This week has driven a wedge between Israel and its Arab neighbors, a win for Iran and Hamas. It also puts Ukraine and Taiwan on back burners, which advances the foreign policy of Russia and China.
As Hezbollah threatens to open a second front in the Israel-Hamas war, Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz formed a war cabinet Wednesday that includes the two men and Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that Iranian security officials helped Hamas plan Saturday’s sneak attack on Israel, giving final approval at a meeting last Monday in Beirut.
HAMAS SURPRISED Israel with an attack early Saturday, October 7. It’s the worst military setback in Israel since the Yom Kippur War exactly 50 years ago.Continue Reading
Israel was surprised Saturday morning by an attack from Gaza. Hamas has launched more than 2,000 missiles into Israel along with a ground invasion into the Negev. PM Netanyahu declared, “Israel is at war.”
Six new member states will be added to BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) in January. The combined GDP of the expanded bloc will be about $65 trillion, or 37% of global GDP, compared to 30% for the G7, which includes the US and UK.
The White House has been quietly “disposing” of structural steel tube and other items purchased by the Trump administration for construction of the border wall, trying to auction off the material before Congress passes a law to finish it.
The Washington Post, citing intelligence sources, reports that Ukraine’s counteroffensive will fail to reach its main goal, a key city in the southeastern part of the country, despite a wide range of weapons and military hardware from the US and NATO.Continue Reading
The co-founder of Wikipedia said in an interview this week that CIA and FBI computers have been used to manipulate the online encyclopedia since at least 2008, making it “the most biased encyclopedia in history.”
The US is sending F-35 fighters to the Middle East, reportedly to protect freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf. This announcement, like previous deployments of F-16s, F-22s, and A-10s, is clearly a message directed at Russia and Iran.