Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and other Related Conflicts in the Middle East (read the rules in the first post)
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You called it. Rafah is being invaded as we speak
Where did you read this ? I don't think zionist entity has begun invasion yet.
Russia and China have vetoed the US draft Security Council resolution at the UN headquarters in New York.
Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya says the US draft resolution “contains an effective green light for Israel to mount a military operation in Rafah”.
Nebenzya adds that Russia has already stated that it will no longer tolerate “pointless resolutions, which do not contain a call for a ceasefire which lead us to nowhere”
Eleven countries in the 15-member Security Council backed the resolution.
Three countries – permanent members Russia and China, as well as rotating member Algeria – voted against.
One country – Guyana – abstained.
Russia’s ambassador to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya says the US draft resolution “contains an effective green light for Israel to mount a military operation in Rafah”.
Nebenzya adds that Russia has already stated that it will no longer tolerate “pointless resolutions, which do not contain a call for a ceasefire which lead us to nowhere”
Eleven countries in the 15-member Security Council backed the resolution.
Three countries – permanent members Russia and China, as well as rotating member Algeria – voted against.
One country – Guyana – abstained.
When MSM is less credible than Alex Jones.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that his forces will fight against Hamas in Rafah whether the U.S. supports them or not.
Netanyahu emerged defiant from a Friday meeting with his wartime Cabinet and Blinken in Israel, vowing to press on in the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering from the war.
“I told him that I greatly appreciate the fact that for more than five months we have been standing together in the war against Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a video address. “I also said that we have no way to defeat Hamas without entering Rafah and eliminating the remnant of the battalions there.
“I told him that I hope we would do this with U.S. support, but if necessary — we will do it alone,” Netanyahu added.
During the meeting, Blinken reportedly said that Israel is losing its credibility worldwide amid the war in Gaza and that he “might not realize it until it’s too late,” according to Axios.
“You need a coherent plan, or either you’re going to be stuck in Gaza,” Blinken said, according to Axios.
Netanyahu reportedly replied that Israel will “have our hands full for decades.”
The Biden administration warned Israeli officials this week against a major ground operation in Rafah as concerns grow about deepening a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has killed more than 31,000 Palestinians.
President Biden called Netanyahu personally to warn against a Rafah operation and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart to stress the need for alternatives to a ground offensive.
Blinken has also said it would be a “mistake” for Israel to move into Rafah.
Biden has stood by Israel in its war to destroy Hamas after the Palestinian militant group invaded southern Israel Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking another roughly 250 captive, about 100 of whom are still alive in Gaza.
But Democratic anger has grown as the Palestinian death toll has risen and a potential famine looms, and Arab Americans and young progressive voters are signaling they may protest against Biden over the Gaza crisis in the general election this year.
Biden has committed to airdropping supplies into Gaza, and the U.S. military is building a port off the coast of the territory to facilitate more aid delivery.
The Biden administration has also signaled it won’t support an Israeli operation into Rafah without seeing plans for an evacuation of civilians.
Netanyahu said this week he has approved a plan from his military for a ground offensive in Rafah and that he would soon approve another plan for evacuating civilians from the city, which is a major refugee camp and one of two major points of crossing for humanitarian aid into the territory.
The Israeli leader also said Friday he was working to ensure civilians can be evacuated and that more humanitarian aid can get into Gaza.
The U.S. says it has not yet seen an evacuation plan for Rafah.
Zionist entity has nothing to worry about and they are aware of it. They will never become genuine political pariah like South Africa was in the 1980s. Young generations in the West might despise them but they hold an iron grip over Western ruling class and that is all that matters to them. Satanyahu can even afford to openly disrespect Biden&Blinken because he knows that even if zionist entity ignores US warnings & invades Rafah, US would not stop sending military aid nor would it stop shielding them at UN.
Netanyahu emerged defiant from a Friday meeting with his wartime Cabinet and Blinken in Israel, vowing to press on in the southern Gaza city where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering from the war.
“I told him that I greatly appreciate the fact that for more than five months we have been standing together in the war against Hamas,” Netanyahu said in a video address. “I also said that we have no way to defeat Hamas without entering Rafah and eliminating the remnant of the battalions there.
“I told him that I hope we would do this with U.S. support, but if necessary — we will do it alone,” Netanyahu added.
During the meeting, Blinken reportedly said that Israel is losing its credibility worldwide amid the war in Gaza and that he “might not realize it until it’s too late,” according to Axios.
“You need a coherent plan, or either you’re going to be stuck in Gaza,” Blinken said, according to Axios.
Netanyahu reportedly replied that Israel will “have our hands full for decades.”
The Biden administration warned Israeli officials this week against a major ground operation in Rafah as concerns grow about deepening a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has killed more than 31,000 Palestinians.
President Biden called Netanyahu personally to warn against a Rafah operation and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart to stress the need for alternatives to a ground offensive.
Blinken has also said it would be a “mistake” for Israel to move into Rafah.
Biden has stood by Israel in its war to destroy Hamas after the Palestinian militant group invaded southern Israel Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking another roughly 250 captive, about 100 of whom are still alive in Gaza.
But Democratic anger has grown as the Palestinian death toll has risen and a potential famine looms, and Arab Americans and young progressive voters are signaling they may protest against Biden over the Gaza crisis in the general election this year.
Biden has committed to airdropping supplies into Gaza, and the U.S. military is building a port off the coast of the territory to facilitate more aid delivery.
The Biden administration has also signaled it won’t support an Israeli operation into Rafah without seeing plans for an evacuation of civilians.
Netanyahu said this week he has approved a plan from his military for a ground offensive in Rafah and that he would soon approve another plan for evacuating civilians from the city, which is a major refugee camp and one of two major points of crossing for humanitarian aid into the territory.
The Israeli leader also said Friday he was working to ensure civilians can be evacuated and that more humanitarian aid can get into Gaza.
The U.S. says it has not yet seen an evacuation plan for Rafah.
Zionist entity has nothing to worry about and they are aware of it. They will never become genuine political pariah like South Africa was in the 1980s. Young generations in the West might despise them but they hold an iron grip over Western ruling class and that is all that matters to them. Satanyahu can even afford to openly disrespect Biden&Blinken because he knows that even if zionist entity ignores US warnings & invades Rafah, US would not stop sending military aid nor would it stop shielding them at UN.
The first comment from Hamas regarding the Chinese-Russian veto against the American draft resolution on Gaza
The Palestinian movement said in a statement, "We express our appreciation for the position of Russia, China and Algeria, who rejected the biased American project of aggression against our people, and stressed the urgent humanitarian demand for an immediate end to the war of extermination."
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Clashes occured in multiple locations in the West Bank, in one instance one gunman injured 7 IDF soldiers two of which are serious injuries, and after they lost the gunfight with him they brought in an Apache helicopter to kill him
7 Israeli soldiers were injured in an attack west of Ramallah, and the perpetrator was martyred
An Al Jazeera correspondent said on Friday that 7 Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes with a Palestinian gunman who attacked a settler bus west of Ramallah, stressing that the wounds of two of the wounded soldiers were serious, while the perpetrator of the attack was martyred.
The Israeli Channel 12 confirmed the death of the Palestinian who carried out the shooting at the settlers’ bus, after a sweeping operation with warplanes that lasted about an hour to search for him and exchange gunfire, without providing information about the identity of the perpetrator.
The Israeli occupation army sent reinforcements to its forces between the villages of Deir Bazi' and Kafr Ni'ma, west of Ramallah, following the operation.
For his part, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that clashes occurred and explosions were heard after Israeli forces stormed the city of Tubas.
Palestinian sources said that resistance fighters targeted the forces that stormed Tubas with explosive devices, and activists broadcast video clips of the clashes on social media platforms.
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Meanwhile the Palestinian police force that is under the leadership of the PLO and it's leader Mahmoud Abbas is busy targeting armed resistance factions in the west bank on behalf of Israel:-
Clashes between Palestinian police and martyrs' funeral marches in Jenin
Palestinian media reported, on Wednesday, that clashes took place in Jenin with Palestinian security forces, after they opened fire and sound bombs on a procession for the funeral of the three martyrs, who were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their car.
The Palestinian movement said in a statement, "We express our appreciation for the position of Russia, China and Algeria, who rejected the biased American project of aggression against our people, and stressed the urgent humanitarian demand for an immediate end to the war of extermination."
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Clashes occured in multiple locations in the West Bank, in one instance one gunman injured 7 IDF soldiers two of which are serious injuries, and after they lost the gunfight with him they brought in an Apache helicopter to kill him
7 Israeli soldiers were injured in an attack west of Ramallah, and the perpetrator was martyred
An Al Jazeera correspondent said on Friday that 7 Israeli soldiers were injured in clashes with a Palestinian gunman who attacked a settler bus west of Ramallah, stressing that the wounds of two of the wounded soldiers were serious, while the perpetrator of the attack was martyred.
The Israeli Channel 12 confirmed the death of the Palestinian who carried out the shooting at the settlers’ bus, after a sweeping operation with warplanes that lasted about an hour to search for him and exchange gunfire, without providing information about the identity of the perpetrator.
The Israeli occupation army sent reinforcements to its forces between the villages of Deir Bazi' and Kafr Ni'ma, west of Ramallah, following the operation.
For his part, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that clashes occurred and explosions were heard after Israeli forces stormed the city of Tubas.
Palestinian sources said that resistance fighters targeted the forces that stormed Tubas with explosive devices, and activists broadcast video clips of the clashes on social media platforms.
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Meanwhile the Palestinian police force that is under the leadership of the PLO and it's leader Mahmoud Abbas is busy targeting armed resistance factions in the west bank on behalf of Israel:-
Clashes between Palestinian police and martyrs' funeral marches in Jenin
Palestinian media reported, on Wednesday, that clashes took place in Jenin with Palestinian security forces, after they opened fire and sound bombs on a procession for the funeral of the three martyrs, who were killed in an Israeli drone strike on their car.
UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire as US abstains
UNSC calls for a ‘lasting, sustainable ceasefire’ in Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza and the release of all captives.The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) demands an immediate ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip and the release of all hostages as the United States abstains from the vote.
The remaining 14 council members voted in favour of the resolution, which was proposed by the 10 elected members of the council. There was a round of applause in the council chamber after the vote on Monday.
The resolution calls for an immediate ceasefire for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, which ends in two weeks, and also demands the release of all hostages seized in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7.
The US had repeatedly blocked Security Council resolutions that put pressure on Israel but has increasingly shown frustration with its ally as civilian casualties mount and the UN warns of impending famine in Gaza.
Speaking after the vote, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield blamed Hamas for the delay in passing a ceasefire resolution.
“We did not agree with everything with the resolution,” which she said was the reason why the US abstained.
“Certain key edits were ignored, including our request to add a condemnation of Hamas,” Thomas-Greenfield said. She stressed that the release of Israeli captives would lead to an increase in humanitarian aid supplies going into the besieged coastal enclave.
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Hamas welcomes UNSC resolution, expresses readiness for exchange deal
Hamas welcomed the United Nations Security Council’s call today for an immediate ceasefire, in a statement released on Monday.
"We stress the necessity of reaching a permanent ceasefire that leads to the withdrawal of all Zionist (Israeli occupation) forces from the Gaza Strip and the return of the displaced [Palestinians] to the homes they were forced out of," the movement emphasized.
"We also affirm our readiness to engage in an immediate prisoner exchange process that leads to the release of both sides’ detainees and captives," Hamas said.
"We call on the Security Council to pressure the occupation to adhere to the ceasefire and stop the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing against our people," the Resistance movement affirmed.
Hamas reiterated the Palestinian people's right to establish an independent and sovereign Palestinian state with al-Quds as its capital. It also underlined the Palestinian people's right to return to their homeland and their right to self-determination, as stipulated in international decisions and international law.
Knowing how Israel violates UN laws, even if such resolutions are passed, Israel will violate it anyways.
A law that doesn't have a force behind it is not really a law. Imagine if an unarmed single cop stood infront of a heavily armed murderer and said "you are under arrest" what will happen! There has to be some one that actually applies some pressure on Israel to follow the law. Idealy it would have been the Arabs but unfortunately they are mostly vassals of the US.
Israel says gas exports to Egypt, Jordan rose 25% in 2023
Israel said on Monday that gas supplies to Egypt and Jordan rose by about 25% in 2023, despite brief disruptions at the start of the war in Gaza, adding that exports could be expanded further.
Israel is positioning itself as a regional energy hub and has committed to supply natural gas to Europe, which has been diversifying away from Russia since its invasion of Ukraine.
"The dramatic growth in natural gas exports to Egypt and Jordan proves just how much the natural gas market is a strategic asset for Israel and helps regional stability," Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen said in a statement.
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Arab rulers don't give a flying fk if Israel annihilates the people of Gaza, the only reason they even pretend to support Palestine is to placate their masses.
The only ones who are willing to apply actual pressure on Israel is Hamas and to a much lesser extent Hezbollah and the Houthis though the latter are constrained by their inability to send ground forces to the battle.