The latest Israeli atrocity could be a game changer
Haaretz writer Amos Harel suggests the massacre of starving Palestinians waiting for rations may be the spark to detonate the ME powder keg. Large Arab majorities have been pushed past their limits.
Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://x.com/meemmag/status/1762893255736180955?s=46&t=8wimbNkU3EmK72yEvf0GVA
Saturday 2 March 2024 12:36
The flour massacre...Israel's mistake that may change the course of the war
Joe Biden and his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, and a picture of the Al-Rashid massacre
The occupying entity committed a political mistake by committing the massacre on Thursday, or the “flour massacre,” given the current political situation, and the timing of the massacre in the wake of the negotiations that are looming on the horizon, to conclude a new deal, which may culminate in the atmosphere of the month of Ramadan. In this context, the American does not seem satisfied with Israeli behavior in the recent period, and Netanyahu’s intransigence may force Biden to shake his stick, driven by sensitive internal pressures, and the coming days may bring surprises in how the United States uses its influence on Israel. In light of this bleak picture, Netanyahu stands in the middle of the scene, in addition to the above. He is suffering internally from the pressures of competitors for power, and a spark of protests has begun to appear, the headline of which is military service. In this context, an article in Haaretz newspaper, translated by the “Trenches” website, talks about the impact of the massacre that occurred on Thursday and the political tensions between the United States and the occupying entity.
Translated text of the article [from Hebrew or English to Arabic]
Chaos and despair are increasing in Gaza, Ramadan is approaching, and the horrors of Thursday (the Rashid massacre) may inflame the atmosphere in other arenas as well, such as the West Bank. The impact of the events could also extend further, to Islamic and Arab countries, which already accuse Israel of slaughtering civilians.
The incident occurred on Thursday in the midst of a US effort to implement a new hostage release deal, the first phase of which will be accompanied by a six-week ceasefire. Washington will likely take advantage of the disaster to intensify pressure on Israel to curb its military activity and agree to a quick settlement. But there is another player in this field - Hamas - that will have no problem realizing that a rare advantage has come to the negotiating table. In the most pessimistic scenario from Israel's point of view, it could face a comprehensive and more determined international demand for a ceasefire without achieving a solution, even partial, for the prisoners.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a double and triple difficulty. On the battlefield, he has been pushed into a corner where he may be under unusually intense pressure to end the offensive in Gaza. On the domestic political scene, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Wednesday reached out to National Unity Party ministers to ambush Netanyahu regarding the draft military law. This may, for the first time since the war began, serve as a spark for a protest movement, against the backdrop of gross discrimination against those who bear the burden of military service, compared to the Haredi population. Somehow, Netanyahu's promises of a quick and comprehensive victory seemed more elusive than ever at the weekend.
Who's making the threats here?
In Washington: A gloomy atmosphere, accompanied by deep anxiety, surrounds every conversation taking place these days in the American capital about the future of the Middle East. President Joe Biden remains staunchly pro-Zionist, but his administration is hostile to the current Israeli government with a force unprecedented in any administration.
Attacks on Netanyahu's behavior and policies are an almost daily affair, some through leaks to the American media, others in the form of public statements. The next two weeks will be devoted to further efforts to secure a new deal for the release of the hostages, with the start of Ramadan, on March 10, looming in the background. But if progress is not made - and the prevailing view in the administration is that the odds are equal in both cases - the finger may also be pointed at Israel.
If Israel is the party that will insist on piling up obstacles to reaching agreement on a deal, Biden will likely state explicitly that Netanyahu is responsible for the failure. Another possibility that cannot be ruled out is that Washington will decide to stop using its veto power against anti-Israel resolutions in the UN Security Council. This week, Biden warned publicly that if the government continues to stick to its hard line, Israel risks losing support around the world.
The frustration here stems from what the administration sees as a combination of Israeli arrogance and ingratitude. Not only did Biden stand with Israel once the campaign began, but he also warned Iran and Hezbollah not to join the attack launched by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. Biden also replenished the IDF's ammunition stock several times via airlift and sea transportation.
However, some prominent Israeli figures still complain that the Americans are standing in their way and interfering with the IDF's efforts to complete the invasion of the Gaza Strip, and that they have also thwarted Israel's intention to launch a surprise attack on Hezbollah on October 11. Listening to Israeli speakers sometimes, you might think that if the Americans didn't start behaving well, Israel would consider telling them to cancel the $3.8 billion annual security aid package.
Washington also believes that Israel does not sufficiently appreciate the political risks to which the president is exposed, by supporting the war despite the widespread killing and destruction caused by the Israeli army in Gaza. This shift has not yet been fully reflected in public opinion polls, but Democratic Party figures warn of the erosion of support for Israel among young people in light of the images coming out of the Gaza Strip. Interestingly, this same trend is evident among some Republican voters as well.
Source: Haaretz
Writer: Amos Harel
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Here’s your daily air strike update for Mar2, 2024
Two translations follow, with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
You can consult this map for the locations of the different oblasts: https://2022.f.a0z.ru/03/01-10526269-large-scale-political-and-administrative-map-of-ukraine-in-english.jpg
The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Sumy oblast
Mar 2, 2024
The Russian Aerospace Forces attacked the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of the city of Glukhov, Sumy oblast, destroying another unit of the elite special forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the telegram channel “Military Correspondents of the Russian Spring”.
“The results of a precision airstrike against a special forces unit in Glukhov, Sumy oblast, have started to emerge in the media. The SS officer, 34-year-old deputy of the Saranchukovsky village council of the Ternopil oblast, Nazar Sokolovsky, was liquidated (in particular). “During the performance of military duty, Nazar died from an airstrike near the town of Glukhov, Sumy oblast,” the Ternopil media write, publishing a photo,” reports TK.
At the moment, the Ukrainian media have confirmed the liquidation of MTR serviceman Nazar Sokolovsky, Anna News, in turn, notes.
“The real losses are clearly greater. It is still unknown which enemy special forces units came under attack,” the report says.
As EADaily reported, the Russian military neutralized a large Ukrainian recon and sabotage group, which tried to carry out a daring foray into the rear of the Russian army.
As previously announced by the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov*, the saboteurs were supposed to “create a diversion” in the rear of the Russian Armed Forces, but were destroyed thanks to the professional actions of our military.
Ukrainian resources confirm the failed landing of a group of the elite 73rd Naval Center of the Special Forces of the Ukrainian Navy on the Tendrovskaya Kosa, as a result of which 20 Ukrainian soldiers were killed.
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https://sm.news/news/20240302/677075/
In Kharkov, the Russian Armed Forces hit a point with foreign mercenaries
In Kharkov, a blow was struck at the location of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with foreign mercenaries
March 2 - SM.News. Russian troops practiced long-range weapons at night in the rear areas of control of Ukrainian armed formations
Russian troops carried out a night attack on the rear areas of control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, using long-range weapons. According to information received from various oblasts of Ukraine, attacks were carried out on personnel accommodation facilities in Kharkov and the Kharkov oblast. There is evidence that Russian attack drones and missiles led to the destruction of members of an armed group that included foreign mercenaries. The words of French President Macron about the nature of this formation, whether they are mercenaries or regular military personnel of NATO countries, are important, but for Russian weapons this is not of fundamental importance.
A strategically important point - Chuguev - was used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine as a logistics base for the transfer of forces and equipment in the direction of Kupyansk [Kharkov oblast]. After the destruction of the crossing points in the Kupyansk-Uzlovoy area by aerial bombs of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the transfer of troops to the east bank of the Oskol River became difficult. In Odessa, strikes were also carried out on enemy targets, including military locations and weapons depots. However, due to a failure in the Ukrainian air defense system, an explosion occurred in a civilian area. [This is a typical incident whenever Ukrainian air defenses fire on incoming missiles and miss the target. The stray air defense missile then often falls on civilian territory and its warhead explodes. The scoundrels in the Ukrainian press then falsely report that the Russians fired on civilian territory, and the US press cuts and pastes this disinformation for US consumption. ]
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Our thanks to JS for this:
RE: America cultivates ignorance.
Nearly 40 years ago, even before the Internet was invented, a very astute individual recognized the disease that the media of the day, mostly television, was infecting the minds of the people with:
"When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience, and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; culture-death is a clear possibility."
"Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions; they argue with good looks, celebrities and commercials."
"Our politics, religion, news, athletics, education and commerce have been transformed into congenial adjuncts of show business, largely without protest or even much popular notice. The result is that we are a people on the verge of amusing ourselves to death."
“People will come to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think”
“What is happening here is that television is altering the meaning of ‘being informed’ by creating a species of information that might properly be called disinformation. I am using this world almost in the precise sense in which it is used by spies in the CIA or KGB. Disinformation does not mean false information. It means misleading information–misplace, irrelevant, fragmented or superficial information–information that creates the illusion of knowing something but which in fact leads one away from knowing.”
― Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business (1985)
The technology may have evolved but the disease has only gotten worse
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Andrey Martyanov talks about Israel’s latest atrocity
Reminiscence of the Future... (smoothiex12.blogspot.com)
So far, the US Congress is pro-genocide. YOU can change that!
Flyer for organizing Congress contact action
https://ifamericansknew.org/cur_sit/gazaflyer2024.html
https://mailchi.mp/ifamericansknew/new-flyer-for-gaza-4863659?e=ebbe9c8233
Tell you Congress critter you do NOT vote for genocide!
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Our thanks to CL for this:
Nazi Nikki Haley Pushing Wall Street 'Red Scare" To Drag The U S. into World War III.
De-nazify America, Tucker!
--CL
Scott Ritter talks about the children of the refugee camps held hostage to Israel
https://twitter.com/aysardm/status/1759293329085194624?s=46&t=8wimbNkU3EmK72yEvf0GVA
96% of Saudis want ties to Israel CUT!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/22/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-poll-israel-gaza-war-hamas.html
Our thanks to AC for this:
On Sunday - in EVERY so-called Christian Church in America and in NATO countries - EVERY 'pastor' should be standing in the pulpit condemning ISRAEL for the geocide it is committing in GAZA . . but . . that is NOT going to happen because the ZIONIST JEWS have taken over Christianity, especially 'Evangelicals" who do NOT worship Jesus - they worship SATAN.
Watch the video.
Translation:
150 martyrs at the massacre of hungry people in Gaza now..
The world woke up today to a horrific and terrifying Zionist massacre against our Palestinian people in Gaza City. Today, hundreds of starving citizens gathered near the Nabulsi roundabout awaiting the arrival of aid trucks before the occupation tanks attacked them with artillery shells and bullets. The number of martyrs, according to medical sources, exceeded 150, and there are dozens of wounded and missing. This is a horrific crime, confirming the criminal occupation’s insistence on continuing the starvation and genocide of our people in the patient sector. God is sufficient, and yes, the agent
Link to video:
https://twitter.com/adham922/status/1763109213000093908?s=46&t=8wimbNkU3EmK72yEvf0GVA
أدهم أبو سلمية 🇵🇸 Adham Abu Selmiya
@adham922
150 شهيداً في #مجزرة_جوعى_غزة الآن..
استيقظ العالم اليوم على مجزرة صهيونية مروعة ومرعبة بحق أبناء شعبنا الفلسطيني في مدينة غزة اليوم، مئات المواطنين الذين يتضورون جوعاً اجتمعوا قرب دوار النابلسي بانتظار وصول شاحنات المساعدات قبل أن تهاجمهم دبابات الاحتلال بالقذائف المدفعية… pic.twitter.com/8EngloPYu1
29/02/2024, 10:49
JubaMalhama.
@juba_malhama
American veterans burn their military uniforms in honour of Aaron Bushnell, who died after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington and denouncing the Israeli genocide in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/pcJMm8qynR
29/02/2024, 10:47
American veterans burn their military uniforms in honour of Aaron Bushnell, who died after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington and denouncing the Israeli genocide in Gaza
JubaMalhama. (@juba_malhama) on X
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https://twitter.com/juba_malhama/status/1763108677324611803?s=46&t=8wimbNkU3EmK72yEvf0GVA
US Veteran, Alan Shebaro, speaking out at a public city council in Texas.
Watch the video.
Translation:
The young American woman, Emma Peck, recited the statement issued by the US White House staff regarding the pilot, Aaron Bushnell: “It is touching to see the staff in the White House gathering in this way and organizing. In such strong terms, they completely condemn the administration for its active role in allowing the campaign of genocide that... "Israel continues to wage it."
مجلة ميم.. مِرآتنا
@Meemmag
الشابة الأمريكية إيما بيك، تتلو البيان الذي أصدره موظفو البيت الأبيض الأمريكي، بشأن الطيار آرون بوشنل "مؤثر أن نرى الموظفين في البيت الأبيض يتجمعون بهذه الطريقة، ويتنظّمون. وبمثل هذه العبارات القوية، يدينون الإدارة كليا لدورها النشط في السماح لحملة الإبـ.ـادة الجماعية التي تشنها… pic.twitter.com/0jgpm0xElI
28/02/2024, 20:31
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Our thanks to AC for this:
Interesting - I am merely a Vietnam War VETERAN - NOT an expert on war and NOT on war strategy - I have read Sun Tsu's book "The Art of War" - does NOT make me any expert.
BUT - IF NATO and the West considers that "nothing is off the table" against Russia . . what IF Russia considers that "noting is off the table" against NATO and the West? . . like Russia will consider NUKING the WEST??
NATO, America, and the West are proving Einstein correct - "there is no limit to STUPIDITY" - and after nuclear WW III - IF anyone is left . . WW IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
I wonder - is JEW Neocon Warmonger Nuland hiding in a deep bunker??
Putin addresses Federal Assembly
https://www.rt.com/russia/593451-putin-federal-assembly-recap-2024/
Israeli disinformation about massacre of people waiting in food line
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/03/02/rbdv-m02.html
President Petro: US, Europe support Israeli bombing
Nabih Berri: The fall of Palestine is the fall of Arab national security | webangah news hub
https://en.webangah.ir/2024-03-02/news=69147/
US blocks UN Security Council statement blaming Israel for deadly Gaza aid stampede | The Times of Israel