[IsraelTimes] A delegation of senior Hamas officials has arrived in Cairo to meet Egyptian intelligence officials and discuss the recent escalation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip, the Saudi Al-Hadath outlet reports, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter.
The team is also expected to meet representatives of mediator countries — Egypt, Qatar and the United States — to discuss “ways to contain the escalation”
Lay down your arms and turn over the last three bodies, then leave Gaza for exile. You’ve already done the last bit, so clearly it’s not hard….
and the transition to the second stage in US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza’s future, the report says.
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/\ It should be quite obvious by now, "remaking Gaza" is a fool's errand. Encourage peace and stability by staying out of conflicts and away from conflicted tribal societies.
[X] Continuing the conversation Grom started yesterday in comments
Breaking: @elonmusk just turned on the location spotlight and the entire “Gaza resident” influencer industry & fake IDF soldier industry just imploded.
Turns out the “eyewitness in Rafah living under bombardment” has been live-tweeting from a comfy flat in Islamabad while the… pic.twitter.com/qx0fWbH2Bj
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kudo's to Musk for the "accidental" reveal of where the phony Twitter postings are actually coming from and who is behind them - Muslim/Iranian/Chinese.Russian/Mutts-to-be-named-later agitprop actors.
[JustTheNews] Gov. Greg Abbott this week issued three directives targeting Islamic groups, first designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations.
An anti-Sharia law movement is being led by Texas Republicans, including Texas’ governor and members of Congress.
Gov. Greg Abbott this week issued three directives targeting Islamic groups, first designating the Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on Islamic American Relations (CAIR) as foreign terrorist organizations.
On the same day, he issued his second directive, calling for the investigation of the Islamic Tribunal in north Texas. U.S. Rep. Keith Self, a Republican representing the district where the tribunal is located, called for Sharia law to be banned in the U.S.
“Sharia is the law of Islam,” Self said in a fiery speech on the House Floor. “Sharia is dangerous. Western values form the basis for the Founding of America, namely that rights come from our Creator; ours is a Christian-based culture. Sharia, on the other hand, is a culture of violence and domination, totally anathema to the concept of individual freedom.
“The United States Constitution and Sharia are fundamentally at odds with one another. The Constitution begins with ‘We the People,’ Sharia states, ‘Allah has said.’ Followers of Sharia believe Muhammad received a divine legal code that stands supreme over all man-made laws.
“While Western civilization has evolved, Islam has not. Islam is stuck in the 8th century, and if they succeed at imposing their beliefs on us, we will be dragged back into the ‘Dark Age.’”
Self also pointed to Sharia legal “punishments viewed as normative,” including stoning to death adulterers, public beatings of women, amputating hands of thieves, and executing Christians and Jews “in accordance with the Quran.”
The tribunal in north Texas’ constitution states, “Stoning adulterers, cutting of the hands, polyandry and the like (all can be traced in the relevant literature and can be explained in their Islamic legal mentality and rational context in fairness and justice), are mainly a part of Islamic Criminal Law.”
Last month, Self, joined Republican U.S. Reps. Chip Roy of Texas, Randy Fine of Florida and Tim Burchett of Tennessee in introducing the Preserving a Sharia-Free America Act.
“America is facing an existential threat - the spread of Sharia Law,” Roy said. “From Texas to every state in the union, instances of Sharia Law adherents have threatened the American way of life, seeking to replace our legal system and Constitution with an incompatible ideology that diminishes the rights of women, children, and individuals of different faiths.”
Roy, who has authored numerous border security measures, said, “America’s immigration system must be fortified to counter the importation of Sharia adherents – the preservation of our constitutional republic and its people depend on it."
The two-page bill would direct the U.S, attorney general and secretaries of the departments of Homeland Security and State to prevent foreign nationals who observe Sharia from entering the U.S. or from remaining in the country. Any foreign national who provides false statements about their adherence to Sharia Law would have their immigration benefits, visa or admittance to the country revoked and be considered inadmissible or deportable and removed from the U.S., according to the bill language.
The bill also includes a clause that states, once signed into law, the provisions are “nonreviewable” and final, and “shall not be subject to review by any court.”
This provision was included to prevent “activist courts and judges from upending a final decision from agencies that find Sharia adherents removable from the U.S.,” said Roy, who is running for Texas attorney general and has made banning Sharia law a part of his platform.
Prior to all of their actions, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, filed a bill multiple times over the past 10 years to amend the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987 to ban all Muslim Brotherhood members from the U.S., The Center Square reported.
“The Muslim Brotherhood is a terrorist organization,” Cruz maintains. Its members are “committed to the overthrow and destruction of America and other non-Islamist governments across the world, and pose an acute threat to American national security interests,” he said when introducing the bill again in July. “American allies in the Middle East and Europe have already labeled the Brotherhood a terrorist organization, and the United States should do the same, and do so expeditiously.”
The bill would make Muslim Brotherhood members ineligible for visas or admittance to the U.S., revoke visas of all non-U.S. citizens who are confirmed Muslim Brotherhood members and require their deportation. It also would require the secretary of State to impose sanctions on all groups directly or indirectly controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, including Hamas.
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And while we're at it, we should all be piling on with the citizens of the twin cities. THEY caused this bullshit to begin with. Not a soul in the other areas of Minnesota woke up one day and said "Golly, what we really need to run this state is a Muslim woman". But that's what the twin cities elected, and re-elected. They should be the object of universal scorn.
”We can work with this one, unlike those barbaric ISIS chaps. The important thing is more stability, no matter how vile.” said the Saudi ambassador.
[Rudaw] The Saudi oil tanker Petalidi has begun offloading about 650,000 barrels of crude oil at northwest Syria’s Baniyas port, local oil sector officials told Rudaw, adding that the shipment is the first tranche of a substantial grant from Riyadh, with an additional one-million-barrel delivery expected on Sunday.
Ahmed Qubaji, general director of the Syrian Company for Oil Transport (SCOT), said Tuesday that the shipment aims to strengthen the energy sector, confirming that "another aid shipment is scheduled to arrive on Sunday, November 23, bringing the total to 1.65 million barrels of oil."
Following a swift offensive in early December, a coalition of opposition forces led by the now-dissolved Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS) - then headed by Ahmed al-Sharaa - toppled the regime of longtime Syrian dictator Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... In late January, Sharaa was appointed Syria’s interim president. Since Assad’s ouster, the new Syrian leadership has accelerated efforts to revive the country’s economy.
In September, the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) announced it would provide a 1.65 million-barrel crude oil grant to Syria.
In a statement relayed by the state-run Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the SFD said the grant aims to "enhance the operations of Syrian refineries and achieve both operational and financial sustainability," adding that it also supports economic development, addresses economic challenges, fosters growth in vital sectors, and contributes to sustainable development goals.
The statement emphasized that the grant "reflects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start... 's continued efforts to improve the living conditions of the brotherly Syrian people, building on the close relations between the two countries."
Abdel-Hadi Joubaasi, director of the Baniyas Oil Terminal, told Rudaw on Tuesday that the Petalidi’s cargo "consists of around 90,000 tons" of crude oil and confirmed that the terminal is "equipped to receive all types of tankers."
The aid notably comes as winter approaches and ordinary Syrians face severe economic hardship, with over 90 percent of the population reportedly living in poverty.
Nasser al-Jurdi, a local from the village of Zahera in Baniyas countryside, told Rudaw that "the price of a barrel of fuel oil has reached around $160. I can’t afford it, so I’m cutting wood from my walnut trees to use as firewood to keep warm."
In mid-November, the Syrian government implemented a significant reduction in domestic fuel prices: gasoline fell to $0.85 per liter from about $1.10, fuel oil dropped to $0.75 per liter from roughly $0.95, and the price of a domestic gas cylinder decreased to $10.50. Authorities said the cuts were facilitated by increased domestic oil production and a decline in global crude prices.
Despite these measures, Syria continues to struggle with chronic fuel shortages and volatile prices due to deeper structural issues, particularly international sanctions such as the Caesar Act, which restricts the country’s access to global shipping and insurance.
Last week, the US Treasury Department announced a 180-day suspension of Caesar Act sanctions on Syria, with exceptions for certain transactions involving Russia and Iran.
Damascus welcomed the move but is seeking a complete lifting of the restrictions.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
