As to #Hamas leader assassination in Teheran is crucial now to establish how he was killed. Air strike? Drone? A commando unit? If it is an air strike it will be important to see if the fighter or the drone took off from #Israel or from a nearby country. Azerbaigian??

This is potentially changing the paradigm and it might further complicate Amos Hochstein job in Lebanon

“Netanyahu performed a splendid trifecta, inflicting two significant blows on Hezbollah and Hamas, and an unforgettable slap in the face to their backers in Iran" ✍️ Opinion by Marco Carnelos pulse.ly/ukjlomsglv

While everyone is expecting the Axis of Resistance’s retaliation my latest article on ⁦Middle East Eye⁩ focuses on Netanyahu’s calculations. He has always been an excellent tactician but to prevail in war strategists are needed. middleeasteye.net/opinion/haniye…

L’afa estiva ha risvolti positivi. Repubblica ha pubblicato un articolo del Prof. Jeffrey Sachs sul Summit of the Future (Soft) previsto nel settembre prossimo a New York. Sachs presiede - su mandato del SG ONU - il Sustainable Development Solutions Network per offrire soluzioni

To leave no stone unturned, the intimidation campaign among the Democratic ranks has begun. middleeasteye.net/news/two-lawma…

There’s a big difference in how the Axis of Resistance (Aor) retaliation will be executed. If the attacks r separated in different times we’re in the realm of a managed retaliation that 🇮🇱 can contrast. If it will be combined at the same time by all AoR’s members it is different

عقد منتدى حوار بيروت اجتماعه الدوري في دارة النائب فؤاد مخزومي، حيث تباحث المجتمعون بآخر التطورات والأحداث، ومطالب أهل بيروت واحتياجاتهم في هذه المرحلة الدقيقة. وأصدر المجتمعون في نهاية اللقاء المقررات والتوصيات التالية: 1-تجديد التأكيد على تضامننا مع اهلنا في غزة ورفضنا لما

Absolutely crazy that this isn't a bigger story: NASA now says the two US astronauts stuck in ISS could be there until 2025 (they originally planned to stay just 8 days). If this was a Chinese or Russian failure, you'd never hear the end of it. theguardian.com/science/articl…

Appaling statement by the three top European leaders concerning the tense situation in the #MiddleEast & the need to avoid any escalation where you can’t find🇮🇱, the main driver of escalation, mentioned. These few sentences shows why #Europe and its top leaders are hopeless. 🤦‍♂️

A sampling of what the US State Department has said over the past 202 days about the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab:

Top European leaders of 🇬🇧🇫🇷&🇩🇪 had a huge opportunity to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East. They wasted it by issuing an outrageous statement where 🇮🇱 the main escalation driver in the last month is not even mentioned out of fear or complicity middleeasteye.net/opinion/war-ga…

As usual Mouin Rabbani is one of the more lucid analysts of the current diplomacy involving US, Israel and Palestine. It is a replica of the 1990s Oslo Process with the unchanged target of shielding Israel no matter what it does, and throwing the Palestinians under the bus.

From ⁦Barak Ravid⁩ we learn that there r many negotiations on Gaza: between Netanyahu and his team, then between 🇺🇸 & 🇮🇱 where usually the 2nd bamboozles the 1st, then between🇺🇸/🇮🇱 & 🇪🇬/🇶🇦. Hamas is not in yet but it will be blamed for any failure. axios.com/2024/08/19/net…

Perché l'Iran non ha ancora attaccato Israele? A che punto sono le trattative per una tregua a Gaza? Lo abbiamo chiesto a Marco Carnelos youtube.com/watch?v=CPdxV5…

I can’t independently verify the issuing of new censorship regulations by 🇮🇱 but I trust @nafisehk. A plausible explanation for such decision is that #Hezbollah has increased the accuracy of its targeting and this is something that 🇮🇱 needs to conceal in its narratives’ battle. x.com/nafisehkbbc/st…

"The US, not China, is threatening the rules-based world order" ✍️ Opinion by Marco Carnelos pulse.ly/i6zuvgngfy

A facts and behavior based analysis about the country which in the last three decades has really threatened the so-called Rules-Based world order, which serious people know as International Law based world order. The conclusion might be quite surprising!! middleeasteye.net/opinion/us-chi…

In Italy a famous actor & comedian invented a now very famous word to define this kind of talking: SUPERCAZZOLA. Impossible to translate it in English. It also contains a clear reference to male genitalia. The closer meanings are “nonsense” or “senseless talk” but is far worse!

By now it is clear that there is nothing #Netanyahu could do or say that would lead Secretary Antony Blinken to withhold U.S. support. A more ineffectual approach to diplomacy is hard to imagine, and the failure to achieve any positive results is entirely predictable.