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I'm reminded of the fiber optic network craze during my time with Qwest/Nortel.
Thousands of miles of single-freq fiber were laid globally in anticipation of the new network paradigm.
Then IBM invented the multi-frequency optic transmitter and killed it all.
[ShabelleMedia] Ottoman Turkish-made T129 ATAK combat helicopters carried out their first test flight from the TurKSOM military base in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, marking a new phase in Ankara’s growing military support for the Horn of Africa nation.
Three of the advanced attack helicopters were recently delivered to Somalia to bolster the fight against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab ... the personification of Somali state failure... group, which remains active in the country’s south and central regions. The deployment represents The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... ’s most high-profile military contribution yet to Somalia’s counterterrorism efforts.
Over the past decade, Turkey has emerged as Somalia’s top military partner, playing a central role in rebuilding and training the Somali National Army (SNA). Through its military base in Mogadishu, Turkey has provided continuous support in the form of training, equipment, and strategic guidance.
In addition to its military presence, Turkey has been patrolling Somalia’s territorial waters for the past ten years under a bilateral agreement aimed at curbing piracy and securing maritime trade routes in the Indian Ocean. Ottoman Turkish naval forces continue to operate off the Somali coast to safeguard both local and international shipping.
Turkey is also involved in offshore oil exploration projects along Somalia’s coastline, reinforcing its strategic and economic ties with the Somali government. These energy initiatives are expected to play a key role in the country’s economic future and energy independence.
The arrival of the T129 ATAK helicopters, known for their maneuverability and firepower in rugged terrain, is seen as a significant boost to Somalia’s aerial capabilities.
The move highlights Ankara’s commitment to enhancing Somalia’s security infrastructure and reflects broader efforts to stabilize the fragile nation through military, economic, and geopolitical cooperation.
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[IsraelTimes] Cairo says it backs ‘pressure on Israel’ to lift blockade but stresses foreigners seeking to visit border with Strip must receive official approval
Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called on Egypt to block two pro-Paleostinian activist convoys planning to head to Egypt’s Rafah border crossing with 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 a rusty 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... "I expect the Egyptian authorities to prevent the arrival of jihadist protesters at the Egypt-Israel border and not to allow them to carry out provocations or attempt to enter Gaza," Katz said in a statement.
Katz added that such actions "would endanger the safety of (Israeli) soldiers and will not be allowed."
His comments came as hundreds of pro-Paleostinian activists on a Gaza-bound convoy arrived in the Libyan capital, driving eastward with the stated aim of breaking Israel’s blockade of the Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... -ruled Paleostinian territory.
The Soumoud convoy — meaning steadfastness in Arabic — left Tunis in buses and cars on Monday, hoping to pass through divided Libya and Egypt, which organizers say has yet to provide passage permits, to reach Gaza.
Egypt said on Wednesday that it backs efforts to put "pressure on Israel" to lift its blockade on Gaza, but added that any foreign delegations seeking to visit the border area must receive prior approval through official channels.
Egypt "asserts the importance of putting pressure on Israel to end the blockade on the (Gaza) Strip," the foreign ministry said in a statement.
It added that Egypt "will not consider any requests or respond to any invitations submitted outside the framework defined by the regulatory guidelines and the mechanisms followed in this regard."
The Sinai Peninsula is a tightly controlled security zone, with access routes frequently punctuated by military and police checkpoints.
DETENTIONS
After 20 months of war sparked by the Hamas-led October 2023 terror onslaught, Israel is facing mounting international pressure to allow more aid into Gaza to alleviate widespread shortages of food and basic supplies.
The United Nations ...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society... has claimed Gaza was "the hungriest place on Earth."
Another activist group, the Global March to Gaza, which is coordinating with Soumoud, said it is organizing a separate mobilization starting in Cairo on Friday.
Organizers told AFP on Wednesday that around 4,000 participants are expected to join the march, adding they are not planning to enter Gaza.
According to the plan, activists would travel by bus to the city of Arish in northern Sinai before walking on foot for 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the Gaza border.
Participants would then camp near the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing for a few days and return to Cairo on June 19.
Catherine Le Scolan-Quere, spokesperson for the group’s French delegation, said that several Frenchies who arrived in Egypt to take part in the event were detained in their hotels or upon arrival at Cairo airport.
Carolie Laghouati, a 39-year-old French nurse, said her friend along with nine others were detained by the Egyptian police at Cairo airport.
"We’re locked up here, they tell us not to leave, they don’t tell us what’s going on, our passports are confiscated," said her friend in a video sent to AFP.
The spokesperson of the French delegation hoped the permits would be issued "quickly" by the Egyptian embassy in Gay Paree and the French embassy in Cairo.
[IsraelTimes] Over 1,000 taking part in North African bus and car convoy in a ‘symbolic act’ challenging blockade; more expected to join as caravan passes through Libya and Egypt.
The three attackers beat the girl and "forcibly penetrated" her while "making death threats and antisemitic remarks," the report said, citing an unnamed police source. One of the suspects was the girl’s former boyfriend, who confessed to the attack and said he had acted out of Dire Revenge after she hid her religious identity from him. Scare quotes in headline mine.
[IsraelTimes] The trial opens today for three French boys charged with the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in 2024 outside Gay Paree, a crime that shocked the Jewish community at a time of rising antisemitic attacks.
The trial, which is due to last until Friday, is being held at a juvenile court in Nanterre, a suburb of western Gay Paree.
Two boys, aged 13 at the time, are being tried on charges of the gang rape of a minor on religious grounds. The third, then aged 12, is accused of being complicit in the crime.
All three boys are charged with sexual assault on a minor as well as recording and sharing sexual images, aggravated by being committed on religious grounds.
The girl told police she was approached by the three boys on June 15, 2024, in a park near her home in the northwestern Gay Paree suburb of Courbevoie, close to the La Defense financial district.
She was dragged into a shed where the suspects beat her and "forced" her to have sex "while uttering death threats and antisemitic remarks," one police source had told AFP.
Muriel Ouaknine-Melki, one of the victim’s lawyers, tells the court that their client "expects that the aggressors will be punished for what they did and that the punishment is in line with the gravity of their actions."
Clementine Berthier, the defense lawyer for one of the suspects, says she hopes "the trial would be serene and peaceful for all parties."
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Meanwhile in the UK, Muslims raped white girls and the police did nothing.
When some of them came in to tell the cops about what happened, they were arrested and charged with prostitution.
Glad that the French boys are in jail, though.
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Those who attack Jewish girls because they’re Jewish also attack white girls, Elmomoter Mussolini9149, and almost never is anything done. This time the other child successfully got help instead of being ignored.
Fifty thousand French Jews have emigrated because it’s so bad, many of whom — or whose parents — had immigrated from Francophone North Africa in the 1950s, driven out by their Moslem neighbours after Israel was established.
[IsraelTimes] The Conference of European Rabbis has been forced to relocate its biannual meeting to Munich from Sarajevo, after a Bosnian government minister called to "ban the European Jewish event from its city," says the body’s president, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, the former chief rabbi of Moscow.
The CER’s biannual meeting was set to be held at a hotel in Sarajevo next week, "to discuss the most pressing issues facing European Jewish life today and matters of freedom of religion or belief," Goldschmidt writes in a tweet. "Shockingly, the hotel has suddenly canceled on us."
The cancellation follows an open letter published by Bosnian Federal Minister of Labour and Social Policy Adnan Delic, in which he calls on "citizens and civil society organizations not to remain silent in the face of this attempt to morally humiliate our capital and our country."
He also reportedly refers in the letter to Israel as a "genocidal entity" committing "shameful crimes against humanity."
"We have been made unwelcome and this last-minute ministerial boycott of Jewish European citizens, dedicated purely to promoting Jewish life in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... and furthering dialogue and democracy across the continent, is disgraceful," says Goldschmidt, noting that the CER has heard nothing from other Bosnian government officials.
[Rudaw] In a significant push, Germany is increasing its efforts to combat illegal immigration, resulting in the return of hundreds of individuals at its borders. Opposition parties have voiced human rights concerns regarding these measures.
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[IsraelTimes] Court delays release of Mahmoud Khalil until Friday to give time to appeal, notes government is also arguing he was employed by UNRWA but omitted this on visa application
The Trump administration cannot use US foreign policy interests to justify its detention of Columbia University student and pro-Paleostinian activist Mahmoud Khalil,
…at age 30 the Damascus-born Palestinian (with dual Algerian citizenship through his mother, whose family were revolutionaries back home) got a Masters in Paleo protest from Columbia, applying his training as Apartheid Divest’s frontman supporting Hamas since 10/8/2023, which overlapped his work as a UNWRA political affairs officer. Since his arrest by ICE he’s been represented by 19 attorneys, including CUNY law prof Ramzi Kassem, himself a Paleo student activist at Columbia back in the day, and the ACLU. Mr. Khalil worked his way through college in Beirut as a popular, MI-6 vetted local staffer at the British embassy leading soft power projects, on one of which he worked with his future wife — Leb-American dentist Noor Abdalla, who interestingly is a hijabi, suggesting either Muslim Brotherhood or Hezbollah connections. No doubt it was for her sake he went to Columbia instead of Oxford…
a judge ruled on Wednesday, but stopped short of ordering Khalil’s immediate release.
US District Judge Michael Farbiarz in Newark, New Jersey, said his ruling would not take effect until Friday morning local time to give the administration the chance to appeal.
Farbiarz wrote that the administration was violating Khalil’s right to free speech by detaining and trying to deport him under a little-used provision of US immigration law granting the US secretary of state the power to seek the deportation of any non-citizen whose presence in the country is deemed adverse to US foreign policy interests.
"The petitioner’s career and reputation are being damaged and his speech is being chilled," Farbiarz wrote. "This adds up to irreparable harm."
The judge also barred the administration from deporting Khalil on the grounds that his presence was allegedly adverse to US foreign policy.
"This is the news we’ve been waiting over three months for," Khalil’s wife, Noor Abdalla, said Wednesday. "Mahmoud must be released immediately and safely returned home to New York to be with me and our newborn baby, Deen."
Farbiarz noted in his ruling that the government has also argued it is detaining and deporting Khalil in part because of alleged omissions on his green card application.
But the judge said evidence presented by his attorneys showed lawful permanent residents are virtually never detained for such a thing.
Khalil, in his statement to the court last week, also disputed that he wasn’t forthcoming on the application.
For example, he said he was never employed by or served as an "officer" of the United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... Relief and Works Agency for Paleostine Refugees, as the administration claims, but completed an internship approved by the university as part of his graduate studies.
Neither the State Department nor the Justice Department, which represents the administration in court, immediately responded to requests for comment.
Khalil was arrested on March 8 after the State Department revoked his green card. He has since been held in immigration detention in Louisiana.
Khalil was the first known foreign student to be arrested as part of Republican President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... ’s bid to deport foreign students who took part in pro-Paleostinian protests that swept US college campuses after Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... ’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and the subsequent Israeli military offensive against 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 a rusty 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... -ruling terror group.
Khalil isn’t accused of breaking any laws during the protests at Columbia, but the Trump administration has argued that noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled from the country. They say such protesters express views that are antisemitic and pro-Hamas.
Yep! A Liberal Democratic-Socialist Mayor, would try to blame enforcing the law, as the cause for the looting by a certain group. Which, the group targeted, because it is a popular overpriced, ghetto status symbol to steal and wear.
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Certainly conjures an interesting picture. Dozens of the aforementioned group clustered together gazing intently at their devices and tv's, hanging on every word from the WH. Dissecting each statement down to the syllable.
Then somebody says the magic word, the duck drops and bingo...'I am afraid we are left with no choice but to loot Nike. Yeah well maybe Apple too.'
[IsraelTimes] Lawsuit alleges Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland told Jewish customers to leave on two occasions; also served ‘Sweet Sinwar’ drink to mark Oct. 7 massacre anniversary
The US Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against a California cafe, alleging that it discriminated against Jewish customers by refusing to serve them.
It accuses the Jerusalem Coffee House in Oakland of telling Jewish patrons to leave the premises, in violation of civil rights laws.
“It is illegal, intolerable, and reprehensible for any American business open to the public to refuse to serve Jewish customers,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in a Monday statement, the day the suit was filed.
It was submitted to the US District Court for the Northern District of California under Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which enables prosecutors to obtain “injunctive relief that changes policies and practices to remedy the discriminatory conduct,” but not monetary damages for the discrimination victims, the statement noted.
Court documents allege that on two separate occasions, cafe owner Fathi Abdulrahim Harara ordered Jewish customers to leave the eatery. The customers were identified as Jewish “because they were wearing baseball caps with Stars of David on them,” according to the statement.
On one occasion, an employee at the cafe told a man, “You’re the guy with the hat. You’re the Jew. You’re the Zionist. We don’t want you in our coffee shop. Get out.”
In the second incident, Harara was said to have accused a Jewish customer, who was with his five-year-old son, of wearing a “Jewish star,” being a “Zionist,” and supporting “genocide.” Harara repeatedly told them to leave and “falsely accused” them of trespassing to the police.
“Neither customer stated anything about their political views to Harara or any other employees while at the coffee house,” the statement noted.
Pro-Hamas cafe in Oakland, Calif: The Jerusalem Coffee House is run by a pro-Hamas extremist named Abdulrahim Harara. The cafe unveiled an Oct. 7 celebration menu that features drinks honoring Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and the terrorist "intifada" attacks in Israel.
The lawsuit also alleges that on the first anniversary of the devastating Hamas-led October 7, 2023, invasion of Israel, the Jerusalem Coffee House announced it would be serving two new drinks: “Sweet Sinwar,” a reference to the late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who masterminded the attack that killed 1,200 people, and “Iced In Tea Fada,” named after “intifada,” the word denoting Palestinian uprisings, the second of which killed some 1,000 Israelis two decades ago.
In addition, the lawsuit notes that an exterior side wall of the coffee house displays inverted red triangles, “a symbol of violence against Jews that has been spray-painted on Jewish homes and synagogues in anti-Semitic attacks.”
The symbol is used in Hamas propaganda videos to indicate military targets. At the time that the new drinks were announced, last October, reports said that the red triangles also featured in the menu’s design motif.
“The Justice Department is committed to combating anti-Semitism and discrimination and protecting the civil rights of all Americans,” Dhillon said in the statement.
The Hamas attack triggered the ongoing Gaza war. Israeli forces killed Sinwar during fighting in the coastal enclave last year.
Jerusalem Coffee House opened in 2023 and, according to the publication Eater, is owned by Abdulrahim “Raheem” Harara, whose parents were born in Gaza. The café serves food and drink inspired by Palestinian cuisine. It also hosts fundraisers for the Palestinian Children Relief Fund, various workshops related to Palestinian culture, and events for the Muslim community and local activists.
The owner supports Palestinian causes and Antifa, so a little bit of tracing where they sent money should show connections to Hamas and other jihadi groups.
President Trump has convened a security meeting with top military officials in the White House. ALL US bases in the Middle East have been placed on a full state of alert!
— Israel News Pulse (@israelnewspulse) June 11, 2025
Here’s what just went down — and it’s very interesting:
1. UK Maritime Trade issued a rare warning about rising tensions in the Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman, citing potential military escalation that could directly affect shipping.
… 2. The US Embassy in Iraq is prepping for an ordered evacuation due to security threats.
3. The State Department is pulling nonessential staff and families from Bahrain and Kuwait.
4. U.S. military dependents in Bahrain have been cleared for temporary departure.
None of these moves came from Fleet Forces Command, meaning this likely came from the top, possibly the White House. Something serious is unfolding.
5. Trump just said he’s feeling he won’t get a deal done with Iran. 6. @iaeaorg report came out on advanced enrichment 7. Ayatollah said they won’t stop nuclear program 8. Netanyahu speaking with Trump.
It’s all coming together.
— @JudeanGeneral ll🇺🇸🇨🇦🇮🇱 (@judeangeneral2) June 11, 2025
We do live in interesting times — though perhaps even more interesting for the other guys.
Courtesy of Skidmark:
The Defense Department has announced it has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from bases in the Middle East ahead of continued negotiations with Iranian officials over its rapidly advancing nuclear program
It affects bases in Iraq, Syria, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates - but primarily affects military spouses and their children in Bahrain near the US Navy base, according to Fox News.
US says reducing presence in Iraq
[Rudaw] The United States is reducing its footprint in Iraq and evacuating non-essential staff in line with measures to keep its diplomatic personnel safe, two US officials told Rudaw on Wednesday.
"We are constantly assessing the appropriate personnel posture at all our embassies. Based on our latest analysis, we decided to reduce our Mission in Iraq," the State Department said in an email.
It came after reports that Washington was preparing to partially evacuate its embassy in Iraq due to "heightened security risks in the region," according to Rooters, citing American and Iraqi sources.
The potential evacuation, which sent oil prices rising, is also taking place amid ongoing talks between the US and Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... over Tehran’s nuclear program. On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump ...Perhaps no man has ever had as much fun being president of the US... expressed pessimism over the Islamic republic’s readiness to cease uranium enrichment - a key US demand.
"President Trump is committed to keeping Americans safe, both at home and abroad," the State Department official said.
A Pentagon official later told Rudaw that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth "authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from locations" across the Middle East, saying the decision came amid rising regional tensions.
In response, an Iraqi government source said that Washington's decision to partially reduce its diplomatic presence is not exclusive to Iraq.
"These steps concern measures related to the American diplomatic presence in a number of Middle Eastern countries and not only Iraq," the source said while praising Iraq’s security and stability, as reported by state media.
On Wednesday, Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh threatened attacks on American bases in the region if the ongoing nuclear talks faltered and Iran was subjected to military strikes.
"If conflict is imposed on us, the opponent’s casualties will certainly be higher, and in that case, America must leave the region, because all its bases are within our reach," Nasirzadeh said. "We have access to them, and we will target all of them in the host countries without hesitation."
Trump has repeatedly threatened to strike Iran if the two sides fail to reach a deal.
Also on Wednesday, Iraqi army chief of staff General Abdul Amir Rashid Yarallah met Major General Kevin Leahy, commander of the US-led global coalition against the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS), to discuss expanding joint military cooperation against terrorism in the region, according to an Iraqi defense ministry statement.
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There's an alignment occurring with the UK's recent comment, and now the UN's. Despite the messaging, I do not have high hopes Iran will be neutralized.
"UN nuclear watchdog says Iran in breach of obligations."
[GEO.TV] The UN's special rapporteur on the occupied Paleostinian territory Francesca Albanese on Wednesday said on her X account that the detention of the eight remaining flotilla member is ''arbitrary, unlawful, and must be immediately terminated and remedied.''
''Madlee Under international law, the detention of the eight remaining flotilla members is arbitrary, unlawful, and must be immediately terminated and remedied. The boat must be released,'' La Belle Francesca said.
She further added, ''the states of nationality of the unlawfully detained, have an obligation to intervene, decisively and without delay.''
[IsraelTimes] Military says it is reviving defunct tank brigade, establishing new infantry brigade, reorganizing training command; boosting Navy’s ‘strategic capabilities’.
[IsraelTimes] Brazilian Thiago Avila and French-Palestinian EU lawmaker Rima Hassan said sent to separate prisons; activists seeking attention on the back of Gazan suffering, says French PM
The legal organization representing most of the activists detained aboard an intercepted 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 a rusty 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... -bound aid boat said Wednesday that Israeli authorities had placed two of the campaigners in solitary confinement.
"Israeli authorities transferred two of the volunteers — the Brazilian volunteer Thiago Avila and the French-Paleostinian European Parliament member Rima Hassan — to separate prison facilities, away from the others, and placed them in solitary confinement," Israeli rights group Adalah said in a statement.
When asked for comment, the Israel Prison Authority referred AFP to the Foreign Ministry, which said it was checking the reports.
Hassan and Avila are among 12 activists who tried to sail to Gaza in an attempt to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Strip earlier this week.
The Israeli Navy intercepted the Madleen sailboat on Monday, detaining the activists off the coast of Gaza. The interception followed repeated warnings against attempting to sail to the enclave.
Eight of the activists remain in Israeli custody after they refused to sign paperwork agreeing to leave the country. They are expected to be deported later this week.
The other four, including two French citizens and Swedish campaigner Greta "Pippi" Thunberg ...an autistic sixteen year old Swedish expert on climate change, though I guess she's older now... , left the country after agreeing to be deported immediately and being banned from Israel for 100 years.
Hassan and three other French activists were slated for deportation by the end of the week, on Thursday and Friday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said in an X post Wednesday.
It is unclear when exactly the other four, including Avila, will be expelled from Israel.
In Gay Paree on Wednesday, French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou accused Hassan and the other French activists of capitalizing on the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict for political attention.
"These activists obtained the effect they wanted, but it’s a form of instrumentalization to which we should not lend ourselves," Bayrou said in the National Assembly, in response to LFI leader Mathilde Panot’s accusation that the prime minister failed to condemn Israel’s actions.
It’s "through diplomatic action, and efforts to bring together several states to pressure the Israeli government, that we can obtain the only possible solution" to the conflict, he added. "In no way whatsoever do the gesticulations of Ms. Rima Hassan, her instrumentalization of the suffering of Gazooks, help to achieve these goals."
He said the French consul has visited all four French activists in Israeli detention.
[IsraelTimes] Argentinian president warmly welcomed by Netanyahu, Ohana and Lapid, who all praise his pro-Israel stance, welcome him as a ’true friend’
Argentinian President Javier Milei, who is on a three-day visit to Israel, spoke at a special Knesset plenum session held in his honor on Wednesday, at which he announced that his country would move its embassy from the Tel Aviv area to Jerusalem next year.
He was warmly welcomed in the Knesset by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana and Opposition Leader Yair Lapid, all of whom effusively praised the warm ties that have developed between Israel and Argentina ...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... under his leadership.
"Javier, you are a true friend. With this visit, we are bringing our relations to new heights. 12,000 kilometers separate Buenos Aires, Israel and the Knesset in Jerusalem," Netanyahu said to the visiting South American leader. "This great distance is compensated for by the closeness of our hearts."
Milei, who first announced his intention to move the embassy during his first state visit to Israel in February 2024, announced in the Knesset plenum that "in 2026 we will make effective the move of our embassy to the city of West Jerusalem."
The embassy is currently located in Herzliya, just outside Tel Aviv.
Milei opened his remarks on a somber note, addressing the October 7, 2023, Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... -led terror onslaught in southern Israel, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage, and the ensuing war 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 a rusty 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, now in its 21st month.
The visiting Argentinian leader said that Buenos Aires will continue to demand that the hostages be released, including the four with Argentinian citizenship.
Once again Bibi survives absolutely certain political death. The man has more lives than a cat.
[IsraelTimes] The opposition-backed bill to disperse the Knesset fails to pass its preliminary plenum reading, with lawmakers voting it down 61-53 after most Haredi lawmakers agree not to support the proposal.
Lawmakers from Agudath Israel faction split after the Hasidic faction said it would back the bill, with two of its MKs voting in favor of disbanding parliament and one opposing the measure.
The failure of the bill to pass means the opposition cannot again file a motion to disband parliament for another six months.
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[Regnum] Israeli border guards mocked Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and other passengers on the Madleen ship, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza. Politico wrote about this on June 11.
The newspaper reports the account of a French doctor, Baptiste Andre, who was also on the ship. According to him, there was no physical violence from the Israeli military, but they mocked verbally, limited access to food and water, and also deliberately deprived passengers of sleep - as soon as someone fell asleep, they turned on music and danced.
"I don't have the legal qualifications to explain what happened, but there were acts of abuse," the doctor said.
Earlier, Regnum reported that the activists who were on a boat to the Gaza Strip with Thunberg would be deported from Israel. The activists who refused to sign the deportation documents and leave the country will appear in court, which will then decide on their expulsion from Israel. Thunberg arrived home in Sweden on June 10.
On June 9, an alarm was raised on a vessel heading to the Gaza Strip with 12 pro-Palestinian activists, including Thunberg. Afterwards, the Israeli army boarded the vessel and contact with it was lost.
According to Al Jazeera, the Madleen was intercepted by the Israeli army in neutral waters. After that, all crew members and passengers were ordered to turn off their mobile phones.
They couldn’t do that, because reportedly they’d already thrown their phones overboard to keep them out of Israeli hands.
Before this, the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry, Israel Katz, ordered the country's army to take any measures to prevent the vessel with activists on board from reaching the shores of the Palestinian enclave.
Later on June 9, Thunberg accused the Israeli authorities of kidnapping the activists and called on friends and family to pressure the Swedish government to quickly release everyone on the ship.
Not only did they release them, but they sent them home without charge for the airline ticket. They didn’t even pin their eyelids open to force them to watch the compilation of home movies Hamasniks made during the 10/7 invasion, so dear little Gretakins still doesn’t know what her beloved Hamas did to those Joooooooos that day. Really, I don’t understand what this silly person is complaining about.
[GEO.TV] Israel cancelled a waiver on Tuesday that had allowed Israeli banks to work with Paleostinian ones, threatening to paralyse Paleostinian financial institutions, Israel s finance minister Bezalel Smotrich said in a statement.
"Against the backdrop of the Paleostinian Authority's delegitimisation campaign against the State of Israel internationally, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has instructed Accountant General CPA Yali Rothenberg to cancel the indemnity provided to correspondent banks dealing with banks operating in Paleostinian Authority territories", Smotrich s office said in a statement.
The Paleostinian financial and banking system is dependent on the regular renewal of the Israeli waiver.
It protects Israeli banks from potential legal action relating to transactions with their Paleostinian counterparts, for instance in relation to financing terror.
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[GEO.TV] The United States has condemned the sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, and Australia on two Israeli ministers accused of inciting violence against Palestinians.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a strong statement defending Israel, saying, ''Israel is not the enemy — Hamas is.''
[IsraelTimes] Washington sends cable to governments worldwide discouraging ‘anti-Israel actions’ ahead of French- and Saudi-organized conference to advance Palestinian state
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[GEO.TV] Nasser Hospital, the largest functioning health facility in southern 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 a rusty 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... , has issued a statement, saying ''all medical, nursing and administrative staff are operating at full capacity and continuing to provide medical services to citizens around the clock'', reported Al Jazeera.
It added that numerous international organizations, including the Paleostinian Medical Relief Foundation and the British Medical Association, continue to provide on-site support.
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[GEO.TV] An 11-year-old Paleostinian boy who survived an Israeli air strike 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 a rusty 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... last month, which killed his father and nine siblings, was due to arrive in Italia on Wednesday for treatment.
Adam and his mother, paediatrician Alaa al-Najjar, were due to fly to Milan in northern Italia on Wednesday evening alongside his aunt and four cousins, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said.
"Adam will arrive in Milan and will be admitted to the Niguarda (hospital), because he has multiple fractures and he will be treated there," Tajani told Rtl radio.
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Probably several years before he rapes a local girl.
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The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), derisively nicknamed the Star Wars program, was a proposed missile defense system intended to protect the United States from attack by ballistic nuclear missiles. The program was announced in 1983, by President Ronald Reagan.
[Rudaw] US Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander General Michael "Erik" Kurilla acknowledged on Tuesday there are some “sticking points” in ongoing efforts to integrate the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) into the new Syrian security apparatus.
“I would tell you it's actually going well right now there's some sticking points but what's happening is you have the Syrian Kurds are talking directly to [Syrian interim President Ahmed] al-Sharaa and the Syrian government right now,” Kurilla said when Congressman Abe Hamadeh asked him about SDF’s integration during a congressional hearing.
“Turkey has played a positive role in that as well but I think that we're on a good path right now,” he added.
Turkey, a longtime supporter of the anti-Assad Syrian opposition, emerged as a key ally of the new Syrian leadership. Ankara considers the People’s Protection Units (YPG), backbone of the SDF, as the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) - which announced its dissolution in mid-May as part of ongoing peace talks with the Turkish government. The process has eased tensions between the SDF and Ankara.
Regarding integrating other minorities into Damascus institutions, Kurilla said the US is currently focused on the Kurds in northeast Syria (Rojava) for now.
SDF is the de facto army in Rojava and the global coalition's main ally on the ground in the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS).
In early December, a coalition of opposition groups, led by the now-dissolved Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) - then-led by Sharaa - toppled the Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in a swift offensive.
By late January, the new authorities in Damascus had disbanded the Syrian army and the long-ruling Baathist Party, annulled the constitution, and formed an interim government headed by Sharaa.
Sharaa and SDF chief Mazloum Abdi signed a landmark agreement on March 10, which included the integration of the SDF and Rojava institutions into the interim government. The deal has been welcomed by regional and international countries, including Turkey. However, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently called on both sides to accelerate the process.
ISIS has tried to take advantage of the shifted security and political landscape in Syria. The SDF has reported a dramatic increase in ISIS activities in Syria, especially in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor.
Kurilla reaffirmed that the global coalition partners are on the front lines, where “they remain crucial to the enduring defeat of ISIS battling the group across their respective countries as well as enabling the repatriation of ISIS detainees and displaced persons.”
Also on Tuesday, the global coalition member states affirmed their commitment in combating ISIS in post-Assad Syria during an anti-ISIS meeting in Madrid.
“The members addressed the ISIS/Daesh security risks in Syria, including those associated with detained ISIS/Daesh fighters and civilians in displaced persons camps in the northeast. They affirmed the Coalition’s continuing commitment to counter ISIS/Daesh in post-Assad Syria, including through increased border security and information sharing and the return and repatriation of Syrians, Iraqis, and third country nationals to their communities and countries of origin,” read a joint statement by the US, UK and Spain.
ERBIL-BAGHDAD TENSIONS
The CENTCOM commander also touched on tensions between Baghdad and Erbil after the Iraqi finance ministry recently said it would halt all budget transfers to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), including salaries for public sector employees for the remainder of the year.
Iraqi Finance Minister Taif Sami accused Erbil of exceeding its share of the 2025 federal budget by over $10 billion, a figure KRG Finance Minister Awat Sheikh Janab said was “made up.”
When asked why the US is still subsidizing Iraq even though it is withholding the public salaries and military equipment of the Kurdistan Region, he said the US ends up “working through them [the disputes], they [the Kurds] end up getting the salaries, they end up getting the equipment,” blaming Iran for the issues.
Salary disputes between the two governments have been ongoing for nearly a decade.
“Despite all of the the setbacks that Iran has been facing the last few months I think Iran is trying to double down on getting their grip inside of Iraq but I think Iraq is a sovereign nation and they don't want to be a vassal state of Iran, of course, although there's a lot of Iranian militias currently still operating Iraq,” he noted.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce emphasized, “We urge Baghdad and Erbil to resolve their issues through constructive dialogue, consistent with their constitutional responsibilities.”
Bruce noted that resolving the salary dispute would not only signal political progress but also foster an environment conducive to foreign investment. “A successful resolution would send a signal that Iraq is creating an environment in which US companies would want to invest.”
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A transcript of the interview can be read in English at the link.
[Rudaw] The spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community, Hikmat al-Hajari, on Monday reiterated his rejection of Syria’s new constitutional declaration, labeling it a "declaration of tyranny" that threatens the country’s sectarian and ethnic fabric.
"What was called the constitutional declaration was in reality a declaration of tyranny, and we and all of Syria's components did not agree with most of its articles," Hajari told Rudaw in a written interview. "What it lacks in rights is not just for the Kurds but for all sects, spectrums, and components."
The constitutional declaration, signed in March by interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, was introduced by the Islamist-led interim government that came to power after Sharaa’s now-dissolved Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, formerly al-Nusra, before that it was called something else ...al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, from which sprang the Islamic State... (HTS) overthrew the regime of Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Lord of the Baath... .The document emphasizes Islamic jurisprudence as a primary source of legislation, drawing criticism from Syria’s Christian, Druze, Kurdish, and Alawite communities, who view it as exclusionary and a threat to religious and cultural diversity.
"The brothers [HTS] who reached Damascus call on us saying that ’whoever liberates decides,’" Hajari said, explaining that the new government makes unilateral decisions without consultation of minority groups. "All of us as one people are partners in victory. Otherwise, we will return to another face resembling the tyranny of Bashar."
The Druze, a religious minority concentrated in southern Syria, as well as parts of Leb ...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?... and Israel, have expressed growing concern over the Islamist-led government since Assad’s fall. Tensions have risen between local groups in the Druze-majority province of Suwayda and the new authorities in Damascus.
In April and May, deadly festivities erupted in Suwayda after an offensive audio recording about the Prophet Muhammad - initially attributed to a Druze holy man - sparked sectarian anger. More than 100 people were killed in the fighting, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
The Rijal al-Karama (Men of Dignity) Movement, the largest Druze gang in Suwayda, has played a key role in defending the province from external threats and local corruption since the fall of Assad.
In early April, Hajari denied making any political agreements with Damascus, calling the current government "extremist in every sense of the word."
While the state-run SANA news agency reported in late May that Druze representatives had reached a "preliminary agreement" with the government to halt the violence, local outlet Suwayda24 said the meeting ended without a clear deal, noting only "non-binding points," including a proposed ceasefire and the formation of a joint committee to address the aftermath of the festivities.
#Iran’s defence minister warns that Tehran will strike U.S. bases in the region if nuclear talks collapse and conflict erupts. Tensions rise ahead of the sixth round of U.S.-Iran negotiations. https://t.co/q7N2eX1RMc
— NORTH PRESS AGENCY - ENGLISH (@NPA_English) June 11, 2025
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
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..always the voice of sweet reason...
...The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else?...
