Alchemist

Resistance is regarded as the mark of bad citizenship, as inability to have fun, for what normal person can set himself against such normal music? (Adorno)

[Ghassan Abu Sitta, Chair of Conflict Medicine AUB @GhassanAbuSitt1]

3 years. Never forget. Never forgive.

[سعید @goudarzy]

چرا پیش‌فرض سلطنت‌طلب اینه که یه روزی حاکم کشور میره فرودگاه و فرار میکنه؟
موضوع خاصی توی ذهنش هست که نمیتونه فراموشش کنه؟

[Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش @citrinowicz]

Regime Change in Iran Will Not Solve all of Israel’s Strategic Problems

Even the collapse of the Islamic Republic would neither resolve Israel’s fundamental security challenges nor automatically pave the way for normalization with the Arab world. Suggesting otherwise reflects a profound misunderstanding of the region’s political and strategic realities.

Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that the Iranian regime collapses tomorrow. Would that lead to the lifting of international sanctions imposed in response to Israeli policies in the West Bank? Would Hamas suddenly surrender? Would Hezbollah disappear? Even the so-called Axis of Resistance, while undoubtedly weakened, would not simply cease to exist. And is Israel really prepared to occupy Lebanon in an attempt to eliminate Hezbollah once and for all?

There is no question that the collapse of the Islamic Republic could significantly improve Israel’s strategic environment. Iran is a major source of regional instability, and weakening its ability to project power would be a substantial achievement. But a more favorable strategic environment is not the same as a solution to Israel’s fundamental security challenges.

More importantly, this argument reflects a much broader strategic misconception that has shaped Israeli policy for decades: the belief that Israel can bypass the Palestinian question by focusing on shared threats, particularly Iran, and that common security interests will eventually translate into normalization with Arab states.

The latest war should have exposed the limitations of this approach. Israel is increasingly perceived by several regional governments as a destabilizing actor in its own right, even as those same governments remain deeply concerned about Iran's behavior and regional ambitions. From their perspective, Israel's efforts to encourage Washington to launch another military campaign against Iran threatened their own security, economic stability, and strategic interests.

This is not to suggest that Arab governments suddenly regard Iran as a benign actor. Far from it. Rather, opposition to Iran does not automatically translate into support for Israeli policies, let alone a willingness to normalize relations while the Palestinian issue remains unresolved.

The assumption that removing the Iranian threat would somehow eliminate the political obstacles to normalization is therefore fundamentally flawed.

Indeed, Israel's persistent attempts to circumvent the Palestinian question have contributed to one of the most serious crises of international legitimacy it has faced since its establishment. The developments in the West Bank over the past two days alone should serve as a reminder that Israel's challenges extend far beyond Tehran.

Ultimately, Iran is a major strategic challenge for Israel, but it is neither Israel's only challenge nor an exclusively Israeli problem. The Palestinian question, Israel's relations with its immediate neighbors, and its deteriorating international standing will remain central to its national security regardless of who governs Tehran.

Regime change in Iran might improve Israel's strategic position. It will not substitute for a coherent Israeli strategy toward the Palestinians, the Arab world, or the broader region.

Confusing the two is precisely the kind of strategic thinking that has brought Israel to its current predicament.

#iran

[Rooster @mefa2002]

راستش من خیلی ارتباطی با روحانیون ندارم
قضاوتشون هم نمی‌کنم
ولی اگر در ایران فقط یک روحانی مورد احترام من باشه همین آقای آذری نژاد هست
به حق زحماتی که سالها ایشون برای باسواد کردن بچه‌ها به خصوص در مناطق کم بضاعت انجام دادند
بیایم برای بهبودی حال فرزندشون دعا کنیم
@smaeel_azari

[aghazadeh81 @aghazadeh811]

سینا پسرم برنده جایزه بهترین مستند کوتاه جشنواره فیلم معتبر ورشو شد ، از ذوق دارم بال در می آورم، سهیل دیگر پسرک دستیار کارگردان است

[Rick Sanchez @yechirohavas]

وضعیت کشور جوریه که انگار پنبه الکلی مالیدن رو کونمون، ولی پرستار نمیاد آمپول رو بزنه

[Hana Sharifi @DHanaSharifi]

کثیف ترین نوع استدلال: چون ج.ا مردم رو کشته، اسرائیل و‌ امریکا هم بیان بکشن، تحریم کنن.
می دونید کجاش کثیف تره: خودش در هلند در جای امن نشسته

[Maryam Moqaddam مریم مقدم @MaryamMoqaddam]

❌مهم
برای ج.ا اعدام علیرضا سپاهی کافی نبوده، چون دست از سر #مهشاد_کشانی و خانواده‌اش برای اعتراف اجباری جلوی دوربین برنمی‌داره

-مهشاد خردادماه به خاطر فشار زیادی که در زندان دولت‌آباد بهش وارد کردند به خودش آسیب زد. سلامت جان و روانش واقعا در خطره

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇵🇸🇮🇱🇧🇪 Israeli settlers WENT AFTER a Belgian diplomatic car near Taybeh, the last fully Christian Palestinian village, during the olive harvest.

A convoy of diplomats from France, Belgium, and Poland was out supporting local farmers when settlers pulled up and targeted the vehicles.
The army didn’t say anything yet.

This is the last fully Christian Palestinian village, and settlers still targeted foreign diplomats who came to observe.

They no longer pretend to care who’s watching.

Writer: Lucas

[Adi Alardah @alardah91]

A heartbreaking scene of a child's body thrown by the force of an Israeli airstrike.

A home was bombed in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza.

[Tirdad Bonakdar @TirdadBonakdar]

اول انقلاب مثلث بیق (بنی‌صدر، یزدی،قطب‌زاده) بود که البته به سرعت حذف شدند، شازده عوضش چندسالیه که مثلث قاک (قاسمی‌نژاد، اعتمادی، کیانی) داره که البته اخیراً ایرج مصداقی هم داره سر بر آستان می‌ماله که بشه مربع قاکم ولی ول معطله! فعلاً این مثلث قراره شازده رو بچرخونه و برای این⬇️

[Kaveh Shahrooz کاوه شهروز @kshahrooz]

Elica Lebon (whose last name is, in fact, "Mojtahedzaeh") fooled gullible western audiences for the past few years with family history about her father seeking asylum in the UK from Iran's regime. (example, see transcript from Dan Senor's podcast).
Strange then that he was so well regarded by the regime that Iranian regime spox is offering condolences on his passing. They don't really do that for anti regime asylees.

Naturally, "Lebon" became a friend to the Pahlavi family and exerted significant energy in selling Pahlavi to Westerners as the only alternative for Iran.

The Pahlavi movement is full of grifters like this.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

“The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous.” — George Orwell, 1984

Defense contractors & their powerful lobby will never be satisfied with simply aiding the U.S. in building a strong military that is prepared for war.

The nature of the industry’s existence is not patriotism, but endless conflict. War is their business model—a perpetual state of war ensures a perpetual demand for their products.

Until we address this issue, we will continue to be subjected to forever wars that only serve the defense contractors—and the warmongering interests wealthy enough to rent the defense contractors.

Stop spilling American blood for profit.

[Patrick Henningsen @21WIRE]

These people are evil. They are the source of the problem…

[Adi Alardah @alardah91]

Israeli soldiers shoot a Palestinian boy and prevent his family from rescuing him, but local residents manage to evacuate him for medical treatment.

[mirakh @mirakh838]

این دکتر پیروز مجتهدزاده که وزات خارجه ج.ا داره فوتش رو تسلیت میگه؛ یه دختر داره بنام الیکا که توی این ویدئو داره با دختر رضاپهلوی میرقصه!

پ.ن: اون آقای که همراهشون داره میرقصه شروین پیشه‌ور شریک تجاری محمدرضا عارف پسر معاون اول رئیس‌جمهوره!
#سطلی_سپاهی

[Peyman Haghighi @Peyman223]

من #دیانا_طاهرآبادی، ۱۶ ساله، زیر شکنجه ازم اعتراف گرفتند و بهم اتهام محاربه زدند. جانم در خطرست. صدایم باشید!

[Nassim Nicholas Taleb @nntaleb]

Another way the current administration is trapped in the ZERO-SUM FALLACY: The H-1B visa situation.
+ You are NOT taking a job from a citizen, rather creating jobs by increasing overal economic output. Plus these people (even vegetarians) SPEND locally.
+ The US has long been benefiting from other countries' brain drain; without it its edge wd collapse. Tesla, Von Braun, von Neumann, Fermi & Einstein did NOT each take the job of a citizen.
+ It the problem is anti-Indian racism, say it, don't play games.

[Mina Ghorbani @minamonteguide]

چند فریم از نسل‌کشی.

آیندگان ما را قضاوت خواهند کرد.

فلسطین مسئله‌ی شرافت‌مندان است.

[🕊️For Justice🕊️|زن، زندگی، آزادی @4justice4Iran]

لیلا ابوالحسنی، ۴۳ ساله و از بازداشت‌شدگان اعتراضات دی‌ماه به انهام واهی محاربه به اعدام محکوم‌شد! او در زندان دولت‌آباد اصفهان محبوس است.
✍️قاضی مرگ : وحید همت نژاد
#لیلا_ابوالحسنی
#نه_به‌_اعدام
منبع @hra_news