Politics & Stuff

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this aged well (from a RW POS Maga shill)

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146 School shootings in the US so far this year. Obviously not a priority.

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WTF Just Happened Today? Day 1682: "It can happen to anyone."

Welcome to Day 1682. Today in one sentence: Three senior CDC leaders resigned after the White House fired Director Susan Monarez less than a month into her tenure; the White House named Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top deputy, Jim O’Neill, as acting director of the CDC; Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the clearance of a senior CIA Russia expert days after Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska; Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook sued Trump to block what she called an “unprecedented and illegal” attempt to fire her from the Fed board; federal agents interrupted operations at the site Washington’s largest wildfire for more than three hours to conduct immigration checks and arrest two firefighters; a federal judge barred Kari Lake from firing the director of Voice of America, saying she lacked the authority without a Senate-confirmed advisory board vote, which Trump disbanded earlier this year; the U.S. Air Force will grant military funeral honors to a Jan. 6 rioter who was shot by Capitol Police while trying to climb through a barricaded door to the Speaker’s Lobby near the House chamber; Trump proposed that Republicans hold a national convention before the 2026 midterm elections; and Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to keep the government funded. -Matt, current mood:  Editor’s note: Two children were killed and 15 children and three adult parishioners were wounded when 23-year-old Robin Westman opened fire during Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday. That’s about all I’m going to write on the subject for now. WTFJHT (by design!) doesn’t handle fluid, breaking news events like this. There are better publications for that. More importantly, it’s disgusting that mass shootings have become so routine in America that we’ve normalized them into, essentially, a daily weather report. Politicians elected to make society better would rather issue thoughts and prayers than, you know, do something. Nothing changes, and the cycle repeats. We deserve better. The people killed and the families destroyed by America’s unique, perverse obsession with guns deserve better. Until it ends, this bullshit will keep happening and people will keep dying. That failure is the story. So let’s turn this around because I don’t know how to process that. Do you? What single, concrete action should people in power take now to break this cycle. I’d love to hear what you’re thinking. I’ll share some select responses (anonymously) next week. — Missed an update? Previous edition — Follow WTFJHT: Bluesky | Facebook | Instagram | Mastodon   1/ Three senior CDC leaders resigned after the White House fired Director Susan Monarez less than a month into her tenure. Monarez’s lawyers said she was removed for refusing to “rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives” from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The resigning officials said the shake-up threatened science with Demetre Daskalakis saying “our science is going to be compromised,” while Debra Houry warned vaccine policy was being set “before we had the data,” and Daniel Jernigan accused HHS of pressing him to alter settled safety studies. Hundreds of CDC staff staged a walkout in Atlanta with signs reading “Science not conspiracy” – weeks after a gunman hostile to vaccines attacked the agency. Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, who cast the pivotal vote to confirm Kennedy as HHS Secretary – called for the CDC vaccine panel meeting to be delayed. Kennedy, meanwhile, dismissed the resignations, saying “some people should not be working there,” accused the CDC of a “deeply embedded malaise.” He added “There’s a lot of trouble at CDC, and it’s going to require getting rid of some people.” (Washington Post / Bloomberg / Axios / New York Times / Politico / Wall Street Journal / Politico / The Hill / CNN / Reuters / Wall Street Journal) 2/ The White House named Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s top deputy, Jim O’Neill, as acting director of the CDC. O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley investor and Thiel Foundation executive, is deputy secretary at HHS and a close aide to Kennedy. He was confirmed in June despite lacking a medical degree, but told senators he supported vaccines while criticizing the government’s coronavirus response. His appointment gives Kennedy direct control over the CDC as he moves to rewrite federal vaccine policy. (Washington Post / Bloomberg / The Guardian) 3/ Trump and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revoked the clearance of a senior CIA Russia expert days after Trump’s summit with Putin in Alaska. Gabbard, acting on Trump’s orders, named the officer in a public list of 37 officials accused of “politicizing and manipulating intelligence,” even though she was reportedly under cover at the time. CIA officials were blindsided, calling her “the antithesis of a political operator,” while another warned, “If it can happen to her, it can happen to anyone.” (Washington Post / Wall Street Journal / CNN) 4/ Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook sued Trump to block what she called an “unprecedented and illegal” attempt to fire her from the Fed board. No president has ever tried to remove a sitting Fed governor, and her case could decide how much power the White House has over the central bank. Trump claimed Cook was “credibly accused of lying in financial documents” on 2021 mortgage applications, referring to allegations pushed by his housing chief Bill Pulte. Cook, however, hasn’t been charged and her lawyers called any discrepancy a “clerical error.” Her lawsuit said the claims were “unsubstantiated and unproven” and a pretext “to effectuate her prompt removal and vacate a seat for President Trump to fill and forward his agenda.” Cook also said she was denied due process since she received no notice or hearing before Trump announced her firing. A hearing on her request for a temporary restraining order is set for Friday. The case expected to reach the Supreme Court. (New York Times / Wall Street Journal / Politico / Bloomberg / Washington Post / NPR / Reuters / Associated Press / CNN / CNBC) 5/ Federal agents interrupted operations at the site Washington’s largest wildfire for more than three hours to conduct immigration checks and arrest two firefighters. Border Patrol said it acted at the request of the Bureau of Land Management after contracts with two Oregon firms were canceled, though officials gave no details about the investigation. Firefighters said they were ordered to line up, told not to film, and blocked from saying goodbye to detained coworkers. One firefighter said a federal officer told him, “You need to get the (expletive) out of here. I’m gonna make you leave.” The Bear Gulch fire has burned nearly 9,000 acres and was 13% contained as of Thursday. (Seattle Times / New York Times / Associated Press / The Guardian) 6/ A federal judge barred Kari Lake from firing the director of Voice of America, saying she lacked the authority without a Senate-confirmed advisory board vote, which Trump disbanded earlier this year. Judge Royce Lamberth issued a permanent injunction and said Trump could replace the removed board members if he wanted Michael Abramowitz out. Lake called it an “absurd ruling” and claimed, “President Trump runs the executive branch.” Lamberth said Lake was “verging on contempt of court” and ordered her to testify under oath next month. (CNN / Washington Post) 7/ The U.S. Air Force will grant military funeral honors to a Jan. 6 rioter who was shot by Capitol Police while trying to climb through a barricaded door to the Speaker’s Lobby near the House chamber. The Biden administration had rejected the request from the family of Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, for honors, with an Air Force general saying they’d “bring discredit upon the Air Force.” In May, the Trump administration also approved a nearly $5 million settlement with Babbitt’s family in a wrongful death case. (Politico / HuffPost / The Guardian / CNN) 8/ Trump proposed that Republicans hold a national convention before the 2026 midterm elections. “It has never been done before. STAY TUNED!!!” he wrote on Truth Social, adding that Republicans “won every aspect of the Presidential Election” and are “poised to WIN BIG IN THE MIDTERMS.” House Speaker Mike Johnson endorsed the idea, writing, “YES, Mr. President! Let’s go!!!!” Democrats are also weighing a pre-midterm convention to showcase candidates, but some leaders warned it could be too costly as the DNC lags behind Republicans in fundraising. (Politico / New York Times / Washington Post) 9/ Congress faces a Sept. 30 deadline to keep the government funded. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries urged Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republican Leader John Thune to meet next week, calling it “imperative […] to avert a painful, unnecessary lapse in government funding and to address the healthcare crisis Republicans have triggered in America.” They warned that nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts and the end of Affordable Care Act subsidies would close hospitals and raise costs. They said they would not accept another March-style standoff, when Republicans forced through a partisan resolution. “It is past time you reveal your plans […] otherwise, it is clear that you have abandoned bipartisanship altogether and are preparing to shut down the government,” they wrote. (Politico / Axios / The Hill) 33 days to avoid a government shutdown – 432 days until the 2026 midterms.  WTF, right?

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IDF declares famine-hit Gaza City a combat zone, ending ‘tactical pauses’ that allowed limited food delivery

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has declared Gaza City “a dangerous combat zone” as the military prepares for an assault on the shattered remains of Gaza’s largest city.

In a post on X, the IDF wrote:

In accordance with the situational assessment & directives of the political echelon, starting today at 10:00, the local tactical pause in military activity will not apply to the area of Gaza City, which constitutes a dangerous combat zone.

The IDF continues supporting humanitarian efforts while conducting operations to protect Israel.

 

Planes and tanks have reportedly been pounding parts of Gaza City over the past week and Israeli tanks and armored vehicles have been deployed to its outskirts.

Around one million Palestinian people, many of whom are too frail or old to keep moving, are expected to be displaced by Israel’s expanded assault in the area, where a UN-backed food body declared earlier this month that a famine was taking place.

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It's sad what is happening on Gaza.

But I still ask myself, how in the world then Hamas is still fighting?

If there's famine they should be starving?

Unless they take the food from the kids?

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Love this Sachs guy -reminds me of my Politics Phd tutors.

Interesting what he says after the Cold War how the US did whatever they could to keep Russia and Europe apart. The old 'divide and rule'. And how he says the best thing Europe could do is ignore the US and negotiate with Russia.

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$3.8 billion US taxpayers dollars given to Israel every year.

$100m finds its way back into US politicians pockets every year

AZAPAC is trying to stop this

 

 

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Angela Rayner resigns: Keir Starmer begins major cabinet reshuffle, Lucy Powell sacked as leader of Commons

The prime minister’s deputy quit after a report by Sir Laurie Magnus found she had broken the ministerial code by failing to pay stamp duty

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/angela-rayner-resigns-latest-news-keir-starmer-p8l9mmrpj

What you need to know

Sir Keir Starmer is carrying out a major cabinet reshuffle after Angela Rayner resigned over an investigation by Sir Laurie Magnus, the prime minister’s adviser on ministerial standards

 

Magnus said Rayner had “acted with integrity” but breached the ministerial code by failing to pay a £40,000 tax surcharge on her second home in Hove

 

Quitting all three of her roles, Rayner said she took “full responsibility for this error”

 

Have your say: who should replace her as deputy prime minister?

 

Listen for updates on Times Radio

 

 

 

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It was the green trouser suit wot done it. Crime against humanity

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A Sitting U.S. Senator Just Unapologetically Declared the U.S. a White Homeland

America, he says, isn’t an idea—and isn’t for everyone.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/09/eric-schmitt-white-nationalism-national-conservatism-conference.html

 

On Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered one of the greatest speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address. It opened “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”

On Tuesday, Eric Schmitt, the junior senator from Missouri, declared that Lincoln was wrong.

“What is an American?” This was the question Schmitt posed at the fifth annual National Conservatism Conference in Washington. His answer is that the nation is fundamentally not based on the idea of equality or freedom or any other ideal. Nor is it accessible to people of all races and religions. It is fundamentally, he told an assembled crowd, a white homeland.

The white Europeans who settled America and conquered the West “believed they were forging a nation—a homeland for themselves and their descendants,” he said. “They fought, they bled, they struggled, they died for us. They built this country for us. America, in all its glory, is their gift to us, handed down across the generations. It belongs to us. It’s our birthright, our heritage, our destiny. If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing and no one at all. But we know that’s not true. America is not a ‘universal nation.’ ”

The implications of this vision are serious. This is a repudiation of our Constitution and the core of a national identity that includes all its citizens. It means that to be American is not about citizenship at all. “What is an American?” Schmitt asked. It is a white person. America is a white homeland that organically binds together white people of the past, present and future. And its policies must be guided for their benefit if they are to succeed.

“A strong, sovereign nation—not just an idea but a home, belonging to a people bound together by a common past and a shared destiny.”

Schmitt makes clear that the problem of immigration is not that people violate the rules or that the rules are not enforced. It is about immigration per se, about non-Europeans stealing the birthright of the descendants of America’s original white Christian settlers. This includes German settlers like Schmitt’s ancestors, a group at one time considered nonwhite, but not the Black slaves who built much of the country and whose roots here largely predate his own, nor countless other ethnic groups who have made significant contributions to this nation.

“We Americans are the sons and daughters of the Christian pilgrims that poured out from Europe’s shores to baptize a new world in their ancient faith,” he said. “Our ancestors were driven here by destiny, possessed by urgent and fiery conviction, by burning belief, devoted to their cause and their God.” Their idol, he declares, is Andrew Jackson. “Their trust was in the Lord,” but their cause was not necessarily more righteous. They destroyed the Native Americans, he claims, because they were superior in strength and perseverance. This is a fascist vision of natural selection favoring the group with racial and cultural superiority.

Make no mistake. This is a revolt against Lincoln, a revolt against the idea of a nation built on the proposition that all men are created equal. “America is not just an abstract proposition,” he repeats over and over, clearly referencing Lincoln. The left, he asserts, is “turning the American tradition into a deracinated ideological creed,” an idea literally stripped of its racial foundation. It is stealing the country from the “real American nation”: the pilgrims, the pioneers and the settlers who “repelled wave after wave of Indian war band attacks” to build this country. “It belongs to us. It’s our birthright, our heritage, our destiny.”

Nonwhite people do appear in his vision, but only as the usurpers of our white nation and its resources. They are the “Indians,” whom he portrays as savages who succumbed to the superior ability of their white destroyers. They are Barack Obama and his supporters, who scorned the white patriots for remembering a country “that once belonged to them.” They are the people tearing down Confederate statues and removing Confederate names from buildings, streets, and forts, turning “yesterday’s heroes into today’s villains.” They are the people behind the “George Floyd riots,” as he describes them, “anarchists [who] looted and defaced and tore down statues and monuments all across the country.”

Here, it is quite clear who constitutes “us” and “them” in this Manichaean vision of the American nation. “When they tear down our statues and monuments, mock our history, and insult our traditions, they’re attacking our future as well as our past,” he said. “But America does not belong to them. It belongs to us. It’s our home. It’s a heritage entrusted to us by our ancestors. It’s a way of life that is ours, and only ours, and if we disappear, then America, too, will cease to exist.”

Even Christianity itself is eclipsed here. Christianity is meaningful only as a marker of the whiteness of the people who embody it. There is no gratitude here, except for the white founders who bequeathed this nation to their biological descendants by achieving its manifest destiny and taking it. There is no obligation here. No grace. No Christian mercy. No reckoning with past crimes, and particularly not with the dispossession of Native Americans or the enslavement of Africans, both of which are literally celebrated.

That conference—despite the protestations of its founder, the Israeli scholar Yoram Hazony—has been promoting blood-and-soil nationalism since its first iteration in 2019. That year, University of Pennsylvania Law professor Amy Wax argued, “Our country would be better off with more whites and fewer nonwhites.” She worried about our “legacy” population, white Americans, being overrun by nonwhite immigrants who, she said, innately lacked the capacity to adapt to Western culture.

In 2024 the senior senator from Missouri, Josh Hawley, gave the keynote speech at the conference. Hawley celebrated Christian nationalism as the core idea animating America. He warned against “cosmopolitans” and “globalists,” both famous tropes for Jews, threatening our country.

This year, Schmitt, a sitting senator, outdid them both. Schmitt opened by reiterating the antisemitic tropes of his senior colleague. America is threatened by the “elites,” he declared, “who rule everywhere but are not truly from anywhere.” This is the “rootless cosmopolitan” trope at the heart of modern antisemitism. They serve “global liberalism” and “global capital” and support mass migration, he continued, a nod to the “great replacement” theory, which blames Jews for replacing white Americans with nonwhite immigrants.

Though he repeats his predecessor’s implicit antisemitism, he went even further with his explicit advocacy of the U.S. as a white homeland.

This speech, and this conference, demonstrates once again that the MAGA coalition’s endgame is about not just fighting illegal immigration, affirmative action, and “DEI.” It is about not just the alleged destruction of nonracial civic nationalism by liberals and their proactive efforts to achieve equity. It is ultimately about a white (Christian) nationalist vision of America that claims ownership of power and resources for white (Christian) Americans alone. All others are here on sufferance and must remember their place as such.

That a sitting U.S. senator should make such a speech without shame or pushback by his party highlights the extent to which it represents where that party now stands.

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New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrq0r0y878o

A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy has appeared on the side of the Royal Courts of Justice building in central London.

It depicts a judge in a traditional wig and black robe hitting a protester lying on the ground, with blood splattering their placard.

While the mural does not reference a particular cause or incident, its appearance comes two days after almost 900 people were arrested at a London protest against the ban on Palestine Action.

The artwork was quickly covered up by large sheets of plastic and metal barriers. Court officials told the BBC the work would be removed.

The Metropolitan police said it had received a report of criminal damage and that enquiries would continue.

A spokesperson for HM Courts and Tribunals said that the Royal Courts of Justice was a listed building and that it was "obliged to maintain its original character".

The spot Banksy chose was on an external wall of the Queen's Building, part of the Royal Courts of Justice complex, on the usually quiet Carey Street. On Monday it was busy with onlookers taking pictures of the recently hidden patch of wall.

One of two security officers outside the building said they did not know how much longer they would be required to stand guard, adding, "At least it's not raining."

The Bristol-based street artist shared a photo of the wall art on Instagram, which is Banksy's usual method of claiming a work as authentic. The artist captioned the picture: "Royal Courts Of Justice. London."

Labour peer Baroness Harriet Harman said she believed the work was a "protest about the law" without specifying which legislation she meant.

"Parliament makes the law, and the judges simply interpret the law," she added. "I don't think there's any evidence, in terms of the right to protest, that judges have been clamping down on protests beyond what Parliament intended."

Banksy's stencilled graffiti is often critical of government policy, war and capitalism.

Last summer, the artist began an animal-themed campaign in the capital of nine works, which concluded with a gorilla appearing to lift up a shutter on the entrance to London Zoo.

Other notable works included piranhas swimming on a police sentry box in the City of London, and a howling wolf on a satellite dish, which was taken off the roof of a shop in Peckham, south London, less than an hour after it was unveiled.

• London Zoo removes Banksy work for 'safekeeping'

• Police investigate removal of street sign in Peckham as alleged theft

• Banksy piranhas to find new home in London Museum

Banksy has in the past also been known for his work in the West Bank.

In December 2019 he created a "modified Nativity" at a hotel in Bethlehem which showed Jesus' manger in front of Israel's separation barrier, which appeared to have been pierced by a blast, creating the shape of a star.

Israel says the barrier is needed to prevent infiltrations from the West Bank but Palestinians say it is a tool to grab land.

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zio-shill Lammy

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Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza, government concludes, shifting it's position on the issue

A letter from David Lammy, sent when he was foreign secretary, says the war does not meet the criteria, though he calls Israeli bombing ‘utterly appalling’

https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/israel-war-gaza-not-genocide-david-lammy-22wdsmt90

The UK does not consider Israel’s actions in Gaza to be genocide, David Lammy has said in a significant shift in position on the issue.

Until last week the UK government had maintained that the question of whether Israel had committed genocide was a matter for the courts and not for national governments to determine.

However, in a letter to the chair of the international development committee last week Lammy said that an assessment carried out by the Foreign Office had concluded that Israel’s actions did not constitute genocide.

• Spain PM Pedro Sánchez issues arms embargo on Israel for ‘genocide’

The letter, sent before he was replaced as foreign secretary in the cabinet reshuffle, said: “As per the Genocide Convention, the crime of genocide occurs only where there is specific ‘intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial or religious group’. The government has not concluded that Israel is acting with that intent.”

It is the first time the UK government has explicitly said that it does not consider what is happening in Gaza to be a genocide.

In May, Hamish Falconer, the minister for the Middle East, told MPs: “It is the UK government’s long-standing position that any formal determination as to whether genocide has occurred is a matter for a competent court, not for governments or non-judicial bodies.”

Lammy said last year: “This government is not an international court. We have not — and could not — arbitrate on whether or not Israel has breached international humanitarian law.”

 

His letter was in response to a strongly worded letter from Sarah Champion, chair of the international development committee, who demanded answers on how the UK’s policy of continuing to supply parts for F-35 fighter jets that have indirectly been sent to Israel complied with its international duty to prevent genocide.

This is a crucial period of diplomacy in the Israel-Gaza war for Sir Keir Starmer, who is set to recognise the state of Palestine later this month unless Israel meets strict conditions.

On Monday the prime minister met Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, in Downing Street and on Wednesday he will welcome the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog.

Tensions have been heightened following a rush-hour shooting on Monday in Jerusalem, the deadliest terrorist attack in the city in recent years, in which six people were killed.

In his response to Champion, Lammy, who became justice secretary and deputy prime minister in Starmer’s reshuffle, said the government had “carefully considered” the question of genocide.

He said that despite the government’s conclusion, Israel’s actions in Gaza had been “utterly appalling” given the high number of civilian casualties including women and children and the “extensive destruction” caused. Lammy said Israel “must do much more to prevent and alleviate the suffering that this conflict is causing”.

Lammy said that the Foreign Office had carried out several assessments on the question of genocide, including when the government decided to exempt British-made parts for the F-35 jet from the suspension of 30 arms export licences to Israel.

The UK government suspended export licences to Israel last September because of a risk of British-made weaponry being used in violations of international law in Gaza. However, it exempted the supply of British-made components for the US-produced F-35 fighter jets because it was part of a wider Nato defence programme crucial for maintaining international peace.

More than 1,300 entertainment industry professionals, including A-list actors and directors, have signed a pledge refusing to work with Israeli film institutions which they say are “implicated in genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.

Olivia Colman, Aimee Lou Wood, Susan Sarandon and Mark Ruffalo were among the actors to accuse “many governments of enabling the carnage in Gaza”.

“The world’s highest court, the International Court of Justice, has ruled that there is a plausible risk of genocide in Gaza, and that Israel’s occupation and apartheid against Palestinians are unlawful,” they said.

The pledge was published by Film Workers for Palestine and claimed that the “vast majority” of the Israeli film industry has never endorsed the rights of the Palestinian people.

 

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Not genocide but they are committing a lot of war crime to me. In which after this is over some people should go to jail. 

Now weather that happens that is another thing.... 

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Trump Reportedly Gave Israel Greenlight to Blow Up Ceasefire Talks

Israeli sources report that the U.S. signed off on the attack after inviting leaders to Qatar to discuss Trump’s Gaza ceasefire proposal.

https://newrepublic.com/post/200186/israel-gaza-ceasefire-talks-hamas-qatar-trump

President Trump greenlit Israel’s Tuesday bombing of Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar, according to Israeli sources speaking with the media after the shocking attack.

The Israeli Defense Forces said they were targeting a meeting of Hamas leadership, who were gathered in Qatar to discuss a ceasefire proposal put forward by the Trump administration.

“The members of the leadership who were attacked led the terrorist organization’s activities for years, and are directly responsible for carrying out the October 7 massacre and waging the war against the State of Israel,” the IDF stated.

Israeli sources told multiple outlets—including CNN and Israel’s Channel 12 that the United States had prior knowledge of the planned attack.

The attack comes just months after Trump toured Qatar, hailed the country as a close ally, and accepted that $400 million private jet from Qatari leadership.

Qatar, which has served as a primary mediator in hostage and ceasefire talks and hosts a major U.S. airbase, has condemned the strike as “criminal” and “cowardly.”

“This criminal attack constitutes a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms and a serious threat to the security and safety of Qataris and residents of Qatar,” said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed Al Ansari. “The State of Qatar affirms that it will not tolerate this reckless Israeli behavior and its continued tampering with regional security, as well as any action targeting its security and sovereignty. Investigations are underway at the highest level, and further details will be announced as soon as they become available.”

Qatar has already confirmed it is suspending its mediation between Israel and Hamas after the bombing. Israel’s attack may very well prolong Israel’s genocide of Palestinians and Hamas’s detainment of the remaining Israeli hostages. Israel seems to care less about the latter with each passing day.

Aside from that, this episode shows that (1) deference to Israel’s violence is still the Trump administration’s policy, and (2) no amount of groveling and gift-giving to Trump can stop you from getting backstabbed.

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Bombed Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Qatar.  Rogue State totally out of control - all enabled by the US..

 

 

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4 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Bombed Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Qatar.  Rogue State totally out of control - all enabled by the US..

 

 

If Qatar want they will strike back. They have been backing Hamas and have more money then anyone else. 

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''With no regard for international law, people may think its fine when its countries you dont like, but it will be you next'' UN official.