Members of Iran’s Assembly of Experts issue explicit call to assassinate Trump and Netanyahu
Around 60 members of Iran’s Assembly of Experts issued a statement declaring that the perpetrators of crimes against Iran, foremost among them “the criminal president of the United States and the wicked prime minister of the Zionist regime”, are mahdur al-dam, meaning their blood may be shed.
The statement further said that anyone who gains access to Trump and Netanyahu is religiously obligated to “send these criminals to the depths of hell.”
Karl Stefanovic being sacked for platforming Tommy Robinson this week isn’t completely about who he interviewed — it’s about how. Robinson is a former British National Party member turned white supremacist agitator who pushes “Remigration” — the forced removal of non-white people — in coded language. Stefanovic never raised any of it. He told Robinson he admired his “tenacity and courage,” agreed when Robinson talked about whipping up anger to “cause an earthquake” — “why not, this is a great country and it’s so lost” — and asked him how the right could “take power” here within three years. He posted himself with his arm around Robinson, the two laughing together. That’s not investigative journalism. That’s normalising an extremist.
There’s nothing new about journalists interviewing extremists — done properly, it’s some of the most important journalism there is. When BBC’s Question Time put BNP leader Nick Griffin in front of 8 million viewers in 2009, the panel tore into his Holocaust denial and links to extremist groups on live television. When Vice News embedded with white nationalists in Charlottesville in 2017, the resulting documentary won a Peabody and four Emmys — for capturing them in their own words, threats included, with nothing softened. Hard questions, no flattery, the extremist exposed rather than humanised. Stefanovic did the opposite.
This is the same Stefanovic who once praised multiculturalism on air and told his own immigrant grandparents’ story. His podcast now runs on the opposite frame entirely — Hanson as his debut guest in January, back again in May, a Robinson interview landing six days after Hanson told the National Press Club “we must be monocultural.” No explanation was ever given for his complete ideological about-face. The timing lines up with one thing only: his move from network TV, where this would never be allowed to air, to an unaccountable, monetised podcast where it can.
Why? Money. Kyle Sandilands took a $12 million payout from his old network and is now openly “sharpening” Hanson’s messaging on a new show. Multiple high-profile broadcasters landing on the identical politics in the identical commercial window isn’t conviction. It’s a market — and sadly platforming white supremacists and normalising them is what’s currently selling.
@TracyWesterman Going down the same destructive path as the US with the likes of Tucker etc who stir anger and hate disguised as “just asking innocent questions”
It appeals to all the hard done by lowlifes who feel the world owes them, as well as the pseudo intellectual woman hating racists
EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s peak Jewish body has demanded the Albanese government immediately halt its $20m annual funding to UNRWA after the agency sacked 70 workers over alleged Hamas links. 📌 READ MORE: https://t.co/e1RznLx4Wn
UPDATE: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two agents who once lived in Australia to direct arson attacks against Jewish targets in Sydney and Melbourne, the head of Australia’s domestic spy agency said on Wednesday.
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🇺🇸🇰🇼🇶🇦🇴🇲🇸🇦🇧🇭🇦🇪 The Foreign Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and U.S. Secretary of State Rubio issued a joint statement following their meeting in Bahrain today, welcoming the MoU, insisting on separating Israel-Lebanon talks from U.S.-Iran negotiations, while calling for the complete disarmament of Hezbollah.
The top diplomats called to maintain momentum as U.S.-Iran talks “proceed toward a more permanent end to hostilities and the shared objective of preventing Iran from ever developing or otherwise acquiring a nuclear weapon.”
“The Ministers further emphasized that lasting regional peace and security requires addressing the full spectrum of Iran’s threats, including its ballistic missiles, drones, and its support of proxies in the region,”
Regarding the Strait of Hormuz, “the Ministers rejected any tolls, fees, or attempts to assert control over the Strait, and welcomed the Sultanate of Oman and International Maritime Organization’s announcement on the launch of an evacuation plan for over 11,000 seafarers stranded in the region.”
The GCC and Rubio appear to address the commitment under the MoU to invest $300 billion in Iran, stating that “any trade and investment with Iran is conditional and reversible, contingent on Iran’s compliance with the MoU and the final deal, cessation of its destabilizing behavior, and creation of the conditions necessary for economic engagement.”
⚡🇱🇧🇮🇱انفجار امروز در بیروت به یک انبار فیبر نوری مرتبط با زیرساختهای مورد استفاده گروه تروریستی حزبالله نسبت داده شد/بر اساس گزارشهای منتشرشده، این تجهیزات برای پشتیبانی از عملیات پهپادی گروه تروریستی حزبالله مورد استفاده قرار میگرفت. تاکنون جزئیات رسمی بیشتری درباره علت انفجار و میزان خسارات احتمالی منتشر نشده است.
🚨 BREAKING | Exclusive Quotes from IRGC Commander Ahmad Vahidi to Senior Regime Officials
• “We brought President Trump to his knees. We got what we wanted. As usual, the foolish West believes it is getting something in return from us, which of course will never happen.”
• “Our goal right now is to keep the Americans on a short leash. Any violation, no matter how small, will allow us to threaten the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, and Trump and his people will agree to anything.”
• “Trump thinks we will spend the money he is giving us on buying American goods. That will never happen in our lifetime.”
• “Now we need to make the Americans understand that Israel is the bad actor in the Middle East. That is the goal.”
• “Do not give up anything. Threaten. And if necessary, walk away from the talks.”
דיווחנו במהדורה של @kann_news: במחנה שמתנגד לחיזבאללה בלבנון מאוכזבים מאוד מטראמפ על רקע המו"מ עם איראן בשוויץ ומזכר ההבנות בין ארה"ב לאיראן שקושר את הזירה הלבנונית ומקווים שהוא לא יחזיק מעמד.
בזמן שבמחנה של חיזבאללה חוגגים את מזכר ההבנות בין וושינגטון לטהראן שכלל את הפסקת הלחימה בחזית הלבנונית והחזיר את ההשפעה האיראנית לארץ הארזים מהדלת הקדמית, במחנה שמתנגד לחיזבאללה, תמונת מראה הפוכה לחלוטין פוליטיקאי מאחת המפלגות שמתנגדות לחיזבאללה בלבנון אומר לכאן חדשות ביממה האחרונה שיש אכזבה קשה מטראמפ מאחר שכריכת החזית הלבנונית בהבנות בין וושינגטון לטהראן מחזקת את המחנה של חיזבאללה ומחלישה את המחנה שתומך בהחלשתו ופירוקו מנשק. לדבריו, מזכר ההבנות אף הביך את נשיא לבנון, עון, וראש הממשלה, סלאם, שדוחפים להמשך השיח הישיר עם ישראל ולהחלשת חיזבאללה. אותו פוליטיקאי לבנוני מוסיף בשיחה כי במחנה שלו מקווים שמזכר ההבנות יהיה זמני בלבד ולא יהפוך להסכם קבוע, שכן אם זה יקרה, הדבר יהיה בבחינת אסון וזה יאפשר לאיראן להמשיך לממש את גחמותיה בזירה הלבנונית.
Lebanese President to Iran: 'This is not your country.'
Hezbollah doesn't represent Lebanon, it's an Iranian proxy holding the Lebanese people hostage. It's time to free Lebanon from Iran's grip.