“Netanyahu made clear with his little map today what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine… from the region and legitimizing greater Israel, all with the blessing of Arab regimes,” one critic said.
Netanyahu Shows Map of ‘New Middle East’ – Without Palestine – to UN General Assembly
F—k Netanyahu!
For the first time in a decade, Ukraine has surpassed Syria as the country with the highest number of casualties from cluster bombs. That’s according to a report from the Cluster Munition Coalition weapons watchdog. Nathan Southern from the University of St. Andrews has more on this report.
Report: Cluster bomb deaths in Ukraine pass Syria casualties
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Ukraine surpasses Syria for highest casualties from cluster munitions
Cluster munitions killed at least 37 Yemenis in August: Watchdog
Timeline: Use of controversial cluster bombs in past conflicts
Al Jazeera falsely claims that Russia used cluster munitions in Crimea! Nowhere, in the linked report, does HRW mention Crimea!
Nguema heads the Gabonese Presidency’s Republican Guard, the country’s most powerful security unit.
Who is Brice Oligui Nguema, Gabon’s interim leader?
H/T: Liu Sivaya.
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Far from resolving conflicts, Saudi-Israel normalization will serve as a pillar of a repressive architecture that brings no justice for Palestinians or Arab peoples.
Why Saudi-Israel ‘peace’ will cement a violent future
Two US Air Force B-1B bombers dropped munitions at target ranges in Jordan and Saudi Arabia before returning to Europe in the Pentagon’s latest regional exercise aimed at deterring Iran.
Israel, Jordan, Saudi join US bombers in show of force to Iran
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B-1B Fires JASSM Missile During Long-Range Training Sortie From U.K.
Drugs And Arms Smuggling In Europe: A Source Of Financing Ukraine War
Another EU problem is arms smuggling from the war zone. According to Atlantico, Europe has been flooded with weapons transported from Ukraine along with flows of refugees. The most indicative fact cited by French journalists is that since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the price of a Kalashnikov assault rifle on the Marseille black market has collapsed from 2,500 to 300 euros.
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Microsoft and Citizen Lab have new reports out about QuaDream, a little-known Israeli mercenary spyware provider
Mercenary spyware hacked iPhone victims with rogue calendar invites, researchers say
A US media report says the détente between Iran and Saudi Arabia has dealt a heavy blow to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who had sought a fearmongering campaign against Tehran’s nuclear program and the Islamic Republic’s clout in West Asia.
Iran-Saudi deal throws ‘cold water’ on Netanyahu’s plans, shakes up Mideast: US media
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Netanyahu Says US Must ‘Reaffirm’ Alliance With Saudi Arabia
The incoming prime minister said that he wants to build on the Abraham Accords, which his former government signed in 2020 to establish diplomatic ties with Bahrain and the UAE. Netanyahu said it’s “up to the leadership of Saudi Arabia if they want to partake in this effort.”
Saudi officials recently reaffirmed that they seek a Palestinian state as a precondition for normalizing with Israel. But in order to form a coalition government, Netanyahu gave Religious Zionism party leader Bezalel Smotrich, an ultranationalist settler, sweeping powers over the West Bank.
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Read More »While the spirit of Thomas Sankara may be behind the recent coup in Burkina Faso, his vision remains an inspiration for everyone, everywhere, committed to anti-imperialism and third world autonomy.
SPEECH: Thomas Sankara to the United Nations General Assembly, 4th October, 1984
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