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Massive explosion at Iran's aviation and space force headquarters in Tehran
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Africa North
Tunisia: ''daily institutional violence'' against migrants
[AFRICANEWS] "Arbitrary arrests", "forced displacements" and "illegal expulsions" towards the borders with Libya and Algeria, migrants colonists, refugees and asylum seekers in Tunisia suffer " daily institutional violence", denounced the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), based in Geneva, in a report published on Monday.

The 58-page study, which cites direct testimonies and from partner NGOs, points the finger "responsibility" Tunisian authorities in"violations committed on the territory, including border areas".

She notes that the country is under "continued pressure from Europa
...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
to reduce irregular migration in the Mediterranean".

According to OMCT, "human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
violations" had already been known "a gradual intensification" after a speech in February by President Kais Saied denouncing the arrival in Tunisia of "hordes of illegal migrants colonists".

But according to the NGO, "a profound change at the institutional level" took place this summer, characterized "illegal and forced evictions" of people from their homes, "forced displacement and in place of places of deprivation of liberty", as well as "deportations and expulsions" to since September."regular" and "plus structured", which became Algeria and Libya

In July, after the death of a Tunisian during a brawl with nationals from sub-Saharan Africa in Sfax (center-east), hundreds of They were arrested in this metropolis, the epicenter of illegal departures to Europe.

"In a few days, more than a thousand people were displaced to desert areas on the borders with Libya and Algeria", underlines the report, entitled "The roads of torture" which criticizes a violation of international treaties signed by Tunisia.

"Since June, at least 5,500 migrants colonists have been expelled to Libya and more than 3,000 to Algeria", around a hundred of whom have died on the Tunisian-Libyan border, according to international humanitarian sources at AFP. These "expulsions" were denounced by the UN, but denied by the Tunisian authorities.
Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Institutional Violence would be a good band name.
Posted by: SteveS || 12/19/2023 9:17 Comments || Top||

#2  I saw them with Sex and Violins in 2012
Posted by: Frank G || 12/19/2023 9:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Tunisia...ha!
See Chicago.

Buses respond to Chicago’s new penalties and restrictions by dropping migrants in secret locations
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 11:32 Comments || Top||


Egyptian President el-Sisi wins third term in landslide victory
Unexpectedly.
[GEO.TV] Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has won a decisive victory, securing a third term as the leader of the Middle East's most populous nation.

The National Elections Authority announced on Monday that Sisi garnered an overwhelming 89.6% of the vote in an election held between December 10 and 12, with an unprecedented turnout of 66.8%.

Over 39 million Egyptians cast their ballots in support of Sisi, a former army chief who has governed the nation for a decade. Despite various challenges, including the Israel-Hamas
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
and a severe economic crisis, the result of the election was widely anticipated.

The absence of serious opposition can be attributed to a decade-long crackdown on dissent, leaving Sisi as the dominant figure. In the election, he faced three other candidates, none of whom were high-profile contenders.

Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


Africa Subsaharan
South Africa threatens to prosecute citizens fighting with IDF in Gaza
[IsraelTimes] South Africans fighting for Israel in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
could face prosecution at home, the government warns, as South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa once again denounces the conflict as "genocide."

The foreign ministry says it’s "gravely concerned" by reports that some South African nationals have joined the Israeli Defense Forces to fight in Gaza, or are considering doing so.

"Such action can potentially contribute to the violation of international law and the commission of further international crimes, thus making them liable for prosecution in South Africa," the ministry says.

It doesn’t specify how many South Africans are thought to have enlisted.

The government has previously said the State Security Agency (SSA) was tracking them down.

South Africans need prior government approval to legally fight in Israel, the ministry says.

Naturalized citizens are at further risk of being stripped of their South African nationality for engaging in a war that the country "does not support or agree with," the foreign ministry adds.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 03:19 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Many served as contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/19/2023 3:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Since IDF DOES NOT employ mercenaries, I assume his Wakandan eminence refers to Jews smart enough to leave SA for Israel.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 4:29 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, other than politicians, spies and assassins.

Israel's Mossad denies claims that Hamas is being sent money
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 6:36 Comments || Top||


Europe
Algeria soccer star on trial in France for inciting hatred with Palestinian preacher post
[IsraelTimes] Algerian international footballer Youcef Atal goes on trial in France, accused of inciting hatred after posting a video in which a Palestinian preacher threatens Israel with a “black day.”

Atal, who plays for Ligue 1 side Nice, shared the video on his Instagram account, which has 3.2 million followers, shortly after the attack by Hamas terrorists on Israel on October 7 in which they killed some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took 240 hostages.

The 27-year-old defender, who quickly deleted the post and issued an apology, was suspended by his club while prosecutors probed the incident for suspected “justification of terrorism.”

But they dropped that line of investigation after watching the video and questioning the player, instead charging him with “incitement to religious hatred.”
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 03:19 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  If you're playing in Ligue 1 on a team other than Paris Saint Germain, you're not a 'soccer star'.
Posted by: Raj || 12/19/2023 13:45 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Texas Gov. Abbott signs bill making illegal immigration a state crime
[FoxNews]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 00:01 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


#2  Go Governor Abbott!

Texas leads the way!
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 0:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Obama appointed federal judge issues restraining order by noon today.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/19/2023 0:48 Comments || Top||

#4  How about bankrupting fines for any business knowingly employing illegals?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 1:18 Comments || Top||

#5  But then nobody's grass would get cut!
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 3:16 Comments || Top||



#8  /\ Unlike the Federal Gov't, perhaps the Tohono Oʼodham are taking care of their own border problems.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/19/2023 5:26 Comments || Top||

#9  ^More likely, collecting passage toll.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 5:46 Comments || Top||

#10 
Isn't it amazing as we get closer to 2024,
how Politicians are actually pretending to do something?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/19/2023 5:52 Comments || Top||

#11  More likely, collecting passage toll.

Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 6:27 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
San Francisco begins charging protesters who blocked Bay Bridge while demanding Gaza ceasefire
[IsraelTimes] the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...
prosecutors begin charging 80 protesters who last month blocked traffic for hours on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge while demanding a ceasefire in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
The protest came as San Francisco was hosting US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
and other world leaders for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Seventeen people are appearing in court today to face charges of false imprisonment, refusing to comply with a peace officer, unlawful public assembly, refusing to disperse and obstruction of street, sidewalk or other place open to public. Their arraignments are continued to February.

Hundreds of demonstrators holding signs that read "Biden: Ceasefire Now" and "Free Free Paleostine" and "Drop the Charges!" held a news conference outside the court before the arraignments of those charged began.

Aisha Nizar, of the Paleostinian Youth Movement, says she was among those who were arrested and charged but does not plan to stop demonstrating.

"We are more resolute in our demands for a ceasefire than ever," Nizar says outside the court.

About 200 protesters participated in the demonstration during the global trade summit, and blocked all lanes of traffic into San Francisco on the bridge’s upper deck, with some drivers tossing their keys into the bay. Dozens of them were arrested and 29 vehicles were towed. Protesters demanded that Biden call for an immediate ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas
...always the voice of sweet reason...
The demonstrators who were charged will be arraigned in batches throughout the week, prosecutors say.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 00:32 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1 
With SF, the home of odd balls, deviants and various lunatic types in the USA.

If an Earthquake and Tsunami hit SF today.
Would it be recorded in history as "Sodom and Gomorrah Part II", or would the LSD Media blame it on old Off Shore Oil Drilling and demand $$$ Billion from the Oil Companies?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/19/2023 5:50 Comments || Top||

#2  "That'll be $4.75 for the walking tour, please."
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 6:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't tell me that even San Francisco has had enough of this stupidity?
Posted by: Tom || 12/19/2023 10:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Would it be recorded in history as "Sodom and Gomorrah Part II", or would the LSD Media blame it on old Off Shore Oil Drilling and demand $$$ Billion from the Oil Companies?

Most likely it would be blamed on climate change but, you never know, Newsom might blame it on those pesky MAGA types.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 12/19/2023 16:07 Comments || Top||

#5  Go straight to the real source: Trump
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 12/19/2023 17:23 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
UNSC to hold new Gaza ceasefire vote today
[GEO.TV] UN Security Council has postponed the fresh vote on a resolution seeking a ceasefire in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
to Tuesday, diplomatic sources say.

The United Arab Emirates, which introduced the latest text, requested that the vote on Monday be postponed so that complex negotiations could proceed. The vote is now expected to be rescheduled for Tuesday.

The draft called for an "urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities" in Gaza to allow "safe and unhindered humanitarian access" in the besieged Paleostinian territory.

The delay suggests that UN diplomats have not yet found common ground to reach a consensus on the vote.

Given the international support in the General Assembly for the Gaza ceasefire last Tuesday, the Arab countries prepared the Security Council resolution though its fate remains uncertain.

AFP reports that the draft affirms support for a two-state solution in the region and "stresses the importance of unifying the Gaza Strip with the West Bank under the Paleostinian Authority."

While the draft does not mention Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
, it demands the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and condemns "violence and hostilities against civilians, as well as acts of terrorism."
Will America once again veto the current nonsense the UNSC is getting up to? Check back later in the day to see!

Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
IDF releases videos of airstrikes aborted due to presence of civilians
[IsraelTimes] The IDF releases footage showing recent aborted Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip due to the presence of civilians.

"Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
sees civilian death as a strategy, we see it as a tragedy, which is why we use many measures to try and minimize the civilian harm and suffering. That is the tragic reality in this war that Hamas started," says IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari in an English-language video statement.

He says the IDF warns civilians before attacks "whenever possible."

"We abort attacks when we see unexpected civilian presence. We choose the right munition for each target, so it doesn’t cause unnecessary damage," Hagari says.

"We also recommend civilians to temporarily move away from areas of intense fighting," he says.

"We know this is hard, but we are trying to save lives. We have also offered international organizations to set up humanitarian zones. We use tactical pauses to allow for the evacuation of civilians, and the distribution of humanitarian aid," Hagari continues.

He says that Israel "is not restricting the amount of humanitarian aid that can enter Gaza."

"We know civilians in Gaza are suffering. This is because of Hamas’s strategy and tactics, and because Hamas steals the international aid, meant for them," Hagari says.

"Our intent is to defeat Hamas and secure the release of our hostages. The tragic suffering of civilians in Gaza is not our intent," Hagari says, adding that "our actions reflect this."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 03:19 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Hamas



Jewish Israeli charged with incitement to terrorism, racism for call to exterminate Muslims
Equality under the law.
[IsraelTimes] The State Attorney’s Office files an indictment against a Jewish citizen for incitement to terrorism, violence, and racism, for posting incendiary messages on social media against Paleostinians and Moslems, including calling for the "extermination" of all Moslems on the planet.

The indictment against Noam Dayan, a 34-year old resident of Zichron Ya’akov, is the third indictment against a Jewish citizen for such crimes since the October 7 atrocities perpetrated by Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
In one post on Telegram, Dayan wrote, "The time has come to slaughter Gazook babies in the cradle."

In other Telegram posts, he wrote, "After this they tell me we don’t need to rape Paleostinian women"; "I personally would enjoy smashing the skulls of Arab babies"; "Paleostinian girls need to be raped"; and "We need to create extermination camps for Paleostinians."

In other posts he wrote, "What’s important is to kill every Moslem and Arab on the planet," and "Moslems need to be exterminated, period. Until the last one. Moslems are not humans, they are not even cockroaches, they are air, dust, nothing. Exterminate the plague, now."

The State Attorney’s Office requests that Dayan be imprisoned until the end of legal proceedings against him.

Dozens of indictments have been filed against Arab Israeli citizens for incitement and identifying with terrorist groups since October 7, with the State Attorney’s Office requesting that many of them remain in prison until legal proceedings are concluded.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 03:19 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:


Hamas releases propaganda video showing 3 Israeli hostages
Vile, vicious bastards. May the IDF soon send them to the depths of Hell.
[IsraelTimes] The Hamas
...a regional Iranian catspaw,...
terror group has published a new propaganda video showing three Israeli hostages.

One man speaking in the video identifies himself as 79-year-old Chaim Peri, who was kidnapped by Hamas from his Kibbutz Nir Oz home on October 7.

The other two hostages are fellow Nir Oz residents Amiram Cooper, 84, and Yoram Metzger, 80,

There is no information as to when Hamas filmed the video.
More here.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 03:18 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


US says 200 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza Sunday, in first since truce
[israelTimes] Nearly 200 trucks of humanitarian aid entered Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
yesterday for the first time since last month’s seven-day truce, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says.

The spike in the number of trucks after weeks of far lower numbers is due at least partially to the "significant" decision by Israel to reopen its Kerem Shalom Crossing for the first time since the start of the war.

Eighty trucks entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom alone yesterday, while the other 120 or so trucks entered Gaza through Egypt’s Rafah Crossing.

Video shows humanitarian trucks stolen by Hamas, looted by civilians after they enter Gaza

[IsraelTimes] Video appears to show Hamas stealing trucks of humanitarian aid that have entered the Gaza Strip from Egypt.

Masked and armed men sit on top of the supplies as the trucks are driven deeper into the Strip.

Hebrew-language media reports the men are from Hamas.

Other footage shows Gazan civilians looting supplies shortly after they arrive through the Rafah crossing.

While there is a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Israel has long said that the Hamas terror group has stockpiled supplies and kept them from increasingly desperate civilians.

Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 00:39 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  "Me humanitarian! Death to the Jews!"
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 1:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Stop being ‘the most moral military in the world’ - opinion
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 4:36 Comments || Top||

#3  The UN humanitarian coordinator has left the West Bank

The UN's humanitarian coordinator, Lynn Hastings, left the West Bank after Israel refused to renew her visa, according to a CNN report.

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen was informed that Hastings' visa was not renewed due to the UN's [slight] preference towards the Palestinians.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 5:58 Comments || Top||

#4  Notice the Egyptians are not allowing the Gazans in to pick up the the aid. Gee, wonder why? /sarc
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/19/2023 6:40 Comments || Top||

#5  More goodies for the terrorists.
Posted by: Too Old To Work || 12/19/2023 10:20 Comments || Top||


Israel Foreign Ministry team reportedly draws up document on post-war Gaza; no overt role for PA
[IsraelTimes] A Foreign Ministry team has been working in recent weeks on an Israeli vision for Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
on the day after the war ends, Channel 12 reports.

The team was established by Foreign Minister Eli Cohen, and the document is intended to be presented for discussion by the cabinet, the report says.

The guiding principle, the TV report says, is: "Israel is working to bring about a future in which the Paleostinians will govern themselves with no capacity to threaten Israel."

The document includes no specific provision for a role for the Paleostinian Authority, as the US has said it ultimately seeks, but does hint at a role for Gaza-based officials from the PA’s main Fatah component.

Regarding security, the document provides for "complete freedom of action for the IDF" in Gaza; prevention of any rearming and the "enforcement of full demilitarization" in the enclave; the establishment of "buffer zones"; a mechanism to prevent smuggling; oversight of the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border and at the Rafah border crossing, and a "maritime security force."

Regarding civil governance, the document provides for "an international mechanism to handle humanitarian services."

It envisages key regional states including Egypt, Soddy Arabia
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face...
, and the UAE administering civilian life, along with international organizations already active in Gaza including UN agencies, together with "local elements not identified with Hamas
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...
" — which the TV report describes as "a euphemism" for Gaza-based Fatah clerks.

The document also reportedly provides for an overhaul of the curriculum in UNRWA schools.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 00:35 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority

#1  How about banning UNWRA from Gaza?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 5:59 Comments || Top||

#2  It envisages key regional states including Egypt, Soddy Arabia, and the UAE administering civilian life

Like Germany after WWII?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 6:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Start forming the buffer zones now.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 12/19/2023 6:18 Comments || Top||


65 US investors, tech executives to arrive in Israel for meetings in show of solidarity
Despite claims to the contrary, Israel is not alone.
[IsraelTimes] A delegation of 65 investors, CEOs, and senior executives of US-based technology, venture capital and private equity firms is set to arrive in Israel today in a show of solidarity and to hold meetings.

The group — including senior executives from Bain Capital, Meetup.com, Apollo, Houzz, TPG, Susquehanna Growth Equity — will meet President Isaac Herzog, war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz and Economy Minister Nir Barkat.

They will also hold meetings with local business leaders including Mellanox CEO Eyal Waldman, whose 24-year-old daughter Danielle was one of 360 people murdered by Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
turbans at the Nova Festival on October 7. All told, some 1,200 people were killed by turbans that day, most of them civilians, and 240 taken hostage.

"After October 7th, we feel it is critical for venture capital and technology business leaders to stand with Israel. That means more than donating, but also being present to say that we have always been and will always be there to support Israel’s flourishing tech ecosystem. We will invest and continue to stand with the ’Start-Up Nation,’" says David Siegel, CEO of Meetup.com and co-organizer of the Israeli Tech Mission, in a press statement.

"Our trip was oversubscribed for attendees. The technology community recognizes the heightened need for support as many Israeli entrepreneurs and their workforces are on the front lines as reservists," he says.

Aleph founder Michael Eisenberg says, "Smart investors understand Israel’s resilience and that today is actually the perfect time to invest in Israel."
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/19/2023 2023-12-19 00:33 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Carpetbaggers.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 13:20 Comments || Top||


Israel sees gradual transition to next phases of Gaza operations, defence chief
[GEO.TV] Israel will gradually transition to the next phase of operations in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
war in which the local population may be able to return to the north of the coastal strip, the country's defence minister said on Monday.

"I can tell you that soon we will be able to distinguish between different areas in Gaza," Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said in a joint news conference with his US counterpart Lloyd Austin in Tel Aviv.

Gallant said this would allow Israel to start working on bringing back local population "maybe sooner in the North" of Gaza than in the South.
Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Wonder how that flooding is working.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 11:43 Comments || Top||


ABC News Refutes Biden's Claim of Israel ‘Indiscriminate Bombing'
[Breitbart]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/19/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  It's bad when ABC is fact checking the President that they used to love.
Posted by: Too Old To Work || 12/19/2023 10:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Bidet is being set up for a crash landing intended to divert everyone's attention from the fact that he was never anything more than Bath House Barry's puppet.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/19/2023 10:32 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Gallant threatens 'five-fold stronger' response against Hezbollah
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/19/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  x5. Proportionality.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 5:55 Comments || Top||

#2  When he's done with Hamas and the Hezbo's, could we possibly invite Gallant to spend some time in Arizona and Texas ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/19/2023 7:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Gallant to Austin: Israeli victory in Gaza is victory for US-led free world
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 12/19/2023 8:40 Comments || Top||

#4  US led? Not since 2020.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/19/2023 8:53 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2023-12-19
  Massive explosion at Iran's aviation and space force headquarters in Tehran
Mon 2023-12-18
  Yemen has reportedly struck a US destroyer near the port of Berbera, Somaliland
Sun 2023-12-17
  15 attack drones launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen shot down by US, UK warships: officials
Sat 2023-12-16
  President Abbas terms Gaza 'integral part' of Palestinian state
Fri 2023-12-15
  Suspected Hamas members arrested in Germany, Netherlands and Denmark for planning terrorist attacks
Thu 2023-12-14
  Army says hundreds arrested in ongoing Jenin raid
Wed 2023-12-13
  Several Hamas leaders have left Qatar for an unknown destination, turning off their phones and not accepting calls
Tue 2023-12-12
  Activists calling for Gaza ceasefire protest in US Senate office building
Mon 2023-12-11
  Netenyahu to Hamas: It's over. Don't die for Sinwar. Surrender - now
Sun 2023-12-10
  Hamas leader Sinwar said to have fled north Gaza by hiding in humanitarian convoy
Sat 2023-12-09
  French court convicts six teens in teacher's beheading case
Fri 2023-12-08
  Peace in the South Caucasus?
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  Dozens of Hamas terrorists surrender to Israeli soldiers
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  Military drone strike accidentally kills 85 civilians celebrating a Muslim festival in Nigeria
Tue 2023-12-05
  All telecom services in Gaza Strip have been lost


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