Imagine they would fire 300 missiles and drones on western europe, we wouldn't have the same air defenses.
Haha I'm trying to picture you listening to music while the bombs are dropping. I would just put on my Sennheiser headphones and make sure that there's more rum than coke in that Cuba Libre
No worries bro. USA will save you guys
But you had to play it cool, had to do it your way Had to be a fool, had to throw it all away
Imagine they would fire 300 missiles and drones on western europe, we wouldn't have the same air defenses.
Haha I'm trying to picture you listening to music while the bombs are dropping. I would just put on my Sennheiser headphones and make sure that there's more rum than coke in that Cuba Libre
No worries bro. USA will save you guys
The thing is with all internal problems in the USA, Europe has to grow some balls and invest hugely in Defense we will always stay strong partners but EU is nothing on it's own. Economically a superpower but not millitary.
Israel's Mossad likely behind killing of alleged Hamas financier in Lebanon Lebanon's Minister of Interior said that data suggested that Israel's intelligence service, Mossad, was behind the killing of Hamas's alleged financier. MENA 3 min read William Christou Lebanon 16 April, 2024 Mohamed Sarur was found dead on 9 April, his body riddled with bullets. [Getty] Lebanon's Minister of Interior Bassam Mawlawi said on Sunday that it was likely that Israel's intelligence service, Mossad, carried out the murder of an alleged Hamas financier in Lebanon a week prior.
Mohammad Sarur, a 57-year-old Lebanese man who was accused of funnelling Iranian funds to Hamas, was found tortured and shot to death in the Lebanese town of Beit Mery on 9 April. Sarur was sanctioned by the US Treasury for transferring tens of millions of dollars from Iran to Hamas through Hezbollah.
Mawlawi told local outlet al-Jadeed on Sunday that "according to the data we have so far, [the killing] was carried out by intelligence services," referring to Israel's Mossad.
Security officials told Agence France Presse that Mossad had used Lebanese and Syrian agents to lure Sarur to a villa in Beit Mery, where they tortured and killed him.
His killers wiped fingerprints from the crime scene and used silenced weapons, leaving Sarur peppered with bullets and thousands of dollars in cash spread out over his body.
According to Lebanese outlet Al-Akhbar, judicial officials suspect the agents of having tried to extract information from Sarur, as he was shot in the hands and legs, which is suggestive of torture. Security sources also suggested that the assassination squad left within 24 hours of the operation.
Lebanese security and Hezbollah have been on high alert for possible spying operations in the country since the outbreak of cross-border clashes between Hezbollah and Israel on 8 October.
Lebanese security arrested a Lebanese man for filming around the house of Speaker of the House Nabih Berri in January on suspicion of spying. Hezbollah-affiliated and Israeli media later suggested the man had been involved in the assassination of senior Hezbollah commander Wissam Tawil by planting a roadside bomb.
A car full of Dutch soldiers was detained in early March and handed over to their embassy after they were stopped in the southern suburbs of Beirut, where Hezbollah has important political offices.
The team of soldiers said they were preparing emergency evacuation procedures to provide support for the Dutch embassy.
Later that month, a man was arrested in the same area of Beirut after filming his surroundings. After claiming to be a lost tourist, he was discovered to have a Spanish diplomatic passport and was turned back over to the embassy.
Leader of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah asked Lebanese in the country's south to stop filming videos, while municipalities asked people to disable WiFi-enabled cameras for fear of Israel using them to conduct surveillance.
Even prior to the outbreak of the current round of hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, Lebanese authorities reported Israel-related spying to be on the rise in the country.
Between 2019 and 2022, security sources reported that they had arrested 185 people suspected of collaborating with Israel — a marked increase from the years prior.
The increase in spying operations was suspected to be motivated by Lebanon's 2019 economic crisis, which plunged a significant portion of the country into poverty.
Police detain 100 in pro-Palestinian protest camp at Boston's Northeastern University
Police detained about 100 people as they moved in to clear an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters in response to the use of anti-Semitic slurs, the school said.
The action was taken after protesters resorting to “virulent anti-Semitic slurs, including ‘Kill the Jews,’ crossed the line,” the school said in a statement on social media platform X.
Israel Rejects Gaza Cease-Fire Plan Accepted by Hamas Hamas and Israel have been negotiating via Qatar, Egypt and the US on an agreement that would see the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
The Israelis have the right to defend themselves the best way they can, they are a sovereign state, but with all those ultra orthodox and far right types in power they want to take care of Rafah and Gaza for good. I don't see how they want to defeat Hamas and they want nothing to do with the Palestinian Authority. The PA should be more involved, otherwise the bloodshed continues for years to come.
Hamas are smart group I remember that old guy way back he was in a wheelchair Israel took him out. If Israel want to take out Hamas leadership they have to do it the right way not kill innocent people.
The House on Thursday passed a Republican-led bill to condemn President Joe Biden’s approach to Israel and force him to send arms shipments to the U.S. ally.
The final vote was 224-187. Sixteen Democrats voted for the bill, going against House Democratic leadership and President Biden
Netanyahu has ruled out any role for the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, saying he plans to hand civil responsibilities over to local Palestinians unaffiliated with it or Hamas. But he has also said that it's impossible to make any such plans until Hamas is defeated because it has threatened anyone who cooperates with Israel.
Netanyahu's government is also deeply opposed to Palestinian statehood.
In a statement issued after the ultimatum, Netanyahu said Gantz' conditions would amount to "defeat for Israel, abandoning most of the hostages, leaving Hamas intact and establishing a Palestinian state.”
A helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his foreign minister crashed on Sunday along the border with Azerbaijan, a rescue mission is difficult because of fog. They fear for his life.
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"The king is dead, long live the king!"
Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, in an October 2023 speech in Cairo, Egypt warned Hamas that hostage taking is a war crime and called for the immediate release of all hostages and their safe return to their families -- nearly 8 months later....
Extracts: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was criticised for his reaction to the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor pursuing the arrest of Israel's and Hamas' leaders
Overnight the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade released a clarifying statement, saying "there is no equivalence between Israel and Hamas"
Opposition frontbencher Senator Jane Hume said, "We should stand shoulder to shoulder with [US President] Joe Biden in his objection to this decision by the ICC's chief prosecutor, who decided to compare the leaders of a liberal democracy, one of our allies, with the leaders of a terrorist organisation"
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The ICC should be taken seriously by USA Russia Israel they are not above the law.
Didn't Russian President Vladimir Putin just visit China without getting arrested
Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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#1090581 Yesterday at12:07 AMYesterday at12:07 AM
Hamas are smart group I remember that old guy way back he was in a wheelchair Israel took him out. If Israel want to take out Hamas leadership they have to do it the right way not kill innocent people.
It is the innocent civilians indeed -- Palestinian in particular between a rock and a hard place -- paying the price [as in other wars as well] because Israel was asleep at the wheel and the Technology can only do so much eg: Iron Dome
among others, Australian Qantas QF32 Aviation incident 04 November 2010 The state of the art Airbus A380 computer kept listing all the issues, things going wrong after the uncontained Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine failure but still needed humans to monitor the situation and safely, emergency land the plane at Singapore Changi airport
The United Nations on Tuesday lowered its flag to half-staff outside of its New York City headquarters to honor Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash Monday 20 May 2024
"UN Mourning Raisi's Death is Disgraceful" US Senator for Texas Ted Cruz confronts Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on the UN's decision to fly the flag at half-staff for Iranian President Raisi, calling it disgraceful
