Douglas Macgregor explains to George Galloway why the U.S. has few friends today in the Middle East. Israel has “grossly underestimated” the impact of its actions and as a result Washington and its few remaining allies are in for a “long ugly war”.
Like a drowning man, Israel is flailing around desperately. If Washington isn’t careful with its ‘assistance’ to the Zionist state, it could find itself being dragged under too. And with a senile president at the helm that could very easily happen
Scott Ritter on how Israelis are waking up to the fact that they’ve been lied to about the events of Oct 7, and the likely outcome if Hezbollah steps-up its campaign in northern Israel
“You wouldn’t know it from looking at the mainstream media, but Israel has lost … they’ve been fought to a standstill in most areas of Gaza and forced to retreat in others” – Scott Ritter
In front of the cameras, the Biden administration is calling for restraint and urging Israel to minimise civilian casualties, writes Jonathan Cook. But behind the scenes, it is carefully calibrating just how much savagery Israel needs to unleash to send the right message to the non-Western world: You cannot win. You must obey.
Israeli losses continue to mount and, as we’ve noted elsewhere, they include a high number of senior officers. Among the latest: a Brigade commander and a Lieutenant Colonel
Ahmed al-Kahlout, head of the hospital said that Israeli forces bombed the maternity ward, resulting in the deaths of two mothers along with their newborn babies
The Rothschilds reputedly own the Economist. So when it claims that the U.S. is demanding that Israel end its operation in Gaza by the New Year it shouldn’t be dismissed. However, as we explain, there is one major problem with this. Particularly for Israel
The Israelis are meeting serious resistance in Gaza. We suspected as much because Israeli Defense Force (IDF) casualty reports only seem to list officers or senior NCOs. It now seems likely that was because the IDF weren’t counting casualties among the more junior ranks
Gaza is turning into a quagmire for the Israeli Defense Force. In the last 24 hours 4 more IDF soldiers have been killed, taking the total killed in the last 7 days to 36
Former U.S. ambassador Martin Indyk claims that Netanyahu is “currently causing a rift” with Biden, whom he described as “Israel’s only friend in this crisis.” Says the Israeli leader needs to resign “before he does even more damage to Israel.”
Strikes come a day after the US vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.