'Captives of Netanyahu, not Hamas,' says Israeli captive in new video

from al Mayadeen English

In a new video from Gaza, an Israeli captive accuses his own government of abandoning captives and fueling endless war for political gain. 

 

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Later in the video, Dalal reiterates that the true obstacle to their release is the Israeli leadership: “We’re captives of Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir, and Smotrich, who have been lying the entire time and don’t want us to go back home.”

Speaking amid the sounds of constant Israeli bombardment, Dalal paints a grim picture of the situation on the ground: “I am now in Gaza City, and the explosions are ongoing non-stop. Warplanes are above us. We want all of this to end, to go back to our families.”

He says they are now close to the frontlines and at imminent risk.

“We’re close to the army. We’re scared. There are explosions and gunfire. Please, take us back home.”

The video underscores both the escalating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the internal dissent now emerging among Israeli captives. Dalal's message reflects not only the growing urgency of the situation in Gaza, but also the intensifying internal scrutiny of the current Israeli government, particularly Prime Minister Netanyahu, whose pursuit of an endless war is increasingly viewed by settlers as a political strategy to maintain power, regardless of the human cost.

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Belgium's BS Offer to Recognize Palestine Statehood

by Scott Creighton

 

It's a stunt to appease the large percentage of their population who want their government to take a stand against the genocide being committed by Israel against the people of Palestine. Its a stunt that comes with extremely unrealistic and frankly arrogant, Israel-supporting conditions: 

'Maxime Prevot said Belgium's plans to recognize a Palestinian state will be announced at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 9.

However, the acknowledgment is predicated on two conditions – the return of all Israeli hostages held in Gaza and the removal of Hamas from political power in the coastal exclave. The conditions make it unlikely the recognition will be formalized anytime soon.' Daily Sabah

These conditions obviously favor Israel after all, the forced regime change in Gaza is what Israel has wanted from the start.

In Belgium the only legitimate government they will recognize in Palestine is one subservient to their Israeli masters. This is the message they are sending the rest of the world.

Are You Kidding Me?!? Israel Kills 5 More Journalists While BOMBING A HOSPITAL!

by Scott Creighton

 

20 people died in Gaza when the IDF targeted Nasser Hospital again with yet another illegal and immoral 'double tap' strike, several were medical staff and 5 were journalists.

Palestinian patients fled the hospital without receiving the urgent care they were hoping to get which is of course the whole point of why the terrorist organization, the IDF, did it in the first place. 

Killing journalists while bombing hospitals and targeting rescue workers trying to save lives. Unbelievable. 

Four journalists, including Al Jazeera photographer Mohammad Salama, are among 20 people killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health.

The ministry said on Monday that the victims were killed on the fourth floor of the hospital in a double-tap strike – one missile hitting first, then another moments later as rescue crews arrived.

Those killed also included Hussam al-Masri, who worked as a photojournalist for the Reuters news agency; Mariam Abu Daqqa, who worked as a journalist with several media outlets, including The Independent Arabic and The Associated Press news agency; and journalist Moaz Abu Taha, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.

Israeli forces tighten siege on occupied West Bank village, block ambulances

from PressTV

Israeli forces have tightened the siege on the village of al-Mughayyir in the occupied West Bank for a fourth day, intensifying their raids on homes, arrests of residents, and destruction of farmland.

Local activist Mohammed Abu Alia said troops stormed more than 30 houses, ransacked belongings, and fired tear gas inside one residence.

He added that soldiers seized vehicles, money and jewelry, while barring residents and journalists from entering the village. Many families have been stranded outside since Thursday.

Bulldozers were also seen clearing land to make way for a new settler road through the eastern outskirts of the village, uprooting hundreds of trees in the process. 

The incursions follow claims that an illegal settler was injured in a shooting operation at a settlement outpost built on the grounds of al-Mughayyir.

Rawhi Fattouh, head of the Palestinian National Council, denounced the raid as part of a “systematic policy of forced displacement and ethnic cleansing.”

He said the violence in al-Mughayyir was directly linked to Israel’s broader settlement agenda, including the recently approved E1 plan east of al-Quds.

Critics say the controversial scheme would sever the West Bank and prevent a viable Palestinian state...

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31 Arab, Muslim countries condemn Netanyahu's 'Greater Israel' goals

from Daily Sabah

Foreign ministers from 31 Arab and Muslim nations, joined by the heads of the Arab League, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), on Friday denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments on the so-called “Greater Israel,” warning they endanger Arab national security and regional stability.

"These statements represent a grave disregard for, and a blatant and dangerous violation of the rules of international law and the foundations of stable international relations,” they said in a joint statement. "They also constitute a direct threat to Arab national security, to the sovereignty of states, and to regional and international peace and security.”

Netanyahu told news channel i24 on Tuesday that he feels "very attached” to the vision of a Greater Israel. He said he considers himself "on a historic and spiritual mission” which "generations of Jews that dreamt of coming here and generations of Jews who will come after us.”

"Greater Israel” is a term used in Israeli politics to refer to the expansion of Israel’s territory to include the West Bank, Gaza, and Syria’s Golan Heights, with some interpretations also including Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula and parts of Jordan.

The bloc stressed that while member states remain committed to international legitimacy and the U.N. Charter on prohibiting the use or threat of force, they "will adopt all policies and measures that preserve peace, in a manner that serves the interests of all states and peoples.”..

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Netanyahu Backs Idea of “Greater Israel,” Which Includes Parts of Jordan, Egypt

(It could be argued that Netanyahu is scared of the zealots in his country now that he has helped empower them much like Trump is afraid of the MIC here in the states and that they both are doing the bidding of these fascist extremist elements out of fear. 

Yitzhak Rabin was killed in '95 by a far right Zionist zealot when he was considering the 2 state solution...

John F. Kennedy was killed by the MIC and others after he kicked off his campaign to seek peace with the Soviet Union with his famous Peace Speech in the summer of '63.)

from Truthout

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he feels “very” attached to the extremist vision of “Greater Israel,” a plan for the conquest of not just historic Palestine but also parts of Egypt, Jordan, and potentially other countries.

In an interview with Israeli outlet i24 on Tuesday, Netanyahu said in Hebrew that he is on a “historic and spiritual” mission, per translations by Times of Israel and Middle East Eye.

The interviewer gives Netanyahu an amulet, which is not visible on screen, that he says depicts “Greater Israel” and a “map of the promised land.” When he asks if the prime minister agrees with the vision of Israel, Netanyahu says, “very much.” 

“Greater Israel” refers to an Israeli vision, pushed by ultra-nationalists, of conquering Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as well as the Sinai Peninsula, Syria’s Golan Heights, and Jordan. Some versions of “Greater Israel” also refer to Lebanon, other parts of Syria and Egypt, and even parts of Iraq and Saudi Arabia.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a key coalition partner for the prime minister, has previously pushed the idea of a “Greater Israel.” Last year, Smotrich said in an interview for a documentary that he believes that Israel must expand to encompass Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. “The future of Jerusalem is to expand to Damascus,” he reportedly said, per Middle East Eye...

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Hamas: Netanyahu’s ‘Greater Israel’ comments reflect his ‘madness, delirium’

 (From the river to the river. From the Euphrates to the  Nile. According to them, it all belongs to 'the Jews' cus the sky man said so.)

from PressTV

Hamas says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent comments in support of a so-called "Greater Israel" scheme reflect the “madness and delirium” that govern his behavior and his extremist ruling gang.

In a statement on Wednesday, the Palestinian resistance movement denounced Netanyahu’s statements a day earlier in which he affirmed his deep connection to what he called the "Greater Israel vision."

Netanyahu told Israeli media on Tuesday that he feels a deep connection to "this vision" of a “Greater Israel,” referring to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories as well as parts of Egypt, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, and described it as “a historical and spiritual mission.”

“These statements clearly confirm the danger posed by this fascist entity to all countries and peoples of the region, and its expansionist plans that spare no country,” Hamas said.

It added that war criminal Netanyahu and his extremist ruling gang have waged a brutal campaign of genocide and starvation against the Palestinian people in Gaza and seek to expand their aggression against other regional countries...

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Israel's Netanyahu signals full military occupation over Gaza

(Netanyahu plans to steal the land once and for all. His Clean Break dreams coming to fruition.) 

from Daily Sabah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has openly declared his intention for Israel to take full military occupation of the Gaza Strip, as Tel Aviv faces mounting international scrutiny and ongoing genocide charges due to its inhumane blockade and genocidal attacks.

In an interview with Fox News on Thursday, Netanyahu stated, “We intend to,” when asked whether Israel would seize the entire 26-mile coastal enclave. “We don’t want to keep it. We want to have a security perimeter. We don’t want to govern it. We don’t want to be there as a governing body,” he added.

Netanyahu is scheduled to meet with top security officials to discuss the potential expansion of military operations in the enclave, following the collapse of cease-fire negotiations last month.

Netanyahu is planning to widen the assault on Gaza with the aim of occupying the entire enclave, signaling more attacks in densely populated areas, including central refugee camps...

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Israel steals the rubble of Gaza: When the occupation kills the present and plunders the future

from the Palestinian Information Center

After running out of targets to bomb in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army has moved to a new phase of brutal crimes against a population that has endured all forms of abuse—killing, destruction, and imprisonment. This new phase involves profiting from the remains of their destroyed homes, preventing them from using this rubble to rebuild, all under the pretext of “debris removal.”

According to activists, these operations involve transporting huge amounts of rubble—including iron, stones, and cement—from demolished homes into Israel using Israeli trucks and bulldozers. The materials are then recycled and later sold to Israeli construction companies, turning the remnants of Palestinian homes into a source of economic profit for the occupation army.

Activists believe the objectives behind these operations include generating profit through the sale of rubble to construction firms, erasing evidence of the crimes committed by the occupation against Gaza’s residents—similar to what happened to the destroyed Palestinian villages within 1948 occupied Palestine—preventing Gaza’s people from rebuilding their homes using this debris, and preventing resistance fighters from hiding behind the ruins to carry out operations against the occupation forces stationed in various areas of the Strip...

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Netanyahu plans complete occupation of Gaza amid humanitarian crisis

(They don't care about the hostages. They didn't care about Israeli civilians on Oct 7th 2023 so why are people shocked they don't care about Israeli hostages getting killed by IDF now?) 

from Daily Sabah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to widen the assault on Gaza with the aim of occupying the entire enclave, reports quoted an official from his office as saying Monday, as the Palestinian enclave is already devastated by Tel Aviv's ongoing blockade and genocidal attacks.

Netanyahu will be convening his cabinet on Tuesday to make a decision on the matter, Israeli media reported.

"We must continue to stand together and fight together to achieve all our war objectives: the defeat of the enemy, the release of our hostages, and the assurance that Gaza will no longer pose a threat to Israel," Netanyahu said at the outset of a regular cabinet meeting.

Israel's Channel 12 cited an official from his office as saying that Netanyahu was inclining towards expanding the offensive and seizing the entire Palestinian enclave.

Netanyahu's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

"The die is cast - we are going for a full occupation of the Gaza Strip," a senior official close to Netanyahu was quoted as saying by the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.

"There will be operations even in areas where hostages are being held. If the IDF (army) chief of staff doesn't agree, he should resign."...

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‘Strange Order’: Evidence grows that Israel let Oct 7 happen to justify Gaza invasion

from PressTV

A Golani Brigade soldier has revealed that Israeli troops near Gaza were ordered to stand down from routine patrols on October 7, fueling suspicions that the Israeli leadership may have had foreknowledge of the Hamas operation.

Israeli soldier Shalom Sheetrit, who was stationed at the Pega military outpost near Kibbutz Be'eri, testified about unusual orders he received on the morning of the 7 October Hamas operation. He said he and his fellow troops were instructed not to conduct their daily border patrol along the Gaza fence.

“We were playing on the phone [at 5:20 am] and suddenly a strange message comes from my battalion commander,” Sheetrit said, the Cradle reported, citing Israeli media outlets. “And what he says on the call is something like this: ‘I don't know why, but an order was issued that there are no patrols at the fence until nine in the morning.’”

The Hamas operation, dubbed Al-Aqsa Storm, targeted multiple Israeli military posts, including the Pega outpost, where 14 soldiers were killed.

When asked if the order contributed to the vulnerability of soldiers, many of whom were reportedly still asleep, Sheetrit said he could not confirm, adding, “I don't want to just say that.”

He admitted that their unit failed to defend Kibbutz Be'eri, where over 100 Israelis died in what became one of the deadliest battles.

Following the operation, Israeli forces launched heavy airstrikes, including attacks by Apache helicopters and drones. These strikes, reportedly in line with the Hannibal Directive, aimed to prevent Hamas from abducting hostages but led to the deaths of both Israeli settlers and militants...

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The Watchtower Girls: IDF soldier says she warned of Hamas attack on Oct. 7 multiple times and Was Ignored

 ('I want to know one thing: who received the information and did nothing. Who turned a blind eye and why?' 

I can answer that for you. )

 

from NBC News (A YEAR AGO)

Speaker Johnson Calls Illegally Occupied West Bank 'Integral Part' of Israel

from Common Dreams

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday led a high-level Republican delegation on a visit to the occupied West Bank, where the second-in-line to the U.S. presidency told a rapt audience in an illegal Jewish settler colony that they are the rightful owners of the Palestinian territory.

"The mountains of Judea and Samaria are the rightful property of the Jewish people," Johnson (R-La.) said in Ariel, using the biblical name for the West Bank, which includes East Jerusalem. Ariel was built on land stolen from the Palestinian towns of Salfit, Marda, and Iskaka after Israeli forces conquered the West Bank in a 1967 war waged on false pretense of an imminent threat of Egyptian and Syrian attack.

"Judea and Samaria are the front line of the state of Israel and must remain an integral part of it," Johnson added.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry condemned Johnson's visit, calling his endorsement of Israeli annexation a "blatant violation of international law."

"All settlement activity is illegal and void," the ministry stressed, adding that Johnson's stance "undermines Arab and American efforts to stop the war and cycle of violence, while flagrantly contradicting the declared U.S. position on settlements and settler violence."...

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'Israel's use of hunger as weapon proof it has no regard for humanity'

 

from Daily SAbah

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan strongly criticized Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, as he said Tel Aviv's use of hunger as a weapon proves it has no regard for humanity, amid global outrage over the dire situation in the blockaded Palestinian enclave.

Speaking at a joint news conference with his Kazakh Counterpart, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Erdoğan said Israel’s use of hunger as a weapon against Palestinians is the clearest indication that they have no share in humanity.”

Erdoğan also said it is essential for all countries, especially Muslim nations, to raise their voices against Israel's barbarities in Gaza.

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Hezbollah condemns Israeli vote on 'sovereignty' over West Bank

from al Mayadeen English

Hezbollah has strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s vote on Wednesday in favor of a bill to impose “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley, describing it as a dangerous reaffirmation of "Israel's" expansionist and colonial agenda.

In a statement issued Thursday, Hezbollah warned that allowing the Israeli occupation to continue its actions unchallenged would only embolden further aggression. “The Israeli occupation will not stop at the borders of the West Bank, al-Quds, or Palestine,” the Lebanese Resistance declared, adding that “its plans will eventually encompass the entire region.”

Hezbollah stressed that no country or group in the region is safe from what it described as a broader Israeli scheme for regional control. It linked the continued military aggression on Lebanon and Syria, including attacks, incursions, and land seizures, as well as the war on Yemen, to a unified strategy aimed at advancing the Israeli entity’s expansionist ambitions. 

It said the Knesset’s move comes amid the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

“With each passing day of the war on the Palestinian people, and the ongoing genocide, siege, and starvation campaign in Gaza, the expansionist Israeli policies and the Talmudic dreams of establishing what is called the historical homeland of the Jewish people are surfacing more blatantly,” Hezbollah's statement read...

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Ankara condemns Israeli parliament’s call to annex occupied West Bank

(Imagine that. The 'Jewish State' voting to steal some shit from other people. What are the odds?)

(But we are told over and over and over again it's all about Hamas. It's all about Oct. 7th. It's all about Jews feeling safe. Turns out all of that is bullshit. They knew before Oct. 7th and let it happen anyway so they could use it as cover to launch Greater Israel plan in earnest. And this is the West Bank. Hamas doesn't run the West Bank. They just want to steal the land and the West Bank, thanks to Vichy Fatah and PA is the easiest mark to start with. Plus, they figure, America is distracted by Trump and Epstein so... never let a crisis go to waste.) 

from Daily Sabah

Türkiye has strongly condemned the Israeli parliament's recent resolution urging the government to annex the occupied West Bank, denouncing the move as a flagrant violation of international law and a dangerous provocation.

In a written statement issued Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry declared the resolution “null and void under international law and without any validity,” stressing that the West Bank is Palestinian territory that has remained under Israeli occupation since 1967.

The ministry criticized the move as part of broader efforts by Israel to undermine peace and destabilize the region.

“Any Israeli attempt at annexation is illegitimate and provocative,” the statement read, warning that Israel's “violent policies and unlawful actions” are not only worsening the humanitarian crisis but also threatening international order and regional security.

Türkiye calls on the international community to take immediate and concrete steps to halt Israel’s actions, the statement said.

“Binding and deterrent measures must be taken without delay against genocidal Israel’s aggression; the legal and moral obligations of the international system must be effectively fulfilled,” the statement urged.

Earlier this week, the Israeli parliament voted in favor of a resolution calling on the government to annex the West Bank – territory internationally recognized as occupied Palestinian land. Of the 120 Knesset members, 71 supported the resolution, 13 opposed it, and the rest abstained.

The resolution claims the West Bank as “the historical, cultural and spiritual homeland of the Jewish people and an inseparable part of the Land of Israel.”...

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Saudi Arabia told US that Syrian forces should deploy to Sweida despite Israeli objections, source says

'During the sectarian clashes in May, Israel carried out strikes near the presidential palace in Damascus, saying it was a warning against attacks on the Druze. However, some Druze figures in Syria and Lebanon have accused Israel of stoking sectarian divisions to advance its own expansionist aspirations in the region' BBC 

(You don't expect to find the truth hiding in a nugget in the BBC but, there it is in black and white. Israel and the U.S. and our proxy president in Syria are happy to use terrorists (like ISIS before them) to drive the Druze out of the area in southern Syria so Israel can steal it outright like the Kurds did in eastern Syria.)

(Glorious Israel gave the leader of Syria an order to not deploy troops to Sweida and let the terrorists do their jobs clearing out the place making ready for the new Jewish residents. He sent them anyway... Glorious Israel attacked. And Daniela Weiss says Israel is not trying to steal land. Yeah right.) 

from Middle East Eye

Saudi Arabia told the US that Syrian security forces should be allowed to deploy to the country's restive south despite Israeli objections, a US official told Middle East Eye.

The official, who requested anonymity due to sensitivities around the topic, said that Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday that the kingdom supported Syria’s military asserting control in the southern Syrian province of Sweida.

A readout of the call provided by the State Department said the two sides "discussed regional security matters, including efforts to end the violence in Syria".

It did not provide further details.

The US official briefed on the call, and a second source familiar with the diplomacy, told MEE on Friday that the kingdom was "angry" about Israel attacking Syrian soldiers and dictating military deployments to Damascus. 

Sweida has been the site of sectarian violence between the majority Druze community and Sunni Bedouins. After bloody fighting broke out on Sunday, the Syrian government deployed troops to Sweida at the request of local authorities, prompting Israel to launch severe strikes against the Syrian army.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then ordered Syria's government not to deploy troops south. When President Ahmed al-Sharaa did, Israel launched strikes on Syrian military convoys.

On Wednesday, Israel bombed the Syrian defence ministry and areas near the presidential palace...

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World rallies behind Syria as Israel tears away at it

from PressTV

International organizations and a whole host of countries have expressed outright condemnation of the Israeli regime’s escalating deadly and destructive attacks against Syria under the pretext of protecting the country’s Druze minority. 

A torrent of statements followed the regime’s attack on various areas in the country on Wednesday, including areas lying in its south, in reported support for the Druze.

The attacks came as fighting between members of the minority and Bedouin tribes has killed hundreds of people, with the Israeli involvement being feared to be aimed at intensifying the confrontations and further destabilizing Syria...

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Israel bombs military headquarters in Damascus

(While the al Qaeda leadership in the country is just fine with Glorious Israel attacking and killing Syrians on the daily so they can steal their land. But don't fret fake-alt-left... it was Assad who 'killed his own people'... right? Right Maxypad?) 

(Glorious Israel says it's attacking the Syrian military because they dare to oppose Israel from stealing more land (Suwayda) and that they are protecting the Druze community. Druze leaders say they want an immediate ceasefire so they can adequately rejoin the Syrian state. They don't want to be part of Greater Israel. )

(Looks like our puppet terrorist in charge in Syria has been letting the U.S. run ISIS-style terror campaign against the Druze in the region for a couple months, burning homes, killing dissidents, generally making ready for the new landlords, Israel. Same shit we did in eastern Syria on behalf of Greater Kurdistan.) 

from PressTV

Israel has bombed the military headquarters in the Syrian capital, Damascus.

The Wednesday airstrike escalates tensions as the regime has warned the ruling HTS administration to withdraw forces from the southern city of Suwayda.

Israeli minister for military affairs Israel Katz said in a statement that the military “struck the entrance of the Syrian regime’s military headquarters in the area of Damascus in Syria.”

According to reports, two drone attacks hit the premises of the Syrian Ministry of Defense—one in front of the main entrance and another near the rear of the building.

Medical sources in Syria said at least one person was killed and 18 others wounded in the attacks.

Israel said it struck a "military target" in the area of the presidential palace in Damascus. The military, it said, "continues to strike military targets belonging to the Syrian regime in Damascus.”

Katz warned Syria’s interim regime to withdraw its forces from the southern Druze-majority city of Suwayda, where fierce clashes have erupted in recent days between the Druze community and Bedouins, who are Sunni Muslims.

Israel is likely to send more troops to the Syrian border.

On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu ordered military units to target any Syrian government troops or weapons entering Suwayda province...

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Genocidal BiBi Netanyahu's Endless 8th Front Against the Truth

by Scott Creighton

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu went on Fox News the other day and announced he and Glorious Israel are opening up an '8th front' against what he called disinformation and lies being told about the sickening genocide being committed by Israel right now in their effort to realize their Greater Israel Zionist agenda.

 

What he is talking about is shutting down the truth being told about what they are doing to the Palestinians people. The murder they are committing. The rapes by IDF soldiers of Palestinian prisoners both male and female. The starvation campaign being run by the IDF using it as a weapon of war targeting the civilian population, a major war crime and crime against humanity. The bombing of hospitals, schools, places of worship and refugee camps.

What he is talking about is silencing those of us out here who shed light on the Gaza 2035 plan to steal the whole of Gaza and turn it into something resembling UAE.

And what he is talking about is doing this on American soil to American journalists, bloggers and influencers. And Fox News doesn't seem to have a problem with it.