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[Regnum] In early November, Niger Prime Minister Ali Mahamane Lamine Zein arrived in Benghazi, Libya, on an official visit. During his visit, he met with Osama Hammad, head of the parallel government of eastern Libya, as well as representatives of the local military elite. That’s the official government of Field Marshall Khalifa Haftar’s outfit in East Libya. They’re supported by Egypt, with whom they share guarding their joint border. The addition of Niger is interesting.
The visit resulted in the signing of a strategic partnership agreement between Niamey and Benghazi, which has become a subject of controversy in the West.
However, Westerners were largely debating what Niger was up to. Meanwhile, another complex game, successfully executed by the commander of the parallel Libyan government's armed forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, and his son, Saddam, remained almost entirely in the shadows.
Saddam Hafter, 35, is not the eldest son but the one tapped to be the family statesman, suavely leading at least eastern Libya into the brave and shining future that thus far also includes at least one secret meeting with the Bibi government in Israel.
A "BALANCING" VISIT
At first, skeptics considered Zein's visit to Benghazi an attempt by official Niamey to calm its neighbor after a series of turbulent political changes.
This is especially true after it became known that Algeria (with which Eastern Libya has complex relations) plans to send an expeditionary force to Niger to protect critical local facilities, including deploying part of the contingent near the Libyan border.
The news of the signing of a strategic cooperation pact by the parties (before the first details emerged) was also met with a rather cool reception. By that time, Niger had already concluded a similar agreement with the UN-recognized government of Hamid Dbeibah, which controls Tripoli and the western part of the country.
Or at least part of Tripoli, last I heard. Still, the Syrian mercenaries Turkey is renting to Tripoli in exchange for the remainder of Moammar Gadaffy’s gold stash might have expanded the area they control…
The prevailing opinion was that Zein had come to demonstrate to Benghazi that Niamey was open to cooperation with both sides of the Libyan conflict and would not act as a potential springboard for an operation against Tripoli's opponents.
Hmmm…
However, after the details of the negotiations were revealed and the text of the agreement was published, the assessments changed dramatically. The parties agreed to expand security cooperation, strengthen border coordination, and combat terrorism, smuggling, and organized crime.
All good things that make the world a better place.
In addition, according to Libyan media reports, intelligence sharing, trade development, and the opening of consulates were also discussed in Benghazi, which would effectively turn Eastern Libya into an equal partner of Niger.
The “balancing” visit suddenly turned into a breakthrough and historic one.
IN THE SHADOW OF A NEIGHBOR
However, Niger still occupied the spotlight. Western experts and politicians raced to guess what exactly Abdourahmane Chiani's government was planning. Various theories were put forward, including the most fantastical.
For example, Niamey was said to be planning to gain a leading position in the "Alliance of Sahel States" (which also includes Mali and Burkina Faso) and become a showcase for anti-colonialist resistance in Africa. And at the same time, to create (with the help of Algerian bayonets) a new balance of power in Sub-Saharan Africa, in which the departed French would simply have no place.
The potential gains for Eastern Libya from the deal have been much less talked about, with these being reduced to pacifying the borders in the southwest and reducing the damage to Benghazi's image from the actions of local smugglers and underground armed groups.
However, from the perspective of eastern Libyan politicians, security issues are secondary to the deal with Niger. Far more important are the economic opportunities offered by a military alliance with Niamey. This rapprochement provides Benghazi with a potential economic corridor to Central and West African states, which will significantly expand its markets.
How very clever! Let us wish them good luck — greater prosperity for the good guys, or at least the better guys, is a good thing.
And at the same time, create alternative supply routes for critical technologies that bypass the country's post-war restrictions. Given that southeastern Libya has been considered a gray zone for both governments for several years now (neither Tripoli nor Benghazi has been able to establish clear control over it), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar now has an opportunity to strengthen his influence in the border areas under the pretext of aiding Niamey.
It’s not a pretext if it’s real, though.
Finally, the agreement with Niger demonstrated that the parallel government in Benghazi is not a “marginal gang” (as they like to say in the West of the country), but a mature political entity that can participate equally in resolving cross-border problems.
This means it has the right to claim broader representation in the governing bodies created under the auspices of the UN.
FROM FATHER TO SON
Equally important, the Benghazi-Niamey negotiations serve as a valuable springboard for Saddam Haftar, Field Marshal Khalifa's son and his deputy in the armed forces. Haftar Jr. not only attended the agreement signing ceremony but also led preliminary negotiations on it—according to some reports, having secured the support of Chiani himself.
Moreover, at his instigation, eastern Libya took a number of steps to stabilize relations with Chad, where French influence still remains evident, resulting in tacit guarantees of non-interference in the deal with Niger. This maneuver convinced Niamey of Benghazi's serious intentions and, apparently, contributed to the expansion of the initial package of agreements.
Foreign contacts and military cooperation are becoming an integral part of Saddam's political capital. And they will likely prove useful when the question of merging the "two Libyas" arises again.
Compared to his aging father, whose political legacy is ambiguous (and he himself is toxic for a significant portion of Libya's competitors), Saddam appears to be an energetic and flexible politician capable of taking responsibility for state security.
At the same time, his own influence in the East is already commensurate with the position of Khalifa Sr., which places him among the heavyweight politicians and, if the political rift in Libya is overcome, makes him a likely candidate for at least a substantial ministerial portfolio.
Of course, not everyone in Benghazi is happy with the Haftar clan's renewed rise. Even the formal head of the local government, Osama Hammad, sees it as a potential threat to his position.
However, their deep integration into the Niger deal prevents any politician from exerting pressure on either of them. The risk that Niamey would perceive the Haftars' fall from grace as a signal of instability among their Libyan counterparts and annul the new agreement is too great.
[IsraelTimes] Thousands of Syrian troops are set to deploy to Saudi Arabia and Yemen, with some already on the ground, multiple Yemeni officials have told AFP, as Riyadh rallies international help to repel the Iran-backed Houthis and bolster the government in Aden.
Hundreds have already been deployed to both sides of the border, according to three separate Yemeni military sources and a defense official. But more are coming.
Syria will send around 3,000 troops to join the Saudi-led coalition’s fight, a source from the Presidential Leadership Council, Yemen’s top governing body, told AFP.
“The Syrian side and the Saudi side agreed to send around 3,000 troops to fight against the Houthis,” said the source, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.
However, a Syrian diplomatic source denied the development to state media, telling SANA that reports Syria had sent troops “at this time are entirely unfounded” and that Damascus was focused on domestic matters.
Fascinating.
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زعيم المليشيا الحوثيه الايرانيه عبدالملك الحوثي يقطن الان في محافظه مسندم التابعه لدولة سلطنه عمان
زعيم المليشيا يقطن في مدينه مسندم العمانيه حتى يسهل عليه الحركه والترتيب مع مليشيا الحرس الصوري الإيراني بمساعدت وتسهيل مباشره من البلاط السلطاني العماني.
زعيم المليشيا تحرك مرارا داخل أربع مدن عمانيه بمراكب ومراكب تابعه للسلطان هيثم زعيم البلاد.
زعيم مليشيا ايران يعقد لقاءات مع دبلوماسيين ايرانيين يوجّهونه كيف يم التعامل في حرب اليمن ومهاجمه المملكه العربيه السعوديه.
The leader of the Iranian Houthi militia, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, is now living in the governorate of Musandam, which belongs to the Sultanate of Oman.
The militia leader is living in the Omani city of Musandam to make it easier for him to move around and coordinate with the Iranian IRGC militia, with direct assistance and facilitation from the Omani royal court.
The militia leader has repeatedly traveled between four Omani cities aboard boats and boats belonging to Sultan Haitham, the country’s leader.
The leader of Iran’s militia holds meetings with Iranian diplomats who advise him on how to handle the war in Yemen and attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
A noble sentiment, but how will his government make them go?
[IsraelTimes] At reception for Maccabiah athletes, German chancellor says ‘historical responsibility of our country applies just as much to those who come here to Germany from Islamic countries’
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday said that Moslem immigrants colonists who refuse to acknowledge Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust "must leave our country."
"This historical responsibility of our country applies just as much to those who come here to Germany from Islamic countries," Merz said at a Berlin reception for Jewish athletes who represented the country at this year’s Maccabiah Games, according to the dpa, German press agency.
"And anyone who fails to abide by this must leave our country," he said.
According to reports, Merz’s remarks came after a Maccabiah basketball coach told the chancellor that Jewish athletes on his team expressed fear about wearing their team jackets, which bear a Star of David, in public.
Merz then referenced a 1985 Bundestag speech made by former German president Richard von Weizsacke, which emphasized the importance of recognizing and confronting the country’s role in the genocide of six million Jews during World War II.
Von Weizsacke said that while young people were not responsible for the Holocaust, they were responsible for its legacy.
"And that applies to German society as a whole," said Merz, adding that he considered those remarks as set in stone.
"And I would add, given the current circumstances: that also applies to immigrants colonists who come to Germany," he added.
Germany has faced persistently high levels of antisemitism in recent years, with 2,197 anti-Jewish incidents recorded in Berlin in 2025, according to a report published this year by Germany’s Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information on Antisemitism, known as RIAS.
After the report was published, a German politician said that the "threat to Jewish life is worse than at any time since the Holocaust.
The figures published in the report were down about 13 percent from 2,521 incidents the previous year, but remained more than double pre-October 7, 2023, levels. It described an increasingly hostile environment in which Jews and Israelis face harassment, intimidation, and violence in public spaces.
All decisions actions have costs, including not taking action. JD Vance is not talking about the big picture. Why, when he is smart enough to see it?
[IsraelTimes] Christians United for Israel calls the vice president’s comments a ‘dog whistle’ faulting Jews; Jewish leader: ‘It makes you wonder why he would make such a claim’
Conservative pro-Israel voices are lashing out at Vice President JD Vance after he linked the Republican Party’s massive midterm losses to the country’s relationship with Israel and the war in Iran.
Vance on Wednesday said that "the real reason we lost is obvious to almost everyone." Citing an unidentified pollster, he alleged the top demands of voters who had left the Republican side were: end the war in Iran; focus on the cost of living and inflation; put America first and "change our relationship to Israel."
Eric Levine, a board member of the Republican Jewish Coalition, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he doesn’t "recall seeing a single exit poll in which any voter identified ’change our relationship with Israel’ as a factor in their voting decision."
"It makes you wonder why he would make such a claim," Levine added.
Conservative radio personality Sid Rosenberg, a Jewish New Yorker and friend of President Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... , slammed the vice president and cited his "constant calls for a ceasefire" as the reason why the conflict with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... has persisted.
"Vance is a disloyal, agenda-driven problem for our party moving forward," Rosenberg wrote on X, urging Trump to replace him as chief Iran negotiator with Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... , a favorite of Rosenberg’s and other Jewish conservatives for the 2028 GOP presidential nod.
Rosenberg has long criticized Vance for not being "strong enough on Israel" and has demanded that Vance distance himself from Tucker Carlson, a right-wing commentator who condemns US military aid for Israel and who has been accused of amplifying antisemitic tropes.
In September, Rosenberg accepted an invitation to meet with Vance at the White House, as the vice president attempted to make overtures to the Jewish community following a series of controversial remarks about Israel. Following the meeting, Rosenberg reported that he and Vance "hit it off," adding that the two men would likely have "many more meetings about very substantial things" in the future.
"He is willing to listen," Rosenberg said at the time. "I don’t think by any stretch that JD Vance hates Israel, hates the Jewish people."
Jonathan Greenberg, director for combating antisemitism at Defending Education and a former staffer for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, told JTA earlier this week that he viewed Vance’s comments as "nonsense."
"The same Islamist-communist alliance that’s infiltrating our schools and teaching our kids to hate America is the same alliance that Israel is fighting," said Greenberg, who ran for state office in Illinois as a Republican in 2012 but is now unaffiliated.
"The idea that we’re going to take an ally in that fight and feed them to the same ogre that’s coming after us makes absolutely no sense to me," he added. "I think the vice president’s wrong."
CUFI Action Fund, a nonprofit branch of the pro-Israel advocacy group Christians United for Israel, described the vice president in a statement as "clearly, demonstrably and unambiguously wrong."
"In a list of the top four reasons the Republicans lost, the Jews were effectively blamed twice if you can hear that pitch of dog whistle," the statement said, referring to Vance pointing fingers at both Israel and the war in Iran.
"This war should’ve been over months ago, and if the vice president wants someone to blame for that, he needs only look in the mirror," the organization said, alluding to the argument that Vance’s proposed concessions to Iran helped drag out the war instead of ending it. "The Vance-Carlson movement, which we call woke rightism, is as loud as their candidates are weak."
However, Trump notes that Vance should have also noted — as the president has — that the economic toll of the Iran war has not been enough for him to regret the decision to have launched it in the first place.
“A lot of people didn’t like his comments, but not me,” Trump tells reporters.
“He was right. Other than one thing. He should have made one other statement, which I think is very important. If you had it to do again, would you do it again? The answer is yes,” Trump says.
“This, historically, will go down as one of the best things we ever did because if [Iran] ever had a nuclear weapon, they would blow up the world… Because they’re crazy,” he adds.
Asked about Vice President JD Vance’s social media post last week that largely blamed the war for the Republican losses in the midterm elections, Rubio tells reporters that Trump “identified a very real threat” in Iran and worked to stop the Islamic Republic from pursuing a nuclear weapon.
“He addressed it even though oftentimes the right thing to do for the country — confronting difficult challenges for the security of our country — doing it isn’t necessarily popular, but necessary,” Rubio says in Florida before heading to a Group of 7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris.
Rubio says that negotiations are not progressing and acknowledges that the US will take defensive actions if needed.
“If there’s a clear and present threat to shipping or to our forces in the region, we have a right to defend ourselves,” Rubio adds.
[KhaamaPress] Aisha Wahab, an Afghan American Democrat, has won a full two-year term in the US House of Representatives, securing Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,’s 14th Congressional District after defeating fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez.
With the latest figures showing 91,892 votes, or 57.5 percent, Wahab leads Hernandez, who has received 67,836 votes, or 42.5 percent. The margin stands at 24,056 votes, according to election results published by KQED. The News Agency that Dare Not be Named called the race for Wahab on November 6, with about 66.93 percent of the expected vote counted at that stage.
Wahab’s victory secures her a full term beginning in January 2027. She had already won an August 18 special election against Hernandez to fill the remainder of former Representative Eric I farted on national television Swalwell ... U.S. Representative-for-Life from California's 15th congressional district since 2013. Naturally he's a Dem. His district covers most of eastern Alameda County and part of central Contra Costa County. He was rapidly eliminated from the 2020 Dem nomination pool. He looks a lot like Greg Marmelard, and has the distinction of being one of the few politicians to ever fart on national teevee... ’s term. Official results from the California Secretary of State showed Wahab receiving 53.1 percent of the vote in that contest, compared with Hernandez’s 46.9 percent.
The 14th District includes Hayward, Livermore, Pleasanton, Castro Valley and Union City, as well as parts of Fremont and Dublin, according to KQED. Hernandez is president of the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board.
Wahab entered Congress in September after winning the special election, becoming the first Afghan American to serve in the US House. She previously served on the Hayward City Council from 2018 to 2022 and in the California State Senate from 2022 until 2026. The US House’s official historical record identifies her as the first Afghan American elected to Congress.
The seat became vacant after Swalwell resigned from Congress in April 2026 following allegations of sexual assault and misconduct made by several women. Swalwell denied the sexual assault allegations and said he would fight them.
Wahab’s election to a full term extends her move from local and state politics to national office, where she will represent the East Bay district in the House.
[IsraelTimes] Controversial UN rapporteur claims Palestinians are ‘raped by dogs trained in European countries,’ says ‘Israel has always killed children’; Foreign Ministry rejects ‘vile lies’
A group representing Irish Jews and Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Friday separately condemned the UN special rapporteur for the Paleostinians, Francesca Albanese, for inflammatory remarks she made this week to the Irish parliament.
Albanese has a history of antisemitism and regularly makes bad boy comments about Israel and Jews, while she says she is a champion for Paleostinian rights and an opponent of discrimination.
Albanese told the Irish parliament’s Committee on European Affairs this week, "Israel has always killed children, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, the use of torture, even rape."
"It’s destroying the people, the living. You know it when you read the testimonies of people who have been tortured, have been raped, raped by dogs trained in European countries," she said, apparently referencing allegations made in a New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... column earlier this year, which Israel unequivocally rejected as "blood libel."
"European people are profiting from selling dogs that will rape people. This is abysmal, and instead of having a system using our rule of law to prevent this, there are people who are in jail for denouncing the system," she claimed.
Albanese did not offer any source or evidence for the allegations.
She demanded that the Irish government "show its spine" in opposition to Israel.
In response, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Albanese was "an unhinged conspiracy theorist consumed by her obsessive hatred of Israel."
"Her vile lies and grotesque accusations are a disgrace to the UN," it said.
The Jewish Representative Council of Ireland also condemned Albanese and the Irish parliament, known as the Oireachtas, for hosting her.
"She dismissed documented antisemitism against Irish Jews on national radio, then appeared before an Oireachtas committee making a series of outrageous, unsubstantiated allegations," the council said.
"Not one demand for evidence. Not one challenge to her most shocking claims. Instead, she got praise, admiration and smiling photographs," the statement said.
Hillel Neuer, the head of the pro-Israel watchdog group UN Watch, said in a statement directed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... , "You allowed this barking mad lunatic and her friends to bring the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... into disrepute."
The Irish foreign minister, Helen McEntee, meanwhile, hailed her meeting with Albanese, saying, "Ireland will not forget about Paleostine and will continue to stand up for the UN."
Ireland has been among the most outspoken critics of Israel’s military campaign against terror groups 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... in the wake of the deadly October 2023 Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... -led invasion of southern Israel that triggered the war.
Dublin recognized a Paleostinian state in 2024. Soon after, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered the closure of the Israeli embassy in Dublin, blaming Ireland’s "extreme anti-Israel policies" and spiking antisemitism.
The country has pushed for sanctions and boycotts of Israel. Earlier this month, the Irish soccer team took a series of steps to protest having to play against Israel, including bowing their heads at the Israeli anthem and refusing to shake hands with the Israeli players.
[Rudaw] Ankara is to embark on the gradual handover of a contentious military camp north of Nineveh province to the Iraqi government, both sides said in a joint statement on Sunday that highlighted Baghdad’s "commendable steps" in imposing state authority in Shingal (Sinjar) following the integration of Yazidi forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).
"The Ottoman Turkish side announces that it will begin taking the necessary steps toward the gradual handover of the Bashiqa-Zilkan camp to the Iraqi federal government," read a statement shared by the state-run Iraqi News Agency (INA).
"The Ottoman Turkish and Iraqi authorities affirm their shared commitment to continuing the commendable progress already made by Iraqi authorities toward fully establishing state authority in Sinjar and ending the presence of gangs," the two sides said.
During a late September meeting between Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi and Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... , the two countries agreed on the base’s handover "consequent and in parallel" to Baghdad’s efforts in reorganizing and integrating the all-Yazidi Shingal Protection Units (YBS) into state security institutions.
Around 2,000 YBS fighters joined the Iraqi army and police as well as the state-funded Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in late October, with up to 4,000 more merging into state institutions in later phases.
Zaidi had announced two weeks before meeting with Erdogan that he had reached an agreement with the YBS to disarm and enable the federal government’s takeover of Mount Shingal. It formed part of the PM’s early promise of bringing all arms under state control, including those in the possession of pro-Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... groups.
The YBS emerged as a local Yazidi gang and expanded significantly after the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) attacked Sinjar in August 2014, killing and abducting thousands of Yazidis in a campaign recognized as genocide. YBS developed close ties with the PKK, whose fighters helped establish an escape corridor for Yazidis trapped on Mount Shingal during the offensive.
Iraq and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...a NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and structure.... member, but not the most reliable... will "jointly oversee and verify the progress" of YBS’ disarmament, the Sunday statement added. Both sides agreed to activate the "Joint Security Coordination Committee."
The Bashiqa-Zilkan base was established in 2015 following the ISIS onslaught, with Turkey deploying around 900 troops and heavy weaponry. In addition to serving as a base to train Sunni fighters against ISIS, Ankara has also used the camp to limit the influence of the YBS. The base has been a source of diplomatic friction between Ankara and Baghdad, with Iraq accusing Turkey of violating its illusory sovereignty.
However,
some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the Ottoman Turkish version of the statement released by the state-run Anadolu Agency provided different wording, saying the monitoring process aims at "completely eliminat[ing] the presence of the PKK terrorist organization."
The YBS agreement to hand over its weapons comes against the backdrop of the Turkey-PKK grinding of the peace processor and broader efforts toward PKK’s disbandment.
Turkey has also maintained dozens of military bases in the Kurdistan Region for decades, citing its conflict with the PKK.
[IsraelTimes] Israeli TV claims unspecified operation wasn’t backed by other senior officials in security establishment due to concerns it could spark a major escalation, lead to postponement of voting
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his loyalist Mosssd ...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end... chief Roman Gofman sought to conduct an operation against Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... in the days immediately preceding Israel’s October 27 election, according to an Israeli television report on Friday.
The unsourced, unconfirmed Channel 12 news report claimed the operation was not backed by other bigwigs in the Israeli security establishment, who were concerned that it could spark a major escalation and prevent the election from taking place as scheduled.
Plans for the unspecified operation moved ahead, nonetheless. But ultimately, an Israeli security operative "acted rashly" in a way that led to the US learning about the planning for the operation, and Washington immediately moved to quash it, the TV network said. It noted that it was broadcasting the report under the limitations of military censorship.
The Prime Minister’s Office denied the report, saying: "The prime minister himself clarified in real time that an attack before the Israeli elections was not on the agenda."
Channel 12 also noted that former prime minister Ehud Barak, a bitter critic of Netanyahu, said in a Thursday interview with the outlet that Netanyahu planned to carry out "a provocation" relating to Iran "via the Mossad, behind the back of the IDF chief of staff."
Friday’s report follows several others in a similar vein broadcast shortly before Israel went to the polls.
On Sunday, October 25, two days before Israel’s elections, Channel 12 reported that an "unprecedented confrontation" had been unfolding between Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir surrounding an instruction by the prime minister for unspecified military action that defense officials believed could have led to a flare-up with Iran.
The network, which cited anonymous sources, said Zamir had been resisting carrying out the military action, no details of which were provided, and sought further deliberations, as well as signed documentation from Netanyahu regarding legal authorization for it.
The issue had come to a head in the previous 24 hours, the outlet said at the time, while similarly noting that its report was being broadcast within the limitations of Israel’s military censorship regulations.
It quoted a military source saying, "This relates to an action that could lead to a flare-up with Iran, at a sensitive and dramatic moment, creating this [potential] miscalculation."
The report further quoted unnamed sources familiar with the issue, who said there was concern among military leaders of an effort by the politicianship "to utilize the Iranian issue for political benefit."
Asked about the October 25 report during an interview that night with Channel 14, Netanyahu called it "nonsense," saying "there was no fight" with Zamir. Earlier in the interview, the prime minister said that he had recently "instructed the IDF and Mossad to topple the [Iranian] regime," though this did not seem to be connected to the report of a specific instruction.
The Channel 12 report had said the hostility and tension between Netanyahu and Zamir were evident at a discussion at Palmahim Airbase, where the atmosphere in the room was "extremely sour." The report quoted a senior security source as saying, "History will not forget the role that Zamir has played in recent days," without offering further details.
The next day, October 26, a day before elections, Channels 12 and 13 reported that Zamir was the only Israeli security chief to oppose military action sought by Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz that the IDF feared could spark a flare-up with Iran and derail the election.
Also that day, the New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reported that Netanyahu "sought for weeks to orchestrate a new Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... on Iran" but was blocked by Zamir. The NYT and other outlets reported that Zamir saw no urgent imperative to strike before the Israeli elections. The NYT report added that, in recent days, Zamir "became concerned" that Netanyahu was "pushing for a separate action against Iran, short of an overt strike," which the IDF chief believed "would be a miscalculation that could provoke Iran into attacking Israel."
’WE’RE TALKING TO IRAN’
The TV report on the scrapped operation came as progress was reported in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... i-mediated negotiations to end the war between the United States and Iran, though US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... was also said to be considering a renewal of strikes.
Channel 12 reported earlier this week that ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm elections, in which Republicans suffered major losses across the country, Netanyahu urged Trump to resume the war against Iran immediately after the vote, but said the president wants to give diplomatic negotiations with Tehran more time.
Netanyahu reportedly fears the talks could lead to a dramatic easing of pressure on Iran, while Trump wants Israel to refrain from interfering with the diplomatic effort for now.
Asked Friday what his message was to Iran, Trump told news hounds outside the White House, "We’ve beaten Iran. We are doing very well with Iran. We’re talking to Iran. We haven’t lost a soldier in six or seven months."
Trump also repeated his claim that "Israel and, in fact, the entire Middle East, WOULD NOT EXIST TODAY if I did not stop Iran from having a nuclear weapon."
"Nobody wants to say that, but everybody knows it’s true!" he wrote on Truth Social.
[Jpost] Foreign military officers, accompanied by US troops, have been spotted near Gaza as preparations advance for a multinational force, with Israel authorizing an initial deployment of 250 soldiers.
Foreign military officers accompanied by US troops have been spotted near the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with 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... Strip border over the past two weeks, as preparations continue for the deployment of a multinational force deeper into the Strip, security officials confirmed to Walla on Monday.
The Israeli government has authorized the US to deploy an initial multinational force of approximately 250 foreign troops.
Indonesia, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Uganda, and Albania have so far expressed willingness to participate in the force. Kazakhstan has offered medical and logistical assistance, while Kosovo has proposed supporting security and policing operations.
ISRAEL CONCERNED OVER TURKISH INVOLVEMENT AND RAPID DEPLOYMENT OF MULTINATIONAL FORCE
One of the factors delaying the formation of the multinational force is pressure from Ottoman Turkish President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important... on Washington to allow The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... to participate in operations in Gaza, as part of Ankara's efforts to expand its regional influence, according to Walla.
Officials in Jerusalem and the Israeli defense establishment strongly oppose Ottoman Turkish involvement, citing Ankara's policies toward Israel, Erdogan's statements, and Turkey's hosting of Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... 's terrorist headquarters.
According to Israeli assessments, Hamas's headquarters in Turkey directed a terrorist attack near Hebron more than two weeks ago in which two IDF soldiers were killed.
Israeli defense officials are also concerned about Washington's future policies toward Israel and the speed at which the multinational force could enter Gaza.
These concerns come amid fears that senior US administration officials could adopt a more hostile stance toward Israel, particularly following Republican losses in the midterm elections.
"It is not unrealistic that the Gaza Division and Southern Command could wake up one day and discover that there is a foreign multinational force with more soldiers than the number of troops in the Gaza Division. Israel needs to be prepared for several diplomatic and security scenarios with implications on the ground," a security official said.
US MILITARY BASE EXPANDS AS PREPARATIONS FOR NEW RAFAH CITY ADVANCE Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Bert was realizing to his horror that he'd had only one bottle for one message, and he'd forgotten to include a return address... the US military continues to transfer vehicles and equipment to a special base near the Gaza border, within the area of responsibility of the IDF Gaza Division's Southern Brigade.
The equipment includes trucks, armored vehicles designed to transport troops across difficult terrain, medical evacuation vehicles, and armored vehicles equipped with machine guns.
The facility was originally an IDF base before being handed over to the US. Guard towers have since been erected, surveillance and lighting systems installed, and the perimeter fence renovated. Armed US troops now secure the base around the clock.
At the same time, preparations are advancing for the construction of the planned "terror-free Emirati city" on the ruins of part of Rafah, a project approved by the Israeli government.
Engineering work is underway at the site ahead of the planned relocation of tens of thousands of Paleostinians, who would undergo strict security screening, including approval from Israeli authorities.
The initial multinational force is expected to secure the area surrounding the new city.
However,
Switzerland makes more than cheese... security officials said only a limited number of Paleostinians would initially be admitted to the compound following security screening, with the project operating as a pilot program.
No timetable has been set for the project's implementation.
The preparations come as Israel's politicianship continues to oppose reconstruction in Gaza without first disarming Hamas and transferring control of the area to a third party.
[Jpost] In a post on September 25, the BoP said it "will only work with trusted partners who will deliver for the people of Gaza and contribute to a deradicalized Strip. UNRWA fails on those litmus tests."
“Justice, justice shalt thou pursue” which UNRWA was not designed to do.
The head of the Arab Staff Union in Gaza, Mustafa Al-Ghoul, told the Mondoweiss anti-Zionist news site last week that UNRWA had dismissed around 1,000 staff in Gaza and let 2,000 retire without replacing them, leaving roughly 10,500.
Saunders gave the same figures in the Anadolu Agency interview, saying “We have 10,500 personnel on the ground [in the Gaza Strip].”
Separately, Swiss French-language daily newspaper Le Temps published an investigation last week saying that Saunders plans for UNRWA to close its doors “within four or five years.” This has not yet been independently verified.
Currently, UNRWA purports to be assisting more than 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza, providing healthcare through 11 centers, schooling for approximately 300,000 children, and drinking water for around 820,000 people.
It also says it provides essential services to nearly six million Palestinian refugees across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and the West Bank.
[Jpost] The IDF said the route ran more than 10 km beneath a dense Rafah neighborhood, including an UNRWA compound, mosques and schools, and was used by senior Hamas commanders.
The IDF on Monday released new details of the operations that led to the return of Lt. Hadar Goldin’s remains to Israel, a year after he was brought home, and more than 11 years after he was killed and kidnapped by Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... The new information revealed by the military includes details on the 10-kilometer-long tunnel where the terror group kept Goldin's remains, as well as new information on the operations to bring him back.
Goldin was killed during a battle in Rafah, 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... , on August 1, 2014, during Operation Protective Edge, when Hamas violated a ceasefire, and his body was taken by the terrorist group. He left behind his parents, a sister, two brothers, and his fiancée.
His remains were returned on November 9, 2025, and he was laid to rest two days later. According to the IDF, the long effort to recover him contributed significantly to the defeat of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade and to the military’s achievements across the area.
HOW THE IDF LOCATED HADAR GOLDIN’S REMAINS
In July 2025, during a special operation by Southern Command forces and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), guided by Military Intelligence, troops arrested Hamas operative Marwan al-Hams, who was suspected of knowing where Goldin was buried in Rafah’s "Dror Lavan" tunnel.
The IDF said the arrest was one of dozens of covert operations carried out over the years as part of a broad effort by the military and the Shin Bet to return him for burial.
In a separate Southern Command operation, soldiers from the Commando Brigade, the Yahalom combat engineering unit and the Shayetet 13 naval commando unit uncovered the underground route in southern Rafah where Goldin was held in the final years before his return.
The route stretches for more than 10 kilometers and has three levels, the deepest of which lies 30 meters underground. It runs beneath a densely populated residential neighborhood near the Philadelphi Corridor and continues through sensitive civilian areas, including a UNRWA compound, mosques, clinics, kindergartens and schools, the IDF said.
Troops found about 80 rooms inside, including command rooms used by senior Hamas commanders to store weapons, stay for long periods, and plan attacks against Israeli forces. Among them was Rafah Brigade commander Mohammed Shabana.
IDF SEALS TUNNEL WITH 30,000 CUBIC METERS OF CONCRETE
At the end of June 2026, Yahalom and Shayetet 13 forces finished sealing the route, which the IDF said was more than 16 kilometers long, using more than 30,000 cubic meters of concrete.
In November 2025, just hours after Goldin’s return, a Nahal Brigade combat team destroyed the shaft through which he had been kidnapped 11 years earlier.
After the National Center of Forensic Medicine completed the identification process, together with the Israel Police and the Military Rabbinate, IDF representatives informed Goldin’s family that he had been returned for burial.
The effort combined extensive intelligence work with ground operations led by the IDF and the Shin Bet, and spanned the past decade, intensifying during the war, the military said.
[IsraelTimes] Gazans report thousands of families left without shelter: ‘This is only the first day and we’re already overwhelmed’; floods, blackouts also reported in Israel
Winter storms hit the Eastern Mediterranean coast Friday night and Saturday, bringing with them heavy rains that flooded tent camps in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with 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... Strip, leaving tens of thousands of families without shelter.
Floods were also reported across coastal Israel, causing blackouts and road closures in several cities, and sparking warnings from government authorities to stay away from areas prone to flash floods.
In war-devastated Gaza, residents reported feeling overwhelmed as rains flooded over 70,000 tents, affecting tens of thousands of displaced people and causing injuries, although no fatalities were reported.
The Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... -run civil defense agency said it had received 1,500 distress calls from displaced residents. Three abandoned houses collapsed without causing injuries, it added.
At a tent encampment in Gaza City, some people tried to repair their tents, while others used sand to reinforce them and prevent water from entering. Some were busy getting their children out of flooded tents.
Olfat Magdoub, a Gaza resident, tried in vain to sweep water away from her tent.
"This is the first day of rain, and of course we are already flooded. What will happen if it rains again the next day? This is only the first day and we’re already overwhelmed," said the woman.
"Two weeks ago when it rained, I swear to God, I spent four days sleeping on blankets spread on the floor because the rainwater had flooded the bedding. Same now, the mattresses are wet, so we sleep on the ground," said Um Muhammad al-Hersh, 45. "We were not able to save the mattresses, and all the clothes were soaked. Our suffering is repeated every winter."
Maryam Odeh, 34, who lives with her children in Deir al-Balah, said, "We no longer know how to protect our children. My children ask me where we will sleep tonight, and I have no answer."
"We fear for our children not only from the flooding of the tents, but also from the cold and the widespread diseases," added Khaled al-Najjar, 41.
A coalition of Paleostinian civil society organizations warned in a statement of "the catastrophe that has come to threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents," pointing to the risk of the spread of diseases and epidemics.
The coalition, which includes dozens of local institutions and organizations, called for "pressure on Israel to allow the entry of humanitarian aid without restrictions."
HAMAS AUTHORITIES URGE ISRAEL TO ALLOW ENTRY OF MOBILE HOMES
If only Hamas hadn’t started a war, all those people would have been snug in their former homes. If only Egypt had allowed the Gazans to leave, and if only the Muslim world had offered them refuge, none of them would have been trapped in tents. But only Israel is willing to help the Gazans fix their Hamas problem.
Hamas municipal and civil defense officials said they were unable to cope with the storm because of fuel shortages and damage to equipment. They said Israel had destroyed hundreds of vehicles, including bulldozers and others used to pump water, during its war against Hamas, and has since barred entry of construction equipment during the ceasefire.
Next time don’t start a war, and bad stuff won’t happen.
Israel has said it will not allow reconstruction work to begin until Hamas agrees to disarm and relinquish control of the enclave.
Mustafa Qazzaat, a member of the Hamas-run Gaza City council and an official in the Strip’s emergency committee, said Israel has not allowed prefabricated homes to shelter the displaced in Gaza since the truce was announced, and has only permitted the entry of limited numbers of tents.
Qazzaat told AFP on Saturday that Gaza “needs 200,000 prefabricated homes urgently, in addition to the entry of heavy machinery to remove the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings, open main roads, and urgently provide electricity and heating.”
COGAT, Israel’s Defense Ministry agency that coordinates aid in Gaza, did not immediately comment on the accusations.
It said in a statement on Friday that it had stepped up efforts to improve sanitary conditions across Gaza before the heavy rain, which had been expected, in coordination with international organizations.
FLOODS, BLACKOUTS REPORTED IN ISRAEL
Meanwhile in Israel, the Meteorological Service reported heavy rains across the coastal region and parts of the interior plains, causing floods in the northern town of Binyamina, which received some 50 millimeters (2 inches) of rainfall within an hour Saturday morning.
Residents in and near Gan Yavne, close to Ashdod, were cut off from electricity for most of Saturday after the electric grid in the area was damaged by the rainfall late Friday night, the Ynet news site reported.
Since Friday night, Tel Aviv has seen 40 millimeters of rainfall, Haifa 31 millimeters and Jerusalem 28 millimeters, while just 5 millimeters of rain fell in the Sea of Galilee, according to the service.
Authorities have warned of a heightened risk of flooding in parts of central and coastal Israel, especially in flash flood areas near rivers.
Police briefly closed Route 90 near the Dead Sea Saturday morning over concerns about possible floods, but reopened it later in the morning after the storm had largely passed in the area.
The Health Ministry also warned Israelis not to swim off Mediterranean coasts Saturday due to concerns that the heavy rainfall had pushed sewage into the sea.
According to the Meteorological Service, the rain was expected to continue into Saturday evening, after which it would lighten up, eventually stopping overnight.
Light rain is expected sporadically over the coming week, with temperatures dipping slightly across most of Israel.
🚨 REPORT: IDF RECALLING COMBAT SOLDIERS DISCHARGED ONLY MONTHS AGO
The IDF has been calling up combat soldiers who completed mandatory service only months ago amid a growing manpower shortage, The Jerusalem Post reports, citing Walla.
Senior officers are weighing whether to publicly address a shortfall of about 15,000 soldiers. A senior reserve officer described mounting burnout after three years of fighting.
Commanders reported self-employed reservists struggling financially and recently discharged soldiers being ordered back into uniform as debate continues over a new conscription law.
Source: @Jerusalem_Post ()
File photo of IDF soldiers near the Lebanon border, not today’s call-up. Credit: Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty.
🚨 REPORT: IDF RECALLING COMBAT SOLDIERS DISCHARGED ONLY MONTHS AGO
The IDF has been calling up combat soldiers who completed mandatory service only months ago amid a growing manpower shortage, The Jerusalem Post reports, citing Walla.
Senior officers are weighing whether to publicly address a shortfall of about 15,000 soldiers. A senior reserve officer described mounting burnout after three years of fighting.
Commanders reported self-employed reservists struggling financially and recently discharged soldiers being ordered back into uniform as debate continues over a new conscription law.
Good. They’re needed. And the resentment caused by holding aloof is unhelpful.
A total of 285 members of the ultra-Orthodox community enlisted in the military over the past week, the IDF says.
The 285 young Haredi men have been placed in combat support roles, and over the next two months there will be additional draft days for ultra-Orthodox soldiers as part of the November-December enlistment period, including for combat units.
"The units and induction bases have prepared to receive the new recruits and provide the necessary framework to accommodate their way of life," the army says.
The IDF says that it welcomes those joining its ranks and will continue working to expand the integration of ultra-Orthodox men into "meaningful military service, while preserving their way of life and out of a commitment to the security of the state and the resilience of Israeli society."
A total of 285 members of the ultra-Orthodox community enlisted in the military over the past week, the IDF says.
The 285 young Haredi men have been placed in combat support roles, and over the next two months there will be additional draft days for ultra-Orthodox soldiers as part of the November-December enlistment period, including for combat units.
"The units and induction bases have prepared to receive the new recruits and provide the necessary framework to accommodate their way of life," the army says.
The IDF says that it welcomes those joining its ranks and will continue working to expand the integration of ultra-Orthodox men into "meaningful military service, while preserving their way of life and out of a commitment to the security of the state and the resilience of Israeli society."
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] DJI has just dropped the new Matrice 5T into the field—a true beast for custom industrial applications. The Chinese company has packed everything search and rescue pilots and power line inspectors have dreamed of into a relatively compact body.
In short, the drone has become smarter, sharper-sighted, and can now fly where any other commercial drone would have previously been blinded.
What's under the hood and why it's a top performer for experts:
A god-level thermal imaging camera. It features a native 1K sensor (1280x1024), which produces 2K UHR. The image is detailed down to the last detail—temperature anomalies on solar panels or power line joints are visible at a glance. Add to this a night vision camera (0.01 lux) and a 176x hybrid zoom.
It also ignores jammers and blind spots (GNSS-free). The best feature for flying in challenging conditions, such as under bridges. The combination of the integrated lidar and visual positioning allows the aircraft to hold a point and navigate without any satellites at all.
A full complement of sensors is standard. LiDAR, millimeter-wave radar, and 360-degree optical sensors work together. The drone detects even thin wires, making it difficult to fly into a forest during a rescue operation. Onboard neural networks.
The onboard AI recognizes more than 20 types of objects on the fly. DJI has also opened up the ecosystem—you can develop your own custom AI models for specific tasks and search for objects by text or images using FlightHub 2.
PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY.
IP55 dust and moisture protection (rain is no problem), an incredible 59 minutes of flight time for its class, a speed of up to 23 m/s, and is ready for takeoff in 10 seconds from power-on. The O4 Enterprise has a range of up to 40 km and supports operation through repeaters for mountains and dense forests.
Verdict: The Matrice 5T isn't just a lineup update, but a full-fledged step toward autonomous spatial intelligence. The drone easily lands on moving vessels, creates 2D/3D models with centimeter-level accuracy without any GCPs, and produces top-notch images in complete darkness. Looking forward to seeing it in the field.
Judging by the description, this is a significant improvement over the previous model. Onboard AI, as expected, will become the norm. Full swarm integration is next. I wonder how many will be built in retail and how soon they'll release firmware for it.
تتحدث تقارير صحافية إيرانية عن أن أحدث مقترح قطري تضمن الشروط التالية:
"1- تخصيب اليورانيوم: الموافقة على استمرار إيران في تخصيب اليورانيوم بنسبة 3.67 في المئة، وفقاً للتعهد الذي قدمه عاصم منير.
2- مخزون اليورانيوم: تخفيف تركيز 400 كيلوغرام من اليورانيوم الإيراني المخصب بنسبة 60 في المئة، داخل الأراضي الإيرانية.
3- الحصار البحري: رفع الحصار البحري الذي تفرضه الولايات المتحدة الأميركية على إيران.
4- الأصول الإيرانية المجمدة: الإفراج عن جزء من الأصول الإيرانية المجمدة، بقيمة تتراوح بين 6 و10 مليارات دولار.
5- الملف اليمني: تولي إيران دور الوسيط بين المملكة العربية السعودية والحوثيين في اليمن.
6- التفتيش الدولي: السماح لمفتشي الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية بدخول الأراضي الإيرانية.
7- مضيق هرمز: إعادة فتح إيران مضيق هرمز، بعد دخول مفتشي الوكالة الدولية للطاقة الذرية إلى أراضيها".
واللافت في هذه البنود أنها تبدو أقرب إلى الشروط والمطالب الإيرانية منها إلى مقترح يعكس مطالب الطرفين، إذ لا تتضمن أياً من الشروط الأميركية!
وبالتالي، يبدو أن طهران تسعى، من خلال نشر هذه الشروط، إلى فرض واقع سياسي يخدم مواقفها التفاوضية. وإذا ما أصرت القيادة الإيرانية على هذه المطالب، فإن الصدام قد يصبح أمراً لا مفر منه، ولا سيما إذا استمرت في تقديرها بأن الموقفين الأميركي والإسرائيلي باتا أكثر ضعفاً جراء نتائج الانتخابات، وبخاصة في ظل الحديث عن استبعاد نتنياهو من تشكيل الحكومة الإسرائيلية.
Iranian press reports say the latest Qatari proposal included the following terms:
"1- Uranium enrichment: Agreeing to allow Iran to continue enriching uranium to 3.67 percent, in accordance with the pledge made by Asim Munir.
I thought they were at 60% ages ago.
2- Uranium stockpile: Reducing the concentration of 400 kilograms of Iranian uranium enriched to 60 percent, within Iranian territory.
By taking it away so they have to start from scratch with the yellow cake from Iran’s mines, or by diluting what is currently refined, requiring them to start the process not quite from scratch? How will this be enforced?
3- Naval blockade: Lifting the naval blockade imposed on Iran by the United States of America.
4- Frozen Iranian assets: Releasing some of Iran's frozen assets, worth between $6 billion and $10 billion.
5- The Yemen file: Iran taking on the role of mediator between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen.
An interesting proposition...
6- International inspections: Allowing International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to enter Iranian territory.
7- Strait of Hormuz: Iran reopening the Strait of Hormuz after International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors enter its territory."
8 - And a pony.
What is striking about these points is that they seem closer to Iranian conditions and demands than to a proposal reflecting both sides' demands, as they do not include any of the American conditions!
Thus, it appears that Tehran is seeking, by publicizing these terms, to impose a political reality that serves its negotiating positions. If the Iranian leadership insists on these demands, a clash may become inevitable, especially if it continues to believe that the American and Israeli positions have become weaker as a result of the election outcomes, particularly amid talk of Netanyahu being excluded from forming the Israeli government.
[Rudaw] United States President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... said Sunday that restarting the war with Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... is "highly unlikely" if progress is achieved during negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while the US remains "ready" for military action as Iranian media reported unconfirmed US strikes on an island in the Strait of Hormuz.
"It depends on whether or not they sign a very strong agreement," Trump told CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... during an interview on Sunday.
"The answer is highly unlikely it's going to be necessary. They’re a failing nation. It just came out, you say this year, 301% inflation. Highly unlikely it will be necessary. I would if necessary, but we hit them really hard. I hit them so hard. You don’t know how hard I hit them."
Trump repeated the phrase "highly unlikely" five times during the 20 minute phone call with CNN.
Trump’s statement comes amid both wider tensions and ongoing negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
After the interview on Sunday, the state-run Iranian Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported that four explosions were heard on Iran’s Qeshm island, though local and provincial sources have not yet commented on the matter.
The semi-official outlet Fars News Agency reported locals hearing the sound of multiple explosions in both Qeshm and Bandar Abbas, but it said the sounds were due "to the firing of warning shots at offending vessels in the Strait of Hormuz " in reference to vessels that use routes Iran considers unauthorized. The outlet said no official statements have been released thus far.
The US has attacked Iran’s Qeshm island twice in the past week. On Friday, Trump described the latest attack as "minor", targeting anti-craft systems.
Trump further clarified in Sunday’s interview that the US military was prepared for action.
"We’re ready for it. I’ve got three aircraft carriers here. The other one just arrived. We have three. They’re fully locked and loaded," he said.
The President said US forces had identified infrastructure targets within Iran’s borders should military action demand it, including power plants and bridges.
Although Trump professed not to want to destroy infrastructure targets in the interview, he said that the US had 38 bridges in mind that could be eliminated "in literally one hour."
Israeli Channel 13 reported that US Central Command (CENTCOM) has informed Israel that any strikes against Tehran will target power plants and bridges.
Trump had previously threatened to restart attacks on Iran after the midterm elections. The Republican Party’s significant loss earlier this week has been understood by Tehran as a reason for Trump to change tact.
Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, called for change in a post on X on Sunday.
"American voters have made their choice. Time for the White House to make its own," Aragchi stated in reference to the Republican Party’s significant loss at the start of the week.
"Our 2-day proposal stands: meet the requirements, including end to war on all fronts, and you sell results," Araghchi continued.
Tehran’s primary demands are that the Strait of Hormuz be reopened, financial sanctions be lifted, and hostilities against all Iran-backed forces as part of its regional "Resistance® Axis" to cease.
The Strait of Hormuz has been a point of tension since the beginning of the US-Israeli war in February.
Both Washington and Tehran have imposed tit-for-tat restrictions on the vital waterway previously responsible for transporting a fifth of the world’s oil exports.
🚨 JUST IN: Sec. Marco Rubio reveals Iran is making "OUTRAGEOUS" demands behind closed doors, talks are NOT productive AT ALL right now
"Right now, it hasn't been very productive because the Iranian demands are simply not just unacceptable, but in some cases, OUTRAGEOUS and ridiculous, and really not realistic."
"The President would always prefer to solve this and every problem diplomatically. Sometimes that's not possible, unfortunately."
Rubio does NOT sound convinced about progress being made toward a deal.
Just TODAY President Trump announced an effort to cut off the regime's land-based lanes, not just sea.
[FOX] Three far-left nonprofits with combined annual revenues of $56.1 million escalated their protests against SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week by targeting his Austin-area home with a seemingly innocuous post-election "party" featuring two chartered buses, music, speeches, theatrical Cybertruck piñatas and dancing to Queen’s "We Will Rock You."
The event’s organizers – VOCAL-TX, the fiscally-sponsored project of a New York 501(c)(3) nonprofit; the Center for Popular Democracy Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit based in Brooklyn; and People’s Action, a 501(c)(4) political nonprofit based in Chicago – framed the Saturday event as a tame "People Over Billionaires Election After Party."
The demonstration reflected growing coordination among leftist networks worldwide, from Paris to Portland, Ore., supplying organizers, transportation, coalition partners, event platforms, messaging and other logistical support for actions presented as "grassroots." As Democratic politicians threaten investigations into Trump’s corporate backers, including Musk, the street protests help create the appearance of bottom-up support.
The leaders of the organizations behind the "After Party," held in West Lake Hills, Tex., where Musk owns a sprawling home, didn’t provide comment in response to queries from Fox News Digital, but they have insisted in the past that their local protests are the result of "organic" organizing in communities.
A now-ubiquitous, mass-produced anti-Musk "I AM STEALING FROM YOU" poster, featuring the tech billionaire with creepy eyes, has appeared at demonstrations nationwide and was also on display at the Austin protest outside his home.
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.
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
... U.S. Representative-for-Life from California's 15th congressional district since 2013. Naturally he's a Dem. His district covers most of eastern Alameda County and part of central Contra Costa County. He was rapidly eliminated from the 2020 Dem nomination pool. He looks a lot like Greg Marmelard, and has the distinction of being one of the few politicians to ever fart on national teevee...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really more important...
...sees all, knows all, gets 'em all in the end...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
