John Bolton on Trump:
Trump is trolling people. In the first term, I was in his office once. He was dictating a tweet, and he told the person typing the tweet, "Capitalize all the letters in that last sentence."
Then he turned to me and said, "Do you know why I just said that?" I said, "No, why?" And he said, "Because it drives them crazy."
So why does he talk about taking Greenland? Because it drives them crazy.
Source: Euronews
إسرائيل هي العدو، كل إسرائيل، كياناً وحكومة وشعباً وجيشاً، وكل وجود اسرائيلي حتى لو كان بيتاً من قش.
إن اختزال عدائية إسرائيل ��ي شخص نتنياهو أو توجهات اليمين الحالي ليس سوى جهل، إو إنكار لحقيقة ساطعة سطوع الدم النازف منذ نُكبت فلسطين ونُكب معها العالم بنشأة عصارة الشر.
إسرائيل شرٌّ كلها، ولن يقرّ لمنطقتنا قرار إلا بزوالها، وعساه يكون قريباً باذن الله
Rev. Dr. Munther Isaac (@MuntherIsaac) | Palestinian Theologian & Activist | Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church:
Israel is deep in the system. Theology & religion serve a political & colonial movement - providing legitimacy where it would otherwise be absent.
The Zionists needed legitimacy. The British needed justification for their presence. The US needs Israel today.
Biden said it plainly: "If Israel did not exist, we would have to create Israel to serve our interests in the region."
Religion provides the cover: this isn't colonialism, it's Jews returning to their land. Naive believers accept it because they believe the Bible says so.
Christian Zionism is the weaponization of theology for a colonial movement. It cannot be treated as simply a theological issue.
Reporter to NATO's Rutte:
Mark, you sit next to Donald Trump in moments where he talks about conquering Greenland, talks about lashing out at allies like Spain, starting trade wars—things that it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of.
Does this have any effect on your self-respect when you sit next to him like that and say nothing?
زعيم عصابة الناتو: أؤمن بأنك لايجوز في القرن الحادي والعشرين أن تهاجم دولة أخرى كما فعلت روسيا مع أوكرانيا.
هذا جنون. تصرفات القرن التاسع عشر أو العشرين. لانتصرف هكذا في الديموقراطيات الراشدة في القرن الواحد والعشرين.
- أمس كانت عاهرة ترمب هذه تبرر العدوان على إيران.
NATO’s Rutte in Ankara Summit:
First of all, because I strongly believe in the 21st century that you should not attack another country like the Russians have done with Ukraine.
It's kind of crazy to do that. It's a playbook of the 19th century or the 20th century.
We don't do this in grown-up democracies anymore in the 21st century.
Spanish PM's office statement on Trump ordering to cut off trade:
Spain is treating these statements as business as usual.
Spain has strong social, cultural, and economic ties with the U.S., and we do not plan to change this.
NATO’s Rutte to Putin and Russia:
Don’t play with us.
We will never attack anyone. We will only defend our way of life, our democracies, our territory.
فرنسا في تعاملها مع المسلمين الحاملين للجنسية الفرنسية: لا مكان للدين في الم��ارس، والخمار ممنوع، و…. حفاظا على L’identité nationale (الهوية القومية) التي هي صنم العلمنة، ��الدين شأن شخصي بحت على الدولة أن تضيق حضوره ولا تشارك في دعمه…
رئيس فرنسا البارحة في سوريا: لا بد من إعادة فتح المدارس "المسيحية الفرنسية" لتساهم في تعليم الشباب وتكوينهم!
لا جديد تحت الشمس .. !
هذا الحساب مؤيد للنظام في إيران. بغض النظر عن ذلك، في التعليقات على صور الجنازة مشهد بديع: مخلفات الشاه الصهيونية تحاول إثبات أنها أكثر قليلا من قاذورات:)
Azadi Sq + Enghelab Sq
At the SAME time. This is unprecedented.
Tehran has never seen this many people packed at Enghelab Sq & Azadi Sq… at the SAME time.
NATO’s Rutte in Ankara Summit:
We don't have the luxury of time. We need the capabilities now to ensure we remain ready.
Russia is putting almost half of its national budget into its war machine. Can you imagine? Almost 50% of what Russia spends is put into the war machine.
Its defense industry is working around the clock. And not only the defense industry — also the rest of the industrial base in Russia is supporting the war effort.
China continues to modernize its armed forces and expand its nuclear capabilities without transparency.
North Korea continues to expand its nuclear program and supply to Russia.
While recent action has significantly degraded Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, we must remain vigilant.
These countries are increasingly working together. And that should concern us all, because I assure you, they do not have our best interests in mind.
I’m trying to imagine being 20 years old and being ordered to torture an elderly celebrated physician who’s being endlessly detained without charges. Most would refuse that order. It’s an indictment of Israeli society that they seem to have no problem finding people to do it.
Netanyahu on long-term durability of the US-Israel relationship:
I won't tell you that I'm not worried about it because I think it has something to do with the penetration of social media that has been used and abused by countries — three in particular.
They've bot farms that pushed the stuff against America and against Israel...
It focuses on young people, young Americans, and I can't say that I'm not worried about the effect that it has.
It's hard because democratic countries don't have the ability to fight this — this bot war — and with the same means we are accountable.
It's not so simple, but I think you'll see a correlation between the penetration of certain social media and the decline in patriotic American feelings and support for Israel.
Egypt's President Sisi at the opening of Octagon state HQ in new Egyptian capital:
There was a day when the Constitutional Court was besieged.
And another day, the Council of Ministers was besieged. And on another day, they threatened the Ministry of Defense. And on another day, they besieged the Media Production City.
It was imperative for the State to move out of the capital, and for this situation not to happen again.
I am speaking with utmost frankness here. The State must move out of the capital so that this scenario is never repeated.
The evil-doers and the terrorists will not stop. And God helps us, but we must also take the necessary precautions. Therefore, the State could no longer remain there.
The parliament will not be there, the cabinet will not be there, and the Ministry of Defense will not be there, as it used to be. No, that is over.
No one can ever do that in Egypt again.
Türkiye Blocks American LGBTQ+ Cruise from Docking
Turkish authorities canceled port stops in Kuşadası and Istanbul for the Scarlet Lady, an LGBTQ+ cruise with about 1,900 passengers, citing moral standards.
https://t.co/05xNQBoty4
Egypt is set to inaugurate the Octagon, its new centralized defense ministry headquarters.
▪️Spans 22,000 acres in the New Administrative Capital
▪️Features 8 octagonal military structures
▪️Hosts a closed cyber network
https://t.co/1xPdGcX7Kb
إمبراطور الشر نصاب رخيص. عبر عملية النصب المسماة "عملة ترمب التذكارية" سرق ترمب ٣.٨ بليون دولار من مليون شخص من مؤيديه الجشعين.
https://t.co/6mxSyhmIiG via @NYTimes
🇱🇧 Hezbollah expert Amal Saad tells Drop Site the new Lebanon-Israel framework “does not reflect the political reality on the ground.”
“Iran is very clearly now arising,” she said. “I don’t want to say a regional hegemon, but it is by far now the strongest regional power.”
“Hezbollah has also proven that it is much more powerful and definitely not finished, as many had predicted it had been since November 2024,” Saad said.
Citing Al-Akhbar’s reporting that the framework had already been negotiated in early March, Saad argued the parties appear to have relied on the assumption that Iran would collapse and Hezbollah would emerge severely weakened.
Saad notes neither occurred, arguing the agreement is “incongruous” with the balance of power on the ground.
@jeremyscahill | @amalsaad_lb