Khansaheeb
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Israeli must be using the same supplier of explosives as the 9/11 perpetrators
Israel’s Genocide in Gaza | 2023- till present
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Israeli must be using the same supplier of explosives as the 9/11 perpetrators
Khansaheeb
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It doesn't pay to invest in peace but in war, Lebanese should have learnt that long time ago.
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Israeli right celebrates as they expect Trump to allow them to annex parts of Gaza
Meengla
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Of course Israelis are joyous!! And, yes, Trump may well let Netanyahu annex not only Gaza but also the West Bank. Why wouldn't he??
Just look at the Comments to this article. But then I already knew for months what Israelis wanted. As to the political naive here: As I kept saying, I HOPE you would be proved right in your approach to 'punish' Harris which was going to inevitably 'reward' Trump.
Watch: Trump declares victory as 47th president of United States
Trump said God spared his life for a reason, and that reason was to "save our country and to restore America to greatness."
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Meengla
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And the glee in Israeli leaderships and in their users' Comments continue...
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Benjamin Netanyahu calls Donald Trump's election victory 'history’s greatest comeback'
"Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America," Netanyahu continued.
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Flotilla
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Ethnic cleanship.
Meengla
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Meengla
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There is no question in my mind that Netanyahu had rightly concluded that Trump was going to win as he timed the firing of Gallant on the day of the US elections. There is certainly a sense of great joy in Israel due to the Trump victory--a joy that Netanyahu can tap into to convince the Israelis that the Americans would be fully on their side. In short, Netanyahu is escalating but it is also possible he gives a token bone to Trump and agrees to a ceasefire on Gaza, gets the hostages, and then goes back to 'finish the job' as Trump asked him to do months ago. It would be a win-win for both Netanyahu and Trump. Netanyahu and Trump are together on this and even been speaking to each other.
Protesters poured into the streets of Israel overnight after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country’s defense minister at a time when it is fighting on several fronts.
Mr. Netanyahu’s surprise announcement on Tuesday night that he was dismissing the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, was seen as a risky step at an extraordinary moment for Israel. Its military is fighting against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, two groups backed by Iran, and bracing for a possible Iranian attack in a cycle of retaliatory strikes.
The men had repeatedly clashed over domestic issues as well as the conduct of the war. Mr. Gallant, a popular and experienced former general, was pushing for a cease-fire deal in Gaza that would secure the release of hostages held there. His firing removes the main proponent in the Israeli government for such an agreement.
But the dismissal of Mr. Gallant has also stirred public discontent, drawing accusations that Mr. Netanyahu is prioritizing personal goals over national ones by trying to appease the right wing of his coalition. Centrist columnists described it as an attack on democracy, and protesters blocked traffic and lit bonfires on a major Tel Aviv highway overnight.
On Wednesday, Israeli opposition leaders accused Mr. Netanyahu of firing Mr. Gallant for political reasons and of risking national security in the process.
“What happened yesterday is not normal. It goes beyond all logic. Let every Hebrew mother know: The army has no one to trust,” Yair Lapid, a rival of the prime minister, told a news conference.
“There is no one left in the government,” he added. “The prime minister cannot be trusted, the cabinet cannot be trusted, the last person who could be trusted in this crazy government was fired yesterday.”
Mr. Netanyahu opted to replace Mr. Gallant with Israel Katz — a staunch ally who was serving as foreign minister and is viewed as unlikely to criticize or push back against his hard-line approach to cease-fire discussions. Unlike Mr. Gallant, a popular and experienced former general, Mr. Katz has never held a top military position.
Here’s what else to know:
Protesters poured into the streets of Israel overnight after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired the country’s defense minister at a time when it is fighting on several fronts.
Mr. Netanyahu’s surprise announcement on Tuesday night that he was dismissing the defense minister, Yoav Gallant, was seen as a risky step at an extraordinary moment for Israel. Its military is fighting against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, two groups backed by Iran, and bracing for a possible Iranian attack in a cycle of retaliatory strikes.
The men had repeatedly clashed over domestic issues as well as the conduct of the war. Mr. Gallant, a popular and experienced former general, was pushing for a cease-fire deal in Gaza that would secure the release of hostages held there. His firing removes the main proponent in the Israeli government for such an agreement.
But the dismissal of Mr. Gallant has also stirred public discontent, drawing accusations that Mr. Netanyahu is prioritizing personal goals over national ones by trying to appease the right wing of his coalition. Centrist columnists described it as an attack on democracy, and protesters blocked traffic and lit bonfires on a major Tel Aviv highway overnight.
On Wednesday, Israeli opposition leaders accused Mr. Netanyahu of firing Mr. Gallant for political reasons and of risking national security in the process.
“What happened yesterday is not normal. It goes beyond all logic. Let every Hebrew mother know: The army has no one to trust,” Yair Lapid, a rival of the prime minister, told a news conference.
“There is no one left in the government,” he added. “The prime minister cannot be trusted, the cabinet cannot be trusted, the last person who could be trusted in this crazy government was fired yesterday.”
Mr. Netanyahu opted to replace Mr. Gallant with Israel Katz — a staunch ally who was serving as foreign minister and is viewed as unlikely to criticize or push back against his hard-line approach to cease-fire discussions. Unlike Mr. Gallant, a popular and experienced former general, Mr. Katz has never held a top military position.
Here’s what else to know:
- Hezbollah rockets: Air-raid sirens sounded across central Israel on Wednesday morning, including in Tel Aviv for the first time in about a week. Israel’s military said that “approximately 10 projectiles” had been launched into Israel from Lebanon, and that some were intercepted. The barrage came 40 days after the death of Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike. The date holds symbolic weight in Islam, where 40 days mark the end of the formal grieving period.
- U.S. election: Even before the race was officially called, Mr. Netanyahu spoke of “true friendship” in congratulating former President Donald J. Trump for a “huge victory.” The results of the U.S. election could have major implications on the American approach to the war in the Middle East. Mr. Gallant had maintained close contact with senior U.S. officials, who often chose to communicate with him instead of Mr. Netanyahu.
- Syria strikes: As Israel expands its war efforts in the Middle East, it appears to be intensifying its focus on Syria. The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it had struck targets in Syria for the second day in a row, attacks it said were aimed at cutting off the flow of weapons and intelligence between Hezbollah, the armed Lebanese group, and its sponsor, Iran. The announcement was the third time in a week that Israel made the rare admission of attacking inside Syria.
StrategicBear
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We shouldn't believe what he says 100%, but this psychic claims that Trump if elected would cause a world war and "the termination of the United States"
Meengla
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Nah, it is the Democrats who have been the bigger war mongers for decades. Trump is isolationist and generally anti-war and anti-deep state. Everyone here knows I am not a fan of Trump but that's how I feel about him and Democrats. However, when it comes to the Middle East, Trump's 'base' and his ties with Israel are too tight and in this thread, which is about the Middle East, that needed to be pointed out. This guy unilaterally revoked the JCPOA with Iran after becoming the President and under his previous tenure, he was not shy of violence when it came to the Middle East.
Well, let's hope he surprises us in his new tenure--one can only hope for that. But what if he throws bones toward Russia and China over Ukraine and Taiwan and goes on to destroy all of Israel's opponents?? What World War then?
Meengla
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There was always a worse choice in this election as far as the Middle East is concerned and that worse choice was Trump. But my posts mostly fell on deaf ears in this thread. Now one can only hope for the infamous Trump 'unpredictability' to throw some good news.
Israel’s right-wing government celebrated Donald J. Trump’s victory on Wednesday morning as if they had just won the American election themselves.
“Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!” Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote on a social media soon after Mr. Trump’s victory speech.
“Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory!” the Israeli leader enthused, signing off, “In true friendship, yours, Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s ultranationalist minister of national security, posted a festive “Yesssss” on social media, along with emojis of a flexed bicep and the Israeli and American flags, even before the last polls had closed in Alaska.
An overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis view Mr. Trump as a better option for Israel’s interests than Vice President Kamala Harris. They assume that he will go easier on Israel than the Biden administration, which has widely supported Israel’s war effort in Gaza over the past year but has also criticized the humanitarian aspects of it, including the high civilian death toll.
Mr. Netanyahu may now feel emboldened by the prospect of a more amenable U.S. president as he continues to insist on total victory in Israel’s wars and engages in a high-wire exchange of blows with its archenemy, Iran.
In a sign of lesser restraint, Mr. Netanyahu on Tuesday fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, a main point man with the Biden administration, against a background of differences over ending the war in Gaza and over pressing domestic issues that were threatening the stability of Mr. Netanyahu’s governing coalition.
Mr. Trump has, like the Biden administration, called for Israel to wrap up the wars in Gaza and Lebanon that were set off by the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel 13 months ago, but analysts say that a Trump administration would probably support ending them on terms more favorable to Israel.
That sentiment is largely based on Mr. Trump’s first term, when he bestowed political gifts on Mr. Netanyahu’s previous government, including moving the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
But analysts also note that the policies of the next Trump administration are unknown, and that Mr. Trump is notoriously unpredictable.
“I think Netanyahu prefers the unpredictability of Trump over Harris,” said Kobi Michael, a fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a conservative-leaning Jerusalem-based research group. “But there’s a degree of wishful thinking,” he said, “because Trump can easily turn on us in seconds.”
Mr. Trump’s relationship with Mr. Netanyahu has become more complicated. Last year, Mr. Trump publicly accused the Israeli prime minister of having let the United States down by pulling out of an operation to kill Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, at the last minute in 2020.
Still, analysts said, there is likely to be a natural affinity between a second Trump administration and Mr. Netanyahu’s current governing coalition, the most right-wing and religiously conservative in Israeli history.
The Trump victory may also bolster Mr. Netanyahu at home at a time of political turmoil after Mr. Gallant’s dismissal.
“A Trump win strengthens Netanyahu politically at home, because there’s a feeling he’s on our side,” said Mazal Mualem, an Israeli political commentator for Al-Monitor, a Middle East news site, and the author of a biography of the Israeli leader, “Cracking the Netanyahu Code.”
“It gives Netanyahu a tailwind,” she added.
Israel’s right-wing government celebrated Donald J. Trump’s victory on Wednesday morning as if they had just won the American election themselves.
“Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!” Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote on a social media soon after Mr. Trump’s victory speech.
“Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory!” the Israeli leader enthused, signing off, “In true friendship, yours, Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu.”
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s ultranationalist minister of national security, posted a festive “Yesssss” on social media, along with emojis of a flexed bicep and the Israeli and American flags, even before the last polls had closed in Alaska.
An overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis view Mr. Trump as a better option for Israel’s interests than Vice President Kamala Harris. They assume that he will go easier on Israel than the Biden administration, which has widely supported Israel’s war effort in Gaza over the past year but has also criticized the humanitarian aspects of it, including the high civilian death toll.
Mr. Netanyahu may now feel emboldened by the prospect of a more amenable U.S. president as he continues to insist on total victory in Israel’s wars and engages in a high-wire exchange of blows with its archenemy, Iran.
In a sign of lesser restraint, Mr. Netanyahu on Tuesday fired his defense minister, Yoav Gallant, a main point man with the Biden administration, against a background of differences over ending the war in Gaza and over pressing domestic issues that were threatening the stability of Mr. Netanyahu’s governing coalition.
Mr. Trump has, like the Biden administration, called for Israel to wrap up the wars in Gaza and Lebanon that were set off by the Hamas-led terrorist attack against Israel 13 months ago, but analysts say that a Trump administration would probably support ending them on terms more favorable to Israel.
That sentiment is largely based on Mr. Trump’s first term, when he bestowed political gifts on Mr. Netanyahu’s previous government, including moving the United States Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
But analysts also note that the policies of the next Trump administration are unknown, and that Mr. Trump is notoriously unpredictable.
“I think Netanyahu prefers the unpredictability of Trump over Harris,” said Kobi Michael, a fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy, a conservative-leaning Jerusalem-based research group. “But there’s a degree of wishful thinking,” he said, “because Trump can easily turn on us in seconds.”
Mr. Trump’s relationship with Mr. Netanyahu has become more complicated. Last year, Mr. Trump publicly accused the Israeli prime minister of having let the United States down by pulling out of an operation to kill Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, at the last minute in 2020.
Still, analysts said, there is likely to be a natural affinity between a second Trump administration and Mr. Netanyahu’s current governing coalition, the most right-wing and religiously conservative in Israeli history.
The Trump victory may also bolster Mr. Netanyahu at home at a time of political turmoil after Mr. Gallant’s dismissal.
“A Trump win strengthens Netanyahu politically at home, because there’s a feeling he’s on our side,” said Mazal Mualem, an Israeli political commentator for Al-Monitor, a Middle East news site, and the author of a biography of the Israeli leader, “Cracking the Netanyahu Code.”
“It gives Netanyahu a tailwind,” she added.
Meengla
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There was a worse choice in this election for the Middle East and that was Trump. And unless Trump does something unpredictably good, listen to what this guy is saying and ponder the messages people like me and @Developereo have been posting above.
Hassan Al-Somal
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"A massive catastrophic bombing operation is now taking place in northern Gaza with the aim of forming the new axis.
A military axis built on top of buildings and structures in an area with a huge architectural density.
Those who remain in their homes will end up under the rubble; it is a criminal sweep of a densely populated land."
A military axis built on top of buildings and structures in an area with a huge architectural density.
Those who remain in their homes will end up under the rubble; it is a criminal sweep of a densely populated land."
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