO not willing to admit this war was yet another criminal mistake...

Translation to the Middle East;

If Israel/Netanyahu and US/NATO seek further self destruction in that region they can get it...

DJ-There is discussion on "a major Russian offensive" in Ukraine..."finishing zelensky/NATO"...Why would Russia do that ? 

The "present war" ...Ukraine/NATO forces moving towards Russian defenses and getting destroyed...Western "super" weapons fail on a very large scale...The "west" destroying their own economies to finance this insanity...

So...Israel/US/NATO killing thousends of Palestinians, Arabs, Lebanese...and than what ?

Crazy netanyahu/biden acting as teenagers destroying their rooms/house...thinking this shows "strength"....

DJ-There are military limits to what countries can do to stop the Israeli mass murder - UNDER US/NATO PROTECTION !!!!- in Gaza...

"Militia" can attack Israel/US "in the region" and worldwide...

Russia (with Türkiye, Iran) may have the means/ships to "stop" Israel and confront the US/NATO in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea...

No doubt any SANE person is hoping Israel will stop its genocide....Military action to force Israel to stop its crimes needs planning...

Very likely that planning is taking place right now...If Xi meets biden november 15 in the US maybe China may "make clear" the US has to stop Netanyahu...

If the US fails to stop netanyahu it has to give "others (BRICS+) " "room" to "stop netanyahu"...

If crazy joe sticks to "NATO supporting Israel self defense" as an excuse for genocide BRICS+ has to stop NATO...

Military Summary-YouTube keeps doing a good job on Ukraine. Russia may have build a reserve of over 1,000 medium/long range missiles to destroy-for months-Ukraine electricity. 

Goals;

-Stop electric trains/logistics

-but also to start an uprising against zelensky...

Some western "media" still promoting Ukraine propaganda...claiming "Russia is losing the war"...even ignoring the west is in recession, Russian economy is growing high speed...

-In Syria [url]https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-launches-3rd-round-airstrikes-eastern-syria-deterrence-failing[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/military/us-launches-3rd-round-airstrikes-eastern-syria-deterrence-failing ;

"If these attacks continue against our personnel, we won’t hesitate at a time and place of our choosing to respond again," deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh vowed at the time. Defense officials have further said that all or most of the over 50 US troop injuries have been minor, and that all have since returned to duty.

The US has had some 1,000 or more troops and personnel in Syria for years. Originally claiming a "counter ISIS" mission, the US "mission" quickly became an oil and gas resource grab - ultimately with an eye toward regime change in Damascus, via suffocating sanctions and diverting of domestic energy. Now there are fears US troops are fast getting drawn into broader conflict related to Israel's operations in Gaza, and against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

DJ, A very likely strategy against US/NATO presence-against international law-in Syria and Iraq is to make costs of maintaining those positions (much) to high...US/NATO now is stealing oil-may cover some of the costs...If logistics/supplies for US/NATO "positions" in Syria and Iraq get under pressure further the US may have to reconsider...

One of the results of US/NATO support for the Israeli Gaza-genocide is countries like Türkiye, Jordan may stop being part of a supply line to Syria, Iraq. 

[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/fewer-americans-are-interested-fighting-wars-regime[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/fewer-americans-are-interested-fighting-wars-regime ; 

Authored by Ryan McMaken via The Mises Institute,

Good news: the Pentagon is having trouble meeting recruiting goals, and an increasingly small portion of the American public is interested in fighting wars for the regime. 

It's been apparent for several years now that the Pentagon is having serious trouble with recruitment.

DJ, Even increasing propaganda may face demographic problems...there are not that many young people in the work force...It has been one of the reasons western armies switched to "high tech"...but when tested western high tech weapons show limited use...

-Türkiye did see Leopard-2 tanks, with very well trained soldiers, in combination-warfare fail in northern Syria...

-In Saudi Arabia patriot air defense failed to stop Yemeni drones...

So western weapons in Ukraine, Israel NOT being a decisive "game changer" should not be such a big surprise...A lot of high expectations come from the 2003 Iraq war...with NATO fighting a less modern army...

The bad choice biden made by provoking a war in Ukraine (because "Putin did steal the election"-insanity...) is resulting in more "for ever" wars...At the end even western war industry (Military Industrial Complex + banks) may face serious problems...Iran drones, Russian weapons do a "better job" on the battle field, less high tech, easy to use, rugged to deal with dust and mud and a lot cheaper than western weapons...

One of the outcomes of the Ukraine war, Gaza genocide may be a "west" with even less military at even higher costs...(Spending may increase, but inflation/costs increase much faster...staff shortage will remain a major problem...)

In Gaza [url]https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/13-november-doctors-without-borders-any-target-that-moves[/url] or https://israelpalestine.liveuamap.com/en/2023/13-november-doctors-without-borders-any-target-that-moves ; 

Doctors Without Borders: Any target that moves from the Shifa complex is targeted by Israel. Bodies in the courtyards of Al-Shifa Hospital lays without burial

DJ, Streetdogs eating from dead bodies...

Weeb Union [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOS4EKbujz8[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOS4EKbujz8 ;

This is Why ISRAEL is DOOMED To LOSE This War

DJ, With western "media" going for Israeli propaganda the reality may be Israel forces do gain limited ground in (Northern) Gaza at very high costs...Tanks etc. do not offer enough protection in this kind of close combat urban warfare...A limited group of fighters going for hit and run attacks. Israeli infantry also dealing with heavy losses...

DJ-Israel may have a lot of reservists that did see "training" often...but there are stories a lot of those trainings ended up with a lot of drinking, lack of discipline...In Ukraine mobile phones give away positions...Israel army ignored drones warfare in Ukraine at first...later on they at least put up "cages" on armoured vehicles/tanks as a sort of drone-protection...

Since Gaza is that small it is hard to avoid concentrating forces...so an attack on those concentrated forces may do a lot of damage. 

Other "sources" claim Israel has no clear strategy or goals in Gaza...Maybe at first the netanyahy phantasy was to "get all Palestinians into Egypt"...So what is next ? Kill all Palestinians ? 

Lowkey

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It has been reported that Tony Blair may be installed as humanitarian coordinator in Gaza. Tony Blair is currently a patron of the JNF w/ Netanyahu. The JNF is the largest settlement-building organisation in Palestine. Blair also has the blood of a million Iraqis on his hands.

With "david C" as UK-FM UK politics below sewage level....

We Are Not Numbers

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Mondoweiss|   “Obtaining water has become like prospecting for gold,” explains H., a writer with We Are Not Numbers, “and whoever finds drinkable water is considered wealthy." By WANN Mentor: Michelle Lerner

This in NATO "leaders" is self defense...withholding water to millions of Palestinians...(of course genocide by climate collapse and pandemic was no problem...Ukraine killing thousends of Russian speakers was OK...the west has a bunch of criminals running politics...) 

[url]https://ejmagnier.com/2023/11/13/israels-challenging-military-operation-and-its-pursuit-of-a-buffer-zone-in-gazas-north/[/url] or https://ejmagnier.com/2023/11/13/israels-challenging-military-operation-and-its-pursuit-of-a-buffer-zone-in-gazas-north/ ;

Written by – Elijah J. Magnier:

While Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s military strategy for Gaza, specifically targeting the northern areas to create a buffer zone appears more defined, its implementation faces significant hurdles. This strategy, aimed at totally neutralising and defeating Hamas and gaining territorial control, has met with considerable resistance and logistical challenges. Despite deploying a formidable force of thousands of infantry backed by more than 380 tanks and armed vehicles, artillery, naval warships and air support, the Israeli military has failed to achieve its primary objectives. The same seize of Israeli forces injected in Gaza (78 square km) for the last weeks is equivalent to the same Israeli forces deployed in the six-day war in 1967 to occupy the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula (60,000 square km), the Syrian Golan Heights (1,800 square km), the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem (5,800 square km). The Israeli forces had around 264,000 soldiers while today over 390,000 are engaged in the current war, including on the Lebanese northern front.

The Israeli army’s inability to report any Hamas surrenders and raising the white flag, coupled with its failure to stop the rockets attacks on the settlements and the Israeli cities underlines the difficulties the Israeli occupation forces are confronted with. The military action, characterised by violation of international laws and widespread destruction, including attacks on hospitals, demolition of infrastructure and the tragic loss of over 11,000 civilians, mostly women and children, has not resulted in the intended territorial gains in the smaller northern regions of the Strip.

This situation suggests that while Israel’s military might is disproportionate to the size of the resistance it faces, it does not automatically translate into successful occupation or control of the targeted areas. The ongoing conflict and resistance in Gaza suggest that Israel may need to reassess its objectives and strategies in order to register more achievable goals. This reassessment is necessary in light of the current realities on the ground and the international community’s response to the humanitarian and political consequences of this conflict.

The White House position on the situation in Gaza, as articulated by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, represents a clear policy: there will be no immediate exodus from Gaza, either now or after the conflict. This statement asserts that there will be no siege of Gaza by land or sea, no occupation of Gaza, and that the current status quo under Hamas control will not remain unchanged. Blinken stresses the need for a unified administration in both the West Bank and Gaza.

In sharp contrast to this official position, however, is the reality on the ground, which seems to differ significantly from the American diplomatic narrative. The US announced the establishment of a humanitarian corridor, a measure implemented by Israel days before the US announcement, ostensibly to facilitate the evacuation of residents from northern Gaza. However, this action is perceived by many as a forced displacement of the population, a move that resonates with accusations of ethnic cleansing under international law. 

This contention arises because the Israeli military, while conducting operations in the region and citing security concerns, is not legally permitted to order the evacuation of residents from the northern area to the unsafe, bombed and deprived from water, electricity and supply in the south of Gaza. Moreover, this order becomes even more controversial when these northern residents are ordered to seek refuge in southern areas that are simultaneously under bombardment.

Such a scenario paints a complex and contradictory picture, where what seems to be diplomatic assurances and the reality on the ground appear to be in stark contrast. This discrepancy raises significant questions about the real intentions and outcomes of policies and actions being taken in the region.

DJ, The Israeli mass murder in Gaza was in reaction to the october 7 mass murder...Yet still it is unclear how "groups" could kill for hours...Israeli defense very likely a major role in killing "terrorists" and hostages...The Gaza-border was supposed to be closed...

One of the reasons for netanyahu extreme crimes may be a need to cover up for the october 7 "questions"...

-Were all "terrorists" from Hamas or did some extremist Israeli militia seek a false flag ? ([url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_Ben-Gvir[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itamar_Ben-Gvir Kahane-like Israeli terrorists...) ????

-Why did the Gaza-border security fail this much ????

-How much time did it take to get Israeli defense forces to protect civilians under attack ???? And why did it take that long ???

DJ-How can you ignore Hamas para-gliding training ? How you can ignore para-gliders in large numbers crossing the Gaza border ???? DJ Even with very open borders several para-gliders crossing the Dutch-German border would raise some alarm....

Ariel Koren

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They have now arrested over 300 Jewish protestors demanding a ceasefire at the Oakland Federal Building “My father and grandfather did not escape Nazi Germany so our history could be exploited to kill people”

DJ, AGAIN !!! A lot of Israeli citizens are against netanyahu...Crazy fascist like ben gvir hardly have support...Outside Israel a lot of people that may consider themselves "Jewish" totally disagree with the Gaza-genocide...Insane western/NATO leaders may support this genocide more than most Jewish people in NATO countries...

In part because it may be linked to oil and gas in the region...

[url]https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/11/palestine-commotion-overshadows-climate-rally-goes-global/[/url] or https://www.dutchnews.nl/2023/11/palestine-commotion-overshadows-climate-rally-goes-global/ ;

The man who climbed on stage and interrupted activist Greta Thunberg during Sunday’s climate march in Amsterdam has made media headlines around the world, the AD reported on Monday.

His act, and the commotion that led up to it, have overshadowed the impact of the Netherlands’ biggest ever pro-climate rally, some commentators say. According to the organisers, 85,000 people attended the march which took place 10 days before the general election.

The man, a former candidate in the waterboard elections for Water Natuurlijk, took to the stage to protest that the event had been politicised by both Thunberg and a pro-Palestine activist. Thunberg had allowed a pro-Palestine activist to continue her speech which the organisers had muted after she said “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free”. 

DJ...this once a forum was on pandemics...My (history background) view is events are NEVER isolated...The "Spanish Flu" became a massive killer because of the background conditions NOT because the virus itself was "such a bad flu virus"....

The Israel-"question" since 1948 can not be seen without the context of middle east oil and gas...

DJ, We need global cooperation to deal with global problems-and we need that cooperation NOW...

So...[url]https://www.zerohedge.com/political/scenes-red-dawn-2023-san-francisco-biden-xi-enter-4-hours-talks[/url] or https://www.zerohedge.com/political/scenes-red-dawn-2023-san-francisco-biden-xi-enter-4-hours-talks ; Update(2115ET): Hands down the biggest moment from Biden's post-Xi meeting, and which threatens to derail any positive feelings built through the day, was his off-the-cuff remark calling Xi a "dictator". Was he so far off-script that the White House will issue a clarification? Will the dictator comment stand? Watch the moment which is sure to rile Beijing, and immediately cast a cloud over whatever 'progress' may have been made after hours of talks...

Is destroying any kind of basis for global cooperation...

From China on the biden-Xi meeting [url]https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1301887.shtml[/url] or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1301887.shtml ;

CHINA / DIPLOMACY

China, US make 'breakthrough' agreement on tackling climate change, but US needs to do more

Deal marks breakthrough, mirrors both countries' determination

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China and the US agreed to jointly tackle global warming and operationalize a working group focused on areas including energy transition, methane, the circular economy and resource efficiency, low-carbon development and deforestation, according to a document issued by China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) on Wednesday.

Chinese experts hailed the document titled "Sunnylands Statement on Enhancing Cooperation to Address the Climate Crisis" as a hard-earned achievement between the two countries amid a thaw in tensions. It paves way for closer global cooperation ahead of the upcoming COP28 climate conference in the UAE, but Washington should also take concrete actions and not walk back its own promises on climate cooperation, experts said.

Maybe there was -still- some optimism...

[url]https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1301935.shtml[/url] or https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202311/1301935.shtml ;

The two sides agreed to promote and strengthen dialogue and cooperation in various fields, including establishing an intergovernmental dialogue on artificial intelligence, setting up a China-US drug control cooperation working group to carry out anti-drug cooperation, resuming high-level military-to-military communication, China-US defense department working meetings, China-US military maritime security consultation mechanism meetings based on equality and respect, and conducting China-US military regional leaders' conversations.

They also agreed to significantly increase flights early next year, expanding exchanges in education, international students, youth, culture, sports, and business circles, among others. 

DJ...no doubt biden wants to also increase weapon export to Taiwan, maybe even a US base there ? The US wants to try to break up BRICS...Russia-China ties...

My view; biden is the problem....

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Western media will follow Israeli propaganda..."Hamas was building weapons of mass destruction" in hospitals...Hamas fighters eat babies...Palestinians/Arabs are "sub-human" and the world will be better of without them...

DJ-Of course the "sub-human story" and "killing untermenschen" has a historical link...Traumatized people may not realize they copy behavior that traumetized them...

However "the west" has/had a duty to stop mass murder...The "west" in stead is sending all kinds of weapons to Israel...[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYg2kYPzzow[/url] or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYg2kYPzzow The New Atlas...

Douglas McGregor remarked it did take the Germans 60 days to break the [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising in 1944...The Jewish uprising [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising took less than a month...

Türkiye, Iran, Arab states CAN NOT and WILL NOT accept a genocide on thousends of Palestinians...Gaza is just a start...West Bank, South of Lebanon also "have to be included" in [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Israel#Promised_Land[/url] or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Israel#Promised_Land ;

The Bible contains three geographical definitions of the Land of Israel. The first, found in Genesis 15:18–21, seems to define the land that was given to all of the children of Abraham, including Ishmael, Zimran, Jokshan, Midian, etc. It describes a large territory, "from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates".

The other definitions are found in the Book of Deuteronomy, Deuteronomy 11:24, Deuteronomy 1:7, the Book of Numbers, Numbers 34:1–15, and the Book of Ezekiel, Ezekiel 47:13–20. The definition in Numbers and Ezekiel refers to the land that was divided between the original Twelve tribes of Israel after they were delivered from Egypt, and finally, the borders defined in the book of Deuteronomy are those that will be given to the children of Israel slowly throughout the years, Exodus 23:29 & Deuteronomy 7:22)

DJ, Some "christians" see these -much wider- Israeli borders as "a relifious duty"...Even if it would bring ethnic cleansing and war...

Elijah J. Magnier 

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#Israel Occupation Forces stationed on the #Gaza-Israel barrier to the east bombed and destroyed the only flour mill that was operating in the Strip. With the bombing of that only flour mill (and almost all bakeries), the entire Gaza Strip stopped producing flour.

DJ, All Palestinians out of Gaza...That is the Israeli goal...

Elijah J. Magnier 

@ejmalrai

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Way to optimistic...for political reasons western media/elite will follow 100% of Israeli lies...