🇺🇳🤝🇧🇦 - Abstain and against votes outperformed in favor votes put together.

🇺🇳 - Among the noteworthy or surprising votes on UNGA Srebrenica votes (in favor being pro-recognition of Srebrenica as a genocide)

Argentina abstaining
Armenia abstaining
Salvador voting in favor
Egypt in favor
Gabon abstaining
Georgia abstaining
Greece abstaining ❗
Iran in favor
Israel not voting ❗
Niger in favor but Nigeria abstaining ⁉
Algeria abstaining but Tunisia in favor ⁉

The draft resolution was adopted.

84 - for
19 - against
68 - abstained

🗣 “We cannot stop here. Palestine will be free, from the river to the sea”

— Yolanda Díaz, Minister of Labour and 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Spain, May ⁠22.

🇬🇪 The Parliament of Georgia announced the preparation of a procedure for overcoming the president's veto on the law on foreign agents. The ruling majority has the necessary votes for this, and in fact this is a technical procedure.
Of much greater importance are the threats of personal sanctions from the United States against Georgian politicians associated with the adoption of this law.

Threats include a travel ban, financial sanctions, and a change in US policy towards the current Georgian regime.
The United States is not at all shy about showing that it views Georgia as its colony and considers it possible to publicly demonstrate its desire to directively manage its domestic policy. So for Georgian Dream this is a test of subjectivity.

🇬🇪🇺🇸 The ruling party of Georgia commented on possible sanctions from the United States due to the law on foreign agents:

"Georgia will not trade sovereignty and security"

🇮🇱🇵🇸Meanwhile massive israeli airstrikes targeted Rafah

#Yemen 🇾🇪: "Ansar Al-Sharia" (Al-Qaeda in Arab Peninsula, #AQAP) carried out drone attacks on #UAE-backed 🇦🇪 Forces in #Abyan Governorate.

Militants used modified 40x53mm M430A1 pattern (HEDP) grenades and Improvised Explosives (IEDs) with MV-5 fuzes dropped from UAV.

https://x.com/war_noir/status/1794014189041696893

⚠️ The drone alert in the Golan Heights has been revised...now covering the Golan and the Galilee tip.

The drone infiltration clearly doesn't cover the whole area, but due its unpredictability and the possible interception anywhere between, alerts are sounded everywhere

This was baby Sara born at 23 weeks. In the UK the Mother and the NHS can terminate babies like Sara by having them decapitated in the womb then suctioned out with a hoover. This is what they call 'healthcare choices'.

Words can't really describe how sad this is. Contraception is so easy to access yet still this happens.

A society that doesn't value children is a society that won't last much longer.

🗣️ Hezbullah issued its 10th statement announcing additional attacks on the Israeli army, of which two were a retaliation to the attack on Hanaway village

The only attack there today was the drone strike on an empty truck. No casualties to my knowledge.

The attacks were suicide drones targeting soldiers' barracks in:
🔻 Yoav base which houses artillery and rocket units
🔻 91st HQ in Eileet base

🚨 The Israeli enemy carrier a series of airstrikes targeting Aita al-Shaab and the outskirts of Ramia, Yaroun, Maroun, and Khiam.

— 🇮🇷 Iran's Presidential Election is in 34 days, here's what you need to know:

The political scene in Iran is extremely complicated, but when simplified, it basically consists of two main flanks: Conservatives and Moderates.

The Conservatives are politicians that fit squarely in the camp of the revolution. They stand 100% behind Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, and they are generally considered more loyal to the revolution's original values. They put emphasis on keeping Iran an Islamic, strong and independent nation, with a foreign policy that could be dubbed 'Iran-first', trying not to rely on outside powers. Most politicians who belong in this camp opposed the 2015 Nuclear Deal with the US, for example.

The Moderates, or sometimes called 'Reformists', take a more liberal approach to interpreting the values of the Islamic Revolution. They are still ostensibly in favour of the Islamic Republic and its ideals, but wish to modernize and reorganize the country in a way that they feel fits the current era. Most of them support less strict rules on Hijab, returning to negotiations with the United States, and neoliberal market economics.

Some Moderate candidates are secretly anti-Islamic Republic, but hide behind their close relations with genuine pro-IR people to conceal their true views. They know they cannot voice their opposition publicly, because no one would vote for them, and they would get disqualified.

Iran's last Moderate President, Hassan Rouhani (President from 2013-2021) caused a major decline in economic development. By forming the Nuclear Deal with the U.S. in 2015, he put the Iranian economy at the mercy of foreign powers and investments. Khamenei, who was against the Nuclear Deal from the start, warned that the United States would never keep their end of the agreement.

In 2017, he was proven right, and the U.S. unilaterally pulled out of the Iran Nuclear Deal, despite Iran's compliance, which was backed up by the IAEA. Inflation in Iran skyrocketed, and the economy experienced its worst state in 45 years.

All of this led to the Conservative President Ebrahim Raeesi winning a 72% landslide victory in the 2021 election. Turnout hit a record low, because reformists had lost faith in their candidates due to past failures to deliver on their election promises. As a result, the vast majority of those who voted were hardline IR supporters.

If President Raeesi ran for office again in 2025, he would most likely have won a second term. But due to his unforeseen martyrdom, others will have to stand up. Until now, we don't know the candidates, but I fully expect the Conservatives to win another landslide victory, as the Reformist voter base has become idle, and I doubt they will put up any meaningful candidates, unless they decide to put forward Javad Zarif, Iran's Foreign Minister from 2013-2021, who enjoys considerable support among Moderates.

Lastly, the dynamics of Iranian politics have changed quite a lot. Back in the 2000's and 2010's, if someone was anti-Islamic Republic, they would simply vote for a Reformist / Moderate candidate, to show their opposition to the regime. This was dangerous, because they actually had a way of changing the country's direction. Unlike what some people think, the President in Iran matters a lot.

Now, the people who are anti-IR simply don't vote at all, or cast blank protest votes, because they say 'all Iranian politicians are the same'. This is extremely dumb, they are shooting themselves in the foot, because if they all united to vote for a Reformist they could shake the country up pretty bad. But it is good for the Islamic Republic and its supporters, so I am quite happy they reached this conclusion, that they excluded themselves from the democratic process.

Conclusion: Anti-IR Iranians likely won't vote at all, a small number of them will vote for the Moderate candidate, but the Conservative candidate will likely win another landslide victory like Raeesi in 2021, due to overwhelming participation of the pro-IR and religious masses.

@Middle_East_Spectator

⚠️ Hamas announced they ambushed an Israeli army team inside a tunnel in Jabalya.

They have been killed and kidnapped successfully. Gear implies a special forces team.

Did the lying Israeli army miss any soldier/s?

🗣️ The Israeli army spokesman issues a statement and denies that they lost any soldier in Gaza.