Jew-hate among an entire sheaf of “edgy” bigotries that are just as destructive to Western Civilization as the shibboleths of the left. And as we saw with Nock Fuentes, while these h8ters may claim to be Conservative, they very easily cross over to vote Democrat out of simple spite when the powers that be ignore or refuse to cater to them.
[IsraelTimes] Dark corners of the internet, steeped in Jew-hatred, provide connections for the disaffected, says the head of the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism.
The X thread discussed in the article. Not nearly enough discussion by the posters of the fact that either the hotshot kid did not do his due diligence before applying for the job or he deliberately set up the insult. I’d bet on a deliberate set-up — I can’t imagine Cornell professors do not emphasize tailoring applications to the company, when even little housewives like me know such things.
So much less for the Talibs to rake off the top, the bottom, and the middle.
[ToloNews] Afghanistan’s Ministry of Economy says that humanitarian assistance to vulnerable populations has declined due to the suspension of foreign aid, particularly from the United States.
The ministry added that despite this situation, dozens of domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) continue to operate in humanitarian and development sectors across the country.
According to the ministry, in 1404 of the solar year, the operating licenses of 303 domestic NGOs and 20 foreign NGOs were renewed, while 72 new organizations were granted licenses to begin activities.
Abdul Rahman Habib, spokesperson for the Ministry of Economy, said: "The volume of humanitarian assistance in the areas of emergency relief, healthcare services, and agricultural support for vulnerable communities has declined significantly."
Although 2,587 NGOs, including 200 foreign organizations, are currently operating in Afghanistan, the scale of their activities has decreased in some provinces compared to previous years.
Meanwhile,
...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... economic analysts warn that the reduction in foreign assistance could undermine efforts to support vulnerable populations.
Abdul Shakoor Hadawal, an economic analyst, said: "We have consistently emphasized that humanitarian aid should remain separate from political issues. Unfortunately, some countries have linked the two, and this has had negative consequences for the livelihoods and living conditions of the Afghan people."
Another economic analyst, Abdul Nasir Rashtia, added: "Countries should pursue engagement and cooperation rather than confrontation, and reduce restrictions and sanctions on Afghanistan. They should also focus on economic support and sustainable investment instead of relying primarily on humanitarian aid, which has limited long-term impact."
Over recent years, Afghanistan has received the majority of its humanitarian assistance from international organizations. Following Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... ’s return to office, an executive order was issued suspending US foreign aid programs, a measure that also affected assistance to Afghanistan.
Once upon a time Afghanistan was self-supporting, like a normal country. But like Hamas in Gaza, the Taliban prefer letting the world take care of their captive population while the Talibs siphon off a generous income stream for themselves. Unfortunately, the only way to starve the Talib beast is to cut off the suffering masses, since almost none of it was getting to the masses anyway. That is unfortunately the answer for the angry, unthinking do-gooders who accuse the Trump administration of cruelty to the poor, suffering Afghans when the cut off donations USAID and other charitable programs.
[KhaamaPress] The United Nations Security Council on Monday unanimously extended the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) for another year, keeping the mission’s existing responsibilities and priorities largely unchanged.
The resolution extends UNAMA’s mandate until June 17, 2027, following discussions among council members on possible adjustments to the mission’s work.
The 15-member council adopted the resolution unanimously, preserving UNAMA’s core responsibilities, including coordinating international assistance, supporting political engagement, monitoring human rights, and facilitating humanitarian efforts.
China’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Fu Cong, welcomed the decision, saying the resolution maintains and strengthens UNAMA’s key functions while streamlining outdated elements where necessary. He also stressed the importance of counterterrorism cooperation and regional security.
The extension comes as Afghanistan continues to face one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. According to UN agencies, millions of Afghans require humanitarian assistance, while funding shortages have forced aid organizations to scale back critical food, health and protection programs across the country.
The renewal also comes amid continuing international concerns over human rights, particularly restrictions on women and girls. Since 2021, Afghan women have faced sweeping limitations on education, employment and public participation, prompting repeated calls from the United Nations and rights groups for the restoration of fundamental freedoms.
Nothing here about the arrested females being released, but what’s really wanted here is surrender, willing or not.
[ToloNews] Several days after protests in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... , dozens of residents and religious scholars in the province have urged people to remain patient and exercise restraint.
Speaking at a gathering, they said citizens should raise their concerns and demands with the government through legal and peaceful channels and avoid actions that could lead to unrest and instability.
There deliberately are no channels to raise concerns with the Talib government, since they come as conquerors pacifying a subject population, not a government by of and for the people that has any care for them other than sheep to be sheared for the benefit of the new ruling class.
Religious scholar Mohammad Akbari said: "If we have a demand regarding any issue, we should share it with the authorities through religious scholars, community elders and local representatives, and pursue it through legal channels."
Another religious scholar, Mohammad Amin Nasih, said: "The trust that has been established between the government and the people must be preserved."
Some Herat residents also said protests should not become a cause of insecurity.
Herat resident Ghulam Hussain said: "Security has improved, and we should live in a way that helps us build our future. Relying on foreign support is not in our interest."
Local officials in Herat say they are committed to addressing citizens’ legitimate demands, but stress that such concerns should be presented to the government in a peaceful manner.
Herat Governor Noor Ahmad Islamjar said: "The doors of the Herat provincial administration are open to any citizen who has complaints about the conduct of the Ministry vice and virtue, the municipality or other security institutions. They can come and share their concerns with us."
Last week, protests by some residents of Herat city turned violent mostly peaceful. Security officials say the demonstrations disrupted public order, but they prevented them from spreading further.
Because the endless war against Al Shabaab isn’t enough trouble in that troubled corner of the world?
[Garowe] Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... President Said Abdullahi Deni on Monday delivered one of his strongest attacks yet against term-ended Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him of creating armed pirate groups, dismantling the country's federal system, and destabilising regional administrations across Somalia.
Speaking at the opening of Puntland's parliamentary session in Garowe city, Deni said the federal government had abandoned the power-sharing arrangement that underpins Somalia's federal structure and was pursuing policies aimed at concentrating power in Mogadishu.
He accused Hassan Sheikh of carrying out what he described as a "political and legal hijacking" of the country's agreed constitutional framework, insisting that Puntland would neither recognise nor accept measures it viewed as violating the federal pact.
"Puntland has stood against the political and legal abduction committed against the agreed system of governance, and we will continue to resist it," Deni told politicians.
In his most serious allegation, the Puntland leader claimed that the Somali president had "openly created piracy," accusing him of being behind gangs that attacked maritime traffic operating in international waters and along Somalia's coastline.
"He has launched a direct assault on the federal system and the administrations operating in the country," Deni said. "He openly created pirates. Earlier, he carried out an armed attack in Ras Kamboni in which Somali citizens were killed."
Deni also accused the federal leadership of engineering political unrest in the southwestern city of Baidoa, alleging that it had orchestrated a "political coup" that dismantled the established governance structure in South West State.
The remarks mark a further deterioration in relations between Puntland and the federal government, which have been strained by disputes over constitutional amendments, elections and the distribution of power between Mogadishu and regional states.
The federal government had not immediately responded to Deni's accusations.
The exchange highlights the growing political rift within Somalia at a time when the country faces major security challenges, including the ongoing fight against Islamist bully boyz and efforts to strengthen state institutions after decades of conflict.
[ShabelleMedia] Somaliland ...Republic of Somaliland is an unrecognised sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, recognised internationally as a de jure part of Somalia. It is located in the southern coast of the Gulf of Aden with approximately 5.7 million residents as of 2021. The capital and largest city is Hargeisa. The government regards itself as the successor state to British Somaliland, which united from 1960 to 1991 with the Trust Territory of Somaliland (the former Italian Somaliland) to form the Somali Republic. Under the Siad Barre regime, Somaliadestroyed ninety percent of Hargeisa Per international law, once you're in, you gotta stay in, no matter how bad it smells.... President Abdirahman Mohammed Abdullahi (Irro) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday pledged to strengthen cooperation between their two sides following talks at the Israeli presidential residence, where they jointly addressed the media.
The two leaders said their discussions focused on expanding bilateral engagement and building what they described as a forward-looking partnership based on shared interests.
President Cirro said the talks reflected the growing relationship between Somaliland and Israel, adding that both sides would work together to build a future based on cooperation, mutual benefit and shared opportunities aimed at advancing the development of their peoples.
He expressed appreciation for the hospitality extended to him during a state lunch hosted by the Israeli president, thanking Herzog for the warm reception.
For his part, President Isaac Herzog said the time had come to move beyond declarations of relations toward "real and substantive cooperation" between the two sides.
He said Somaliland and Israel shared similar strategic interests and challenges, particularly in combating bad boy groups, ensuring regional security and safeguarding maritime routes.
The meeting marks a further step in Somaliland’s efforts to expand international engagement, particularly with partners in the Middle East, amid broader geopolitical shifts in the region.
[HodhodYemenNews] The Islamic Resistance Movement ( Hamas) condemned Somaliland President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi’s announcement that the breakaway region plans to open an embassy in occupied Jerusalem, calling the move a “political mistake” and a violation of international law and the longstanding Arab and Islamic position on the city.
In a statement on Sunday, Hamas said opening an embassy in occupied Jerusalem would show disregard for the city’s religious, political and legal status.
It warned of the serious consequences of the move and urged Somaliland’s authorities to reverse it.
The Movement also condemned Abdullahi’s visit to Israel and his meetings with Israeli officials, saying the steps were part of efforts to strengthen relations with a government accused of committing violations and crimes against Palestinians.
Hamas called on the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and other relevant bodies to act against attempts to break the consensus supporting Palestinian rights and to prevent further normalization with Israel while its attacks on Palestinians continue.
The statement came as the Somaliland president arrived in “Israel” to take part in the opening of the planned embassy in occupied Jerusalem, a step that has drawn widespread criticism across the Arab and Muslim worlds.
Israeli media reported that the visit includes meetings with senior Israeli officials, including the president, foreign minister and prime minister, as well as economic officials, amid accelerating ties between the two sides in recent months.
Several countries, including Türkiye, Egypt, Qatar, Jordan and Pakistan, have rejected Somaliland’s decision to open an embassy in occupied Jerusalem, reaffirming their opposition to measures that alter the city’s legal and historical status.
[HodhodYemenNews] US troops and military equipment arrived on Saturday at a strategic camp in Hadhramaut province in eastern Yemen, in a move that comes amid reports of new military arrangements in the province’s oil-rich areas, Yemen Press Agency reported, citing sources.
According to the agency, the US forces arrived at the "Nahb" camp in Ghail Bin Yamin district, via "Chinook" helicopters, suggesting that those forces may have departed from al-Rayyan Airport in the city of Mukalla, which the US forces have been using as a military base for their operations since 2016, or from one of the fleets in the Arabian Sea.
The sources did not reveal the nature of the tasks assigned to these forces, but confirmed that the transfer of soldiers and military equipment to the region, which includes strategic oil fields, is still ongoing.
These moves come in conjunction with information published by the agency during the past weeks, indicating the existence of US-Saudi tendencies to establish missile defense systems in the oil areas of the province, in an effort aimed, according to observers, at securing the resumption of the looting of Yemeni oil wealth, which has been halted since October 2022.
[IsraelTimes] Judge rules anti-Israel organization ‘is not, as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience protest group,’ but rather a ‘covert organization operating with secret cells
London’s Appeals Court on Monday upheld a UK government ban on activist group Paleostine Action that has seen thousands of people — from students to an 83-year-old retired vicar — arrested and carried away from protests by police.
The ban, which came into force on July 5, 2025, was imposed under the country’s Terrorism Act. It made membership of or support for the protest group a criminal offense punishable by up to 14 years in prison under the terrorism legislation.
The proscription came after activists raided a facility belonging to the Israeli Elbit defense contractor, breaking a police officer’s spine with a sledgehammer and causing millions of pounds of property damage.
The banning of the group had been challenged by Paleostine Action’s co-founder Huda Ammori, but the Appeals Court ruled "the proscription decision was not unlawful."
Paleostine Action "is not, as it claims, a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes operating transparently in the open," said judge Sue Carr, reading the decision.
"It is a covert organization operating with secret cells to avoid the detection and prosecution of those using violence to destroy the property of third parties."
The ban, which has led to some 3,000 arrests, puts the group on a government blacklist that also includes Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... and Hezbollah.
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper had defended the proscription, arguing supporters of the group were unaware of the "full nature" of the organization.
"It’s really important that no one is in any doubt that this is not a nonviolent mostly peaceful organization," she said last year.
Set up in 2020, Paleostine Action’s stated goal on its website — blocked to UK internet users — is to end "global participation in Israel’s genocidal and apartheid regime."
It gained visibility after the Hamas terror group’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel triggered a multi-front war in the Middle East, including a deadly campaign 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.
Paleostine Action has mainly targeted weapons factories in the UK, especially those belonging to Elbit.
Since the ban came into force, protesters have held a string of rallies holding up signs saying: "I oppose genocide, I support Paleostine Action," resulting in many arrests.
Hundreds have been charged and are awaiting court hearings.
The group challenged the ban in the UK courts on the basis that it was "disproportionate" and had a "very significant" impact on human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... The High Court in London in February agreed and ruled in Paleostine Action’s favor but the government then appealed.
Monday’s ruling at the Appeals court, however, reverses that judgment, finding in favor of the UK’s interior ministry.
The ruling came after a judge on Friday locked away You have the right to remain silent... four activists for raiding an Elbit site near Bristol in western England causing over a million pounds in damage.
Wearing red boilersuits, the four damaged computers, drones and other equipment, before clashing with security guards and police who tried to stop them in the August 2024 raid.
One of them hit a police officer twice on the back with a sledgehammer, leaving her with a fractured spine.
The group said their aim was to "dismantle drones and weaponry" they believed would be used to kill people, particularly in the Gaza Strip.
They were each locked away You have the right to remain silent... for between four years and eight months and seven years and eight months.
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[REGNUM] Britain is experiencing a new wave of social breakdown, as a series of knife attacks, anti-immigration riots and political scandals increasingly expose the failure of Keir Starmer's administration.
As the streets of British cities turn into arenas of clashes, the government is frantically trying to stage a diversionary response.
FROM BELFAST TO GLASGOW
The current crisis began in early June 2026 in Belfast, when footage of a brutal attack by a Sudanese citizen on a British citizen surfaced online – the perpetrator attempted to behead the victim right on the street.
This incident sparked long-simmering public anger. By the evening of June 9, the unrest had spread to other cities in Northern Ireland, and then to Scotland and England. Belfast police were forced to use water cannon to disperse the crowd. On the second evening of clashes, 12 police officers were injured, and 16 arrests were made.
Meanwhile, tensions continued in Southampton, where riots erupted in late May following the murder of Henry Novak, a Sikh student. Crowds marched toward hotels housing migrants, carrying signs reading, "Illegal immigration is destroying our civilization."
On June 13, clashes engulfed several major cities simultaneously: in Brighton, Liverpool, Sheffield and Glasgow, the far-right clashed with left-wing counter-demonstrators.
Police have made a few arrests, but the overall picture remains alarming: each new incident involving migrants has the effect of a grenade exploding.
The authorities are showing growing confusion. Starmer calls the situation "shocking and completely unacceptable," but offers no fundamental solutions to the migration crisis. Without urgent measures to reduce polarization, the risk of further upheaval remains critically high.
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT
At an unfortunate time for the authorities, amid the ongoing unrest, the country was rocked by another high-profile crime. Around 3:00 PM on June 12, on Wood Street in Briarfield, a 30-year-old man ran up to a 17-year-old girl from behind and stabbed her in the neck.
Armed police cordoned off the street within minutes. The suspect was arrested on the spot for attempted murder. Fortunately, the victim survived: after hospital treatment, she was discharged home.
The man arrested was officially described by Lancashire Police as "a 30-year-old local man of British descent with Pakistani roots." He was subsequently charged with attempted murder and unlawful possession of a knife in a public place. A hearing is scheduled at Blackburn Crown Court.
The incident was made especially explosive by a video of the attack that quickly went viral online: the footage clearly shows a man attacking a woman from behind. It is precisely the contrast between the police's official, restrained rhetoric and what people see with their own eyes on their smartphones that is fueling growing public discontent. It's no coincidence that social media is increasingly irritating the British government —the Prime Minister announced new restrictions today.
Another brutal crime in a public space involving a person of migrant background and the authorities' extremely cautious wording are adding up to a problem that has become familiar to the country and increasingly unacceptable to a significant portion of society.
STARMER'S MANEUVER
On Sunday, June 14, amidst continuing clashes in cities, the British Prime Minister solemnly announced the seizure of the oil tanker Smirtos, which was sailing from Russia, in the English Channel.
According to the British Ministry of Defence, the operation lasted six hours and involved Royal Marines, Chinook helicopters, a frigate, and a minesweeper. Starmer called it "another blow to Russia."
Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund and special presidential representative for international investment and economic cooperation, immediately stated bluntly: Starmer is using the tanker's detention to distract British society from the unresolved migrant problem.
"A desperate Starmer, instead of stopping his own immigrants who are raping, maiming, and beheading Britons, is trying to distract the UK's attention with escalation," Dmitriev wrote on social media.
It's noteworthy that the operation itself appears belated. Back in late March, Starmer loudly announced the navy's powers to intercept vessels of the so-called "shadow fleet," yet for nearly two months, the British navy hasn't detained a single tanker, allowing sanctioned vessels to pass through the English Channel unhindered.
Now, with government ratings falling and the streets burning, the takeover of Smirtos looks more like a PR stunt than an element of systemic policy.
Another characteristic point is that the saber-rattling is occurring against the backdrop of a systemic crisis in the military-industrial complex. The scale of the problems has become so obvious that it has led to the resignation of the Minister of Defense—a rare instance where internal failures can no longer be masked by rhetoric about "global responsibility" and "NATO leadership."
Supply disruptions, resource shortages and management failures appear to be signs of a protracted structural decline.
Against this backdrop, the demonstrative interception of the tanker appears to be an attempt by Britain to play its familiar role as "mistress of the seas." It's more of a gesture aimed at an external audience and allies than a reflection of actual capabilities.
THE PRICE OF HELPLESSNESS
The contrast between the symbolic show of force and London's declining international standing is becoming increasingly stark – and perhaps that is why such actions are becoming increasingly ostentatious.
Britain in 2026 is a country where street attacks with bladed weapons have become the norm, and the government responds to each one with ritualistic declarations of "unacceptability" without changing anything substantively.
The anti-immigration protests erupting from Belfast to Glasgow are a symptom of the deep social divide between official narratives and the everyday reality of millions of Britons.
The seriousness of the problem is confirmed by sociological research: according to a recent survey by JL Partners, cited by The Standard, more than half (54%) of London residents said the city had become less safe in recent years. This opinion was shared by 61% of women and 46% of men. Only 17%—13% of women and 22% of men—consider the UK's capital safe.
While a horrific video of an attack on a 17-year-old girl is making the rounds on social media and rubbish bins are burning in Belfast, Foggy Albion continues to sink – with no lifeline in sight.
Ministerial resignations, seized tankers and Starmer's soothing speeches add up to a government preoccupied primarily with its own image and clumsy efforts to ease social tensions.
Barely bothering anymore to pretend it’s anything other than straightforward Jew-hate.
[IsraelTimes] Move comes after France barred Israeli pavilion, government officials from Eurosatory, a year after black partitions surrounded Jerusalem’s exhibits at Paris Air Show
Wooden barriers have been erected around Israeli defense industry booths by event organizers at the Eurosatory exhibition in Gay Paree, the Defense Ministry said on Monday, despite the companies complying with French restrictions requiring Israeli companies to display only defensive weapons systems.
In a statement, the ministry accused organizers of taking a "cynical" and "discriminatory" step aimed at excluding Israeli technology from the international defense expo.
Eurosatory is one of the world’s leading defense exhibitions, showcasing military systems and other security innovations from across the globe.
"The Defense Ministry will continue to promote Israeli defense exports around the world to new heights, despite French efforts to conceal Israel’s technological superiority from the global community," Monday’s statement read.
There was no immediate comment from Eurosatory or the French government.
Earlier this month, the Defense Ministry said French authorities barred Israel from establishing a national pavilion or sending government representatives to Eurosatory, while allowing Israeli firms to exhibit only air defense systems and banning the display of offensive weapons.
At the time, the Defense Ministry panned the exhibition organizers’ decision, saying that the move was driven by "political and commercial calculation," accusing La Belle France of applying discriminatory restrictions to Israel that are not imposed on other participating countries "in direct violation of the established norms governing international defense exhibitions."
This year’s Eurosatory is not the first time La Belle France has restricted Israel from participating in weapons expos. French authorities also initially banned Israeli defense firms from exhibiting at the 2024 Eurosatory, before later reversing the decision.
Similarly, organizers erected black partitions around Israeli company exhibits displaying offensive weapons systems at the 2025 Gay Paree Air Show.
Monday’s development came amid growing tensions between Jerusalem and Gay Paree. On June 7, La Belle France was said to be working with several countries to step up pressure on Israel by advancing coordinated national sanctions targeting individuals linked to violence in the West Bank.
Two days later, Gay Paree announced it had barred Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, four leaders of settler organizations and 21 violent mostly peaceful settlers from entering the country, as a number of countries introduced fresh sanctions against settlers and organizations deemed to be responsible for violence against Paleostinians in the West Bank.
In April, the Defense Ministry halted all defense procurement from La Belle France in response to French measures that it said "harmed Israel’s security," including prohibiting Israeli aircraft from using French airspace during the US-led war on Iran.
The US also claimed that La Belle France refused it the use of its airspace for military purposes during the war.
Additionally, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized Israel’s defense establishment during the 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... war, openly condemning the scale of the US-Israeli campaign against the Islamic Theocratic Republic, and urging a diplomatic solution to the conflict and a halt to fighting in Leb ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects.... against the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group.
Further straining La Belle France’s relationship with Israel is its exclusion from mediating direct talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington.
The absence is not for lack of interest, with Macron offering in March for his country to host direct talks between Israel and Lebanon and telling President Isaac Herzog over the phone that "La Belle France is working to promote this goal."
[Reuters] Sweden's parliament passed a law on Monday allowing authorities to revoke immigrants' residency permits based on bad behaviour, such as having unpaid debts, doing undeclared work or links to extremist organisations.
The law, which covers pending permits but also retroactively already granted permits, is part of a wider tightening of immigration rules by the right-wing government and its support party, the nationalist Sweden Democrats, ahead of a parliamentary election in September.
The law has been criticised by the opposition and human rights advocacy groups as arbitrary because decisions would be taken on behaviour that has not been deemed criminal.
"The good behaviour law leaves people in uncertainty about what actions or expressions can be used against them," Stockholm-based group Civil Rights Defenders said in a statement.
"It undermines the rule of law and the principle of equality before the law."
The government, which won the 2022 election on a promise to reduce immigration and crack down on crime, has said that people who misbehave or commit crimes are not welcome.
The law does not specify what types of behaviours are deemed unacceptable but the government has mentioned unpaid debts, not paying taxes, criminality and links to extremist organisations. The Migration Agency is tasked with reviewing the permits and the decisions can be appealed to a migration court.
"Anyone who doesn't make the effort to do the right thing shouldn't be able to count on staying," Minister of Migration Johan Forssell said when he proposed the bill in March.
In a brief statement, the Swedish parliament, the Riksdag, explained that the primary purpose of the legislation is to “increase the possibilities for removing individuals based on their lifestyle,” approving a proposal from the Swedish right-wing coalition government suggesting that a foreigner’s conduct, “that is, their way of life,” should hold greater weight when assessing a migrant’s residence permit in Sweden — both when it comes to granting or revoking them.
“The decision entails, among other things, stricter requirements for obtaining and retaining a residence permit, as a person’s conduct, known as ‘good behavior,’ will carry greater weight in the assessment of eligibility for a residence permit,” the Riksdag said.
“It will be possible to deny or revoke a residence permit in cases of misconduct, such as failing to comply with laws, regulations, and official decisions, having significant debts, or supporting oneself through dishonest means,” the text continued.
[KhaamaPress] U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that it is resuming the processing of immigration applications that had been suspended under a previous policy affecting nationals of 39 countries, including Afghanistan and Iran.
In a statement issued Friday, June 12, USCIS said it was complying with a federal court order that found the suspension of certain immigration cases unlawful. The agency said all affected applications would now be reviewed as if the pause had never occurred.
The decision applies to a range of immigration benefits, including applications for permanent residency (green cards), citizenship, work authorization and other immigration-related requests submitted by individuals already residing in the United States.
The agency noted that while it disagrees with the court’s ruling, it will implement the order nationwide pending any further legal proceedings. The suspension had been imposed under an executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... citing national security concerns and restrictions on entry from several countries.
The ruling comes as thousands of Afghan nationals continue to face uncertainty regarding their long-term future in the United States. Many Afghans evacuated after the collapse of the former Afghan government in 2021 remain in various stages of immigration processing, including applications for permanent residency and other legal protections.
The decision does not affect Trump’s travel restrictions and visa limitations, which remain in force for citizens of dozens of countries, including Afghanistan. As a result, while immigration cases already inside the United States may move forward, many Afghans outside the country still face significant barriers to entering the U.S.
The announcement also comes amid controversy over proposals to relocate some Afghan refugees from third-country processing centers. U.S. officials have explored options for transferring Afghan evacuees from facilities 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... and other locations to third countries while their cases are reviewed.
One proposal involving the possible relocation of Afghan refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... has drawn criticism in Washington. Earlier this week, 83 members of Congress from both the Democratic and Republican parties urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... to halt any such transfers until politicians receive detailed information about the legal framework, living conditions and long-term plans for the refugees.
The politicians expressed particular concern about more than 1,100 Afghan evacuees who have spent years at Camp As Sayliyah in Qatar awaiting resettlement. They argued that any relocation to third countries should be subject to congressional oversight and clear humanitarian guarantees.
Immigration advocates welcomed the court-ordered resumption of case processing, saying it could provide relief to thousands of applicants whose cases had been left in limbo. However,
a hangover is the wrath of grapes... they cautioned that broader restrictions on visas, refugee admissions and family reunification continue to affect many Afghans seeking safety and permanent status in the United States.
#1
You can process the green cardsand Citizenships, but you don't have to approve them, just process them is all, then send them back where they came from!
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Iranian soccer players attack 'oppressive' World Cup treatment in USA and claim they have been FORCED to leave.
I watched the game on TV. Iran played better than New Zealand who was constantly tripping them. The game was tied but I considered them better.
The Iranian soccer team has slammed its 'oppressive' and 'disastrous' treatment during the World Cup, claiming they have been kicked out of the US immediately after their opening game on Monday night.
In an extraordinary attack following his team's 2-2 draw with New Zealand in Los Angeles on Monday, striker Mehdi Taremi pleaded with FIFA to 'help' resolve the 'unfair' ordeal.
Prior to the tournament kicking off, it had been agreed that Iran would fly in and out of the USA - where all of their group matches are being held - on the days they play.
Since war broke out in February, uncertainty has surrounded Iran's participation in the tournament.
Donald Trump warned the team not to come – for their 'own life and safety', while Iran moved its base from Arizona to Mexico. Nearly a dozen members of its delegation were later denied visas.
After Monday's game against New Zealand, FIFA president Gianni Infantino visited the Iranians' dressing room. Just minutes later, head coach Amir Ghalenoei and Taremi suggested the US authorities were forcing them to fly back to their Tijuana base against their wishes.
'Everything is like a disaster actually for us... Still, we have some problems because we are supposed to be training tomorrow morning - recovery - then leave for Tijuana,' the striker said.
'But we have to leave Los Angeles right now, and it's not good for us. It's not good for the football, because in a World Cup, you have to prepare good for the next game, because it is a lot of stress for the players and the staff and everyone. But we don't have that support and I think FIFA have to help us more than this.'
Taremi claimed Iran's players asked Infantino why they were being kicked out. When asked what the FIFA president told them in the dressing room, Taremi added: 'He just wants to help us.
'It's the beginning of the World Cup now, and he will help us... We believe everything he says.'
Teammate Mohammad Mohebi said their treatment was not 'fair' and Ghalenoei echoed his players' feelings, claiming: 'They said we had to leave immediately.
'It's very important for us to have time for recovery and yet we were asked to return to Tijuana and we are really troubled by that... we do not know why they are returning us. I think it's very strange.'
The head coach continued: 'It seems like others are doing the planning for us, decisions made elsewhere, we were supposed [to arrive] two nights before the game and we were not permitted.
'We were supposed to stay tonight and return tomorrow lunchtime but I have no idea why and they haven't told [us]... our team is the most oppressed one in the whole World Cup.'
It is understood that Infantino told the squad he would do what he could to ensure that more Iranian officials, who had not received visas, could travel to the USA for their final two group games.
The tension comes as Trump announced this weekend that a deal to end the war with Iran is 'all signed'.
The official signing ceremony is set to be held in Switzerland on Friday.
In a post on Truth Social, the President said, 'The deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete.'
'I hereby fully authorize the toll-free opening of the Strait of Hormuz, and, simultaneously herewith, authorize the immediate removal of the United States Naval blockade,' he added.
Iran's World Cup issues are not the first the country's footballers have faced this year. Three months ago, their women's football team faced controversy after their participation in the Asian Cup, where they refused to sing their country's national anthem ahead of a game with South Korea. The situation escalated into a major diplomatic incident involving street protests and threats from the Islamic Regime, leading Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese to grant several players asylum.
But on Monday, the World Cup squad was praised by FIFA chief Infantino for their participation, declaring it sent 'a strong message to the world'.
He told them: 'You showed to your families, friends, to your people, to the world, that you're in the World Cup, that you perform and you have two more games to go.
'In these two games, you will make again everyone in the world proud of what you do. Thank you for being here,' he said, with his words met by applause.
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Lot of Iranian support. Could not tell from the coverage whether it was a pro-regime crowd. Both teams played well offensively. Defense was lacking.
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Didn't the announcers say it was only an hour flight? Coverage had them landing at 7CST and were ready to play by 8CST. So like an hour and a half commute after getting to the Mexico airport?
[KhaamaPress] A U.S. deportation flight carrying migrants from several countries, including Afghanistan, departed for the Central African Republic on Friday as part of the Trump administration’s expanding policy of removing migrants to third countries, according to Reuters and a U.S. immigration flight-tracking initiative.
The flight reportedly included citizens of Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Georgia, many of whom had been living in the United States under “deferred removal” protections that temporarily shielded them from deportation.
The latest deportation comes amid growing controversy over Washington’s efforts to relocate migrants and asylum seekers to third countries rather than returning them directly to their countries of origin. Human rights groups and immigration lawyers have argued that some deportees could face prolonged detention, legal uncertainty or eventual return to places where they may be at risk of persecution.
The policy has drawn particular concern among Afghan refugees. In recent weeks, reports emerged that the United States was exploring options to transfer Afghan refugees stranded in Qatar’s Al Udeid and Al Sailiya facilities to African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 80 members of the U.S. Congress have opposed the proposal and called on the administration to halt any such transfers until legal and humanitarian concerns are fully addressed.
According to Reuters, the aircraft departed from Louisiana on Thursday and later stopped in Ghana before continuing its journey. Immigration attorney Alma Davis said it remained unclear whether all passengers would be transported to Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, or whether some would disembark in Ghana.
The U.S. State Department currently advises against travel to the Central African Republic, citing armed conflict, insecurity and the presence of armed groups across parts of the country.
Critics say the administration has expanded deportations even for some migrants who previously benefited from legal protections. Deportees and their attorneys have reported concerns about lengthy detention in transit countries and the possibility of eventual forced return to their home countries.
The flight appears to be the first publicly known arrangement between Washington and Bangui involving the acceptance of deported migrants from the United States. Authorities in the Central African Republic have not yet publicly commented on the reported agreement.
The Trump administration has defended its tougher immigration policies as necessary to strengthen border security and enforce immigration laws. However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the strategy has faced legal challenges in U.S. courts and criticism from refugee advocates and international human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... organizations.
It remains unclear how many additional deportation flights to third countries are being planned and whether further transfers involving Afghan migrants colonists and refugees will proceed in the coming weeks.
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More money washing.
[AI] who pays for the migrant deportation flights
**The U.S. government pays for deportation flights** through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), not the migrants themselves. Taxpayers fund these operations via federal budgets, with recent spending bills allocating hundreds of millions specifically for air transportation support.
**Private contractors operate most flights** under government contracts. Companies like **CSI Aviation** (holding a $3.6 billion contract) and subcontractors such as **GlobalX Airlines** and **Avelo** execute the majority of removals. The Trump administration also utilized **military aircraft** (C-17 and C-130E) for specific deportations, which cost significantly more—up to **$71,000 per hour** for a C-130E compared to roughly **$8,577** for standard chartered flights.
**Exceptions and specific scenarios include:**
* **Voluntary Departure:** Under programs like "Project Homecoming," the government provides **cost-free travel** and exit bonuses (up to $2,600) to encourage self-deportation.
* **Denied Entry:** If a person is refused entry at the border, the **airline that transported them** is typically responsible for the return flight costs to avoid fines, though they may attempt to bill the passenger later.
* **Third-Country Deals:** The U.S. has paid foreign governments directly to accept migrants, with some deals costing over **$1 million per migrant** when including flight and assistance costs.
[Rudaw] Iraq and Syria have formed a joint committee to facilitate the return of around 10,000 Iraqi citizens currently in Syria, including people who had previously lived in the notorious al-Hol camp, according to Iraq’s Ministry of Migration and Displacement.
"A joint committee between the Iraqi and Syrian governments has been formed to return approximately 10,000 Iraqi citizens from Syria, including those who were previously in al-Hol camp," Ali Jahangir, spokesperson for the ministry, told Rudaw on Monday.
Jahangir said discussions between the two sides are ongoing, but no final timeline has been agreed upon.
"The committees from both sides are in constant communication and holding meetings, but the timing and logistics for repatriating these Iraqi citizens from Syria have not yet been finalized," he said.
The move comes as Iraq continues efforts to retrieve its citizens previously held in Syria’s al-Hol camp, which housed families linked to 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) for several years. Since 2023, Iraq has repatriated more than 21,000 Iraqi citizens, most of whom were relatives of suspected ISIS members, through 33 separate convoys.
Before any return takes place, Iraqi security agencies will conduct comprehensive screenings of families to ensure none of the individuals is wanted by the Iraqi judiciary.
Jahangir added that the Ministry of Migration and Displacement has completed all necessary preparations for the repatriation process.
Located in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasaka, al-Hol camp came under the control of the Syrian army in January after previously being administered by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
At the time, more than 80 Iraqi families connected to ISIS murderous Moslems were living in the camp before relocating to other Syrian cities.
In February, Syrian authorities closed the camp after transferring all of its residents, ending years of controversy surrounding the facility that housed families and relatives of ISIS fighters.
The camp held about 24,000 people, the majority Syrians and Iraqis, along with more than 6,000 foreign nationals from around 40 countries. Over the years, the camp drew international criticism over deteriorating humanitarian conditions and fears that it had become a breeding ground for extremism.
Despite the relocation of al-Hol camp residents, the mid-January attacks by the Syrian army and allied gangs against the SDF triggered ISIS prison breaks, prompting the transfer of over 5,700 prisoners to Iraq under US military supervision.
[Rudaw] Iraq has exported around 600,000 tons of fuel oil through Syria since early April, a Syrian Petroleum Company official said, as Baghdad increasingly relies on alternative export routes amid continued disruptions to traditional Gulf shipping lanes.
Jalal Jarad, administrative director of procurement at the Syrian Petroleum Company, told Rudaw on Monday that "since the beginning of April, approximately 600,000 tons of Iraqi crude oil has reached the Syrian port of Baniyas, and the export process has commenced," adding that the exported oil is now being shipped onward to international markets.
Iraq began exporting oil through Syria on March 31 via the al-Waleed border crossing in Anbar province before loading it for export from Syrian ports.
Iraq's decision to use Syrian territory as an export corridor came after oil tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz was disrupted by the US-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... war that began in late February. Before the conflict, nearly 90 percent of Iraq's oil exports moved through southern Gulf routes.
According to Jarad, the volume of Iraqi oil entering Syria remains substantial on a daily basis.
"The amount of Iraqi crude oil arriving in Syria daily varies by day, but it is approximately between 350 to 400 tankers per day," he said.
Jarad added that the export operation is being carried out in coordination with Baghdad. "Regarding the export of crude oil, there is ongoing coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil," he said.
The Syrian corridor has become increasingly strategic for Iraq's energy sector after exports were severely affected by regional conflict.
"More than 90 percent of Iraq’s economy relies on oil exports," according to a statement by the head of the Oil Ministry’s media department in April.
Late last month, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi directed oil officials to immediately secure alternative export routes and ensure the smooth transit of tankers, Baghdad’s oil ministry reported, adding that the instructions come amid mounting supply disruptions, particularly through the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Amid the maritime escalation, Iraqi oil exports dropped to 18.6 million barrels in March, generating about $1.96 billion in revenue, compared to more than 99 million barrels and $6.81 billion in February, according to figures provided by Baghdad’s oil ministry.
Before the conflict, Iraq and the Kurdistan Region were producing a combined 4.5 million barrels of oil per day, according to figures released in February. Combined production has fallen to under 1.3 million barrels per day, marking an overall decline of 3.2 million barrels per day.
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thats about 4M barrels
also FWIW, oil price about noon today EDT is about %75
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In maybe a year or so there are going to be oil pipelines to places the Iranians can't block or get to and the rest of the Middle East will laugh at them if they try and repeat what they have done this year. Use ports in Syria, the Red Sea and Oman and shipping costs will go down.
[IsraelTimes] Kan reveals minutes from Gaza meetings in run-up to terror onslaught, recording then-chief Sinwar’s decision to launch ‘exceptional action’ to spoil regional rapprochement
The Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... terror group carried out its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel partly in order to thwart the Jewish state’s rapprochement with 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... , according to seized documents.
The internal Hamas materials were published by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, a government-controlled think tank, and then aired by the Kan public broadcaster on Sunday.
In the years and months leading up to the attack, it was widely reported that the oil-rich kingdom was considering normalization with Israel, along the lines of the US-brokered Abraham Accords with other Arab states.
A Times of Israel report last year confirmed that, on the eve of the October 7 attack, Washington and Riyadh had already reached understandings regarding concessions Israel would have to make vis-à-vis the Paleostinians for Riyadh to normalize relations with Jerusalem.
In a meeting held by Hamas leadership 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 in February 2022, the Iran-backed terror group, which had long functioned as the enclave’s de facto government, decided to establish a new office, tasked with overseeing efforts to thwart normalization between Israel and its erstwhile enemies.
Hamas decided to heat up the conflict in Gaza as well as the West Bank and East Jerusalem, "in order to thwart the Saudi kingdom’s process of normalization," according to the minutes of the meeting.
The terror group noted, as precedent for its campaign, that the Second Intifada — a deadly, years-long campaign of suicide kabooms and other terror attacks in the early 2000s — was "one of the chief factors leading to the blow-up of the normalization process presented through the Arab Peace Initiative."
In 2023, the group decided that its renewed attempt to stir disorder in the region was not bearing enough fruit. In late September, the group’s leadership held another meeting, chaired by Gaza chief — and October 7 criminal mastermind — Yahya Sinwar.
At the meeting, Sinwar presented a memo titled "Dealing with the normalization process between Saudi Arabia and Israel."
"Hamas is not a negligible party; our resistance can thwart the plans, just as we played a role in the failure of Oslo," he said, referring to the US-brokered grinding of the peace processor decades ago in which Israel sought to withdraw from the West Bank and allow for the creation of a demilitarized Paleostinian state.
"We’ll play a role in causing the Zionist enemy pain and sending a message to those participating in normalization... that the Israeli occupation is not an oasis of security and stability," Sinwar resolved.
"We may not succeed in stopping the process, but we will disrupt it and deprive it of legitimacy," he determined, according to the Kan report.
On October 2, 2023, Sinwar told assembled leadership that, in light of the threat posed by normalization with Saudi Arabia, there was no way around what he described as "an exceptional action" by Hamas and its partners in the "Axis of Resistance®," referring to 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... and its regional proxies.
At this meeting, the Hamas leadership decided to move forward with the surprise attack on Israel.
Five days later, on the morning of the Simchat Torah holiday, thousands of Hamas-led Death Eaters burst through the Gaza-Israel border under cover of incessant rocket fire, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages, amid acts of brutality and sexual assault.
The attack triggered the subsequent multi-front war, drawing support from the Hezbollah terror group in Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , the Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... , and Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria, as well as Iran itself. Despite efforts to keep the vision afloat, normalization with Saudi Arabia does not appear imminent, with Israeli and Saudi leaders both signaling it is not currently on the table.
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[REGNUM] While the Donald Trump administration is preoccupied with the war with Iran, the Gaza issue, formally considered "closed" and listed as a victory, is fading into the background for Washington. However, it is clear that the situation there is at an impasse, with no clear path out of sight, and the parties have failed to implement even the first point of the settlement plan.
Against the backdrop of its growing and obvious stalling, Russia is taking decisive steps to intensify its own efforts in the Palestinian direction, seeking to fill the emerging geopolitical vacuum and offer an alternative to the Western monopoly on peacekeeping.
In particular, on June 9, a high-ranking delegation from the Palestinian Hamas movement, headed by the deputy chairman of the movement's Politburo, Dr. Musa Abu Marzouk, arrived in Moscow at the official invitation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
On June 10, the parties held talks with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Borisenko. During the meetings, mutual interest in rebooting the diplomatic process was expressed.
The Palestinian movement's leadership is extremely interested in Russia's return to a more active, key role in the Palestinian peace process, seeing Moscow, as well as Beijing, as guarantors capable of counterbalancing Washington's unconditional support for Israel and ensuring compliance with international law.
"We have always asked our Russian friends for Russia to regain its key role in resolving the Palestinian issue," Musa Abu Marzouk told Regnum News Agency.
According to him, the Palestinians are opposed to the US and Britain usurping the right to resolve the Palestinian issue. This is precisely what Israel wants, having made considerable efforts, with the help of London and Washington, to exclude Russia and the UN from the process.
On the other hand, Moscow is committed to its course for a peaceful resolution of the Middle East crisis and views Hamas not simply as an armed group, but as a serious, entrenched political and military force that enjoys popularity and influence among Palestinians.
It is acknowledged that the movement has demonstrated an unprecedented ability to withstand one of the world's most technologically advanced armies for two years, surviving under conditions of total blockade, unprecedented destruction and pressure, making it impossible to ignore in any future agreements.
PROBLEMS OF THE SECOND PHASE
The Hamas delegation's visit comes at a time when it has become clear that the ambitious American plan to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip has stalled, moving from the stage of grandiose declarations to a phase of permanent systemic crisis that has exposed all the deep contradictions of Western Middle East policy.
The transition to the second phase of the settlement, announced at the beginning of the year by US Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, which envisioned demilitarization, technocratic governance, and large-scale reconstruction, has stalled.
By May 2026, negotiations between the Hamas delegation and the "Peace Council," led by UN High Representative for Gaza, Bulgarian diplomat Nikolay Mladenov, in Cairo, had come to nothing. Hamas categorically rejected the disarmament plan, calling Israel's demand "crude" and hypocritical.
The Palestinian side points out that the plan presupposes unilateral concessions, while the Jewish state continues to violate the terms of the first phase: it is blocking increased humanitarian aid and sabotaging the partial withdrawal of troops. Israel, for its part, has made it clear that it will not budge without progress in disarming Hamas.
As Musa Abu Marzouk noted, the movement did not refuse to surrender its weapons when it occurred within the framework of the Palestinian consensus, as well as within the framework of a project aimed at protecting the rights of Palestinians.
However, America and Israel want to dismantle the Hamas forces that rule the Gaza Strip, just as America did in Iraq by disbanding the army and police, which led to the rise of al-Qaeda* and ISIS*.
As a result, the "Peace Council," in its first report to the UN Security Council on May 15, 2026, explicitly declared Hamas to be the "main obstacle" to the implementation of the second phase, effectively shifting all responsibility for the failure to the Palestinian side and ignoring the actions of Israel, which violates many provisions of the agreements and continues to strike Gaza, where hundreds of civilians have been killed by Israeli strikes since the announcement of the ceasefire.
Moreover, as Musa Abu Marzouk noted, it is Israel that does not allow the technocratic Palestinian Authority, created under the auspices of the "Peace Council," to work, while Hamas has held meetings with it and remains ready to cooperate.
Now, according to the head of the Palestinian delegation, members of the technocratic administration are living in Cairo hotels, while Israel has blocked their access to the Gaza Strip.
However, this impasse was predetermined from the very beginning, since the settlement plan was initially built on the illusion that Hamas, having survived two years of war and retained administrative control over Gaza, would voluntarily lay down its arms to the Israelis, who had given no guarantees of political prospects for the Palestinians.
Nikolai Mladenov, in a closed briefing for Arab diplomats, acknowledged that the second phase is impossible to implement without real pressure on Israel, but publicly he is forced to adhere to Washington's hard line.
This split has already led to the “Peace Council” being unable to make a single independent decision, including regarding the administration of technocrats.
17 BILLION PROMISES
Parallel to the diplomatic impasse, an unprecedented financial scandal erupted. As of May 2026, the official Gaza reconstruction fund, administered by the World Bank, remains empty. Despite grandiose pledges by member states to contribute a combined $17 billion, the accounts were empty.
According to a Financial Times investigation, those donor funds that did go toward the reconstruction of Gaza were diverted, instead of through the World Bank's transparent mechanisms, to an account at JPMorgan, which is not subject to independent financial transparency requirements.
Arab donors are frustrated by the structure of the "Peace Council," which lacks a clear political vision. The Council's charter stipulates that countries can obtain a "permanent seat" on the governing body for a one-time contribution of $1 billion, which is characterized as a "commercial trusteeship."
Thus, the Gulf countries, which had hoped to use the reconstruction of Gaza as a lever of geopolitical pressure, are demanding an end to Israeli expansion and the creation of a real political horizon.
Riyadh and even Abu Dhabi have no intention of financing the project; without a clear path to a Palestinian state, not a single Gulf rial will be transferred to the peace fund.
Meanwhile, according to a joint EU-UN report published in April 2026, rebuilding Gaza will require more than $71 billion over a decade, of which $26.3 billion is needed in the first 18 months.
However, since the ceasefire was announced, not a single temporary home has been delivered to Gaza, and basic humanitarian aid – water, medicine, and pest control – was only 30% funded as of the end of April.
According to Musa Abu Marzouk, less than a quarter of the trucks carrying humanitarian aid are being allowed into Gaza. Instead of the 600 trucks per day stipulated by the agreement, only 130 are being allowed into the Strip. Israel is banning the import of medical equipment, construction materials, and debris removal equipment. Even the required number of tents has not yet been received.
WAR ARCHITECT AS PEACEMAKER
The central public figure of this structure was Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain, who was included in the executive board of the organization on January 16.
The appointment provoked a wave of outrage from Arabs, who pointed out that Blair's support for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, based on the false pretext of "weapons of mass destruction," should forever bar him from any "peace councils," and that his presence smacked of blatant colonialism.
"Blair has been involved in every catastrophe in the Arab world, and now he's an envoy of the 'Peace Council,'" said Dr. Abu Marzouk. " Blair is interfering in the Palestinian issue on behalf of Israel." Therefore, for Palestinians, his name is associated only with war, destruction, and close relations with Israel and the United States.
On February 20, 2026, at the first meeting of the "Peace Council" in Washington, Blair delivered a speech in which he blamed the Gaza crisis solely on Palestinian "extremism and corruption." He omitted the decade-long Israeli siege of the enclave, the decades-long military operations, and the current war, which has claimed the lives of more than 72,000 Palestinian civilians.
Blair, who also served as special envoy for the Middle East for the Quartet (US, Russia, UN and EU) from 2007 to 2015 and failed to achieve a single real breakthrough, now has a chance to monetise his “peacekeeping” brand on the ruins of Gaza.
On April 28, he addressed the UN Security Council, saying Hamas must "agree to the demilitarization process" and calling Trump's plan a "strategically coherent framework."
Blair also opposes attempts to unite Palestinian factions in Israel's interests. In May, for example, he disrupted a meeting between Fatah and Hamas leaders in Istanbul, demanding that Fatah withdraw from the meeting.
Thus, the former British Prime Minister is performing the same function in Gaza as he did in Iraq in 2003.
He is covering up his real interests – control over resources, redistribution of territory, ensuring Israel’s security at any cost, while the interests, and even the lives, of the Palestinians mean nothing to him.
At the same time, Blair remains one of the highest-paid consultants in the Middle East: his Institute for Global Change receives millions of dollars from Gulf sovereign wealth funds and consulting contracts with the same JPMorgan that secretly funds the Gaza reconstruction effort.
Moreover, the former British prime minister is a businessman, and therefore seeks to earn not only political points but also cash from Gaza.
LONDON IS CUTTING OFF EUROPE
Behind the façade of the American project and Blair's public appearances, there is a behind-the-scenes British game going on.
"Britain played a central role in the creation of Israel and is the cause of all the woes of the Palestinian people," says Musa Abu Marzouk. He emphasizes that it was London that initiated the European colonization of Palestine with Jewish settlers, and from that time until today, Britain's destructive role has continued: during the Gaza War, the United Kingdom remained Israel's main ally and sponsor.
Having lost direct influence in the Middle East, Britain is using Blair as a Trojan horse for neocolonialist revenge in the Levant. It was the Foreign Office that deliberately blocked Paris and Berlin from fully joining the "Peace Council."
Officially, European capitals distanced themselves from this structure, but behind the scenes, London blackmailed its allies with the threat of severing bilateral intelligence cooperation if they attempted to establish alternative European aid mechanisms. British intelligence agency MI6 views the Gaza crisis as a unique opportunity to outmaneuver the French and German elites, who have historically dominated the Palestinian agenda.
The instructions handed down to Blair from Downing Street are extremely strict: undermine pan-European initiatives by any means necessary and monopolize channels of influence. London has absolutely no interest in allowing pan-European or multilateral control over Gaza's future.
Moreover, British intelligence agencies, through NGOs under their control, are already actively forming personnel for the future “technocratic government,” essentially preparing the ground for a British protectorate under the guise of an American project.
London's unsavory role also manifests itself in the financial sphere, where British capital profits from the Palestinian tragedy. British banks, primarily HSBC, lobby for the transfer of international aid through opaque offshore structures in Cyprus, making independent auditing of expenditures completely impossible.
Moreover, London is actively using its historical leverage at the IMF to block any alternative financing mechanisms that do not pass through British jurisdictions. This is a classic imperial tactic: create an artificial resource scarcity and then completely control their distribution.
Behind the scenes at the UN, there are open rumours that the UK is exploiting the crisis to divide the Arab consensus. London is secretly negotiating with the UAE, offering exclusive contracts for "infrastructure restoration" in exchange for political legitimacy for the "Council" and the isolation of Qatar, which categorically opposes this plan, despite previously not openly opposing it in the interests of Arab unity.
British diplomats are also actively working with Jordan, trying to impose on it the role of an "alternative homeland" for the Palestinians of Gaza, which is categorically unacceptable to King Abdullah II.
Thus, Britain is deliberately sabotaging the actual implementation of Washington's initiative, turning Gaza into a testing ground for restoring its own geopolitical weight at the cost of stability in the region.
London is playing into the hands of Israeli radical Zionists in Benjamin Netanyahu's government and in Egypt. British diplomats are convincing Cairo and Riyadh that only a tough course toward disarming Hamas will prevent a new round of escalation. In reality, they are pushing Israel toward an endless occupation, which could ultimately destabilize Egypt itself and lead to a clash with Israel.
HOSTAGES OF SOMEONE ELSE'S GAME
Egypt and Qatar play a special role in this construct, formally participating in the negotiations but effectively caught in conflicting interests. Egypt, which controls the Rafah border with Gaza, finds itself in the humiliating position of being forced to allow Israeli convoys through while simultaneously containing refugee flows, creating enormous internal tension.
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi publicly supports the "Peace Council," but privately expresses extreme dissatisfaction with his exclusion from the executive council. Cairo feels betrayed: Egypt bears the brunt of the crisis, yet decisions are made in Washington and London without regard for its interests.
Qatar, hosting the Hamas politburo, occupies an even more complex position. Doha opposes Washington's plan, considering it one-sided and pro-Israel, but is forced to participate in the negotiations.
Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani publicly called for a "just peace based on two states," but simultaneously allowed American diplomats to use Doha as a platform for contacts with Hamas. This duality turns Qatar into a scapegoat: Israel accuses it of supporting terrorism, while the US uses it as a tool of pressure.
MODERN GHETTO
While behind-the-scenes games are underway in the offices, a scenario of creeping annexation is unfolding on the ground. Analysis of satellite images has revealed that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is systematically pushing the "Yellow Line" hundreds of meters into Palestinian territory, expanding its direct control to 59% of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli outpost settlements disguised as military bases are appearing near Beit Hanoun, Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah, effectively cutting Gaza into isolated enclaves.
Just as Palestinian intellectual Khalil Nakhleh formulated the concept of the “myth of development under occupation” decades ago, so today no recovery is possible without political liberation.
Meanwhile, the Peace Council offers the Palestinians what could be called a modern ghetto – “a luxury prison under 24-hour electronic surveillance and guards,” where humanitarian aid serves as a tool of control, not development.
Therefore, what is happening in Gaza is not reconstruction, but the social engineering of occupation: Palestinians are being driven into reservations, where they must survive on handouts, without political rights or the opportunity to develop their own industries and engage in agriculture for their own needs.
PRAGMATISM OF MOSCOW AND BEIJING
Against this backdrop, Moscow and Beijing, whose influence in the Middle East continues to grow, occupy a special position, which is what prompted the recent visit of a Hamas delegation to the Russian capital.
China consistently criticizes the Peace Council as a neo-colonialist financial instrument aimed at cementing Palestine's dependence. Beijing insists on convening an international conference under UN auspices based on the 1967 borders, contrasting its multilateral approach with the opaque model of the US and UK.
China's UN ambassador, Zhang Jun, has stated bluntly that "any reconstruction plan that lacks a clear political horizon for a Palestinian state is doomed to failure and will only exacerbate the suffering of civilians."
Beijing also proposed its own model for participation in the reconstruction of Gaza through the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), but this proposal was blocked by Washington.
Moscow's position, as demonstrated during the negotiations with Abu Marzouk, is distinguished by subtle diplomatic pragmatism.
The Russian Federation initially viewed the settlement plan and the "Peace Council" structure as unacceptable to the Palestinians, as they ignored the root causes of the conflict, failed to guarantee sovereignty, and imposed external governance. Then-Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov stated back in January 2026 that "any structure that excludes the PNA (Palestinian National Authority – ed.) and legitimate Palestinian representation is illegitimate from the perspective of international law."
However, Russia abstained from voting on the relevant UN Security Council resolutions. This move was dictated solely by the Arab countries themselves and the Palestinian Authority's leadership formally supporting the initiative as a temporary compromise.
Moscow, respecting the right of peoples to self-determination and in solidarity with the consensus of the Global South, did not block the decision supported by the Palestinians themselves, despite all its reservations regarding the destructive role of the Western curators of this plan.
Vetoing the resolution would have meant going against the will of the Arab states and the Palestinian Authority, while supporting it would have legitimized the American protectorate. Abstention became the only possible option.
At the same time, Russia continues to insist on convening an international conference on the Middle East in the Quartet format with the participation of Arab countries, which is effectively an attempt to create an alternative to the Peace Council. Russian diplomats are also actively working with Hamas, Fatah, and other Palestinian factions, attempting to organize a meeting in Moscow to develop a unified position.
According to Musa Abu Marzouk, following the Moscow talks, Russian diplomats once again proposed joining in the development of a consensus position between Hamas and Fatah, a move that was unequivocally supported by the head of the Palestinian delegation.
This game of preemption allows Russia to maintain influence in the Palestinian dossier, despite US dominance in operational matters.
A REAL CHANCE
By June 2026, the second phase of the Gaza peace plan is blocked by mutual claims: Israel demands the disarmament of Hamas, Hamas demands the withdrawal of Israeli troops and guarantees for the existence of a Palestinian state.
The Peace Council's fund is empty, European donors are not investing in the organization, and the Palestinians see it as an instrument of "commercial tutelage" and "colonialistism." Tony Blair, whose name has become synonymous with lies and destruction in the Arab world, continues to play the role of peacemaker, taking salaries and pushing London's interests.
Britain, trying to regain its status as the Middle East's arbiter through behind-the-scenes intrigue, financial parasitism, and the division of the Arab world, is pushing the region toward a new escalation, leaving the Palestinians in ruins and the American plan in a state of irreversible collapse.
For now, the "Peace Council" remains an institution created by the West to solve a problem it itself has exacerbated. With Tony Blair at its helm, selling his services to the highest bidder, and London attempting to play its last imperial game on the ruins of Gaza.
Against this backdrop, Moscow's increased activity and the Palestinian factions' readiness for dialogue with Russia are becoming a real chance to break the deadlock.
#4
Let them all fiddle while Gaza continues to burn. In the end, those locals who don’t want to be Hamas will quietly drift away to non-rubbled pastures, and the Hamasniks will be dead — a triple win for the universe.
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[Regnum] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Donald Trump that he will not withdraw troops from Lebanon. This was reported on June 15 by the Ynet portal, citing sources.
According to the report, Netanyahu is convinced that Israel is not obligated to comply with the "Lebanon clause" in the US-Iran agreement. This is why the Israeli leader made it clear to Trump during his conversation that the IDF will remain in its current positions and continue to operate against the Shiite movement Hezbollah.
Earlier, Trump called Israel's attack on Beirut unacceptable and called on Israeli authorities to immediately cease attacks on Lebanon in light of the upcoming deal with Iran. Trump emphasized that there should be no more Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory, nor should there be any attacks from the other side. The White House chief clarified that the United States is very close to signing an agreement with Iran that would bring peace to the region, and therefore all parties must withdraw.
That’s nice. How about saying the same thing to Hezbollah? It is not Israel’s duty to bare her neck to the Moslem sword and allow herself to be slaughtered yet again.
[IsraelTimes] Beirut says 1 dead in Israeli strike on car; no injuries reported after terror group fires anti-tank missile and mortars at Israeli soldiers; UNIFIL observes decrease in violence, says UN
Fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... eased but did not halt entirely on Monday after the US signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, as Israeli leaders vowed that the agreement did not prevent it from continuing to operate in south Lebanon.
The IDF said Monday evening that Hezbollah had fired several rockets at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon, one of several attacks carried out by the terror group throughout the day.
The IDF also confirmed striking Hezbollah operatives who "posed a threat" to forces in southern Lebanon on Monday.
According to the military, the rockets fired at Israeli forces were intercepted by air defenses. No sirens sounded in any towns in Israel.
Additionally, Hezbollah fired an anti-tank missile and several mortars at troops in southern Lebanon, in several separate attacks Monday, with no injuries caused, the IDF said.
Also, in four separate incidents throughout Monday, the IDF said, troops spotted "several bandidosturbans traveling in vehicles and approaching IDF soldiers, in a manner that posed an immediate threat to them."
The Israeli Air Force then struck "all of the threats in a precise manner," the military added.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that a car was targeted in Kfar Tebnit, resulting in the death of the driver.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed terror group, said Monday that it had attacked an Israeli force trying to advance in southern Lebanon. Fighters from the group "using rockets and drones" blocked an Israeli force consisting of an excavator and two Merkava tanks that was "advancing" in the vicinity of Kfar Tebnit town near the southern city of Nabatieh, Hezbollah claimed in a statement.
In another statement late Monday, it added: "The enemy army regrouped its forces in the vicinity of the crossing area by bringing in an armored force consisting of five Merkava tanks and four vehicles," adding that it "targeted them with rocket barrages and artillery shells."
Speaking to news hounds Monday while in Versailles for a G7 summit, US President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... said "we do want to see if we can straighten out the Lebanon thing.
"It just seems to never end," Trump added. "Hezbollah, we have to have a little talk with them."
A senior US official told news hounds on Monday that the MOU signed a day earlier 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 not conditioned on Israel withdrawing from Lebanon. However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the deal still envisions a ceasefire that covers Lebanon, as well as Iran, the US official said in a briefing with news hounds.
According to a Monday report in Channel 13 news, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently held a tense phone call with US Vice President JD Vance in which the latter asked for Israel to scale back the IDF’s presence in Lebanon, but Netanyahu refused.
"The IDF won’t withdraw, but from now on, every action will be scrutinized," a source was quoted as saying by the network.
Holding a presser Monday evening, Netanyahu said Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zone in southern Lebanon "for as long as necessary."
"Iran wanted us to withdraw from there. That did not happen. Do you know why it did not happen? Among other reasons, because I stood very, very firm. I was very, very resolute on this matter. And I think our American friends respect that resoluteness and that firm stance," Netanyahu said.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said earlier in the day that Israel will not withdraw from southern Lebanon "despite all the existing pressures and those that will still come."
However 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... ’s front man Stephane Dujarric said there had been fewer festivities between Israel and Hezbollah on Monday.
"We just got an update from our peacekeeping colleagues at UNIFIL (United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... Interim Force in Lebanon), who report that from midnight until 4 p.m. local time today, UNIFIL observed a decrease in violence and exchanges of fire, recording 133 trajectories of projectiles and two Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s attributed to the IDF," said the statement. "No trajectories from Hezbollah or non-State actors were reported during that time."
Details of the agreement to end the Middle East war on all fronts have not been made public, but Iran and mediator Pakistain have both said it includes Lebanon.
An official source told AFP that "Lebanon was not informed of the terms of the agreement or the time of the ceasefire."
#4
Trump on Lebanon: 'If Israel can't do the job without killing everyone, Syria should do it'
Wait, is he saying that Syria should kill everyone? OK, whatever. Someone has to do it.
This actually makes sense. Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage basically says countries should do what they are best at. Israel is good at making high-tech stuff, Syria is good at fighting with fellow Arabs. So, yeah.
#5
Oh yeah, trust more Muslims. Seems like a good idea. WTF are y'all smoking, I need some.
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President Trump deliberately misunderstands: Israel intended to kill all those dead people — except the human shields, but they’re Hezbollah’s choice. So Israel could not have killed fewer.
[TWZ]The U.S. military wants to see if it can enhance the capabilities of the 2,000-pound-class Joint Direct Attack Munition-Extended Range (JDAM-ER) precision-guided bomb as a bunker-busting munition.
JDAM-ERs already come with wing kits that allow them to glide dozens of miles to their targets, helping keep the launch platform away from threats. This would also open up new opportunities for low-angle, lateral attacks on hardened targets.
In general, bunker-buster bombs are released relatively close to and above what are often higher-value and better-defended targets. TWZ has highlighted the inherent risks this entails on several occasions just in the context of the recent conflict with Iran. Like a horizontal tunnel entrance into an underground uranium processing facility.
[IsraelTimes] Even with conventional minesweepers and state-of-the-art underwater drones, it will take time until many insurance, shipping and oil companies are willing to use the waterway
Ensuring the Strait of Hormuz is safe from mines could delay a return to normal shipping traffic by weeks following a deal to reopen the waterway, shipping and maritime security sources say.
The operation by conventional minesweepers and state-of-the-art underwater drones could continue for 40 to 50 days before many insurance, shipping or oil companies are confident enough to sail through, according to assessments from five Western maritime security sources.
That could potentially hold up tens of millions of barrels of oil, in addition to the oil supply from the Gulf already blocked since the United States and Israel attacked 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... on February 28, according to estimates based on pre-war flows.
Every export barrel from the Gulf is crucial given stockpiles in the world’s largest economies are headed toward their lowest levels since at least 2003, according to analysis last week by the US Energy Information Administration.
Even though Iran and the US quietly helped ships pass through the blockaded waterway in recent weeks, shipping officials continued to urge caution after the US and Iran said on Sunday they had reached a preliminary agreement to end their war and reopen the strait.
"We still consider it very risky for ships to commence transits at this point," said Jakob Larsen, chief safety & security officer at shipping association BIMCO. "The threat of mines in the area remains a concern immediately as well as further down the line and mine-free routes need to be established."
ASSURANCE SOUGHT BY SHIPPERS
It is unclear how many mines Iran may have laid in the strait, which handled 20 percent of the world’s daily supply of oil and liquefied natural gas before the war.
Iran, which has sought to assert its control over the waterway during the war, has threatened to deploy naval mines, without commenting on whether its forces have planted them.
The US has indicated that mines are a risk, and says it has targeted Iranian mine-laying boats.
On June 2, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that Iran had "mined large segments of Hormuz — international waters," without elaborating.
In a June 11 note, Germany’s navy, citing information from the US and British navies, said mines were located in four locations around the strait, adding that the mine locations could not be verified by Germany.
Even the possibility of mines could deter companies.
A supertanker and its cargo of crude are worth about $300 million, so war risk underwriters, oil and tanker companies would need assurances that passage is safe before they attempt to pass through the strait, shipping industry officials said.
"One sea mine is enough to have fatalities," said Rene Kofod-Olsen, CEO of V.Group, one of the world’s top technical ship and crew management specialists which has 13 ships stuck in the Gulf.
"That’s obviously a massive issue for global shipping," he said.
SHIPPING TRAFFIC REMAINS LOW
When asked last week about how many mines had been laid and locations, a spokesperson with the US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said it was unable to publicly discuss specifics for operational security reasons.
"US military efforts for ensuring the Strait of Hormuz is fully clear of sea mines laid by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps are ongoing," they said.
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
Oman’s Maritime Security Centre warned mariners on May 30 navigating around its side of the strait to exercise caution after it described the sighting of an "object suspected to be a floating mine."
Oman’s information ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
As Iran and the US negotiated over the interim deal to halt the war, both sides enabled some ships to exit the strait.
US President Donald Trump ...They hit him with slander, they impeached him twice. Nancy Pelosi tore up his State of the Union address on national TV. They stole an election and put his adherents in jail. They vilified him. They couldn't crucify him, so they shot him. Still, they can't keep him down... said last week that the US had been taking millions of barrels of oil out, and Rooters reported in May on how some states have struck deals with Tehran to secure passage for vessels.
The number of ships passing through the strait increased to an average of 12 to 15 vessels a day in recent weeks, according to shipping data that can be verified once the vessels become visible after leaving the strait. But that is a fraction of the 120 to 140 ships that passed through the waterway daily before the war.
THREAT OF MINES
In March, before the agreement of a tenuous ceasefire between the US and Iran, Iran’s National Defence Council said any attempt by "the enemy" to target Iranian coasts or islands would lead to mining of access routes and communication lines throughout the Gulf, according to Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency.
It said measures would include various types of naval mines, including floating mines that could be launched from shore.
Iran’s foreign ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
Britannia, La Belle France and Germany have all despatched warships and minesweepers to the Middle East in anticipation of a potential mine-clearing operation.
Corey Ranslem, chief executive of maritime security group Dryad Global, said even after US strikes aimed at destroying Iranian military capacity including mine laying vessels and stocks, Iran was estimated to possess up to 1,000 naval mines.
"If there is a mine field detected, it could potentially take weeks or months to remove the threat," he said.
Arsenio Dominguez, head of the UN’s shipping agency, on Monday welcomed the deal to reopen Hormuz as "an important step toward restoring safety in this vital maritime corridor for seafarers and ships."
"However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning... its implementation will require time to ensure that all necessary safety and security guarantees are in place," he said.
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But if the Mullahs can promise to 'guide' ship thru the waterway, they must have a good idea where the mines are not.
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Might even get some support from our NATO allies with removing the mines, I seem to recall both the British & Poles making noises about helping once the shooting had stopped.
#5
Oil prices ascend using an elevator and descend using the stairs.
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Minesweeping is the practice of removing explosive naval mines, usually by a specially designed ship called a minesweeper using various measures to either capture or detonate the mines, but sometimes also with an aircraft made for that purpose.
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.
...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US...
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Iranian soccer players attack 'oppressive' World Cup treatment in USA and claim they have been FORCED to leave.
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...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
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