A reminder that as the US continues to threaten countries around the world, fedposting is to be very much avoided (even with qualifiers like “in Minecraft”) and comments containing it will be removed.

Image is a still of an Ansarallah drone heading to blow up Saudi-backed forces in the port of Al-Mokha in southwestern Yemen.


My weekly preamble is in spoiler tags below.

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It’s once again been a relatively slow week, with “only” quite a few oil tankers being struck in the US’s attempt at an oil corridor in Hormuz. I’ve seen several analysts speculate on just how leaky Hormuz might be despite Iran’s attacks, and if it is leaky, then why and to what extent. Now that we’re firmly in August, we have noticeably passed the predicted July ETAs on the physical oil cliff (the paper oil price manipulations notwithstanding), and so analysts are trying to find explanations for the current situation, in which various factors are being considered, of which I’ll list a few I’ve seen personally.

First is, as I said, a potentially leaky Hormuz, because it’s been revealed that in lieu of official corporate insurance, the US is directly paying captains massive sums of money if they’re brave enough to try and run the strait under US air cover - hence why Iran keeps hitting tankers practically daily without them ever seeming to get the message. Obviously, this covert operation by itself would not be enough to even approach pre-war transit levels, and so there must be other factors going on. Second is Red Sea oil redirections predominantly by Saudi Arabia; if this was a big factor, it’s something Ansarallah is now actively combatting with their blockade of the Bab el-Mandab and semi-regular strikes on their pipeline infrastructure. Third is that perhaps world oil reserves are somewhat larger than first considered, especially given China deciding to go on a bit of an oil diet over the last six months, and especially especially if countries really start pumping from one-shot emergency supplies; e.g. there’s been much discussion by Naked Capitalism about just how much the US could extract from the rapidly dwindling SPR if it no longer cared about the irreversible damage to the storage caverns caused by pumping out as much as physically possible. Fourth and finally, perhaps the data on stockpiles was just bad in such as way that they were being consistently underestimated by e.g. 10% or so. Ultimately, regardless of the many complicated factors involved here, the antsy and indecisive behaviour of the US, as well as some anxiety about the midterms, betrays any attempts at American confidence (e.g. by Bessent) about this becoming a stable situation for even the medium term.

We’ve also seen some of the fruits of the serious discussions between Iran and Oman over how exactly Hormuz is going to be governed, with one major and intriguing proposal being that Iran could have total control over what vessels enter (i.e. tolling when entering), and Oman has partial control over what vessels leave, with Iran having a veto there too (i.e. no tolling when exiting, but de jure Iranian military control). Iran has come out and said that regardless of what they agree to with Oman, the US will have to make major concessions - at least on the order of the MoU concessions and perhaps even beyond them - for Hormuz shipping to restart. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkiye have signed some kind of military alliance or agreement of some kind; I’m waiting for some big expert analyses on the many implications before I give any takes here, but it’s already been dealt a rather large embarrassment by Ansarallah seeming to not really a give a shit, continuing strikes on both Saudi pipeline infrastructure and also Saudi-backed mercenaries.

And finally, over in Latin America, the Southern Spear Joint Task Force has given way to a new version which looks likely to increase inland strikes, which is a major escalation from the strikes targeting mainly fishing boats, which were presumably done to a) cause socioeconomic fractures in certain countries (largely Venezuela), and b) further the kayfabe that the US is trying to stop drugs entering the US while obviously covertly further amplifying it through friendly comprador countries. While Latin America struggles to find its way forward out of American regional hegemony due to the rather mixed results of both electoralism and warfare (guerrilla and otherwise), what greatly interests me will be how the region’s domestic capitalists respond to the attempts by the US to wean them off from China’s growing economic sphere. I’ve wondered previously about whether a potential way out of imperium, in lieu of the ability of the region’s working class to take (and, more critically, hold on to) power, will be China, intentionally or not, causing major fractures between the US capitalists seeking a monopoly to loot the continent as much as possible with the absolute minimum domestic development possible to maintain profits, and domestic capitalists who want to trade with an ever-growing China and internally develop their countries for their own self-benefit.


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The Zionist Entity's Genocide of Palestine

If you have evidence of Zionist crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against the temporary Zionist entity. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on the Zionists’ destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

Mirrors of Telegram channels that have been erased by Zionist censorship.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don’t want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it’s just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists’ side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR’s former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR’s forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster’s telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a ‘propaganda tax’, if you don’t believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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    Not news ( catgirl-sorry but I came across this Aoteroan initiative where they translate farsi and arabic articles into english, mostly from al-sifr. 2 I think are interesting are

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      I doubt that Iran ever really wanted to assassinate him. They are probably playing the Gul Dukat speech from DS9 on repeat at the IRGC headquarters;

      A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness.

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        Iran would gain approval in the US if they kill Trump. And the street protests supporting the revolution have been demanding revenge…

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          Iran would gain approval in the US if they kill Trump

          The average yankee liberal literally the second Trump is killed: “Two things can be true, he can be a gay shit bag I hate for being gay with Putler, and I can RESPECT the OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT who doesn’t deserve to be treated badly by FOREIGNERS”

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          nah, even the biggest anti-trumpers would immediately line up behind vance and bring back the good old post-911 hysteria

  • Algeria has provided Niger with military aid:

    Algerian authorities have transferred a total of four Soviet-and Russian-made helicopters to neighboring Niger – two Mi-24V helicopters and two Mi-171 helicopters – along with ammunition and spare parts for them, the press service of the Algerian Ministry of Defense reported.

    Algeria decided to transfer the helicopters to Niger free of charge “to strengthen the fraternal and historical ties between the two countries.” According to the statement, with this step, the North African republic “confirmed its intention to continue its efforts to ensure security and stability in the region.”

    https://tass.com/world/2170991

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    China asks to join Brazil’s WTO lawsuit against US tariff hikes - Carta Capital

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    According to Beijing, China has a commercial interest in the consultation and is directly affected by the trade offensive.

    China requested on Monday, the 10th, to participate in Brazil’s action at the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the tariffs imposed by the United States on Brazilian products. According to Beijing, China has a commercial interest in the consultation and is directly affected by the trade offensive.

    The document filed by Beijing states that the US actions “affect all Chinese exports to the United States, except for the specified exemptions, and in particular, the competitive conditions of products originating in China sold in the United States market, as a result of the additional tariffs imposed.”

    Earlier, the U.S. agreed to hold the consultations, the first step in the entity’s dispute settlement process, but there is still no date for when they will take place. “We are ready to engage in dialogue with representatives of your mission in order to determine a mutually convenient date for the consultations,” the U.S. said.

    If the talks fail to resolve the impasse within 60 days, Brazil may request the creation of a panel to analyze whether the US measures violate the organization’s rules. Brazil’s lawsuit against the U.S. was filed in July, following the announcement by the Office of the United States Trade Representative of two surcharges, both based on Section 301 of U.S. trade law: an additional 25% tariff related to the investigation into Brazilian trade practices and a 12.5% ​​surcharge linked to the investigation into alleged failures by Brazil in combating the importation of products manufactured with forced labor.

    In its submission to the WTO, the Lula government argues that the measures are “discriminatory” and incompatible with commitments stipulated in the organization’s founding treaty. One of the reasons, according to the text, is that the tariff increase exceeds the rates that the Americans are authorized to apply according to the organization’s rules. Furthermore, Brazil argued before the WTO that the US ignores the organization’s dispute settlement mechanisms by stipulating that any disagreements must be resolved within the organization.

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        There were giant bushfires before people, and there will be giant bushfires after people. For a long while people were at least managing the afforementioned fires, if anything colonisation brought attempts at suppression.

        I keep thinking about the cycle where every 20-30 years since settlers rocked up and tried to kill all the locals, there have been massive devastating fires. Nice work everyone.

        I can’t really be bothered but there’s surely research done cataloging historic wild fire regiems through soil cores. Anyway.

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    Israel’s Mossad Chengdu spy case should be taken seriously. The “Middle East butcher knife” is reaching out to us. - iNews

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    When Iran’s nuclear facilities were reduced to ruins amid the roar of drones, when Hezbollah’s top brass died collectively due to an exploding pager, and when the Italian Prime Minister’s mobile phone became a “real-time eavesdropper” of Mossad - this intelligence agency known as the “Middle East butcher knife” is quietly extending its claws to China. The thrilling spy offensive and defensive battle in Chengdu in 2023 revealed the tip of the iceberg of modern intelligence warfare.

    I. Chengdu Spy: Eavesdropping Conspiracy in Commercial Cloak

    At the beginning of 2023, a group of “technology experts” in suits walked into a technology company in Chengdu, claiming that they wanted to jointly build a “data processing center” to optimize urban traffic.

    This project, which was initiated by the Israeli Embassy in China and led by a Tel Aviv data security company, was actually a surveillance plan carefully planned by Mossad.

    The independent international bandwidth they applied for far exceeded commercial needs, and the encryption protocol was exactly the same as Mossad’s special tool “SIGNIT”. What was even more fatal was that after the equity penetration, it directly pointed to the Israeli Ministry of Defense Fund.

    The AI ​​counter-espionage system of China’s national security agency was the first to see through the disguise: the “engineers” who were frequently transferred across borders met the training characteristics of Mossad agents, and the so-called “European R&D data synchronization” was actually an excuse to hijack the backbone communication traffic in the southwest region.

    When the Chengdu National Security Bureau and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly launched a penetrating review, it was discovered that this monitoring center, disguised as a commercial building, had already prepared an electromagnetic shielding room and “honeycomb” global monitoring network access equipment in its underground isolation layer.

    II. Technical Strangulation: Mossad’s Three Deadly Tactics

    Mossad’s global hunting chain is escalating:

    Assassination scalpel: From exploding pagers of Hezbollah top brass to an “accidental car accident” of an Iranian nuclear scientist, implanted bombs and drone beheadings have become the norm.

    In 2025, the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Salami, was precisely eliminated on the streets of Tehran. Behind this was an intelligence network built by 700 insiders.

    Intelligence Trojan Horse: In the Chengdu incident, the Tel Aviv company used “data compliance” as bait to try to implant monitoring equipment into China’s western communications hub.

    Even more covert is dark web recruitment - in 2025, a technical backbone of an AI company in Shenzhen was deceived by foreign forces with “academic cooperation” and almost leaked key algorithms.

    III. China’s countermeasures: from technical defense to national defense

    Facing Mossad’s technical disguise, China has built a “triple firewall”:

    Technological countermeasures: The “Skynet-Anti-surveillance” system deployed in Chengdu and Xi’an can identify abnormal cross-border data flows in real time. Starting in 2024, foreign-funded technology projects must pass “data sovereignty review”, and core algorithms and bandwidth are prohibited from being controlled overseas.

    Legal Sword: Article 24 of the newly revised “Anti-Espionage Law” directly rejected the Chengdu project. The company involved was included in the “Unreliable Entity List”, and the asset freezing measures shocked the international business community.

    The counterintelligence cooperation launched with the European Union in 2024 will share intelligence on Mossad’s operational patterns and form a transnational joint defense.

    People’s War: 30% of espionage cases will be solved by public reports in 2024. Harbin students discovered modified drones operating around military bases, and nuclear power workers prevented foreign engineers from illegally photographing pressure vessel welds. These daily vigilances have woven the tightest line of defense.

    IV. Bloody Warning: Iran’s Lessons and China’s Mirror

    What is even more shocking is that the head of Iran’s anti-Mossad special forces was actually an Israeli agent, and the Revolutionary Guard generals still used ordinary mobile phones to make calls, which ultimately led to their beheading.

    In contrast, in China, a certain overseas personnel who failed the civil service examination actually surrendered to the enemy and tried to “whitewash himself” and stay undercover for a long time.

    This kind of “treason by venting anger” reveals a new risk: psychologically unbalanced people may become the most dangerous breakthrough point. However, the legalization of China’s counter-espionage system combined with the mass line makes it difficult for such conspiracies to succeed. In 2025, Zhang Jiange, a senior engineer at a military institute, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for selling electromagnetic gun technology, and Huang from a provincial agency was forced to leak secrets due to an extramarital affair and was finally caught by the law.

    V. Future Gaming: From Physical Bases to Digital Battlefields

    Mossad has adjusted its strategy: The 2025 Shenzhen AI technology theft case shows that it is turning to “dark web recruitment + remote infiltration”, using virtual currency payments and encrypted communications to evade detection.

    More covertly, they have turned their attention to the “technology supply chain” and attempted to infiltrate key areas through legal channels such as joint ventures and academic exchanges.

    Facing this war without gunpowder, every citizen is a line of defense. Just as the fisherman Lao Chen reported the underwater stealing device immediately after fishing it out, and just as the citizens of Chengdu decisively called 12339 when they saw suspicious people photographing sensitive facilities - when the whole nation is on high alert against espionage, the shadow hunters of Mossad will eventually “have no room to maneuver in China, and will be captured and killed if they move”!


    Commentary, first reposted here by cfgaussian

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    Of course nothing matters and no one will point this out in mainstream media, but a $300 billion reconstruction fund was literally in the MOU that Trump signed.

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    This is how Manizales looks after a powerful earthquake struck Colombia on Monday morning. The 7.4-magnitude quake was felt across several parts of the country, and damage was reported in Manizales and other cities. Authorities continue to assess the earthquake’s impact.

    A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck Colombia, damaging the historic Manizales Metropolitan Cathedral. Images show cracks and structural damage to the cathedral after the earthquake.

    Severe damage was reported in Quibdo, Colombia, following a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Images show collapsed structures and debris as emergency teams and residents assess the quake’s impact.

    A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia, causing severe structural damage in Pereira, Risaralda. The epicenter was in San Jose del Palmar, Choco, at a depth of 96 km. Local emergency teams are surveying affected neighborhoods to assess the extent of the damage and to assist residents.

    Damage reported to homes and buildings in Pereira following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake. Several neighborhoods in Pereira, the capital of the Risaralda department, reported damage to homes and buildings after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake on August 10 at 7:34 a.m. local time. Teams from local authorities are surveying the area to assess the extent of the damage. So far, the number of affected structures has not been specified.

    The Colombian Army is preparing five rescue platoons, each with canine units and high-precision equipment, to assist the areas affected by the earthquake. They are awaiting deployment orders. Pereira, Manizales, and Quibdo have a combined death toll of 21 people. President Abelardo de la Espriella addressed the nation, reaffirming his commitment to the Colombian people, and said he is heading to an emergency meeting to address the situation in the country.

    A building collapsed in Pereira as a powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck the country. Dramatic footage captures the moment the structure gives way as the city shakes. The death toll in Pereira has risen to 47 after the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that struck western Colombia, according to local police chief Oscar Leonel Ochoa. Between 60 and 70 buildings have collapsed in the city alone. Across the region, fatalities have also been reported in Valle del Cauca, Choco, Manizales, and Antioquia as emergency units continue search-and-rescue operations amid massive structural damage.

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    BREAKING: Iran has completely ruled out any future negotiations with the Trump administration, declaring it will wait out Donald Trump’s term until January 20, 2029, per Iranian outlets and Ghalibaf advisor’s post.

    “Trump will not reach an agreement with us. We will accompany him until his term ends,” said Majid Shakeri, advisor to Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf.

    He posted: “The path to victory is neither fighting nor a deal — it is managing the process of neither war nor peace, up to the point of victory. Publicly confirming negotiations with the U.S. is sheer folly. The winning approach is denial, ambiguity, and strategic patience.”

    Iran’s conditions remain unchanged: $300 billion in compensation, release of frozen assets, and withdrawal of U.S. forces. Until then, the Strait stays closed.

    https://x.com/HormuzReport/status/2086808758072840408

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        No idea about parriculars ie. cushing but the current situation is:

        • The SPR is held mostly in salt caves in Louisiana and Texas, with a maximum capacity of 714mbal. It is currently at 298.7mbal.

        • In the best case scenario, The can be drawn down to around 10-15% capacity, or 71.4-107.4mbal. The stuff that settles at the bottom of the caves is such poor quality that it’s likely unusable.

        • The next 10-15%, ~214.2mbal including the sludge, is thought to be risky or even impossible, due to cumulative damage to the caves and equipment. So, the US govt itself isn’t confident that it can withdraw below that line without significant repairs to facilities, let alone the general risk of the caverns collapsing.

        • Current wave of IEA/Trump admin drawdowns will bring the US SPR to 243mbal*, or about 34% of capacity. Officially, Congress must approve drawdowns below 250mbal, but Trump is Trump.

        So, the point being is the US is over-reporting the effective levels of usable crude in its reserves, but internally is beginning to worry how long it can keep up the charade.

        The current capacity is projected to reach 34%, but anywhere between 10-30% could be the effective “tank bottom”, we have no way of knowing as outsiders.

        ^* Note the DoE spokesman saying “70mbal” is the minimum safe level, presumably a lowball for the % of unusable sludge. Either he’s bullshitting, or they’re just not mentioning the decaying equipment as this can “technically” be repaired…^

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        The first legal “tank bottom” is 250M, that is what the admin can theoretically drain on their own. But I doubt that anyone will care about legal limits.

        Because of how the SPR works, there is no absolute tank bottom, some of the caves are even one-time use only. But the quality of the oil will decline, as well as the theoretical max output speed.

        The long-term SPR caves will be in danger of collapse, imagine how funny it would be if the US suddenly loses 50M barrels because of it.

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      If it keeps falling by more than 5mb per week then we only have a little more than 9 weeks left before we hit the oil reserve minimum, right? Syncs up nicely with the Mark Twain effect i.e. stocks tend to perform badly in October due to structural reasons.

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        It won’t hold to that rate IMO. Summer demand with Americans taking car trips is much larger than fall demand. By early September (if not late August) it starts to fall off and by October there aren’t many people traveling and won’t be again until late November around Thanksgiving (after the elections).

        IMO gas prices stay more or less fine through election day. It’ll hit sometime after that, maybe a week later, maybe March next year but the US plans to just ride it out like the 70s OPEC boycott, refuse to acknowledge Iran and let the zionist entity have time to continue on its operations.

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    Rabbis of Venezuela propose that the Venezuelan government reestablish relations with Israel - Presna Latina

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    Caracas, August 9 (Prensa Latina) The Chief Rabbi of the Israelite Association Isaac Cohen today raised with the Venezuelan government the need to reestablish diplomatic and consular relations, while popular sectors rejected the presence of Israel in this country.

    The Foreign Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic released a press statement detailing the meeting held at its headquarters this Sunday between the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Félix Plascencia, and Cohen, who delivered a letter addressed to the acting president, Delcy Rodríguez.

    This text raised the “need to re-establish diplomatic and consular relations between the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the State of Israel.”

    He specified that the purpose of the request is “to address the needs of the Jewish community in our country,” the source quoted the foreign minister as saying via his Instagram account.

    In his message on the social network, Plasencia highlighted that Venezuela has historically welcomed a Jewish community “whose contributions have been key to national development.”

    He also thanked the Israeli government for its prompt assistance following the June 24 earthquakes, which measured 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, when “a specialized delegation assessed collapsed structures, diagnosed vulnerabilities and designed contingency plans.”

    The senior diplomat stated that this dialogue strengthens “the bonds of respect, cooperation and mutual recognition between both peoples.”

    Social and popular movements and organizations staged an act of repudiation against the US and Zionist presence in Venezuela on July 24th in Plaza Bolívar in Caracas, and in solidarity with Cuba, Iran and Palestine.

    Dozens of women and men joined their voices that day to reject what they called “aid disguised as occupation” and shouted “Yankees out of Venezuela, we don’t want to be an American colony.”

    The organizers also joined forces in a manifesto to highlight “the courageous resistance of the Palestinian people, the victorious response of the Iranian people”; they recalled the words of the Cuban Apostle José Martí “here is Bolívar, vigilant and stern” and assured that “Cuba will prevail”.

    With shouts of “Stop the Zionist and imperialist invasion, we must defend the socialist homeland”; “(Donald) Trump, fascist, to Calvary, murderer and terrorist,” those present set fire to the flags of the United States and Israel, while on the floor the faces of the US president and Benjamin Netanyahu were trampled and burned.

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    Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman:

    ‘There is no reason for us to be concerned that this pact between the two neighboring countries of Turkey and Pakistan, as well as Saudi Arabia, three countries with which we share deep religious, historical, and civilizational bonds, is against Iran. The history of our friendship with the nations of Turkey and Pakistan, as two neighboring Muslim countries, is long-standing and known to everyone. This development is an important sign of a shift in regional priorities and we have always supported alliances between Muslims.’

    Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan wanted Egypt to be part of their new alliance, but after providing President El-Sisi with a piece of ‘intelligence bait’ (false intelligence), it was discovered he provided the information to America. After this, it was decided that Egypt was not trustworthy enough to be included in the alliance, according to a source who spoke on the matter.

    • Middle East Spectator
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    FYI, you can buy olive oil soap from Palestine. (I bet that’s news to some of you.)

    My boyfriend was gifted Palestinian olive oil shampoo/soap made in Palestine from olives grown there. The person who gave it to him says it made their hair feel heavier. It’s so precious we haven’t used it for like half a year. But I think Palestinians would appreciate us testing their product and feel it in our hair. So soon I’ll ask him if I could have the honor of testing it.

    After I open it, I want to frame the wrapper that the soap is packaged in. I’m thinking about getting a special soap dish for the soap because I’m planning to use it sparingly.

    EDIT: A sad truth is as I use it I’ll be wondering if the trees that grew the olives in this soap bar have already been destroyed. So I mean it when I say it’d be an honor to use it. I think feeling Palestenian history in my hair is a really important experience.