[FoxBusiness] "Gateside by TSA PreCheck is currently in the operational assessment phase at 13 airports across the nation. TSA is evaluating participation levels and assessing operational impacts. This assessment is proving that TSA's security posture remains strong while delivering innovative benefits to PreCheck customers," the spokesperson said.
The agency did not explain the discrepancy between the previously announced expansion and the program's current availability, or indicate when additional airports might be added.
Gateside was initially introduced at 13 airports in September, including Los Angeles International Airport, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport and Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
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[Regnum] The conflict in Yemen is increasingly spilling over into Saudi Arabia. Following the failed counteroffensive by Riyadh-backed government forces against Ansar Allah (Houthi) positions, opponents of the Saudi crown have significantly intensified attacks on their neighbor.
And while previously their attacks were more of a warning, the Houthis have now begun to strike back, not forgetting to simultaneously strike back at their opponents in Yemen, whom they intend to defeat through cunning.
RAISE THE STAKES
By mid-October, the Houthis had escalated their attacks, attacking King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh and other ports in the kingdom.
This is far from the first time the country's air infrastructure has been threatened, but this strike was the most effective, causing casualties and disrupting air travel.
In addition, Riyadh lost at least two new civilian airliners that were parked at the time of the strike. The kingdom cautiously discussed the breach of its air defenses and the inability to quickly patch the breaches.
Saudi Arabia's attempts to hit where it hurts and attack Ansar Allah oil terminals in the port of Ras Isa and in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a on October 13 helped the population let off some steam, but quickly led to an asymmetrical response.
Yemeni rebels have resumed attacks on facilities belonging to the national oil conglomerate ARAMCO, declaring Saudi Arabia's entire energy infrastructure a battlefield and casually equating potential casualties among oil workers with combat losses in the royal army.
THE PRINCE HAS STRENGTHENED HIS SECURITY
Apparently, Ansar Allah does not intend to limit itself to attacks on the logistics and energy hubs of its opponents.
On the contrary, they clearly intended to demonstrate that they were fighting not so much the country as specific elite groups. For example, on October 15, the Houthis attacked the Al-Maashiq palace complex in Aden, the seat of the internationally recognized government.
Although the president, prime minister, and members of his cabinet were unharmed, the incident caused a major stir. In Riyadh, the strike on Al-Maashiq was perceived as a warning to the ruling dynasty, a kind of "black mark," and appropriate measures were taken.
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has significantly increased security and, according to some foreign publications, prefers to stay only in palace complexes equipped with underground bunkers and fortified rooms.
The number of public events attended by key members of the ruling family has also decreased dramatically.
Of course, the war in Yemen was not a reason to cancel the International Petroleum Congress and other events that bin Salman considers the country's calling card and by which he measures the effectiveness of the national strategic program "Vision 2030."
However, they were held without the scale typical of the House of Saud, which only fueled speculation about problems in the kingdom.
CITY IN A RING
In parallel with the shelling of Saudi territory, the Houthis are pressing on Taiz, the administrative center of the Yemeni province of the same name and an important logistics hub.
The city has been under fire for several weeks now, and most of the commanding heights in the area are either firmly controlled by Ansar Allah or are in the grey zone.
By October 16, the Houthi advance units had even managed to gain a foothold in the western suburbs, thus creating a springboard for further clearing of the settlement.
At the same time, representatives of the advancing group at least twice offered the garrison, consisting primarily of motivated veteran brigades, an honorable surrender, but they refused, hoping that Aden would soon send help to break the encirclement.
However, the capital preferred to concentrate its forces on other parts of the front.
If the Houthis manage to gain a full foothold in Taiz, it will be easier for them to cut off supply routes, as well as transfer forces to Lahj province and threaten the approaches to Aden.
Government forces will have to use longer and more difficult routes, which will create risks for the South.
THE REAL IDEA
The possible capture of Taiz would give the Ansar Allah movement a powerful political trump card: from the city's territory, Houthi forces would be able to threaten not only Aden, which borders Taiz Province, but also interfere with the operation of the capital's port, thereby complicating both military supplies and foreign trade.
The next logical step would be to attack Aden. However, the Houthis clearly have no plans to storm the capital of the pro-Saudi regime.
It is far more likely that they want to overthrow the central government without a general battle.
The logic is simple: the loss of Taiz and the creation of a serious breach in Yemeni possessions will provoke disputes between the allies, which, given the complex history of relations between the central government and peripheral elites, will quickly escalate into a schism.
This has happened many times in the country's history, and the Houthis are simply following their usual routine, creating the necessary conditions in their opponents' camp.
The Saudis have likely figured out this plan, too, and so, instead of escalating, they are insisting on immediate negotiations—even preparing to make symbolic concessions if necessary.
However, Ansar Allah has so far rejected Riyadh's proposals, preferring to resolve matters on the ground. Moreover, time is entirely on their side in this case.
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Soodies are the principal financers of the Islamic "peaceful" invasion.
p.s. I understand why Russians supply Iran & Houties - the less oil from ME, the better their oil/gas business. But why China - who is the biggest importer of ME oil?
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RE #2: Grom, for China anything that hinders the West in any way is good, and they will support it. Trouble in the Muddled East forces up the price of oil. China can print all the Yuan they need, and the West's appetite for Chinese cheap products provides the financial backing for their money. China wants to destabilize the entire world, and anything that promotes that end is welcome and supported. China doesn't want to just be the biggest dog, it wants to be the ONLY dog. Until our politicians grasp that, we're in trouble.
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/\ China doesn't want to just be the biggest dog, it wants to be the ONLY dog.
العديد من الخبراء حذروا المملكه العربية السعودية في حال تراجعها ان اجتثاث مليشيا الحوثي الايرانيه — ترا العديد من وكالات الاستخبارات ان السعودين قادره على اجتثاث ماتبقى من المليشيا خلال 4-6 اشهر على اعلى تقدير إذا ظلت المملكه العربيه السعوديه تتقدم بنفس الوتيرة وتنفذ ضربات مركزه تستهدف أفراد ومركبات واهداف دقيقه.
لماذا 4-6 اشهر كافيه
هذه المره الحرب مختلفه فأستطاعت السعوديه ان تنفذ ضربات كثيره جدا عن طريق الطيران المسير الذي يستهدف افرادا واهداف متحركه على طول الجبهات المشتعله— حيث ران مليشيا الحوثي الايرانيه قد خسرت حتى اللحظه منذ شهر اكثر من 40% من قوامها العسكري.
هل سيتم الحسم
أكدت كل وكالات المخابرات ان سته اشهر ستكون بما فيه الكفايه لإن مليشيا الحريب الايرانيه ستكون غير قادره على تجنيد أفراد وعناصر تنضم إلى آلتها العسكريه المتهالكه وسيرى الشعب في اليمن ان من ذهب إلى الجبهات لايعود إلا أشلاء غير معروفه.
Many experts have warned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that if it retreats from eradicating the Iranian Houthi militia—many intelligence agencies see that the Saudis are capable of eradicating what remains of the militia within 4-6 months at most if the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia continues to advance at the same pace and executes targeted strikes against individuals, vehicles, and precise targets.
WHY ARE 4-6 MONTHS SUFFICIENT
This time the war is different, as Saudi Arabia has been able to execute a very large number of strikes via drones that target individuals and moving targets along the burning fronts—where the Iranian Houthi militia has lost, up to this moment since last month, more than 40% of its military composition.
WILL THERE BE A DECISIVE END
All intelligence agencies have confirmed that six months will be more than enough because the Iranian Houthi militia will be unable to recruit individuals and elements to join its crumbling military machine, and the Yemeni people will see that those who go to the fronts do not return except as unidentified remains.
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السعودية مُصِرّة على أن تحسم هذه المعركة، وأن تضرب عصفورين بحجر واحد؛ فهي تريد القضاء على الإخوان، وفي الوقت نفسه تريد القضاء على الحوثيين.
والدليل على ذلك أنها لم تفشل بالضرورة في مواجهة الحوثيين عسكريًا بقدر ما أن لديها أهدافًا وحسابات أخرى تسعى إلى تحقيقها. فهي لم تدعم الجيش في مأرب بالشكل المطلوب، كما لم تدعم الجيش في تعز، ولا يبدو أنها تريد الاعتماد عليهما بصورة مباشرة.
وبدلًا من ذلك، حاولت الدفع بقوى وتشكيلات أخرى؛ فجربت قوات وأطرافًا متعددة، من بينها الأحزمة الأمنية وقوات الطوارئ وغيرها، إلا أن هذه التشكيلات لم تتمكن من سد الثغرة التي كانت السعودية تريد معالجتها، ولم تحقق النتائج التي كانت تتطلع إليها.
والآن تحاول السعودية استغلال قوى جديدة لتحقيق أهدافها، لكن من المتوقع أن تواجه هذه المحاولة المصير نفسه، وأن تفشل كما فشلت المحاولات والقوى السابقة.
And the evidence for this is that it did not necessarily fail militarily in confronting the Houthis as much as it has other goals and calculations it seeks to achieve. For it did not support the army in Marib in the required manner, nor did it support the army in Taiz, and it does not appear that it wants to rely on them directly.
Instead, it attempted to promote other forces and formations; it tested multiple forces and parties, including the security belts, the emergency forces, and others, but these formations were unable to close the gap that Saudi Arabia wanted to address, and they did not achieve the results it was hoping for.
Now, Saudi Arabia is trying to exploit new forces to achieve its goals, but it is expected that this attempt will face the same fate and fail just as the previous attempts and forces failed.
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حتى لو أعلن الحوثي موافقته على وقف الحرب، وتطبيق القرار الأممي 2216، وتسليم سلاحه والخروج من صنعاء، فلا ينبغي للحكومة اليمنية الشرعية والتحالف العربي بقيادة السعودية قبول ذلك قبل تطويق صنعاء بقوات الشرعية!
لأن الحوثي، مخادع ومراوغ، ويستخدم التقيّة للمناورة وكسب الوقت.
القبول يكون في حالة واحدة: أن تصبح قوات الشرعية على أبواب صنعاء من جميع الجهات، مع ترك ممر واحد للحوثيين للانسحاب خارجها، تجنّباً لتدمير العاصمة وحفاظاً على أرواح أهلها.
المطلوب إنهاء الانقلاب واستعادة الدولة، لا منح الحوثي فرصة جديدة للمناورة وإعادة ترتيب صفوفه…!
النصر للشرعية واليمن ككل…
والاندحار والخسران للحوثي وأعوانه ومشغليه…!
— صباح الخزاعي Sabah Al-Khozai (@sabahalkhozai) October 18, 2026
Even if the Houthi announces his agreement to a ceasefire, the implementation of UN Resolution 2216, the surrender of his weapons, and withdrawal from Sana'a, the legitimate Yemeni government and the Saudi-led Arab coalition should not accept that until Sana'a is encircled by legitimate forces!
Because the Houthi is deceitful and evasive, and uses dissimulation to maneuver and buy time.
Acceptance is only in one case: that the legitimate forces reach the gates of Sana'a from all directions, while leaving a single passage for the Houthis to withdraw from it, to avoid destroying the capital and preserve the lives of its people.
What is required is to end the coup and restore the state, not to give the Houthi a new opportunity to maneuver and regroup his ranks…!
Victory for the legitimate [forces] and Yemen as a whole…
And defeat and loss for the Houthi and his supporters and handlers…!
“Nice kids ya got there — be a shame if something happened to them.”
[Jpost] Holly Passmore told the Telegraph that the officers asked her about her recent trip to Israel, telling her that she may be "at risk of manipulation."
A 44-year old British mother of two was questioned by two coppers after being referred to Prevent, the United Kingdom's counter-extremism program, due to her advocacy for Israel, the Telegraph reported on Sunday.
Holly Passmore told the Telegraph that the officers asked her about her recent trip to Israel, telling her that she may be "at risk of manipulation." Passmore later obtained police records through a subject access request and found that she'd been labeled as having mental health issues and being "vulnerable to negative influence."
The reports revealed that the referral said Passmore "over-identified with the conflict between Israel and Paleostine" and was "supportive of Israel to the point that she has traveled to Israel."
Passmore has had health concerns she was open about, including severe endometriosis and adenomyosis, as well as ADHD and autism, but told the Telegraph that nobody would describe her as vulnerable.
VISIT CAME DESPITE LACK OF COUNTER-TERROR CONCERN
"They knew I’m not vulnerable, but they wanted to monitor me because I was advocating for Israel," she said.
"When they came to the door, they didn’t discuss my health. They only asked about Israel."
The police intelligence report acknowledged that "there is no CT [counter-terror] concern with an individual being supportive of Israel as it's a democracy and it would not be a CT concern for a person to travel there."
The report concluded that "no further inquiries are currently necessary to be completed by any other department in respect of this report."
But Passmore, who is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Holocaust studies at the University of Haifa, was visited by coppers weeks after a trip to Israel in June of last year.
"They asked me why I was interested in ’Jewish issues’, because County Durham is not a Jewish area," she added. "They even asked me if I’d ever been to Auschwitz, and I said, ’Yes’.
"I said to them: ’Look, I get that this is not something that people around here necessarily are interested in, but you know this is something that’s important to me, and it is not illegal’.
PASSMORE URGED NOT TO DISCUSS CASE ONLINE
Passmore had been to Israel on a press trip alongside British journalists and social media influencers after building an online following on X/Twitter.
Originally created to follow gossip about the Duchess of Sussex, the account, which now has over 28,000 followers, turned to campaigning for humanitarian rights, particularly the plight of women in Afghanistan. After the October 7 massacre, she used her platform to speak out against antisemitism and express solidarity with Jewish people.
Passmore said that she was urged by the police to stop discussing the case online after she complained about the visit.
A Counter Terrorism Policing North East front man said they could not comment on an individual case.
"All referrals are treated in the strictest confidence and will always prioritize the safety and welfare of those concerned. Where we are notified of concerns for a particular individual, specially trained officers will listen carefully to the concerns and offer any additional support that may be necessary," they told the Telegram.
[Jpost] BBC's Responsible AI principal data scientist Hicham Yezza was previously arrested in an al-Qaeda manual probe and jailed for immigration offenses.
An Algerian national formerly found to be in possession of an al-Qaeda training manual and who was later sentenced to nine months in prison for immigration offenses is now the BBC’s principal data scientist in the Responsible AI division.
This was first reported by The Telegraph on Saturday, and then independently confirmed by The Jerusalem Post.
The case involves Hicham Yezza, who was working in an administrative role at the University of Nottingham when, in May 2008, university staff discovered a copy of an al-Qaeda training manual on his work computer and alerted the authorities.
The document had been sent to him by his friend, postgraduate student Rizwaan Sabir, who was researching Islamist terrorism and allegedly wanted help printing it.
On May 14, 2008, both men were arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 and detained for around six days. They were released without charge, after Yezza maintained that he had no involvement in terrorism and said the document had been sent to him for printing, not for operational purposes.
THE NOTTINGHAM TWO ARRESTS AND IMMIGRATION CONVICTION
The case sparked outrage from academics and civil-liberties campaigners, and the case became known as the "Nottingham Two" arrests.
Following his release from the terrorism investigation, Yezza was immediately rearrested under immigration legislation, and authorities sought to deport him to Algeria.
In 2009, Yezza was sentenced to nine months in prison for an immigration-related offence involving his claim to have valid permission to remain in Britannia. He was released after five months, and is now a British citizen.
On returning from prison, Yezza launched Ceasefire Magazine, which describes itself as an independent political and cultural publication motivated by "a belief in the free exchange of radical and ground-breaking ideas."
On his LinkedIn, Yezza listed himself as editor-in-chief of the magazine from September 2010 to September 2021. Since his departure, the magazine has become significantly less active. Its most recent article appears to be a May 2025 Comment piece titled "Dispossession resistance is a natural law right of the Paleostinian people."
The piece, by Asim Qureshi, refers to Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... as a "faith-based movement" and said, "Until the entirety of the Zionist colonial entity and all its settlements are dismantled, the Paleostinians will be entitled to exercise their natural law right to resist their dispossession and recover what was unlawfully stolen." However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... as Yezza has apparently taken a step back from the magazine, no relationship can be drawn between him and its current content.
YEZZA'S BBC CAREER AND PREVIOUS ANTI-ISRAEL STATEMENTS
Outside of Ceasefire Magazine, Yezza served as an editorial consultant for Al Jazeera from November 2017 to June 2019. He then spent three years and 10 months at the BBC in an editorial capacity, first as a Middle East and North Africa (MENA) expert and then as a senior journalist in BBC Monitoring’s central editorial Data Hub team.
In his time as a MENA expert, Yezza reported on the war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... despite his previous anti-Israel stances.
As of July 2025, he is the principal data scientist for Responsible AI at the BBC, "helping guide and shape how the BBC approaches and applies responsible AI use across the organization."
Prior to his employment with the BBC in 2021, Yezza was an active commenter on social media, frequently speaking about the "occupation and apartheid" in Israel.
Many of his posts in the year 2018 revolved around Israel, his support for Paleostinian resistance, and his defense of Jeremy Corbyn against accusations of antisemitism.
He also tweeted that rockets being fired from Gaza into Israel were "resist[ance]."
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[Regnum] The root causes of the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz must be addressed. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this on October 18.
"It is necessary to restore and eliminate the root causes of what is happening in and around the Strait of Hormuz," the minister noted at a press conference following the ninth round of the Russia-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) strategic dialogue in Bahrain.
According to Lavrov, the key to stabilizing the situation is the implementation of the provisions of the so-called Islamabad Memorandum, previously concluded between the United States and Iran. The Foreign Minister emphasized that these agreements were initially positively assessed and supported by the international community.
They worked in small teams at night using inflatable-hulled crafts and located the mines on the bottom of the strait with the help of robot boats and submersibles operating towed sonar arrays.
Those devices, like the MK 18 Mod 2 Kingfish, containing high-resolution, side-view sensors, can detect objects like mines on the bottom of the ocean – allowing forces to sweep large areas for the explosives with minimal risk to crew members.
Still, divers would then have to approach the mines underwater and place a charge on them to destroy them.
Alternatively, they could use robot submersibles like the UK's SeaFox or the newer US AN/ASQ-235 Anchorfish to destroy the mines with explosives, according to demining expert Bryan Clark.
[FOX] A Saudi military official paid for the wife and infant son of a former OpenAI engineer accused of secretly planting a recording device inside the artificial intelligence company's headquarters to flee the United States just 36 hours after his arrest, according to federal prosecutors.
Abdulrahman Alfozan, a Saudi national, was arrested Oct. 9, just three days before he was scheduled to fly from San Francisco to Riyadh with his family on a one-way ticket, according to a federal court memorandum filed Sunday.
Prosecutors allege that a member of the Saudi military booked and paid for a one-way, business-class flight to Doha, Qatar, for Alfozan's wife and three-month-old son on Oct. 10. The pair subsequently returned to Saudi Arabia.
The revelations came in a filing ahead of a Monday detention hearing in San Francisco, where prosecutors are seeking to keep Alfozan behind bars pending trial, arguing that he poses a serious flight risk.
Alfozan is accused of concealing a sophisticated audio recording device in an executive conference room at OpenAI, where senior company officials regularly discussed confidential technology, business strategies and government engagements.
Prosecutors allege that Alfozan used an AI chatbot to research how to build and encrypt recording devices and an OpenAI productivity tool to identify meeting rooms used by company executives.
The filing also revealed that Alfozan had been communicating with a member of the Saudi royal family who repeatedly encouraged him to join an AI initiative in Saudi Arabia.
"Saudi needs you more then [sic] the US!" the individual wrote in a May 2026 message, according to prosecutors.
Alfozan, who joined OpenAI in July 2025, was fired following his arrest. Prosecutors said he earned an annual base salary of $385,000 after a raise and received a $2.2 million equity grant when he joined the company.
Federal authorities argue that his financial resources, family ties to Saudi Arabia and apparent support from a foreign government make him a significant flight risk.
The investigation remains ongoing, and prosecutors said additional charges could follow. Alfozan currently faces a federal charge related to the unlawful interception of oral communications, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison if convicted.
[FoxNews] Experts warn legacy systems in water, electrical grid and food supply remain wide open to increasingly sophisticated hackers
"A primary obstacle in [operational technology] environments — whether in food manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, oil, or utilities — is that facilities operate assets that are 15 to 20 years old," John Walsh, Senior Vice President and Field CTO for Government and Critical Industries at IGEL, said. "These systems are expensive, fragile, and essential to ongoing operations."
Decision makers at the companies Walsh works with don’t want to go through the hassle of taking key systems offline in order to upgrade and secure them further, operating under a "if it's not broken, don't fix it" mindset," he said.
But critical infrastructure, like almost every aspect of American society, is becoming increasingly integrated with technology and embedded into digital infrastructure, forcing cybersecurity firms to fundamentally shift strategies.
"One of the big things we have to consider is that we're moving from a thought process of security to resilience," Walsh said.
As AI helps hackers become more sophisticated, it’s no longer wise to attempt to completely shut them out of key systems, Walsh said. System operators are better off assuming the hackers are already there.
**Smart car Bluetooth hacking** primarily involves exploiting vulnerabilities in **Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)** proximity authentication or infotainment systems to gain unauthorized access. The most common method is a **relay attack**, where attackers use hardware to extend the range of a key fob or phone signal, tricking the vehicle into thinking the authorized device is nearby. This has been demonstrated on **Tesla Model 3 and Y** vehicles, allowing thieves to unlock and drive the car from hundreds of yards away using inexpensive equipment.
Another significant threat is the **PerfektBlue** vulnerability chain (CVE-2024-45431–34), which affects infotainment systems in **Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, and Skoda** vehicles. This exploit allows attackers with physical proximity to the car to execute arbitrary code, potentially gaining control over **GPS tracking, audio recording, and personal data**, and in some architectures, pivoting to critical vehicle controls. Additionally, aftermarket security devices like the **KARR Security System** have been found vulnerable to remote Bluetooth unlocking due to shared authentication keys, affecting millions of vehicles.
To protect against these threats, experts recommend **turning off Bluetooth** on your phone when not in use, enabling **PIN-to-drive** or **two-factor authentication** for entry, and avoiding syncing sensitive contacts to the vehicle. Regularly updating your **car’s infotainment firmware** and disabling **Bluetooth pairing mode** when the car is parked can also mitigate the risk of exploitation.
[FOX] Fox News Digital investigation identifies 54 groups behind France's unrest as communists prepare a November youth strike
As France's fiery student protests merged with a nationwide revolt on Saturday, a communist leader and academic, Vijay Prashad, celebrated the unrest with a message linking protests across three continents.
"Paris-New Delhi-Buenos Aires," Prashad posted on X, borrowing a line from the British punk band The Clash: "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power."
Prashad was important not only for what he said, but for who he is: executive director of Tricontinental Ltd., a nonprofit funded by an American-born Marxist tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai.
The message captured how France's riots have become part of a wider international narrative of rebellion — a kind of "Chaos Inc." — amplified by a transnational network of communist and socialist organizations stretching from Europe to Asia, Australia, Africa and South America and North America. Looks like we need another Maduro solution
A Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations and movements in France's October student protests and their wider network of supporters and international amplifiers, including communist parties, revolutionary socialist groups, labor unions, environmental activists, Muslim student advocates, Palestinian-solidarity organizations and international media outlets.
Of the 54 organizations identified in the October protest ecosystem, 16 — or only about one in three — are student or youth organizations, including communist youth groups and a Muslim student association. The remaining 38 include adult-led communist groups, labor unions, political parties, revolutionary-left organizations, advocacy groups and international propaganda outlets.
They include Gilets jaunes, or "Yellow Vests," a radical far-left group that led protests with other groups this weekend, and far-left socialist political party La France Insoumise (LFI), or France Unbowed.
From the outset, far-left socialist and communist organizations helped organize and amplify France’s student revolt, using grievances over school conditions as a pretext to mobilize a broader political struggle against capitalism, government austerity, policing and military spending.
In a sign of unrest to come, France is inspiring an expansion of Chaos Inc.
Fox News Digital has learned an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth and organizations are galvanizing students and youth for a coordinated strike across 12 countries in Europe under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!" They are calling for walkouts, demonstrations, assemblies, blockades and occupations.
Among the international amplifiers for this mayhem are organizations within the Singham network, including Tricontinental, named for a communist convention in Havana, Cuba, in 1966, CodePink and BreakThrough News, a New York-based media outlet, which promoted coverage of the weekend's mayhem in France with the headline: "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
It shared a montage of chaotic scenes from Montpellier, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux, Strasbourg and Saint-Étienne, showing activists engulfed in smoke, Palestinian flags flapping above the crowds, black smoke billowing over flames and police hitting demonstrators with clubs. Its editors added a soundtrack of dramatic music. Its videos include politicians from the far-left socialist political party La France Insoumise (LFI).
In an interview with BreakThrough News, Jodie Evans, Singham's wife and co-founder of a far-left group he funded, CodePink, promoted a planned November campaign in Washington opposing U.S. military spending.
She explicitly invoked youth demonstrations abroad, including France, Spain and India, while urging Americans to participate in CodePink's campaign.
Fox News Digital has prepared a "Who's Who Guide to Chaos Inc. in France," identifying the 54 organizations in the international network promoting the riots and protests in France, from direct organizing to participation, public solidarity and media amplification.
Posted here in full for future searchability. This is worth bookmarking as a reference until the Le Pen government has completed rounding up enough of them to discourage the rest.
WHO'S WHO IN FRANCE'S 'CHAOS INC.' NETWORK
COMMUNIST AND SOCIALIST STUDENT AND YOUTH GROUPS
Communist Youth of Greece — COMMUNIST: A Greek communist youth organization that has publicly supported French students, connecting their education demands to opposition to military spending and government austerity. It has also supported communist protesters in Madrid, Spain, and Greece.
La Jeunesse Communists — COMMUNIST: A group coordinating communist youth activism visible in the French demonstrations, including hammer-and-sickle flags and banners calling for "Class War!"
Le Poing Levé — The Raised Fist — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: A revolutionary student and youth organization associated with Révolution Permanente that works to connect high-school and university protests.
Union de la Jeunesse Communiste (UJC) — Communist Youth Union — COMMUNIST: A French communist youth organization that called on supporters to join and amplify the student struggle.
STUDENT AND YOUTH GROUPS (16)
AFGES – Les étudiant·e·s d'Alsace — The Students of Alsace: A Strasbourg-based student federation affiliated with FAGE that posted about the early October mobilization while describing itself as politically independent. It coordinated protests in Strasbourg on Oct. 17 with an Instagram post that said, "MOBILISER," which means "MOBILIZE." Another post invited activists onto the streets with the message, "LE COMBAT CONTINUE," or "THE FIGHT CONTINUES."
Étudiants Musulmans de France (EMF) — Muslim Students of France: A Muslim student association involved in student representation and campus solidarity whose social-media activity appears in the protest research; its exact Oct. 17 role remains unconfirmed.
Fédération des associations générales étudiantes (FAGE) — Federation of General Student Associations: A national student federation that joined calls for student mobilization against the "extremely violent repression" of youth. It shared footage of its members marching on Oct. 17, with the hashtags #manifestation #genz #17octobre.
Fédération Syndicale Étudiante (FSE) — Student Trade Union Federation: A left-wing student organization whose activists appeared in demonstrations and announced "Democratic and Antifascist Vigilance Committees," linking high-school grievances to the treatment of anti-Israel activists and union members. On Saturday, it posted videos with its trademark solid red flags. One message read: "In Bordeaux, protesters invade the house of the mayor! On October 17, the whole country is on a standstill. Everyone is mobilizing for better living conditions, and against cutting the budget for public service! In Bordeaux, we hear echoing in the protest: Only one solution, the Revolution! The mobilization of the 17 continues: let's block everywhere in France!"
Interfac Île-de-France — Regional Student Coordination: A student coordination organization among Oct. 17 organizers involved in discussions over demonstration routes in Paris.
Les Lycéens! — The High School Students!: A high-school student organization active in the early school blockades.
Renouveau lycéen — High School Renewal: A high-school student organization identified in coverage of the October school mobilization.
Rassemblement pour l'égalité et la démocratie Jeunes — Youth for Equality and Democracy: A youth civic and political organization associated with organizing support for students in Seine-Saint-Denis; its specific Oct. 17 role has not been independently established.
Solidaires Étudiant·e·s — Solidaires Students: A left-wing student union that supported the high-school movement and helped connect university students with the October demonstrations.
Union Étudiante — Student Union: A national university student union that helped mobilize students for the Oct. 6 demonstrations and encouraged participation in the broader movement.
Union nationale des étudiants de France (UNEF) — National Union of Students of France: One of France's established student unions, it was among the organizers of the Oct. 6 nationwide demonstrations.
Union syndicale lycéenne (USL) — High School Students' Union: A French high-school student union that helped organize the initial school blockades and October demonstrations before publicly supporting students joining the Oct. 17 Yellow Vest mobilization.
COMMUNIST, MARXIST, TROTSKYIST AND REVOLUTIONARY-SOCIALIST ORGANIZATIONS (11)
International Communist League — TROTSKYIST: An international communist organization whose French publication Le Bolchévik called on labor unions to mobilize in support of the school protests.
Jeunesse du Monde — COMMUNIST PUBLICATION: A communist publication associated with the Organisation Communiste de France; separate organizational participation in the October 17 protests has not been established.
La France insoumise (LFI) — France Unbowed — LEFT-POPULIST / SOCIALIST: A political movement whose elected officials supported student blockades, including lawmaker Louis Boyard, who waved a Palestinian flag alongside students at Paris-Est-Créteil University.
Nouveau Parti anticapitaliste – L'Anticapitaliste (NPA) — New Anticapitalist Party — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: A revolutionary anti-capitalist party that urged continued mobilization after the Oct. 6 protests.
Organisation communiste révolutionnaire — REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST: A communist organization identified in the wider research whose precise legal identity and direct October protest activities require additional verification.
Parti communiste français (PCF) — French Communist Party — COMMUNIST: Party leader Fabien Roussel publicly supported student demonstrators in Paris alongside communist elected officials and activists as demonstrators carried party flags.
Parti des Indigènes de la République (PIR) — Party of the Indigenous of the Republic — DECOLONIAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT: A political organization that defended the student revolt and circulated imagery of protesters outside Lycée Paul Éluard holding a Palestinian flag.
Parti de l'égalité socialiste — Socialist Equality Party — TROTSKYIST: A French socialist organization that called for workers' action committees and broader mobilization in support of the student movement.
Revolutionary Communist Group — COMMUNIST: A British revolutionary communist organization that published an article connecting the French student revolt to opposition to capitalism, imperialism and support for Palestine.
Révolution Permanente — Permanent Revolution — TROTSKYIST: A revolutionary socialist organization and publication that reported on university blockades and encouraged solidarity between high-school and university students.
World Socialist Web Site — TROTSKYIST MEDIA: An international socialist publication that covered the French school blockades and placed them within a broader argument about austerity, militarization and capitalism.
MUSLIM STUDENT AND PRO-PALESTINE ORGANIZATIONS (2)
Union juive française pour la paix (UJFP) — French Jewish Union for Peace: A Jewish peace and Palestine-solidarity organization that publicized "support for high school students" who joined protests in early October.
Urgence Palestine — Palestine Emergency: A French Palestine-solidarity organization whose protest-related social-media activity appears in the research, although direct organization of the October 17 demonstrations is not established.
LABOR UNIONS, TEACHERS' FEDERATIONS AND FARMERS (12)
CGT Éduc'action — CGT Education: The education-sector organization of the General Confederation of Labour that joined union mobilization calls.
CFDT Éducation Formation Recherche Publiques — CFDT Public Education, Training and Research: A public education and research union that joined education-sector statements supporting the school movement.
Confédération générale du travail (CGT) — General Confederation of Labour: One of France's major national labor confederations that supported the October school mobilizations and joined the Oct. 17 cost-of-living protests.
Confédération nationale du travail (CNT) — National Confederation of Labour — ANARCHO-SYNDICALIST TRADITION: A revolutionary-syndicalist labor organization that endorsed the student movement, declaring that students were right to revolt.
Confédération paysanne — Peasant Confederation: A farmers' union that called on agricultural workers to join Oct. 17 protests, linking rural economic grievances with the national mobilization.
Fédération syndicale unitaire (FSU) — Unitary Trade Union Federation: A major education and public-sector union federation that supported the school mobilization.
FNEC FP-FO — National Federation of Education, Culture and Vocational Training–Workers' Force: Force Ouvrière's education federation, which joined calls supporting high-school demonstrations.
Force Ouvrière (FO) — Workers' Force: A national labor confederation whose education affiliates joined calls supporting high-school students.
SUD éducation — SUD Education: A left-wing education union that joined mobilization calls involving students and education workers.
Syndicat national des enseignements de second degré (SNES-FSU) — National Union of Secondary Education: A major secondary-school personnel union that supported strikes and demonstrations in solidarity with students.
Union syndicale Solidaires — Solidaires Trade Union: A left-wing labor federation whose regional branches promoted Oct. 17 demonstrations and strikes after earlier student solidarity mobilizations.
Union nationale des syndicats autonomes (UNSA) — National Union of Autonomous Trade Unions: A national trade-union federation whose education organizations supported the school movement.
HUMAN-RIGHTS, PARENTS', ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC-JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS (11)
Amnesty International France: The French section of Amnesty International that reported on police treatment of minors during the school protests.
ATTAC France — Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions and Citizen Action: An economic-justice organization that linked protest grievances with opposition to austerity and restrictions on civil liberties.
Coordination nationale du mouvement du 26 septembre — September 26 Movement Coordination: A climate-mobilization network that encouraged participation in Oct. 17 protests and connected environmental concerns with household economic pressures.
Extinction Rebellion: An international environmental activist movement whose imagery appeared in photographic coverage of the French demonstrations.
Fédération des conseils de parents d'élèves (FCPE) — Federation of Parents' Councils: A national parents' federation that called on members to demonstrate and announced participation by its national board in Paris.
Gilets jaunes — Yellow Vests: A radical far-left French protest group revived around fuel prices and the cost of living whose Oct. 17 demonstrations converged with the student mobilization.
Intersyndicale nationale VTC — National Private-Hire Drivers' Union Coalition: A professional drivers' coalition that promoted participation in the Oct. 17 mobilization, including a gathering at Place de la Bastille.
Les Soulèvements de la Terre — Earth Uprisings: A radical environmental movement that celebrated the student revolt and called for an antifascist uprising.
Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH) — Human Rights League: A French civil-liberties organization that publicized support for students and criticism of police repression.
Mouvement contre le racisme et pour l'amitié entre les peuples (MRAP) — Movement Against Racism and for Friendship Between Peoples: An antiracism organization identified in earlier coalition activity around the student demonstrations.
SOS Racisme — SOS Racism: A French antiracism organization included in coalition activity supporting the school movement.
INTERNATIONAL AMPLIFIERS AND ADDITIONAL OCT. 17 ORGANIZERS (2)
BreakThrough News — COMMUNIST SINGHAM NETWORK: A New York-based outlet that reported on French student demonstrations and previewed their participation in the October 17 cost-of-living mobilization.
Indian Alliance Paris — COMMUNIST SINGHAM NETWORK: A France-based Indian diaspora organization that connected French and Indian youth protests through its social-media messaging. It has partnered with the SIngham network's People's Forum for an event.
THE NEXT MOBILIZATION: NOV. 20 EUROPEAN YOUTH STRIKE
Counterfire — United Kingdom — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST / ANTI-WAR: A British socialist organization that advertised the Nov. 20 strike and connected opposition to war with campaigns involving universities and Palestine.
International Socialist Alternative — REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALIST: An international socialist organization that endorsed the Nov. 20 action and connected opposition to militarization with criticism of capitalism.
International Youth Strike coalition: The international organizing coalition announced plans in August for coordinated Nov. 20 student walkouts and demonstrations across Europe under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!"
Socialist Party — United Kingdom — TROTSKYIST: A British socialist party whose October commentary linked France's student revolt with wider European mobilization and the forthcoming strike.
Socialist Students — United Kingdom — SOCIALIST: A British socialist student organization that promoted the Nov. 20 strike and sought to connect student opposition to military spending with wider socialist campaigns.
Stop the War Coalition — United Kingdom — ANTI-WAR: A British anti-war organization that promoted the youth strike and encouraged demonstrations opposing military spending.
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Prashad was important not only for what he said, but for who he is: executive director of Tricontinental Ltd., a nonprofit funded by an American-born Marxist tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai.
Does anybody believe that the Chinese Communist Party is not fully aware and approving of Mr. Singham's activities?
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We’ve had reports that the CCP is financing Mr. Singham as well as providing training for the cadres, Abu Uluque. Since it appears pretty clear that China will not be deploying its army to conquer the West as originally planned for next year, as I recall, Fifth Column actions must be their back up plan.
[KhaamaPress] Germany has refused visas to more than 30 Afghan families awaiting relocation from Pakistain, despite a Federal Constitutional Court ruling that the government cannot revoke previous admission assurances without considering each applicant’s individual circumstances, German media reported.
The cases were reviewed following the court’s July 22 ruling in a complaint brought by an Afghan mother and her two minor sons. The court found that the government’s blanket cancellation of admission assurances under the humanitarian "Human Rights List" programme violated the constitutional prohibition against arbitrary state action. It said officials must take individual circumstances into account before withdrawing such assurances.
The German newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau reported that the renewed reviews had not resulted in visas for any of the more than 30 families whose cases were reconsidered. Among those still awaiting decisions are former judges, former intelligence personnel and women’s rights activists who could face persecution by the Taliban ...the once and current oppressors of Afghanistan... if returned to Afghanistan.
Around 500 Afghans who had previously received admission assurances from Germany remain in Pakistain, uncertain about their future and concerned about their safety. Many had sought admission because their past professional or human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... activities could put them at risk under Taliban rule.
The court’s ruling followed the German government’s December 2025 decision to cancel admission assurances for approximately 640 Afghans who had not yet travelled to Germany. The government said it intended to end voluntary admission programmes as far as possible. The court did not order Germany to issue visas automatically, but ruled that a blanket cancellation without individual consideration was unlawful.
In September, several German legal associations and an organization supporting Afghan refugees wrote to the country’s interior and foreign ministers, warning that the review process must genuinely assess each applicant’s circumstances. The organizations said the group awaiting admission included 543 Afghans, among them 171 women and 236 children, with some applicants having already completed German security checks.
The situation is particularly serious for Afghan women. In 2024, the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... ’s Court of Justice ruled that the Taliban’s restrictions on women could amount to persecution. It said Afghan women’s sex and nationality could be sufficient grounds, depending on the circumstances, for recognising a risk of persecution when assessing asylum claims.
[Breitbart] U.S. Vice President JD Vance blamed the nationwide riots in France on mass immigration and the inability to integrate large swaths of people from the “third world”, while warning American citizens from following the same destructive path.
Pandemonium erupted across French cities on Saturday as the weeks-long multicultural youth revolt merged with far-left activists supposedly protesting over the cost of living, resulting in widespread clashes with police, mass looting, vandalism, and arson attacks on government buildings, including a fire which burned down the tower of the historic City Hall in Limoges.
French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said on Sunday morning that over 2,000 people were arrested during the riots and more than 600 police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters were injured during the violent scenes.
“Outrages were committed by several thousand far-left individuals determined to target our public buildings and confront our law enforcement forces. Later, they were joined by delinquents who looted and ransacked numerous businesses in several cities across France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Strasbourg, Grenoble, Nice, Limoges, … and many others,” Nuñez said.
While the Macron government has focused on the role of the far-left La France Insoumise (France in Rebellion/LFI) party of presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon in stoking the riots, others have noted that the widespread destruction would not have been possible were it not for the mass migration policies enacted by establishment parties in Paris for decades, leading to the creation of ethnic enclaves in suburbs like Saint-Denis that have bred resentment, including among second and third-generation migrants.
Commenting on the riots, U.S. Vice President JD Vance remarked: “Western liberals imported the third world into France and other countries in the name of diversity and compassion. They ignored fundamental questions of assimilation and compatibility. They were told it would lead to this and they didn’t listen.
“I pray that France, a beautiful country of amazing people, will stop this madness before more of its landmarks burn. And I hope Americans are paying attention. This is the future congressional Democrats seek for your country.”
This sentiment was also shared by some in France, including the Mayor of Nice, Éric Ciotti, who said on Saturday: “Islamo-leftism threatens the Republic. The massive presence of Palestinian flags and community slogans is a terrible reality in these demonstrations, just like the presence of movements close to the Muslim Brotherhood.
“Alongside the black blocs, they seek to overthrow the Republic.”
The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, said that the protests were merely a pretext for the “convergence of an ultra-left terrorism and delinquent populations from the suburbs,” adding: “These scenes of devastation, which illustrate the ‘New France’ that irresponsible individuals seek to unite, will never be acceptable.”
Bardella, who is currently the favourite to become the next prime minsiter should Marine Le Pen win the presidential election to replace Emmanuel Macron next year, vowed to “restore order” to the country.
“From May 2027, if the silent majority of the French so decides, we will durably restore order: family allowances for recidivist delinquents will be suspended, the principle of rioter-pays will be applied to fully reimburse the amount of damages, any individual who attacks law enforcement will be brought before the courts for immediate trial and a heavy sentence, law enforcement will be supported, and their ranks strengthened,” he pledged.
“Calm, respect for property and persons, civil peace must once again become the normal state of the country.”
In addition to the pervasive destruction seen on Saturday, there was also widespread looting, often carried out by hooded youths. The president of the French Federation of Commerce and Distribution, Alexandre Bompard, estimated that looters directly affected some 1,500 retailers and said the total cost to businesses will likely amount to “several hundred million euros”.
The head of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry (CCIs) network, Alain Di Crescenzo, said that for many small businesses, the looting “could be the final straw.”
“Our shopkeepers don’t need this. They fight every day to keep our cities alive, and they are the ones the rioters targeted… This is unacceptable.”
[FoxNews] FDD expert says the 'resolution is where the pushback begins against Islamist entryism in Europe'
Following the sanctioning of foreign Muslim Brotherhood groups by the Trump administration, the European Parliament recently took its own action against the transnational radical Islamist group.
As Europe begins to respond to the threat of radical Islam across the continent, an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament voted for a resolution that condemned the Muslim Brotherhood and its actions.
European Parliament member Céline Imart of France, who sponsored the resolution, called the vote "a historic victory because it is a European first. For the first time, Europe has voted on a text that tackles Islamist entryism and the Muslim Brotherhood."
Imart posted on X that she had "broken a taboo that Europe has been dragging around like a chain: this victory signifies a major doctrinal shift in the institutions… We were able to transcend partisan divides on a major issue for our societies and our youth."
Lorenzo Vidino, director of the program on extremism at George Washington University, told Fox News Digital that, "This is something that the French and the Austrian governments have been pushing for almost a decade," noting a growing consensus across Europe that wants action.
The resolution was led by the European People’s Party, or EPP, a center-right coalition that is the largest group in the European Parliament. "The voting does reflect a gap between the right and the left," said Vidino, "with the right voting almost entirely in favor of the resolution, and a good part of the left, although with some notable exceptions, voting against it."
As part of her post on X, Imart made it a point to thank "the negotiators from the other groups with whom I had the pleasure of working - excluding the socialists and the far left, who boycotted the text."
Vidino said, "The Brotherhood remains something that is seen through the political lenses of our own political debates, where it shouldn't be... because it's a challenge to our societies."
A press release on the resolution issued by the European Parliament's news website stated that Islamist entryism targets "democratic institutions, the rule of law, equality between women and men and fundamental freedoms." It stressed that Muslim citizens must be protected from discrimination as "a democratic obligation," while "warning against treating organized Islamist networks as representative interlocutors."
The release also stated, "While Europe must remain free, open and faithful to its principles, it can ‘no longer fund, consult or legitimize networks that use its language, procedures and funding to weaken its values from within,’" but "MEPs stress that anti-discrimination policies must not be used to shield Islam from criticism or legitimize organized Islamist networks."
[Jpost] According to the organizers, the delays significantly narrowed the time remaining for the voyage, prompting a decision to postpone the attempt to reach Gaza until spring 2027.
If ever a Islamic cleric needed dying...
[Rudaw] Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday called for peaceful protests at schools and universities across Iraq on Thursday against restrictions on wearing the Islamic hijab in some countries, days after condemning new school regulations banning hijabs in Azerbaijan.
Because the entire world cares what a minor Islamic cleric in Iraq says. Egotistic much?
“I find that it would be in the interest of religion, belief, and humanity to hold a unified protest, at the same time, in Iraq’s all-female or mixed schools, and public and private universities against decisions to ban the hijab (Islamic veil) in some countries of the world and to support the freedom of dress,” said Sadr in his statement.
He called for the protests to take place on the next Thursday morning, stressign that they should be “peaceful, organized and last only a few minutes” to avoid disrupting classes.
Sadr's call comes amid growing controversy over restrictions on Islamic headscarves in Azerbaijan. New school regulations that took effect in Azerbaijan last Monday do not explicitly mention the hijab, but students and teachers wearing Islamic headscarves have reportedly been denied access to educational institutions, triggering protests, arrests and criticism from religious and political figures abroad.
[10News] Trump endorsed Netanyahu in past elections and in November he sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu on corruption charges.
President Donald Trump on Sunday endorsed embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late in his reelection campaign, a coveted boost because of Trump’s popularity but one that the American had withheld for months as the vote neared and the leaders' strategies in the Middle East diverged.
Trump said in a post on social media that Netanyahu “has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Israelis are set to vote Oct. 27, in the first national elections since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The absence of an endorsement was a setback for the Likud politician, who had billed his tight ties to the Republican president as a selling point for staying in power.
“Thank you, President Trump, for the tremendous support and work together,” Netanyahu said in a statement in Hebrew posted on X. “Together we will complete the mission!”
His Likud Party attached to the statement a 35-second video showing clips of the two leaders together and Trump praising Netanyahu.
It was not immediately clear what impact the endorsement would have on what is expected to be a tight race. Trump is still popular in Israel, but many Israelis, including leading commentators, have expressed disappointment over the inconclusive outcome of the Iran war and Trump’s ceasefire proposal, which fell short of many of the countries’ key goals when they jointly launched the war in February.
In his post, Trump again threatened to “soon finish the job” against Iran “unless they change their ways, rapidly,” but added he might not want to if Netanyahu loses the election. “If Israel has the wrong Leader, which would be anyone other than Bibi, America will have to do this work ourselves, and I am not inclined to do so,” Trump said.
He said Netanyahu had been “Strong, Brave, and Brilliant in the face of tremendous opposition, including that coming from even Israel, itself.”
Trump endorsed Netanyahu in past elections and in November he sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog asking him to pardon Netanyahu on corruption charges.
But Trump's comments about Netanyahu in recent months had been much more subdued, and he repeatedly demurred when asking if he would back the prime minister. The president, when asked in a Time magazine interview published this month about backing the Israeli leader, said, ”I’m not involved in politics anymore,” despite his campaigning for and endorsing U.S. politicians.
Trump, especially in his second term, has sought to give his stamp of approval to candidates in foreign elections and claimed credit when they have been successful. He endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in his unsuccessful bid for a fifth term, as well as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Polish President Karol Nawrocki, and several Latin American leaders.
Trump and Netanyahu have been close allies and seemed more aligned than ever in the wake of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in 2025. But over the course of the nearly eight-month war with Iran this year, they have had disagreements.
Trump criticized Israel’s decision to attack a key Iranian gas field in the first weeks of the war. In June, he called Netanyahu “crazy." Trump also said that he was “a little bit perturbed” as Israel’s fighting with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon was holding back peace talks with Iran.
Beyond Iran, Netanyahu in August rejected Trump’s latest plan to advance a stalled ceasefire in Gaza, pushing back on the U.S. administration’s call for Israel to withdraw from territory it controls in Gaza until Hamas has been disarmed.
The Jerusalem Post’s cynical claim — but as far as I can tell they don’t like either President Trump or PM Netanyahu:
Trump delayed endorsing Netanyahu for the upcoming election until internal polling showed a path to victory, political sources told Maariv.
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(a) Bibi been PM for 19 years (total). In all that time, there wasn't a moment he wasn't embattled (the urge to NOT upset the Gentiles is deep seated in Jewish soils).
(b) If Trump can endorse Bibi, may I mention my, very, favorable opinion of Ron DeSantis?
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#2 Nonsense. Israeli Leftists are the only Israelis (except "Israeli" Arabs) who hate Trump. And they all would vote against Bibi anyway. The rest of us see Trump as, ahem, a man of good intentions but limited comprehension.
[Jpost] Akhlaghi replaces Majid Ebn al-Reza, who took over in an interim capacity after then Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was killed by US-Israeli strikes in February. "Next!"
Iran's parliament approved Mehrdad Akhlaghi Ketabchi as defense minister on Sunday, ending months of interim leadership at the ministry and placing a former defense sector veteran in charge of the country's defense production and procurement apparatus.
Akhlaghi replaces Majid Ebn al-Reza, who took over in an interim capacity after then Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was killed by US-Israeli strikes in February.
Akhlaghi has spent decades in Iran's defense industry and has held senior roles in its aerospace and missile sectors. He is subject to US and EU sanctions over his work in Iran's defense sector.
In a program presented to politicians, Akhlaghi pledged to rebuild the country's military-industrial infrastructure, accelerate the development of defense technologies and expand cooperation with private-sector companies.
[Jpost] With more than four decades in Iran’s defense industry, Akhlaghi has held senior positions in its missile and aerospace organizations and was previously sanctioned by the UN.
🚨 IRAN’S PROXIES REPORTEDLY WITHHOLDING FIGHTERS’ SALARIES TO FUND IRGC
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper says “there are reports” Iran-backed militias are withholding fighters’ salaries to “funnel money back” to the IRGC.
The U.S. has blocked $25 billion in Iranian oil exports and frozen $35 million in cryptocurrency.
“The Islamic regime is clearly feeling the economic pain and the IRGC is increasingly showing signs of greater desperation as a result,” Cooper declared.
He also emphasized that the “Strait of Hormuz is controlled by the United States and our regional partners, not Iran.”
CENTCOM reports helping 400 merchant vessels transit the strait over the past week.
🚨 IRAN’S PROXIES REPORTEDLY WITHHOLDING FIGHTERS’ SALARIES TO FUND IRGC
CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper says “there are reports” Iran-backed militias are withholding fighters’ salaries to “funnel money back” to the IRGC.
The U.S. has blocked $25 billion in Iranian oil exports and frozen $35 million in cryptocurrency.
“The Islamic regime is clearly feeling the economic pain and the IRGC is increasingly showing signs of greater desperation as a result,” Cooper declared.
He also emphasized that the “Strait of Hormuz is controlled by the United States and our regional partners, not Iran.”
CENTCOM reports helping 400 merchant vessels transit the strait over the past week.
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Uhuh. Suuuure they are. But have they a way to get the things over the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to actually hit us, or is somewhere in Europe really as far as the thing might possibly fly?
BREAKING: Iran now says it has successfully reverse-engineered the technology of the 14-ton bomb the US dropped on Iran during the 12-Day War, and is now preparing the "father of missiles" for America, per Fars News.
Sardar Naqdi, identified as a top IRGC commander, said: "The Americans' mother bomb is 10 tons; but in the 12-day war, they dropped a 14-ton bomb on Iran that did not work. Now all the technologies of the 14-ton bomb have been analyzed and are in our possession. If they are hit by such a bomb as well, they should know where its technology came from to us."
The claim comes as Washington weighs using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), the 21,600-pound "mother of all bombs," against Iranian energy and nuclear sites.
BREAKING: Iran now says it has successfully reverse-engineered the technology of the 14-ton bomb the US dropped on Iran during the 12-Day War, and is now preparing the "father of missiles" for America, per Fars News.
Sardar Naqdi, identified as a top IRGC commander, said: "The Americans' mother bomb is 10 tons; but in the 12-day war, they dropped a 14-ton bomb on Iran that did not work. Now all the technologies of the 14-ton bomb have been analyzed and are in our possession. If they are hit by such a bomb as well, they should know where its technology came from to us."
The claim comes as Washington weighs using the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), the 21,600-pound "mother of all bombs," against Iranian energy and nuclear sites.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FoxBusiness] "Gateside by 
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...the once and current oppressors of Afghanistan...
