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By Ted Belman

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April 16, 2020 | 7,908 Comments »

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  3. Sebastien Zorn
    December 19, 2024 at 5:59 pm

    I can see both sides. What do people think about the request from six Druze villages to be annexed by Israel?

    Sebastien, it is wonderful! That’s one of the things that led me to exclaim that the Jews had won this bout! Israel, if it has any sort of sense, should take the Druze up on this. Historically, Israel accomodated many peoples as protectorates.

  4. I can see both sides. What do people think about the request from six Druze villages to be annexed by Israel?

  8. Inside Sednaya Prison

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDHB3a9WCX8

    site of inhuman torture by Assad.

    …Syria’s Sednaya prison is where the extreme brutality of the Assad regime over the last 13 years was at its worst.

    Inside the facility’s concrete cells, tens of thousands of prisoners were subjected to extreme torture, mass hangings and “salt rooms”.

    “The salt room is used to torture people, to put dead bodies in that place in order to preserve it. They collect 20 dead bodies, and then they take them out of the prison,” said Ammar al Salmo from Syrian civil defence group, the White Helmets.

    It’s believed the “salt rooms” were used as makeshift morgues to store dead bodies with the smell of decomposing corpses masked by ankle-deep granules of salt, according to the Association of Detainees and the Missing.
    …

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-16/syria-sednaya-prison-inside-austin-tice/104731440

  9. Trump:

    We had a good discussion about what will take place in the Middle East

    Translation: “I told Bibi what’s going to take place in the Middle East”.
    You suckers have been had.

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  10. A thought just occurred to me, although I’m sure that I’m not the first. With Syria in limbo, wouldn’t this be a convenient place to deport undesirables, or to even settle those who would go willingly, if incentivized.

  14. Half-brother of Hamas leader released from US prison

    -Arutz Sheva

    My comment: He was only a half-brother but he had to serve 3/4 of his sentence? Now is that fair? Where has all the proportionality gone? “Oh, the humanity.”

  19. “US Congressman: Drones over NJ may be linked to ‘Iranian mothership’
    Rep. Jeff Van Drew says senior sources told him the large drones that were spotted over the past few weeks were launched by an Iranian mothership off the coast of the US. The Pentagon denies the claims.
    Israel National News (Arutz Sheva)

    My comment: “Gort, klaatu barada nikto. Klaatu, barada nikto!”

    https://youtu.be/5NZXmq-E2tM?si=2UUR8EYEboZpG493

  20. Peloni

    The problem with your last comment is basically lack of knowledge. I presume you are educated in the high reaches of American academia but try not to insult Trotskyism.

    But anyway what has happened in these countries since the Arab Spring is the opposite of the socialist revolution.

    And Syria is the final and maybe by far the worst.

    These are Fascist desperados

    These vermin have just taken possession of an already ruined country

    We head towards the grinding depths of hell on earth.

    Not in the slightest towards the treasured way and means of culture on top of which a new world that Trotsky envisioned looked to.

    Peloni it is tragic but you have been totally miseducated.

    I look very dimly on the Mudar tweet. Everyone KNOWS that these insurgents are ISIS. I see that Mudar tweet as being the end of the dreaming

    THE TRAGEDY IS THAT SYRIA WAS A TOTALLY BROKEN COUNTRY

    Syria is the country where the criminals could walk in and take over…to hell with sovereignty (Erdogan) and could disregard any previous RESOLUTION

    So even that word on which all civilised life depends loses meaning

    The least, the very least, is to know every single aspect as to what happened because Erdogan is a scavenger…proud Syria was a totally broken country and these are Fascist scavengers. Human beings will find it hard to recover from such lies and lying. Jews will be caught very badly in the upshot of what is about to happen because that is always the final point in the trajectory of the Jake Sullivan scoundrels. Sullivan boasted recently that Al Qaeda was now America’s friend.

    I want to know how they did this. Who trained them? Who gave them satellite info etc?

  21. At the beginning of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the leader of Leon Klinghofer’s murderers was found dead in his Baghdad apartment. I voted to re-elect Bush because I supported the war and I don’t regret it. But Iran should have been next not Libya.

  23. @fquigley

    Caroline Glick has never…even genuinely reassessed.

    You are wrong on this point. She definitely has reassessed.

    The cause here is … in the structure of the ruling system

    The structure of the ruling system is what led to October 7. It is what made the faux Arab Spring possible. It is what made Ukraine inevitable. The world which gave rise to the existing ruling structure in fact does not exist anymore. It died following the revelations that the ruling system permitted these tragedies, and that these tragedies were even celebrated by some of those who were made powerful by the existing structure of the ruling system.

    In some sense, your call for revolution is finally being heard, though you will hardly be impressed with the fact that the revolutions we are witnessing will bring about a Trotskyite evisioned govt. So, Iran’s days are numbered, just as Syria went first, but as Mudar notes in his recent tweet, this is but the first of many changes which will remodel the structure of the ruling class.

  24. Dreuveni

    “We all need to stay tuned and attuned to the wind of change”

    I remember the gloating over the hanging of Saddam by the Jihad

    I remember how Caroline Glick was embedded in the US war machine

    But there were people who saw the danger in removal of the great enemy of jihadists from the scene then

    The law of cause and effect

    Caroline Glick has never made an apology

    Or even genuinely reassessed.

    And I’m using that occasion just as an example

    I venture this opinion.

    The cause here is not Assad or Assad’s

    Rather in the structure of the ruling system

    EG Ukraine

    There they set the stage for war. At every point along the line they set the stage

    The nature of Fascism was very well understood

    From 1918 up to the present.

    Yes it really is ALL a question of leadership

  25. After reading through the latest posts, I have trouble believing that nobody, including the Shin Beth, Mossad, CIA, FBI, all the other so-called intelligence agencies and Rabbi Herzog had nothing at all to say on how Syria was about to fall, was falling and fell.
    Quite obviously, they were aware of the situation but, for reasons they kept to themselves, declined to enlighten us. How can we trust them in the future when we know that there is a lot to come. The amount of conjecture about Jordan, the gulf states, Egypt, Iraq and Lebanon is enormous. We all need to stay tuned and attuned to the wind of change.

  27. MICHAEL-

    NO they don’t. It was revealed 2 years ago that Israel did more than twice the business with the EU countries that the EU did with Israel.

    THEY NEED ISRAEL”S goods. Yet they mostly vote against Israel but o.nly at the non binding UNGA meetings…………..POLITICS guy.,

  28. Drama in Syria| Rebels announce: We have toppled the Assad regime
    Syrian rebels enter the capital Damascus, having earlier taken control of the city of Homs. According to reports, Assad has fled to an unknown location.
    Orli Harari
    Published: Dec 8, 2024, 12:32 AM (GMT+2) Updated: 6:18 AM

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400371

    Intelligence Error: Israeli forces believed Syria’s army would be able to stop rebels
    Israeli intelligence agencies did not foresee the rapid advance of Syrian rebels and the collapse of the Assad regime.
    Israel National News Dec 8, 2024, 8:24AM

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400383

    I cannot believe that the intelligence staff can be THIS incompetent.

  29. Edgar, you said,

    Israel is on excellent terms with many countries. Perhaps not when it comes to unimportant UNGA voting, but very definitely when import-export is involved.

    The UNGA votes do not carry much clout directly, seeing that it is the UNSC that weilds ultimate authority in matters of trade and commerce; but they do have a great symbolic importance. They show the sentiments and TRUE loyalty of the leaders of the UNGA. decision-makers, such as Germany, India, Italy, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, China, etc.

    We’ll see, whether “business is business” rules the day. If that were so, then the cash-rich Dems and Libs would have won in November. They had “business” on their side, raising much, much more cash than MAGA.

  30. FELIX-

    I think you’re “flogging a dead horse” here. In economic deals it’s immaterial whether the buying country hates Israel or not. They most likely also have a reciprocal selling margin to Israel as a balance of economic parity. or close to it.

    And, to answer your question, there are many countries which do not hate Israel, who may vote against or abstain ina UNGA meeting, knowing it’s not binding. There are several Eu countries with which Israel is on the best of terms as you must know.

    Anti-Semitism in a certain %age of the People does not indicate a virtual 100%, but only expresses the personal feelings of an insignificant number of ignoramuses.

    They may hate politically and religiously, but with nations, “business is business”.

    I don’t believe that ANY Israel customer does not export at least a fair amount of goods to Israel as well.

    I’m sure you know this as very little escapes your ken.

  31. @fquigley

    Who of all the countries would Israel find to export to that are not haters of Israel?

    The ones who vote for Israel in the UN (all 8 of them)?

    But they certainly have no need for weapons from Israel, at least not in any amounts which could be called significant.

  33. RINO: Under intense pressure during a Texas GOP meeting, @JohnCornyn made an about face and agreed to support @PeteHegseth and claimed he looks forward to doing more to support his nomination publicly in the coming weeks.

    @Amuse

  34. READER-

    You may not have noticed the A7 report that the US is after Spain for refusing docking space for ships carrying ARMS to Israel.

    This should surely alleviate your “worries” further. ………..!!!

  35. FELIX-

    Israel is on excellent terms with many countries. Perhaps not when it comes to unimportant UNGA voting, but very definitely when import-export is involved.

    According to the constantly rising economic data -that is.

    Unless THAT’s lying -Reader style.

  36. READER-

    Don’t put YOUR words into MY mouth. I said no such thing. Perhaps the US IS slowing down certain deliveries, perhaps just political tail twisting…we’ll never know. BUT…right now The vital need is not there; as fighting seems to be taking a moratorium.

    Anyway, whatever it may -or may NOT be, Israel is coping well.-

  37. Reader

    I was making a general and I believe important point here

    “History without the socialist revolution has to run it’s calamitous course”

    I said then following on…

    “Just like the Irish the road taken by Ben Gurion et al in 1948 comes back to haunt”

    To elaborate on this a little

    That was in 1921 in the Irish situation when the Irish leaders signed the TREATY with the British and from then on (unlike the Bolsheviks in Russia) having cast their lot in with the ideology of capitalism they were ensnared. The exact same was done by the capitalist loving Jewish leadership in 1948 and it opened the door to Israel being used and betrayed by the American Imperialism.

    The only figure who was plotting an independent path for the Jews was Leon Trotsky.

    His assassination therefore for Jews today is coming more and more to have great relevance.

    To be summed up for slow learners like Peloni:

    The burning question remains

    An independent path for Jews

    OR

    Always waiting for someone to help them

    Reader it seems to me that’s your point in recent weeks

    It adds up to an emasculation of this still great people which I maintain is also happening on Israpundit being led by Peloni and Ted Belman. It cannot be otherwise. The process was established at the very beginning in both Ireland and Israel.

  38. Reader and Edgar

    I approach this from another angle

    Who of all the countries would Israel find to export to that are not haters of Israel? Genuine question.

    And it is anyway not the key issue. Which is to make a full critique of Israeli leadership. A to Z.

  39. @Edgar G.

    So they are lying that the US is slowing down their weapons deliveries, etc. in order to have an excuse to cave in to the US’ demands?

  40. READER_

    It would be most likely that of the arms thy are exporting, they already have more than enough. They lack other things not weapons but munitions bombs, explosives, possibly protective jackets etc.

    And as the minister says they want to boost their arms companies.

  41. Can someone tell me why would anybody export arms when they do not have enough for themselves, are threatened with arms embargoes and with constant blackmail from their boss/best friend?

    They do the same with food – the best is exported.

    Israel to ease arms exports rules amid growing global demand
    The Defense Ministry’s goal is to boost the competitiveness of Israeli defense firms.

    https://www.jns.org/israel-to-ease-arms-exports-rules-amid-growing-global-demand/

  42. Felix

    all of that is the “thinking” of …

    I have no idea as to what you are speaking here. What are you referring to and how does it support Jihad?

  43. Peloni all of that is the “thinking” of s wretch who is gearing to be a supporter of the Jihad
    … using phony wordplays

  44. I agree we are at a turning point but (it is wider than the issue of defending Jews) rather we need the Socialist Revolution in which the Jewish cause will be incorporated. And every issue facing humanity. Jews rallied to the Bolsheviks cause in 1917-1918. And must do so again. This is their calling as Jews… To Lead

  45. Michael “Assad’s other ally, Russia, however, has continued helping the Syrian dictator: ”

    I do not normally converse with anyone who is in support of Jihadists and you are such a person.

    Go to hell with your Bandera scum.

  47. A really rotten decision by the UN – I hope Israel will declare sovereignty over the whole place ASAP, state that Jordan IS the 2nd state and will start using the “12 Deceptions” format (text rewritten) for an overwhelming worldwide propaganda campaign.

    UN passes resolution for conference on ‘two-state solution’, 8 countries vote against.
    Israel, US and six other countries vote against General Assembly resolution calling for the organization of a high-level conference aimed at achieving a two-state solution. 157 countries vote in favor, seven abstain.
    Israel National News Dec 4, 2024, 1:14 AM

    https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400184

  48. Hi, Peloni

    Our God is the King of the Universe. We are his children, who play a game which we might call “Universe” The girls call it “House”, and the boys call it “War”. It’s the same game, played in thousands of languages. This is how we learn social skills.

    There are a few main rules to this game, the first of which is,

    “Dad is in charge, and He makes the real rules.”{

    In every age, God has chosen the leaders, and they aren’t always nice. For the past 200 years or so, the leader has been the current world order; which in Europe is called “NATO”. I thank God every day, that it isn’t some alternative.

  50. Hi, Peloni. You said,

    Israel’s interests are less clear cut than either of you seem to suggest.

    I don’t know that I’ve ever been accused of making things seem to clear!

    I suppose I ought to say, “Thank you!”

    Concerning NATO, it’s one of the closest, longest-lived multi-national treaty in history. The Jewish-Roman alliance lasted longer, of course.