EDITOR—Sabby presents the “debate” between “Rabbi” Shmuley —a shameless Zionist propagandist—and Norman Finkelstein, first aired on the Piers Mrgan show, with Shmuley, as usual, trying to buffalo his opponent, while Norman remains absolutely calm in the face of a torrent of ad hominem provocations. Piers Morgan doesn’t help much as a moderator; the man clearly has his orders from above, so he actually piles on Norman Finkelstein until the latter puts him in his place. Sabby, meanwhile, champing at the bit, literally boils with rage and frustration while Norman does not seem unduly unruffled by Shmuley’s insults. It’s clear she would have probably disposed of Shmuley on the first round.
COLONIALISM
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EDITOR—Mnar Adley, Mintpress News founding editor hosts today a prominent Houthi official to discuss the blockade and Yemen’s escalating tensions with the United States. The guest is Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a senior political official and spokesperson for Yemen’s Ansar Allah. His answers to Mnar’s lucid questions are precise, unequivocal, logical and most importantly moral. Nothing he says could be contravened before an impartial audience. Their cause is just.
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Israeli atrocities DID NOT start after Oct. 7…they long preceded it and provoked it.
12 minutes readEDITOR—This series attempts to present an understanding of the events of the past that are still shaping the present. This story starts in 1799, outside the walls of Acre in Ottoman-controlled Palestine, when an army under Napoleon Bonaparte besieged the city. It was all part of a campaign to defeat the Ottomans and establish a French presence in the region. In search of allies, Napoleon issued a letter offering Palestine as a homeland to the Jews under French protection. He called on the Jews to ‘rise up’ against what he called their oppressors. Napoleon’s appeal was widely publicised. But he was ultimately defeated. In Acre today, the only memory of him is a statue atop a hill overlooking the city. Yet Napoleon’s project for a Jewish homeland in the region under a colonial protectorate did not die, 40 years later, the plan was revived but by the British.
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‘Swarming’ the US in West Asia, until it folds
18 minutes readMK BHADRAKUMAR—Of course, the security dimensions are always tricky. On Friday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad chaired a meeting in Damascus for commanders of the security apparatus in the army to formulate a plan for what lies ahead. A statement said the meeting drew up a comprehensive security roadmap that “aligns with strategic visions” to address international, regional, and domestic challenges and risks.
Certainly, what gives impetus to all this is the announcement in Washington and Baghdad on Thursday that the US and Iraq have agreed to start talks on the future of American military presence in Iraq with the aim of setting a timetable for a phased withdrawal of troops.
The Iraqi announcement said Baghdad aims to “formulate a specific and clear timetable that specifies the duration of the presence of international coalition advisors in Iraq” and to “initiate the gradual and deliberate reduction of its advisors on Iraqi soil,” eventually leading to the end of the coalition mission. Iraq is committed to ensuring the “safety of the international coalition’s advisors during the negotiation period in all parts of the country” and to “maintaining stability and preventing escalation.”
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BILLY BOB—Episode 49 of Blowback: Exposing Imperial Decline: John Steppling and Ian Kummer join the roundtable to discuss the biggest news of the past few days, starting with today’s ruling at the ICJ. Other topics include, understanding the Zionist mindset, the downing of the Russian IL-76 (carrying scores of Ukrainian prisoners), and the domestic political situation in the US.