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Israeli army ethnically cleanses half of Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza: Schools burned, men kidnapped

Israel is in its third week of ethnically cleansing northern Gaza, particularly around the Jabalia refugee camp. And according to reports, about half of all the Palestinians there have been removed as Israeli soldiers burn down schools and kidnap people.

At the same time that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are launching airstrikes on the region, ground forces are going door to door looking for starving, unarmed Palestinians to forcibly remove from their homes and send elsewhere.

Heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling are destroying entire homes and buildings where the Palestinians are sheltering. Increasingly more displaced families have nowhere to go while IDF soldiers knock down schools, homes and other facilities to prevent the Palestinians from returning.

After burning down or leveling the structures, the IDF is forcing whoever is still alive to head south. Many of the refugees who obey end up dead anyway as Israel then proceeds to shoot and kill them for no apparent reason while they are fleeing.

Some of the refugees are disobeying the orders and heading west of Jabalia instead of south to a place called Beit Lahia. Others are trying to flee to Gaza City. No matter where they try to go, the Palestinians are being killed left and right.

“This is a genocide,” said a resident of north Gaza named Hasan. “They’re starving people, blockading people. There are still tens of thousands of people here in Jabalia.”

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Trump’s Former Advisors Discuss How He Could End Ukraine War

Donald Trump has long stated that he would end the war in Ukraine if elected president. Confident in his ability to do so, the former president has stated he could end the conflict in 24 hours, and has guaranteed to do so before he actually enters the White House. He finally revealed how he intends to accomplish such a feat.

It begins by revisiting the failed Minsk Agreement – the entire premise of the current war. François Hollande and Angela Merkel representing France and Germany at the time brokered the agreement between Russia and Ukraine. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) monitored negotiations and both sides agreed to an immediate ceasefire. Russia withdrew troops from Ukraine for one primary reason — the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were to be occupied territories that would have the autonomy to vote in their own elections.

These regions were never Ukrainian territory. It was occupied by Russians for centuries. The people there had a right to their own lives. The Ukrainians demanded they no longer speak Russian and they sought to deny them even their own religion and they were to report to Kyiv instead of Moscow. This was like Mexico reclaiming Texas and demanding English was to be outlawed and only Spanish was to be spoken and all religions were to be outlawed except allegiance to the Archbishop of Mexico.

The ethnic Russians in the Donbas did not want to submit to a central government from Kyiv itself. The Obama Administration really opposed this sort of settlement on the grounds of old-world empire theory predicated on the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Such policies have led to the death of hundreds of millions of people over the centuries.

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Why Russia Will Likely Take All of Ukraine

When a soldier willingly risks one’s life for one’s country — for example: “Give me liberty, or give me death”, said Patrick Henry on 23 March 1776, advocating for Britain’s Virginia colony to go to war against the British Empire — it’s because this person believes a life in slavery to be worse than no life at all. It is to choose serving one’s country (or else country-to-become), over serving an evil foreign master. When those are the only two options that are left, a person whose conscience is even larger than the person’s fear is, will revolt, and serve one’s conscience.

A person of conscience does what that person thinks to be right, even when one knows that this will probably lead to one’s death. A person of expediency does not. This is an important difference in human motivation, and so persons who are on opposite sides of that divide might have difficulty in understanding each other.

During the third U.S. Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, on 20 October 2016, Clinton said, “There is about four minutes between the order being given and the people responsible for launching nuclear weapons to do so.” Vladimir Putin too knows this, and he behaves accordingly, as will here be explained.

The country that has by far the border that is the closest of all to Russia’s central command in The Kremlin in Moscow is Ukraine, which is less than 317 miles — a mere five minutes of missile-flight-time away from him. This means that if Ukraine joins NATO, America’s anti-Russian military alliance, then, just as happened when Finland, which is the second-nearest to Moscow at a mere 507 miles or 7 minutes of missile-flying-time, joined NATO and was required by the U.S. Government to allow it to place American nukes there, Ukraine would also be required by the U.S. Government to allow it to position its nukes anywhere it wants to in Ukraine — and Russia, which is a Patrick Henry type of country — fiercely independent — would then do a Patrick Henry type of thing against the UK/U.S. empire: it would be for Russia then to initiate World War Three (WW3) against the ever-expanding UK/U.S. empire, because 317 miles is way too close “for comfort,” for any Russian, and Russia would then respond preemptively in order to avoid becoming beheaded before the major exchange of nukes starts between the two sides.

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Israeli evacuation orders hit entirety of Lebanon’s ancient city of Baalbek

The Israeli military issued on 30 October, for the first time, evacuation orders for the entirety of the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek, an ancient city with UNESCO World Heritage status.

The orders coincide with a surge in Israeli attacks on eastern Lebanon. 

“The IDF will act forcefully against Hezbollah assets inside your city and villages, and does not intend to harm you,” said the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesman Avichay Adraee said via X. “For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move outside the city and villages.” 

Residents of the eastern city began pouring out of their homes in a panic on Wednesday morning, rushing to evacuate. Hundreds of thousands resided in Baalbek prior to the war, with around 40 percent of its inhabitants (over 100,000) currently remaining in the city. Baalbek has a history dating back at least 11,000 years, and is most famous for its Roman ruins.

Israel has escalated its attacks across eastern Lebanon indiscriminately. The Lebanese Health Ministry said on 29 October that at least 60 people were killed in the eastern Bekaa region since the previous day. 

Several massacres have been committed in the Bekaa, including an attack on civilians in the town of Al-Ram on Tuesday, which killed at least 11. 

Israeli attacks on the UNESCO World Heritage city of Tyre (Sour) have also increased recently. Israel carried out several violent attacks on Tyre on 28 October, days after intense bombardment on the city, which leveled several buildings. 

The Israeli army issues evacuation orders for the south and Bekaa daily, often with insufficient time for people to flee before starting the attacks. 

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Spain cancels arms deal with Israeli company worth billions

The Spanish government has canceled a contract to buy ammunition for its Civil Guard police force from an Israeli defense company, Madrid announced in a statement on 29 October.

“The Spanish government maintains the commitment not to sell weapons to the Israeli state since the armed conflict broke out in the territory of Gaza,” Spain’s Interior Ministry announced. 

“Although in this case it is an acquisition of ammunition, the Interior Ministry has initiated the administrative procedure to cancel the purchase,” it added. 

It also said Israeli firms will be excluded from any outstanding tenders. 

The Cadena SER radio station reported earlier that Spain’s Civil Guard police force had agreed to a sale of over 15 million nine-millimeter rounds for $6.48 million from Guardian LTD Israel. 

The announcement comes the week after the Spanish Defense Ministry told local media that it had halted the purchase of weapons from Israel. The European country had said it would stop arms sales to Israel after the start of the war on 7 October 2023.

This decision marks the first signal that the Spanish pledge will include purchases from Israel and not just sales.

Spain has been vocal about Israel’s genocide and continuous war crimes in the Gaza Strip, as well as in Lebanon. 

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez urged other members of the EU on 14 October to suspend the bloc’s free trade agreement with Israel. 

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Why the Democrats were Israel’s perfect partners in genocide

Over the last year, we have witnessed President Joe Biden elevate the U.S.-Israel “special relationship” to new heights. From replenishing Israel’s weapons stocks and shielding it from accountability on the international stage, to deploying U.S. assets and personnel in Israel’s defense, the Biden administration has gone above and beyond to ensure that Israel not only could sustain its unprecedented assault on Gaza, but that it wouldn’t have to bear the full cost of war.

Biden went into his reelection campaign wrestling with Donald Trump for the title of “Israel’s best friend” — a grotesque race to the bottom that has become a tradition during U.S. election seasons. So when the president ultimately decided to drop out, some were hopeful that Vice President Kamala Harris would release us from this downward spiral. They were soon disappointed.

Media outlets eagerly insisted that Harris seemed to show “greater understanding and empathy for Palestinians,” and surmised that such a difference in perspective might lead to a change in policy. But in the months since assuming the head of the Democratic ticket, Harris has made it clear that she is ready and eager to carry on Biden’s catastrophic legacy for the next four years.

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Patriots, Parasites, and the Regime

What motivates patriots to enlist?  Patriots love the idea of America, yes, but first and foremost, they subordinate their love of the intangible to the tangible: their family, friends, and neighbors.  They believe in their fellow Americans so much that they’re not only willing to risk their life for them, they’re yearning to kill the people – “foreign and domestic” – who dare to threaten their fellow Americans.  Patriots feel it their duty to defend what they deem sacred, and that alone should help clarify why rates of enlistment haven’t recovered since the regime desecrated what’s sacred in 2020.

“The government” is often regarded as a saintly organization that cares only for the people it claims to serve; however, contrary to what the reader and author alike have been taught for years, decades, etc. – yes, the brainwashing has been overwhelmingly thorough – the government is not some charitable organization that acts solely based on the citizens’ needs.  No, “the government,” which sounds robotic and deceives the reader, implies that a robot can’t possibly harbor selfish, human nature.  Even the righteous bureaucrat cannot evade “the natural law of parsimony (the most gain for the least effort).”  Like any other organization, “the government” is comprised of people – but not just any people.  “The government” – henceforth, “the regime” and its “parasites” – is, more often than not, comprised of people who worship power.  Yes, “parasite” – like it or not – is the only way to accurately describe someone who lives off of another.  They are not helping their fellow Americans; they are parasitizing and persecuting the very same people they claim to be serving, all the while promising that it’s in our best interest.

Patriots who’ve considered enlisting can see as well as anyone how their would-be employer treats what is sacred, whether it be the intangible – the American way of life – or the tangible: family, friends, and neighbors.  The regime does not care for its fellow Americans, whom they deem annoying, inconvenient, and a threat not to democracy but to their hegemony.  The regime cares only for its fellow parasites – foreign and domestic – not because these are the caring type but because ‘caring’ helps maintain their control.  While the people of Flint, Michigan and East Palestine, Ohio still suffer, the regime cares for Ukraine’s parasites.  While the people of Maui, Hawaii still suffer, the regime cares for Israel’s parasites.  And while the people of Western North Carolina still suffer, the regime tells us that we should be more concerned with the upcoming elections than with caring for our family, friends, or neighbors.  Adding insult to injury, the regime pits our fellow Americans against each other because an angry, divided populace is easier to manipulate than a decentralized but united people.  Not only do we not need the parasites, we cannot flourish with them.

Why are rich doctors flying supplies on their private jets to Western North Carolina?  Isn’t that the regime’s job?  Isn’t that the regime’s only job – to help the people it claims to be serving?  Furthermore, shouldn’t such a selfless act wholly discredit the parasites’ existence?  After all, the rich doctors who donate their time and resources pay more in taxes than most earn as a salary, only to then be coerced to pay the regime to do the job that these doctors are doing themselves.  Again, not only are the parasites not helping us, the greatest opportunity for all materializes only without them.  All of us – parasites included – would be better off if they were to find gainful employment in the real economy instead of living off of us while claiming that we can’t live without them, which, in some instances, they’re no longer even pretending (“no more money, sorry”).  In which scenario is the aspiring military recruit actually helping his family, friends, or neighbors: helping the people of Western North Carolina or killing the people of Western Russia?

The would-be recruit is aware of the fact that the parasites are more than happy to lead our country into war with, say, Russia, Iran, or China than to help Americans.  What did the Iranian people do to your family, friends, or neighbors?  What about the Russian people or the Chinese people?  I doubt that most Americans have great affection for other countries’ people, but do we want to kill them?  No, but that’s what the parasites desire, as dead patriots in foreign lands are less threatening than the bona fide patriots within our borders.  Any escalation of violence between other countries’ parasites and ours is only their ‘business,’ but, curiously, this seems to be the only time that we don’t ‘need’ the parasites; they tell us that they need us (to fight, kill, and be killed).  Due to its unbridled, pathological hubris, the regime is wholly unaware that the potential recruit might wish to do something besides die for it.

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Journalism & Democracy in a Time of Genocide

Last month in New York at separate forums, two senior Democrat figures – John Kerry and Hillary Clinton – pointed to what they saw as major problems: the First Amendment was “an obstacle to building consensus,” and the “narrative” in the press needs to be (even more) “consistent.”

The challenge presented by the free flow of ideas and information in the digital world, to those accustomed to maintaining control of the narrative, defines our moment in history and the fragility of democratic freedoms.

Those calls for less freedom of speech and for more consistency in messaging to the public by the Fourth Estate, come at a time when large sections of the public have lost trust in a legacy media too consistent in its messaging, and incapable of providing the information and analysis that will enable them to know and fully understand what’s happening.

Many have turned to social media where they are alerted to the work of independent journalists and experts whose commentary is not welcome in the Western mainstream press but which provides a multitude of perspectives that are more useful in navigating our world, in understanding our place in it, and indeed how we might be responsible for some of its very significant problems – perhaps that we may be on the wrong side of history.

With respect to foreign policy the legacy media have an unacknowledged partisan perspective, the rectitude of which is reinforced through the validation of all singing from the same song book.

We have learnt to pay attention to messaging emanating from the U.S. political class, because its allies will be expected to concurrently tackle the same issues, in this case, to reign in the problem presented by free speech (the freedom both to speak and to hear) common to Western democracies, rendering the population less manageable in its thinking, importantly in the level of its support for war, and at the ballot box.

In Australia, where there is no constitutional or legislated protection for free speech, the 18c “hate speech” provision of the Racial Discrimination Act which made “insult” and “offence” a test for breach of the law, was introduced by a Labor government.

The criteria for breach make this law rife for weaponisation and efforts led by George Brandis under a Liberal government to amend the provision failed, with significant opposition coming from Pro-Israel Lobby groups.

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UK to send another $2.93B to Ukraine using stolen Russian assets

The interest payments are starting to come in from all those frozen Russian assets the European Union (EU) is holding hostage. And the United Kingdom plans to spend its interest windfall on Ukraine.

According to reports, Great Britain is planning to send another $2.93 billion to the Zelensky regime, bumping the total G7 spending spree on Kyiv so far up to $50 billion.

Defence Secretary John Healey said the extra billions will help Ukraine bolster its frontline military equipment, describing the cash transfer in terms of “turning the proceeds of Putin’s own corrupt regime against him by putting it into the hands of Ukraine.”

The goal is to release the money as quickly as possible so there are no hitches, said Chancellor Rachel Reeves. Zelensky will receive the money in the form of a “loan” that the UK will recoup the cost of via sanctions on Russian assets – “within the correct legal framework,” officials claim.

To try to avoid controversy, Reeves added the caveat that the UK is not confiscating sovereign Russian assets in Europe but rather using the profits and interest accrued from them to keep the Ukrainian war machine running.

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Ukraine launches 51,000 court cases over DESERTION in the first 9 months of 2024 amid troops’ waning morale

Ukraine has launched 51,000 cases of troop desertion in the country’s courts, with the cases coming in the wake of service members’ dwindling morale.

The Libertarian Institute noted that several media outlets have reported on the trend, with estimates of desertion varying widely. The Times of London cited government data revealing that “51,000 criminal cases for desertion and abandonment of military units” were opened from January to September. The Kyiv Post suggested that around 60,000 individuals are facing charges for fleeing since the start of the war, with nearly half of these cases initiated this year.

Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that 45,000 Ukrainians faced prosecution for desertion from the start of the year through August. Meanwhile, Qatar’s Al Jazeera noted at least 30,000 desertions.

At the beginning of the year, estimates indicated that Kyiv had between 500,000 and 800,000 active-duty soldiers, along with an additional 300,000 reservists. But given the 51,000 desertion cases launched by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office for the first nine months of 2024 alone, the actual number of deserters could triple last year’s total. The number of desertion prosecutions has surged during the war – from 9,000 cases recorded in 2022, it almost tripled to 24,000 last year.

The country has suffered significant casualties in its defense against Russian advances and during the ongoing Kursk invasion. Alongside this, more Ukrainian soldiers have deserted the army in 2024 than at any time since the war began, with prosecutions for desertion reportedly exceeding 30,000 – potentially even higher. This figure marks a significant increase from previous years, when the initial influx of volunteers helped push back Russian forces.

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