I Agree!
CrossFireArabia- September 9, 2024
I agree with Dr Norman Finkelstein, a leading US academic of Jewish origin fiercely fighting for the right of the Palestinians and expressing his abhorrence to the Gaza genocide.
Israelis Not Semites – Here is The Proof
- CrossFireArabia
- September 7, 2024
According to one blogger, he stated on the X platform that Johns Hopkins University has deleted a study in their website that proves Israelis are not Semites.
There is an interesting debate around the subject that is currently being narrated on the social media and is trending.
But the jest of it is that of the proven genetic study by Johns Hopkins which shows 97.5 percent of Jews living in Israel today have “no ancient Hebrew DNA” which means they are not Semites and are not connected to the land of Palestine.
Bassem Youssef: This Man Can’t be Silenced
- CrossFireArabia
- August 28, 2024
Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef announced, Tuesday, he is back on the social media platform X, following a week-long deactivation due to security and safety concerns.
Youssef, known for his support for Palestinian rights, clarified he deactivated his account after receiving alarming messages suggesting his account may have been hacked and that there were potential safety issues involving people he knows.
âA few days ago, I deactivated my X account. Two reasons: I received concerning messages that gave me and my team the impression that my account has been hacked with the potential of being doxed; also, there were potential safety issues concerning people I know. I only take these issues seriously if it concerns other people, not me,â Youssef explained on X.
âSo, I deactivated the account and started to research if this is legitimate or not and if both issues were related or not.â
Last week, his 12-million-followers account disappeared, and the last post was âAntisemitism was an accusation that used to freeze the blood on peopleâs veins. I see many people now realizing how this fear tactic is used to shut down conversations and scare people.â
He added, âItâs been overused and abused in order to intimidate people. Are you still scared to be called an antisemite by those Zionists? Vote and tell me in the comments. No, I donât give a⌠anymore. Or: Yes, Iâm still scared.â
Youssef admitted his initial post was unclear.
âIn two days, there were many rumors and speculations; I admit the post was not clear. So, I posted again on all my other platforms that I am the one who deactivated my account, and I will be posting on other platforms in the meanwhile,â he said according to Anadolu.
Youssef also shared that he had not posted on any platforms during this time, as he was dealing with personal and health issues.
âMy family members were under a lot of pressure, so I had to deal with all that. This caused a major burnout to all of us,â he said.
Although the safety concerns were alleviated and the hacking issue was resolved a few days later, Youssef felt the need to take a break from social media.
âAlthough the safety concerns were alleviated and the hacking issue was secured a few days later, I needed to get away from social media so I didnât post anywhere,â he added.
Last October, Youssef did an interview with British journalist Piers Morgan on Israelâs brutal offensive on Gaza that went viral.
His pointed and humorous critique of the Israeli onslaught against the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank got significant attention.
Hala Diab, Youssefâs wife, is from Gaza, and her criticism of Israel also attracted attention.
Youssef, a former heart surgeon, has lived and worked in the United States since around 2015 according to the Turkish news agency.
Complicity!
- CrossFireArabia
- August 11, 2024
Sometimes, it is said that a picture is worth more than a thousand words!
Look at this one!
On 9 of August, 2024 the US through the Joe Biden administration announces that it will provide $3.5 billion in military aid to Israel.
On 10 August, the following day Israeli warplanes strikes a school in Gazaâs Daraj neigbourhood killing over 100 people while performing the dawn prayers.
The school was hit by three 2000-pound missiles that were also provided by the USA.
US Gave âGreen Lightâ in Haniyahâs Assassination – Experts Say
- CrossFireArabia
- August 1, 2024
Politicians agreed the assassination of Ismail Haniyah, chief of the Hamas political bureau by Israel would not have been carried out without the American green light and participation of Washington in the operation.
They added to the Jo24 website the surgical operation carried out, Wednesday, sends a clear message to Tehran that there is nothing protected inside Iranian territory and that Israel is able to reach the targets it wants in the country easily.
The politician analysts point out the assassination reflects the dilemma faced by Israel in its 10-month war on Gaza and the fact its unable to achieve goals there. As a result, the Zionist enemy is now resorting to assassinating the leaders in the region as a way to quell the resistance.
Reshuffling the cards
Veteran Jordanian politician Salem Al-Falahat said the latest assassination is an attempt by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to expand the scope of the war and attempt to shuffle the cards by bringing Iran into the battle field to get rid of all the forces opposing the Israeli occupation in Gaza and the Palestinian territories.
Al-Falahat added that the operation reflects Israelâs disdain to Arab countries.
He confirmed however, the blood of the martyrs will increase the resistance’s determination to complete the liberation of the land while aknowledging the current negotiations are futille and leading to nowhere.
He stressed the USA is a major partner with Israel in the assassination and the main guide in the last operation.
The occupationâs failure
Political activist and academic Dr. Labib Qamhawi said the assassination reflects the failure of the Israeli military to achieve its announced goals for the war and resulting in its latest trend to assassinate its leaders and influence the masses to turn against them.
Qamhawi added to Jordan 24 that there is a major conspiracy in the Haniyeh assassination as the missile was directed towards his bedroom, which means that there was electronic guidance that hit the target directly.
He concluded that because Israel is failing on the military front in Gaza and its northern areas, it looked for an alternative solution which is to assassinate. But this would not have take place without the knowledge of the Americans as refuted by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Security breach in Iran
Strategic analyst Dr. Munther Al-Hiwarat said this precise and focused operation on Haniyeh, and the day before him, on Hezbollahâs military leader Fouad Shukr, does not take place without the knowledge and assistance of the USA. He added that the latest operation is indeed considered a security and strategic breach for Iran and an expression of the lack of its security as a deterrent force.
In his view Israel intended to go for a major war, but it was pressure from the United States that forced it to back down and adopt âa minor warâ stand and the assassinations of such leaders.
Gazans Tell The USA ‘Enough is Enough’
- CrossFireArabia
- July 16, 2024
Gazaâs Government Media Office has condemned continued US military support for Israel during the ongoing genocide war on Gaza which enters its 10th month, according to the Al Quds News Network.
âThe US administration, under President Joe Biden, has caused a humanitarian catastrophe for Palestinians through its involvement in genocide and its provision of internationally banned weapons to the occupation,â it said in a statement on Monday.
It also called on âthe world to condemn the American brutal behavior towards the Palestinian peopleâ, urging âthe international community to take a principled and public stance against the US and its serious transgressions in arming the Israeli occupationâ.
A US report into Israeli violations of international law during the war found it was âreasonable to assessâ that US weapons had been involved in these breaches given Israelâs reliance.
A US report in May said it is âreasonable to assessâ that the weapons it has provided to Israel have been used in ways that are âinconsistentâ with international human rights law.
The state department report found that: âGiven Israelâs significant reliance on US-made defence articles, it is reasonable to assess that defence articles covered under NSM-20 have been used by Israeli security forces since October 7 in instances inconsistent with its IHL obligations or with established best practices for mitigating civilian harm,â as reported in the Al Quds News Network.
US Moves Ahead With 500-pound Bombs to Israel
- CrossFireArabia
- July 11, 2024
The US has decided to move ahead with the shipment of 500-pound bombs to Israel, which was previously paused due to concerns over Israel’s potential ground invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah and massive killings of civilians, a report stated Wednesday.
The bombs âare in the process of being shippedâ after a two-month pause and are expected to arrive in Israel in the “coming weeks,â The Wall Street Journal reported, citing an administration official and reported in Anadolu.
In May, the Biden administration paused a planned shipment to Israel of 2,000-pound and 500-pound bombs amid concerns about Israelâs plans for a possible ground assault on Rafah, where 1.5 million displaced Palestinians sought refuge on top of the city’s pre-war population of more than 200,000.
“Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,” US President Joe Biden acknowledged in an interview with CNN, referring to 2,000-pound bombs, and described Israel’s bombing of Gaza as “indiscriminate.â
“Heavier 2,000-pound bombs that were meant to be part of the same shipment are still on hold,â the official told WSJ.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Biden administration in June for âwithholding weapons and ammunition to Israelâ in recent months, adding that Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured him that restrictions would be lifted on arms transfers to Israel.
“Weâve been clear that our concern has been on the end-use of the 2,000-lb bombs, particularly for Israelâs Rafah campaign, which they have announced they are concluding,” a US official told Anadolu when asked about the shipment of 500-pound bombs.
“Because of how these shipments are put together, other munitions may sometimes be co-mingled. Thatâs what happened here with the 500-lb bombs, since our main concern had been and remains the potential use of 2,000-lb bombs in Rafah and elsewhere in Gaza,” the official said. “Our concern was not about the 500-lb bombs. Those are moving forward as part of the usual process.”
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that Tel Aviv is willing to open the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but without allowing Hamas to return to the area.
In early May, the Israeli army seized control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing on the border with Egypt as part of a wide-scale military operation which resulted in civilian casualties and the suspension of humanitarian aid deliveries according to the Turkish news agency.
Eyewitness: Colossal Devastation Gaza
- CrossFireArabia
- June 27, 2024
American war journalist Arwa Damon, reporting from Gaza, provides a glimpse into neighborhoods devastated by Israeli airstrikes. The videoclip underscores the dire living conditions faced by Palestinians who are now displaced and homeless.
The clip starts with scenes of the âenormousâ levels of destruction of the multi-story buildings. What is the size of bombs that did this the reporter asks.
She is taken on a tour of the wreckage. âThis is how people live,â the man said.
âI was going to say. Is this how you are living, amidst the rubble? Damon asks.â
âYep, this is how we live?â
âThis was my parents house,â now of course itâs in absolute wreck.
âThis is just beyond the scope of comprehension,â the reporter says.
âWe used to sleep here,â one little girl says. âWhen the Israelis bombed the house, my uncle was martyred, his four sons were killed and so my maternal uncle was martyred as well,â she added.
âWe were all inside the house and buried under the debris but thank God we were brought out alive, we were injured but now we are ok.â She pointed out about 10 people were killed in that strike.
âIn this block of houses between 87 and 90 people were killed here because of the Israeli bombing,â said another eyewitness.
âA whole neighborhood caved in because of the intensity of the bombings with tower blocks going down⌠and this is not to say anything about the many people who are still deeply buried under the rubbleâŚwhich we can get them out.
All of the areas in Gaza that were invaded by Israeli occupation forces have been left unrecognizable, as Israel systematically detonated residential blocks and destroyed critical infrastructure, preventing Palestinians from returning and rendering them completely uninhabitable.
Damon who is the founder of the International Network for Aid, Relief, and Assistance (INARA), observed during her recent trip to Gaza City to distribute aid, “I saw how widespread the destruction is of every single aspect of life that would make the Gaza Strip inhabitable.”
Damon described the scene in Gaza City, saying, “Residents could not recognize the streets or the main thoroughfares because of the level of destruction.”
According to the Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth the Israeli army has demolished more than 35,000 permanent buildings and 84,000 temporary buildings in Gaza since the beginning of was on Gaza after 7 October 2023.
SPIRI: Israel Has 90 Nuclear Warheads, Not 200
- CrossFireArabia
- June 18, 2024
Israel is upgrading its nuclear arsenal maintains the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI).Â
With regards its deathly weapons, Israel maintains what its terms  ânuclear ambiguityâ, neither confirming nor denying the possession of nuclear capability and refuses to admit in public that it has nuclear weapons.
However, in its report, SIPRI  ranks Israel  number eight globally in terms of the number of stored nuclear warheads.Â
The Swedish organization estimates Israel has 90 nuclear warheads, more than North Korea’s estimated 50.
One blogger comments the rogue state of Israel has an estimated 200 nuclear warheads but has never signed the 1968 nuclear non-proliferation treaty.
He maintains Israel’s “Samson Option” is a nuclear strategy that involves the use of nuclear weapons as a last resort in the event of an existential threat to the state.
Another maintains Israel controls Americaâs politics, money, and weapons. He adds Israel is a threat to America and the world, not Russia, not China, not North Korea, not Iran.
Israel is a terrorist state #IsraelIsATerroristStateâ #Gaza_Genocide
âhttps://x.com/SIPRIorg/status/1802464270082334882
Finally another writes President John F. Kennedy expressed his concern about the danger to Middle East peace and stability with a nuclear armed Israel. Kennedy was assassinated shortly afterwards.
