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The Houthis, whom the West fraudulently calls "terrorists,” are the only entity with the guts to do what has to be done: speak to the Israeli thugs in the language of power
Here is what ONE Houthi missile did to the premises of the Ben Gurion airport. The result: Many foreign airlines cancelled flights to Israel indefinitely.
European leaders sound angry at Israel
No, it’s not that. They are being pressured by rights lawyers to stop supporting the genocide, so they are pretending to care. That’s all. They’re just looking out for number one, as before. Western regimes have no heart and no humanity.
5-23-2025
Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://alkhanadeq.com/post/8697/غضب-أوروبي-واسع-العلاقات-الإسرائيلية-الأوروبية-على-المحك
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 03:52 AM {European posturing Dept.}
Widespread European Anger... Israeli-European Relations at Stake!
Kaya Kallas and European-Israeli Relations
European escalation and anger toward Israel's brutal war on the Gaza Strip have accelerated, marking a turning point in European-Israeli relations. Yesterday, Tuesday, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaya Kallas, called for a review of the Association Agreement signed between the European Union and Israel, in light of the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip and the deteriorating humanitarian situation. Kallas stressed the need to allow humanitarian aid into the Strip, describing the aid allowed by Israel as "a drop in the ocean." The High Representative for Foreign Affairs called for effective pressure on Israel to change the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
The Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel entered into force in June 2000 and grants Israel numerous privileges in the European Union market. Trade between the two countries reached €46.8 billion in 2022, making the EU Israel's largest trading partner.
"Relations between Israel and Europe are on the verge of a potential earthquake"
Kallas's demands preceded an unprecedented escalation in relations between Israel and European countries. The Dutch government called for a comprehensive review of the Association Agreement (the Euro-Israel Agreement), which constitutes the basic legal and trade framework for relations between the two sides.
This call, according to the Israeli newspaper Calcalist, came in response to what the Netherlands described as a "serious violation of international humanitarian law" due to the prevention of humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip.
In its report titled "Relations between Israel and Europe are on the verge of a potential earthquake," the Israeli newspaper stated that the Dutch move represents a significant shift in the European tone toward Israel and reveals a growing rift in political trust with Tel Aviv, at a time when calls are growing to reconsider the Association Agreement that has governed institutional relations between the two sides for more than two decades.
The Dutch initiative received urgent support from several influential European countries, including France, Spain, Ireland, and Portugal, and was recently joined by Sweden. The report describes this step as "a clear institutional shift in Europe's position on Israel, even among traditional allies."
According to Calcalist, foreign relations experts in Israel believe this step represents the culmination of the political estrangement between Tel Aviv and Brussels since the events of October 7, 2023.
The newspaper noted that, for the first time in its history, Israel is facing widespread rejection of its systematic crimes, going beyond statements of condemnation and denunciation, with punitive measures being taken as a first step if it fails to deter and respect human rights.
The author added that Europe has begun to abandon its support for Israel by taking institutional measures to express its rejection of the Netanyahu government's policies, in addition to the increasing number of countries announcing their intention to recognize a Palestinian state.
A Shift in the European Position
European countries' positions toward Israel have recently witnessed a shift in tone and approach, especially after French President Emmanuel Macron announced a week ago his intention to recognize a Palestinian state next June and the joint statement he signed with the prime ministers of Britain and Canada.
France, the United Kingdom, and Canada issued a joint statement threatening "concrete measures" against Israel over its military operations in Gaza. European actions quickly began to translate the anger evident in the statement, with Britain suspending trade talks, imposing sanctions on settlers, and issuing diplomatic recalls.
This time, Paris went beyond verbal condemnation; it also threatened "concrete measures," which could include a review of partnership agreements with Israel, opening the door to the possibility of political or economic sanctions if what they described as "outrageous actions" in Gaza continue.
It is important to note that these moves do not mean that we are witnessing a radical change. European countries, including France, remain allies of Israel despite public criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The real test of the seriousness of these positions is a practical and effective freeze on the agreements, or at the very least, a commitment to implementing the decisions of the International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice. Anything less remains a formal threat that has so far had no real impact.
Finally, it's worth noting that there is increasing pressure on European governments from human rights organizations and lawyers. Some rights groups have threatened to prosecute the French president and other European officials for complicity in genocide due to their continued economic cooperation with Israel, despite its documented commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Writer: Editorial Room
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We are all accomplices in genocide
No Western power will raise a pinky to stop the deliberate starvation of people in Palestine. They are all focused on sanitizing the reports and issuing statements cynically designed to feign compassion!
The richest countries, including the Gulf States, are complicit in the genocide.
We are living under the boot of the cruelest, most barbaric “leaders” the world has ever known.
And the Evangelical “church” smiles on the atrocities, believing the Israeli crime syndicate is doing “God’s will”!
The utterly fraudulent doctrine of “Christian” Zionism backstops it all. https://donhank.substack.com/p/yes-trump-has-done-some-good-but / https://donhank.substack.com/p/christian-zioinism
Yes, Trump has done some good, but NOTHING can atone for the enabling of genocide and censoring of pro-Palestine speech (Feb 25, 2025)
Yes, improved relations with Russia is a big plus. Yes, opposing wokeism is a big plus. BUT...
But as long as Trump rewards Israel for supporting his campaign by silencing pro-Palestine activism and enabling genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine, he gets ZERO points for anything positive he may achieve. Because, though Trump has claimed that he was a Christian, if that were true, and if he knew the New Testament, he would know Jesus' words:
It were better for him that a millstone be hanged about his neck and that he be cast into the sea than that he harm one of these little ones.
These words could not but apply to the Israelis' slaughter of thousands of Palestinian children.
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Translation from Arabic with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
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The call to "depoliticize humanitarian action," as UNRWA demands, seems utopian in light of a highly politicized reality. What is required is not to depoliticize aid, but rather to morally repoliticize it.
Every time Israel promises to open the crossings, we hear the language of numbers: dozens of trucks will enter today. But the reality reflects something else, more horrific and more reflective of the nature of the occupation. Only five trucks have entered the besieged Gaza Strip, while more than a million children and families await food, water, and medicine. This is not just a logistical paradox; it is a calculated policy embedded within a longer context of the use of hunger as a weapon and the insistence on subjugating an entire society through collective punishment.
Under normal circumstances, such news could be dismissed as a bureaucratic failure or a lack of coordination. But in the case of Gaza, nothing is normal. Israel makes no secret of its intentions, and official Western officials express only verbal concern, accompanied by restricted or conditional funding. The Western press, for the most part, is busy calculating the number of freed hostages while ignoring the children dying of starvation or suffering from chronic malnutrition.
The tragedy in Gaza is no longer a "humanitarian crisis," as UN agencies like to describe it. What is happening is a systematic, deliberate blockade, politically sanctioned by countries claiming to respect human rights. Aid has become subject to the equation of political pressure. Tens of thousands of tons of food and medical aid are frozen at the borders, denied entry, as if they were hostages, bargained for in the international political marketplace.
Killing by Starvation: An Old Colonial Tactic
This is not the first time that blockades have been used as a colonial tool. History is replete with mass starvation campaigns: from the Bengal famine of 1943 perpetrated by the British occupation, to the economic blockade of Iraq in the 1990s, to the US-Saudi complicity in the Yemen war. Hunger is always cloaked in soft political language: "sanctions," "restrictions," "security measures." But at its core, it is a slow-killing machine, directly targeting the human body and destroying it without firing a bullet.
What Israel is doing in Gaza today goes beyond a moral crime to become a war crime under the Geneva Conventions. Not only because it is blocking aid, but because it does so knowing the scale of the disaster. International organizations, including UNRWA, are now clearly speaking of "famine" and "complete collapse." Yet Israel continues to control the entry of trucks as if it were controlling a lever that dispenses "mercy" according to its political mood.
The United Nations and Institutional Failure
A spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced that 100 trucks had been approved, but only five entered. The question here is: What has the UN done about this manipulation? Nothing but press conferences. The UN, as it stands today, merely describes the massacre without even hinting at the political or legal responsibility of the perpetrator. Its data shows that Gaza needs 500 trucks per day, yet it is content to bless the entry of five trucks as if it were an achievement.
This is not a powerless bureaucracy, but rather an international system that has decided to stand idly by as long as the victims are Palestinians. Given this dysfunctional structure, the strong statements of UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini are a rare exception. Lazzarini said it clearly: "Israel is exploiting hunger as a political and military weapon." But statements without real political pressure are worthless in the lopsided balance of power.
The West's Duplicity: The Silence of the Killers and the Power of Images
Yes, the West knows what's going on. Not only because it funds a significant portion of the humanitarian operations, but also because it has the power to impose change if it so chooses. Remarkably, major European capitals like Paris, London, and Amsterdam can no longer deny the catastrophe, but they remain incapable of adopting a deterrent political stance. Joint statements, such as those issued by France, the UK, and Canada, threatening to "take action," have yet to translate into any practical action.
Even when British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warns that aid is insufficient, he does not attach any punishment or conditions to his warning. As for the European media, it is mostly busy portraying the crossings as a temporary relief effort, not a slow-motion killing machine. The image is used to create "sympathy," while the full political and moral context of the crime is ignored.
Hospitals are collapsing... and so is the international system
In northern Gaza, hospitals are closing. There are no longer enough medical staff, no electricity, and no medicine. The World Health Organization says people are "leaving the hospital on their own." Is there a more horrific picture? There aren't enough ambulances, not even a guarantee that hospitals will be able to function tomorrow. It's a full-blown health and social genocide.
The tragedy isn't limited to trucks or aid. It's about how the Palestinian body is being transformed into a daily testing ground for humiliation: who survives, who dies, who begs for a carton of milk for their child. All this is happening in full view of the world, amidst the global moral collapse of the international system.
Trump and the Contradictions of Power
Lazzarini's statement that Donald Trump can change the situation is profoundly significant. Not only does it reflect the impotence of international institutions, but it also reveals how the fate of hundreds of thousands of people can be determined by a single tweet from an American president. When Trump, with his record of aggressive decisions in the Middle East, becomes the hope of humanitarian institutions, know that the international system is on the brink of moral collapse.
Trump, who moved the US embassy to Jerusalem and previously suspended funding for UNRWA, does not appear to hold the keys to a solution, but rather as someone who can brazenly offer a "deal" in a moment of famine. In this context, the use of aid becomes not only a political weapon, but also a means of public blackmail, in which aid becomes part of the "American-Israeli" interest market.
Towards a Moral Politicization of Aid… Not Depoliticization
The call to "depoliticize humanitarian action," as UNRWA demands, seems utopian in light of a highly politicized reality. What is required is not to depoliticize aid, but rather to re-politicize it ethically. Neutrality in a time of crime is nothing but complicity. Bringing aid into Gaza is a political position in and of itself, as it breaks the grip of the occupation and exposes the complicity of silence.
If Europe is serious about criticizing Israel, it must activate accountability mechanisms, not just condemn. If the United States wants to prove that it is not a sponsor of a slow-motion genocide, it must immediately cease its military and political support. As for the United Nations, it must either redefine its role or recognize that it has become a mere documentation organization.
Gaza: Our Moral Mirror
Gaza is no longer just a symbol of conflict. It is the moral mirror of the world. Those who remain silent about the starvation of a people are contributing to the crime. Those who justify the withholding of aid are signing a collective death warrant. Those who merely observe are no different from perpetrators. The catastrophe in Gaza will not be resolved with condemnatory statements, but rather with deterrent political decisions and by breaking the blockade, not restoring it.
This is the moment of truth... Either the world stands with life, or remains forever silent in the face of this crime.
Author: Dr. Mohammed Al-Ayoubi; Palestinian Journalist / Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Media / PhD in Law
mohammedwajeehal@gmail.com
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Our thanks to our Middle Eastern friends and informant for this:
If EU diplomats can be the target of the IDF in the West Bank, imagine how the Palestinians are treated.
Netanyahu says he is engaged in a war of civilisation over barbarism, but the civilised world has concluded that it is the IDF that is engaged in a campaign of barbarism.
The time has long come for the EU to suspend its association agreement with Israel.
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Are they gonna force people to buy things that are from Israel?
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Punishing people for expressing their conscience will fail catastrophically in the long run. I fully expect Trump to go down in history as the most dictatorial, unconstitutional and CRIMINAL president in our history.
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Our thanks to our Middle Eastern friends for this tip:
Jeffrey Sachs:
Trump arrested my student
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Trump declared a national emergency because the ICC is doing its job.
ALWAYS bear in mind that Trump received millions of dollars from AIPAC members to aid and abet Israeli crimes. And because Trump’s morality sensor is broken, of course we know what he will do and why.
He received $100 million from Sheldon Adelson’s widow Miriam — Sheldon was a major supporter of Israel and Trump.
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Douglas Macgregor warns US on brink of chaos if Israel strikes Iranian nuclear sites
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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Малая_Русь
Little Rus', Little Russia, Little Russia (a tracing from Middle Greek Μικρὰ Ῥωσία[1], Latin Russia/Ruthenia minor, French la Petite Russie, German Kleinrussland) is the historical name of a number of Russian lands, mainly on the territory of present-day Ukraine, as well as parts of Russia (Starodubye), Belarus and Poland.
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I don’t blame Russia for not blasting out the news to its people that Ukraine struck a missile plant in Tula city on May 22, but I need to be fair: https://yandex.ru/video/preview/8797036211017865236
Nonetheless, you need to remember that Russia has been striking multiple strategic targets in Ukraine EVERY DAY, as my readers well know. So regardless of how much damage this Ukrainian strike may have done, it is a drop in the bucket compared to the damage Russia does daily and will therefore have little strategic impact on the outcome of the war.
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Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
Factories are burning, warehouses are exploding. The Russian Armed Forces have launched a large-scale strike against the Ukrainian military-industrial complex
23.05.2025 14:47
From May 17 to 23, the Russian army carried out 12 powerful group strikes — and we are not just talking about isolated attacks, but about a massive campaign to destroy everything that somehow fueled the combat forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Strikes on the energy sector
The Russian Defense Ministry has officially confirmed: high-precision weapons and attack drones have done their job. The key facilities of the military-industrial complex (MIC) of Ukraine were targeted — the very factories where missiles, shells and UAVs for the front were assembled.
But the MIC is just the tip of the iceberg. Russian military destroyed the infrastructure of military airfields of the Ukrainian Armed Forces:
Hangars with planes and helicopters turned into burial grounds of metal.
Runways are mangled, and now not a single Ukrainian plane will take off.
Warehouses with aircraft missiles and bombs exploded so loudly that the roar was heard even in neighboring oblasts.
A separate list includes weapons and ammunition depots. These are not just fuel tanks and boxes of shells - this is the entire logistics chain of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
But the most painful thing for Kyiv is that the Russian military found and destroyed the production sites of Ukrainian attack drones. The Ukrainian Armed Forces' dream of "their own Iranian Shahed" is shattered:
Assembly shops are destroyed.
Design bureaus are bombed.
Stockpiles of components are burned to the ground.
And the final chord - strikes on the deployment sites of not only the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but also foreign mercenaries. [I am certain that if the West reported honestly on the number of foreign mercenaries and advisors killed by Russian air strikes, the number of these foreign invaders would dwindle to triviality.
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