Enemy Watch — Official
🟡 06/12:8: Al Malikiyah IOF site. Hezbollah targeted the Al-Malikiyah site with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits at 4:15 PM. 🟡 06/12:9: Ramim barracks. Hezbollah targeted the Ramim barracks with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits at 4:20…
🟡 06/12:11: Bahri Site of IOF
Hezbollah targeted the naval site with appropriate weapons and caused direct hits at 5:15 PM.
Hezbollah targeted the naval site with appropriate weapons and caused direct hits at 5:15 PM.
🇾🇪 Yemen Armed forces spokesperson released a statement:
In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful.
With the help of Allah Almighty, the missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces launched a batch of ballistic missiles at military targets of the Israeli entity in the Umm al-Rashrash area, (Eilat area) south of occupied Palestine.
The Yemeni Armed Forces are continuing to carry out their military operations against the Israeli enemy, as well as implementing the decision to prevent Israeli ships from navigating the Arab and Red Seas in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and until the aggression against our brothers in Gaza stops.
— Sanaa, Jumada al-Awwal 23, 1445 AH
Corresponding to December 6, 2023 AD
(Issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces)
In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful.
With the help of Allah Almighty, the missile force of the Yemeni Armed Forces launched a batch of ballistic missiles at military targets of the Israeli entity in the Umm al-Rashrash area, (Eilat area) south of occupied Palestine.
The Yemeni Armed Forces are continuing to carry out their military operations against the Israeli enemy, as well as implementing the decision to prevent Israeli ships from navigating the Arab and Red Seas in support of the oppressed Palestinian people and until the aggression against our brothers in Gaza stops.
— Sanaa, Jumada al-Awwal 23, 1445 AH
Corresponding to December 6, 2023 AD
(Issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces)
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🟢 Al-Qassam Brigades published footage of firing large rocket barrages towards the occupied territories on December 6, 2023
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🇮🇷 IRGC Major General Salami (H):
“The Zionist regime will not become stronger than what they are currently but their adversaries, the Palestinian resistance, are getting stronger.
The resistance’s methods are changing and they will definitely have weapons at their disposal."
“When the Palestinian resistance says they destroyed 10 tanks, they certainly did destroy 10 tanks. They didn’t target those tanks with artillery for it to be uncertain, they destroyed the tanks at close range and saw it with their own eyes.”
“The Zionist regime will not become stronger than what they are currently but their adversaries, the Palestinian resistance, are getting stronger.
The resistance’s methods are changing and they will definitely have weapons at their disposal."
“When the Palestinian resistance says they destroyed 10 tanks, they certainly did destroy 10 tanks. They didn’t target those tanks with artillery for it to be uncertain, they destroyed the tanks at close range and saw it with their own eyes.”
Enemy Watch — Official
✅ 06/12/2023's Developments as of now: 1) Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades: • Targeted two Zionist tanks in the eastern axis of Khan Younis with Al-Yassin 105 shells. • Hit a Zionist Merkava tank north of Khan Younis using an "Al-Yassin 105" shell.…
✅ 06/12/2023: Continuing Operations - Recent Engagements.
1) Mujahideen Brigades:
• Sniped a Zionist soldier between Absan Al-Kabira and Bani Suheila.
• Destroyed a Zionist troop carrier with an explosive device in Bani Suheila.
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
• Bombarded settlements and enemy gatherings in the Central Governorate.
2) Saraya Al-Quds:
• Engaged in fierce clashes and destroyed multiple Zionist military vehicles.
• Bombarded various enemy gathering points with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
• Targeted military vehicles and engaged in close-range clashes, resulting in casualties for the enemy.
Martyr Jihad Jibril Brigades
• Engaged in intense clashes with the Israeli occupation army in Khan Younis.
3) Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades:
• Engaged in an epic battle with the defeated enemy army across multiple fronts in coordination with other resistance factions.
4) Al-Qassam Brigades:
• Engaged in violent clashes, resulting in the destruction of numerous enemy military vehicles.
• Conducted sniper attacks, targeted fortified houses, and used anti-personnel missiles against enemy forces.
• Utilized short-range missile systems and mortar shells, along with intense missile barrages on various targets within occupied territories.
#AlAqsaFlood
1) Mujahideen Brigades:
• Sniped a Zionist soldier between Absan Al-Kabira and Bani Suheila.
• Destroyed a Zionist troop carrier with an explosive device in Bani Suheila.
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
• Bombarded settlements and enemy gatherings in the Central Governorate.
2) Saraya Al-Quds:
• Engaged in fierce clashes and destroyed multiple Zionist military vehicles.
• Bombarded various enemy gathering points with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
• Targeted military vehicles and engaged in close-range clashes, resulting in casualties for the enemy.
Martyr Jihad Jibril Brigades
• Engaged in intense clashes with the Israeli occupation army in Khan Younis.
3) Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades:
• Engaged in an epic battle with the defeated enemy army across multiple fronts in coordination with other resistance factions.
4) Al-Qassam Brigades:
• Engaged in violent clashes, resulting in the destruction of numerous enemy military vehicles.
• Conducted sniper attacks, targeted fortified houses, and used anti-personnel missiles against enemy forces.
• Utilized short-range missile systems and mortar shells, along with intense missile barrages on various targets within occupied territories.
#AlAqsaFlood
⭕️ The hidden reasons behind the war on Gaza (Part I) by Richard Medhurst written for Al Mayadeen Channel.
Two weeks before Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, Netanyahu went to the United Nations General Assembly, held up a map, and declared his plan for a "New Middle East": an economic corridor, stretching from India to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, “Israel”, and finally to Europe.
This is one of the main geopolitical reasons behind "Israel’s" massacre in Gaza.
The United States, "Israel’s" main backer, is desperate for a way to try and contain BRICS, and more specifically, to counter China's New Silk Road. Building a rival corridor would hit two birds with one stone: contain China, Iran, and Syria and help "Israel" and the United States maintain economic and political dominance against a multipolar world.
It was a rough year for Washington and "Tel Aviv" as sanctions against Russia failed miserably. Saudi Arabia made peace with Iran and Syria and held talks with Yemen – countries the US and "Israel" have tried isolating for years. After seeing the US steal $300bln from Russia’s Central Bank, not only did the Dollar’s relevance begin to recede, but dozens of countries applied to join BRICS, the group of emerging economic giants, with its membership doubling from 5 to 11 members, to include Iran.
The ancient Silk Road was the most important trade route in human history, stretching all the way from China to Syria and into the Mediterranean Sea. China and 150 other countries understand its importance and seek to revive it. It is the future of world economics and politics.
In the weeks leading up to Netanyahu’s announcement, Iran and Iraq signed a railway deal, and President al-Assad of Syria visited China to sign a strategic partnership with the world’s largest economy. This is pivotal. Not only has the West failed in isolating these countries, but now the New Silk Road has expanded its rail infrastructure and obtained access to the Mediterranean Sea through Syria's Latakia port; crucial goals for land and maritime trade.
As important as these developments are, they are just one aspect. You then have the gas.
🇷🇺 Cutting off Russian Gas to Europe:
When the United States instigated the Maidan Coup in Ukraine in 2014, it wasn't just about NATO expansion and encirclement of Russia. It was also about surrounding, controlling, and cutting off Russian gas to Europe. Russia is the country with the largest proven reserves of natural gas. Control Ukraine and you control the pipelines that supply Russian gas to Europe.
There was, however, another major route for Russian gas into Europe, but from the north: the Nordstream pipelines.
For decades, US politicians from every administration have said repeatedly how much they dislike the Nord Stream pipelines. In 2022, before the war in Ukraine exploded, Biden delivered an ominous threat that he would “bring an end” to Nordstream – despite the pipeline being a Russian-German project, and the German Chancellor Scholz standing next to him, silently.
Then, all of a sudden, Nord Stream 1 and 2 were conveniently blown up in 2022. This remains, without question, one of the largest, most egregious terrorist attacks on European infrastructure in modern history. Only three countries in the world can pull off such an operation: Russia, Britain, and the United States– and it certainly wasn't Russia, who owns the pipeline and had already turned the gas off anyway.
This attack, in addition to sanctions banning Russian oil and gas, made sure that no more Russian gas could flow to Europe. And just like that, the United States achieved a longstanding foreign policy objective: keep the Russians out and the Germans down.
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Two weeks before Hamas’ Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7, Netanyahu went to the United Nations General Assembly, held up a map, and declared his plan for a "New Middle East": an economic corridor, stretching from India to the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, “Israel”, and finally to Europe.
This is one of the main geopolitical reasons behind "Israel’s" massacre in Gaza.
The United States, "Israel’s" main backer, is desperate for a way to try and contain BRICS, and more specifically, to counter China's New Silk Road. Building a rival corridor would hit two birds with one stone: contain China, Iran, and Syria and help "Israel" and the United States maintain economic and political dominance against a multipolar world.
It was a rough year for Washington and "Tel Aviv" as sanctions against Russia failed miserably. Saudi Arabia made peace with Iran and Syria and held talks with Yemen – countries the US and "Israel" have tried isolating for years. After seeing the US steal $300bln from Russia’s Central Bank, not only did the Dollar’s relevance begin to recede, but dozens of countries applied to join BRICS, the group of emerging economic giants, with its membership doubling from 5 to 11 members, to include Iran.
The ancient Silk Road was the most important trade route in human history, stretching all the way from China to Syria and into the Mediterranean Sea. China and 150 other countries understand its importance and seek to revive it. It is the future of world economics and politics.
In the weeks leading up to Netanyahu’s announcement, Iran and Iraq signed a railway deal, and President al-Assad of Syria visited China to sign a strategic partnership with the world’s largest economy. This is pivotal. Not only has the West failed in isolating these countries, but now the New Silk Road has expanded its rail infrastructure and obtained access to the Mediterranean Sea through Syria's Latakia port; crucial goals for land and maritime trade.
As important as these developments are, they are just one aspect. You then have the gas.
🇷🇺 Cutting off Russian Gas to Europe:
When the United States instigated the Maidan Coup in Ukraine in 2014, it wasn't just about NATO expansion and encirclement of Russia. It was also about surrounding, controlling, and cutting off Russian gas to Europe. Russia is the country with the largest proven reserves of natural gas. Control Ukraine and you control the pipelines that supply Russian gas to Europe.
There was, however, another major route for Russian gas into Europe, but from the north: the Nordstream pipelines.
For decades, US politicians from every administration have said repeatedly how much they dislike the Nord Stream pipelines. In 2022, before the war in Ukraine exploded, Biden delivered an ominous threat that he would “bring an end” to Nordstream – despite the pipeline being a Russian-German project, and the German Chancellor Scholz standing next to him, silently.
Then, all of a sudden, Nord Stream 1 and 2 were conveniently blown up in 2022. This remains, without question, one of the largest, most egregious terrorist attacks on European infrastructure in modern history. Only three countries in the world can pull off such an operation: Russia, Britain, and the United States– and it certainly wasn't Russia, who owns the pipeline and had already turned the gas off anyway.
This attack, in addition to sanctions banning Russian oil and gas, made sure that no more Russian gas could flow to Europe. And just like that, the United States achieved a longstanding foreign policy objective: keep the Russians out and the Germans down.
Next part:
🇮🇷 Next objective: Iranian gas and oil.
The only other country with enormous gas reserves – the second largest in the world – is Iran.
The Iran Nuclear Deal was signed in 2015. Iran complied in every way, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) couldn't be happier. However, the United States went back on its word, reimposed sanctions on Iran, and violated the agreement. This effectively barred Iran from selling oil and gas to Europe and others.
Now with both Russia and Iran out of the picture, "Israel" suddenly proposes itself as a solution to the European Union's gas shortages, signing a gas deal with the bloc in June 2022.
🇸🇾 The Leviathan gas field:
A geological survey conducted in 2010 found a monstrous gas field in the Middle East: the Leviathan, located in the Levantine Basin, off the coast of Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria.
Ultimately, Syria would not allow Western corporations to extract its gas, nor would Qatar’s ambitious oil pipeline, meant to pass through Syria, ever materialize.
Coincidentally, soon after, war broke out in Syria, with Qatar and "Israel" being two of many parties funding terrorist groups to try and overthrow Damascus.
Today, the United States, who also worked to inflict harm on Syria, controls all of Syria’s oil fields, and "Israel" has bombed Syria's most vital port, Latakia, several times. All this was done to cut off oil revenue and cripple maritime activity, including gas exploration.
Next part:
The only other country with enormous gas reserves – the second largest in the world – is Iran.
The Iran Nuclear Deal was signed in 2015. Iran complied in every way, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) couldn't be happier. However, the United States went back on its word, reimposed sanctions on Iran, and violated the agreement. This effectively barred Iran from selling oil and gas to Europe and others.
Now with both Russia and Iran out of the picture, "Israel" suddenly proposes itself as a solution to the European Union's gas shortages, signing a gas deal with the bloc in June 2022.
🇸🇾 The Leviathan gas field:
A geological survey conducted in 2010 found a monstrous gas field in the Middle East: the Leviathan, located in the Levantine Basin, off the coast of Palestine, Lebanon, and Syria.
Ultimately, Syria would not allow Western corporations to extract its gas, nor would Qatar’s ambitious oil pipeline, meant to pass through Syria, ever materialize.
Coincidentally, soon after, war broke out in Syria, with Qatar and "Israel" being two of many parties funding terrorist groups to try and overthrow Damascus.
Today, the United States, who also worked to inflict harm on Syria, controls all of Syria’s oil fields, and "Israel" has bombed Syria's most vital port, Latakia, several times. All this was done to cut off oil revenue and cripple maritime activity, including gas exploration.
Next part:
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🔘 'Israel' putting rival ports out of action:
Another major port on the Levantine coast is the Beirut Port, which mysteriously exploded in 2020. Then "Israel" showed up in 2022 with an enormous vessel to try and extract gas from the Karish gas fields in Lebanon, reigniting a dispute about maritime borders with Lebanon. Only after Hezbollah threatened to fire on the ships did "Israel" back off and get the US to settle the issue on its behalf.
Gaza, a coastal enclave, also with its own unexplored gas fields, has been under an Israeli and Egyptian naval blockade since 2007. The siege and numerous wars "Israel" launched against Gaza make sure that Palestinians can't even fish properly, let alone extract gas.
So now, with all the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian ports out of action, the only working port left on the coast is the port in Haifa, controlled by "Israel".
This makes "Israel" the only one able to extract gas and implement an economic corridor. In other words, "Israel" and the United States killed off all the competition (Iran, Russia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine) stole their goods, and cornered the market.
Lo and behold, while "Israel" was bombing Gaza, on October 29, it handed out 12 licenses to companies to begin gas extraction in the Leviathan basin in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Another major port on the Levantine coast is the Beirut Port, which mysteriously exploded in 2020. Then "Israel" showed up in 2022 with an enormous vessel to try and extract gas from the Karish gas fields in Lebanon, reigniting a dispute about maritime borders with Lebanon. Only after Hezbollah threatened to fire on the ships did "Israel" back off and get the US to settle the issue on its behalf.
Gaza, a coastal enclave, also with its own unexplored gas fields, has been under an Israeli and Egyptian naval blockade since 2007. The siege and numerous wars "Israel" launched against Gaza make sure that Palestinians can't even fish properly, let alone extract gas.
So now, with all the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian ports out of action, the only working port left on the coast is the port in Haifa, controlled by "Israel".
This makes "Israel" the only one able to extract gas and implement an economic corridor. In other words, "Israel" and the United States killed off all the competition (Iran, Russia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine) stole their goods, and cornered the market.
Lo and behold, while "Israel" was bombing Gaza, on October 29, it handed out 12 licenses to companies to begin gas extraction in the Leviathan basin in the Mediterranean Sea.
Next part:
🔺 No stability in the region without solving the Palestinian question:
As winter approaches, "Israel" desperately needs to deliver on its promise of gas to Europe. And the United States is growing desperate as BRICS and China’s Belt and Road Initiative grow ever more popular. However, there can be no stability in the region without solving the Palestinian question.
When Netanyahu announced his plan at the UN, the Israelis thought it was a done deal by getting Saudi Arabia to normalize ties, and thereby, extinguishing the Palestinian issue once and for all.
But it isn’t over, and the Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.
This explains why "Israel" is slaughtering Palestinians in such a hysterical, maniacal fashion. "Israel" occupied and attacked Gaza many times before, but the current level of violence surpasses anything we've ever seen. "Israel" is trying to kill as many Palestinians as it can in Gaza and scare the rest into abandoning their homes and going to Egypt. A recently leaked document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence confirms that "Israel" is trying to ethnically cleanse Gaza by pushing Palestinians into the Sinai Desert.
The United States even offered to wipe Egypt’s national debt, in exchange for allowing Palestinians to live in make-shift tents in the desert; an insulting and outrageous proposal.
This is genocide and ethnic cleansing without question.
Hundreds of lawyers are currently trying to prosecute "Israel" at the International Criminal Court for what it is doing in Gaza – a sight reminiscent of the Nakba in 1948.
Yes, Zionism is anti-Semitic and racist, but there are also huge economic and geopolitical implications behind "Israel" and the United States’ genocide in Gaza.
When Hamas and the collective Resistance found out about Netanyahu’s plan for a “New Middle East” and Saudi Arabia's wishes to normalize ties with "Israel", they understood that this would destroy any hope of a Palestinian state. It forced their hand and they understood they must act immediately, or Palestine would be lost forever.
For the Palestinians, it is a matter of life and death. To be or not to be.
Either the Resistance Axis and the Global South decolonize the Middle East, or "Israel" and the United States will continue occupying the region, choking off the New Silk Road, plundering Syria's oil, and keeping Russian, Iranian, and Arab gas cut off from the world market.
This is a decisive moment – and not just for Palestine – for the vanquishers will draw the new map of the world to come.
As winter approaches, "Israel" desperately needs to deliver on its promise of gas to Europe. And the United States is growing desperate as BRICS and China’s Belt and Road Initiative grow ever more popular. However, there can be no stability in the region without solving the Palestinian question.
When Netanyahu announced his plan at the UN, the Israelis thought it was a done deal by getting Saudi Arabia to normalize ties, and thereby, extinguishing the Palestinian issue once and for all.
But it isn’t over, and the Palestinians aren’t going anywhere.
This explains why "Israel" is slaughtering Palestinians in such a hysterical, maniacal fashion. "Israel" occupied and attacked Gaza many times before, but the current level of violence surpasses anything we've ever seen. "Israel" is trying to kill as many Palestinians as it can in Gaza and scare the rest into abandoning their homes and going to Egypt. A recently leaked document from the Israeli Ministry of Intelligence confirms that "Israel" is trying to ethnically cleanse Gaza by pushing Palestinians into the Sinai Desert.
The United States even offered to wipe Egypt’s national debt, in exchange for allowing Palestinians to live in make-shift tents in the desert; an insulting and outrageous proposal.
This is genocide and ethnic cleansing without question.
Hundreds of lawyers are currently trying to prosecute "Israel" at the International Criminal Court for what it is doing in Gaza – a sight reminiscent of the Nakba in 1948.
Yes, Zionism is anti-Semitic and racist, but there are also huge economic and geopolitical implications behind "Israel" and the United States’ genocide in Gaza.
When Hamas and the collective Resistance found out about Netanyahu’s plan for a “New Middle East” and Saudi Arabia's wishes to normalize ties with "Israel", they understood that this would destroy any hope of a Palestinian state. It forced their hand and they understood they must act immediately, or Palestine would be lost forever.
For the Palestinians, it is a matter of life and death. To be or not to be.
Either the Resistance Axis and the Global South decolonize the Middle East, or "Israel" and the United States will continue occupying the region, choking off the New Silk Road, plundering Syria's oil, and keeping Russian, Iranian, and Arab gas cut off from the world market.
This is a decisive moment – and not just for Palestine – for the vanquishers will draw the new map of the world to come.
⭕️ Why won’t Western leaders even call for a ceasefire? The answer is that this genocide in Gaza is their project too.
"Israel" and the United States have been planning for decades to build the so-called “Ben Gurion Canal," a rival to the infamous Suez Canal in Egypt. This Ben Gurion Canal would begin at "Eilat", and finish right next to, if not directly through, Gaza.
A document declassified in the 1990s showed that just a few years after the Suez Crisis, the Americans hatched a secret plan in 1963 to detonate 520 nuclear bombs in al-Naqab desert to help "Israel" construct the "Ben Gurion Canal."
The Suez Canal is a geostrategic asset in every sense of the word: it sits at the intersection of three continents and two bodies of water.
It cuts shipping times and costs by so much that today 12% of global trade and 30% of global container traffic pass through the Suez Canal.
Egyptian President el-Sisi was told in the last weeks that if he accepts "Israel’s" plan to take Palestinians in Gaza and put them in the Sinai desert, which "Israel" would pay for, then the United States would wipe Egypt’s national debt.
This is why "Israel" is absolutely obliterating Gaza – they want to seize Gaza for themselves and kill off all Palestinians and the Resistance.
Nile River:
In addition to offering debt relief, the United States and "Israel" have another incentive for Egypt lined up.
Egypt has been suffering from acute water shortages since its neighbor Ethiopia built the so-called Renaissance Dam in 2011, cutting much-needed water from the Nile to both Sudan and Egypt. It has caused a huge dispute ever since that has yet to be resolved.
Ethiopia has a significant Jewish population. The United States and "Israel" could theoretically lean on Ethiopia, as they have done before, and pressure it not to fill up its reservoirs, which would be detrimental to Egypt and incentivize el-Sisi to take in Palestinians from Gaza.
While it is a natural human response to flee war, Palestinians have refused to abandon their homes in Gaza for a very good reason: they know that if they leave, they will never see their homes again. Most people in Gaza originally came from other parts of Palestine. They already lost their homes once to Israeli settlers from 1948 onward, and they are not willing to lose their homes again.
So despite the appeal of having Gazans move to supposed “safety” in the Sinai, this would be a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and the surrender of even more land to the Zionist occupation. The Israelis would then build their “Ben Gurion Canal," cementing Washington and "Tel Aviv’s" control over the world’s most important shipping lane and global maritime trade.
1. The Red Sea
The Red Sea, which would feed into the "Ben Gurion Canal," already has a huge presence of American and Israeli troops. Did you know that "Israel's" biggest military base is located in the Red Sea, on the Island of Dahlak, in Eritrea?
This base was hit by Yemen in the last few weeks, in support of Gaza, as Yemen is an integral part of the Resistance Axis.
2. The Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandab Strait
Yemen is located near Eritrea, in a crucial area: the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait. Tens of thousands of ships pass this area every year, including a large percentage of the world's petroleum vessels.
The US has been trying for decades to control this important shipping lane by putting troops right opposite Yemen, inside Djibouti, Somalia, and the region known as the Horn of Africa.
The United States has also tried to control this area by attacking Yemen from the rear, using Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, and carrying out its own drone strikes. This war has been ongoing for 8 years; it devastated Yemen, and the media barely covered it.
3. Socotra Island
We come then to the Yemeni island of Socotra. To remind you how strategic this area is, it is located between the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean.
"Israel" and the United States have been planning for decades to build the so-called “Ben Gurion Canal," a rival to the infamous Suez Canal in Egypt. This Ben Gurion Canal would begin at "Eilat", and finish right next to, if not directly through, Gaza.
A document declassified in the 1990s showed that just a few years after the Suez Crisis, the Americans hatched a secret plan in 1963 to detonate 520 nuclear bombs in al-Naqab desert to help "Israel" construct the "Ben Gurion Canal."
The Suez Canal is a geostrategic asset in every sense of the word: it sits at the intersection of three continents and two bodies of water.
It cuts shipping times and costs by so much that today 12% of global trade and 30% of global container traffic pass through the Suez Canal.
Egyptian President el-Sisi was told in the last weeks that if he accepts "Israel’s" plan to take Palestinians in Gaza and put them in the Sinai desert, which "Israel" would pay for, then the United States would wipe Egypt’s national debt.
This is why "Israel" is absolutely obliterating Gaza – they want to seize Gaza for themselves and kill off all Palestinians and the Resistance.
Nile River:
In addition to offering debt relief, the United States and "Israel" have another incentive for Egypt lined up.
Egypt has been suffering from acute water shortages since its neighbor Ethiopia built the so-called Renaissance Dam in 2011, cutting much-needed water from the Nile to both Sudan and Egypt. It has caused a huge dispute ever since that has yet to be resolved.
Ethiopia has a significant Jewish population. The United States and "Israel" could theoretically lean on Ethiopia, as they have done before, and pressure it not to fill up its reservoirs, which would be detrimental to Egypt and incentivize el-Sisi to take in Palestinians from Gaza.
While it is a natural human response to flee war, Palestinians have refused to abandon their homes in Gaza for a very good reason: they know that if they leave, they will never see their homes again. Most people in Gaza originally came from other parts of Palestine. They already lost their homes once to Israeli settlers from 1948 onward, and they are not willing to lose their homes again.
So despite the appeal of having Gazans move to supposed “safety” in the Sinai, this would be a betrayal of the Palestinian cause and the surrender of even more land to the Zionist occupation. The Israelis would then build their “Ben Gurion Canal," cementing Washington and "Tel Aviv’s" control over the world’s most important shipping lane and global maritime trade.
1. The Red Sea
The Red Sea, which would feed into the "Ben Gurion Canal," already has a huge presence of American and Israeli troops. Did you know that "Israel's" biggest military base is located in the Red Sea, on the Island of Dahlak, in Eritrea?
This base was hit by Yemen in the last few weeks, in support of Gaza, as Yemen is an integral part of the Resistance Axis.
2. The Gulf of Aden and Bab el-Mandab Strait
Yemen is located near Eritrea, in a crucial area: the Gulf of Aden and Bab al-Mandab Strait. Tens of thousands of ships pass this area every year, including a large percentage of the world's petroleum vessels.
The US has been trying for decades to control this important shipping lane by putting troops right opposite Yemen, inside Djibouti, Somalia, and the region known as the Horn of Africa.
The United States has also tried to control this area by attacking Yemen from the rear, using Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries, and carrying out its own drone strikes. This war has been ongoing for 8 years; it devastated Yemen, and the media barely covered it.
3. Socotra Island
We come then to the Yemeni island of Socotra. To remind you how strategic this area is, it is located between the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, and the Indian Ocean.
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The UAE, after normalizing ties with "Israel", helped "Israel" to establish a military presence and spy bases on Socotra.
The importance of the Bab al-Mandab Strait is that both Iran and China need to use this shipping lane, for Iran to export fuel and for China as the world’s largest economy and largest trading partner of most countries.
4. The Strait of Hormuz
Continue up the Arabian coast, and you get to another vital strait: the Strait of Hormuz.
There is an entire de facto Cold War taking place here: a tanker war.
The US and "Israel" constantly try to sink Iranian fuel ships, and Iran responds in kind by hitting Israeli-owned ships. Britain also tried playing this game in the Strait of Gibraltar by hijacking an Iranian ship. Only when Iran gave Britain a taste of its own medicine did Britain get the message and let the Iranian ship go.
The US has gone so far as to even steal Iranian fuel tankers and sell off the cargo – a practice commonly referred to as piracy.
The US and "Israel" want to control this vital part of the world, so they can attack Iranian and Chinese ships in Bab al-Mandab Strait, up into the Red Sea, and of course by replacing the Suez Canal with the "Ben Gurion Canal."
This final piece of the puzzle will allow the US and "Israel" to dominate world maritime trade.
They can use this not only to the benefit of their own economies but also to damage and attack other countries' economies, such as those of China, Iran, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon. It is literally a robbery highway on the high seas.
And the "Ben Gurion Canal" is the key to all of this.
Where are the Arabs and Muslims?
Egypt could stop this war in Gaza right now by shutting down the Suez Canal. Were late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser still here, he wouldn’t have even thought twice.
It's bewildering that Egypt doesn’t shut the Suez– if not for Gaza's sake, then for its own sake. It is Egypt’s economy and the Suez Canal that will suffer if "Israel" gets away with genocide in Gaza and building its "Ben Gurion Canal."
Why doesn't Saudi Arabia threaten to cut oil production for one week – even just for a day to try and stop the war? Or is there something in it for them, were Gaza to be replaced with a canal?
Where are the Arabs? Where are the Muslims? Why don’t the kingdoms in the Gulf use their wealth and resources to help Gaza?
If you look at the European Union, they have nothing in common except geography. They speak over 24 languages. Whereas the Arab world today, from Morocco to Oman, has a common tongue, common geography, common religion, common history, and common culture.
This automatically makes the Arabs a global superpower – not to mention the enormous wealth of natural resources, the geographical landmass, and the population, which are all essential criteria of "hard power".
It is not only the size of the Arab world, but look at the straits: all the vital straits and shipping lanes are located in Arab countries: The strait of Gibraltar, (originally Jabal Ṭāriq), the Suez Canal, the Bab al-Mandob Strait, and the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.
European colonial powers:
understood how powerful Arab countries were a long time ago, so they planted "Israel" right in the middle to create chaos. And then they worked on bringing the Arab kingdoms over to their side and to make them normalize ties with "Israel".
All these borders in the Middle East didn't even exist until Britain and France – the same European powers that created and back "Israel" today – drew them.
Europe’s foreign policy toward the Middle East is a divide-and-conquer strategy. It is all about colonialism and theft. It is about dividing up the Arab world, creating instability, and controlling the resources and straits.
European colonial powers always play the sectarian card to achieve this: they pitted Sunni against Shia in Iraq and Lebanon. Now they try to do it between Arabs and Iran. In Palestine, they lie again and say the struggle is “between Jews and Muslims”. It has never been about that.
The importance of the Bab al-Mandab Strait is that both Iran and China need to use this shipping lane, for Iran to export fuel and for China as the world’s largest economy and largest trading partner of most countries.
4. The Strait of Hormuz
Continue up the Arabian coast, and you get to another vital strait: the Strait of Hormuz.
There is an entire de facto Cold War taking place here: a tanker war.
The US and "Israel" constantly try to sink Iranian fuel ships, and Iran responds in kind by hitting Israeli-owned ships. Britain also tried playing this game in the Strait of Gibraltar by hijacking an Iranian ship. Only when Iran gave Britain a taste of its own medicine did Britain get the message and let the Iranian ship go.
The US has gone so far as to even steal Iranian fuel tankers and sell off the cargo – a practice commonly referred to as piracy.
The US and "Israel" want to control this vital part of the world, so they can attack Iranian and Chinese ships in Bab al-Mandab Strait, up into the Red Sea, and of course by replacing the Suez Canal with the "Ben Gurion Canal."
This final piece of the puzzle will allow the US and "Israel" to dominate world maritime trade.
They can use this not only to the benefit of their own economies but also to damage and attack other countries' economies, such as those of China, Iran, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon. It is literally a robbery highway on the high seas.
And the "Ben Gurion Canal" is the key to all of this.
Where are the Arabs and Muslims?
Egypt could stop this war in Gaza right now by shutting down the Suez Canal. Were late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser still here, he wouldn’t have even thought twice.
It's bewildering that Egypt doesn’t shut the Suez– if not for Gaza's sake, then for its own sake. It is Egypt’s economy and the Suez Canal that will suffer if "Israel" gets away with genocide in Gaza and building its "Ben Gurion Canal."
Why doesn't Saudi Arabia threaten to cut oil production for one week – even just for a day to try and stop the war? Or is there something in it for them, were Gaza to be replaced with a canal?
Where are the Arabs? Where are the Muslims? Why don’t the kingdoms in the Gulf use their wealth and resources to help Gaza?
If you look at the European Union, they have nothing in common except geography. They speak over 24 languages. Whereas the Arab world today, from Morocco to Oman, has a common tongue, common geography, common religion, common history, and common culture.
This automatically makes the Arabs a global superpower – not to mention the enormous wealth of natural resources, the geographical landmass, and the population, which are all essential criteria of "hard power".
It is not only the size of the Arab world, but look at the straits: all the vital straits and shipping lanes are located in Arab countries: The strait of Gibraltar, (originally Jabal Ṭāriq), the Suez Canal, the Bab al-Mandob Strait, and the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.
European colonial powers:
understood how powerful Arab countries were a long time ago, so they planted "Israel" right in the middle to create chaos. And then they worked on bringing the Arab kingdoms over to their side and to make them normalize ties with "Israel".
All these borders in the Middle East didn't even exist until Britain and France – the same European powers that created and back "Israel" today – drew them.
Europe’s foreign policy toward the Middle East is a divide-and-conquer strategy. It is all about colonialism and theft. It is about dividing up the Arab world, creating instability, and controlling the resources and straits.
European colonial powers always play the sectarian card to achieve this: they pitted Sunni against Shia in Iraq and Lebanon. Now they try to do it between Arabs and Iran. In Palestine, they lie again and say the struggle is “between Jews and Muslims”. It has never been about that.
This war has nothing to do with Hamas or religion. It has always been about colonialism because the West is afraid of unity between Arabs and Muslim countries.
The entire world can’t believe how "Israel" is allowed to slaughter Palestinians like this in broad daylight and get away with it. How is it that the so-called “civilized West” supports this behavior? Why won’t Western leaders even call for a ceasefire? The answer is that this genocide in Gaza is their project too. "Israel" itself is a European and American imperialist project, and these “leaders” are all complicit.
The theft of Arab resources and control over the straits and canals will ultimately impact everybody in the Middle East negatively – not to mention all the suffering Palestinians have had to endure.
And that is precisely why the whole Axis of Resistance – Palestine, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon – is involved in this fight on multiple fronts. It is about time for other Arab and Muslim countries to do their part for Gaza too: cut all ties with "Israel", impose an oil embargo on the West, and shut down the Suez Canal. The entire world is watching you.
The entire world can’t believe how "Israel" is allowed to slaughter Palestinians like this in broad daylight and get away with it. How is it that the so-called “civilized West” supports this behavior? Why won’t Western leaders even call for a ceasefire? The answer is that this genocide in Gaza is their project too. "Israel" itself is a European and American imperialist project, and these “leaders” are all complicit.
The theft of Arab resources and control over the straits and canals will ultimately impact everybody in the Middle East negatively – not to mention all the suffering Palestinians have had to endure.
And that is precisely why the whole Axis of Resistance – Palestine, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon – is involved in this fight on multiple fronts. It is about time for other Arab and Muslim countries to do their part for Gaza too: cut all ties with "Israel", impose an oil embargo on the West, and shut down the Suez Canal. The entire world is watching you.
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🟢 Hamas leader Osama Hamdan:
The safe areas declared by the occupation are death traps.
The occupation is the one that disrupted the extension of the temporary humanitarian truce.
We will not accept negotiating under fire with the occupation.
The solution to the Palestinian cause and stability in the region can be achieved by ending the "israeli" occupation.
The safe areas declared by the occupation are death traps.
The occupation is the one that disrupted the extension of the temporary humanitarian truce.
We will not accept negotiating under fire with the occupation.
The solution to the Palestinian cause and stability in the region can be achieved by ending the "israeli" occupation.