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

[Ravenlocke]

Max Blumenthal

Israel is imposing the Gaza model of total societal destruction on southern Lebanon

Meanwhile, Lebanon's quisling government is planning to meet with Israeli officials this week to discuss the "ceasefire"


https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2046648778145325463

[Ravenlocke]

Max Blumenthal

London based analyst Ali Alizadeh is the latest account banned under the watch of X’s Nikita Bier, who changed the UN-recognized flag of Iran to the monarchist flag

Presumably, these accounts were banned for interfering with the failing Zionist-led regime change war

https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/2046583396382482628

https://x.com/AryJeayBackup/status/2046523701122777097

[Ravenlocke]

Wyatt Reed comments on the news about the Iranian that was extradited to the US yesterday.

Wyatt Reed

Just so I’m understanding this correctly:

Shipping American “military sonar systems” to China is not a “threat to national security” … but sending them to Iran is?

https://x.com/wyattreed13/status/2046333516820971647

[bojancan]

Apr, 21

Max Blumenthal : The Islamabad Negotiations Are a Hoax

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qp3w4eYn2a8

[Ravenlocke]

Julian Assange

Israel now occupies more of Lebanon than Russia occupies in Ukraine.

https://x.com/ImJulianAssange/status...47259554750619

[Ravenlocke]

Mike Prysner

Veterans held red tulips in solidarity with the Iranian people during civil disobedience today in Congress against the war. Over 60 were arrested.

https://x.com/MikePrysner/status/2046370726723072325

[Ravenlocke]

Megatron

BREAKING:

🇮🇷🇺🇸 US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who were scheduled to be in Pakistan for peace talks with Iran today, are still in the US

Vice President JD Vance is in Washington, DC, as well even though he also was supposed to leave today

The US-Iran ceasefire expires tomorrow.

https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2046630770777923895

[Ravenlocke]

Megatron

BREAKING:

🇧🇪🇮🇱 Belgium officially becomes the 4th European country to request the suspension of association between the EU and Israel

Belgium is now joining Spain, Ireland and Slovenia in the demand

https://x.com/Megatron_ron/status/2046622571471507830

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The Cradle

Iranian Supreme Leader's Representative to the IRGC, Abdollah Haji Sadeghi:
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• "For now, there are no negotiations ... We will negotiate whenever the enemy accepts our conditions."

• "The enemy must accept that we are in a position of victory and that it is in a position of defeat."

"Our people are perceptive; whenever, with the guidance of the leadership, our battlefield shifts from the missile field to the field of negotiation, the people will support it."

• "Our people are a people of logic and reasoning, and loyal to the leadership; wherever and in whatever arena necessary, they have stood against arrogance."

(Mehr News)

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2046593186802389271

[Ravenlocke]

Arya Yadeghaar (Backup)

IRGC Aerospace Commander, Seyed Majid, gives a strong warning:

‌Iran's southern neighbors should know that if their geography and facilities are used by the enemy to attack Iran, they must say goodbye to oil production in the Middle East region.

https://x.com/AryJeayBackup/status/2046663516321452060

[Ravenlocke]

Seyed Abbas Araghchi

Blockading Iranian ports is an act of war and thus a violation of the ceasefire.
Striking a commercial vessel and taking its crew hostage is an even greater violation.

Iran knows how to neutralize restrictions, how to defend its interests, and how to resist bullying.

https://x.com/araghchi/status/2046654326517772450

[Ravenlocke]

Rybar MENA

Apr 20
China has reportedly deployed three warships — the destroyer Tangshan, frigate Daqing, and supply ship Taihu — from the Gulf of Aden into the Gulf of Oman to escort its commercial vessels through the US blockade.

Beijing has a direct stake in keeping Iranian oil flowing and restoring normal Gulf shipping. Confronting Chinese naval assets is a far riskier proposition for Washington than intercepting unarmed tankers.

A new player has just entered the standoff.

https://x.com/rybar_mena/status/2046266716997468405

[Ravenlocke]

Catherine Austin Fitts

Initially, it was the City of London that shut... down [the Strait of Hormuz]... Lloyds pulled the insurance.

They [have] put the world into energy collapse and famine conditions by doing this.

https://x.com/austin_fit76995/status...39810178122026

[Ravenlocke]

The net and international news outlets are buzzing with what ex cia Larry Johnson said on Judging Freedom

https://x.com/GBX_Press/status/2046636039582908527

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ابراهيم ناجي Ibrahim Naji

The difference between Gaza and Yemen is that when we were subjected to genocide by America, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE, the world was unaware of everything happening in Yemen and all the crimes committed by Saudi Arabia in Yemen.

No country has condemned the Saudi-American aggression against Yemen; only Iran has condemned the aggression against Yemen.

On an official level, Iran is the only country that has condemned the aggression against Yemen.

At the party level, the only leader who condemned the aggression against Yemen was the martyred Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and he was the only one who spoke about us in more than one speech at a time when the whole world and all media outlets were silent.

We were subjected to a suffocating and deadly siege, and thousands of children and women died of starvation, and no one knows anything about us because Saudi money bought the world's conscience.
Because America was also behind all those crimes.

https://x.com/Ibrahym22Nagi/status/2046382478307516561

[Rizotto]

https://www.rt.com/news/638842-israe...nce-west-bank/

April 21, 2026

Israeli soldiers and settlers using sexual violence to push Palestinians out – report
Over 70% of displaced Palestinian households have cited threats to women and children as decisive reason for leaving

Israeli soldiers and settlers are systematically using sexual violence and harassment to force Palestinians from their homes in the occupied West Bank, according to a report by the West Bank Protection Consortium – a group of international humanitarian organizations.

The report, published on Sunday and titled ‘Sexual Violence and Forcible Transfer in the West Bank’, documents at least 16 cases of conflict-related sexual violence attributed to Israeli settlers and soldiers over the past three years. The researchers noted that the actual number is likely significantly higher, as survivors often remain silent due to shame, stigma, and fear of retaliation associated with reporting such crimes.

Victims who have chosen to come forward described harassment, assault, and intimidation inside their own homes, including forced nudity, invasive body cavity searches, exposure of genitals to minors, and threats of rape. Men and boys also reported forced stripping, sexualized humiliation, and degrading treatment.

More than 70% of displaced households surveyed cited threats to women and children, particularly sexualized violence, as a decisive reason for leaving their homes and communities.

“What pushed me to take the decision of relocation was the harassment my wife, daughters and daughter-in-law were experiencing,” one community member was quoted as saying in the report. He added that when he and his son left for work, settlers would regularly stalk the women, whistle and throw stones. “I was terrified that something bad might happen to my family because of this constant settlers’ violence when I was away,” the man said.

The report documents cases attributed to Israeli soldiers as well as settlers, and adds that settler abuse often takes place in the presence of Israeli forces, who do not intervene or effectively investigate those responsible. It further notes that sexualized violence is not incidental but described as a deliberate tactic of displacement.

Families have adopted coping strategies, including sending women and children away, withdrawing girls from school, or arranging early marriages to reduce exposure to harm.

The findings emerge as Israel has accelerated its land grabs in the West Bank, approving in February the registration of large areas of the territory as “state property” for the first time since 1967, enabling further settlement expansion. The move has been hailed by hardline Israeli nationalists as a “true revolution” to tighten West Jerusalem’s control over the region.

The Israeli government has long sought to annex the West Bank despite widespread international opposition to the move, including from US President Donald Trump.

The Palestinian Presidency has strongly condemned Israeli advances into the territory, noting its latest land grab effectively voids multiple signed agreements and openly contradicts UN Security Council resolutions.

[Ravenlocke]

Douglas Macgregor

BREAKING: US Nuclear Chief Andrew Hugg ESCORTED out of the Pentagon

https://x.com/DougAMacgregor/status/2046692067573723485

https://x.com/ResistWire/status/2046700469687288211

Moon

🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon’s nuclear security scandal just got uglier.

Andrew Hugg, identified in reports as a U.S. Army Chief of Chemical Nuclear Surety, was allegedly caught on hidden camera discussing sensitive nuclear and chemical security information with a stranger in a public restaurant. The claims include references to U.S. nerve-agent exposure, an Army chemist’s death, civilian casualties from U.S. strikes in Iran, and how nuclear launch decisions are handled in real time.

Reports say Hugg has been escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave pending investigation.

Layer that with the separate allegation that Gen. Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, resisted or blocked Trump from accessing nuclear-use authority during an emergency Iran meeting.

Caine is the nation’s highest-ranking military officer and principal military adviser to the President, Secretary of Defense, and National Security Council.

Who actually controls America’s war machine when the room gets hot?

The elected president?

The Pentagon bureaucracy?

The Joint Chiefs?

Or the unelected security state sitting behind the curtain deciding what the public is allowed to know after the fact?

If a nuclear security official can allegedly spill sensitive information over dinner while top military leadership is allegedly gatekeeping nuclear authority behind closed doors, the real crisis is command, control, and trust

https://x.com/MoonCall/status/2046707676613095427

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The Cradle

Trump claims he will "extend the ceasefire" with Iran as he awaits a "unified proposal," but says the US naval blockade on Iranian ports will continue.

https://x.com/TheCradleMedia/status/2046685887073775730

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RT

⚡️ ’Jews and animals are not allowed’: hotel sign in Kyrgyzstan sparks outrage — Israeli media

A hotel in Osh allegedly displayed a sign with crossed-out images of a dog and the Star of David

Israel’s embassy condemned the incident as antisemitic and offensive

https://x.com/RT_com/status/2046540159064113410

Gaffar Yakınca

Translated from Turkish
A sign in Kyrgyzstan has sparked a major backlash from Israel.

The sign placed at the entrance of a hotel in the city of Osh reads, "Jews and dogs not allowed."

https://x.com/GaffarYakinca/status/2046582796039196823

[shaberon]

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
Trump claims he will "extend the ceasefire" with Iran as he awaits a "unified proposal," but says the US naval blockade on Iranian ports will continue.

What that sounds like is not wanting to fight Iran.

The US wants a ceasefire, not them.

It would just mean Israel keeps battering Lebanon.

It does not mean a unilateral decision is reciprocated by Iran.

Such a "proposal" can be awaited eternally; this is almost meaningless.

I suppose we will find out about this very soon and the repercussions of piracy. The first reaction is going to be unpredictable and nothing I have ever heard of before:

...the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) will target wherever the people want them to, the IRGC aerospace commander said on Tuesday.

First democratic missile party that I know of.

Actually, to be more precise, they are like Francis Drake, a privateer, which is the term for government-supported piracy. Even without any firing it is still an act of war. So far the scene is really drawn for the Great Depression and World War Two, almost the same conditions nearly a hundred years ago. America no longer resembles the European Allies but it does resemble Fascist Japan, the largest holder of US Treasuries.

If anybody fired on the US Navy, no one would care. Maybe there will be a world flotilla that goes chasing them round international waters. I got that from a comic book fifty years ago. It's not far off now.