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Iran’s Khamenei Blames US And Israel For Syrian Crisis

December 15, 2024 Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. Educate! Bashar al-Assad, Gaza, Hamas, Hayat Tahrir al-sham (HTS), Hezbollah, Imperialism, Iran, ISIS, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Zionism

The US and Israel bear joint responsibility for the current situation in Syria, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said during a public event in Tehran on Wednesday, December 11. This was the first time Khamenei addressed the topic following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government and the establishment of a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS)-backed administration in Syria. While acknowledging Turkey’s role in supporting HTS, a designated terrorist organization that seized power after President Assad left the country on Sunday, Khamenei said that “the main conspirator, the main planner and the command centre lie in America and the Zionist regime,” IRNA reported.

How The West Rebranded Al-Qaeda’s Jolani As Syria’s ‘Woke’ New Leader

December 13, 2024 Alan MacLeod, MintPress News. Educate! Al-Qaeda, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East, Syria, Terrorist, US Imperialism

Corporate media is heralding the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the emergence of Abu Mohammed al-Jolani as the new leader of Syria, despite his deep ties to both al-Qaeda and ISIS. “How Syria’s ‘diversity-friendly’ jihadists plan on building a state,” runs the headline from an article in Britain’s Daily Telegraph that suggests that Jolani will construct a new Syria, respectful of minority rights. The same newspaper also labeled him a “moderate Jihadist.” The Washington Post described him as a pragmatic and charismatic leader, while CNN portrayed him as a “blazer-wearing revolutionary.”

Al-Qaeda-Linked ‘Rebels’ In Syria Say They ‘Love Israel’

December 7, 2024 Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. Resistance Report Al-Qaeda, DIA, Gaza, Hezbollah, HTS, Iran, Iraq, ISIL, ISIS, Islamic State, Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra, Lebanon, Nusra Front, Palestine, Syria, Turkey, Wars and Militarism

The United States spent billions over years arming and training militants in Syria, many linked to Al-Qaeda and ISIS. Current US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan admitted back in 2012 that “AQ [Al-Qaeda] is on our side in Syria”. In late November 2024, armed extremists took over Syria’s second-biggest city, Aleppo, in an operation sponsored by NATO member Turkey. Some of the Al-Qaeda-linked “rebels” that rule the Syrian provinces of Aleppo and Idlib told the Israeli media that they “love Israel”. They vowed to establish a new pro-Western regime in Syria.

Israel’s Genocide Day 423: Israeli Siege Of North Gaza Intensifies

December 3, 2024 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Educate! Ceasefire, Gaza, Genocide, Hezbollah, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), War crimes, Wars and Militarism

The UN agency responsible for providing humanitarian relief to Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, announced on Sunday that it has suspended receiving and delivering aid to Gaza through the Karam Abu Salem crossing between Israel and Rafah in southern Gaza, the main entry point to the Strip for humanitarian aid. The agency, which is the largest supplier of aid in Gaza, said in a statement that the road for delivering aid to the crossing point has been dangerous for months, especially since the Israeli invasion of Rafah last April. UNRWA also said that several truck drivers and aid delivery workers had been killed or injured, adding that “it can not continue to put their lives at risk.”

Israeli Army Pushes Deeper Into South Lebanon, Violating Ceasefire

November 29, 2024 The Cradle. Educate! Ceasefire, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, War crimes

Israeli forces continued to violate the ceasefire with Lebanon on 29 November, advancing on the southern towns of Markaba and Khiam and opening fire at citizens during a funeral – following continuous violations since the agreement went into effect two days ago. “Israeli forces advanced today to the town square of Markaba, which they were unable to enter during the days of the confrontations, and occupied it now during the ceasefire, and the [Israeli] army is carrying out bulldozing operations and destroying roads. Civilians were present in the town yesterday,” Al Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib reported.

Ceasefire In Lebanon And The future Of Resistance To Israel

November 28, 2024 Abdaljawad Omar, Mondoweiss. Educate! Ceasefire, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon

The ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and Israel can be approached through several lenses. The most significant is the cumulative blows that Israel has dealt to the Lebanese resistance, systematically targeting its cadre, leadership, and operational capabilities since September. These operations have raised the cost of Hezbollah’s “unity of fields” strategy, signaling that maintaining an active military posture across multiple fronts comes with a greater toll than anticipated. Signs had already begun to surface suggesting that Hezbollah was prepared to entertain a ceasefire, provided it allowed them to preserve their operational standing, safeguard the integrity of southern Lebanon, and uphold their ontological narrative of resistance.

Israel’s genocide Day 416: Minimal Food Aid Allowed Into Gaza

November 26, 2024 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Educate! Gaza, Hezbollah, Humanitarian Aid, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Wars and Militarism

Israel and Lebanon are very close to concluding a ceasefire deal, claimed Israeli reports on Monday, after two days of intense fire exchange between Hezbollah and the Israeli army over the weekend. On Monday, the Israeli ambassador to the US told the Israeli army’s radio that Israel was close to reaching a ceasefire deal with Lebanon within days, while the Israeli minister of immigration told the same radio station that ceasefire talks with Lebanon reached advanced stages. These Israeli reports came as the Israeli daily Israel Hayom reported that Netanyahu held a meeting with key ministers in his cabinet late on Sunday

Israel: Beginning Of The End

November 22, 2024 Stefan Moore, Consortium News. Educate! Hezbollah, Israel, Palestine, Wars and Militarism

Contrary to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s bellicose July 24 speech before a joint session of the United States Congress pledging to achieve “total victory” over Hamas, Israel is being decisively defeated – militarily, economically and as a society. On the battlefield — despite Israel’s genocidal campaign of bombing, mass starvation and assassinations — the prospect of victory over Hamas and Hezbollah is now seriously disputed by many of Israel’s former and current military and intelligence officials. “The country really is galloping towards the edge of an abyss…losing more and more soldiers as they get killed or wounded,” wrote former General Yitzhak Brik in Haaretz.

Prepping Readers To Accept Mass Slaughter In Lebanese ‘Strongholds’

November 10, 2024 Belén Fernández, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! Hezbollah, Israel, Journalism, Lebanon, Media, Wars and Militarism

Back in May 2015, the New York Times’ Isabel Kershner decided to moonlight as an Israeli military propagandist by penning an alleged exposé (5/12/15)—headlined “Israel Says Hezbollah Positions Put Lebanese at Risk”—in which she diligently conveyed all that Israel had to say about Hezbollah’s infrastructure in south Lebanon. The minuscule hamlet of Muhaybib, for example, was said to contain no fewer than “nine arms depots, five rocket-launching sites, four infantry positions, signs of three underground tunnels, three anti-tank positions and, in the very center of the village, a Hezbollah command post.”

Israel’s Genocide Day 391: Israel Kills 200 Palestinians In Gaza

November 1, 2024 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Educate! Ceasefire, Gaza, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine

In his first televised address as newly elected Secretary General of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem said on Wednesday that his leadership of the Lebanese resistance group will be a continuation of the leadership of his predecessor, Hasan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel on September 28. Qassem affirmed that Hezbollah has not changed course despite the heavy blows it suffered with Israel’s assassination of several of its top military leaders, Nasrallah included. The Hezbollah Secretary General stated that the organization had the capacity to “fight for days, weeks, and months.”

US Ambassador To Lebanon Promotes ‘Internal Uprising’ To Assist Israel

October 30, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Educate! Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Report, US Aid To Israel, US Diplomacy, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

A high-ranking Lebanese security source revealed to Al-Akhbar newspaper that the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson, is continuing her agenda to prepare Lebanon for a “post-Hezbollah era” by mobilizing “internal” forces against the Islamic resistance movement while it fights the Israeli Army. In discussions with Lebanese politicians, Johnson reportedly said, “Israel cannot achieve everything through war; it’s time for you to do your part and launch an internal uprising under the banner of ‘Enough.’” The ambassador added, “The Lebanese people must show their desire to rise up and get rid of Hezbollah and return to the context that emerged after the assassination of Rafik Hariri, especially since the regional, international, and field circumstances are in your favor.”

Israel’s Genocide Day 374: Israeli Airstrike Burns Patients Alive

October 15, 2024 Qassam Muaddi, Mondoweiss. Educate! Crimes against humanity, Genocide, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, Wars and Militarism

Israel killed at least 62 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours according to the Gaza branch of the Palestinian Health Ministry. Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted houses and shelter centers across the strip, including three direct attacks on displaced Palestinians in the north and the center of the Gaza Strip. In Deir al-Balah, Israeli drones opened fire at tents of displaced families in the perimeter of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, provoking a fire that spread across tents, killing at least four Palestinians and burning several patients alive in their hospital beds. Harrowing images appeared on social media depicting the victims engulfed by flames and visibly moving while lying down in hospital beds as they burned alive

UN Troops To ‘Stay In All Positions’ Inside Lebanon Despite Israeli Threats

October 15, 2024 News Desk, The Cradle. Resist! France, Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, UNIFIL, United Nations (UN), UNSC, Wars and Militarism

The UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, confirmed on 14 October that the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) would “stay in all its positions” inside Lebanon after Israeli attacks injured at least five blue helmets. “The decision was made that UNIFIL would currently stay in all its positions in spite of the calls that were made by the Israel Defense Forces to vacate the positions that are in the vicinity of the Blue Line,” Lacroix told reporters on Monday. “I want to emphasize that this decision still remains,” he stressed, adding that the plan was confirmed earlier in the day by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Demonizing Hezbollah To Legitimize US/Israel Onslaught On Lebanon

October 12, 2024 Gregory Shupak, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. Educate! Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon, Media, Propaganda, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

Corporate media’s handling of the US-supported Israeli assault on Lebanon has, like all war propaganda, entailed a campaign to demonize the purported bad guys—Hezbollah, in this case. The coverage of the US/Israeli assault on Lebanon has also evinced a casual disregard for Lebanese lives, and often an outright zest for killing the country’s people. Denouncing Hezbollah as a terrorist outfit is pervasive in corporate punditry. A Wall Street Journal editorial (9/25/24) called the group “terrorists” three times, as in, “One lesson of October 7 is that Israel can’t let terrorists build up armies.”

They Now Know What Real Bombing Means

October 11, 2024 Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. Educate! Genocide, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Lebanon, US Aid To Israel, US Imperialism, Wars and Militarism

On 1 October, US Representative Michael McCaul, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued a statement urging US President Joe Biden to ‘place maximum pressure on Iran and its proxies, rather than pressure Israel for a ceasefire. We need to expedite arms transfers to Israel that this administration has delayed for months, including 2,000-pound bombs, to ensure Israel has all the tools to deter these threats’. McCaul’s belligerent call came days after Israel used over eighty US-made 2,000-pound bombs and other munitions on 27 September, to strike a residential neighbourhood in Beirut and kill – amongst hundreds of civilians – Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (1960–2024), the leader of Hezbollah.

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