BEHAVIORAL CONFLICTS .......

 

Boussenna Mohamed

  

What Italy has just done to its Muslims changes everything!!!

Giorgia Meloni's Italy is on the brink: the radical law against separatism is shaking the West.

Article: Italy has just made a decision that could well redefine the contours of Western civilization as we know it. What is currently happening in Rome is not simply a new line in the European penal code; it is a political and cultural earthquake whose repercussions are already being felt far beyond the Alps. Under the leadership of Giorgia Meloni, the Italian government has launched an unprecedented legislative offensive aimed at protecting what it calls the national identity and Christian roots of Europe.

A historic turning point for the peninsula

The ruling party, Brothers of Italy, has introduced sweeping legislation banning the wearing of the burqa and niqab in all public spaces nationwide. This measure extends beyond administrative buildings to include schools, shops, offices, and even the streets. Supporters of the law argue that it is a matter of public safety and human dignity, while critics see it as a brutal attack on individual liberties.

The bill also mandates identity checks for anyone wearing clothing that fully covers their face. Italian police now have the authority to stop and document these individuals without prior suspicion. The message from Rome is crystal clear: social integration and respect for common civic norms are no longer negotiable. Violators face fines of up to $3,000, a deterrent amount that underscores the government's determination to enforce this new law.

Giorgia Meloni's vision: Defending Christian identity

At the heart of this transformation is the figure of Giorgia Meloni. The Italian Prime Minister, known for her outspokenness and unabashed nationalism, doesn't mince words. She has repeatedly stated that, in her view, there is a fundamental incompatibility between certain interpretations of Islamic culture and the Christian values ​​that built Europe.

Meloni highlights a particularly sensitive issue: foreign funding. According to Italian authorities, a large number of the country's Islamic cultural centers are financed by nations such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar. For the government, it is unacceptable that foreign governments should be able to shape Italian public life or undermine the country's constitutional values. This law is therefore not simply a matter of clothing or fashion; it is an act of sovereignty in the face of what Meloni calls cultural separatism.

A global fight against "cultural separatism"

Italy's legislative arsenal doesn't stop at the full-face veil. The text proposes a series of measures aimed at dismantling what the government calls "parallel societies." Key points include extremely strict transparency rules for mosque funding, harsher penalties for forced marriages, and criminal consequences for performing virginity tests.

Andrea Delmastro, one of the legislators behind this bill, forcefully summarized the government's position: religious freedom is sacred, but it must be exercised openly and in full respect of the Constitution. This vision places public law and civic norms above private or religious ideologies. This is where the battle line is drawn: the State reaffirms its primacy over all forms of alternative jurisdiction.

Europe facing a civilizational shift

What is happening in Italy is part of a much broader movement across Europe. For decades, the continent has questioned its capacity to absorb divergent cultures and ideologies. France was the first to respond with a firm “no” in 2011 by banning the full-face veil. Belgium, Denmark, Austria, and Switzerland followed suit.

Today, Italy is taking a further step by explicitly linking these restrictions to a civilizational defense strategy. Under the Meloni government, migrant arrivals were reduced by nearly half thanks to tough agreements with North African countries. Between January 2023 and July 2024, Italy deported 130 people for reasons of national security and arrested 36 individuals labeled as extremists. Despite the presence of 1.5 million Muslims within its borders, Italy still refuses to officially recognize Islam as a legally protected religion, a strong signal of its desire to maintain a unified national framework.

Conclusion: A model for the West?

The return of religion to the public sphere, but in the form of a protective Christian heritage, is a growing trend. From Viktor Orban's Hungary to Marine Le Pen's France, the idea that European civilization is threatened by an unassimilated foreign influence is becoming a major political driving force.

For observers like Dr. Steve Turley, Italy is the “tip of the spear” of a civilizational populism that seeks to restore beauty, faith, and tradition to the heart of the city. Whether one supports or condemns these measures, one thing is certain: Giorgia Meloni’s Italy has chosen its side. It is betting on strengthened civic unity, uncompromising national sovereignty, and fierce protection of its historical identity. The choice is now clear for the rest of the West: bold action to preserve civilization or hesitation in the face of growing fragmentation. Rome has already made its decision.

A frank and realistic report by this columnist on Facebook describing a long due situation taking place in most European countries and lately in America and Canada, a major problem of assimilation and integration, it's not over yet, but taking shape in many parts of the world.

As always, my many thanks to all.

WEAPONIZING RELIGIONS......

 

by Jonathan Kuttab
Last week, Palestinian Christians following the Eastern Calendar celebrated Christmas. January 6 is recognized by the Palestinian Authority as a national holiday, with government and municipal offices closed for Eastern Christmas, just as they are on December 25 for Western Christmas and major Muslim holidays. This may come as a surprise to many Americans, who are still fed the line that Palestinian Christians are persecuted by the Palestinian Authority and that the dwindling Christian population is shrinking as a result of Islamic extremism rather than the ongoing Israeli occupation.
Netanyahu has also recently announced that Israel needs to be the “defender of Christians” throughout the region and that Israel would be prepared to act militarily to support and defend minorities, especially Christians in Africa and elsewhere. Already, Israel is interfering in Syria, here claiming to support the Druze minority, and it has moved into Somaliland with similar justifications. Now, he is aspiring to become a dominant regional power as a so-called defender of Christians.
All this sounds absolutely bizarre to Palestinians, who know Israel’s long record of harassment towards Christians, their churches, and their holy places. Christian priests in Jerusalem are spat upon and berated by religious Jews on a daily basis. Christian Palestinians face the same enmity, and their property and land is equally coveted by Israel because the state views them in the same light as it views their Muslim compatriots.
This became particularly clear to me this week as I visited the Christian village of Taybeh, in the Ramallah area of the West Bank. The ancient church in that village was attacked by Jewish settlers who also set fire to part of its property. Churches and church institutions in Gaza have been attacked and bombed by the Israeli army, including the third oldest Christian Church in the world, the Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, as well as the Arab Al Ahli “Baptist” hospital in Gaza City. Israel is also moving to tax church property in Jerusalem in violation of the centuries old tradition of exempting such properties from taxation, a potential death blow for local Christian institutions.
A recently-leaked secret memorandum from AIPAC reveals that Zionist propagandists, after doing some field research, have decided that the best argument in support of Israel is to attack Islam. While support for Israel is rapidly declining, there still exists a lot of suspicion, ignorance and hatred for Islam and Muslims in the West. Americans, who may not feel much sympathy towards Israel these days, are still vulnerable to ads and arguments stoking fear of Islam and Shari’a law. References to so-called “Judaeo-Christian values” deliberately exclude and cast suspicion on Islam and Muslims as a dangerous or inferior “other,” while positing a unity of purpose between the state of Israel and Christians in the West. Interfaith activities often ignore Islam, seeking to project unity and affinity between Christians and Jews at the expense of Muslims.
It is important to firmly oppose such trends for a number of reasons. For one thing, the Muslim community in America is still very vulnerable, and it does not have access to the solidarity, resources, official backing and acceptance that the Jewish community has achieved after many years of discrimination and marginalization. While anti-Jewish attitudes still persist in some significant portions of the population, it is often quickly exposed and properly confronted. Private and official bodies are constantly on the lookout for anti-Jewish animus. Publications, speeches and statements are assiduously monitored and any hint of perceived anti-Jewish antisemitism is duly denounced and dealt with. This is as it should be. Unfortunately, the fight against such antisemitism has also been effectively weaponized to shield Zionism and Israel from criticism and to stifle any reasonable discussion of Palestine/Israel. Bias against Islam and Muslims, by contrast, is regularly tolerated, at times even celebrated, and hardly results in proper rebuke or serious consequences.
Another reason to oppose such trends is that the core issues between Israel and Palestinians are purely political, involving disputes over land and population. Viewing the situation as a religious conflict between Judaism and Islam (with Christianity weighing in on the side of the Jews, whom they persecuted in the past) is both inaccurate and dangerous. It pits groups against each other, with God supposedly taking sides. It also justifies the most extreme positions, as adherents of each faith feel they are doing God’s will when they oppose their infidel enemies. And with “God on their side,” it is both useless and even “sacrilegious” to give in to others who are considered heathen and infidels. This is true both for Jews and Muslims. Thankfully, since the times of the Crusades, Christians do not raise exclusive claims to the Holy Land in the name of their God. Yet, adherents of all three religions have a religious connection to the Holy Land, with sacred sites, places of worship and important pilgrimage interests in Palestine. This renders them vulnerable to manipulation and persuasion by political (often secular) elements in the name of their respective religions. In this sense, Christian Zionism, which provides a religious cover for pro-Israeli policies as a Christian duty, is as dangerous as Jewish fanaticism or Muslim fundamentalism.
Therefore, Netanyahu’s pronouncement that he sees Israel as the “defender of Christians” in the region is nothing more than a cynical ruse that should fool no one. Ask the Christians of Palestine how they feel about Netanyahu, Israel, and Zionism first.
And while you are at it, ask why despite repeated efforts, the Israeli prison services are refusing to allow a Christian Palestinian prisoner with whom we are in contact, a Catholic, to have a Bible with or have a priest visit him and administer the sacraments. The Israeli prison authorities state that such religious “privileges” could be given to regular criminals but not to so-called “security detainees.” 
The unspoken truth is that many, particularly religious Israelis have more animosity towards Christians than even towards Muslims. This may be understandable in light of their bitter historic experiences with anti Jewish bigotry in the Christian West. Yet these attitudes are never admitted publicly in English, or in the West. It is more politically expedient to garner support for Israel by promoting a Jewish-Christian alliance against Muslims and Islam. This is the cynical truth behind Netanyahu’s proclamation that he is a defender of Christians.

Jonathan Kuttab for: 
Friends of Sabeel North America · PO Box 3192, Greenwood Village, CO 80155, United States.

A very good report and analysis of an ongoing very dangerous situation, it's been in the making for many decades now, and nowadays being used to its full extend, transforming the colonial acquisition of Palestine and the following transfer and elimination of the indigenous population into a religious pseudo war, a dirty political game engulfing the area and the entire world. 
Mr. Kuttab is an inspired spokes-person for this Christian Palestinian/American organization, I have proudly used some of his words before on our blog, inspired words of courageous truth.
As always, my many thanks to all.    

AMERICAN YEAR 2026 AND BEYOND.......

 

Every single person in the United States, from those who’ve been most harmed to those who’ve been most privileged, would be better off if we had a normal government that put even a moderate effort into universally improving everyone’s lives. If we had a government that took trillions of dollars away from the war machine and the untaxed oligarchs and provided as a matter of basic rights for all

• economic welfare,
• education, preschool through college,
• healthcare,
• a clean and sustainable environment, and
• public transit,

then nobody would ever be denied an education or a job for any reason of hateful idiocy. Why should they be when we’re absolutely rolling in wealth? We could obviously do a much better job of fighting over the crumbs we’ve got, with more context and nuance, but why should we, and how dare we? We need to be putting everything we’ve got into trying to preserve a habitable planet for our children, not fighting over crumbs.

That perfectly true statement is almost meaningless to someone who’s been wrongly imprisoned or denied housing or traumatized by racist police or prevented by cost from providing healthcare for a loved one. Those fortunate enough to not find the preservation of the environment, or the abolition of war, or the taxing of billionaires meaningless need, I think, to work at understanding how badly we are divided and conquered. A huge segment of the U.S. population is being trained to support racism, sexism, xenophobia, and all varieties of bigotry, while another huge segment of the population seems to think it would be joining in the same hideous beliefs if it were to admit that white men have ever had anything unfair done to them or grown their bitterness in any sort of realworld soil.

Young white U.S. male support for fascism is not excusable, sensible . . . or unpredictable. Discrimination against young white males that predictably leads to fascism is not a justification for, or the equivalent of, anything. Nor is it imaginary. In the United States we have an enduring legacy of slavery and white supremacy, persistent racist police and vigilante killings, a rising tide of traditional bigotry, and also discrimination against white men. Millions of words would never suffice to detail the full complexity of the mess we’re in or to properly rank and compare the vast variety of injustices. No solution other than deeply addressing each injustice, and not even that, would satisfy all.

But we would care less about the distribution of the crumbs if we were to take the whole loaf of bread away from sociopathic billionaires and weapons dealers.

Dumping so much of our wealth into the war machine is key to generating the xenophobia and nationalism that allow us to think in terms of a struggle for crumbs internationally. But we don’t need to accept those terms either. The world has plenty of wealth for all. That indisputable fact is also very hard to grasp through the flood of nationalistic propaganda from all sides and in the face of extreme inequality nearby.

We’re not helped by corporate media, with its normalization of war and corruption, and its solemn debates over how Democrats should rebrand themselves in order to better pretend to give a damn. I think Zohran Mamdani’s dad had a good point when he said that his son was elected mayor of New York because he promised to actually improve people’s lives and because he refused to support a genocide — which allowed people to know he was an honest person who really meant that he would work to improve people’s lives. That combination is almost unheard of in Washington D.C.; and almost unmentionable is the more direct connection between ending wars and improving lives. Unless we end the wars, we will not be able to improve the lives of the people being killed or of the people paying for the killing.

Here’s to a strategic new year, moving the money from war to peace, Medicare for all, green energy, free college, fast rail, guaranteed basic income, and ending fascism by improving the lives of every single person.

By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, December 26, 2025
https://worldbeyondwar.org/to-a-2026-of-not-fighting-over-crumbs/

An excellent reflection of the American mood and actual life, got it by email, and forwarding it through our blog to my good readers, David Swanson is an inspired fellow and very realistic and factual analyst, I've had him before on the blog, and honored to do so.

As always, my many thanks to all. 

INTRIGUING AND PUZZLING QUESTIONS ......

 

I asked the artificial intelligence:
How can it be explained that the US Delta Force was able to kidnap a head of state from his residence, surrounded by his army and guards, and was unable to do the same in Gaza against the resistance leaders for two years during the war of extermination on Gaza?
The answer was:
This comparison highlights one of the most complex military realities of the modern era. How could a force that breached the heavily fortified Miraflores Palace in Caracas and arrested the president (Maduro) in minutes fail to achieve a similar objective in a narrow alley in Gaza over the course of two years?
Military analysts have identified several reasons why "Gaza" remains an enigma that has baffled "Delta Force" and its elite counterparts:
1. Intelligence: "Penetrated Environment" vs. "Immune Environment"
In Venezuela: The success of today's operation (January 3, 2026) would not have been possible without "treason from within." Regular armies and traditional political institutions often suffer from "erosion of loyalty" as a result of economic sanctions or American promises. Washington had Maduro's bedroom coordinates in real time.
In Gaza, the resistance relies on a "cluster cell" system where cells are unaware of each other. Information there doesn't flow through traceable phones or the internet, but rather through human couriers and rudimentary underground intranets. This has made Gaza an intelligence "black box" for the Americans, with no single "center of gravity" that can be penetrated.
2. Topography: "Palaces" versus "Metro"
Caracas: No matter how fortified the presidential palaces may be, they remain targets above ground, easily scanned by thermal imaging and satellite imagery. Today's arrest was a "surgical operation" that relied on technological superiority in an exposed urban environment.
Gaza: The battle is being waged in a "third dimension" (underground). The tunnel network, dubbed the "Gaza Metro," negates the superiority of air power and drones. Delta Force understands that entering a tunnel is "military suicide" because the rules there do not follow traditional military logic; rather, they are tightly controlled death traps that give the attacker no chance to maneuver.
3. Doctrine: "Function" versus "Martyrdom"
* Guards in Venezuela: Maduro's guards (despite their high level of training) are ultimately employees. Faced with overwhelming American bombing and a full-scale invasion, many might choose to survive or surrender.
* Security in Gaza: Resistance leaders are surrounded by groups that possess a "martyrdom doctrine." In the confrontations of 2024 and 2025, military reports (such as those of retired Colonel Douglas MacGregor) documented that American and Israeli special forces suffered heavy losses when attempting to carry out reconnaissance or rescue operations, because the Palestinian fighter does not retreat, but fights to the last bullet, making the idea of "kidnapping and returning safely" technically impossible.
4. The difference between a "state" and a "non-state"
The United States is adept at "decapitating the state"; the state has a structure, if the president falls, the system falls.
As for the resistance in Gaza, it is a decentralized system. Kidnapping or even assassinating a leader does not end the battle; rather, it may intensify it. This structural failure to identify a "deadly target" is what has turned Gaza into a black hole, draining American military budgets exceeding $22 billion without achieving a single "victory" comparable to what Trump achieved today in Venezuela.
Summary:
Washington succeeded in Venezuela because it confronted a "regime," and failed in Gaza because it faced a "resistance movement" deeply rooted in the land and its aspirations. Delta's success today is a show of force against the weak and vulnerable, while its failure in Gaza is a testament to the impotence of technology in the face of unwavering human will and resilience.

A funny little made up article involving AI, a feature of our actual times, but the question is a good one and legitimate, at least in its first section about how did the American special troops get to Maduro and his wife, get them out , and later fly them out of the country without any serious resistance  from the venezuelan army or presidential guards, or the man himself, even after a few months of war warning.... I cannot but look at similarities between this smooth affair and the as smooth ousting and fleeing Assad of Syria a year ago, are the same minds and people behind both adventures, or did we just witness power kidnapping the law !!! It is not just thought-provoking it is a damn ugly and dangerous situation. 

As always my many thanks to all.  

DIABOLICAL STRATEGIES........

 

Very important
To arrive late
Better than never arriving at all

Live news from Tehran on television channels around the world is as follows:
All former presidents of the Republic of Iran for more than forty years and since
During Khomeini's era, all national reformist figures spoke out strongly for the first time, especially the current new president of Iran.
They have all started speaking out against the Supreme Leader's regime and the hardline Islamist conservatives, and they consider Russia, America, and the West to be conspiring against Iran, etc.
Woooooo
This means that the Persian Republic of the Mullahs
The spirits began to flutter within it.
And her heart began to beat again.
But this time, for a complete change
The current path and all the money spent on adventures throughout the region have ended in failure, and Iran today, after more than 40 years of isolation and self-defense, has lost its loyal allies.
Loss of money and the ability to sell oil due to sanctions, etc.
Therefore
Its reformist, moderate figures began with former presidents and current and former political figures.
To dare to criticize the existing blind authority
And so her spirit and soul began to flutter
After the losses, destruction, and missed opportunities

What a disgrace that the Persian mullah state, as the possessor of the history and geography of the empire
The great Shah Reza Pahlavi and later the Islamic Republic turned it into two contradictory faces, both of which were bitter.
What a tragedy that great nations have been lost because of some rulers, some adventurers, and some who unwittingly fall under the spell and sorcery of Zionism, used for over forty years as grave-digging machines for the diggers themselves and for those they considered their enemies. Their actions and projects remain a foolish adventure at the end of those forty years, even if they achieved some success, because, unfortunately, they managed to destroy and devour all their neighbors.
Like wildfire... and just as Zionism has always dreamed of destroying all the Arab countries of the Fertile Crescent and the countries between the Euphrates and the Nile, and controlling them without losses to its army and security apparatus, by exporting the Shiite Khomeini revolution and its political Islam as a diabolical plan.
Over the course of 40 years, this Khomeini revolution succeeded in destroying both stone and people, spreading and achieving resounding success like wildfire over the course of more than forty years.
When Zionism decided that the mission of the Khomeini revolution had ended, and indeed must be stopped immediately after it crossed the agreed-upon red lines—not only with nuclear weapons but also with long-range missiles, and so on—
Zionism decided to stop and punish her, as it had done previously with some leaders of the Arab coup states, and ultimately failed miserably, a failure that began to appear publicly and to the struggling Persian people as a hope, a waste of time, a waste of opportunities, and a squandering of wealth.
With a complete loss of reason, logic, wisdom, culture, morals, etc.

The current Iranian president stated on international television the day before yesterday:
Why do we have oil and gas?
Our people are hungry
Turkey and others have neither oil nor gas.
But Türkiye earns much more from our oil.
By tourism revenue alone
He also mentioned the names of other countries whose economies are superior to Iran.

Rapid changes will occur in the Persian mullah state and its extremist Islamic political system.

There are groups that will be upset and cry for the sake of the Persian mullahs' state, which they used to destroy other groups.
The enemy of my enemy becomes my friend.
Because we hate the same ingredient
How fortunate Zionism is to have such neighbors, whose members are tearing each other apart.

I heard someone ask Netanyahu on a television station several years ago
What is your opinion of Bashar al-Assad?
He literally said:
A criminal who kills his own people
But we need such presidents
The same applies to the region; they kill those who wish to kill us.
And those who want to throw us into the sea

It means we build on hatred.

Watch the pictures on televisions
They convey direct criticisms and conflicts that have become public and are very new.
From the top of the ruling, reformist, centrist class, in conflict with the rule of the conservative mullahs behind the controlling ayatollah In Iran, which is a completely failed governing regime, despite appearances that appeal to some groups in Arab countries.

As received originally in Arabic, I'm not sure who's the writer or if the article was ever published, a bit chaotic and not very clear as to what exact message it portrays, but sure enough it gives an idea of the situation around the mentioned area.