Alastair Crooke – Strategic Review Sept 22, 2025
Gaza is on fire; the Jewish state will not relent’, Israeli Defence Minister Katz excitedly proclaims: “The IDF is striking with an Iron fist at terrorist infrastructure”. In fact, over recent weeks Israel has struck at ‘infrastructure’ in West Bank, Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, and Tunisia – besides Gaza.
The so-called ‘Rules-Based Order’ blueprint (if it ever truly existed beyond narrative) has been ripped up in favour of violent Zionism: Genocide, sneak attacks under the guise of on-going peace negotiations, assassinations, and the de-capitation of political leaderships. It is war without limits; without rules; without law; and in complete disdain for the UN Charter. Ethical boundaries, more particularly, are dismissed as mere ‘moral relativism’.
Something profound is re-shaping Israeli foreign policy. The transformation needs be understood as a U-turn within the very core of Zionist thinking (a journey from Ben Gurion to Kahane), as Yossi Klein has written.
Israel’s strategy from past decades continues to rest on the hope of achieving some literal Chimeric transformative ‘de-radicalisation’ of both Palestinians and of the Region, writ large – a de-radicalisation that will make ‘Israel safe’. This has been the ‘holy grail’ objective for Zionists since Israel was first founded.
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer claims that such radical mutation in consciousness will only come from the bombing of opponents into utter submission. (The lesson which he draws from WWII). One aspect – Israel’s foreign policy – then is clear: It is the ‘War of the Jungle’.
But there is another aspect; one perhaps more troubling: These norms and ethical principles that Israel openly seeks to tear apart are, in the last resort, American proclaimed norms and values. Strikingly, the U.S. has abandoned its traditional ethos when it comes to Israel. And rather than criticise or seek to limit Israel’s use of such norm-busting military actions, the Trump Administration emulates them – sneak attacks under the guise of talking peace, de-capitation attempts, and striking with missiles at unknown vessels off Venezuela, vaporising the crew.
The U.S. is doing this openly – thumbing its nose, like Israel, at international law and conventions.
It does appear that key components of the U.S. Establishment increasingly favour the military strategies of Israel and even are shifting from the moral ethos of a ‘Just War’, shall we say, to one closer to the Hebraic ethos of ‘Amalek’. It amounts to updating western moral ‘software’ with the alternative ‘justice’ of absolute war.
Does the Israel state have a future? Israel is now carrying out a second Nakba in Gaza and the West Bank, with Jewish society remaining trapped in repression and denial – just as it was back in 1948. Israeli Historian, Ilan Pappe wrote in 2006 in his seminal work on the 1948 Nakba the fundamental importance of “retrieving [the events of 1948] from oblivion”:
Once the decision was taken [on 10 March 1948], it took six months to complete the mission. When it was over, more than half of Palestine’s native population, close to 800,000 people, had been uprooted, 531 villages … destroyed, and eleven urban neighbourhoods emptied of their inhabitants. The plan … and above all its systematic implementation in the following months, was a clear-cut case of an ethnic cleansing operation, regarded under international law today as a crime against humanity …
The story of 1948 is not complicated … It is the simple but horrific story of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, a crime against humanity that Israel has wanted to deny and cause the world to forget. Retrieving it from oblivion is incumbent upon us, not just as a greatly overdue act of historiographical reconstruction or professional duty; it is … a moral decision, the very first step we must take if we ever want reconciliation to have a chance.
I wrote recently how Israeli film-maker Neta Shoshani’s controversial documentary about the 1948 Nakba showed Israeli ethical and legal boundaries to have been erased in a bout of bloodletting and rape. The absolute loss of ethos (there was no accounting or justice), Shoshani says, imperilled the then-legitimacy of the State founding project. Repeated a second time – the current war – she warns, “could be the one That Ends Israel”.
Shoshani’s comments hint at the trauma felt by secular liberal Jews at witnessing the norms and lifestyle of their largely secular-liberal society upended by the swivel towards the militaristic and eschatological objectives of the Israeli Right. Finance Minister Smotrich declared recently that the Jewish people are experiencing “the process of redemption and the return of the divine presence to Zion – as they engage in the ‘conquest of the land’”.
Many European Jews did arrive in the new Israeli state to find safety and protection, however, they also came to participate in the Zionist project in Palestine.
For now, Netanyahu states he has Trump’s “100%” support and “unlimited credit” for the maelstrom unleashed across the region. As Ben Caspit writes, quoting a senior Israeli diplomat:
“The fact that Rubio landed here just days after the [Doha] attack, and voiced almost no criticism — in fact, the opposite — gives a tailwind to Israel’s operation in Gaza … Israel has not received such a generous and long line of credit from any American administration”.
And Trump seems to be moving away from the ‘global peacemaker’ moniker to concentrate more narrowly on demonstrating American ‘exceptional greatness’ – through tariffs, sanctions or military operations – thus demonstrating a dominating, if not Great, America.
Yet the problems are all too apparent: In previous years, Israel had been largely relegated to the sidelines at the U.S. National Conservatism Conference. This time around, the Jewish state and its wars couldn’t be avoided. The latest Conservatism conference slid into ‘civil war’ between the neo-con ‘realists’ supporting Israel, and those asking: “Why are these our wars? Why are Israel’s endless problems America’s liabilities? Why should we accept [Israel as being part of] ‘America First’?”, as the editor of The American Conservative exploded: “We f***ing shouldn’t!”
The tension within the Republican Party is obvious: MAGA supporters wish to support Trump, but the big Jewish donors and commentators, such as pro-Israel hawk Max Abrahms, mocked Tucker Carlson-loving “MAGA isolationists” at the conference, who had gone “insane” in their push to disengage from the Middle East.
Trump warned Netanyahu that the genocide in Gaza is causing Israel to bleed support among Republicans, including especially among younger people. Nonetheless, Trump has not modified his unwavering support for Israel (for whatever reason), but he has taken notice of the ‘mood vibe’ amongst his base.
If Trump has indeed noticed the change, Netanyahu doesn’t care. As Amir Tibon in Haaretz reports:
“If Trump thinks his comments on Israel’s loss of ‘control over Congress’ will be a wake-up call for Netanyahu, he’s mistaken. Israelis didn’t need Trump to know that their country is losing the battle over global public opinion”.
“Netanyahu and Ron Dermer … are at peace with Israel’s loss of international support, heightened isolation, the threats of sanctions against it, and arrest warrants for its leaders (including Netanyahu himself). The two don’t seem to care, and the reason, ironically, is the very man sounding the alarm: Donald Trump”.
“From Netanyahu’s point of view, as long as he’s got Trump’s backing – none of it matters”.
Well, Israel’s wars have lost a generation of young American conservatives – and they’re not coming back. Whatever the circumstances to the killing of Charlie Kirk, his death has let loose the genie of ‘Israeli First’ dominance in Republican politics to escape from the bottle.
When Netanyahu does peer out, he will find that Israel has lost America (and the rest of the world, too).
“From Netanyahu’s point of view, as long as he’s got Trump’s balls in his hands– none of it matters”.
Right.
Put the horse in front of the cart. Trump is the junior partner here. He decides NOTHING.
A migrant accused murdering a mother and her three children in a house fire has been found dead in prison.
Bryonie Gawith, 29; Denisty Birtle, nine; Oscar Birtle, five; and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle died after the blaze at their home in Westbury Road, Bradford, in the early hours of August 21 last year.
Mohammed Shabir, 45, of Alice Street, Keighley, was one of three men due to go on trial accused of their murders later this year.
On Thursday, a Prison Service spokesperson said: “Mohammed Shabir died on September 24 2025 at HMP Leeds.
“As with all deaths in custody, the prisons and probation ombudsman will investigate.”
Shabir had denied the murder charges along with co-accused Sharaz Ali, 40, of no fixed address, and Calum Sunerland, 26, of Calton Street, Keighley.
They also denied attempting to murder and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm to Mrs Gawith’s sister Antonia Gawith.
The trial has been fixed for November 17 at Bradford Crown Court.
why do we allow these people into the country ?
Culture is upstream from politics, so polick-shit=ons had BETTER care about what people think
I meant it to be two hyphens
Netanyahu’s plane had to follow the course of the Mediterranean Sea to avoid flying over countries who might arrest him for his war crimes. But what they’re not saying and which might be more fundamental than that, is since the US made it okay to force down planes carrying national leaders and high-ranking dignitaries, Netanyahu was at more risk than simply overflying a country. In a time before the US became lawless the risk was of a mechanical problem forcing a landing after which a wanted individual could be arrested, but since the US became mobster they made it acceptable a dignitariy’s plane could just be forced to land. The US and Israel so lack any vision to foresee the consquences of their actions.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-takes-unusual-flight-route-105532816.html
This ACTOR has been bailed out by the bankers for decades. What would you expect?
More BS. As long as these Jewish controlled central banks exist within these various nations of the world–US/UK/EU/Russia/China/India etc–these nation-states will continue to be ruled by Jews & Israel will never encounter any resistance from them.
dont forget anonnymous attacks on quatar and jordan
Israel has also threatened turkey with setting the americans on them
The “Synagogue of Satan” as Henry Makow so lovingly puts it are a people of war, whom unfortunately the Christian Zionists love being deceived that these are the ppl of G-d, believing the lies portrayed by false clerics such as ultra-wealthy cleric John Hagee, the wealthy late Hal Lindsey (does he not look Khazarian even from his photos? estimated wealthy $53 million, divorced 3 wives and courted a 4th in 2011), the Christians United for Israel, the Pentacostal 700 Club, and even most “Christian Protestant” radio, TV, and printed media. Having absolutely no sense of good works, the following describes current day Israel and its people overall:
Even Truman, the 33rd US President made the following observation:
There has been no change since 1947. They consistently remain murderers, thieves, peace breakers, rapists, bondage enslavers, and etc. Indeed, the 8th Century King Bulan of Khazaria would be proud of them.
The reason for this is that they are Bolshevists. Even they boast of this:
The ruthlessness of Bolshevism resulted in the death of over 66 million Russians and over 40 million Chinese, many of them Christians. Yet John Hagee and his Christians United for Israel funded millions for Russian Bolshevik Jews to immigrate to Israel without any aid to the Palestinians, Lebanese and Syrian Christians, who at one time were 40 percent of the Arab populations. The Christian Zionists have failed to read their Bibles that state,
Yet Hagee supports Israel’s murder by advocating death to Iranians.
Edward Hendrie discusses this lack of a moral compass by Israel in his book, Bloody Zion, Refuting the Jewish Fables That Sustain Israel’s War Against God and Man (2012), Chapter 21 – The Tyranny of Zionism states:
As a result, this genie released from the bottle, the murderous destruction of the Palestinians and their livelihood, mercilessly imprisoning them in Gaza so they can only escape by death has caused many younger Christians to leave the Protestant Zionist churches. It would also not surprise me that it has also opened the eyes of the lesser Jews to see they are being used as cannon fodder by these ultra-wealthy Satanists.
With the lawless murderous pre-emptive attacks by Israel, who doesn’t even honour ceasefires and negotiations, sowing destruction and murder of innocents in Syria, Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Qatar, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and etc., perhaps G-d may use them to fulfil His righteous anger? Gog is Netanyahu and his cohorts, not the Honourable Vladimir Putin of Russia as the Christian Zionists have erroneously identified.
the countries who refused rothschild banking
have ben attacked by israel and bombed to hell
then rothschild banking can make loans at great interest to rebuild
simple its how the dirty jews work
I’ve felt for more than 10 years Murica gonna turn into the next Weimar Republic..boots & all
Unsere
Selige
Adolph
or “USA” as the ex national socialists cryptically referred to Herr Hilter