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The 1948 Irgun re-born?

Alastair Crooke
Strategic Culture Foundation
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:33 UTC
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The signposts are there for all to read: The West - in deliberately overlooking such explicit markers - cannot then complain, or escape, the ensuing consequences.

No, the 'tin ear' is not some new western derangement - a unique mass collapse of sanity - that we are living through. It is something worse: a return to a dogmatic, authoritarian version of truth which dissident physicist Eric Weinstein complains has (in the West) also destroyed true science - ignoring and silencing its most important dissident voices, whilst amply rewarding Science's frauds.

Consider: Prime Minister Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress on 24 July saying, in an unrelieved Manichaean mode, that the West is facing an "axis of evil" (Iran and allies), which the U.S. must join in destroying. It was a call to participate in civilisational war.

His invitation was celebrated with 58 standing ovations from U.S. legislators.

Netanyahu returned home to a disaster in the Druze community on the Golan. Missile fragments had struck, killing and wounding many children playing football (the exact circumstances are still not clear). Western rationality however is perfectly capable to deduce firstly, that Majdal Shams lies in Occupied Syria; secondly, that the Druze community there remains overwhelmingly Syrian (rejecting Israeli citizenship) and largely pro-Syrian. And that they are neither Jews nor Israelis. The West seemingly cannot however, adduce the further very obvious conclusion: Why on earth would Hizbullah intentionally attack a Syrian community on Syrian land that largely is sympathetic to the Resistance?

They wouldn't. Yet these obvious facts are completely ignored by a rationality that, as Weinstein suggests, actively prefers fraud to truth. Spokesman Kirby said Hizbullah had attacked children in northern Israel.

Israel's Defence minister repeatedly says: "We don't want war". Western leaders parrot the same meme: No-one wants war. 'We are fully confident that Israel's response will be constrained and limited to military targets'. The White House: "In our view, there is no reason for some dramatic escalation in southern Lebanon and there is still time and space for diplomacy".
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Explosions reported at Israeli intelligence base off coast of Eritrea


Islamic World News
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 17:29 UTC
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According to local media reports, several explosions occurred at the Israeli regime's intelligence base in the Dahlak Archipelago off the coast of Eritrea.

The cause of these explosions has not yet been determined, but it is possible that the Israeli intelligence base was attacked by drones and missiles by the Yemeni Armed Forces.

The Dahlak Islands are part of an archipelago off the coast of Eritrea that is uninhabited and the supervision of these islands was ceded to the Israeli regime by former Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in the 1990s.

Comment: A prelude to Hezbollah and Iran's retaliation? Or just Ansra Allah testing out (new?) equipment? Reported yesterday:
Yemeni Army Conducts Missile Attack On Israeli-Linked Ship

On August 4, the armed forces of Yemen announced that it had attacked an Israeli affiliated ship 'Groton' in the Gulf of Aden with several ballistic missiles.
Spokesman of the Yemeni Armed Forces Brigadier General Yahya Saree commented on the Yemeni army's recent missile attack on a vessel violating Yemen's ban of Israeli-linked ships in the Gulf of Aden, saying, "In the fourth phase of the escalation in the region, the Yemeni Armed Forces' naval and missile units conducted a joint military operation, during which they targeted the Groton ship in the Gulf of Aden with a number of ballistic missiles, and the strike was precise, by the grace of God. The vessel was targeted because the company that owns it violated the decision to ban entry to the ports of occupied Palestine."
At the end of the statement, the Yemeni Armed Forces congratulated the brave resistance of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip for their 300 days of steadfastness, heroism and sacrifice in the way of defending the oppressed Palestinian nation, its pride and dignity, and victory for the sanctities, stressing that they will continue their military operations in the stages of tension and will continue until the aggression is stopped and the siege of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip is lifted.

The Yemeni army's attack on the Groton is the 149th official strike by the Yemeni Armed Forces on illegal ships (belonging to the Israeli regime, the United States, the United Kingdom, and their affiliated vessels) in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, as well as the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Groton is a container ship that has been operating under the Liberian flag since 2002. The ship was heading from Djibouti to the UAE port of Fujairah. According to information from the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO), the Yemeni army attacked the vessel 170 nautical miles southwest of Aden.

Since November 2023, the Yemeni Armed Forces have carried out attacks on numerous vessels affiliated with the Israeli regime or ships owned by the US and the UK in response to the Israeli genocidal war and siege on Gaza.

These military responses by the Yemeni army demonstrate the escalation of tensions in the region and the Yemeni army's determination to retaliate against acts of aggression.
See also: Yemen's 'uninhibited' attacks drive French warship out of Red Sea

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Russia reports record level of terrorism


RT
Sat, 03 Aug 2024 12:44 UTC
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© Getty Images/AnadoluThe burnt-out Crocus City Hall concert venue following a deadly attack on March 22, 2024 • Moscow, Russia
The Interior Ministry has detected the highest number of such crimes in nearly two decades.

Russia has seen an alarming surge in crimes linked with terrorism and extremism in the first half of this year, according to data released by the country's Interior Ministry.

According to a document posted to the ministry's official website earlier this week, 1,651 crimes classified as terrorism were recorded in the country in January-June 2024, a nearly 40% increase over the same period in 2023. The ministry noted that for the same period from 2006 to 2023, the figure did not reach 1,400. The previous record high was registered in the first half of 2022, when 1,332 terrorism-linked crimes were recorded.

Crimes associated with extremist activities have also reached a record high. From January to June, 819 such crimes were registered, a nearly 12% increase year-on-year. This figure had not surpassed 800 since 2018.

Crimes designated as terror-linked in Russia include making preparations for carrying out a terrorist attack, public calls for terrorism and justification of terrorism, as well as hostage-taking. Extremist crimes include those committed on the basis of political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred, or enmity towards any social group.
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Global stock market crash: LIVE UPDATES


RT
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 08:09 UTC
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© Peshkov/Getty ImagesCrashing!
Following staggering drops in Japan's Nikkei and Bitcoin, European banks are tumbling to March lows.

Stock markets went into a meltdown on Monday amid fears that the US could be heading for a recession, pushing investors into panic-selling mode, market data shows.

The US has seen an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate, according to July payrolls report unveiled on Friday. This led to markets betting on the Federal Reserve cutting rates in September by a full 50 basis points, and sparked debate among economists about the overall health of the US economy, with its enormous influence in the global financial market.

US stocks closed sharply down on Friday, with the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite falling into correction, but Monday kicked off with new drops:

Comment: Check out all of the above to grasp the monstrosity of this turn of global financial events.

And, of course The Donald had something to say about it:
As stock markets in the US and worldwide are taking a tumble, former President Donald Trump has directed blame at the Democratic administration in Washington.

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are responsible for the financial storm, according to the Republican nominee.

Trump made the accusation in a social media post on Sunday, writing in all caps:
"STOCK MARKETS CRASHING. I TOLD YOU SO!!! KAMALA DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE. BIDEN IS SOUND ASLEEP. ALL CAUSED BY INEPT U.S. LEADERSHIP!"
Leading stock indices on Wall Street have sunk, culminating in a major sale of equities on Friday. The drop of the Nasdaq 100 amounted to the wiping out of more than $2 trillion in value in just over three weeks. The financial press has described the development as a correction after record growth of Big Tech shares on the back of advancements in AI technology.

Ripple effects hit foreign markets, with Japan's Nikkei 225, for instance, dropping 5.8% on Friday, days after the Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate. The plunge continued as Asian and European markets opened on Monday.

President Biden's abortive reelection campaign touted the benefits of "Bidenomics," a claimed rapid recovery of the US economy under his tenure, as a key reason for voters to support him.


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And suddenly things change

James Howard Kunstler
jameshowardkunstler.substack.com
Mon, 05 Aug 2024 00:00 UTC
Crash
© Unknown
"The global economy is becoming unburdened by what has been."
— Jordan Schachtel on "X"
That two-by-four upside our country's head you've been waiting to get whomped with? Looks like it's landing now. We got a banger in 2008, but it didn't make a much of an impression. Maybe you don't even remember these people, but then Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson and Fed Chair Ben Bernanke came in like a code blue squad and hooked up the banks to an IV-drip speedball of cocaine and heroin, i.e., "money" that didn't actually exist (a.k.a. "liquidity," hallucinated capital), and that crew kept it coming for years.

And then Janet Yellen and her posse kept it coming with never-ending zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) until the national debt canceled America's future. And that left Jerome Powell pretending there was a way out of this doom-loop. Then came the repo market spasm in September 2019 that freaked out the blob so badly they shut down the whole world with Covid and locked-down economies. And everything since then has been a waiting game. The financial world was in hospice.

The wait is over. Everything that can break is breaking: stock markets, bond markets, the galaxy of derivatives — bets on this and that, which will never be honored. Banks are next. Gold and silver are hanging in there for dear life just now, because they're actually worth something. (And because they are worth something, they'll eventually sell off some too, to cover margin calls on other stuff hemorrhaging value. But they will not go to zero like a lot of other stuff, and they'll come back stronger.)

Comment: The end is only the beginning...

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American jets spotted over Ukraine


RT
Sun, 04 Aug 2024 16:00 UTC
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© John Keeble/Getty Images/fileA Royal Danish Air Force F-16
Videos shared online purportedly show US-made F-16s flying over Odessa.

US-made F-16 fighter jets have been spotted in Ukrainian airspace, according to videos shared online by local residents. They appear to show at least one plane conducting a surveillance flight over the city of Odessa.

Kiev was promised the planes in 2023 by a number of NATO states, including the US, France, Bulgaria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and Sweden. They formed the so-called 'F-16 coalition', pledging to provide Kiev with the fighter jets and train Ukrainian pilots to operate them. No delivery date was set, however, and Kiev has recently expressed its impatience.

A report by Bloomberg, citing sources in Kiev, indicated that the first batch of jets arrived earlier this week, and that the number delivered so far was "small."

Comment: As with all else bequeathed to Ukraine, the F-16s will be destroyed in rapid time.

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Ukraine downgraded to 'selective default'


RT
Sat, 03 Aug 2024 08:47 UTC
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© Pahis/Getty ImagesUkrainian 100-hryvnia banknotes
The country failed to make a coupon payment on its 2026 Eurobond

S&P Global Ratings has lowered Ukraine's credit rating to 'selective default' after Kiev missed an international bond payment earlier this week as it seeks a major debt restructuring.

On Thursday, Vladimir Zelensky signed a law temporarily suspending payments on the country's external debt liabilities for two months starting August 1 as it is currently trying to reach a restructuring agreement with international creditors in order to avoid default.

The US-based agency said the $34 million payment on Ukraine's 2026 Eurobond is still in the grace period, but payments are not likely to be made given the government-authorized suspension.

"We do not expect the payment within the bond's contractual grace period of 10 business days," S&P said on Friday. The agency revised the rating on the 2026 Eurobond to 'D' from 'CC' and affirmed its 'CC' ratings on the other Eurobonds.

Ukraine has been negotiating with creditors a restructuring of its nearly $20 billion in international debt.

Comment: And...It just got worse: Ukraine fell further in default.
"The reported agreement with external commercial creditors constitutes a distressed debt exchange (DDE) under its sovereign rating criteria," Fitch said.

According to the company, the move "marks the start of a default-like process."

The agency also predicted the state deficit to remain high at 17.1% of Ukraine's GDP this year, noting defense spending amounted to 31.3% of GDP in 2023.

The agency projects government debt to surge to 92.5% of the country's GDP in 2024.
US scammers prepared the way. Who profits?

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Shin Bet prepare underground bunker for Israeli leadership amidst looming retaliation


Times of Israel
Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:27 UTC
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© Shin Bet security serviceFrom left to right: Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet security services Director Ronen Bar at a special operations room overseeing a mission to release hostages in the Gaza Strip, June 8, 2024.
An underground bunker in Jerusalem where senior leaders can remain for an extended period during a war has been prepared by the Shin Bet security service and is fully operational, the Walla news site reported on Sunday amid fear of attacks on Israel from Hezbollah and Iran.

The bunker can sustain hits from a range of existing weaponry, has command and control capabilities, and is connected to the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, the report said.

The bunker, which is also known as the National Management Center, has not been used in the past 10 months of Israel's war in Gaza.


Comment: Well, since Israel is announcing this news, one would imagine that it's some kind of mistaken attempt to elicit sympathy for their plight.


Comment: Going underground is apparently ok when the Israelis do it: 'Fortress of Zion': Israel's underground military command bunkers buried beneath Tel Aviv

Note that this comes amidst Israel's bombing of three schools and one tent encampment, which has resulted in scores of dead, including children, and some that burned to death - all in less than 24 hours:



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SOTT Focus: NewsReal: Anarchy in the UK, ANOTHER Israeli Assassination, "Gender-Fluid" Olympics, and the Trump Conspiracy


Sott.net
Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:05 UTC
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It's all happening out there folks! A veritable 'white-lash' has erupted in cities across the UK following the brutal mass stabbing of young girls at a dance class by a second-generation Rwandan immigrant. Working-class Britons bearing the brunt of the social and economic effects of uncontrolled mass immigration have apparently reached their breaking point.

Meanwhile, in what is probably not an unrelated issue, the Israeli regime has assassinated another political leader, this time the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, while on a visit to Tehran. The Iranian government is poised to 'avenge' his death by striking "the Zionist entity" in one form or another, and many governments are advising their citizens to leave Lebanon ASAP.

In 'sports' news, the Olympics in Paris has taken another disgraceful turn, with its tone-deaf organizers allowing a man to pass for a woman and compete in female boxing. Stateside, the coverup of the botched Deep State assassination of Donald Trump three weeks ago has "magically transformed" into wall-to-wall favorable coverage for cackling Kamala Harris.

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Today in 'every accusation is a confession'

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.com
Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00 UTC
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© unknownSplattered, tattered Israeli flag
Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix

Today in Every Accusation Is A Confession, the same nation which has spent ten months calling Palestinians rapists without evidence has found itself dealing with rioters supporting the right to continue the systemic and extensively evidenced rape of Palestinian prisoners.

When Israeli police detained nine IDF soldiers on accusation of sodomizing a Palestinian prisoner so brutally he couldn't walk at the notorious Sde Teiman prison in southern Israel, protests erupted from far right activists in defense of the soldiers with the backing of multiple officials from the Netanyahu regime. The rioters were so aggressive that they actually broke into the Israeli military base where the soldiers were being questioned in an attempt to free them.

Asked by the press about the rape accusations, US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel refused to say whether gang raping Palestinian prisoners would be considered a war crime, even if conclusively proven.

The western press are refusing to even use the word "rape" in reference to the allegations, with the BBC describing the soldiers as standing accused of "severely mistreating a Palestinian prisoner" and the New York Times describing it as "suspected abuse".

Israeli society has a very twisted attitude toward rape. A 2011 poll found that 61 percent of Israeli men don't believe forcing sex on an acquaintance counts as rape, and only seven percent of Israeli men believe there's such a thing as spousal rape.


Comment: See also: Israelis say it's okay to rape Palestinian prisoners

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