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Aug 02 2025 
The War & Genocide Thread
Keep talking about Gaza!
Permanent X link to Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur – the Occupied Territories.
Francesca has her blue checkmark back.Aug 12
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he feels driven by a “historic and spiritual mission,” emphasizing his deep commitment to the concept of a “Greater Israel” encompassing Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Egypt.
OK, we… Continue reading
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Jul 28 2025 
Alastair Crooke with a capsule description of the Middle-East, West Asia and into Russia
In the first 14 minutes, Alastair Crooke explains precisely what the state of play is in West Asia and how this is designed to reach Russia.
Very good. I’ve not paid attention to the rest of the video.
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Jul 28 2025 
New aid for Gaza: Illusionary performance art
Featured Image: Meet the ‘Rulers of Starvation’ — Arab leaders whose silence and complicity have helped tighten the siege on Gaza, starving their own brothers while shaking hands with the occupier.
The arrangement was that Israel would allow aid into Gaza in daily periods from 10pm to 8am and fire would cease. Netanyahu’s cabinet is in… Continue reading
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Jul 25 2025 
Qatar, Egypt Issue Statement Contradicting Witkoff’s Claim That Hamas Rejected Gaza Ceasefire Deal
(Quds News Network)- Qatar and Egypt have issued a statement contradicting claims made by US envoy Steve Witkoff that Hamas refused a ceasefire deal in Gaza.
In a joint statement with Egypt, Qatar confirmed that both countries are continuing “intensive efforts” to reach an agreement that would end the genocide in Gaza, ease the humanitarian crisis,… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2025 
Iran’s Grand Strategy — Vali Nasr
“Either the U.S. lets Iran become nuclear, or the U.S. has to engage diplomatically.”
In this interview, Negar Razavi speaks with @vali_nasr about his new book, Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History — and the choices ahead for U.S. foreign policy.
It was pleasure to speak with Security in Context on my book Iran’s Grand Strategy https://t.co/7By3bceGnS
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Jul 19 2025 
Syria is becoming a clash zone for three geopolitical projects
Elena Panina on https://cont.ws/@fruct/3084924
In Syria, as in other countries in the Middle East, Israel is guided by the Begin Doctrine: “The State of Israel must prevent an enemy country from developing the capacity to destroy it.” Tel Aviv does not want to live next to an Islamist state under the patronage of Turkey, where the… Continue reading
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Jul 17 2025 
Anglo-Zionist Savagery is Relentless
Leader of Ansar Allah, Abdul-Malik Badreddin al-Houthi, on the developments of the Israeli aggression on Gaza and the latest regional and international updates – 22 Muharram 1447 AH, July 17, 2025:
The Israeli enemy continues the genocide against the Palestinian people and seeks to accumulate its criminal record.The Israeli enemy persists in the comprehensive destruction… Continue reading
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Jul 17 2025 
Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing: Gaza Strip
Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on the Humanitarian Situation in the Gaza Strip
Mr. President,We thank Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher and UNICEF executive director Catherine Russell for their briefings – they have exposed the true scale of the ongoing tragedy affecting civilians in the Gaza Strip. With each passing… Continue reading
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Jul 16 2025 
The Cradle Three
Regional Discussion: Middle East – West Asia
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Jul 12 2025 
Abraham Accords, Abraham Shield, Abraham Alliance: a diabolical trinity
The Plot thickens in the Middle East / West Asia
The Abraham Accords are a set of agreements that were drawn up during the previous Trump administration to establish diplomatic normalization between Israel and several Arab states. The main aim is not written, but this is a recognition of Israel as a state. At this time… Continue reading
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Jul 11 2025 
Iran’s Parliament Speaker on the 12-Day War against Israel: Unity, Resistance, and Missile Retaliation
Resistance News Unfiltered
By lecridespeuples
Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iran’s Parliament) Mr. Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, in an interview with IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting), addressed various dimensions of the Zionist regime’s imposed war against Iran. He outlined the pivotal role of the Commander-in-Chief Sayed Ali Khamenei, the importance of national unity, and the… Continue reading
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Jul 10 2025 
Negotiations between the U.S. and Iran reaching an agreed outcome seem far off.
Alastair Crooke at Strategic Culture
“Depending on who you ask, the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan was either a smashing success that severely crippled Tehran’s nuclear programme, or a flashy show whose results were less than advertised … In the grand scheme of things, all of this is just drama”.
The… Continue reading
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Jul 04 2025 
Strategic Miscalculations and Moral Reckoning: The Iran-Israel Conflict and the Path to Peace.
The recent Iran-Israel war—an explosive episode in an already turbulent Middle East—has sent shockwaves throughout the region and across the world. This high-stakes confrontation, in which the United States also became partially involved, was initiated by Israeli aggression aimed at dismantling Iran’s nuclear capabilities and pursuing regime change. However, contrary to Israeli expectations, the conflict… Continue reading
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Jul 03 2025 
UN expert urges states to embargo Israel over ‘cruellest genocide of modern history’
The UN rapporteur says the US, by enabling Israel’s campaign through weapons, technology, and political cover, shares responsibility for the atrocities unfolding in Gaza
[Note: I would like to make a change here. The Cradle reports on the US, but there are many organizations and many countries clearly profiting from genocide, involved and Franscesca… Continue reading
