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Replying to @zriboua
The parallels with the 1930s and the economic problems in the german weimar republic are huge
And yes you see the same dynamics now, blaming all woes on a convenient small minority as scapegoat to deflect from their own failures
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Meloni suspended the automatic renewal of Italy’s defense cooperation agreement with Israel in April 2026, but I suspect this is only the beginning. Across Europe, governments drowning in debt, trapped by expensive welfare systems and unwilling to undertake serious reforms for fear of losing elections will increasingly turn to Israel as a convenient scapegoat for political mobilization. Italy has plenty to lose, given its industrial weaknesses and military shortcomings. In 2024 alone, Israel accounted for 20.8% of Italy’s authorized military imports by value. And I doubt Meloni’s concessions will be enough to satisfy anyone.
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Question for Mr. Shapiro: Once this “aid” ends, can Israel sell AI, technology, innovations, and intelligence to anyone willing to pay?
I mean, if you remove the strings that tie Israel to the U.S., doesn’t Israel get to do the same?
It’s not like you’re ending the “aid” as an act of friendship. You’re using it to punish Israel. So why shouldn’t Israel be able to respond in kind?
Genuinely wondering.
🚨Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, fresh off his reelection and Dems’ midterm victories, on Meet the Press re: the $3.8 billion in annual U.S. aid to Israel, referencing Trump’s announcement that he and Netanyahu had agreed to phase out the aid:
“In terms of the aid that we have seen over the last number of decades, I think those days are over.”
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Eisenkot: “I intend to send an official proposal to all Knesset factions, inviting them to join, both as parties and as individuals. If members of Likud and Religious Zionism believe that now is the time for unity, they should join under my leadership, in accordance with the principles I have laid out.”
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Melanchon calls for ‘direct action’ - military intervention eg a French war - against Israel.
As i predicted, we have gone full circle from imperial colonial intervention 1917/18 to a call for neo-imperial ‘decolonialization’ intervention…
Nous agirons frontalement au secours des Palestiniens, à la fois contre le génocide à Gaza et contre l’annexion progressive de la Cisjordanie.
Les navires français, s’il le fallait, escorteront les flottilles de citoyens mobilisés pour faire valoir leurs droits.
Nous n’acceptons pas l’annexion progressive de la Cisjordanie, ni du Sud-Liban, ni du plateau du Golan.
Nous organiserons concrètement la mobilisation contre l’extension des cruautés aux communautés chrétiennes assiégées, persécutées en Palestine et au Liban.
#Melenchon2027 #JLMBourget
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Mélenchon tells the Israeli ambassador that, if elected, he would take France to war with Israel in defense of Palestine. That is, of course, assuming there’s anything left of France’s finances by then.
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Would The Observer do a sympathetic front page on a far right group that had broken the spine of a female police officer and targeted Jewish businesses? Shameful.
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The demand has transformed from ending aid to Israel to ending all military sales to Israel.
Representative-elect Melat Kiros: I want to see Medicare for all voted on. I want to see a data center moratorium voted on. I want to see us ending military sales to Israel, ending the war in Iran. And to be clear, my demand is not that Leader Jeffries specifically supports these things himself. My demand is that he lets us vote on it.
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Turkish and Qatari outlets have been running a bunch of scare articles about “Israelis taking over Greece/Cyprus”
Given the expansion of israel’s ties with these two countries, it should be very obvious what is going on here.
Al Jazeera's @nilsadler1 reports from Exarchia in Athens, where residents say short-term rentals, many Israeli-owned, are driving up rents and eroding the area’s character.
In Athens’s pro-Palestinian heartland, Israeli buyers spark resentment
More on Aljazeera.com
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Behind the scenes: Vance has been speaking almost daily to Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, Pakistani Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir and other mediators about the negotiations with Iran, sources with direct knowledge said
🇺🇸🇮🇷Vance leads behind-the-scenes push for new Iran deal. My story on @axios
axios.com/2026/11/06/vance-l…
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Which volume do you need?
Rewards for Justice is offering a reward of up to $20 million and possible relocation for information about Iran’s nuclear program, including its facilities, equipment, and associated personnel, such as those in the scientific community, or the movement of any of the above.
Submit a tip: rewardsforjustice.net/reward…
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JD Vance is surrounding himself with Trita Parsi and Sohrab Ahmari, the same types who spent years soft-pedaling the Islamic Republic and pushing engagement that led to the disastrous JCPOA.
Now they’re positioned to trash the GOP even harder and bury whatever Trump actually did to restrain the regime.
The mullahs couldn’t have asked for a better outcome.
🇺🇸🇮🇷Vance leads behind-the-scenes push for new Iran deal. My story on @axios
axios.com/2026/11/06/vance-l…
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Unquestioned support for Israel has never been a thing.
Democrats and Republicans might be deeply split after the midterms, but a growing number agree on one big idea: The era of unquestioned U.S. support for Israel needs to end. wapo.st/4iZtRY1
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Someone from Judas Vance’s team keep leaking to the IRGC agent Trita Parsi. This needs to stop.
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Abdul El Sayed campaigned on Money out of politics and the very first thing he did after being elected a senator is start a Super PAC. Never forget
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The ICJ may soon change its "only inference" test for genocidal intent, just as various "experts" have urged. The push to change it is an effective admission that the genocide allegation against Israel cannot survive the existing test. I expect little integrity from the ICJ.
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After Israeli jets and American B-2 bombers destroyed Iran’s nuclear reactors, Tehran struck back at Israel's Weizmann Institute destroying its cancer research unit, which Douglas Murray says 'tells us an awful lot' about the moral gap between Israel and its enemies.
Watch in full | youtube.com/watch?v=-SjngLTd… | @michaelgove @douglaskmurray





































