Posted on 10/07/2023 8:19:46 AM PDT by FarCenter
Iran supports groups such as Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) for both geostrategic and ideological reasons. Geo-strategically, Tehran aids, arms and funds the two groups to expand its regional influence. Ideologically, Iran views Israel as a usurper of Muslim lands and a threat to Islam. Tehran also views Israel as an extension of the United States. The Islamic Republic calls the United States the “Great Satan” and Israel the “Little Satan.”
“We regard Palestine as an organ of our body, and the support of the Palestinian nation is pride for the Iranian people,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in 2000. “The Palestinian people must continue the blessed Jihad and standing against the enemies of Islam...The Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Fatah forces must continue the struggle in a united way. Indeed, the only solution is the elimination of the root of this crisis, which is the Zionist regime imposed on the region.”
Hamas and PIJ employ disparate tactics but share the same goal of replacing Israel with an Islamic state. Formed in 1987, Hamas has followers in both Gaza and the West Bank; it ran in the 2006 Palestinian election. Created in 1979, PIJ is the more militant faction; it operates primarily in Gaza but also runs cells in the West Bank. Iran’s funding varies depending on how much the two movements’ statements and actions reflect its regional interests. PIJ more often mirrors Tehran’s positions. As a predominantly Shiite country, Iran has developed ties with Hamas and PIJ—both Sunni movements—to bridge the sectarian divide and market itself as a pan-Islamic power. The ties also give Iran allies in the Levant, the Eastern Mediterranean region.
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Why do we give Egypt $1.3 billion / year?
>>Reuters first reported on Saturday that Cardin intended to hold back some funds despite an announcement earlier this month that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had waived human rights restrictions on $235 million of the aid, citing security benefits to the United States. It is currently withholding $85 million of the aid, a fraction of the $1.3 billion a year allocated for Egypt.
https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-administration-work-with-congress-egypt-aid-concerns-state-dept-2023-10-04/
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In this tricky game, we’ve played all sides - at least Egypt, Israel, “the Palestinians”, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia....
EVERY person that voted for BIDEN HAS THIS BLOOD AND UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIA BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS!
One more time today
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Ezekiel 38 is going to happen one of these days. Prophesied about 2,600 years ago. It’s for the Latter Days (v. 16) and the Latter Years (v. 8) (KJV).
Ezekiel 38 KJV:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zuYCM0g2kc
Ezekiel 38 King James Version (KJV)
1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him,
3 And say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:
4 And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:
5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet:
6 Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.
7 Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them.
8 After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.
9 Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee.
10 Thus saith the Lord God; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought:
11 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates,
12 To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land.
13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?
14 Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord God; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it?
15 And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army:
16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes.
17 Thus saith the Lord God; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them?
18 And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord God, that my fury shall come up in my face.
19 For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
20 So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.
21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord God: every man’s sword shall be against his brother.
22 And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone.
23 Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the Lord.
What did Iran get in exchange for giving all those drones to Putin?
Likely this a combined plan to open up a second front in their war against the West. Every shell and missile that we will send to Israel is one less we can send to Ukraine. Putin needs that.
Would you agree this attack is similar to the Russian attack on Ukraine? In both instances, a sovereign nation was attacked. It has been argued that by defenders of Russia and Hamas that the attack was “provoked.”
>>In this tricky game, we’ve played all sides
Too clever by half.
Israel is unlikely to send Iron Dome interceptor missiles to Ukraine.
The title should be updated to Biden-Harris, Iran, Hamas & Palestinian Islamic Jihad. This is blood on Biden and Harris.
Unfortunately true
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“Would you agree this attack is similar to the Russian attack on Ukraine? In both instances, a sovereign nation was attacked. It has been argued that by defenders of Russia and Hamas that the attack was “provoked.”
So..since when has a terrorist organization that HAS BEEN FUNDED BY THE UNITED STATES, is tied to the Russo-Ukrainain war?
And just who, on this site, is defending this continuation of a fight that has been on going for centuries?
You better get your GD head out of your ass and realize that this country has let MILLIONS into this country that we have NO FUCKING GD IDEA WHO THE HELL THEY ARE.
It WILL...happen here as a result.
Did the big guy, Joe Bribemum, get his 10% kickback?
Halting Oil drilling in the US raises the price/barrel of oil!:
Which gives Iran, Russia, Venezuela and others $Billions more to spend for the same commodity.
Summary: Stopping Oil drilling in USA, lowers the supply, but the demand has not subsided!:
So, the price of oil will continue to rise and empower our enemies with even more cash.
Again, “Did the big guy, Bribemum get his 10% kickback?”
>>Would you agree this attack is similar to the Russian attack on Ukraine?
Russia is a big country.
Gaza is about 6 miles wide and 25 miles long with a population of about 2.4 million. It’s a big urban slum.
In a big country dreams stay with you/ Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside/ Stay alive
I agree. When I first saw this story early this morning the first thing I thought off was all the millions of illegals just going about their business with no one watching.Scary stuff!
Not yet.....more needs to be done befor that happens
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