The Middle East Thread

Haaretz; on the change in Israeli policy in the West Bank…

https://archive.is/kbDMl

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And eventually , and inevitably , they will soon enough have Hamas in their midst. Cool strategy Bibi.

And in a link on that page…

https://archive.is/OBJI4

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Was about to post that. So, for those who won’t click on the link, what is unusual about that image?

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Is he going to stop just there?

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A fascinating conversation between an Israeli and a Palestinian:

It’s quite long, but we’ll worth a read.

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I’ve been reading the book “the jew is not my enemy” by Tarek Fatah(A Pakistani Canadian). This was by Fatah before he became a virtual shill for the Indian establishment against Pakistan.

He spoke about the anti semitism fuelling the Arab and Muslim communities , the history behind it , the links with the Nazis and also doesnt spare Israel and how their behaviour isn’t helping at all.

Also doesnt spare Israel and their attitude towards Palestine.

Some of what is mentioned in that interview has been mentioned in the book as well.

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The Jewish Chronicle is akin to Fox News. Not surprised at all

I invoke the @cynicaloldgit fundamental axiom of the universe.

He’s not the only one with that world view.

If it can be proved that Netanyahu was deliberately feeding them disinformation to bolster his case for avoiding a ceasefire then that should be a very serious matter.

You’d think rather well-substantiated bribery allegations were serious enough to begin with…

What would have been considered anathema by the Iraqi govt. not that long ago is now actually a thing. A really interesting look here at how Iranian backed Shiite militias in Iraq have gradually achieved such power and influence (to the point of actually appointing the current PM) that they have now invited both Hamas and the Houthis to open offices in the country , and in the process expanded Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ , something that won’t have gone unnoticed by the Israelis.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/15/world/middleeast/iran-iraq-hamas-houthis.html?unlocked_article_code=1.K04.dweZ.fN2UrNdx-gyO&smid=url-share

Free to read.

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Israel? How on earth did they make this happen?

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The person trackers Hezbollah uses are brand new, they just recently started using them, it has been reported, since they are harder to track than cell phones. But it seems like they can potentially become a very tiny shaped charge/mine From videos and experts (obviously quite preliminary), it seems as if the ENTIRE shipment of person trackers probably had a tiny bomb in them, so this must have been a Mossad operation that has been underway for many months, maybe a year or more. Plastic explosives likely. The Iranian ambassador (who coordinates with Hezbollah) is also wounded.

Rather remarkable. The explosions we see on video are actually rather potent, so can’t be just the tracker or phone exploding in itself.

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Would also make you question why they needed to murder 40k civilians, bombing hospitals and schools, to reach Hamas

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Why would you question it? They never needed to. It was just a convenient excuse for the genocide the right-wing wanted.

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Sure, but they probably haven’t been able to sell a mined shipment of personal trackers to Hamas and it takes many months, maybe a year, to manage to do this. Because they first have to use shell companies, mine enough trackers, then market them to the organisation they want to target (and convince them to even buy it), and then actually sell them and then wait until they are widely distributed in use.
Probably takes a year. But I don’t know of course. But I think this has been in the works since Hezbollah started firing rockets and ATGMs in response to the Gaza campaign. Maybe even earlier.

Maybe one day we will know.

Anyway, here are 2 examples of the explosions for those who may be interested, if someone are wondering about how big a bang this was:
https://x.com/Faytuks/status/1836038889179390199
Note that the second has sound and screams in it.