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Hamas and Fatah's reconciliation: China solidifies its role as Mideast peace broker
Officials from Fatah, Hamas and 12 other Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the China-brokered talks on July 23. The participants signed the Beijing Declaration on "ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity" and hold a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Hamas and Fatah, the two major Palestinian political parties, have been at odds since Hamas’ legislative victory in the Gaza Strip in 2006 which led to internal skirmishes and the subsequent expulsion of Fatah from the region in 2007.
According to Yousef, Palestinians' push to activate their political system "from inside" amid Israel's Gaza war and ethnic cleansing is a step in the right direction. He added that the development is taking place, "with the permission and approval of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas."
It's not the first time that Beijing has played a role of the regional peace broker: in March 2023, top Iranian and Saudi security officials met in Beijing to restore diplomatic ties after years of tensions.
Israel subjected the Palestinian agreement to criticism, vowing to eliminate Hamas. The US press rushed to downplay the China-brokered deal between Hamas and Fatah.
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"The last round of a negotiation between Fatah and Hamas to reconcile their differences and to go for a full internal reconciliation in Beijing is important," Ayman Yousef, a professor in political sciences and international relations at the Arab-American University in Palestine, tells Sputnik.
Officials from Fatah, Hamas and 12 other Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government in the Gaza Strip and West Bank during the China-brokered talks on July 23. The participants signed the Beijing Declaration on "ending division and strengthening Palestinian unity" and hold a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
Hamas and Fatah, the two major Palestinian political parties, have been at odds since Hamas’ legislative victory in the Gaza Strip in 2006 which led to internal skirmishes and the subsequent expulsion of Fatah from the region in 2007.
According to Yousef, Palestinians' push to activate their political system "from inside" amid Israel's Gaza war and ethnic cleansing is a step in the right direction. He added that the development is taking place, "with the permission and approval of the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas."
"Why is China active this time? Because I think it has good relations with both Fatah and Hamas. It has influence over both of them," the pundit continues. "China is trying to play a crucial role, not only in putting the Palestinians face to face around one table, but also to be more active in the whole of the Middle East and in the theater of Palestine-Israel conflict."
It's not the first time that Beijing has played a role of the regional peace broker: in March 2023, top Iranian and Saudi security officials met in Beijing to restore diplomatic ties after years of tensions.
Israel subjected the Palestinian agreement to criticism, vowing to eliminate Hamas. The US press rushed to downplay the China-brokered deal between Hamas and Fatah.
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Now we have Ukrainian marine crews engaging with the Houthis in the Southern Red Sea... over 2,400 miles away from Ukraine.
Believe me when I say that there is a DEEP connection between the oligarchy in Israel and the oligarchy in Ukraine... they share a common ancestry.
What will really bake everybody's noodle is when they realize that this common ancestry is also shared by a third group... the Bolsheviks.
Do you understand now why they hate Russia and Putin so much? They were driven out of Moscow when the Soviet Union collapsed. Putin went after the Ukrainian mobsters still in Russia when he first entered office 23 years ago.
Perhaps the most famous of these figures is Viktor Bout, the Ukrainian-American arms dealer who became the subject of the 2005 Hollywood film, Lord of War, starring Nicholas Cage.
But there are many others, such as Igor Kolomoisky, Alexander Angert, Nickolay Fomichev, Leonid Minin, and Gennadiy Trukhanov— the current mayor of Odessa.
Believe me when I say that there is a DEEP connection between the oligarchy in Israel and the oligarchy in Ukraine... they share a common ancestry.
What will really bake everybody's noodle is when they realize that this common ancestry is also shared by a third group... the Bolsheviks.
Do you understand now why they hate Russia and Putin so much? They were driven out of Moscow when the Soviet Union collapsed. Putin went after the Ukrainian mobsters still in Russia when he first entered office 23 years ago.
Perhaps the most famous of these figures is Viktor Bout, the Ukrainian-American arms dealer who became the subject of the 2005 Hollywood film, Lord of War, starring Nicholas Cage.
But there are many others, such as Igor Kolomoisky, Alexander Angert, Nickolay Fomichev, Leonid Minin, and Gennadiy Trukhanov— the current mayor of Odessa.
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In 1989, there was a massive influx of Jewish mobsters from the Ukrainian Mafia into Israel. The most famous would be
Semion Mogilevich, who has been branded by European and American law enforcement as "The boss of all bosses," having influence over both the Ukrainian and Russian Mafias. The FBI considers him the most dangerous man in the world, but that's likely just television branding. (Surely, there are more deadly fish in the sea.)
Some of his closest associates include Yury Luzhkov (former mayor of Moscow who was installed by Soviet hardliners in the August Coup of 1991), Leonid Derkach (head of the Derkach Crime Family, who died mysteriously just weeks before Putin's invasion in 2022), and Oleksandr Turchynov— who was installed an Interim President of Ukraine in February 2014 after the CIA successfully overthrew the pro-Putin government in the infamous Maiden Coup.
In 2010, Wikileaks published communications revealing that the US Embassy in Israel had expressed "grave concern" over the election of Inbal Gavrieli to the Knesset as a member of the Likud Party. She is the niece of the head of the Gavrieli Crime Family, making him of the most powerful crime bosses in the Israeli Mafia. (The Israeli, Ukrainian, and Russian Mafias all interlink, as do other crime organizations from other regions.) The communications revealed serious concern that these organized crime syndicates had infiltrated the Likud Party's central committee, and effectively controlled it.
These figures also immigrated to the United States in the 1980's, identified as "Jewish-Soviet mobsters" in the book Jews of Brooklyn by Ilana Abramovitch and Seán Galvin.
One of these figures was Johnny Attias, who dubbed his gang the "Israeli Mafia." He pulled off the largest gold heist in the history of Manhattan, stealing $4 million. He was murdered in 1990, and his gang fell apart.
Another figure would be Zeev Rosenstein, from Tel Aviv who established his own transnational organization between Israel and New York, and is responsible for the majority of ecstasy trafficking in the United States in the 1990's and early 2000's, being the main supplier for the Gambino Crime Family— which was brought down by Mayor Rudy Giuliani. After seven failed bombing attempts on his life, which killed many Israeli citizens, the Israeli media branded him and the other Israeli crime families as more problematic than any Palestinian terrorist organization.
In November 2004, US authorities found over 700,000 ecstasy pills in an apartment owned by Rosenstein, and for two years, he fought extradition. Finally, in 2006, the Israeli Supreme Court defied all convention and precedent, and granted US request, making Rosenstein one of the only Israeli citizens ever extradited to face trial in another country.
The point is that transnational organize crime between the United States, Europe, Russia, and Israel is all connected through a collection of families, and almost all of them are based out of either Israel or Ukraine, and wield serious influence over those two governments.
Semion Mogilevich, who has been branded by European and American law enforcement as "The boss of all bosses," having influence over both the Ukrainian and Russian Mafias. The FBI considers him the most dangerous man in the world, but that's likely just television branding. (Surely, there are more deadly fish in the sea.)
Some of his closest associates include Yury Luzhkov (former mayor of Moscow who was installed by Soviet hardliners in the August Coup of 1991), Leonid Derkach (head of the Derkach Crime Family, who died mysteriously just weeks before Putin's invasion in 2022), and Oleksandr Turchynov— who was installed an Interim President of Ukraine in February 2014 after the CIA successfully overthrew the pro-Putin government in the infamous Maiden Coup.
In 2010, Wikileaks published communications revealing that the US Embassy in Israel had expressed "grave concern" over the election of Inbal Gavrieli to the Knesset as a member of the Likud Party. She is the niece of the head of the Gavrieli Crime Family, making him of the most powerful crime bosses in the Israeli Mafia. (The Israeli, Ukrainian, and Russian Mafias all interlink, as do other crime organizations from other regions.) The communications revealed serious concern that these organized crime syndicates had infiltrated the Likud Party's central committee, and effectively controlled it.
These figures also immigrated to the United States in the 1980's, identified as "Jewish-Soviet mobsters" in the book Jews of Brooklyn by Ilana Abramovitch and Seán Galvin.
One of these figures was Johnny Attias, who dubbed his gang the "Israeli Mafia." He pulled off the largest gold heist in the history of Manhattan, stealing $4 million. He was murdered in 1990, and his gang fell apart.
Another figure would be Zeev Rosenstein, from Tel Aviv who established his own transnational organization between Israel and New York, and is responsible for the majority of ecstasy trafficking in the United States in the 1990's and early 2000's, being the main supplier for the Gambino Crime Family— which was brought down by Mayor Rudy Giuliani. After seven failed bombing attempts on his life, which killed many Israeli citizens, the Israeli media branded him and the other Israeli crime families as more problematic than any Palestinian terrorist organization.
In November 2004, US authorities found over 700,000 ecstasy pills in an apartment owned by Rosenstein, and for two years, he fought extradition. Finally, in 2006, the Israeli Supreme Court defied all convention and precedent, and granted US request, making Rosenstein one of the only Israeli citizens ever extradited to face trial in another country.
The point is that transnational organize crime between the United States, Europe, Russia, and Israel is all connected through a collection of families, and almost all of them are based out of either Israel or Ukraine, and wield serious influence over those two governments.
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Zelensky has been told to end the war.
Trump 5D chess.
https://x.com/GhostofBPH/status/1814635157866852411
Trump 5D chess.
https://x.com/GhostofBPH/status/1814635157866852411
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Of course, right after I post (in jest) it isn’t happening…
But, Trump’s still trolling here. What Americans don’t know (only reported in Israeli media) is that the day before the Abraham Accords were scheduled to be signed, Netanyahu deployed his ambassador, Ron Dermer, to tell the White House that they were backing out.
Trump picked up the phone and put the fear of God in Netanyahu. That’s the only reason the Accords were signed.
But, Trump’s still trolling here. What Americans don’t know (only reported in Israeli media) is that the day before the Abraham Accords were scheduled to be signed, Netanyahu deployed his ambassador, Ron Dermer, to tell the White House that they were backing out.
Trump picked up the phone and put the fear of God in Netanyahu. That’s the only reason the Accords were signed.
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Media is too big
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Before you form an opinion on Trump's relationship with Netanyahu, watch this video.
(sometimes, body language is everything)
(sometimes, body language is everything)
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If you haven't listened to this, now is the time. Listen until the end, when Trump and Abbas speak. Powerful stuff.
Oh, and that press conference between them happened 17 days before the Sword Dance. Probably nothing.
Oh, and that press conference between them happened 17 days before the Sword Dance. Probably nothing.
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Today on Breaking History, Matt and I will discuss the current news cycle through the lens of history, particularly the events surrounding today's planned address to Congress by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which represents a convergence of both domestic and geopolitical storylines.
Matt will also provide some insights he has uncovered on the Heritage Foundation, as we discuss Donald Trump's highly anticipated return to the White House.
Join us at noon EST on Badlands Media.
https://rumble.com/v587xhx-breaking-history-ep.-55-1200-pm-et-.html
Matt will also provide some insights he has uncovered on the Heritage Foundation, as we discuss Donald Trump's highly anticipated return to the White House.
Join us at noon EST on Badlands Media.
https://rumble.com/v587xhx-breaking-history-ep.-55-1200-pm-et-.html
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Wednesdays at 12:00 PM ET Episode Archive: https://rumble.com/playlists/UGjyoorl4Q8 Historian Matt Ehret and Ghost of Based Patrick Henry discuss breaking news headlines in the context of suppressed h
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After Breaking History, I will be hosting a livestream of special coverage of the Benjamin Netanyahu address to Congress today on Badlands Media.
Netanyahu is scheduled to speak at 2:00 PM EST, and we will go live at 1:45. Join us for some pre-game and post-game analysis. See you in the chat!
https://rumble.com/v587nz1-badlands-media-special-coverage-netanyahu-congressional-address.html
Netanyahu is scheduled to speak at 2:00 PM EST, and we will go live at 1:45. Join us for some pre-game and post-game analysis. See you in the chat!
https://rumble.com/v587nz1-badlands-media-special-coverage-netanyahu-congressional-address.html
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Badlands Media Special Coverage - Netanyahu Congressional Address
Join Badlands Media for special coverage of Israeli Prime Minister's Congressional Address, hosted by Ghost of Based Patrick Henry
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⚡️🇮🇱"BIG WAR" IN MIDDLE EAST SOON AS NETANYAHU FLIES TO U.S. @IntelRepublic
We personally recommend following Intel Republic HERE for tracking critical developments in Middle East as huge escalation between Yemen and Israel puts region on the brink of massive war.
Follow @IntelRepublic for reports from sources on the ground!
We personally recommend following Intel Republic HERE for tracking critical developments in Middle East as huge escalation between Yemen and Israel puts region on the brink of massive war.
Follow @IntelRepublic for reports from sources on the ground!
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Donald Trump isn’t based on Batman. The modern incarnation of Batman is based on Donald Trump.
Put another way, Trump’s incorruptibility isn’t suspicious or serendipitous. It’s de facto evidence he’s been part of the plan for his whole life.
Which means those ostensibly standing against him aren’t doing so for political reasons, or even financial reasons. They’re doing so as a matter of survival, because this is a zero sum game. It always has been.
As Trump has said over and over again, they’re not after him. They’re after you. He’s just in the way.
He’s STILL in the way.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it borrows a lot of plot elements from it. When you analyze the Info War through the lens of plot structure, character arcs and humanist theming, promises that we’re going to like how the movie ends shift from cute platitudes to confident projections.
The choice to know will be yours.
https://burningbright.substack.com/p/wakey-wakey
Put another way, Trump’s incorruptibility isn’t suspicious or serendipitous. It’s de facto evidence he’s been part of the plan for his whole life.
Which means those ostensibly standing against him aren’t doing so for political reasons, or even financial reasons. They’re doing so as a matter of survival, because this is a zero sum game. It always has been.
As Trump has said over and over again, they’re not after him. They’re after you. He’s just in the way.
He’s STILL in the way.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it borrows a lot of plot elements from it. When you analyze the Info War through the lens of plot structure, character arcs and humanist theming, promises that we’re going to like how the movie ends shift from cute platitudes to confident projections.
The choice to know will be yours.
https://burningbright.substack.com/p/wakey-wakey
Burning Bright
The Master - Part 14
On Wizards, Warlocks and the War of Stories
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