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Israel's military chief says the 'Yellow Line' dividing Gaza will be Israel's new border. Palestinians say this is a 'second Nakba'

Tareq S. Hajjaj
Mondoweiss
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC
Yellow markers Khan Younis
© Tariq Mohammad/APA ImagesYellow barrier markers • Khan Younis
Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir says Israel views the "Yellow Line" dividing Gaza as its new border. Palestinians in Gaza report widespread demolitions east of the line, reshaping Gaza's landscape through force in what they call a "second Nakba."

On November 19, the Israeli army claimed that an armed man in Rafah attacked Israeli forces. Israel carried out several airstrikes across different parts of the Gaza Strip in response to the alleged attack, killing 33 Palestinians, including 12 children.

But Israel didn't stop at escalating from the air; Israeli vehicles also advanced into some of the eastern parts of Gaza City, including the al-Nazzaz area, Baghdad Street, and the Shuja'iyya neighborhood. These were the same areas to which displaced residents had returned after the ceasefire, only to be surprised by the Israeli vehicles that they now found in their midst.

What shocked them most, however, was that Israeli forces brought with them the same yellow concrete blocks that demarcate the so-called "Yellow Line" — the mostly invisible and supposedly temporary withdrawal line that cuts Gaza in half.

About 53% of the Strip falls under Israeli military control, where almost no Palestinians reside, and where any Palestinian who wanders near or unwittingly crosses into is shot and killed on sight. This is the part of Gaza demarcated by the "Yellow Line."
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Italy's Meloni pushes Zelensky on 'painful concessions' - media


RT
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:22 UTC
Zelensky Meloni
© Antonio Masiello/Getty ImagesItalian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hosts Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky • December 9, 2025 • Rome, Italy
The Italian prime minister believes this is necessary in order to reach "a fair and lasting peace plan," Corriere della Sera reports.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni believes Vladimir Zelensky will have to accept "painful concessions" to achieve peace with Russia, Corriere della Sera reported on Tuesday.

According to the paper, while Ukrainian and Italian officials attempted to create a facade of "a constructive and mutually trusting meeting" in Rome earlier this week, the two sides clashed over their vision for the conflict's endgame.

The conversation, which involved Meloni, was reportedly frank, and the overall message to Ukraine was: "Consider that you may be forced to make some painful concessions." Zelensky, in turn, asked Meloni "to soften [US President Donald] Trump's position" on a peace settlement.

The stand-off stemmed from the fact that Italy supports Washington's rush to reach a peace deal as soon as possible, and Meloni's team believes that Zelensky has been weakened by a corruption scandal in the energy sector involving his long-time associate, Corriere della Sera said. It added that Italy's policy remains "to reach a fair and lasting peace plan, but taking American leadership rather than a European one into account."
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The Pentagon is adopting Trump's worldview

Thierry Meyssan
Voltairenet.org
Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC
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Donald Trump, whom European leaders collectively view as a populist lacking political experience, has published his new National Security Strategy, an awkwardly written document but one of considerable philosophical significance. In it, he presents himself as a master of diplomacy and, echoing the slogan of US President Andrew Jackson, proposes trade instead of war.

The White House's release of the National Security Strategy 2025 turns everything upside down. It contradicts all previous documents, including the 2017 edition [ 1 ] , from the first term of President Donald Trump. The two memoranda share a lengthy introduction, but while the 2017 memoranda aimed to "replace war with trade," the 2025 memoranda first addresses the questions of what the United States wants and what resources it has. This represents a complete reinterpretation of national strategy.

New frame

President Donald Trump writes:
"Above all, we desire the continued existence and security of the United States as an independent and sovereign republic, whose government guarantees the inalienable natural rights of its citizens and prioritizes their welfare and interests. We want to protect this country, its people, its territory, its economy, and its way of life from any military attack and hostile foreign influence, be it espionage, predatory business practices, drug and human trafficking, destructive propaganda and influence operations, cultural subversion, or any other threats to our nation."
Regarding the second question, he defines the means as follows:
"We want to ensure that the Western Hemisphere remains sufficiently stable and well-governed to prevent and deter mass migration to the United States; we want a hemisphere whose governments cooperate with us against drug terrorists, cartels, and other transnational criminal organizations; we want a hemisphere that remains free from hostile foreign influence. We are committed to preventing any intrusion or takeover of key positions essential for supporting critical supply chains and ensuring our continued access to important strategic locations. In other words, we will add a 'Trump Amendment' to the Monroe Doctrine."
In other words, the United States will concentrate on its sphere of influence, America. It will act there like a big brother, no longer as an empire (the "Roosevelt Corollary"). That is, it will protect it from external threats and, in return, expect the rest of the continents to share in its economic needs.

If that's true, then they won't attack Venezuela, but they might attack drug trafficking organizations in Latin America, including Venezuela.

Comment: Nobel words. Let's hope Trump owns them.

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Pro-Israel forces intensify effort to control American discourse

Brian McGlinchey
starkrealities.substack.com
Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00 UTC
Who is in control
The 'hand' inside the 'glove'
New extremes in the long-running drive to limit debate about Israel, Palestine.

Across the American political spectrum, support for the State of Israel is steadily eroding. With the long-running, staggeringly expensive redistribution of American wealth and weapons to one of the world's most prosperous countries under unprecedented threat, Israel's advocates inside the United States are growing increasingly desperate to suppress the facts, opinions, questions and imagery that are causing this sea change.

Pro-Israel forces have long worked to limit and shape US discourse to Israel's advantage. However, the intensity and novelty of what's taking place in 2025 — from the government-coerced transfer of a social media platform to pro-Israel billionaires, to the jailing and attempted deportation of a student for writing an opinion piece, and more — deserves the attention of every American who values free expression, an enlightened electorate, and independence from foreign influence.

Many Americans know that Congress and President Biden teamed up in 2024 to force the Chinese company ByteDance to divest its US operation of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, yet few realize this unusual intervention was motivated in large part by a desire to serve the interests of Israel.
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Welcome to the Palantir World Order

Derrick Broze
The Last American Vagabond
Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC
Palantir world order
© unknownPalantir World Order
As Palantir's stock rises and their profile in the 2nd Trump administration is cemented, it's becoming clear we are living in the Palantir World Order.

How does a company with CIA ties and two steering committee members of the secretive Bilderberg Group as founders end up in the White House?

This question should be on the minds of every free-thinking person regardless of political affiliation or lack thereof. The answer to this question cuts to the heart of understanding the future direction of the American experiment, and the impact it will have on the rest of the world.

Starting in 2019 I began warning that we were witnessing the creation of a Technocratic State, with Big Tech CEOs amassing exorbitant wealth and unfathomable data about the world. This collection of financial wealth and data has allowed these Technocrats to gain power equivalent to many nations, and beyond that of smaller nations. Palantir is a perfect example of the merging of corporate and state power.
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Rep Massie introduces bill for US to dump 'cold war relic' NATO

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 04:15 UTC
Massie NATO
© Getty ImagesUS Republican Rep. Kentucky Thomas Massie • NATO
Conservative and outspoken libertarian-leaning Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced legislation Tuesday for the United States to formally withdraw from NATO. Sen. Mike Lee is also helping lead the charge, introducing companion legislation in the Senate.

The bill argues that the US military cannot be seen as the police force of the world, and that given NATO was created to counter the long-gone Soviet Union, which no longer exists, American taxpayers' money would be better spent elsewhere.

"We should withdraw from NATO and use that money to defend our own country, not socialist countries... US participation has cost taxpayers trillions of dollars and continues to risk US involvement in foreign wars... America should not be the world's security blanket - especially when wealthy countries refuse to pay for their own defense," Massie said.

That latter part is likely designed to gain Trump's attention and sympathy, given the president has been emphasizing this point all the way back to his first term.
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Russia would be 'best' ally for US - Tucker Carlson


RT
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:06 UTC
Tucker Carlson
© Getty ImagesTucker Carlson
Russia would be the "best" ally for the US due to the country's vast landmass, rich natural resources, and formidable military, conservative American host Tucker Carlson has said.

Speaking during a podcast on his YouTube channel on Thursday, Carlson suggested that "looking purely through the lens of what's good for the United States, an America First perspective," Russia would be the most "obvious" partner for Washington.
"Why? Because it's the biggest country in the world. It's got enormous mineral deposits, energy deposits... and a formidable military, by far the biggest on that continent. If you needed an ally to help you in a conflict... Russia would be, like, the best, of course."
Relations between the US and Russia sank to a major low during Joe Biden's tenure as president, amid the conflict in Ukraine and Western sanctions against Moscow.

However, since returning to the White House in January, Donald Trump has sought to mend ties with Russia and mediate a settlement of the Ukraine conflict. Apart from talks over ending the hostilities, the sides have discussed potential cooperation in the Arctic, investment and business opportunities, as well as building a direct rail tunnel under the Bering Strait connecting the two countries.
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US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Trump says

Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga
Reuters
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:00 UTC
U.S. forces abseil onto an oil tanker during a raid described by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, December 10, 2025, in a still image from video.
© U.S. Attorney General/Handout via REUTERSU.S. forces abseil onto an oil tanker during a raid described by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi as its seizure by the United States off the coast of Venezuela, December 10, 2025, in a still image from video.
The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a move that sent oil prices higher and sharply escalated tensions between Washington and Caracas.

"We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening," said Trump, who has been pressuring Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to step down.

Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: "We keep it, I guess."

In response, the Venezuelan government in a statement accused the U.S. of "blatant theft" and described the seizure as "an act of international piracy". It said it would denounce the incident before international bodies.
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Ethnic cleansing: Israel plans to open Gaza crossing in Rafah but only for Palestinians to leave

Lisa Hornung
UPI
Wed, 03 Dec 2025 19:46 UTC
Palestinian
© Anas Deeb/UPIArmed Palestinian men guard humanitarian aid trucks crossing from Egypt to Gaza through the Rafah border crossing
Israel said it plans to open the Rafah crossing to allow Palestinians to leave from Gaza to Egypt.

Israel's Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories said exits would be "facilitated through coordination with Egypt, following security approval by Israel and under the supervision of the European Union mission." It said this would be "similar to the mechanism that operated in January," when the crossing opened during a cease-fire, the BBC reported.

COGAT said the crossing would open only one way, allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza but not to return, and that it would be overseen in part by the European Union, working with Egypt and Israel.

But the Egyptian government on Wednesday denied it was coordinating with Israel to reopen the Rafah crossing. The country's state information service said that the cease-fire signed in October said the Rafah crossing must be open both ways. There are tens of thousands of Gazan refugees in Egypt.
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The Beauty and the Beast - On the US National Security Strategy

Pepe Escobar
Sputnik International
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:30 UTC
US Capital Dome
© AP Photo / Susan WalshIn this May 4, 2017, file photo, the U.S. flag flies in front of the Capitol dome on Capitol Hill in Washington.
FLORENCE, Italy - The new US National Security Strategy, the December 2025 version, is an intriguing, quirky, Bosch-style hybrid beast. It does not exactly look as it seems.

A tsunami of headlines across the discombobulated West focused on an apparent drive towards normalization between Washington and Moscow. But that's far from the main focus of this Beauty and the Beast creation.

For starters, which Centaur designed the NSS Beast? Could it possibly be Trump? Unlikely. Could not be the clownish Secretary of Forever Wars. Could not be Marco Rubio - who can barely point to anything outside of Venezuela and Cuba on a map. So, who did it?

The fire in the belly of the NSS Beast is on the Russia-China strategic partnership: to try to undermine it by any means necessary. Trump, instinctively, and the old money, classic American ruling classes may have finally concluded that it's idle to invest in a frontal war against twin, strategically-aligned peer competitors Russia-China. So it's back, once again to Divide and Rule. And for everyone else, Plunder.

The NSS apparently offers Moscow a series of geoeconomic and geopolitical carrots while meticulously embedding the sticks in hybrid formats - prone to either provoke Russian elite fragmentation by attracting them back to the American market and American "values", or to plunge the Russian Federation into ethnic "tensions", coordinated by cyber-warfare.

There are no guarantees Team Trump 2.0 will be sophisticated enough to pull it off. In a nutshell, in no-diplo language, this would amount to simultaneously "isolate" Moscow all over again while "containing" China. Moscow and Beijing won't fall for it.

What is clear so far is that with the new NSS, the Forever War ethos remains. But now rebranded: wars will be mostly hybrid, indirect and low cost.
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