احتمال حمله نظامی مستقیم اسرائیل و حامیانش به ایران بسیار کم است

 

 

بنام خدا

 

احتمال حمله نظامی مستقیم اسرائیل و حامیانش به ایران بسیار کم است. تهدیدات صرفا جنبه تبلیغاتی دارد.

 

جنایات ارتش اسرائیل در غزه و حوادث مرتبط با آن در منطقه باعث ویرانی گسترده، قتل عام دهها هزار نفر، آسیب جسمی و روانی صدها هزار نفر یا آوارگی نزدیک به دو میلیون فلسطینی شده است. از طرف دیگر، واکنش گروه های مقاومت به وحشیگری های رژیم صهیونیستی، بویژه تشدید درگیری بین اسرائیل و حزب الله لبنان، باعث افزایش نگرانی در باره گسترش تنش و آغاز جنگ تمام عیار بین محور مقاومت و اسرائیل و حامیانش شده است. ازاینرو عده ای نگران حمله نظامی اسرائیل و بدنبال آن آمریکا و همپیمانانش به ایران هستند.

 

گرچه احتمال از کنترل خارج شدن جنگ جاری بین محور مقاومت و  نظام سلطه دور از ذهن نیست، و دشمنان با هدف تضعیف کشورمان از سالها قبل یک جنگ ترکیبی علیه ما آغاز کرده اند، و با ایجاد و تشدید تنش و اختلافات محلی، قومیتی، و مذهبی در صدد تجزیه و تضعیف دیگر کشورهای خاورمیانه بوده اند، اما آنها کاملا از پیامد های خطرناک حمله نظامی مستقیم به ایران و گسترش جنگ غزه و آغاز یک جنگ تمام عیار با محور مقاومت آگاه هستند.

 

شواهد و تحلیل های کارشناسان بین المللی، اعم از کارشناسان صهیونیستی، غربی و سایر تحلیلگران در سطح جهان نشان می دهد، با اینکه احتمال هرگونه اقدام جنون آمیز از جانب رژیم جنایتکار صهیونیستی وجود دارد، اسرائیل توان گسترش تنش و جنگ همزمان با ایران و سایر عناصر محور مقاومت را ندارد و حامیان این رژیم جعلی نیز چنین جنگی را در تضاد با منافعشان می دانند و قطعا خواهان آن نیستند. آمریکا و متحدانش صرفا خواستار ادامه جنگی محدود و درگیری های قومی مذهبی در منطقه هستند تا در سایه آن آسان تر به اهداف نامشروعشان دست یابند.

 

بدیهی است که تهدیدات مقامات اسرائیلی و بعضی از مقامات کشورهای حامی رژیم صهیونیستی صرفا جنبه تبلیغاتی دارد و بیشتر با هدف افزایش روحیه نظامیان و مردم اسرائیل و از طرف دیگر تضعیف روحیه و توان جبهه مقاومت انجام می شود.

 

علاوه برآن، ایران به هیچ وجه به دنبال افزایش تنش و گسترش جنگ نیست و متحدان قدرتمند ایران یعنی روسیه و چین نیز با گسترش جنگ مخالفند. و شواهدی مبنی بر اینکه دیگر کشور های منطقه خواهان جنگ گسترده باشند نیز وجود ندارد.

 

 به طور خلاصه جنگی گسترده که منطقه را به آتش بکشد با منافع طرف های درگیر و سایر بازیگران منافات دارد و تا حد امکان از آن جلوگیری خواهند کرد.

 

بنابراین ضرورت دارد که مردم تحت تاثیر تبلیغات رسانه ها مرعوب تهدیدات توخالی دشمنان نشوند و با اظهار نظر غیر کارشناسانه باعث نگرانی و وحشت دیگران و احیانا اقدام خلاف منافع ملی نگردند.

 

اکبر فیجانی

چهارم شهریور  1403

 

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۴ عامل وحشت اسرائیل از جهنم جنگ چندجبهه‌ای با محورمقاومت

۰۳ شهریور ۱۴۰۳ - ۱۲:۲۱ اخبار بین الملل اخبار آسیای غربی

 

https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1403/06/03/3147250/4-

 

 

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خلاصه بحران راهبردی و آینده تاریک اسرائیل در ۱۷ نکته

۱۳ مرداد ۱۴۰۳ - ۱۰:۵۵ اخبار بین الملل اخبار آسیای غربی

یک مقام سابق امنیتی رژیم صهیونیستی با تأکید بر اینکه ایران در موقعیت بسیار خوبی قرار دارد و قدرت این کشور و متحدان آن بسیار بیشتر از اسرائیل است، به ۱۷ نکته که بیانگر بحران عمیق این رژیم است اشاره کرد و درباره عواقب جنگ منطقه‌ای برای آن هشدار داد.

 

https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1403/05/13/3133044/

 

 

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رونمایی حزب‌الله از سکوی پرتاب موشک زیر زمینی

۲۶ مرداد ۱۴۰۳ - ۱۲:۳۰ اخبار بین الملل اخبار آسیای غربی

 

          https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1403/05/26/3142647/

 

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Despite Washington’s confidence, US war with Iran would be disastrous

by Jordan Cohen, opinion contributor - 12/03/23 4:00 PM ET

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/4339670-despite-washingtons-confidence-us-war-with-iran-would-be-disastrous/

Jordan Cohen is a policy analyst in Defense and Foreign Policy at the Cato Institute and holds a PhD in political science from George Mason University.

 

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Iran and Israel: everything short of war

Both sides have powerful militaries, but differences in their respective structures and strategic objectives impose limits on escalation.

Authors:  John Raine, Fabian Hinz, Nick Childs, and  Julia Voo

https://www.iiss.org/en/online-analysis/online-analysis/2024/05/iran-and-israel-everything-short-of-war/

John Raine is a Senior Adviser for Geopolitical Due Diligence

John Raine CMG OBE is researching current and emergent themes that cross geographic boundaries, namely the use of proxies, the use of non-kinetic force as a means of projecting power, and the potential of alternative approaches to conflict resolution. In addition, he is looking at how an understanding of these themes can help governments, armed forces and multinational businesses to mitigate risk.

 

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Why bombing Iran is (still) a bad idea

By Bruce Riedel and Annelle R. Sheline

December 14, 2021

https://www.brookings.edu/people/bruce-riedel/

Bruce Riedel is a senior expert on the Middle East

 

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Don’t Attack Iran

Those who advocate strikes against nuclear sites are underestimating the risks and overestimating the benefit.

By Charles V. Peña

senior fellow, Defense Priorities

December 22, 2021

https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/12/dont-attack-iran/360061/

Charles V. Peña is a senior fellow with Defense Priorities. He has more than 25 years of experience as a policy and program analyst and senior manager, supporting both the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security. Peña is the former director of defense policy studies at the Cato Institute and author of Winning the Un—War: A New Strategy for the War on Terrorism.

 

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Column: Twenty reasons not to attack Iran

By Hossein Mousavian

August 24, 201212:51 AM GMT+4:30Updated 12 years ago

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/china/column-twenty-reasons-not-to-attack-iran-idUSBRE87M10M/

Hossein Mousavian is a research scholar at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. From 1997 to 2005, he was the head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran's National Security Council; from 2003 to 2005, he served as spokesman for Iran in its nuclear negotiations with the European Union.

 

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Why Russia Doesn’t Want War Between Israel and Iran

While Russia would prefer the West distracted from Ukraine, a direct Israel-Iran conflict would expose its vulnerabilities in the Middle East.

by Michelle Grisé

April 11, 2024  Topic: Security  Region: Middle East 

https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-russia-doesn%E2%80%99t-want-war-between-israel-and-iran-210522

Michelle Grisé is a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute. Her research focuses on Iran, South Asia, Russian foreign policy and military strategy, and international law.

 

force Israel and its supporters to avoid escalatory actions and stop the war before it is too late

 

 

force Israel and its supporters to avoid escalatory actions and stop the war before it is too late.

 

 

In the Name of God

Israeli civilians and others in the Middle East and beyond must realize that the Zionist Regime and its major supporters (most notably the US and the UK) do not care about their lives. If they did, they would not seek to escalate the current hazardous conflict in the region which can endanger global security. Within the past six months, the brutal Zionist Regime has killed tens of thousands of innocent people and has done everything to pull Iran into the war. Such war will first and foremost cause serious harm to the Israeli people and those in the region. In addition, a war against Iran will certainly have dire consequences globally.

People around the world need also to know that the United States and the United Kingdom are complicit in almost all Israel’s crimes against humanity, including the assassination of top Iranian commanders by Israel. They must, therefore, take effective measures to force Israel and its supporters to avoid escalatory actions and stop the war before it is too late.

It should also be noted that, despite the increasing atrocities of the Zionist Regime, the Islamic Republic of Iran and other factions of the axis of resistance have so far demonstrated considerable patience to prevent the spread of the war, the root cause of which is Israel’s decades of occupation, oppression and genocide against the Palestinians, as well as other western warmongers, particularly the super-rich elites, who benefit from war. 

Akbar Fijani, a university instructor 

 

Help establish peace and justice in the world by promoting political awareness and ethics

 

Note: the following is a modified version of a letter addressed to university professors around the world I wrote a few days after the assassination of General Soleimani, top Iranian commander, by the United States, and published on Blogfa January 28, 2020

 

                                              In the Name of God

Help establish peace and justice in the world by promoting political awareness and ethics: a letter to university professors

 

Dear professors!

I have read extensively and reflected on major global issues like war and injustice since I was in high school, and arrived at the conclusion that, in this age of disinformation and biased coverage, raising political awareness and understanding and media literacy, as well as promoting spirituality and ethics would probably be the most effective solution to world's problems and the best approach to prevent war and conflict and establish peace, security and justice in the world.

This might sound obvious, but the reality is that most people are either not interested in politics, or use unreliable sources mainly because they lack the knowledge and skills required for evaluating political information. By way of example, the results of a series of unpublished surveys I conducted in 7 higher education institutes during the past decade suggest that the majority of university students (over 70 percent) tend to get their news from unreliable sources, both traditional and modern. Some are not even aware of the availability of alternative sources of political information.

            At the same time, most people across the globe are indoctrinated, controlled, and exploited in different guises by the global power elite. Holding more than 50 percent of the world wealth, these super-rich and/or extremely powerful politicians own the mainstream media and influence a substantial proportion of the remaining sources of political information, thereby shaping the public opinion in accord with their interests and inhumane goals. Also, as the most wealthy and powerful individuals on the earth, these elites influence literally any important decision made by international organizations and governments. And as they derive unlimited benefit from conflicts, they are behind most wars worldwide and pose a major obstacle in the way of conflict resolution and lasting peace settlement.

This underlines the importance of raising political knowledge and understanding as well as media literacy among people throughout the world. Political awareness and understanding is generally the key to the establishment of peace, security and justice largely due to the fact that politics is involved in all aspects of our social and individual life, including education, business, nutrition and health, and, at the same time, media literacy gains importance because political discourse is rife with various forms of disinformation which is predominantly spread through the media as the major means of control over the public opinion. It is therefore clear that having political insight makes people less vulnerable to deception and exploitation, and hence, can improve their social behavior and quality of life at large.

Likewise, promoting spirituality and ethics is of high importance because it plays a crucial role in shaping social behavior and directing peaceful international relations, and more importantly, because knowledge without ethics can do more harm than good to human beings.

I strongly believe that exposure to opposing political views or diverse political information can generally enhance political insight and tolerance of opposing views, and should be encouraged and practiced widely. This strategy, however, may not work well with everybody on the grounds that the majority of ordinary people are occupied with the problems of everyday life or are otherwise engaged with less serious issues like sports and celebrities’ lives, and hence, do not have the time or opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills required for locating reliable sources and evaluating the credibility of the political information they consume. This would suggest that for a significant proportion of the world population, political insight can best be gained through the use of trustworthy sources recommended by well-intentioned, socially committed and politically aware individuals.

Accordingly, all people, regardless of their nationality, race, and religion, especially those concerned about injustice and human suffering, should take all measures to foster political awareness and understating, and, in particular, inform as many people as they can about the roots of war and injustice. I believe the responsibility rests primarily with university professors and other highly educated people, as they are the most qualified, given their knowledge and academic skills.

 Finally, as every instance of discourse is ideologically loaded, there is no neutral or unbiased source of political information. It helps, however, to identify relatively reliable sources and share them with as many people as possible, encouraging further sharing. It should also be noted that while writing original materials is of high value, and sometimes necessary, in this age of information explosion and disinformation, increasing the readership of available credible sources may be a more effective strategy.

Materials from such sites/sources can be shared in different forms.  Original articles or theses in fields such as communication science, media studies, and applied linguistics (critical discourse analysis, in particular), can be directed to incorporate the materials from these sites. For instance, the selected sites can be compared with the corporate media in terms of the type and amount of disinformation techniques and strategies they have employed when reporting or commenting on the same events or issues. More specifically, in the case of applied linguistics, intact articles or selected parts can be assigned in graduate and undergraduate courses such as discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, as well as reading and translating journalistic materials. Likewise, excerpts from written and oral materials (books, articles, interviews, and speeches) can be synthesized into a concise more reader friendly article or podcast to be shared with different populations. However, sharing selected ideas or quotes in the form of short paragraphs or voice clips through social media seems to be the most effective strategy, mainly due to the fact that the vast majority of people often use modern media to obtain information, and that some cannot afford the time or are simply unwilling to read or listen to lengthy materials.

 

Akbar Fijani, an Iranian university instructor

March 17, 2024

 

 

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First published on November 13, 2023

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https://www.presstv.ir/

 

 

 

How would you feel if you were experiencing the hardships in Gaza? Take action now to stop Genocide in that ‘open-air prison’

 

 

How would you feel if you were experiencing the hardships in Gaza? Take action now to stop Israel’s Genocide in that ‘open-air prison’

Today, unequivocal condemnation of Israel’s war crimes in Gaza must be the first priority.

People around the world must observe that it is their moral duty to strongly condemn the Zionist Regime for committing mass genocide across the Gaza Strip, and take all measures to prevent the continuation of the appalling war crimes against civilian Palestinians, particularly in the South. There is certainly no justification for the death and destruction Israel has inflicted on the Gaza population in the past five months.

The Zionist regime has been relentlessly pounding the Gaza Strip since last October, destroying civilian infrastructure, cultural properties, and residential buildings, and brutally torturing and massacring the innocent civilians under the world’s gaze, showing no intention to stop. In other words, to realize Yoav Gallant’s words, Israel’s army is using all its tools to ‘eliminate everything’ in Gaza. Israel’s military has dropped tens of thousands of bombs on Gaza, and numerous local and international authorities as well as credible NGOs have affirmed that the scale and scope of humanitarian destruction is really unprecedented. Almost all civilian infrastructures in Gaza have been demolished, including power plants, water supplies and public health facilities, and the majority of residential buildings have been completely destroyed (many on residents) or rendered uninhabitable; and as a result, over 80 percent of the population in the ‘besieged Strip’ have been forcibly displaced, the majority of whom pushed and cramped into Rafah and nearby areas in the South where they are bombed by Israel’s forces on a daily basis.  

According to local and international organizations and institutions, over 30000 people have been killed, more than 70,000 have been wounded, and about 7000 are missing as a result of Israel’s offensive so far, mostly children and women and some by deadly chemical weapons. The reports also indicate that, in the chaos, the Zionist regime has been intentionally targeting and killing Palestinian scientists and destroying universities and cultural heritage across the Gaza Strip. Israel’s army has murdered over 90 university professors, as well as many more teachers and students in Gaza so far. In addition, there are reports of deliberate targeting of journalists and their families by Israeli military. Over 100 journalists have been killed amid Israel’s attacks since the start of war on Gaza. 

Moreover, almost all people in Gaza are deprived of basic human needs, including water, food, fuel, electricity, and medical care due to the total siege imposed by Israel. The Zionist regime, based on official reports, is using starvation as weapon of war against people in Gaza by blocking access to food and water resources and deliberately destroying reservoirs, food stores, bakeries, farmlands, fisheries, as well as vehicles carrying foodstuff. According to the UN, most Gazans cannot find enough clean water to drink and 9 out of 10 have to go without food for extended periods of time. In addition, scarcity of sanitary water has led to the spread of infectious diseases. As a consequence, a number of children die from dehydration, malnutrition, and various diseases every day.

Indeed, there is clear evidence that Israel is committing ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip. As part of the long-held plan of ethnic cleansing against the Palestinians, Israeli authorities have repeatedly stated that they aim to forcibly expel the Gazans into northern Sinai in Egypt, and have acted accordingly by unrelenting air, sea, and ground offensive and creating a state of great fear and insecurity everywhere in the besieged territory.

Despite the fact that official and independent journalists, as well as local citizens, have constantly documented and reported these heinous war crimes by Israel since early October 2023, and in spite of the calls by diverse actors for an immediate cessation of the widespread atrocities taking place across the Gaza Strip, the international community has failed to stop the Israeli war machine, mainly due to the fact that the Zionist Regime has been unconditionally supported by the United States and its close allies, and also because the majority of states and international organizations have remained silent or followed a double standard in relation to the continuing cycle of brutal violence against civilians in Gaza.

As there appears to be no genuine intention on the part of the powerful states, most notably the United States and others in the Global North, to stop Israel’s genocidal campaign, I would like to challenge all people around the world who have a voice in their country and/or in the international arena, particularly the leaders and other high-ranking government officials who have supported the Zionist regime, failed to take effective action against Israel over the recent war crimes, or otherwise, remained silent regarding the humanitarian catastrophes in Gaza, to ponder over the following questions for a while:  

How would you feel if you lived in Gaza experiencing the same hardships?

 if your dears were killed or badly injured in front of you and there was no help available?

 If you were forced out of your house and had no safe place to stay, nothing to eat, and nobody to protect you?

 If you observed innocent children pleading for their lives or food but you could do nothing for them?

Accordingly, condemning the acts of genocide committed by Israel, people around the globe must urge their governments to force the Zionist Regime to end the unrelenting attacks on civilian Palestinians. They must also strongly condemn the states that support Israel, particularly the US and England, and ask their governments to stop fanning the flames of war and take immediate and effective action to prevent further war crimes against innocent Palestinians in Gaza, in the West Bank, and elsewhere. In addition, all Islamic states are obliged by their religion to promptly address this grave issue and collectively take effective steps,  cut ties with the state of Israel, for example, to ease the suffering of Palestinians, prevent escalation of the conflict and ensure peace in the region.

 

Akbar Fijani: An Iranian University Instructor

Feb. 29, 2024

 

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https://www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1654742

 

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unrwa-statement-unga-4mar24/

 

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6190/Horrific-testimonies:-Israeli-army-tortures-Palestinians-in-Gaza-physically-and-psychologically

 

https://truthout.org/articles/un-human-rights-expert-says-israel-is-committing-genocide-in-gaza/

 

https://www.palestinechronicle.com/this-is-the-state-of-gazas-hospitals-special-report/

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/29/israels-war-on-gaza-live-mass-killing-of-children-in-slow-motion-ngo

 

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6202/Israeli-tanks-have-deliberately-run-over-dozens-of-Palestinian-civilians-alive

 

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/another-shameful-milestone-gaza-100000-people-killed-or-wounded

 

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/6108/Israel-kills-dozens-of-academics,-destroys-every-university-in-the-Gaza-Strip

 

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/war-gaza-israel-killing-academics-educide-campaigners-say

 

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/1/un-experts-condemn-disturbing-attacks-on-journalists-in-gaza

 

https://www.icij.org/inside-icij/2024/02/over-75-of-all-journalists-killed-in-2023-died-in-gaza-war-per-cpj/

 

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/blog/2024-01-18/the-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza-is-an-unprecedented-attack-on-the-truth/

 

https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/02/26/governing-gaza-after-war-international-perspectives-pub-91819

 

 https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/press-releases/statement-inter-agency-standing-committee-civilians-gaza-extreme-peril

 

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/oxfam-blog/the-world-cannot-stand-by-as-starvation-is-used-as-a-weapon-of-war-in-gaza/

 

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20231223-israel-uses-starvation-as-a-weapon-of-war-in-gaza/

 

https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/press-releases/gaza-strip-childrens-lives-threatened-rising-malnutrition

 

https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/press-releases/barely-drop-drink-children-gaza-strip-do-not-access-90-cent-their-normal-water-use

 

https://www.unicef.org/lac/en/press-releases/intensifying-conflict-malnutrition-and-disease-gaza-strip-creates-deadly-cycle

 

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/golden-time-seasonal-farming-production-destroyed-and-lost-northern-gaza-amid

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/conscious-unconscionable-starving-gaza/5851072

 

https://reliefweb.int/report/occupied-palestinian-territory/gaza-lack-clean-water-brings-disease-and-suffering-enar

 

 

 

the mainstream media are distorting facts about Gaza-Israel War on a daily basis

 

 

Like before, the mainstream media and those under the influence of the colonial west are distorting facts about Gaza-Israel War on a daily basis. While they employ the negative words  “terrorist, brutal, and the like‘ to refer to Hamas and other members of the Resistance Axis, and condemn the Hamas Operation  Al Aqsa, they fail to cover the Israeli brutal attacks and massacre of innocent civilians in Gaza. Ignoring the decades of oppression and genocide against Palestinians by Israel, they rather try to persuade the audience that Israel is a victim of terrorism in need of sympathy and global support.

Gaza-Israel conflict is being exploited in favor of the New Middle East agenda

 

Like most previous tensions in the Middle East, Gaza-Israel conflict is being exploited in favor of the New Middle East agenda as well as securing more profit for the super-rich elite (particularly the Zionists) who rule the world.  Most conflicts are ether started or intensified by the elite who hold substantial shares in huge multinational corporations.

Please see the following:

https://robscholtemuseum.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Global-Research-Greater-Israel-The-Zionist-Plan-for-the-Middle-East.pdf

https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-profit-very-short-history/5818776

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-invasion-of-gaza-operation-cast-lead-part-of-a-broader-israeli-military-intelligence-agenda/11606

https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-conquers-world/5790958

https://www.globalresearch.ca/how-world-governments-run-multinational-companies/5804065?pdf=5804065

Let’s address the root cause of Hamas recent attack on Israel

 

In the Name of God

Let’s address the root cause of Hamas recent attack (Operation Al-Aqsa Storm) on Israel

The systematic oppression and ongoing brutal violence against Palestinians is the root cause of what is presently taking place in Israel and Palestine. In fact, what preceded the war between Israel and Gaza was not peace-it was constant  “genocide and apartheid” made invisible by the mainstream media owned or influenced by Zionists and their allies. 

As Palestinian poet Remi Kanazi states, “What Israelis experienced for a few hours, Palestinians have been enduring for 75 years.” And as Israeli journalist Haggai Matar acknowledges, “The dread Israelis are feeling right now, myself included, is a sliver of what Palestinians have been feeling on a daily basis under the decades-long military regime in the West Bank, and under the siege and repeated assaults on Gaza.”

Peter Koenig’s comments on Israel prime minister’s recent remarks further clarify the situation: “ the same day of Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanya, declared war on Palestine – apparently totally ignoring that the war has already been going on for the last 70 years, ever and gradually increasing on severity and intensity. Netanyahu also gave “green light” to IDF to shoot Palestinians point blank – as if this was different from what the IDF has been doing before. Also, remarkably, Netanyahu said that this was going to be a long war. Again, ignoring that Israel has been at war with Palestine almost from day one of Israel’s creation. The only difference maybe that now the war was officially declared. Before, it was a war of attrition – slow destruction of Palestine’s resistance and moral.”

Thus Hamas attack was the inevitable consequence of long-standing siege, brutal oppression, continuous aggression, settler violence, and numerous abhorrent crimes against the Palestinians in general, and the people in Gaza in particular. It is obvious that people living under apartheid conditions will eventually revolt. As Ashrawi observes, what Hamas did  “is like prisoners breaking out of their prison”. It is noteworthy that Hamas had warned the Zionists several times and asked them to stop the violence.

Along with Britain and other allies, the U.S. government is complicit in almost all cases of crime against Palestinians as it has been the main supporter of Israel for decades. As Noam Chomsky rightly maintains, “without US aid, Israel wouldn’t be killing Palestinians En Masse.”

Akbar Fijani

 

References

 

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-palestine-acceleration-eternal-wars/5835453

Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal Wars. Israel’s “Long War… Working Towards Greater Israel”

By Peter Koenig

Global Research, October 09, 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Intelligence, Law and Justice, Media Disinformation

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

https://truthout.org/articles/what-preceded-this-bloodshed-in-gaza-was-not-peace-it-was-apartheid/

What Preceded the Killings in Israel and Gaza Was Not “Peace” — It Was Apartheid

Israel’s plan to treat Palestinians in Gaza as “human animals” and starve them reflects the conditions of apartheid.

By Kelly Hayes & Mariame Kaba , TRUTHOUT/HAYMARKETBOOKS

Published October 10, 2023

 

https://truthout.org/articles/theres-no-path-to-ending-bloodshed-if-palestinian-rights-continue-to-be-denied/

OP-ED | HUMAN RIGHTS

There’s No Path to Ending Bloodshed If Palestinian Rights Continue to Be Denied

The U.S. must stop enabling Israel’s brutal collective punishment of Palestinians in Gaza.

By Michel Moushabeck , TRUTHOUT

PublishedOctober 12, 2023

 

https://truthout.org/articles/the-nakba-began-75-years-ago-and-is-ongoing-its-time-to-end-it/

OP-ED | HUMAN RIGHTS

The Nakba Didn’t End in 1948. It Continues to Impact Palestinians Daily.

Al-Nakba Day serves as a reminder that until there is an end to the Israeli occupation, there can be no hope for peace.

By Michel Moushabeck , TRUTHOUT

PublishedMay 15, 2023

 

https://www.npr.org/2023/10/13/1205671704/a-palestinian-view-of-hamas-attack-on-israel-one-of-the-worst-in-israel-s-histor

A Palestinian view of Hamas' attack on Israel, one of the worst in Israel's history

October 13, 20237:19 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Palestinian politician, activist and scholar Hanan Ashrawi, who says what's happening between Israel and Hamas militants is a gamechanger.

 

https://truthout.org/articles/i-wish-americans-could-see-the-humanity-of-palestinians-as-they-do-with-israelis/

I Wish Americans Could See the Humanity of Palestinians as They Do With Israelis

As a Palestinian American, I am heartbroken to watch U.S.-backed war crimes unfolding in Gaza.

By Sa’ed Atshan , TRUTHOUT

PublishedOctober 13, 2023

 

https://truthout.org/articles/chomsky-without-us-aid-israel-wouldnt-be-killing-palestinians-en-masse/

INTERVIEW | HUMAN RIGHTS

Chomsky: Without US Aid, Israel Wouldn’t Be Killing Palestinians En Masse

We must examine the Israeli government’s U.S.-backed policy of using strategies of terror to expand its territory.

By C.J. Polychroniou , TRUTHOUT

PublishedMay 12, 2021

 

Horrible massacre of civilians in Gaza must be promptly stopped

 

 

Horrible massacre of civilians in Gaza must be promptly stopped

Today, unequivocal condemnation of the war crimes by Israel against innocent Palestinians should be the first priority of every human being in the world.

I hereby draw the attention of people around the globe to the mass genocide taking place across Gaza Strip. Residential areas are relentlessly pounded by Israel and a large number of innocent children and women are massacred every day and hour; houses are being destroyed over residents and infrastructures are being demolished (even hospitals and bases of international relief organizations have been bombarded); people in Gaza are deprived of basic human needs, including water, food, and electricity (food and water resources have been depleted, and most hospitals have stopped functioning due to scarcity of medical equipment and medicine), and a lot more…

The majority of states and international organizations are however either silent or follow a double standard over these appalling war crimes. I therefore ask every individual in the world to ponder over the following questions for a while: how would you feel if you were living in Gaza experiencing the same hardships? what if your dears were killed or badly injured in front of you and there was no help available? What if you were forced out of your house and had no safe place to stay, nothing to eat, and nobody to protect you? What if you observed innocent children pleading for their lives or food but you could do nothing for them?

People around the globe should observe that it is their moral duty to condemn the massacre of Palestinians and prevent further war crimes by Israel. They should also strongly condemn those states that support Israel and urge their governments to force Israel to end such atrocities. Also, all Islamic states are obliged by their religion to promptly address this grave issue and collectively take effective steps to stop Israel.

 

Roots of War and Modern Obstacles to Peace

 

 

Roots of war and obstacles to peace

The main obstacles to peace are the huge multinational corporations and the elites who directly and indirectly derive profit from war and conflict. They exploit preexisting tensions or create new conflicts to achieve their political  and economic objectives. Almost all wars during the past two centuries have been started or fueled and intensified by western warmongers, NATO or other entities serving as pawns for the giant capitalists who own huge multinational corporations and control more than %50 of the wealth in the world. As noted by several activists "war is good for business". For more information refer to the following or other sources introduced in my posts in this weblog or blogfa.com.

Akbar Fijani, October 10, 2023

 

Roots of war and obstacles to peace: a selected bibliography

By Akbar Fijani

 

 

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Genocide is on The Drawing Board of the Pentagon. The Zionist Lobby is firmly aligned with U.S. Foreign Policy

In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?

First published on November 13, 2023

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Editorial note: We bring to the attention of Global Research readers this thought-provoking and carefully formulated analysis on the economic underpinnings of the Middle East war.

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/war-profit-very-short-history/5818776

 

 

 

 

Pre-emptive Nuclear War: The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran

Chapter III of "The Globalization of War" by Michel Chossudovsky

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, March 10, 2024

Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA

Theme: Intelligence, Militarization and WMD

In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?

https://www.globalresearch.ca/pre-emptive-nuclear-war-the-role-of-israel-in-triggering-an-attack-on-iran/5840256

 

 

 

 

Iraq War: How the U.S. Contaminated Iraq with Depleted Uranium

Unspoken War Crimes

By Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi

Global Research, February 16, 2024

8 November 2009

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Crimes against Humanity, Science and Medicine

In-depth Report: CRIMINALIZE WAR, Depleted Uranium, IRAQ REPORT

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-responsibility-of-the-us-in-contaminating-iraq-with-depleted-uranium/15966

 

 

What Holds Mankind Back from Confronting the Forces Determined to Destroy It?

By Julian Rose

Global Research, February 08, 2024

Theme: History

https://www.globalresearch.ca/what-holds-mankind-back-from-confronting-forces-determined-destroy-it/5837455

 

 

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For related information refer to 

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/

 

https://truthout.org/

 

https://www.presstv.ir/

 

https://akbarfijani.blog.ir/category/peace/

 

http://akbarfijani.blog.ir/1401/12/19/       گزیده مقالات سیاسی در رسانه های انگلیسی زبان خارجی

http://akbarfijani.blog.ir/1400/10/29/       promotion of peace and justice by raising political awareness

 

http://peacemaker21.blogfa.com/

 

http://peacemaker21.blogfa.com/?p=2\

 

 

 

 

A selection of political articles on Palestine and Israel

 

A selection of political articles on Palestine and Israel

 

گزیده مقالات سیاسی در باره فلسطین و اسرائیل

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/cost-israel-gaza-war/5844397?pdf=5844397

Genocide and the Cost of the Israel-Gaza War.

“Israel is Wiping herself Off The Map. Such a Country Cannot be Allowed to Exist”. 

The PressTV Interview that did not take place

By Peter Koenig

Global Research, January 05, 2024

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Law and Justice

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-why-does-us-support-israel/5840192

Video: Why Does the US Support Israel? Michael Hudson and Ben Norton

By Prof Michael Hudson and Ben Norton

Global Research, November 15, 2023

Geopolitical Economy Report 12 November 2023

 

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https://www.declassifieduk.org/lawless-in-gaza-why-britain-and-the-west-back-israels-crimes/

Lawless in Gaza: Why Britain and the West Back Israel’s Crimes

By Jonathan Cook

Global Research, October 15, 2023

Declassified UK 13 October 2023

 

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https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/498986/UK-US-stance-against-ICC-is-scandalous

UK-US stance against ICC is scandalous

By Matin Jamshidi

May 24, 2024 - 22:5

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/gaza-extermination-with-white-phosphorous-gas/5837254

Gaza: Extermination with White Phosphorous Gas

By Manlio Dinucci

Global Research, October 21, 2023

Pangea Grandangolo 14 October 2023

 

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Video: “Wiping Gaza Off The Map”: Big Money Agenda. Confiscating Palestine’s Maritime Natural Gas Reserves

Video Interview with Michel Chossudovsky

By Felicity Arbuthnot and Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, November 04, 2023

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/planned-us-israeli-attack-on-iran-2/5615443

A Planned US-Israeli Attack on Iran is Contemplated

The U.S. led War on the People of Palestine and the Middle East is a Criminal Undertaking

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, November 13, 2023

 

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/bbc-fails-tell-you-about-october-7/5838923

What the BBC Fails to Tell You About October 7

By Jonathan Cook

Global Research, November 04, 2023

Jonathan Cook Blog 2 November 2023

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/historical-analysis-1897-present-crimes-committed-against-the-people-of-palestine-israel-state-sponsor-of-terrorism/5838511

Historical Analysis (1897-Present): Crimes Committed against the People of Palestine. “Israel, State Sponsor of Terrorism”

By Richard Dunn

Global Research, November 04, 2023

CovertAction Magazine 23 October 2023

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/roots-israel-ethnic-cleansing-gaza/5836759

The Historical Roots of Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza

Israel is not “defending itself” against an external aggressor, but an imprisoned internal population.

By Aaron Mate

Global Research, October 18, 2023

Aaron Mate 15 October 2023

 

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/11/05/714054/war-profiteering-us-arms-industry-rejoices-israel-bombs-gaza

War profiteering: US arms industry giants rejoice as Israel rains bombs on Gaza

Press TV

Sunday, 05 November 2023

https://www.globalresearch.ca/solidarity-ukraine-not-palestine-welcome-great-hypocrisy/5835493

Solidarity with Ukraine, but Not Palestine? Welcome to the Great Hypocrisy

John Wight argues that the West’s inconsistent application of its laws and values when it comes to Israel is thrown into high relief by its response to the war in Ukraine

By John Wight

Global Research, October 09, 2023

Morning Star 9 June 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Law and Justice

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-palestine-acceleration-eternal-wars/5835453

Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal Wars. Israel’s “Long War… Working Towards Greater Israel”

By Peter Koenig

Global Research, October 09, 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Intelligence, Law and Justice, Media Disinformation

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/past-time-honest-about-israel/5826847

It’s Past Time to be Honest About Israel

The deliberate corruption of American politics by an irresponsible foreign state must end

By Philip Giraldi

Global Research, July 25, 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA

Theme: Law and Justice

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

 

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/is-the-gaza-israel-fighting-a-false-flag-they-let-it-happen-their-objective-is-to-wipe-gaza-off-the-map/5835310

Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting “A False Flag”? They Let it Happen? Their Objective is “to Wipe Gaza off the Map”?

By Philip Giraldi

Global Research, October 08, 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Intelligence

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/the-invasion-of-gaza-operation-cast-lead-part-of-a-broader-israeli-military-intelligence-agenda/11606

The Invasion of Gaza: Part of a Broader Israeli Military-Intelligence Agenda

By Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Global Research, May 28, 2021

4 January 2009

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Intelligence

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

 

https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-map

Netanyahu Shows Map of 'New Middle East'—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly

"Netanyahu made clear with his little map today what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine... from the region and legitimizing greater Israel, all with the blessing of Arab regimes," one critic said.

By BRETT WILKINS

Sep 22, 2023

 

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-conquers-world/5790958

Israel Conquers the World

Fealty to Israeli and Jewish interests is the new normal

By Philip Giraldi

Global Research, August 23, 2022

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Law and Justice

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

 

https://ifamericansknew.org/

If Americans knew

What every American needs to know about Israel-Palestine

 

 

https://fair.org/take-action/action-alerts/whose-human-rights-matter/

Whose Human Rights Matter?

NYT on Hezbollah and Israeli attacks on civilians

FAIR,  SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

 

https://www.globalresearch.ca/pakistan-question-recognizing-israel/5732193

Pakistan and the Question of Recognizing Israel

By Aqib Sattar

Global Research, December 14, 2020

Region: Asia, Middle East & North Africa

Theme: History

 

 

 

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-palestine-acceleration-eternal-wars/5835453

Israel-Palestine and the Acceleration of Eternal

Wars. Israel’s “Long War… Working Towards

Greater Israel”

By Peter Koenig

Global Research, October 09, 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Intelligence, Law and Justice,

Media Disinformation

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

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In the early morning hours of Saturday, 7 October 2023, Hamas launched —like never

before— a surprise military attack on Israel, called Operation Al-Aqsa Storm. Hamas is the

Islamist political and military branch that rules Palestine.

Israel immediately retaliated, as they usually do. Though, in most cases, the Israeli Defense

Forces (IDF) are the initiators of Israeli-Palestinian hostilities. Indeed, it is usually the IDF

launching intimidating provocations, waiting for the Palestinian response and then the IDF

attacks Palestine, mostly the Gaza strip, “full power” – no regard for whom they are killing,

children, women, no matter, no remorse. Ever.

This time seems to be different. According to mainstream media and most non-mainstream

media, this was the first time, Hamas surprised the Israeli army and security forces, the

Israeli Mossad, so to speak, with a massive attack out of nowhere, with tanks and missiles,

deep into Israel, causing severe damage – and as of the time of this writing – Hamas

aggressions have caused hundreds of deaths – maybe thousands? — on each side and

thousands of inured.

Really, a surprise?

Normally, after a devastating Israeli counterattack – or often the primary assault – the fight

is over. For a while.

Will this time the Lebanon-based Hezbollah also get involved in the conflict in favor of

Palestine? Washington has already sent out their warnings to third parties, singling out

Hezbollah.| 2

Reporters from most media are astonished at these developments. Nevertheless, most of

them report without questioning.

“Israel is ‘at war’ as Hamas launches a major surprise attack, with hundreds of rockets

from the Gaza strip hitting deep into Israel. Dozens of armed Palestine fighters crossed

the heavily protected border into Israel. In the meantime, thousands of bombs are

raining down of Gaza – a land strip of a mere 45 square km, a massively overpopulated

open-air prison, the largest in the world, with 2 million inhabitants.”

“A coordinated and unexpected attack, a breach in Israel’s national security. An

astonishing new image that turns this decade-old image around”, so says Channel 4

News. See video below.

Syriana Analysis comes to similar conclusions – a “surprise attack” on Israel, like never

before.

Here the analyst adds his strong suspicion that Hamas was and is being helped by Iran. But

do we really know? He leaves many questions open, but also refers to a landmark,

unexpected assault on Israel by Hamas the first in decades. See video below.

Aljazeera reasons likewise. Hamas caught Israel and her all-so powerful IDF off-guard. How

come? See video below.

In the meantime, on the same day of Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, Israeli PM Benjamin

Netanyahu, declared war on Palestine – apparently totally ignoring that the war has already

been going on for the last 70 years, ever and gradually increasing on severity and intensity.

Netanyahu also gave “green light” to IDF to shoot Palestinians point blank – as if this was

different from what the IDF has been doing before.

Also, remarkably, Netanyahu said that this was going to be a long war. Again, ignoring that

Israel has been at war with Palestine almost from day one of Israel’s creation. The only

difference maybe that now the war was officially declared. Before, it was a war of attrition –

slow destruction of Palestine’s resistance and moral.

A war of oppression and murder – a war against 2 million people held in the world’s largest

open-air prison, called Gaza, from where nobody could escape.

The world was silent, watched, no protests directed at Israel. On the contrary, the Occident,

the so-called West, was and still is taking strong side for Israel – which is now actively

“working” towards a “Greater Israel,” establishing boundaries with largesse for the “Chosen

People”.

Will We, the People of the world, let them be the Chosen People?

Now, as Israel is made to believe being seriously attacked, the hypocrites of this globe,

mostly Western nations, call for mediation. The same losers who also called for mediation in

the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Egypt and the European Union have “offered” their good offices

as “peace makers.”| 3

Ridiculous. Why didn’t they come forward in the past 70 years?

The UN Security Council (UNSC) has also condemned Hamas, though, apparently not all

UNSC members have voted in favor of Israel.

Maybe because they have zero interest in peace. Maybe their interest is in seeing the world

being aflame with conflicts of all sorts, killing between warrying countries and parties,

arguing about, and keeping up weather geoengineering as “climate change” – launching

new plandemics to justify new coerced vax campaigns, lockdowns, 15-minute cities, and

much more, while the world and humanity is being laid open for full digitization and

universal QR code control.

A bloody agenda within the UN Agenda 2030 cum Great Reset – and the Fourth Industrial

Revolution, Klaus Schwab’s – CEO of WEF – dream for the future of humanity. Enslavement

by digitization.

Looks like this Israeli-Palestine battle is the final straw of a fight towards a new eternal war –

à la Afghanistan, Ukraine, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq – and you name them. One more,

along with other raging wars around the world. One bloody combat more disturbing the

world’s equilibrium, creating more confusion, instability, poverty, misery, death – and fear.

FEAR, the weapon of choice.

And all is effectively contributing towards the cabal’s ultimate goals – massive reduction of

world population, and a gigantic transfer of assets and resources from the bottom and the

center to the top and control over the world’s natural resources.

Now, anybody who believes that this Hamas Al-Aqsa assault on Israel was a surprise, totally

unexpected for Israel, may be a fool, or has not yet understood how the dots connect and

who pulls the strings.

Imagine, Israel, with a national security apparatus as powerful or even more commanding

than the CIA, and all the UK and US security forces together, has – oh wonder – not had any

previous knowledge of this Hamas attack? Hard to believe, isn’t it?

So, would such prior knowledge – and the current escalation of the conflict – point to a

planned war? Another endless war – sacrificing eventually thousands and thousands of lives

on both sides the sake of the “Agenda”?

What else is new? Just that this conflict has an agenda of its own, creating Greater Israel – a

huge enclave in the northern Middle East for the Chosen People.

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Peter Koenig is a geopolitical analyst and a former Senior Economist at the World Bank and

the World Health Organization (WHO), where he worked for over 30 years around the world.

He lectures at universities in the US, Europe and South America. He writes regularly for

online journals and is the author of Implosion – An Economic Thriller about War,

Environmental Destruction and Corporate Greed; and co-author of Cynthia McKinney’s book| 4

“When China Sneezes: From the Coronavirus Lockdown to the Global Politico-Economic

Crisis” (Clarity Press – November 1, 2020).

Peter is a Research Associate of the Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG). He is also a

non-resident Senior Fellow of the Chongyang Institute of Renmin University, Beijing.

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/is-the-gaza-israel-fighting-a-false-flag-they-let-it-happen-their-objective-is-to-wipe-gaza-off-the-map/5835310

Is the Gaza-Israel Fighting “A False Flag”? They Let it Happen? Their Objective is “to Wipe Gaza off the Map”?

By Philip Giraldi

Global Research, October 08, 2023

Region: Middle East & North Africa

Theme: Crimes against Humanity, Intelligence

In-depth Report: PALESTINE

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Early Saturday October 7, 2023, Hamas launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.” led by Hamas’ Military Chief Mohammed Deif. On that same day, Netanyahu confirmed a so-called “State of Readiness For War”.

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Israel has now officially declared war on Palestine.

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Military operations are invariably planned well in advance. Was “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm” a “Surprise attack”? Did Netanyahu and his vast military and intelligence apparatus (Mossad et al) have foreknowledge of the Hamas attack?

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U.S. intelligence say they weren’t aware of an impending Hamas attack.

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Was a carefully formulated Plan to Wage an all-out war against Palestine envisaged prior to the launching of “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm.” ?

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We bring to attention of our readers the incisive analysis of Dr. Philip Giraldi pointing to the likelihood of a “False Flag’”.

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Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, October 8, 2023

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Read below the incisive analysis by Dr. Philip Giraldi

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Am I the only one who read about a speech given by Netanyahu or someone in his cabinet about a week ago in which he/they in passing referred to a “developing security situation” which rather suggests (to me) that they might have known about developments in Gaza and chose to let it happen so they can wipe Gaza off the map in retaliation and, possibly relying on the US pledge to have Israel’s “back,” then implicating Iran and attacking that country.

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I cannot find a link to it, but have a fairly strong recollection of what I read as I thought at the time it would serve as a pretext for another massacre of Palestinians.

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As a former intelligence officer, I find it impossible to believe that Israel did not have multiple informants inside Gaza as well as electronic listening devices all along the border wall which would have picked up movements of groups and vehicles.

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In other words, the whole thing might be a tissue of lies as is often the case.

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And as is also ALWAYS the case Joe Biden is preparing to send some billions of dollars to poor little Israel to pay for “defending” itself.

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Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a 501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks| 3 a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its

email is [e-mail].

He is a regular contributor to Global Research

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https://www.globalresearch.ca/israel-conquers-world/5790958

Israel Conquers the World
Fealty to Israeli and Jewish interests is the new normal
By Philip Giraldi
Global Research, August 23, 2022
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Law and Justice
In-depth Report: PALESTINE
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I have to confess a certain liking for Russian President Vladimir Putin. No, it’s not over his actions in Ukraine, nor his authoritarian tendencies domestically. It is due to the fact that he sometimes articulates the hypocrisy of foreign countries and leaders in a pithy and take-noprisoners fashion.
He has lately been brave enough to compare and contrast what the Russian military has been accused of in Ukraine with what Israel has been doing to Gaza.
He has done so by asking a series of questions that together demonstrate the hypocrisy of Washington and of some Europeans over what constitutes war crimes or crimes against humanity.
The questions were:
“First, are there any sanctions against Israel for the murder and destruction of innocent Palestinian women and children?

Second, are there any sanctions against the United States for killing and destroying lives of innocent women and children in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Cuba, Vietnam, and even stealing their diamonds and gold?

 And third, were there any sanctions against the US and France over the killing of Muammar Gaddafi and the destruction of Libya?”

Russia, of course, has been on the receiving end of sanctions and boycotts and even official theft of the money that it had in US and European banks. It has also had to deal as well with military support provided by NATO to the Volodymyr Zelensky regime in Ukraine. Last month the US Senate unanimously passed a ridiculous nonbinding resolution declaring Russia to be a “state sponsor of terrorism,” which, if endorsed by the White House, would inevitably lead to still more sanctions and increasing aid to Zelensky and his corrupt cronies
in an openly declared attempt to weaken Russia and bring down Putin. It would also mean that a future functional diplomatic relationship between Moscow and Washington would become impossible. Implicit in Putin’s questions is the clear accusation that there is a double standard on what constitutes national security.

The West supports military resistance by Ukraine against Russia but does not support the right of the Palestinians to defend themselves when attacked by Israel, as took place on August 5th, an unprovoked attack that killed inter alia 17 Palestinian children.
The Russian Foreign Ministry followed-up with a statement first posted on its Egyptian Embassy social media accounts. The statement included a screenshot of a tweet Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid posted April 3rd on the claimed killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha, attributed by Lapid and the western media to Russian forces. Lapid declared “It is impossible to remain indifferent in the face of the horrific images from the city of Bucha near Kiev, from after the Russian army left. Intentionally harming a civilian population is a war crime and I strongly condemn it.” The Russian post observed how one might “Compare Yair Lapid’s lies about [Ukraine] in April and attempts to place blame and
responsibility on [Russia] for the deaths of people in Bucha brutally murdered by the Nazis with his calls in August for bombing and strikes on [Palestinian] land in the Gaza Strip. Isn’t that a double standard, complete disregard and contempt for the lives of Palestinians?”
The point about a double standard is particularly relevant as Ukraine, which claims to be enduring a brutal Russian assault replete with war crimes, has openly endorsed Israel’s bombing and shooting of the unarmed Palestinians. Two weeks ago, Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk expressed his full support for Tel Aviv, saying “As a Ukrainian whose country is under a very brutal attack by its neighbor, I feel great sympathy towards the Israeli public. Attacks on women and children are reprehensible. Terrorism and malicious attacks against civilians are the daily reality of Israelis and Ukrainians and this appalling threat must be stopped immediately.”

Korniychuk’s odd, and manifestly false, comment takes reality and turns it upside down. But nevertheless, to be sure, Israel’s recent bloody assault on Gaza did not earn it much favor from a global audience that has become tired of the Jewish state’s belligerency and selfserving flood of disinformation. A number of human rights organizations and even some churches responded by declaring Israel to be an “apartheid state.” Some critics of the Israelis have also been pleased to observe that ordinary voters in the US Democratic Party in particular have moved away from knee-jerk support of Israel and have accepted that it is
racist and undemocratic. Even a considerable number young Jews, many of whom have protested against the Israeli automatic resort to gunfire and bombs in suppressing the Palestinians, have broken with their parents over the issue of what constitutes the legitimate “right” of Israel to “defend itself.”

Israel is far from defeated, however, and it has struck back in the time-honored fashion, using the Jewish diaspora and its vast wealth to buy up or leverage the media, to corrupt politicians at all levels, and to propagate a narrative that always depicts Jews sympathetically as perpetual victims. That narrative relies on the so-called holocaust and the slogan “never again” to generate the moral authority and outrage that makes the entire otherwise unsustainable imposture work.
What might be plausibly described as an International Jewish Conspiracy directed from the Israeli government’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs and from the think tanks, banks and investment houses on Wall Street and K Street is working hard to make it illegal to criticize Israel and is enjoying considerable success. Israel’s recent and continuing slaughter of Gazans and West Bank villagers has not induced the thoroughly controlled governments and media outlets that the Jewish state dominates that there is anything seriously wrong going on between the Israelis and Palestinians, only business as usual.
Israel appears to be winning its war against the Palestinians (and let’s not forget the Iranians) where it matters most, among the power brokers in both the US and elsewhere.
Witness for example the reaction of the US government to the killing of the Gazans. President Joe Biden declared that Israel has a “right to defend itself,” the standard line also parroted by Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi. Thirty-four congressmen meanwhile signed on to a letter calling on the United Nations to disband a UN Commission of Inquiry (COI) into Israel following recent controversial remarks by one of the commission’s members. The COI was set up to investigate possible Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in the occupied territories and Gaza.
The signatories particularly objected to what the always vigilant Anti-Defamation League has described as anti-Semitic statements by COI member Miloon Kothari, an Indian human rights expert and investigator. In a podcast Kothari observed that Israel routinely “practiced apartheid and settler colonialism against the Palestinians,” before rejecting criticism of his commission as the work of the Jewish lobby that controls the media, saying “We are very disheartened by the social media that is controlled largely by the Jewish lobby or specific
NGOs,” adding that “a lot of money is being thrown at trying to discredit the commission’s work.”
Jewish power particularly in the anglophone world was also on display recently in Canada. The painfully politically correct Justin Trudeau regime has succumbed to the example set by Germany and several other European states in enshrining the official Jewish organizations’ perpetual victim narrative in the Canadian Criminal Code, s. 319. Henceforth
(2.1) Everyone who, by communicating statements, other than in private conversation,
willfully promotes antisemitism by condoning, denying or downplaying the Holocaust
    (a) is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years; or
    (b) is guilty of an offence punishable on summary conviction.
So, from now on in Canada, if you question the claimed facts surrounding the approved socalled holocaust narrative you can be sent to prison for two years. So much for free speech or the right to challenge disinformation.
Finally, in Britain, the two contenders for the position of Prime Minister replacing the disgraced Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, the foreign secretary, and Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, were boasting of their pro-Israel credentials over the very weekend when Israel was killing more than fifty Palestinians, including 17 children, while wounding scores more. Truss and Sunak played the Israel/Jewish card big time, with Truss asserting that “The UK should stand side by side with Israel, now and well into the future. As Prime Minister, I would be at the forefront of this mission.” Truss has also hinted that she would follow the Zionist stooge
Donald Trump’s lead in moving the British Embassy to Jerusalem and she has supported a Free Trade Agreement between the UK and Israel, which would primarily benefit the Israelis.
She has also declared that any criticism of Israel is rooted in anti-Semitism, a popular line that is also being extensively promoted in the United States.
The two dominant parties in the UK’s parliamentary system are the Conservatives (Tories) and Labour. Both parties have organized “Friends of Israel” groups that have as members a majority of parliamentarians, including more than four out of every five Tories, who currently form the government. Recently, the Labour Party ousted leader Jeremy Corbyn because he dared to express sympathy for the Palestinians and replaced him with Keir Starmer, who is as close to Israel and the powerful British Jewish community as, well… choose your metaphor. For what it’s worth, Truss, Sunak and Starmer all support a hard line against Russia in Ukraine and also advocate putting extreme pressure on Iran, Israel’s declared regional enemy. They also all support using the British veto in the United Nations
to protect the Jewish state against critics.
In 2001, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon angrily admonished his colleague Shimon Peres, who was arguing that Israel should heed US calls for a cease fire, saying “I want to tell you something very clear, don’t worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it.” It now appears that the US, Canada, and Great Britain, joined by other anglophone states like Australia and New Zealand, are riding on the same horse when it comes to sacrificing actual national interests to pander to a foreign
nation which can rightly be regarded as both a habitual war criminal and manifestly racist.
The British and Canadian politicians on both sides of the aisle have now become like their American counterparts in allowing themselves to be corrupted by money and media influence, making an uncritical and near total commitment to Israel the defining issue in any political campaign for high office.
Modern Jewish power as a global phenomenon is a cancer that was in a certain sense made in America and has spread worldwide. But, fortunately, the smearing of critics as antiSemites is beginning to wear thin[!]. As Chris Hedges observed in March 2019 “The Israel Lobby’s buying off of nearly every senior politician in the United States, facilitated by our system of legalized bribery, is not an anti-Semitic trope. It is a fact. The lobby’s campaign of vicious character assassination, smearing and blacklisting against those who defend Palestinian rights…is not an anti-Semitic trope. It is a fact. Twenty-four state governments’ passage of Israel Lobby-backed legislation requiring their workers and contractors, under
threat of dismissal, to sign a pro-Israel oath and promise not to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is not an anti-Semitic trope. It is a fact.”
It should also be a fact that Americans are beginning to rally against their government being manipulated by the unregistered insidious agents of a foreign government, but that will have to wait presumably. For the moment, Israel and its fifth column have key elements in both government and in the public space in their iron grip. It might require something like a revolution to loosen that.
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This article was originally published on The Unz Review.
Philip M. Giraldi, Ph.D., is Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a
501(c)3 tax deductible educational foundation (Federal ID Number #52-1739023) that seeks a more interests-based U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Website is
councilforthenationalinterest.org, address is P.O. Box 2157, Purcellville VA 20134 and its email is [e-mail]. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/10/7/from-hubris-to-humiliation-the-10-hours-that-shocked-israel

Opinion

From hubris to humiliation: The 10 hours that shocked Israel

The Palestinian blitzkrieg is a military failure and a political catastrophe for Israel of colossal proportions.

By Marwan Bishara

Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.

Published On 7 Oct 2023

A few days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a boastful speech at the United Nations, announcing the establishment of a new Middle East centred around Israel and its new Arab partners, the Palestinians, whom he totally omitted from his fantasy regional map, dealt him and Israel a fatal blow, politically and strategically.

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas launched a meticulously planned, well-executed lightning incursion from Gaza into Israel, by air, sea and land. In tandem with thousands of missiles fired towards Israeli targets, hundreds of Palestinian fighters attacked Israeli military and civilian areas in the southern part of the country, which led to the killing of at least 100 Israelis and the capture of dozens of Israeli soldiers and civilians as hostages.

Hamas’s objectives in the operation are no secret: First, retaliate and punish Israel for its occupation, oppression, illegal settlement, and desecration of Palestinian religious symbols, especially Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem; second, take aim at Arab normalisation with Israel that embraces its apartheid regime in the region; and lastly, secure another prisoner exchange in order to get as many Palestinian political prisoners released from Israeli jails as possible.

It is worth recalling that Hamas’s leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya al-Sinwar, who spent more than two decades in Israeli prison, was released in a prisoner exchange. Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas military arm, like many other Palestinians, lost loved ones to Israeli violence – an infant son, a three-year-old daughter and his wife. Therefore, there is also a clearly a punitive and vengeful aspect to the operation.

In that sense, the attack may have been incredibly shocking, but it was hardly surprising.

Hubris has finally caught up with Israel and its arrogant leaders, who long thought themselves invincible and repeatedly underestimated their enemies. Since the “surprise” Arab attack of October 1973, successive Israeli leaders have been shocked and awed, again and again, by what the people they oppressed have been capable of.

They were caught unprepared by the Lebanese resistance after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, by the Palestinian Intifadas in the 1980s and the 2000s, and by the Palestinian resistance after more than five decades of Israeli occupation and four successive wars on Gaza.

Clearly, the Israeli military and civilian leadership also did not expect Hamas’s massive operation, its success representing a major Israeli intelligence and military failure. Despite Israel’s sophisticated network of spies, drones, and surveillance technology, it could not detect and preempt the attack.

But the damage done to Israel goes beyond the intelligence and military flop; it is also a political and psychological catastrophe. The invincible state has shown itself vulnerable, weak, and terribly impotent, which will not go down well for its plans to be a regional leader of a new Middle East.

Images of Israelis fleeing their homes and towns in fear will be ingrained in their collective memory for many years to come. Today was probably the worst day in Israel’s history. An utter humiliation.

Netanyahu, the spin doctor, will not be able to change that regardless of how he spins it. Israel will not get a chance to undo what the world saw on Saturday morning: a frantic country lost to its own fantastical delusions.

Israel’s military establishment will no doubt try to recover the strategic and military initiative from Hamas by immediately dealing it a major military blow. As it has done in the past, it will undertake severe bombardment and assassination campaigns, leading to great suffering and countless casualties among the Palestinians. And as it has happened in the past again and again, this will not destroy the Palestinian resistance.

That is why, Israel may consider redeploying its military to Palestinian cities, towns and refugee camps across the Gaza Strip and the West Bank under the pretext of finishing off Hamas and other Palestinian factions.

Such a full takeover is the historic wish of the more fanatic members of Israel’s ruling coalition, who want to destroy the Palestinian Authority, take direct control of the entirety of historical Palestine or what they call “The Greater Land of Israel”, and carry out ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians.

That would be a big mistake. It would lead to a full-fledged asymmetrical war, and in the process, isolate Israel like never before. Even Western leaders, which have thus far supported Netanyahu, expressing more of the same transparently hypocritical solidarity with Israeli apartheid, may begin to distance themselves from the Israeli government.

Already, Israel’s scandalous humiliation is undermining its strategic and political standing in the region. Arab regimes that normalised relations with Israel and are partnering with the Netanyahu government appear more foolish with every passing hour.

Desperate to reverse his personal failure and maintain his fragile coalition, Netanyahu is sure to overreact, and in the process will alienate more of his new and potential regional partners.

Whichever way this goes, Netanyahu’s legacy will be marred by failure. He may well take his Palestinian counterpart, the octogenarian Mahmoud Abbas, along with him down the drain of history.

Abbas, too, is failing politically, trying to toe the line between condemning the Israeli occupation and coordinating security with it. Such a balancing act is no longer tenable.

But the change that is coming is about more than personalities; it is about the two peoples as a whole, and whether they want to live in peace or die fighting. The time and space for anything in between have passed.

The Palestinians have made it clear today that they would rather fight on their feet for justice and freedom than die on their knees in humiliation. It is high time the Israelis heed the lessons of history.

 

Marwan Bishara

Senior political analyst at Al Jazeera.

Marwan Bishara is an author who writes extensively on global politics and is widely regarded as a leading authority on US foreign policy, the Middle East and international strategic affairs. He was previously a professor of International Relations at the American University of Paris.

 

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https://www.commondreams.org/news/netanyahu-map

Netanyahu Shows Map of 'New Middle East'—Without Palestine—to UN General Assembly

"Netanyahu made clear with his little map today what normalization really seeks: eliminating Palestine... from the region and legitimizing greater Israel, all with the blessing of Arab regimes," one critic said.

BRETT WILKINS

Sep 22, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angered Palestinians and their defenders Friday after presenting a map of "The New Middle East" without Palestine during his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Speaking to a largely empty chamber, Netanyahu—whose far-right government is widely considered the most extreme in Israeli history—showed a series of maps, including one that did not show the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Gaza. These Palestinian territories have been illegally occupied by Israel since 1967, with the exception of Gaza—from which Israeli forces withdrew in 2005, while maintaining an economic stranglehold over the densely populated coastal strip.

Middle East Eye reported Netanyahu also held up a map of "Israel in 1948"—the year the modern Jewish state was established, largely through the ethnic cleansing of more than 750,000 Arabs—that erroneously included the Palestinian territories as part of Israel.

Palestinian Ambassador to Germany Laith Arafeh said on social media that there is "no greater insult to every foundational principle of the United Nations than seeing Netanyahu display before the UNGA a 'map of Israel' that straddles the entire land from the river to the sea, negating Palestine and its people, then attempting to spin the audience with rhetoric about 'peace' in the region, all the while entrenching the longest ongoing belligerent occupation in today's world."

As Middle East Eye noted:

The inclusion of Palestinian lands (and sometimes land belonging to Syria and Lebanon) in Israeli maps is common among believers of the concept of Eretz Yisrael—Greater Israel—a key part of ultra-nationalist Zionism that claims all of these lands belong to a Zionist state.

Earlier this year, Netanyahu's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, spoke from a podium adorned with a map that also included Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria as part of Greater Israel. In the same event, he said there was "no such thing as Palestinians."

 

The use of such maps by Israeli officials comes at a time when Netanyahu's ultra-nationalist government has taken steps that experts say amount to the "de jure annexation" of the occupied West Bank.

Netanyahu used the maps in an attempt to illustrate the increasing number of Arab countries normalizing relations with Israel under the Abraham Accords brokered by the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump.

"There's no question the Abraham Accords heralded the dawn of a new age of peace," the Israeli prime minister said. "But I believe that we are at the cusp of an even more dramatic breakthrough, an historic peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia. Peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia will truly create a new Middle East."

Critics have countered that peace between apartheid Israel and Arab dictatorships has come at the cost of advancing Palestinian rights. In the case of Morocco, the United States recognized the North African nation's illegal annexation and brutal occupation of Western Sahara in exchange for normalization with Israel.

Netanyahu's props on Friday reminded numerous observers of the time during his 2012 General Assembly speech when he used a cartoon drawing of a bomb to illustrate Iran's progress on advancing a nuclear weapons program that both U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies said did not exist.

 

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                                                      In the Name God

 

 

Note: This article was first published in Blogfa on February 8, 2020

Building peace

In the previous message/post I recommended a number of sources for raising political awareness as a critical prerequisite for promoting peace in the world.  As you know, politically aware people are generally less likely to be deceived or exploited.  Also, every individual engaged in peace building is in need of some knowledge, skills, and strategies that allow them to make efficient use of their resources to promote peace, more specifically to foster a culture of tolerance and reduce prejudice, which is the main cause of most conflicts. There are a variety of groups and societies that provide valuable advice in this regard. Among those I have examined, I recommend the following, largely because these sites provide useful advice on the promotion of peace and other related issues suitable for people of different backgrounds. Some also provide links to other useful sources.

 

Useful sites/sources:

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)

Psychologists for Peace (PFP), an Interest Group of Australian Psychology Society (APS)

American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)

Journal of Peace Research

Journal of Peace Education

CODEPINK - Women for Peace

Galtung Institut (GI):

TRANSCEND Media Service-TMS (www.transcend.org/tms), a Peace Journalism resource for journalists/media, professionals, students and the Internet public at large

TRANSCEND Research Institute-TRI (www.transcend.org/tri), which publishes research papers and booklets for free downloading

Akbar Fijani, February 8, 2020

 

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Tips for promoting  peace

 (Source: APS-Australian Psychology Society-APS Psychologists for Peace Interest Group)

 

1. Develop your understanding of the frames of mind that promote conflict and violence against another group.

The perception that another group threatens our well-being

A sense of uncertainty about our safety and security

The belief that our own group is superior to another group

  

2. Develop your understanding of the strong emotions that underpin conflict and violence.

Anger about a provoking event and fear of future events can support an aggressive orientation towards others.

If anger and fear develop into hatred, others are likely to be perceived as evil; thereby, supporting harmful intentions towards them.

  

3. Pay attention to the ways that language and channels of communication are used to support conflict and violence.

The lives of others may be devalued by public rhetoric and media reports that reduce moral concern for them.

Beware that public beliefs may be shaped to condone violence against another group and cast aggression in a morally positive frame.

 

4. Recognise that social inequalities are unjust and fuel misery, conflict and violence.

Attune yourself to the social conditions that undermine individual and collective well-being such as poverty and discrimination.

Advocate for equalities in human rights, health care, opportunities, safety and security.

 

5. Dig beneath the surface level, negative stereotypes of another group to achieve a deeper understanding of their identity and concerns.

Find ways for dialogue and collaborative interaction with people who have diverse backgrounds, different perspectives, and dissimilar values.

 

6. Maintain a critical perspective toward the beliefs and actions of your own group.

Be willing to question authority, express dissent and offer constructive alternatives when your own group’s actions cause harm or compromise social justice and peaceful relations.

 

7. Recognise and appreciate experiences of shared humanity across diverse groups.

Extend your perspective and empathy by focusing on the common joys and sufferings of all humans.

 

8. Join groups that have a peace or social justice mission in order to reap the benefits of mutual support and collective action.

Donate time and money to such causes.

 

9. Strive for humane understandings and harmonious relations in your own daily life.

Learn about and use constructive ways to manage differences and resolve conflict.

Practice forgiveness and acts of kindness.

 

10. Find ways to nourish your hope, commitment, and energy for peace.

Access information about successful peace initiatives.

Find role models to inspire you and like-minded others for support.

Source: APS-Australian Psychology Society-APS Psychologists for Peace Interest Group

 

 

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Note 2: This article was first published in Blogfa on January 28, 2020

 

                                                In the Name of God

Promoting peace, security and justice in the world by raising political insight and ethics: a letter to university professors

 

Dear professors!

I have read extensively and reflected on major global issues like war and injustice since I was in high school, and arrived at the conclusion that, in this era of disinformation, unequal visibility, and biased coverage, raising political awareness and insight as well as promoting spirituality and ethics would probably be the most effective solution to world's problems and the best strategy to prevent war and conflict and establish peace and security in the world. 

Political insight is the key to security and conflict resolution largely due to the fact that politics is involved in all aspects of our social and individual life, including education, business, nutrition and health and, at the same time, political discourse is rife with various forms of disinformation. It is therefore clear that having political insight makes people less vulnerable to deception and exploitation and hence can improve their social behavior and quality of life at large.  Likewise, the promotion of spirituality and ethics is of high importance mainly because spiritualty and ethics play crucial roles in shaping social behavior and directing peaceful international relations, and more importantly, because knowledge without ethics can do more harm than good to human beings

This might sound obvious. However, we need to take into consideration the fact that a substantial number of people are either not interested in politics or use unreliable sources of political information, mainly because they do not have the time or opportunity most highly educated people are endowed with. The results of a series of unpublished surveys I conducted in 7 higher education institutes during the past decade suggest that the majority of university students tend to get their news from unreliable sources, both traditional and modern. Most are not even aware of the availability of alternative sources.

            As you may already know, the majority of people across the world are being indoctrinated, controlled, and exploited by the global power elite. These super-rich and/or extremely powerful politicians control more than 50 percent of the world wealth and own or somehow influence the mainstream media, and as they derive unlimited benefit from conflicts, they are behind most wars worldwide and pose a major obstacle in the way of lasting peace settlement.

Accordingly, all people, regardless of their nationality, race, and religion, should take all measures to inform as many people as they can. I believe the responsibility rests primarily with university professors and other highly educated people, especially those concerned about injustice and human suffering, as they are the most qualified, given their knowledge and academic skills.

I strongly believe that exposure to opposing political views or diverse political information can generally enhance political insight and tolerance of opposing views and should be encouraged and practiced widely. This strategy, however, may not work well with most people on the grounds that the majority of ordinary people are obsessed with the difficulties of daily life or are otherwise engaged with less serious issues like sports and celebrities’ lives and hence do not have the time or opportunity to develop the knowledge and skills required for locating reliable sources and evaluating the credibility of the political information they consume. That said, for a great proportion of the world population, raising political awareness and insight can best be achieved by identifying and sharing reliable sources.  

In addition, while writing original material is of high value, in this age of information explosion and disinformation, increasing the readership of reliable sources seems to be a more effective strategy.

Finally, it is obvious that it is almost impossible to find neutral or unbiased materials, especially in the area of politics. It helps, however, to identify relatively reliable sources and share them with as many people as possible, encouraging further sharing.

Materials from such sites/sources can be shared in different forms.  Original articles or theses in fields such as communication science, media studies, and applied linguistics (critical discourse analysis, in particular), can be directed to incorporate the materials from these sites. For instance, the selected sites can be compared with the mainstream media in terms of the type and amount of disinformation techniques and strategies they have employed when reporting or commenting on the same events or issues. More specifically, in the case of applied linguistics, intact articles or selected parts can be assigned in graduate and undergraduate courses like discourse analysis, critical discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, as well as reading and translating journalistic materials. Likewise, related parts/ideas from different articles, interviews, and speeches/lectures can be synthesized into a concise more reader friendly article. However, sharing selected ideas or quotes in the form of short paragraphs or voice clips through social media seems to be the most effective strategy, mainly due to the fact that some people cannot afford the time or are simply unwilling to read or listen to lengthy materials.

 

Akbar Fijani, Iranian University Instructor

January 28, 2020

 

Among the different sites and sources I know, I suggest the following. I have examined the content of these sites, closely taking into consideration the profile/works of the regular contributors to each. They generally publish more sophisticated, reliable and accurate information compared to similar outlets. 

 

English key words (phrases):

New World Order, globalization, global(world) governance, the global power elite, global(world) government, who rules the world, neoliberalism, media disinformation, indoctrination, mind control, cognitive warfare, manufacturing consent, culture change, think tanks, soft war, multinational corporations, consumerism, imperialism, capitalism and war, capitalists, neocolonialism, Hollywood, Freemasonry, critical discourse analysis, state terrorism, biological war, cyber attack, Islamophobia, Iranophobia, spirituality,  religious sect(cult),  theosophy,  genetically modified foods, Bilderberg, the Bank for International Settlements  -  Rothschilds  -  Rockefellers

 

English sites and sources:

 

 Journal of peace research

Global Research.ca  -

Truthout –

FAIR.org(Fairness and accuracy in reporting) -

Oxfam (International)

Galtung Institut(GI):

TRANSCEND Media Service(TMS) -

TRANSCEND Research Institute(TRI)- 

Press TV

 

Iranian English sites and sources:

 

 

Tasnim News Agency

Mehr News Agency

Nour News

Iranian Diplomacy

 

 

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