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[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇱 Hold these three facts in your head at the same time, because Washington apparently can't...

Fact one:
The Pentagon reportedly raised Israel's counterintelligence threat level to "critical," the highest designation that exists.

That's the tier reserved for top adversaries like China and Russia, rating Israel above every American ally and above some of America's actual enemies.

The White House calls the reporting "false" and Israel categorically denies it, but the accounts are sourced to multiple current and former U.S. officials across two major outlets.

Fact two:
Netanyahu sent a personal letter to Rep. Marlin Stutzman endorsing a resolution to phase out U.S. military aid over a decade and replace it with what he called, in his own words, "my plan": a shift from aid to joint defense partnership spanning missile defense, AI, drones, and cyber.

Fact three:
A separate but parallel measure, Section 224 of the defense bill, would mandate structural integration: joint weapons production, linked military systems, and shared data between the two countries.

Two distinct legislative tracks, one direction: permanent entanglement with the country the Pentagon just reportedly flagged as a critical espionage threat.

Any functioning political system would treat fact one as disqualifying for facts two and three.

You do not wire your military networks into a government your own intelligence agencies say is running an "unhinged" collection campaign against your officials.

Counterintelligence 101 forbids it.

If China's leader sent a personal letter to a congressman describing his plan for U.S.-China defense integration while the Pentagon caught Chinese spyware on American officials' phones, every name attached to the bill would be under investigation by Friday.

Israel does both in the same month and gets a committee markup.

That gap is the most precise measurement we have of how compromised the system actually is.

Source: NYT, Reuters
Writer: Daniel

[The New York Times @nytimes]

The Pentagon has raised its counterintelligence threat level for Israel amid concerns about eavesdropping on U.S.-Iran talks. https://t.co/U7bB6WOsrg

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🚨🇮🇱🇺🇸 BOMBSHELL: The Pentagon raised Israel's counterintelligence threat level to "critical," the highest possible designation, over concerns Israel is aggressively spying on top U.S. officials.

According to U.S. officials, the Defense Intelligence Agency issued the assessment in recent weeks because Israel is making "a particular effort to surveil top U.S. officials to get information on the Trump administration's internal deliberations and decision-making" on Iran and Lebanon.

Yep, read that again.

America's "closest ally" is now rated a critical counterintelligence threat, the same tier as hostile foreign powers, because it's spying on the President's inner circle to find out whether he'll resume bombing Iran or sign the deal.

The details are stunning.

U.S. officials already use burner phones and avoid speaking in hotel rooms when visiting Israel.

A CSIS expert calls Israeli intelligence "hyper-aggressive" and "exceedingly interested in what we are up to."

Now stack the timeline.

Trump screams at Netanyahu, "you're f***ing crazy."

The Axios leak that enraged Levin.

Netanyahu's letter designing permanent military integration.

Section 224 linking the two countries' military systems and data.

And now the Pentagon formally designating Israel a critical espionage threat, in the same weeks Congress moves to wire Israel directly into America's defense industrial base.

The two stories are happening simultaneously and almost nobody has connected them.

The Pentagon says Israel is spying on America at a critical level.

Congress is responding by giving Israel deeper access to American military systems than ever before.

At what point does Washington admit this relationship is not what Americans were told it is?

Source: NBC

[Murray Rothbard @MurraySuggests]

The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.

The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.

Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.

If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.

[Reuters @Reuters]

CORRECTION: Israel plans major settlement push across occupied West Bank https://t.co/1MGC3gNXdo

We will delete a post that referenced Israel’s latest settlement push as being seen by many as illegal; Israel’s settlements in the occupied West Bank are deemed illegal under international law

[Fox News @FoxNews]

"You're f****** crazy. You'd be in prison if it weren't for me. I'm saving your a***. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this."

That's what a U.S. official tells Axios President Trump unloaded on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a heated phone call over Israel's military actions in Lebanon.

Trump was reportedly furious that Israel's moves risked blowing up U.S. diplomatic efforts in the region, at one point also asking Netanyahu: "What the f*** are you doing?"

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇵🇰 The man Khan fired is now running Pakistan's nukes.

Think about that for a second. Munir was sacked by Khan in 2019 after just eight months as ISI chief. Eight months. Khan threw him out after he went to Tehran with the Pakistani delegation and blew up the room, went completely off the script the government had agreed on internally, used language with Iranian officials that had no business being used, and actively wrecked what could have been a genuine step toward better Pakistan-Iran ties. Iran complained directly to Khan. Khan fired him.

That same man now controls 170 nuclear warheads with zero institutional checks left standing.

What happened between getting fired and getting the keys is the part that should make every Pakistani furious. After the sacking, Munir allegedly flew to London and sat down with Nawaz Sharif, who was conveniently living in self imposed exile at the time. Khan called it the London Plan. The deal as Khan described it was straightforward, Munir gets army chief, Khan's government gets taken apart, his party gets destroyed, the judiciary plays along. Sounds insane until you watch it happen exactly like that, step by step, over the next three years.

Munir became army chief in November 2022 in a process multiple reports said involved heavy consultations with the same Nawaz Sharif sitting in London. Within months Khan was arrested. Shariar waltzed back into Pakistan in October 2023 and had most of his convictions vacated almost overnight. By February 2024 his brother was prime minister, the elections were rigged openly and Washington and Brussels said nothing.

Then Munir really got to work. He promoted himself to Field Marshal, invented a brand new title of Chief of Defence Forces, and passed the 27th Constitutional Amendment scrapping the Nuclear Command Authority that had existed since 2000. That authority existed for one reason, to make sure no single person could ever make a nuclear decision alone. It required the prime minister, the joint chiefs, the service chiefs, all in the room. All of that is now gone. Munir replaced it with the National Strategic Command, headed by himself, answerable to nobody above him. The prime minister's only remaining role is to appoint people Munir recommends.

Pakistan has 170 nuclear warheads. Every single one of them now answers to one man.

Khan, the man who saw all of this coming and tried to stop it, has been rotting in a cell for nearly 3 years. And Munir gets called "my favorite Field Marshal" by Trump.

Source: Drop Site News

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Last night, Israeli forces intercepted and boarded a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza in international waters off the coast of Greece — unlawfully detaining more than 175 people, including several New Yorkers.

My team has been in direct contact with State and Federal partners as we work to confirm the whereabouts and conditions of these New Yorkers.

This is a brazen violation of international law. Those detained must be released.

[Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand]

"Khalil was trapped alive under rubble for hours, having made a phone call to her family and the Lebanese military for help, Qudah told CNN on Thursday.

'The Red Cross was blocked for seven hours and when they reached her after seven hours, she was already dead,” she said. 'This kind of obstruction of rescue efforts may really amount to war crime.'"

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Our daughter, Rachel Corrie, was killed in 2003 in Gaza, while trying to protect a Palestinian home facing illegal destruction by the Israeli military. She was 23 years old. The massive, armored Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer that crushed her was operated by two Israeli soldiers and manufactured in the United States. It was the same type of militarized bulldozer that US presidents from George W. Bush through to Donald Trump have delivered to Israel.
Today, as the destruction of Palestinian homes has only become more commonplace, not to mention the horror of Israel’s genocide, Senator Bernie Sanders will force a vote in the Senate to try to end this cycle of death by banning the transfer of D-9 bulldozers to Israel. We hope he will not take this stand alone.
No policy can bring back those taken from us by these actions—children and other loved ones. But the Senate now has an opportunity to honor the memories of our daughter, other Americans, and thousands of Palestinian civilians killed, and to show that their deaths, and all the destruction, will no longer be condoned and funded. We hope those elected to represent us, the American people, understand the message that voting to block these D-9 bulldozers will send. This will not be a symbolic gesture, but a concrete step toward the protection of human life.

https://t.co/KvwjbIsMDX

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

🇮🇱🇵🇸Holy shit, Haaretz published a list of atrocities Israeli soldiers did and saw in Gaza, and the details are stomach churning:

•⁠ ⁠Soldiers pissing on a bound, blindfolded detainee while laughing and joking about October 7
•⁠ ⁠Interrogators torturing detainees by tying cable ties around their genitals
•⁠ ⁠An officer executing an unarmed Palestinian who had surrendered with hands up, then covering it up as a “terrorist killed”
•⁠ ⁠Widespread excitement in units over “special means” used to kill people in tunnels, while one soldier said it reminded him of the Holocaust
•⁠ ⁠A tank gunning down five Palestinians crossing a line (four killed), followed by a D9 bulldozer burying the bodies in sand
•⁠ ⁠Soldiers opening fire on unarmed civilians, including an old man and three teenage boys who turned out to be completely unarmed
•⁠ ⁠Looting Palestinian homes, burning photos, and urinating on personal belongings for fun

The impact back home has been brutal.

Soldiers are throwing out mirrors because they can’t look at themselves.

Others are breaking down crying in public. Many are struggling with suicidal thoughts, shame, and nightmares.

These soldiers will carry this for decades.

Heavy, painful reading.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

I’m receiving a number of press inquiries to defend myself against the “antisemite” smear. I’m not doing any of those.

Anyone who defends a state or its ideology that has enabled its soldiers to gleefully snipe dead thousands of Palestinian children or gang rape Palestinian prisoners to death ALL ON CAMERA should be on trial, not me or anyone who dares speak out. Those who defend this genocide and occupation are worse than the apologists of any monstrous regime or actor in history because these crimes have been filmed for the world to see, and are well documented by every human rights organization in the world. Call me what you want. My family and people’s blood is on your hands, and your tongues will one day testify against you.

[IRAN Embassy in Austria @IraninAustria]

Since Vice President @JDVance left Islamabad, the #POTUS and his team have consistently repeated a single line in their speeches: "Iran should not have a nuclear bomb."
🔸️Two points need clarification:

1. Iran was the first country to repeatedly and emphatically state that it is not seeking to develop a nuclear weapon in any form.

2. The #UnitedStates deliberately conflates the "peaceful use of nuclear energy" with possessing a "nuclear bomb." This conflation is highly dangerous for all #NPT member states and disregards their legitimate and inherent right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy.

🚨We caution the international community:
🔸️Following intensive negotiations in #Islamabad, #Trump is once again turning diplomacy into a mere pretext for further coercion and aggression against #Iran.

[Financial Times @FT]

FT Exclusive: A broker for the US defence secretary attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter. https://t.co/EO0HBlfd6b

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

Winding down the war is the right call, but for any peace agreement/exit plan to work we must restrain Israel 1st.

Israel will thwart any peace deal or come back to us in a few months demanding more support to topple the Ayatollahs & IRGC unless we restrain them now.

Restraining the Israelis means taking away the military aid & support they need to conduct offensive military ops in Iran.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

We have money for war.
But not for functioning airports.

Billions spent on destruction abroad, while basic needs at home go unmet.

Tax dollars to blow Palestinian and Iranian children to pieces, all while Americans can’t feed their own.

Ask yourself why that is.

[Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi]

Hatred and bigotry against Muslims is reaching levels of insanity in America.

Our Masjid, @epicmasjid, offers free basic healthcare to anyone who walks in, and we fund it ourselves, while our doctors volunteer their time. Yet, even this act of basic humanity is turned around and used to weaponize anti-Muslim sentiment.

By the way, the existence of this clinic is in fact a manifestation of the very 'Shariah' that these people are trying to ban!

[Candace Owens @RealCandaceO]

#RememberGaza is trending. Let’s keep it going.
For every orphaned child, raped Palestinian, and innocent person shot and killed by the IDF as they ran to collect food amidst starvation.

[Lauren Witzke @LaurenWitzkeDE]

Also this yapping paragraph by Trump just confirms everything Joe Kent said.

Israel has gone rogue and is escalating and manipulating Trump into an escalated war with Iran.

Biggest fumble in decades. Time to cut our losses, pull out, and let Israel fight their own war.

All this going on while we still don’t have a border wall. Let’s focus on America.