Trump's Abraham accords are designed to cover Israeli crimes
These accords pretend to bring peace. But you can't have peace without justice.
Trump will use Gaza ceasefire momentum to expand Abraham accords
Trump managed to bribe and blackmail Arab states - notably Gulf States - into signing agreements to normalize relations with the criminal state of Israel. But note that the agreements left Israel free to continue its atrocities against Palestinians. THAT is what's wrong with the whole rotten concept of the Abraham accords.
Many Americans expected to see a new Trump, and his insistence on a ceasefire suggested he has had a change of heart. But since the ceasefire was unofficially accepted, dozens of Palestinians have been murdered. If Trump had really had a change of heart, he would have warned Netanyahu not to continue the murders even before the ceasefire goes into effect. Astute commentators are saying they don’t expect Israel to comply with its own agreement. So far, nothing has changed. And that includes Trump.
A president with a conscience would have included in the Abraham accords a clause demanding Israel keep its filthy hands off Palestine. Instead, these accords only served to legitimize the crimes against humanity. The Israelis don't allow Palestinians free access to Israeli territory, yet they freely and illegally write and enforce apartheid laws and traipse all over Palestine, terrorizing its citizens.
And the Abraham accords are designed to legitimize this terror, these crimes against humanity.
And yet Trump's criminal legitimization of heinous crime and terrorism is couched in language designed to deceive the world into thinking he was "bringing peace" to the Middle East.
But Trump wasn't the only one committing a crime (by promoting the accords).
Every leader of every Arab state that signed onto these accords was committing a crime against humanity because they were putting their seal of approval on the atrocities and the apartheid committed by Israel. AGAINST ARABS!! It was treachery!
THEY are just as guilty as Israel and the US in the disgusting criminal behavior, esp the genocide.
Any Arab state that signs a renewed accord under the direction of the master deceiver Donald Trump after witnessing the year-long genocide and unspeakable atrocities now is a TRAITOR to all Arabs and all Muslims everywhere.
The only way the Arab world could possibly redeem itself of this betrayal would be to cut off all relations with the occupier and join South Africa in its legal complaint against Israel before the ICC and ICJ and call for the disbanding of the criminal entity we wrongly call "Israel."
They have also dressed the wounds of my people superficially, saying, ‘Peace, peace!’ when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 6:14
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Thanks, Don:
The legitimisation of these horrendous crimes seems set to continue and even be expanded under Trump.
Best,
AN
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AIR STRIKES ON JAN 16, 2025
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
January 16, 2025, 21:10
The Ministry of Defense reported details of the strike on objects in Ukraine
Today, the Russian Defense Ministry reported details of the strike on critical objects of the Ukrainian gas and energy infrastructure. Let us recall that this is a response to the strikes on Russian regions with Western long-range weapons, including the Bryansk region with British Storm Shadow missiles and American ATACMS with cluster warheads [designed to kill civilians], which is impossible without the direct participation of NATO military specialists. It is also about the reaction to Kyiv's attempt to attack the compressor station of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline in the Krasnodar Territory.
The Russian Defense Ministry: "In response to the strikes from the territory of Ukraine deep into the territory of Russia with long-range ATACMS missiles made in the United States and Storm Shadow cruise missiles made in the UK, as well as the attempt to attack the Russkaya compressor station in the village of Gai-Kodzor (Krasnodar Krai) with the aim of disrupting the supply of gas through the Turkish Stream pipeline on the morning of January 15 of this year, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out a group strike with high-precision weapons on critically important objects of the gas and energy infrastructure of Ukraine." One of the successfully hit targets was the ground infrastructure of the largest underground gas storage facility in the city of Stryi in the Lviv region.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Hundreds of Ukrainian militants destroyed near Chasovy Yar: 8 enemy brigades fell
8 enemy brigades fell near Chasovy Yar. Hundreds of Ukrainian militants were eliminated. In addition, military equipment was destroyed, including that brought in from the United States. The enemy lost warehouses and workshops.
The Russian Armed Forces launched a massive attack on 152 districts in Ukraine. The affected area included workshops, warehouses and airfields of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as positions of personnel. As a result, hundreds of Ukrainian militants were killed.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, artillery, drones and aviation were simultaneously used in the attack. Such a concentrated attack led to impressive results. The press service of the military department reported damage to the infrastructure of military airfields, as well as the destruction of production workshops and drone assembly and storage sites. In addition, enemy manpower and equipment concentrations were targeted.
Meanwhile, the Yug [South] group of troops made significant progress in the area of the village of Chasov Yar. The ministry reported that during recent battles, the enemy lost up to 260 fighters from eight brigades. The enemy also suffered losses in military equipment. Thus, four armored combat vehicles (BBM), a tank and seven artillery pieces were hit, including two M777 155 mm howitzers and five US-made pickups.
Recall that earlier there were also reports that Russian troops managed to cut the road between Pokrovsk and Konstantinovka, which are considered significant defense nodes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Donbas.
The "Regnum" publication, citing a frontline source, wrote that this move could greatly help the Russian Armed Forces, since the Ukrainian Armed Forces will begin to have problems with logistics in this area. At the same time, the agency's informant specified that he associates the problems of the Ukrainian army in this direction primarily with the redeployment of troops to the Kursk region. After the units were transferred to Russia, the positions in the Donetsk direction were left uncovered:
[Ironically, while Kiev had hoped that by attacking Kursk, they would induce the Russians to pull their troops from the Donbass and send them to Kursk. But that didn’t happen. Instead, it was the Ukrainians who were pulled from the front lines and thereby weakened]
Previously, the 47th mechanized combat-ready brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Bradley infantry fighting vehicles held the highway. Then this brigade was transferred to the Kursk region, and no adequate replacement appeared. As a result, the front in this area sank.
Recall that earlier the Swiss publication Le Temps wrote that the invasion of Russia was a mistake om the part of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As a result, failures are observed on all sides. As for the Kursk region, the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was also stopped there. This was written by the KP.RU publication, citing the words of the head of the General Staff of Russia Valery Gerasimov.
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Our thanks to JS for this:
Re: "EPIC": Trump says he'll use Gaza ceasefire's momentum to expand Abraham Accords | The Times of Israel
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Israel making hay while the sun shines - 82 killed before ceasefire goes into effect.
How many more Palestinians will Israel kill between now and the day that the "ceasefire" is finally implemented?
Israeli forces have killed at least 82 people in Gaza, medical sources told Al Jazeera, including at least 30 people in Gaza City in the hours since Hamas and Israel announced they had reached a ceasefire agreement. [As I stated above, it Trump were sincere in his desire for peace, he’d have insisted that the genocide stop even before the ceasefire went into effect. All we have is a new face on the old Trump]
The Ministry of Health in Gaza: Israeli forces killed more than 80 Palestinians in the past 24 hours and many more people are still under the rubble from these attacks.
5:23 AM · Jan 16, 2025
https://twitter.com/jeremyscahill/status/1879851847579795771
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Explosions in the center of Kyiv. Air defense is working. Russians launched a powerful strike from the east
Air raid in Kyiv. Media reports explosions, city mayor Klitschko reports air defense work.
Ukrainian media and monitoring publics report explosions in the center of Kyiv. City mayor Vitali Klitschko confirms that air defense systems are working in the center of the Ukrainian capital. The mayor advised residents to take shelter.
The exact location of the strike is still being clarified.
Shortly before this, the Ukrainian Air Force reported a threat from the east - Russian UAVs were flying. An air raid alert was declared in Kiev.
It is worth noting that information about the high activity of our drones and explosions in Kyiv appeared against the backdrop of reports about the visit of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Kyiv.
Two days ago, Kyiv was also shaken by explosions. In the center of the city, an electric substation caught fire during an air raid alert. The causes of the fire were not specified. In addition, on the same day, explosions were heard not only in Kyiv, but also in Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, and also in the Cherkasy region.
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Thank you, CL!
Beautiful composition by my cohort and dear friend, Don Hank.
In the spirit of Nelson Mandela who said:
"Tell the truth no matter who it offends, even if you're the only one".
[CL wrote this following my email on the Abraham accords.]
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Thanks, AN!
Thanks, Don:
The legitimisation of these horrendous crimes seems set to continue and even be expanded under Trump.
Best,
AN
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Our thanks to WB for this response to my Abraham accords message:
Mike King breaks down the Trump Doublecross of Israel Worth a listen; we just can't believe the surface layer of what's going on.. There are, many Nuances and layers Cross and Double Cross, Agents within....
Just like Ukraine, if we just look at the surface we would all agree, PUTIN BAD!! But when we study deeper we see the Bio Chem Labs that were run by the US and NAZIs deep inside.. The Money Laundering, Gun Running and Drug movements.. Russia Throwing the Kazarian Deep State Bankers out of Russia as their Gas line to Germany goes up in Flames... We can see the rest of Europe is no longer
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I recently posted an article titled: Are they REALLY PRO-LIFE? Ask them - https://donhank.substack.com/p/are-they-really-pro-life-ask-them. The article pointed out the existence of organizations claiming to be "pro-life" but also supporting Israel and its genocide. Absolutely absurd and hypocritical! Chuck Baldwin's latest article addresses this hypocrisy. Chuck is one of the last Biblical Christians to not have been bitten by the "Christian" Zionism bug.
[2 Thessalonians 2:3: “Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first...” Could "Christian" Zionism and the cult of genocide be part of the falling away?]
Pastor Chuck Baldwin:
The Genocide Generation
https://chuckbaldwinlive.com/Articles/tabid/109/ID/4692/The-Genocide-Generation.aspx
Excerpt:
How in Heaven’s name can evangelicals who profess Jesus Christ as their Savior and claim to be part of Christ’s Body not only sit in abject and apathetic silence to this slaughter of innocents but also (in many cases) enthusiastically and openly support this slaughter?
It demonstrates in real time the utter blindness of the eyes, deafness of the ears, callousness of the heart and entrancement of the mind caused by following the teachings of Christian Zionism. In the name of eschatology, evangelicals lost their humanity.
In the years and generations to come, our children and grandchildren are going to learn of the genocide in Gaza (with all of its horrors), and they are going to innocently and intently ask us, “Dad (Mom, Grandpa, Grandma), did you know this was happening? What were you doing while this was happening?”
It’s really ironic, because evangelicals by and large despise Joe Biden. Yet, for the rest of human history, today’s evangelicals will share the legacy of Joe Biden as the Genocide Generation.
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Our thanks to AN for this treasure trove of links. Unfortunately, my Word subscription just ran out, so the links are not live, but this will be fixed soon. (You can bring the links to life by inserting them in Word)
Good to have for your archives even if you can't use them now:
Blinken
Related:
Gaza ceasefire exposed as a massive scam:
The day that Israel died:
Rancid Starmer gets a massive Gaza reality check:
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More from AN with our thanks:
New Syrian leader wants close ties with Russia:
https://www.rt.com/news/610166-syrian-leader-russia-relations-bases/
Syrian leader demands Israel's withdrawal from Golan heights, wants UN peacekeepers there:
https://www.rt.com/news/611027-syrian-militant-leader-demands-israeli/
Moscow's UN Envoy warns that Israel's “unlawful actions” pose a direct threat to Syria’s territorial integrity:
https://www.rt.com/russia/610595-russia-point-finder-israel-syria/
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) warns that US and UK are planning terrorist attacks on Russian bases in Syria using Islamic State fighters. Washington and London aim at maintaining chaos in the Middle East to achieve lasting dominance there, hampered only only by Russia's military presence:
https://www.rt.com/russia/610108-us-uk-terrorist-attack-russian-bases-syria/
Syria on verge of becoming a failed state (due to Israeli, US and UK actions):
https://www.rt.com/news/609813-syria-future-failed-state/
Pentagon admits massive surge of US troops in Syria, pretends it was a co-incidence:
https://www.rt.com/news/609720-pentagon-reveals-syria-troops/
Netanyahu sabotages Gaza ceasefire deal [and I would add that whatever Bibi does now is a reflection of Trump’s complicity.]
Bravery of Palestinians has defeated Israel:
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Our thanks to JS for this:
https://qr.ae/pYHw1Q
Ihab Marwan Kamal Fisal
Age: 33 years old
Martyr Date: 01/16/25
Ihab was working at The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza. He was a devote father and husband. He worked tirelessly throughout the genocide on the Gaza Strip. His colleagues remember him for his commitment and his great character. He always dedicated to his work even under the most dangerous circumstances.
He celebrated and welcomed the ceasefire agreement, like everyone did in the Gaza Strip. On the early morning of January 16, 2025, at around 2:00AM, the Zionist entity targeted the house in Al-Remal Neighborhood in Gaza City, killing Ihab, his wife- Hanin (29 years old), his two children- Reem (6 years old) and Najma (3 years old). Ihab is the 3rd member of PCHR to be killed.
3 days before the ceasefire was enacted, the Zionist entity wiped away a whole family. Imagine knowing that the genocide is so close. Imagine being able to taste the end, and it all be cut short by your occupier…
Source:
https://pchrgaza.org/pchr-mourns-and-condemns-the-tragic-killing-of-our-colleague-and-his-family-in-gaza-city/
Kudos to Max Blumenthal and Sam Hussein who confronted Anthony Blinken for being a genocidal war criminal at a press conference yesterday.