Israel vs Palestine/Lebanon/Iran/Yemen/Syria: a New Middle East War

[Ravenlocke]

Ryan Rozbiani

NEW 🇮🇷: Explosive Media from Iran is already working on a video for this event!

https://x.com/RyanRozbiani/status/2042749110822822212

[Raskolnikov]

A Netanyahu puppet was burned at a festival in Spain.



This year, a puppet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was burned during the traditional "Burning of Judas" festival held in the town of El Burgo, located in the Malaga region of Spain as part of Easter celebrations. The event, carried out within the framework of the ritual of "burning of evils," turned into a protest reflecting the town's people's reaction to Israel, and those moments resonated widely on social media.

During the traditional festival held in the town of El Burgo, located in Malaga, Spain, a puppet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was burned as part of the ritual of "burning of evils." While the event turned into an anti-Israel protest this year, the images shared on social media created a significant stir.

THE TRADITION OF "BURNING OF JUDAH" CONTINUES
While various events are organized across Spain during Easter, one of the significant religious periods in the Catholic world, the "burning of Judah" festival in El Burgo stood out.

As part of the tradition that has been ongoing since the 1940s, a figure representing "evil" is chosen and burned each year.

THIS YEAR'S SYMBOL WAS NETANYAHU
This year, the townspeople chose the puppet of Netanyahu, whom they hold responsible for the events in Palestine and the attacks on Iran. The giant puppet, approximately 7 meters tall, was set on fire during the festival held in the town center.

THE FESTIVAL TURNED INTO A PROTEST
As the crowd gathered during the event watched the puppet engulfed in flames with applause, the festival transformed into a protest against Israel. The images quickly spread on social media.

"NO TO WAR AND GENOCIDE" MESSAGE
The town's mayor, Maria Dolores Narvaez, stated that the event has been a long-standing tradition and expressed that they wanted to convey a message of "no to war and genocide" with the figure chosen this year.

The festival held in El Burgo, with a population of approximately 1800, welcomed a large number of visitors this year, just as it does every year.

https://en.haberler.com/a-netanyahu-...l-in-19737011/

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rXJWiZhh7pE

[Isserley]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
Mohammad Ghalibaf[/B], like so many Iranians, has a PhD and speaks four languages fluently: Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew and English. I wonder how many politicians in the US, the UK, and the EU could match that.

Actually manny in EU and not only politicians are polyglots. It is common for EU citizens to speak 2-3 languages on average.
Croatian PM Andrej Plenković is fluent in five languages: Croatian, English, French, and Italian, and he is conversant in German.

European high-ranking politicians are frequently polyglots, with many fluently speaking their mother tongue plus English, French, and German, which serve as the European Commission's three procedural working languages. While the European Parliament recognizes all 24 official EU languages and mandates interpretation for all, English has become the de facto lingua franca for informal networking and much of the legislative debate.
Prominent examples of multilingual leaders include Jean-Claude Juncker, who speaks Luxembourgish, German, French, English, and Latin, and Martin Schulz, who is fluent in German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch. Other notable figures include Emmanuel Macron, who speaks fluent French, English and decent Spanish, and Angela Merkel, who is proficient in German, English, and Russian.

Too bad they are all pricks.

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Arcturian108 (here)
It is also common for EU citizens to speak 2-3 languages on average.

Thank goodness I was born in mostly monoglot U.S. I had to take a second language course in college, and tried German. The stiff upper lip older German task master and professor who taught the class only ever smiled twice in my presence.

1. The first time we had to read a paragraph out loud in German to the class, my pronunciation was so dreadful that the entire class including the professor broke out laughing.
2. A week later, when I told the professor I had arranged to change my courses from German to Latin (speaking Latin was not a key skill for passing), the professor broke out in a big smile and said "yeah, that would be a good idea."

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
A new report from Chris Martenson, rarely (now) posting his analysis publicly. As we've learned to expect from him, he's always focused on the bigger picture and is stressing the impact of oil shortages on just about everything and everyone in the months to come.

Chris Martenson's PeakProsperity website was the primary website I was active on, in 2009-2010. I had left FreeRepublic.com earlier, because they refused to consider than anyone other than evil muslims did 9/11. I left PeakProsperity because Chris Martenson was convinced (as I suspect he still is) that we had passed peak oil availability and it was therefore all downhill for our civilization. I thought otherwise ... see below.

Bill was more astute: he got me involved in the technical Avalon backend stuff early on. Not even a period when we two probably couldn't agree on how to spell the word "Q" could keep my away forever. My geek hobby is stronger glue than my political or economic views.

I still dismiss Martenson's peak oil hypothesis, and hence the big picture he derives from it. See for example the mention of a major oil discovery off the coast of Japan, in onawah's recent What's happening in China? Post #592.

Ever since back then, circa 2009, I have figured that the U.S. was holding back on its potential oil production, until the time came to reset from the:
* Arabian peninsula centered Petro Dollar controlled by the debt-money masters in the City of London and its colonies
to an
* American centered Petro (then secret Tesla energies) Dollar, controlled by the money masters in the U.S. (whatever that will mean).

We are now in that transition. Martenson is right - this is a major shift in our civilization. But I see greater energy fueling humanity, not less.

That transition is a key part of the big picture, in my long standing view.

P.S. -- Note also massive, trillions of dollars, of funding going into American energy and semiconductor production (much of it spelled "AI", but still ...). Out with the old, and in with the new.

[Ravenlocke]

DD Geopolitics

Israel continues to violate the ceasefire agreement strikes the towns of Toul and Jibchit in southern Lebanon tonight.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2042811601598976474

[Ravenlocke]

Quds News Network

Breaking | Preliminary reports of casualties in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Tebnine in southern Lebanon.

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2042849325902917907

Earlier today, an Israeli airstrike targeted electricity generators in the town of Jibchit in southern Lebanon.

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2042852603768287422

https://x.com/QudsNen/status/2042856132830458099

[Ravenlocke]

DD Geopolitics

🇵🇰❌🇮🇱 Israeli journalists & media teams have been barred from entering Pakistan to cover the US-Iran talks in Islamabad.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2042836752218624511

DD Geopolitics

🇺🇸🇵🇰🇮🇷 JD Vance arrives in Islamabad for negotiations with Iran

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2042854975655530783

[Ravenlocke]

DD Geopolitics

🇮🇷 Iran raises the issue of U.S. breaches of commitments with Pakistan’s Prime Minister

Tasnim’s correspondent in Islamabad, Pakistan:

🔸The Iranian delegation will raise the issue of the American side’s breaches of commitments in today’s noon meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif.

🔸The release of Iran’s assets and a ceasefire in Lebanon are among the preconditions for starting negotiations.

🔸The United States had informed Pakistan, as the mediator of the talks, that it agrees to these preconditions and some other conditions for initiating negotiations. However, some of these have not yet been fulfilled.

🔸In today’s meetings, the Iranian delegation intends to assess the U.S. position and its adherence to its commitments; after that, it will decide on whether to negotiate with the United States.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2042853253805715592

[Ravenlocke]

Pepe Escobar

THE BREAKDOWN

It starts with The Four Sunnis:

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, Egypt.

Then Pak went to China.

China talked to Iran.

Iran accepted to go to Islamabad.

Pak represents Saudi.

China - and Russia - have got Iran’s back.

Abu Dhabi is not on the table:

Is in the menu

https://x.com/RealPepeEscobar/status...48779213377960

[Ravenlocke]

Tasnim News Agency

Pakistan Talks to Begin with Separate High-Level Meetings

Iranian & American delegations are set to hold individual meetings with Pakistan’s Prime Minister before any potential negotiations commence, an on-site Tasnim News Agency correspondent reports.

https://x.com/Tasnimnews_EN/status/2042848544281763851

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Isserley (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
Mohammad Ghalibaf, like so many Iranians, has a PhD and speaks four languages fluently: Farsi, Arabic, Hebrew and English. I wonder how many politicians in the US, the UK, and the EU could match that.

Actually many in EU and not only politicians are polyglots. It is common for EU citizens to speak 2-3 languages on average.
Croatian PM Andrej Plenković is fluent in five languages: Croatian, English, French, and Italian, and he is conversant in German.

Thanks — I didn't know that!
(But my comment may still apply to politicians in the US )

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)
Thank goodness I was born in mostly monoglot U.S. I had to take a second language course in college, and tried German. The stiff upper lip older German task master and professor who taught the class only ever smiled twice in my presence.

1. The first time we had to read a paragraph out loud in German to the class, my pronunciation was so dreadful that the entire class including the professor broke out laughing.
2. A week later, when I told the professor I had arranged to change my courses from German to Latin (speaking Latin was not a key skill for passing), the professor broke out in a big smile and said "yeah, that would be a good idea."

I'd love to have seen a video of that.

[Chip]

Posted by ThePythonicCow (here)

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
A new report from Chris Martenson, rarely (now) posting his analysis publicly. As we've learned to expect from him, he's always focused on the bigger picture and is stressing the impact of oil shortages on just about everything and everyone in the months to come.

Chris Martenson's PeakProsperity website was the primary website I was active on, in 2009-2010. I had left FreeRepublic.com earlier, because they refused to consider than anyone other than evil muslims did 9/11. I left PeakProsperity because Chris Martenson was convinced (as I suspect he still is) that we had passed peak oil availability and it was therefore all downhill for our civilization. I thought otherwise ... see below.

Bill was more astute: he got me involved in the technical Avalon backend stuff early on. Not even a period when we two probably couldn't agree on how to spell the word "Q" could keep my away forever. My geek hobby is stronger glue than my political or economic views.

I still dismiss Martenson's peak oil hypothesis, and hence the big picture he derives from it. See for example the mention of a major oil discovery off the coast of Japan, in onawah's recent What's happening in China? Post #592.

Ever since back then, circa 2009, I have figured that the U.S. was holding back on its potential oil production, until the time came to reset from the:
* Arabian peninsula centered Petro Dollar controlled by the debt-money masters in the City of London and its colonies
to an
* American centered Petro (then secret Tesla energies) Dollar, controlled by the money masters in the U.S. (whatever that will mean).

We are now in that transition. Martenson is right - this is a major shift in our civilization. But I see greater energy fueling humanity, not less.

That transition is a key part of the big picture, in my long standing view.

P.S. -- Note also massive, trillions of dollars, of funding going into American energy and semiconductor production (much of it spelled "AI", but still ...). Out with the old, and in with the new.

I can see that possibility too. But if that is what’s happening, Trump still looks far too slow. If better energy and a real transition are waiting in the background, then now is the time. People need relief now, not after the old system has squeezed every last drop out of them.

[Ravenlocke]

MenchOsint

US Navy destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG-112) is crossing the strait of Hormuz today according to AIS data.

https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2042968384229232989

[Ravenlocke]

Sulaiman Ahmed

BREAKING: Iran now says U.S. destroyer has turned back from the Strait of Hormuz following a firm warning from Iran.

- Tasnim

https://x.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/2042958146327507050

[Ravenlocke]

Pepe Escobar
@RealPepeEscobar
·
2h
The Iranian delegation reiterated the TOP 4 NON-NEGOTIABLE red lines to Pakistan:

1. Strait of Hormuz under FULL Iranian control.
2. War reparations.
3. Frozen Iranian assets completely released.
4. Stable ceasefire in ALL areas.

Empire of Chaos already going bonkers.

https://x.com/RealPepeEscobar/status...57361623765193

Pepe Escobar

This ends once and for all the crude, crass, stupid imperial Divide and Rule tactic promoting a Sunni-Shi'ite divide.

https://x.com/RealPepeEscobar/status...60820116820176

[Ravenlocke]

Pepe Escobar reposted

Ebrahim Zolfaghari
@Irantimes01
·
10h
We demand the release of 10,000 Palestinians in exchange for American pilots, no changes will be made during negotiations.

https://x.com/Irantimes01/status/2042823207745655114

[Ravenlocke]

DD Geopolitics

🇮🇷❌🇺🇸 IRAN DENIES US CROSSED STRAIT OF HORMUZ

Mehr News: A senior Iranian military official denied Axios claims that a US vessel crossed the Strait of Hormuz. The American military vessel was warned it would be targeted within 15 minutes if it continued moving toward the Strait. Iran's Armed Forces issued a firm and swift warning, preventing the vessel from approaching the Strait of Hormuz.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2042963115369992217

[Ravenlocke]

DD Geopolitics

Trump says that the USA is currently helping to clear the Strait of Hormuz as a "favor" and that many nations have begun buying oil from America as a replacement.

https://x.com/DD_Geopolitics/status/2042953638029795736

[bojancan]

Excellent video... Danny with Patrick Henningsen.. from his point of view so truthful observation.. about those who are governing Pentagon... these moments... he is brilliant!

Apr, 11
Danny Haiphong
647K subscribers
Trump in FULL PANIC MODE in Islamabad, Iran BROKE U.S. Empire | Patrick Henningsen

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=9AmQSOMQxOk

Patrick Henningsen discusses why Trump holds no cards as his negotiating team stares down the abject humiliation of defeat and disaster brought on by their war on Iran.