One Big Beautiful Effort to Confuse the Public.....

 

HAS Trump Handed Netanyahu a Get-Out-of-Trial-Free Card?

Never a fan of long-established norms, President Donald Trump crossed another traditional line by wading into the criminal prosecution of a political figure in an allied country: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

While leading Israel, Netanyahu faces an ongoing corruption trial (in which he denies all charges) stemming from allegations of giving favors in exchange for gifts and sympathetic media coverage. On Saturday, Trump railed against the trial on Truth Social, calling it a “WITCH HUNT” and comparing it to his own prosecutions. Trump alluded to US assistance for Israel, continuing: “The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar [sic] a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this. We just had a Great Victory with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu at the helm — And this greatly tarnishes our Victory. LET BIBI GO, HE’S GOT A BIG JOB TO DO!”

The post may or may not have had an effect. On Sunday, the Jerusalem court hearing Netanyahu’s corruption case canceled this week’s hearings, “accepting a request [Netanyahu] made citing classified diplomatic and security grounds,” as Reuters reported. “It was unclear” whether Trump’s post had “influenced the court’s decision.” The heads of Israel’s Mossad spy service and defense intelligence agency provided, along with Netanyahu, classified justifications for the cancelation, The Guardian noted.

At The Jerusalem Post, senior contributing editor Herb Keinon writes of Trump’s Truth Social post: “Everyone pees in the swimming pool, goes the well-known adage. But only some folks do it from the diving board. US President Donald Trump did just that [by criticizing Netanyahu’s trial]. The swimming pool in this analogy is US-Israel relations. Interference in each other’s affairs is nothing new; it’s pervasive and mutual. Everybody does it. What made Trump’s actions so audacious wasn’t the fact of interference but how he did it: openly, unapologetically, and with a barely veiled threat that American military aid might hang in the balance.”

In the past , I didn't follow much Fareed's analysis nor his opinions, but in the last year or so, I've learned to respect the man and look more carefully at most of his analysis, he's sharp and practical and always to the point, Again in this case I've decided to copy part of his page, to the benefit of my American and international readers, as it describes well the present situation and the funny relation. More so after the announcement of the Netanyahu visit next week to the US and the White-House, which comes at a controversial time in the relation and the diverging objectives of both sides. 

As always, my many thanks to all, stay safe and well.  

HAPPY AND HAPPY....... AND HAPPY...

 

 was Iran building a nuclear weapon? Or does it still have the full capacity to build one?? No one knows for sure. In March, Tulsi Gabbard, director of national intelligence, testified before Congress that the intelligence community “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon,” but Iran’s growing stockpile of enriched uranium could allow it to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon. An early US intelligence report after the bombardment of the three Iranian nuclear sites minimized the effects to only few months delay, now it's being investigated and challenged. While Israel had its vast nuclear weaponry and capabilities for decades. 

Given the very strong relation and coordination between the US intelligence services and the Israeli ones, such a report or testimony couldn't have been one sided, we are witnessing nowadays the counter original report stating the the US had only delayed a little the Iranian nuclear buildup, a few months max. 

such a report puts the entire orchestration and play in jeopardy, it could have been the doing of the Israeli regime, as they would have wanted to continue bombing all types of facilities and military infrastructures, in Iran and elsewhere, the American plan calls for an immediate stop leading to a realistic win win situation, or call it a satisfactory resolution to all parties. 

So now, we are witnessing the fixing of the loopholes and fast disturbances of the originally accepted plans, even if Israel was bluffing its way in, the other parties were not. Iran was offered the opportunity of claiming few missile into Israel and later into Qatar and its American base, which will help save face and preserve their dignity, and offer them the claim of victory, it's already happening. Israel would be offered a long dating wish of destroying Iran's nuclear capabilities, even partially and some of their military foundation, plus the assurance of a strong partnership with the US in doing so. 

it didn't go exactly as wished, but the American president insisted on completing the proposed original scenario. Which will lead us to the biggest winner, Mr. Trump himself, the biggest force of peace in the area and the world, he proved he can broker a deal with all parties, achieve possibly his dream of a Noble peace prize, continue on his plans of uniting the entire Middle-East under his Abraham accords, and under a direct US manipulation through Israel and the US Arab allies, and perpetuate his glorious name historically. 

Iran would be rewarded later, economically and morally,  spared more destruction, and maintain its existing regime, with no openly nuclear bombs. Russia is out of the area, so is China momentarily, the European countries are impressed enough to reaccept American and Trump's hegemony. Mr. Trump will be the master of the deal. Even the markets in the US and the world, momentarily were celebrating the great peace deal.

 

 But the main question remains valid, will this deal outlive the Iranian regime, the Netanyahu and extreme Zionist regime, and Mr. Trump himself and his oligarchy, Still, What a deal, everyone will smile and be happy for ever after.

My interpretation of events engulfing the entire Middle-East, and possibly the world. 

As always, my many thanks to all.          

REVIVING BARBARIC TERRORISM.....

 

 The terrorist bombing of St. Elias Church in Damascus exacerbated the existential concerns of minorities in Syria... and raised security concerns in Lebanon Adjacent and highly affected by what is happening around the country.

If the Syrian President Ahmed Sharaa, While he hastened to open up to the West in general, and the United States in particular, to ensure the stability of his regime and secure its protection, the challenges facing this new regime internally are no less complex and dangerous in their nature and impact.

Fueling these challenges is the anxiety felt by the Alawite, Christian, Shiite, and Druze minorities in Syria about their fate, and the possibility of a sort of settling of scores between the past of Abu Muhammad al-Julani and the present of Ahmad al-Sharaa. This means that ISIS and other minor factions from within, may be intent on exacting revenge on the Syrian president after his reversal of his history, of which ISIS and the ultra Islamists were a part. This is one explanation for the suicide attack on the church in Damascus.

Following this grave and barbaric massacre in Damascus, it is evident that the extremists Islamist small organizations are back into action, planning several terrorist hits, trying hard to destabilize the existing state of affairs and the status quo, focused mostly in Syria and Lebanon, two very vulnerable countries nowadays. 

 We're left to see and ponder, who is really behind these terrorist groups and these factions, and where/who is the master-mind who initially created them and planned most of their actions in several spots of the Middle-East, and is still trying and looking for the same line of  destabilization, there is a master mind and a provider of funds (big money) with a special agenda and a purpose of creating total chaos under the reign of terror. What is the final purpose !!! Still an ongoing mysterious enigma. 

As always, my many thanks to all.  

Iran’s war plan could be genius.

 

As America goes fully into the war with Israel against Iran, bombing their nuclear sites and probably waiting for Iran's reaction to get further  engaged in this dirty and very dangerous war, I thought this sort of funny article/analysis might shed some lights, or call it some useful insights on the situation over there.

If you think the Iran-Israel war will end in just a few days or weeks, then you probably haven’t fully understood the Iran-Iraq war that took place in the 80s.

In that bloody war, Iran defended itself not by defeating the enemy, but by tiring it out.

So, the question now is — can Iran tire Israel out? The simple answer is absolutely. In fact, one could argue that if Israel is the region’s most relentless aggressor, Iran is its most skilled exhaustor.

And let’s not forget that Israeli forces have already been drained for years by Tehran’s proxy campaigns.

Now, take a moment to imagine this hypothetical situation and some facts.

According to several safe estimates, Iran possesses thousands of missiles and hundreds of thousands of drones. On the other hand, Israeli citizens have been strictly instructed by their government that whenever they hear the warning siren signalling a potential enemy airstrike, they must immediately stop all activities and seek shelter in a secure location.

At the same time, we’ve seen that despite Israel’s globally renowned defense systems, they sometimes fail to intercept enemy projectiles, especially when faced with a large barrage. Now, obviously, if the public doesn’t take this vulnerability in the defense system seriously, they could, God forbid, end up paying a heavy price.

Now, just imagine: Iran launches just a few hundred of its thousands upon thousands of drones and missiles every day — targeting Israel precisely during business hours. What do you think the economic toll would be?

Just imagine the everyday chaos. Office workers calmly at their desks and shopkeepers peacefully conducting business would suddenly have to drop everything multiple times a day to rush to bomb shelters. And when they return after the sirens fade, they might find — God forbid — that some missiles have made it through, likely causing financial ruin to some innocent civilian’s livelihood.

Consider just the economic impact of missile attacks on Israeli airports alone. Ever since the Houthi attacks on Israel began, several major international airlines have intermittently suspended their flights to Israel.

Moreover, declining profits are being observed across every sector of the economy. According to West’s own newspapers, the economy continues to shrink while war expenditures keep rising. As if this weren’t enough, several major multinational corporations are facing operational difficulties in Israel due to security concerns.

Also, keep in mind that the missiles or drones coming from Iran cost thousands of dollars each, while the interceptor missiles fired by defense systems to shoot them down cost millions. The daily damage caused by Iranian missiles hitting their targets is one thing, but the expense of intercepting hundreds of them is an entirely separate burden.

So tell me — how many days can a nation’s wheels keep turning like this before everything grinds to a halt?

Now, does Israel have any solution to such an attrition? The short answer is no.

In such circumstances, providence favors a nation with vast geography, a large population, and self-sufficiency in essential resources like oil and food supplies. And by this measure, Iran clearly holds the advantage.

Israel suffers from extreme geographic compression. Its population and military infrastructure are crammed into concentrations. Iran, on the other hand, has vast territory at its disposal.

Look at Yemen. Saudi Arabia conducted sustained airstrikes in Yemen for years, followed by the US and then Israel. Yet, Yemen’s vast territory has prevented them from eliminating the Houthis. Even now, the Houthis easily find space to launch missiles at Israel.

If Yemen doesn’t prove the point, consider Afghanistan’s unbreakable resistance.

In stark contrast, if Israel were to face a major successful attack, its limited territory would make it extremely difficult to protect its assets.

Israel’s geographical constraints become stark when you consider unverified reports that its prime minister evacuated upon the first strikes on Iran. True or not, the mere possibility reveals how Israel struggles to safeguard even its leadership, let alone military infrastructure, in times of war.

And should opportunistic allies, North Korea and Russia, exploit this moment to drain Israel and the West, the Jewish state would face existential complications. Iran’s shared border with Russia provides strategic depth, while Israel’s isolation — cut off from allies and encircled by enemies — becomes its fatal vulnerability.

If Israel wants to avoid getting bogged down in this quagmire of war, it will have to take decisive action against Iran. By “decisive action,” I mean the complete elimination of Iran’s military capabilities, no matter what weapons Israel must deploy to achieve this.

The same Israel that has meticulously targeted Iran’s top officials with its formidable intelligence capabilities must certainly know the locations of Iran’s missile and drone stockpiles. If Israel could somehow strike these depots, it might indeed avoid a protracted war of attrition.

But this remains nearly impossible — after all, Israel hasn’t managed to fully eliminate such weapon caches even in Gaza, Hezbollah’s Lebanon, or Houthi-controlled Yemen. Worse, any successful strikes on Iran’s stockpiles would leave Tehran with zero strategic restraints, potentially triggering its most extreme retaliation.

Then Iran would undoubtedly target American assets and Arab nations in the region as well, leaving the entire Middle East in ruins.

A very good analysis of the ongoing war between the two rivals, mixed with humor , but still very insightful, by the talented  Hamza Farooq, got it by email from the popular site Medium Daily Digest. A good copy for our blog readers, to better see and understand the present situation over the Middle-East and possibly the entire world soon. 

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A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.....

Western support for Israel's right to defend itself as it strikes Iran backs up a pattern of “pre-emptive” violence that critics say is further eroding international law and the rules-based order put in place in the wake of World War II, ushering in a “law of the jungle” in which might takes precedence over right – with dire consequences for global stability and co-operation.

The French website "France Inter" stated that "the American restraint shown by the US On the first day of the Israeli attack is no longer valid. On June 13.  Minister of Foreign Affairs American Marco Rubio said: Israel Unilateral measures were taken against Iran". Four days later, president Trump tweeted,  "We control the airspace," The Use of "We" is the plural pronoun, even though the United States is not officially involved in the war, or has not yet participated. 

According to the website, "Three factors must be taken into account to understand how and why Trump might decide to go to war alongside Israel. The first factor is psychological. It may seem trivial when talking about war, but it is important with Trump. He loves to be victorious more than anything else, and to be on the winning side. In this war, Israel is the one with the strategic superiority, and it does almost whatever it wants. Hence Trump's use of the pronoun "we." Nothing is more frustrating than a war waged with American weapons, a war in which the US president does not reap the benefits. This first factor tips the scales in favor of formal entry into the war." 

The website continued, "The second factor is the men who have access to Trump and are trying to influence him, and the most important person in this case is Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The latter has a long-standing and complex relationship with Trump, more so than Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who did not want this war, and more so than Europeans ,Those who Trump doesn't listen to. 

The US president is capable of intimidating Netanyahu, as he did when his envoy, Steve Witkoff, imposed a ceasefire on the Israeli leader in Gaza on January 19. But today, there is no doubt that Netanyahu has the upper hand over Trump. He managed to get Trump to come out of his shell and agree to this war even before the negotiations with Iran were over. If Netanyahu succeeds in convincing the US to fight a war on his side, it would be a major precedent.

The website added, "The third factor is US domestic politics. Trump was elected on a platform of US withdrawal from global conflicts, in contrast to the 'endless wars' waged by old-school Republicans and Democrats. In his inaugural address, the president declared that his success would be measured by the number of wars he did not start. Suffice it to say, Trump's stance on Israel has destabilized his "Make America Great Again" base, such as US broadcaster Tucker Carlson, who worked tirelessly to elect him and whom the president now calls "crazy" for opposing US entry into the war. 

While Trump leans toward the "Make America Great Again" principle in dealing with Ukraine, He leans toward old-school Republican policy on the Israel-Iran issue. 

the website concluded. "It is this combination of several factors that will decide peace or war, and it depends on one man alone: Donald Trump.

A good analysis of our present situation, vis a vis this dangerous conflict that's been brewing for quite some time now, between different sides and different ideologies and strategic outlooks, the major problem is that world safety and prevention of total annihilation, depends strictly nowadays on very few individuals, who could take and make any situation according to their strict personalities, fantasies and personal benefits. Back to kings and emperors, the entire world paid a heavy price to get out of those crazy times. 

As always, my many thanks to all.   

 

 

THE BIRTH OF SERIOUS COLLECTIVE OBJECTION......

 

Yesterday, two very different visions of America were on full display.

In Washington, D.C., Donald Trump staged a grossly expensive and "profoundly low energy" military parade—a spectacle featuring tanks, troops, and weapons rolling through our nation's capital on his 79th birthday.¹ It was a sparsely attended and, ultimately, empty attempt to show force by a historically weak president who governs through fear because he cannot lead through trust.^2,3

But across America, the real show of strength was happening.

In cities outside of D.C., small towns, and rural areas all across the country, an estimated 5 million people flooded the streets peacefully protesting at 2,100 "No Kings" events in all 50 states, red and blue—a massive display of the power we hold when we stand together for democracy, dignity, and hope. There were even No Kings events in other countries standing in solidarity!⁴

Our movement isn’t just growing—it’s surging. Look at our trajectory since 2017:

Two months ago, in April: 3 million of us protested at 1,300 Hands Off! events.

Yesterday: 5 million of us protested at 2,100 No Kings events.

Each week, hundreds of thousands more people are joining the movement. But this is just the beginning, and we can't afford to slow down now.

Historians who study social movements worldwide have coined the "3.5% rule"—that throughout history, few authoritarian governments have withstood 3.5% of their population peacefully mobilized against them in a sustained way.⁶ The rule helps us understand just how big our movement needs to get to stop Trump's tyranny—on the order of more than 11 million people showing up again and again.

We still have a long way to go, but we have the momentum, omar. That's why Trump and his allies tried to tighten his grip on power so dramatically last week, militarizing our cities, manhandling and handcuffing a Democratic senator, and terrorizing families.

MoveOn will continue dedicating our work, day in and day out, 24/7, to building this mass mobilization movement alongside a web of other allied organizations. But given Trump's chilling escalation last week, time is not on our side. And, quite frankly, we need your help to have the financial resources to turbocharge our organizing, community by community all across the country.

Our country is in crisis, as we saw so tragically yesterday in Minnesota, when a Trump supporter assassinated Democratic State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, and wounded Democratic State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette.⁷ We mourn the horrific loss of life and grieve the continued escalation of political violence in America.

And while protests were overwhelmingly peaceful, demonstrating our collective commitment to nonviolence as the antidote to intimidation and force, there were also a handful of isolated acts of violence directed at peaceful protesters.

But even in the face of such tragedy in Minnesota, we can choose hope over fear, community over division, nonviolence over brutality, democracy over authoritarianism. And we must choose it together, right now, while we still can.

Yesterday proved that when we come together, we are unstoppable. Trump's empty parade showed his weakness. Our overflowing streets showed our strength.

The future is in our hands. We got this, together.

Thanks for all you do.

–Britt, David, Nakia, Emily, and the rest of the team.

The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than ever. 

Yes it's the start of serious collective objection, and this report received by email from the move on people, is only one of many across the country, all sharing the same distrust of the actual trends of the governing administration and its oligarchy and loyalties. A strong and daring opposition through an untrained and generally politically uninvolved larger population in the US. It could turn into a threatening movement to the new ruling class and their ideologies. 

As always, copied to the blog for better information of facts on the ground to my readers, my deepest thanks to all.  

WORLD CLASS GAMING.......

 

Israel hit several important strategic Iranian civilian and military targets, plus of course few nuclear sites, killing several high ranking military leaders and scientists. They used in their attack more than 200 attack fighters and more than once, plus their fueling supply equipment. As well as some previously smuggled equipment and drones deep into Iran to hit all types of military ground to air missiles and other targets. 

One's immediate question, why didn't Iran defend itself at all ?? We didn't hear of any incident or attempts targeting any of the aggressor's equipment. Not a single air defense activated, not one fighter in the air, not one missile fired. So what type of a scenario are we facing or witnessing?? 

Iran struck back, sending more than 100 hundred drones toward Israel in retaliation, we've seen it before, Israel claims to have intercepted all of them, whether true or false, they did at least defend themselves and their people against Iranian retaliation by air. Iran, it seems did nothing of the sort, not even attempt to.  

 
Iran is allowing it all to happen, so as to have a good and valid reason to retaliate ?? Iran is incapable of any sort of defense or interception of large fleets of enemy aggression ?? Iran being totally penetrated and infiltrated by agents on the enemy's payroll ?? Maybe a scenario like the one that was circulated after the assassination of Hamas's Ismail Haniyeh in the middle of luxury Tehran neighborhood, are they going to simply sit and lick their wounds, and promise the world a harsh retaliation, we heard it all before in its entirety, we don't need it again. 

Are we to believe that the whole scene is a staged one, an escalating down exercise, all under the baton of Maestro Ameritrump and his CIA games masters.... Maybe, possibly, the world needs to be on its tows for a few days before we are fed a new smart deal, enough of a deal to put the entire region , and possibly the world down on its knees, begging . Then the leader of the cavalry marches in triumphally on his white horse, imposing his peace initiatives.

Of course, a Noble peace price later is de rigueur. A truly win-win situation to all parties.  We will all be waiting for the next new adventure, to be invented, threaten  world peace again, then hope for a suitable Noblean  magic solution, a la Middle-Eastern model.

A final word, I have to admit that I'm not really sure if Mr. Trump isn't really totally fooled and played by his entourage, and more so by Mr. Netanyahu and his coalition, but honestly, I don't think he's that naive, he must have known of the early steps and later intentions, even if he didn't design them himself. So maybe he will deserve a Nobel peace price for bringing some sort of a pseudo peace in the area of the Middle-East.  

 
Simply observing the events over that area of the world, and giving what I believe could be the prevailing scenario.

 As always, my profound many thanks to all.