It’s exactly how strong they want it, not so reckless that it forces the U.S to pretend like Israel did something wrong and just strong enough that it crosses the threshold while they can claim the attack was “more then Washington wanted.”

Plausible deniability but I bet you that after the attack happens the administration will personally make a statement congratulating Bibi and Israel on “self defense”.

At this point my mind has been made up. One side is endlessly pressing for a regional war and I believe Iran should back down temporarily if they can possibly do so after this next hit. Accept the “humiliation” while maintaining resistance and focus on Nuclear development. Get guarantees from Russia (days away) and China and acquire a nuclear deterrence. After that Iran can come back with a new power balance in the region. I’m sure this is part of the reason Israel is acting so desperately now.

#Israel targets journalists and #PressFreedom

Israel's case against Jeremy Loffredo collapsed after a journalist testified that his article featuring Loffredo’s full report cleared military censorship

Yet Israel won't let Loffredo go home, as it wants more time to digitally strip search his devices

https://thegrayzone.com/2024/10/11/israeli-jails-grayzones-jeremy-loffredo/

The #US warmonger neocons never retire

NED has appointed Victoria-F***theEU-Nuland, midwife of #Ukraine #Maidan coup and advocate of US #NordStream sabotage, to its Board.

- https://archive.is/Q2Tab

- https://www.ned.org/ned-welcomes-victoria-nuland-to-the-board-of-directors/

#NewNormal in 'democratic and rules based order #EU':

When you can't fight your opponent democratically - assassinate or arrest him/her

German Green Party MEP Daniel Freund calls for arrest warrant for Victor Orban:
“It’s time to issue a European arrest warrant” 

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/its-time-issue-european-arrest-warrant-german-green-mep-demands-arrest-viktor-orban#google_vignette

#US #CIA #Israel #Lebanon

The CIA searches the airport, frees an Israeli, and prevents the repair of the Masnaa road. Is this the army command’s recipe for protecting sovereignty? The Lebanese army command always expresses its annoyance with any comments about the way it deals with internal files, especially sensitive ones, as is the case currently in the face of the open Israeli war on Lebanon, which has taken on a different dimension for about two weeks. The army command, in its comments or reactions, is keen to emphasize that it is the party that preserves sovereignty in Lebanon. However, it seems to forget that it is supposed to represent all Lebanese, and not to act like the political parties divided over their view of sovereignty, not to mention the steps it is taking that reflect a special understanding of how to deal with the course of the aggression, which has begun to raise suspicion and reinforce the belief that it is favoritism aimed at enhancing the chances of Army Commander General Joseph Aoun for the presidency of the republic. Al-Akhbar learned that the army command, which uses the official position calling on it to “do what it deems appropriate to protect Lebanon,” found that “appropriate” is close cooperation, and even immediate response to all requests from the United States, Britain, and other Western parties. Among these "appropriate" steps: First: The army proceeded to withdraw its soldiers from all border points near occupied Palestine, under the bombardment, on the pretext that the army is unable to protect itself against any Israeli attacks, and that it received advice from international parties to do so, at a time when the international forces, some of whose units coordinate with the enemy army, refused to leave their forward positions, even though Israel officially asked them yesterday to withdraw 5 kilometers away from the border. Second: The Lebanese army command knows that the Israeli enemy, which announced its intention to carry out a ground operation in Lebanon, is carrying out security operations targeting all Lebanese regions, and may have work programs that include carrying out commando operations and landings in a number of geographical points that will benefit it in the battle with the resistance. Despite this, the army command, which was informed of this information, did not find it appropriate to redeploy its forces to these points, but rather proceeded to withdraw its elements from some dangerous points! Third: While the government’s disaster management department is facing a serious communication crisis with the army command to provide protection elements and facilitate humanitarian support operations for the displaced, the army command is busy meeting the requests of Western embassies, especially the American embassy in Beirut, to strengthen military deployment around the embassy headquarters and around places and neighborhoods inhabited by American diplomats or even American intelligence workers. The Army Command’s exploits do not stop there. Instead of putting pressure on the American side to reopen the Beirut-Damascus road at the Masnaa crossing, the army took the initiative to “control the situation at Beirut International Airport” by organizing an inspection tour for a security, military and diplomatic delegation from the American embassy to all the cargo centers and hangars at the airport, in response to the Americans’ request that they conduct a direct inspection before they write a report to their country stating that Hezbollah is not using the airport. The head of the airport security apparatus, Brigadier General Fadi Kfoury, along with officers from the apparatus, organized the tour of the hangars located near the aviation directorate building at the airport on Wednesday afternoon. However, Yarzeh was not satisfied with this level of “preserving sovereignty” until it committed a scandal by releasing an Israeli spy who was carrying out security tasks in the southern suburb under the cover of a journalist.

Ex-President of #Ukraine #Poroshenko says that if there be elections in Ukraine now, Putin will win it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Watch this poll

https://x.com/KimDotcom/status/1844814544855822597?t=GFR6OdfsizLspVEmRBjzmw&s=19

The huge #BRICS summit in "Isolated" Russia’s Kazan is gearing up and will begin on Oct 22nd.

It'll be attended by Presidents and Prime Minister's from dozens of countries, including:

🇧🇾 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko
🇨🇳 President of China Xi Jinping
🇹🇷 President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
🇿🇦 President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa
🇧🇷 President of Brazil Lula da Silva
🇮🇷 President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian
🇦🇪 President of the United Arab Emirates Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
✅ President of the Republika Srpska of Bosnia and Herzegovina Milorad Dodik
🇪🇬 President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
🇧🇴 President of Bolivia Luis Arce
🇲🇳 President of Mongolia Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh
🇵🇸 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
🇱🇦 President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith
🇸🇦 Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia
🇷🇸 Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin
🇪🇹 Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed
🇦🇲 Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan
🇮🇳 Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi
🇲🇾 Prime Minister of Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold about 20 bilateral meetings with foreign counterparts

The Zionist entity walked into one hell of a trap by invading #Lebanon. Such developments reinforce my analysis that the Resistance has a very clear plan for victory in all-out war with #Israel, and is certain it will prevail.

#Hezbollah is reversing Israel’s tactics by warning residents of Haifa & Acka to leave or become collateral damage. This indicates a new phase is about to be set into motion.

Thread of 2:

https://x.com/HalaJaber/status/1844846925943803953?t=xTc1bkg0useH7kL9tOGqIg&s=19

Nicaragua officially ends diplomatic relations with Israel.

Nicaragua says the break in relations is due to Israel's attacks on Palestinian Territories, calling Israel's government "fascist" and "genocidal."

https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2024-10-12/nicaragua-breaks-off-diplomatic-relations-with-israel-in-solidarity-with-palestine/

#Russia #Ukraine

"Russian forces have become deadlier and more agile with the help of illicit Starlink terminals..."

Six Ukrainian soldiers and officers from different units across the Donetsk region told The Washington Post that Russia has closed the technology gap, making its forces more cohesive and boosting the number and precision of attacks.

'They just overpowered us,' said an officer in the 72nd Mechanized Brigade, which defended the Ugledar area since 2022 and recently had to withdraw. He described the Russian use of Starlink as one of the important factors, along with manpower and weaponry shortfalls, that hastened the fall of Ugledar this month."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/10/12/starlink-russia-ukraine-elon-musk/

After disastrous folly of abandoning peace deal in Spring 2022 for unwinnable proxy war: "The Ukrainian capital is seriously discussing scenarios in which the country foregoes the complete reconquest of its occupied territories, almost 20 percent of Ukrainian territory, for the time being. The [senior Ukrainian] official admits that they had a false idea of ​​victory. "We believed that victory must be the unconditional surrender of Putin's Russia." But it cannot be done without concessions. "A deal must also be advantageous for Russia," he says soberly.

"Whether it's Trump or Harris, the Americans will slowly but surely withdraw," a senior Ukrainian official in Kiev told SPIEGEL in confidence. He sounds pessimistic overall. "The prognosis is poor," he says. He is worried about the morale of some of the troops. "People don't really want to fight anymore." He is also worried about the tensions between people. "The injustices of war could tear society apart."

https://archive.is/q2cC4

"It was common sense during the Cold War that security derived from deterring the Russians without provoking them. This common sense is now long gone as Scandinavia is transformed from a region of peace to an American frontline"

https://glenndiesen.substack.com/p/the-militarisation-of-scandinavia?r=ddqut&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true

#UK #Israel

Leaked files reveal how the Israeli government waged a ten-year lobbying campaign in Britain to protect its officials from war crimes arrests.

The revelation comes as the ICC considers arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

https://www.declassifieduk.org/israel-lobbied-britain-to-change-law-on-war-crimes-arrests/