[Daily Caller] The National Education Association sent its 3 million members an email Friday containing a map that erased Israel and labeled the territory as Palestine.
North American Values Institute said the email provided teachers with resources for "teaching about indigenous peoples" that included the map along with materials defending Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and links to organizations that "glorify terrorism," Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) reported.
Ignoring the fact that the Jews are the indigenous people of Israel, with literary and archeological records going back to the Bronze Age and a constant physical presence there despite being ruled by others for nineteen centuries.
"It’s deeply troubling that the nation’s largest teachers’ union would promote materials trafficking in antisemitic tropes and attempts to rationalize the atrocities of Oct. 7, let alone elevate groups that glorify terrorism," Steve Rosenberg, Philadelphia regional director for the institute, told the JNS.
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Given, the US Dept Of Ed. is on the chopping block.
The National Education Association (NEA) stands to lose its National influence in subverting Education. They will have to attack State by State to pervert education.
Then there is the loss of US Taxpayer $$$$$, that funds 10+ % of its National Budget. Which, has assisted in making it possible to accomplish many of its Liberal and Far Left goals
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..you have to construct that carefully. They are guaranteed the right of free association, free peaceful assembly, and the right of petition. They can be denied bargaining status however they do that anyways through dues delivered to one party. They can be denied forced association. You need to also establish by law that to strike against the people/government is illegal and leads to immediate termination.
At least sixteen people are confirmed dead in Friday's explosion at Accurate Energetic Systems plant near Bucksnort, Tennessee, BNO News reported citing the sheriff. pic.twitter.com/uUM01xxMYV
Investigators now believe a massive blast at a Tennessee military explosives facility killed 16 people, officials say.
Officials had previously said 18 people were unaccounted for in Friday’s explosion, but two people whose vehicles and personal items were found at the scene were not actually there when the blast erupted, Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says at a press conference.
The explosion, which was felt for miles, leveled a building at the 1,300-acre (5-square-kilometer) headquarters of Accurate Energetic Systems about an hour’s drive west of Nashville. Officials have notified the families of all 16 people killed, the sheriff says.
Investigators — including agents from the FBI and the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — are still working to determine the cause of the explosion, officials say. The presence of explosives and other ordnance at the property has made searching the scene complicated.
Accurate Energetic Systems develops, manufactures, and stores explosives for “military, aerospace, and commercial demolition markets,” according to the company’s website. The headquarters includes eight production buildings and a quality lab.
[NYP] Socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was chased out of Lower Manhattan by a serial City Hall gadfly who slammed him as an "antisemite" — and got into a shoving match with the politician’s staffer.
The enraged protester, identified by sources as Raul Rivera, 55, of the Bronx, followed Mamdani as the pol was ushered by security into his waiting SUV, video of the encounter shows.
Rivera — who was arrested in June for allegedly biting a Mamdani campaign volunteer — shouted and cursed as Mamdani ignored him and climbed into the vehicle, the footage shows.
Mamdani had been in Foley Square for a protest where he and other lefty pols and activists stood in support of state Attorney General Letitia James as she faces federal charges of bank fraud and making a false statement to a financial institution.
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Since, she was elected by the voters of District 95 of MAINE for her HR (D) office. Maybe district 95 of MAINE needs a closer look for other Anti-American subversives?
Could it be ABDI has forgotten about the $ BILLIONS in Foreign Aid the US has dumped into Kenya and Somalia.
BTW: Wonder what her position is on the SHUTDOWN that halted some of that aid?
#3
Well you take tribals out of equatorial territory and you stick them in Maine and Minnesota, of course they're gonna hate you. Rather than sending them back to Somalia, send them to Moosejaw.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Malek Dudakov
The view from Russia.
[REGNUM] The budget chaos in Washington shows no sign of abating. For the second week in a row, the US Congress has been unable to agree on a new budget for the next tax year, which began on October 1. The US government is paralyzed, and there is no way out of the impasse in sight.
The only consolation for Washington's political class is the potential passage of a new military budget, even though that, too, has sparked unprecedented battles and political wars.
The US Senate has approved a $920 billion Pentagon budget proposal for 2026. While the amount is, as usual, a record, it still falls short of covering all the needs of the US military.
Next year, the Pentagon will again be forced, for example, to cut purchases of new F-35 fighter jets due to production issues and soaring maintenance costs. Orders for new ships, such as the Zumwalt-class destroyers and submarines, are also facing problems.
For years now, the US Defense Department has been forced to decommission more ships than it launches new ones. Construction deadlines for aircraft carriers, destroyers, and submarines are constantly being pushed back. And the defense budget has barely kept pace with soaring military inflation.
After all, the sum of 920 billion may seem impressive only at first glance. Most of this money goes toward military salaries and the Pentagon's bloated social programs. Meanwhile, there's not much left over for ongoing operations and weapons procurement.
Not to mention the need to modernize America's dilapidated infrastructure or even its nuclear shield, which would require trillions of additional dollars. There's nowhere to get them.
The current US government shutdown didn't happen out of nowhere. The obvious cause is the sharp divisions in Washington, but deeper factors are also at play.
Let's say there's a massive budget crisis with a two-trillion-dollar annual deficit. The Pentagon might want hundreds of billions more in new appropriations, but allocating them would be too costly.
The Donald Trump administration promised to audit military spending and cut the most pointless ones, but so far there has been no significant progress in this area.
The Pentagon has announced purges of 7% of its civilian workforce, but these will be spread out over several years. Some old contracts, such as those for the development of now-obsolete drones, have been canceled. However, the savings amounted to only a few billion dollars.
Programs that enforce racial and gender agendas, the so-called "diversity, equality, and inclusion," have also been slashed. However, this should be viewed more as an ideological war for control of the US military machine.
It is crucial for Trump to secure the loyalty of the Pentagon, otherwise he will be unable to achieve any success either in the sluggish civil war within America or on foreign fronts.
Half a billion dollars in funding for American operations in Eastern Europe to provide logistics for Ukraine continues to be allocated automatically, although it is gradually being transferred to the control of NATO bureaucracy.
Those responsible for logistics in the Asia-Pacific region receive several billion dollars, and this is a higher priority for the Trump team.
But there are nuances there, too: for example, military trenches are currently not being delivered to Taiwan. The White House fears a breakdown in the complex trade negotiations with China, in which Beijing is demanding the US stop pumping the island with weapons.
The most delicate situation has developed in the Middle East. A mini-revolution has occurred within the framework of the military budget being adopted. The infamous Acts on the Use of Armed Forces against Terrorists, adopted after the events of 9/11, are being repealed.
Congress then gave the executive branch very broad powers to deal with the perpetrators of the terrorist attacks in New York.
As a result, a significant portion of all Pentagon military operations in the Middle East region are still carried out on the basis of congressional decisions made twenty years ago.
For example, the assassination of General Soleimani or the recent strikes on Iran are justified by the Al-Qaeda (banned in Russia) Act of Congress from 2001.
It's utterly absurd, but the Pentagon has to resort to this kind of chicanery. Otherwise, it would have to obtain special permission from legislators for every new military action.
Now these vicious pseudo-legal practices are finally becoming a thing of the past. Congressmen and senators, dissatisfied with Trump's rashness, are showing signs of wanting to "clip the wings" of the current US president.
He will no longer be able to launch arbitrary attacks on various Middle Eastern countries—he'll have to first bow to Congress. And many there were unhappy with the attack on Iran, as there had been no consultation or exchange of views with lawmakers.
Moreover, Congress intends to similarly limit Trump's powers in the context of a possible escalation around Venezuela. Currently, the buildup of US military forces in the Caribbean is taking place without legislative approval.
The sinking of boats with alleged drug dealers on board was also carried out by a unilateral decision of the president.
Not everyone in Washington likes this. Although Democrats might not mind if Trump were to plunge headlong into the Venezuelan crisis and get bogged down, just like George W. Bush did in Iraq.
A "Caracas in Three Days" operation would certainly not have worked there; a low-intensity jungle civil war similar to the one in Nicaragua would have likely ensued. A disruption in Venezuelan oil supplies to global markets would have caused a spike in energy prices.
And rising fuel prices in the US would hit Trump's ratings hard.
But in the context of domestic policy, the Democrats failed to curb the president's powers. Trump retained the right to deploy National Guard forces from one state to another to wage his own civil war against antifa.
Local authorities are trying to block the military's invasion of their cities through the courts, but overall, their efforts have been largely unsuccessful. Currently, Portland, Oregon, the American capital of Antifa, and Chicago, Illinois, are under attack from the White House. New York City could be next.
Military and police operations are increasingly consuming Pentagon funds—their cost is already approaching half a billion dollars. The White House also risks becoming bogged down in this slow-burning war for a long time, as the spiral of violence in the confrontation with Antifa continues to escalate. And the situation is tense on all external fronts.
To secure the Gaza de-escalation deal, the American contingent in the Middle East will have to be strengthened. Resources are perpetually insufficient to compete with China in Asia, and aircraft carriers must be kept in the Persian Gulf, Red Sea, and Mediterranean Sea.
The situation in Ukraine is also difficult, although there is hope that new missiles will not be supplied to Kyiv.
Trump likes to say he's ended nearly a dozen world wars. However, the situation so far suggests the opposite—he's torn between conflicts that flare up and then die down.
Washington does not want to admit its defeat in them, and the US military machine clearly no longer has the strength to win.
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It's always nice to know what the enemy is thinking -- or at least what they WANT you to think they're thinking.
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"Soviet intelligence used the term maskirovka (Russian military deception) to refer to a combination of tactics including disinformation, simulation, camouflage, and concealment."
Very long. You’ll want drink and some munchies to fuel your brain while you read. A taste:
[IsraelTimes] Spearheaded by Stephen Miller, Trump administration planning to deploy FBI, DOJ, DHS, and IRS against left-wing groups, including those linked to Jewish billionaire George Soros.
Good.
Notice that Soros is noted as Jewish, but Stephen (PBUH) Miller's not?
US President Donald Trump’s threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda
…not merely liberal, but violent far left groups and their supporters…
is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.
The Trump administration plans to deploy America’s counter-terrorism apparatus – including the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department – as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence, the officials said.
The groups set to be targeted in the crackdown include several organizations funded by George Soros, a Jewish-American billionaire and prominent left-wing political donor, who has been the subject of conservative ire for years.
The targeted groups also include IfNotNow and Jewish Voice for Peace, two anti-Zionist Jewish nonprofits.
The effort marks an escalation in the administration’s efforts to target domestic opponents, raising alarm among civil rights groups and Democratic leaders about the use of executive power.
Reuters spoke to three White House officials, four Department of Homeland Security officials and one Justice Department official to produce the first comprehensive account of how decisions are being made, forces deployed, and operations coordinated in the crackdown.
All of the administration officials spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations more freely.
Miller is deeply involved in reviewing government agencies’ investigations into the financial networks behind what the administration labels “domestic terror networks,” which include nonprofits and even educational institutions, a White House official said.
The Trump administration has released some examples of what it alleges are incidents of left-wing violence, but it has provided little evidence of a coordinated effort.
“Left-wing organizations have fueled violent riots, organized attacks against law enforcement officers, coordinated illegal doxing campaigns, arranged drop points for weapons and riot materials, and more,” the White House said in a statement to Reuters.
#2
And speaking of "noticers" (right around the political spectrum)...
In the Black
"From Zero Hedge ["Oy!"] a link beckoned
To Forbes, where an article reckoned
The worth, plus some shmooze,
Of them billionaire Jews...
And George Soros was seventy-second!"
[little György in full regalia counts 1944 gelt: "Aw, jeez, Pop... another steelie!"]
[GEO.TV] Firing a fresh salvo at the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI), Information Minister Atta Tarar on Saturday said that it was an impression in the country that outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) has become the krazed killer wing of the Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree... -founded party.
Addressing a presser in Lahore, Tarar said certain elements were obstructing efforts to restore peace in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and that troublemakers were attempting to destabilise the province.
He added that the entire nation stands united to eradicate the menance of terrorism from the country.
The minister praised the nation's resolve against terrorism and credited operations such as Radd-ul-Fasaad and Zarb-e-Azb ..the Pak offensive against Qaeda in Pakistain and the Pak Taliban in North Wazoo. The name refers to the sword of the Prophet (PTUI!)... for significantly weakening krazed killer networks.
He alleged that certain "political actors" brought back Lions of Islam to the country under a plan.
The minister also levelled serious allegations against the KP cabinet, claiming that the ''timber and drug mafias'' were operating within it.
He questioned why the provincial government had failed to take action against the tobacco and timber mafias or curb the use of non-custom-paid vehicles.
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[GEO.TV] Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that Pakistain's relations with Afghanistan are deteriorating, cautioning that the current environment could lead to further strain in bilateral ties, something Pakistain does not wish for.
Speaking to Geo News exclusively, the minister said that relations with Afghanistan had never been ideal, adding that terrorism was being exported from Afghan soil into Pakistain.
"Pakistain wanted relations of respect and dignity, just like good neighbours," he said, urging Afghanistan to cooperate in addressing cross-border terrorism.
Islamabad and Kabul are witnessing heightened tensions amid interim government's reluctance to act against terrorist groups, operating from Afghan soil, in the backdrop of rising terror attacks in Pakistain.
The country has witnessed a surge in cross-border terror incidents since Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... rulers returned to Afghanistan in 2021, particularly in the bordering provinces of KP and Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... The two nations share a mostly non-existent border spanning around 2,500 kilometres with several crossing points which hold significance as a key element of regional trade and relations between the people across both sides of the fence.
However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go... the issue of terrorism remains a key issue for Pakistain, which has urged Afghanistan to prevent its soil from being used by groups such as the TTP to carry out attacks inside the former's territory.
Islamabad's reservations have also been confirmed by a report submitted to the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Security Council (UNSC) by the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team, which has revealed a nexus between Kabul and the TTP, with the former providing logistical, operational, and financial support to the latter.
[GEO.TV] Islamabad on Saturday conveyed its strong reservations to Kabul over elements in the India-Afghanistan joint statement issued in New Delhi, rejecting references to Jammu and Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... and assertion that terrorism is Pakistain's internal problem.
"The joint statement is highly insensitive to the sacrifices and sentiments of the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), who continue their just struggle for self-determination,'' the Foreign Office said in a statement.
The Additional Foreign Secretary (West Asia & Afghanistan) also summoned Afghanistan's ambassador to deliver Pakistain's protest, convening that the mention of Jammu and Kashmir as part of India was a "clear violation" of relevant United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... Security Council (UNSC) resolutions and the disputed region's legal status, according to the FO statement.
The joint statement came as Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is on a six-day visit to India after getting a temporary exemption on his travel ban by UN Security Council (UNSC) Committee. It was the first such trip to India by a Afghan Taliban ...Arabic for students... leader since 2021.
India, a day earlier, upgraded ties with Afghanistan's Taliban administration, giving a boost to the diplomatically isolated group, by announcing it would reopen its embassy in Kabul that was shut after the Taliban seized power in 2021.
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[IsraelTimes] According to report, Israeli official says some uncertainty remains, and release could begin Sunday night; Witkoff warns families locating all dead hostages’ bodies could be difficult
The release of the hostages from 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... is expected to begin on Monday morning, Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... and Israeli officials said over the weekend, though some uncertainty remains regarding the timing.
Under the terms of the ceasefire agreement reached on Thursday, the IDF had 24 hours to complete its initial withdrawal in Gaza. Hamas was given a window of 72 hours after the withdrawal to release the 48 hostages, 20 of whom are thought to be alive.
The IDF completed its withdrawal by noon on Friday, commencing the 72-hour period. Israel will release some 2,000 Paleostinian prisoners in exchange for the hostages.
In a Friday message seen by The Times of Israel, the Israeli government’s pointman on the hostages, Gal Hirsch, told relatives of the captives that Israel believed "the process of releasing your loved ones — our loved ones, the hostages — will begin on Monday morning."
"Living hostages will be handed over to us, and it is expected that the remains of fallen hostages will also be transferred to us," he wrote. Bodies of dead hostages will be transferred "in a painful and respectful ceremony" to the Institute of Forensic Medicine to be identified, he added.
Top Hamas official Osama Hamdan appeared to confirm that schedule, telling AFP that "according to the signed agreement, the prisoner exchange is set to begin on Monday morning as agreed, and there are no new developments on this matter."
But some Israeli sources signaled that uncertainty remains. On Saturday, Channel 12 reported that a senior Israeli official said "not all timing details are clear to Israel." The official said the ambiguity is apparently due to the terror group’s logistical preparations.
The report added that the releases could begin as early as Sunday night if conditions permit. Talks are ongoing with the International Committee of the Red Thingy, which is set to coordinate the transfer of hostages, the network said.
The official added that the exact time of the release will likely only be known a few hours in advance.
In addition, Hamas has previously said that it anticipated difficulty locating the bodies of some of the dear departed hostages within the 72-hour deadline.
In his message to relatives of hostages, Hirsch said that after Israel verifies the identities of the bodies it received, a multinational task force will start searching for any bodies still in Gaza that the terror group cannot locate.
"We demand, expect, and work for 100% effort from Hamas, with the assistance of the international force, in order to complete the mission and bring back all the fallen hostages for burial in Israel," he wrote.
In a meeting with relatives of hostages on Saturday evening, US special envoy Steve Witkoff echoed that concern, saying it could be very hard to locate some of the bodies, Channel 12 reported.
The families were deeply troubled by Witkoff’s assessment and were pleading for Israel to do everything possible to return every hostage, the report said.
Israel has known since before ratifying the agreement on Friday that some of the dead hostages may not be located. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been aware of that possibility for months, three Israeli officials told CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... One official said seven to nine bodies might not be retrieved, while another put the figure at between 10 and 15. The CNN report was not publicly confirmed by Israeli authorities.
When the release happens, the hostages are expected to either be transferred together at a single collection point, or freed simultaneously at several locations across the Strip. Israeli officials have assessed that Hamas prefers to concentrate all hostages at one location ahead of their release, Channel 13 reported.
Following the return of the hostages, Israel will proceed with the release of about 2,000 Paleostinian prisoners. Of those, 250 are security prisoners serving life terms for deadly terror attacks, while another 1,700 are Gazook detainees arrested over the course of the two-year war.
The release of the hostages and Paleostinian security prisoners is the focus of the ceasefire deal’s first phase. The details of the rest of the agreement — concerning the disarmament of Hamas and Gaza’s post-war future — have yet to be hashed out by negotiators.
The deputy head of the Paleostinian Authority, Hussein al-Sheikh, told the Saudi al-Arabiya news channel on Saturday that he will meet with former British prime minister Tony Blair in Jordan on Sunday to discuss the "day after" the war in Gaza.
According to the plan presented by the White House, Blair is slated to take a leading role in the international body that will oversee Gaza during a transitional period envisioned by the agreement.
The PA has been vying for a foothold in Trump’s framework for post-war Gaza, which describes an internationally-supervised technocratic Paleostinian committee governing the territory after the war. The agreement requires the West Bank-based PA to undergo reforms before it can assume power.
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IMO, it will be Zeno's Paradox in substance: Hamas will exchange half and then demand concessions, then one quarter and demand more concessions/bribes and then ...ad infinitum.
[IsraelTimes] Mousa Abu Marzouk refuses to answer when asked by pan-Arab channel whether onslaught was successful in ‘liberating Palestine,’ retorting: ‘Ask respectful questions’
Senior Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... official Mousa Abu Marzouk stormed out of an interview Saturday with the pan-Arab al-Ghad channel after being questioned about the impact on the people of 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... of the October 7, 2023, invasion and massacre.
The interviewer noted that Hamas "said October 7 would liberate Paleostine," to which Abu Marzouk retorted that it was "illogical that 1,500 fighters would liberate Paleostine."
"Ask respectful questions," he demanded, to which the interviewer responded that he was "asking the question of the Paleostinian street, the question of the Gaza Strip."
Refusing to answer the question, Abu Marzouk instead demanded to end the broadcast and cut the interview short.
After the Hamas official stormed off, the host remarked that the display "unfortunately reflects Hamas’s way of thinking and its evasion of answers and questions regarding the nature of the current phase, in light of the destruction of the Paleostinian people."
למי שפספס: מוסא אבו מרזוק מחמאס נוטש בזעם ראיון בערוץ אל-רד: מגיש: אמרתם שה-7.10 ישחרר את פלסטין אבו מרזוק: זה לא הגיוני ש-1,500 לוחמים ישחררו את פלסטין, תשאל שאלות מכובדות מ: אני שואל את שאלת הרחוב הפלסטיני המגיש אחרי הנטישה: זה משקף לצערי את המחשבה של חמאס והבריחה מתשובות pic.twitter.com/QkLhKxBLYx
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To those who missed it: Musa Abu Marzouk from Hamas angrily abandons an interview on Al-Rad channel:
Host: You said that October 7 would liberate Palestine
Abu Marzouk: It’s not logical that 1,500 fighters would liberate Palestine, ask respectable questions
Host: I’m asking the question of the Palestinian street
The host after the abandonment: This, unfortunately, reflects Hamas’s thinking and their escape from answers
Despite his statements, the senior Hamas politburo member told The New York Times in February that he would not have backed the October 7 assault had he known what the consequences would be for the Gaza Strip.
“If it was expected that what happened would happen, there wouldn’t have been October 7,” Abu Marzouk said. He claimed not to have been privy to the exact details of the planned assault, and said he could not have brought himself to approve it, knowing what he knows now.
His remarks at the time, a departure from previous statements by Hamas officials, were not well received by the group, which issued several statements criticizing Abu Marzouk’s comments.
Hamas’s popularity in Gaza has declined over the past two years, with many residents blaming the group for sparking the devastating war with its onslaught.
Earlier this year, sporadic protests against the terror group took place in the Strip, with Hamas attempting to detain and harm the dissidents.
The October 7 attack — in which thousands of Hamas-led terrorists burst across the Gaza-Israel border, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages, amid rampant acts of brutality and sexual assault — sparked the subsequent war in Gaza, which has flattened much of the enclave and seen tens of thousands killed.
The Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says more than 66,000 people in the Strip have been killed or are presumed dead in the fighting so far, though the toll cannot be verified and does not differentiate between civilians and fighters. Israel says it has killed over 22,000 combatants in battle as of August and another 1,600 terrorists inside Israel during the October 7 onslaught.
[IsraelTimes] ‘Kill everyone you encounter’: Recovered this year in an IDF raid on a tunnel used by Sinwar’s brother, the document mirrors intercepted Hamas field orders sent that day, NYT reports
[GEO.TV] The mayor of Khan Younis said the southern Gaza city has been almost 85% destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.
He noted that around 400,000 tonnes of rubble need to be cleared from the streets, while 300 kilometres of water pipelines and 75% of the sewage network have been obliterated. Shouldn'ta chocked it full of gunnies, huh?
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[GEO.TV] Israel has begun transferring prisoners to two jails ahead of their release as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal, designed to lead to the release of hostages held by Hamas, the prison service said.
Thousands of staff, including prison officers, "operated throughout the night in order to implement the government's decision: 'The framework for the release of all Israeli hostages'," a statement said.
Under the truce deal Israel is supposed to release 250 prisoners, including some serving life sentences for deadly attacks. In exchange, Hamas has until Monday to hand over its 48 remaining Israeli hostages— living and dead.
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[GEO.TV] Negotiations over phase two of US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan will be complex and difficult, a senior Hamas official told AFP.
"The second phase of the Trump plan, as it is clear from the points themselves, contains many complexities and difficulties," political bureau member Hossam Badran said in an interview.
[GEO.TV] Hamas is ready to fight back if US President Donald Trump's peace deal unravels and hostilities with Israel resume in the Gaza Strip, a senior official told AFP.
"We hope that we will not return to (war), but our Palestinian people and the resistance force will undoubtedly confront and use all their capabilities to repel this aggression if this battle is imposed," political bureau member Hossam Badran told AFP.
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🚨 Hamas transferred about 7,000 of its members, in civilian clothing to serve under its new rebranded name: “The Gaza Security Forces”, to reestablish control over areas which the IDF recently withdrew.
VATICAN CITY—CONFIRMED that a man desecrated the Papal Altar of St Peter’s Basilica, at 9:30AM yesterday morning, by urinating on it in the presence of hundreds of pilgrims.
Holy Mass was being celebrated, at the time, at the Altar of the Chair.
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.
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[GEO.TV] Defence Minister 
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
...Arabic for 
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
