Category: Americas

Fortress America 2 – The Follow Up

The follow up-7 years later 1 The mBridge digital system 2 Venezuela/Cuba 3 Wall Street’s December Repo crisis 4 Russia 5 Iran 6 The Encirclement of Saudi Arabia 7 China 8 Canada & Greenland 9 America 15th January, 2026 This is a follow-up on the above title, which was published in November 2018. There have […]

AMERICA & ISRAEL Part 5 (of a 5 Part Series)

Hamas: open Rafah and allow shelter materials in Against this backdrop, Hamas called on mediators and guarantors to pressure Israel to allow the entry of shelter materials into Gaza and to reopen the Rafah crossing in both directions. The movement held the enemy fully responsible for the worsening humanitarian disaster, saying that the blockade on […]

AMERICA & ISRAEL Part 4 (of a 5 Part Series)

The story continues from Part 3 – – – While demanding disarmament, US plans military base near Gaza Meanwhile, Washington plans to establish a military base near Gaza’s border to host international troops overseeing the ceasefire and post-war security arrangements, stripping Palestinians of sovereignty and advancing foreign control over Gaza. The facility, expected to cost around […]

AMERICA & ISRAEL Part 3 (of a 5 Part Series)

The story continues from Part 2 ‘Israel greater danger than Iran,’ Oxford debate forum concludes Founded in 1823 at Oxford University in England, the Oxford Union brings together world leaders, thinkers, and students from Oxford colleges to debate issues of politics, religion, science, the arts, and literature. Debates are held in the same format, with […]

America & Israel Part 2 (of a 5 Part Series)

The story continues from https://behindthenews.co.za/america-israel-part-1-of-a-5-part-series/ Weaponizing Social Media for War In late 2024, the Knesset passed a $150 million budget for propaganda, targeting the West. The funding boosts the hundreds of millions contributed by Zionist foundations in the US. On 26 September 2025, Netanyahu met   with 18 US-based social media influencers. The directive was to flood TikTok, […]

America and Israel Part 1 (of a 5 Part Series)

1. America When Israel was formed in 1948, the Rockefeller family were lukewarm, if not hostile to it. This state of affairs went on until the 1967 June war between Egypt and Egypt/Syria. Nasser was the leader of Egypt, and he was stating that – – – “why must oil policy be decided in New […]

American & Gaza Part 4 (of a 4 Part Series)

Rafah hoax: Netanyahu’s pretext for Gaza bloodshed  Netanyahu’s latest airstrikes on Gaza appear less a direct response to Hamas and more a continuation of “Israel’s” longstanding policy of manufacturing pretexts to justify genocide. Despite initial hesitation amid US resistance, Netanyahu proceeded with the strikes after citing an alleged attack on Israeli troops in Rafah, an […]

American & Gaza Part 3 (of a 4 Part Series)

8 The Cease-Fire & its Aftermath Rubio took part in a high-level meeting in Paris on 9 October, where officials met to discuss transition plans for Gaza after the end of the Israeli war on the strip. Thursday’s meeting is expected to bring together representatives from France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Spain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, […]

American & Gaza Part 2 (of a 4 Part Series)

US Uses New Forms of Genocide 1 Carrying Unused Munitions asked to drop them on Gaza instead of Landing Fully Loaded This began as a ‘local initiative’ but quickly became a routine. Pilots dropped leftover bombs in Gaza to ‘support ground forces in Khan Younis and northern Gaza’. Air Force Commander Tomer Bar approved expanding […]

American & Gaza Part 1 (of a 4 Part Series)

1 Background 2 America 3 Gaza 4 West Bank 1 Background In order to understand the real power pushing the Gaza war, we go back a bit in time. The US began its involvement in the Middle East began in the early 1930s, when US companies, Mellon Oil and Chevron, found oil in Kuwait, Bahrain […]

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