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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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30 dead, 100 injured in IDF strike on Hamas command center July 27 (UPI) -- Israel Defense Forces reportedly killed 30 and injured 100 when the IDF launched an airstrike Saturday against a Hamas command center inside a school compound in central Gaza. The IDF earlier issued evacuation orders in Khan Younis in advance of a new offensive against Hamas militants there. Residents of the southern neighborhoods in Khan Younis were warned to leave, but Hamas does not allow civilians to use its tunnel network throughout Gaza to evacuate or seek shelter. https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-...nd-center-school-compound/1511722093069/
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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IDF claims top Hezbollah commander in Beirut, killed in response to deadly Majdal Shams attack Hezbollah says commander survived the Israel strike
Fuad Shukr considered by Israel to be terror group’s most senior military officer, ‘right-hand man’ to chief Hassan Nasrallah, was also wanted by US for his role in the 1983 barracks bombing, in Lebanon resulting in the death of 241 Marines
While Hezbollah admitted striking the Golan Heights on Saturday, it rejected responsibility for the attack on Majdal Shams
It continues to be this long, bloodied, brutal, monstrous, violent Guerilla warfare terror because Israel's 'mighty and powerful allies' have not only not stepped up, they 1. hand-cuff Israel 2. withhold essential arms shipment 3. and always calling for Israel's restraint
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Yeshiva World News EVIL ERADICATED: HAMAS CHIEF ISMAIL HANIYEH ASSASSINATED IN IRAN Hamas chief Ismael Haniyeh has been assassinated in Iran, according to a statement from the Iran Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) aired on Press TV. According to initial reports, Haniyeh was killed along with his bodyguard at his home in Tehran when a precision missile was fired into the residence. Additional details were not immediately available. Hamas confirmed that Haniyeh is dead. The terror leader had been in Iran to participate in the swearing-in ceremony of the country’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian. https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/new...ismail-haniyeh-assassinated-in-iran.html
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Turkey threatens to invade Israel
bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers denounced Erdogan’s threat. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) voiced his concern “about any autocratic anti-Israel rhetoric, most especially by the leader of a country that is a NATO ally,” while Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) referred to the outburst as “outrageous and totally unacceptable.” At the same time, Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz demanded Turkey’s “expulsion” from NATO It has never happened that a NATO member was expelled from the organization by the other member states. It has never even been threatened, not even when NATO members Turkey and Greece found themselves on the brink of war in 1974. Conflicts between NATO countries have always been resolved diplomatically. The NATO charter also does not describe a procedure by which a member state can be expelled from the organization. Other international organizations, such as the United Nations, the European Union and the Council of Europe, do have such procedures. NATO has stated that its primary goal is to ensure freedom and security in its member countries. Excluding a member state in the event of a crisis would directly contradict that goal. NATO can normally only act if all members agree unanimously . All current member states effectively have veto power, allowing them to block decisions on their own. However, it seems contradictory that any exclusion is a decision that all member states must agree on. This would mean that a country could prevent its own suspension or exclusion by simply voting against it. In a situation where a country would agree to its own exclusion, it would be much more logical and easier for it to withdraw from NATO itself.
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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There needs to be a Code of Conduct for NATO members and their treatment of an ally Israel is an ally -- No acting rogue inciting violence, autocratic inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric, championing terrorist organizations and seeing their terror actions against Israel as both legitimate and laudable Turkey Threatens to Invade IsraelFDD Foundation for Defense of Democracies 30 July 2024 Policy Brief By Sinan Ciddi Non-Resident Senior Fellow at FDD and Sophia Epley intern at FDD and Student at Georgetown University Neither the United States nor its NATO allies should ignore Erdogan President Joe Biden in concert with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg should demand a de-escalatory statement and corrective language from Erdogan In January 2024 the United States authorized a $23 billion deal to sell F-16 fighter jets, upgrade kits, and weapons to Turkey. Washington conditioned the sale on Ankara using such aircraft for NATO purposes only and not for threatening Greece. In order to deter Ankara, Washington can pursue a more sensible policy when authorizing future military sales. While the present F-16 sale has been authorized, Ankara appears more interested in concluding a deal with the United States to co-produce the F-16 This can and should be made conditional on Ankara’s treatment of U.S. Allies.
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Turkey Threatens to Invade IsraelFDD Foundation for Defense of Democracies 30 July 2024 Policy Brief By Sinan Ciddi Non-Resident Senior Fellow at FDD and Sophia Epley intern at FDD and Student at Georgetown University Speaking to members of his governing party on July 28, 2024 President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey threatened to invade Israel. Erdogan’s inflammatory rhetoric suggests Ankara may pursue a more escalatory posture in the developing conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. At a party conference in his hometown Rize, Erdogan remarked “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these things to Palestine. Just as we entered Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we might do the same to them. There is nothing we cannot do. Only we must be strong.” Erdogan’s threat comes after a Hezbollah rocket supplied by Iran killed 12 children in the Israeli Druze town of Majdal Shams, exacerbating tensions as Israel ponders and both Hezbollah and Lebanon prepare for possible escalation. - A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers denounced Erdogan’s threat.
US Democrat Senator for Connecticut Richard Blumenthal voiced his concern “about any autocratic anti-Israel rhetoric, most especially by the leader of a country that is a NATO ally,” while US Democrat Senator for Maryland Chris Van Hollen referred to the outburst as “outrageous and totally unacceptable.” At the same time, Israel’s foreign minister, Israel Katz demanded Turkey’s “expulsion” from NATO Erdogan’s comments represent his commitment to championing terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Hezbollah. He has maintained an open relationship with Hamas since 2006 offering the group diplomatic, logistical, and perhaps even military support In recent years, Turkey has also warmed to Hezbollah, seeing the group’s actions against Israel as both legitimate and laudable While the State Department still hopes Turkey can contribute productively to diplomacy to resolve the ongoing violence along Israel’s borders, Erdogan’s actions belie these hopes. Since the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks that killed over 1,200 Israeli civilians, Erdogan has escalated anti-Israel rhetoric. Erdogan identifies Hamas not as a terrorist entity but as “mujahadeen” freedom fighters and publicly honors senior Hamas leaders, including Ismail Haniyeh, its political chief [assassinated 31 July 2024 in Tehran, Iran] Erdogan backs his rhetoric with material support On July 21 Israel’s internal security service, the Shin Bet, foiled a Hamas terrorist attack orchestrated from Turkey. The Shin Bet captured five terrorists who attested to the military training, weaponry, and cash they acquired in Turkey. Israeli security has repeatedly intercepted weaponry and explosive precursors originating from Turkey that smugglers were attempting to get into Gaza. Erdogan often threatens other countries to bolster political support from his nationalist and Islamist base
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Three assassinations across three territories:ABC Australia By Ben Knight and Esther Linder with wires 02 August 2024 Extract: Javed Ali the former senior US government counter-terrorism official and associate professor at the University of Michigan says “The timing of the three assassinations so close to one another was significant” The targeted killings of, - The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) also claimed an IDF strike in Gaza on 13 July 2024 killed Hamas's military leader, Mohammed Deif
Deif's death has not been confirmed by Hamas - Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon on 30 July 2024
- Hamas Leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran on 31 July 2024
The IDF claimed responsibility for the air strike in Beirut but not for the Tehran assassination However comments by Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stopped short of an outright denial "There was no additional air strike, not a missile and not an Israeli drone, in the entire Middle East that night" Even though Israel has not claimed responsibility for the Tehran attack on the Hamas leader, it's the obvious suspect
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Three assassinations across three territories:ABC Australia By Ben Knight and Esther Linder with wires 02 August 2024 Extract: The assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh should have been all but impossible He was an honoured guest of the Iranian government, protected by its elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and staying in a secure safe house in the heart of Tehran. Yet at least three international news publications are reporting the explosion that killed Ismail Haniyeh came not from an air strike but from a bomb planted in Haniyeh's apartment potentially weeks before his arrival and detonated remotely. The explosion killed Haniyeh and his bodyguard on 31 July 2024 around 2AM local time The New York Times, Axios and the Wall Street Journal have all reported that the Tehran assassination involved a bomb planted weeks — or even months — ahead of Haniyeh's arrival in the Iranian capital for the inauguration of the country's new president. The reports say the bomb was planted and detonated based on intimate knowledge of the secure compound — knowing not only which room Haniyeh was staying in but when he was in it. If so, it's a stunning and humiliating failure for the Iranian security authorities and the Revolutionary Guards in particular.
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Mossad has a long history of abductions and targeted killings -- Some of Mossad's most famous are, Mossad's capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in 1960 Mossad's targeted assassinations of the terrorists behind the murder of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics - Hamas official Khaled Meshaal
Mossad attempted an assassination of senior Hamas official Khaled Meshaal in Jordan, by spraying him with poison, in 1997 but was forced by Jordan's outraged King Hussein to provide the antidote Meshaal is now considered among the contenders to become the new leader of Hamas -- providing the antidote was not a smart move....
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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There needs to be a Code of Conduct for NATO members and their treatment of an ally
Israel is an ally -- No acting rogue inciting violence, autocratic inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric, championing terrorist organizations and seeing their terror actions against Israel as both legitimate and laudable United Nations long dominated by anti-Israel countries hostile to Israel. Guterres follows a worrisome trend in his handling of antisemitism as UN Secretary General President Joe Biden in concert with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg should demand a de-escalatory statement and corrective language from Erdogan There needs to be a Code of Conduct for NATO members and their treatment of an ally not toothless, paper Tigers
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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The IDF claimed responsibility for the air strike in Beirut but not for the Tehran assassination However comments by Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari stopped short of an outright denial "There was no additional air strike, not a missile and not an Israeli drone, in the entire Middle East that night" Even though Israel has not claimed responsibility for the Tehran attack on the Hamas leader, it's the obvious suspect Hagari telling truth -- It was bomb detonated remotely
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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The targeted killings of, - The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) also claimed an IDF strike in Gaza on 13 July 2024 killed Hamas's military leader, Mohammed Deif
Deif's death has not been confirmed by Hamas - Hezbollah commander, Fuad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon on 30 July 2024
- Hamas Leader, Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran on 31 July 2024
targeted killing Four on August 3, 2024 The leader of the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in Tulkarem has been killed following an Israeli drone strike on the vehicle he was travelling in, the Palestinian group has confirmed. Haitham Balidi is among five people killed in the attack near the West Bank city of Tulkarem. The other four occupants of the vehicle have yet to be identified. The Israeli military has said the car contained a “terrorist squad”.
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Iran says Haniyeh assassinated by 'short-range projectile,' accuses Israel and US Haniyeh was killed on Wednesday while in Tehran to attend President Masoud Pezeshkian’s inauguration Ikrame Imane Kouachi | 03.08.2024 - Update : 03.08.2024
TEHRAN, Iran
The assassination of Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh was "designed and executed" by Israel with support from the US, using a short-range projectile, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday.
In a statement, the IRGC called the assassination a “terrorist crime” and vowed “severe punishment.”
Haniyeh was assassinated early Wednesday at his residence in the capital Tehran in a mysterious attack that Iranian officials blamed on their arch-foe Israel. Haniyeh’s bodyguard was also killed.
Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Haniyeh’s funeral was led by Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday morning, followed by a massive procession. He was laid to rest on Friday in Doha, Qatar.
The IRGC said investigations found that the “terrorist operation” involved the firing of a short-range projectile with a warhead weighing some 7 kilograms (15.4 pounds), accompanied by a large explosion, from outside the place where Haniyeh was staying.
The statement added that the blood of Haniyeh “will be avenged” and Israel will receive a “decisive response at the appropriate time, place, and manner.”
Tensions are running high amid speculation that Iran is preparing a military response to Haniyeh's assassination that is bigger in scope than the operation that followed an attack on the Iranian Consulate in the Syrian capital Damascus in April.
In his reaction to the incident on Wednesday, Khamenei said Iran considers it a duty to “avenge the eminent guest’s blood,” vowing “severe punishment.”
Pezeshkian also condemned the assassination, pledging to “defend the country’s territorial integrity, honor and dignity.”
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In 1997 Mossad attempted an assassination of senior Hamas official Khaled Meshaal in Jordan, by spraying him with poison — but was forced by Jordan's outraged King Hussein to provide the antidote Meshaal is now considered among the contenders to become the new leader of Hamas -- providing the antidote was not a smart move.... Khaled Meshaal, tipped to be the new Hamas leader, became known around the world in 1997 after Israeli agents injected him with poison in a botched assassination attempt on a street outside his office in Amman, the Jordanian capital The hit against a key senior figure of the Palestinian militant group, ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, so enraged Jordan's then-King Hussein that he spoke of hanging the would-be killers and scrapping Jordan's peace treaty with Israel unless the antidote was handed over. Israel did so, and also agreed to free Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, only to assassinate him seven years later in Gaza.
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Unfortunately, extremists have been around since Adam was a little boy.... These extremists sell this ideological -- dream for some but nightmare for most The question, How and Why these extremists are flourishing and for so long, holding the Democratic world to ransom with their evil violence -- Never ending vicious cycle As regards Israel - Nations including NATO member Turkey acting rogue inciting violence, autocratic inflammatory anti-Israel rhetoric, championing terrorist organizations and seeing their terror actions against Israel as both legitimate and laudable -- seemingly going unchecked
- Israel's 'mighty and powerful allies' have not only not stepped up, they
1. hand-cuff Israel 2. withhold essential arms shipment 3. and always calling for Israel's restraint
Albert Einstein [1879-1955] The world is a dangerous place not because of those who do evil but because of those who look on and do nothing Yoni Netanyahu [1946-1976] Not one of us wants war but we all know for certain, we must win
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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The Pentagon says the US military will deploy additional jet fighters and warships to the region amid growing anticipation of possible Iranian retaliation against Israel for the assassination of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Finally -- Israel's 'mighty and powerful allies' stepping up and trying to help their ally Israel in its ten months long, bloodied, brutal, monstrous, violent multi-pronged Guerilla warfare terror As Britain stood alone, in World War II Prime Minister Winston Churchill knew that the only hope for the nation’s survival and the rest of Europe lay in the hands of the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt -- FDR stepped up and delivered United States would serve as the "great arsenal of democracy." among others, the supplies being sent across the Atlantic were incredibly beneficial to the British as was the numerical support given by the American troops Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 07 December 1941 forced the United States off the sidelines and officially into the war Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu quoted same in his 25 July 2024 speech to US Congress "give us the tools and we'll finish the job” Please! Israel's allies -- uncuff Israel, ship all the arms it needs, aid, back, help, support Israel unconditionally, standing shoulder to shoulder, to protect Israeli people and Israeli territorial integrity together including boots on the ground [even if unofficial] fighting alongside IDF to defeat this multi-pronged Guerilla warfare terror ten months on -- far too long
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Re: Israel: 'State of war'
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Palestinian civilians are between a rock and a hard place indeed Every life is equally precious whether Israeli, Palestinian or
The horrors and immeasurable suffering of Palestinian civilians cannot be discounted while their terrorist 'leaders' live in luxury elsewhere eg: Qatar
In addition, they have to fend for themselves, among others 1. no help 2. no organised evacuation 3. no transport 4. not even temporary housing let alone.... 5. being shunted between “safe” zones multiple times 6. little to no essentials of food, water, medicine, electricity, fuel 7. humanitarian aid not reaching them past terrorists Hamas 8. infrastructure pretty much non-existent 9. little to no health / medical facilities 10. living in constant fear, in unsafe, unsanitary conditions 11. being used as human shields by terrorists Hamas 12. terrorists Hamas prevents / restricts civilians to evacuate or seek shelter 13. and what UNRWA is doing / not doing
I reckon, majority just wants to live in freedom, peace and security without being ruled by terror
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