Thousands of Israelis celebrated Jerusalem Day like they do every year: stage a massive Flag March through Jerusalem’s Old City where they can gleefully torment the Muslim population there by chanting slogans like, “Death to Arabs” while the Palestinians can do nothing because these marchers are backed by Israeli forces.
Tag: Middle East
MAKING PALESTINE GO AWAY
It has been another exciting week in a world at war where the word “diplomacy” has no meaning and would probably be defined by America’s head of Homeland Security Kristi Noem as a doctrine in which you shoot someone first before he or she can shoot you.
IRAN RELEASES INITIAL REPORT ON CAUSE OF DEADLY EXPLOSION AT SHAHID RAJAEE PORT
The massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port that killed at least 70 and injured more than 1,000 people was caused by negligence and a dangerous combination of a fire breaking out near hazardous materials.
LET’S NOT FORGET
Americans have short memories. Even worse, many Americans don’t forget, they simply never paid enough attention to know, a national characteristic that often gets the U.S. into trouble.
SOME NEW TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE
The news cycle over the past week has been dominated by reports and analysis of the Signal group chat involving top national security officials discussing aspects of the recent air strikes which have been directed against the Houthis in Yemen.
AMERICANS HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF WARS
Please follow this link for a special video message from Douglas Macgregor regarding the Middle East.
IMAGINING THE GAZA RIVIERA AND OTHER FOLLIES
The problem is that those folks who are looking nervously at what President Donald Trump is doing to reshape the Middle East to the benefit of Israel are not looking deeply enough into the U.S. domestic policy changes that are also being promoted that will strip Americans of fundamental rights like freedom of speech or association in any situation in which Israel or Jewish groups are involved, even marginally.
WHAT COMES NEXT ON THE GREATER ISRAEL AGENDA?
The eminent Roman historian Publius Cornelius Tacitus in a biography of his illustrious father-in-law Gnaeus Julius Agrippa famously wrote “Auferre, trucidare, rapere, falsis nominibus imperium, atque, ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.”
WHEN IS A CEASEFIRE NOT A CEASEFIRE?
We are possibly witnessing another stealthy move by Washington and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to enhance the Israeli position in a Middle East at war while pretending to do something else.
TRUMP AND THE STORM OF THE CENTURY
The fear in many nations’ capitals is that President Donald Trump’s return to Washington might make Israel feel more confident in attacking Iran.