Category: Middle East

Israel vs The Arab States Part 2 (of a 4 Part Series)

The October 1973 War  We will go through this war by looking at the perspective from each of the main players- Egypt, Syria, Israel and the US. Israel  The dazzling victory by Israel raised the level of pride and arrogance of Jews the world over. It also sparked a boom in immigration, and in the […]

Israel vs The Arab States Part 1 (of a 4 Part Series)

Israel Zionism was founded by Edmond Rothschild of the French branch- to bring about the realization of Project Israel. Zionism has 2 flavors – a socialist nationalistic flavor which died by 1995, and a Talmudic flavor which took over in 1996. When Israel was established in 1948, its original leaders were from a background that […]

The Origins of Zionism Part 3 (of a 3 Part Series)

The story continues from Part 2 … https://behindthenews.co.za/the-origins-of-zionism-part-2-of-a-3-part-series/ A Study of the Jewish Mentality The chief difficulty in writing about the Zionist Question is the super sensitiveness of Jews and non-Jews concerning the whole matter. There is a vague feeling that even to openly use the word “Jew”, or to expose it to the print […]

The Geopolitics of Gaza Part 2 (of a 2 Part Series)

This article deals with the Gaza War, and it has given the US a chance to shift the media headlines on its humiliating defeat in Ukraine, and the impending collapse on Wall Street. The US is doubling down on Gaza for several reasons, one of which I have stated now. The other is the Rockefeller […]

October 7th – What Really Happened

Three weeks after the Hamas breakout assault on Israel on 7 October, a clearer picture of what happened – who died, and who killed – is now beginning to emerge. Instead of the wholesale massacre of civilians claimed by Israel, incomplete figures published by the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz show that almost half the Israelis killed that day were […]

Gaza – Facts on the Ground Part 2(of a 2 Part Article)

The story continues from Part 1. The devastation in Gaza is unprecedented. Below are some photos: Putin’s Message Meeting with leaders of Russia’s religious communities at the Kremlin, Putin addressed the current conflict in the Middle East and warned that “Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and Russophobia” were being used as weapons against a multipolar world. “The West sees how […]

Gaza – Facts on the Ground Part 1 (of a 2 Part Series)

Hamas Hamas won elections in Gaza in 2006. Since then, Israel has been attacking Gaza every few years- due to removing Gaza ownership over these gas fields. In the beginning of these conflicts, Hamas was often defeated by the IDF. But, over the past 15 years, Hamas learnt, improved, and became a powerful force to […]

The Gaza War Part 2 (of a 2 Part Series)

The Current War On Wednesday, October 4th, a group of 800 Jewish settlers invaded Al Aqsa Mosque, under protection from the Israeli police. This invasion of the mosque has been increasing over the past few years, and it acts like a trigger for the Palestinians. This last elicited a response from Palestinian groups resisting Israel. […]

Re-Balancing the Middle East Part 3 (of a 3 Part Series)

 Russia & China in the Middle East By the series of actions in recent months in Iraq and across the Middle East, Washington has forced a strategic shift towards China and to an extent Russia and away from the United States. If events continue on the present trajectory it can well be that a main […]

Re-Balancing the Middle East Part 2 (of a 3 Part Series)

The Arab World, Turkey & Iran The Region’s Flash-points The world is in turmoil. 2020 has already brought major multiple crises, with the Iranian-American clash in Iraq which followed the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani, and the COVID-19 health pandemic and economic disaster that followed.  None of this, however, prevented America from imposing even […]

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