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[sinkov]

Very good that Balan, as someone who plays Chess very badly, it's a good job I'm not running Israel.

[Balanbam00]

Just some extra info: Gaza : Why was the building with the A P and Al Jazeera hit?

Israel says Hamas jammed Iron Dome signals from destroyed media building
Envoy to U.S. Gilad Erdan says Israel is willing to assist Associated Press in rebuilding its office in Gaza, which was levelled during 11-days of fighting in the Palestinian enclave last month.
Israel said Tuesday that a Gaza media building it destroyed was used by Hamas to jam air defences as it offered to help the Associated Press rebuild its bureau.

"The unit was developing an electronic jamming system to be used against the Iron Dome defence system," referring to the anti-missile shield that intercepts Hamas rockets. '' Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization that has no regard for the press. It purposely places its terror machine in civilian areas, including in offices being used by international media outlets," he said.

[Balanbam00]

Outwood: ''Oddly and impossibly of course after the latest moves both players are claiming victory.''

The 'game' is still being played.

Israeli strike in Syria kills 8 soldiers, war monitoring group says
UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says strikes that were carried out in Homs, Latakia and Hama - first Israeli attacks in a month - killed 5 Syrian soldiers and 3 foreign fighters; Syria claims strike caused 'only material damage.
An alleged Israeli strike in Syria late Tuesday killed at least eight people, all of whom appear to be soldiers, a war monitoring group said.
Israel has launched hundreds of strikes against Iran-linked military targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations.
Israel views Iranian entrenchment on its northern frontier as a red line, and it has repeatedly struck Iran-linked facilities and weapons convoys destined for Hezbollah.
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The time for negotiating with Iran is over, Israeli analysts warn
Regional experts recommend harsher measures after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Tehran is not prepared to comply with 2015 nuclear deal.
As Iran continues to press ahead with its nuclear program and the United Sates pushes for a return to compliance with a 2015 nuclear deal, some are warning that the time for negotiations is over.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said that it “remains unclear” whether Tehran is ready to comply with the nuclear agreement signed with the world powers.
Blinken also said that the breakout time for Iran to assemble a nuclear weapon could go down to just a few weeks if it continues to violate the terms of the pact.
There is no possibility of successfully negotiating with Tehran because of its religious extremism and ongoing human rights abuses.

From the Middle Eastern point of view, insisting on talks is viewed as a form of weakness and only serves to encourage the Islamic Republic’s leaders to continue down the path they have taken.

“It’s a crazy regime that creates only terror, violence and death, so how can you come to terms with it? How come [Western powers] don’t help their natural allies, the people of Iran?”

China recently signed a $400 billion, 25-year trade deal with the Islamic Republic, which will see China invest in Iranian infrastructure. For its part, Russia has repeatedly supported Iran on several key issues and views Tehran as a regional ally.
The nuclear program is one of several issues, along with Iran’s missile program and its use of militias or proxy groups throughout the Middle East.

“Some within the international community still insist on turning a blind eye to the severe and complex challenge that the Iranian regime presents. We are facing a growing, severe Iranian threat in the region. The alarm bells should have gone off a long time ago in Western capitals. Unfortunately, Western leaders either failed to or did not want to deal with that challenge and it will just get worse.”

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Meanwhile the IDF just carry on with physical abuse of Palestinians.

[Balanbam00]

BT: I think you do not understand, Hamas is trying to infiltrate the West Bank. The fist steps are to stir up trouble, they gather the young and encourage to resist. Arousing sentiments, ''this is our land ,they are taking it, stealing it away from us, we must fight them'', etc.
Tensions between Fatah and Hamas have dominated Palestinian politics since 2006, when Hamas was victorious in the Palestinian Authority’s last parliamentary elections for the Palestinian Legislative Council, ending the era of Fatah’s dominance. After armed conflict between the two factions and the failure of an attempted unity government, the Palestinian leadership has been divided since 2007, with the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority governing the West Bank, and Hamas governing the Gaza Strip.
Despite numerous reconciliation efforts over the past 15 years, rifts have remained. Both parties agreed in autumn 2020 to new elections, but these were postponed “indefinitely” by Abbas at the end of April. While the Palestinian Authority cited Israeli restrictions on Jerusalem residents voting as the cause for this delay, many surmise that it was more due to Abbas’ low popularity in recent polls, with challenges not only from Hamas, but also two Fatah splinter groups.
In the lead-up to the election, Hamas cleverly sought to link its movement with protecting Jerusalem, an issue with high political and religious resonance, especially during the month of Ramadan. They planned to run an electoral list of candidates named “Jerusalem is our destiny”, and fired rockets as a show of force and solidarity with Palestinians who were protesting against Israeli police restricting access to Damascus Gate. Damascus Gate is one of the main entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, and a popular meeting place for Palestinians, especially during Ramadan after the evening prayer.
These shows of solidarity by Hamas were in sharp contrast to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, which had failed to respond directly to the tensions in Jerusalem. It doesn’t help that the Palestinian Authority resumed security cooperation with Israel earlier this year. President Mahmoud Abbas (Fatah) can not control youths in support of Hamas! Where there are riots ,only Israel's Border guards can step in and control those events. But Hamas is wasting no time in seizing the moment in the current crisis to bolster its standing, both in Gaza and beyond.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

And which bit of Hamas does this wee girl belong to Balan...

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[sinkov]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-children.html

You'll be aware of the Children of Gaza photos in the NYT I'm sure BT. Are you also aware the story has collapsed around their heads like a pack of cards, FAKE NEWS, lies and propaganda. About as reliable as your photos BT, not very in other words.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-children.html

You'll be aware of the Children of Gaza photos in the NYT I'm sure BT. Are you also aware the story has collapsed around their heads like a pack of cards, FAKE NEWS, lies and propaganda. About as reliable as your photos BT, not very in other words.

It's always fake news if you don't like it sinkov, you and the Orange Buffoon sing from exactly the same hymn sheet...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...-undercover-op

[sinkov]

It's always fake news if you don't like it sinkov, you and the Orange Buffoon sing from exactly the same hymn sheet...

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/...-undercover-op

Fairly routine stuff that BT, just another day at the office, what has any of that got to do with me or the Donald ?

[sinkov]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...-children.html

You'll be aware of the Children of Gaza photos in the NYT I'm sure BT. Are you also aware the story has collapsed around their heads like a pack of cards, FAKE NEWS, lies and propaganda. About as reliable as your photos BT, not very in other words.

You don't seem to be aware of the NYT FAKE NEWS story BT, so I'll help you out, all those photos of children killed by those dastardly Israelis,

"a charming photograph of a girl wrapped in a keffiyeh and smiling confidently in the first row of the collage was not, as the paper had claimed, 10-year-old Rahaf al-Masri. It was an unidentified picture from 2015.".

"17-year-old Khaled Al-Qanoi, pictured in the fourth row of the Times’ heartrending montage, he was in fact a fighter in the Al-Mujahedeen Brigades, a terror group in Gaza. A straightforward Facebook search brought up multiple images of Al-Qanoi aiming rocket-propelled grenades, and posing in front of the militant group’s flag wearing a headband and brandishing an automatic weapon.
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"15-year-old Mohammed Suleiman, on the second row of the montage, was the son of Saber Suleiman, a prominent Hamas commander. Once again, it was unclear why the Times journalists had neglected to look at Facebook. If they had, they would have unearthed a video of Suleiman père et fils in matching combat fatigues, firing a heavy weapon together.They would also have found photographs of young Mohammed brandishing an assault rifle at home, in the woods and while astride a horse, clad in a military uniform."

"at least ten of the children pictured may have been killed by some of the 600-odd Hamas rockets that mistakenly landed in Gaza."


I thought you'd be impressed by the above BT, after all you're quite a dab hand at that sort of stuff yourself aren't you.