The UAE, after normalizing ties with "Israel", helped "Israel" to establish a military presence and spy bases on Socotra.
The importance of the Bab al-Mandab Strait is that both Iran and China need to use this shipping lane, for Iran to export fuel and for China as the world’s largest economy and largest trading partner of most countries.
4. The Strait of Hormuz
Continue up the Arabian coast, and you get to another vital strait: the Strait of Hormuz.
There is an entire de facto Cold War taking place here: a tanker war.
The US and "Israel" constantly try to sink Iranian fuel ships, and Iran responds in kind by hitting Israeli-owned ships. Britain also tried playing this game in the Strait of Gibraltar by hijacking an Iranian ship. Only when Iran gave Britain a taste of its own medicine did Britain get the message and let the Iranian ship go.
The US has gone so far as to even steal Iranian fuel tankers and sell off the cargo – a practice commonly referred to as piracy.
The US and "Israel" want to control this vital part of the world, so they can attack Iranian and Chinese ships in Bab al-Mandab Strait, up into the Red Sea, and of course by replacing the Suez Canal with the "Ben Gurion Canal."
This final piece of the puzzle will allow the US and "Israel" to dominate world maritime trade.
They can use this not only to the benefit of their own economies but also to damage and attack other countries' economies, such as those of China, Iran, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon. It is literally a robbery highway on the high seas.
And the "Ben Gurion Canal" is the key to all of this.
Where are the Arabs and Muslims?
Egypt could stop this war in Gaza right now by shutting down the Suez Canal. Were late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser still here, he wouldn’t have even thought twice.
It's bewildering that Egypt doesn’t shut the Suez– if not for Gaza's sake, then for its own sake. It is Egypt’s economy and the Suez Canal that will suffer if "Israel" gets away with genocide in Gaza and building its "Ben Gurion Canal."
Why doesn't Saudi Arabia threaten to cut oil production for one week – even just for a day to try and stop the war? Or is there something in it for them, were Gaza to be replaced with a canal?
Where are the Arabs? Where are the Muslims? Why don’t the kingdoms in the Gulf use their wealth and resources to help Gaza?
If you look at the European Union, they have nothing in common except geography. They speak over 24 languages. Whereas the Arab world today, from Morocco to Oman, has a common tongue, common geography, common religion, common history, and common culture.
This automatically makes the Arabs a global superpower – not to mention the enormous wealth of natural resources, the geographical landmass, and the population, which are all essential criteria of "hard power".
It is not only the size of the Arab world, but look at the straits: all the vital straits and shipping lanes are located in Arab countries: The strait of Gibraltar, (originally Jabal Ṭāriq), the Suez Canal, the Bab al-Mandob Strait, and the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.
European colonial powers:
understood how powerful Arab countries were a long time ago, so they planted "Israel" right in the middle to create chaos. And then they worked on bringing the Arab kingdoms over to their side and to make them normalize ties with "Israel".
All these borders in the Middle East didn't even exist until Britain and France – the same European powers that created and back "Israel" today – drew them.
Europe’s foreign policy toward the Middle East is a divide-and-conquer strategy. It is all about colonialism and theft. It is about dividing up the Arab world, creating instability, and controlling the resources and straits.
European colonial powers always play the sectarian card to achieve this: they pitted Sunni against Shia in Iraq and Lebanon. Now they try to do it between Arabs and Iran. In Palestine, they lie again and say the struggle is “between Jews and Muslims”. It has never been about that.
The importance of the Bab al-Mandab Strait is that both Iran and China need to use this shipping lane, for Iran to export fuel and for China as the world’s largest economy and largest trading partner of most countries.
4. The Strait of Hormuz
Continue up the Arabian coast, and you get to another vital strait: the Strait of Hormuz.
There is an entire de facto Cold War taking place here: a tanker war.
The US and "Israel" constantly try to sink Iranian fuel ships, and Iran responds in kind by hitting Israeli-owned ships. Britain also tried playing this game in the Strait of Gibraltar by hijacking an Iranian ship. Only when Iran gave Britain a taste of its own medicine did Britain get the message and let the Iranian ship go.
The US has gone so far as to even steal Iranian fuel tankers and sell off the cargo – a practice commonly referred to as piracy.
The US and "Israel" want to control this vital part of the world, so they can attack Iranian and Chinese ships in Bab al-Mandab Strait, up into the Red Sea, and of course by replacing the Suez Canal with the "Ben Gurion Canal."
This final piece of the puzzle will allow the US and "Israel" to dominate world maritime trade.
They can use this not only to the benefit of their own economies but also to damage and attack other countries' economies, such as those of China, Iran, Egypt, Syria, and Lebanon. It is literally a robbery highway on the high seas.
And the "Ben Gurion Canal" is the key to all of this.
Where are the Arabs and Muslims?
Egypt could stop this war in Gaza right now by shutting down the Suez Canal. Were late Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser still here, he wouldn’t have even thought twice.
It's bewildering that Egypt doesn’t shut the Suez– if not for Gaza's sake, then for its own sake. It is Egypt’s economy and the Suez Canal that will suffer if "Israel" gets away with genocide in Gaza and building its "Ben Gurion Canal."
Why doesn't Saudi Arabia threaten to cut oil production for one week – even just for a day to try and stop the war? Or is there something in it for them, were Gaza to be replaced with a canal?
Where are the Arabs? Where are the Muslims? Why don’t the kingdoms in the Gulf use their wealth and resources to help Gaza?
If you look at the European Union, they have nothing in common except geography. They speak over 24 languages. Whereas the Arab world today, from Morocco to Oman, has a common tongue, common geography, common religion, common history, and common culture.
This automatically makes the Arabs a global superpower – not to mention the enormous wealth of natural resources, the geographical landmass, and the population, which are all essential criteria of "hard power".
It is not only the size of the Arab world, but look at the straits: all the vital straits and shipping lanes are located in Arab countries: The strait of Gibraltar, (originally Jabal Ṭāriq), the Suez Canal, the Bab al-Mandob Strait, and the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and Oman.
European colonial powers:
understood how powerful Arab countries were a long time ago, so they planted "Israel" right in the middle to create chaos. And then they worked on bringing the Arab kingdoms over to their side and to make them normalize ties with "Israel".
All these borders in the Middle East didn't even exist until Britain and France – the same European powers that created and back "Israel" today – drew them.
Europe’s foreign policy toward the Middle East is a divide-and-conquer strategy. It is all about colonialism and theft. It is about dividing up the Arab world, creating instability, and controlling the resources and straits.
European colonial powers always play the sectarian card to achieve this: they pitted Sunni against Shia in Iraq and Lebanon. Now they try to do it between Arabs and Iran. In Palestine, they lie again and say the struggle is “between Jews and Muslims”. It has never been about that.
This war has nothing to do with Hamas or religion. It has always been about colonialism because the West is afraid of unity between Arabs and Muslim countries.
The entire world can’t believe how "Israel" is allowed to slaughter Palestinians like this in broad daylight and get away with it. How is it that the so-called “civilized West” supports this behavior? Why won’t Western leaders even call for a ceasefire? The answer is that this genocide in Gaza is their project too. "Israel" itself is a European and American imperialist project, and these “leaders” are all complicit.
The theft of Arab resources and control over the straits and canals will ultimately impact everybody in the Middle East negatively – not to mention all the suffering Palestinians have had to endure.
And that is precisely why the whole Axis of Resistance – Palestine, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon – is involved in this fight on multiple fronts. It is about time for other Arab and Muslim countries to do their part for Gaza too: cut all ties with "Israel", impose an oil embargo on the West, and shut down the Suez Canal. The entire world is watching you.
The entire world can’t believe how "Israel" is allowed to slaughter Palestinians like this in broad daylight and get away with it. How is it that the so-called “civilized West” supports this behavior? Why won’t Western leaders even call for a ceasefire? The answer is that this genocide in Gaza is their project too. "Israel" itself is a European and American imperialist project, and these “leaders” are all complicit.
The theft of Arab resources and control over the straits and canals will ultimately impact everybody in the Middle East negatively – not to mention all the suffering Palestinians have had to endure.
And that is precisely why the whole Axis of Resistance – Palestine, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon – is involved in this fight on multiple fronts. It is about time for other Arab and Muslim countries to do their part for Gaza too: cut all ties with "Israel", impose an oil embargo on the West, and shut down the Suez Canal. The entire world is watching you.
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🟢 Hamas leader Osama Hamdan:
The safe areas declared by the occupation are death traps.
The occupation is the one that disrupted the extension of the temporary humanitarian truce.
We will not accept negotiating under fire with the occupation.
The solution to the Palestinian cause and stability in the region can be achieved by ending the "israeli" occupation.
The safe areas declared by the occupation are death traps.
The occupation is the one that disrupted the extension of the temporary humanitarian truce.
We will not accept negotiating under fire with the occupation.
The solution to the Palestinian cause and stability in the region can be achieved by ending the "israeli" occupation.
🔻Breaking:
Resistance fighters detonate a high-impact explosive device on an IOF bulldozer in Tulkarem.
Resistance fighters detonate a high-impact explosive device on an IOF bulldozer in Tulkarem.
🟡 07/12:1: Al Marj and Harj Ramim Barracks of IOF
Hezbollah targeted the Marj site and Harj Ramim (the occupied Lebanese village of Hounin) with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 7:00 AM.
Hezbollah targeted the Marj site and Harj Ramim (the occupied Lebanese village of Hounin) with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 7:00 AM.
🟡 07/12:2: Mayan Baruch IOF site.
Hezbollah targeted the Ma'yan Baruch site with appropriate weapons and was directly hit at 11:00 AM.
Hezbollah targeted the Ma'yan Baruch site with appropriate weapons and was directly hit at 11:00 AM.
🟡 07/12:3: Al Marj IOF site
Hezbollah targeted the Al-Marj site (the occupied Lebanese village of Honin) with appropriate weapons and was directly hit at 12:40 PM noon.
Hezbollah targeted the Al-Marj site (the occupied Lebanese village of Honin) with appropriate weapons and was directly hit at 12:40 PM noon.
🟢 Hamas:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
A Call to Our Arab and Islamic Nation and the Free People of the World: Let Us All Unite with Gaza and Palestine Until the Aggression Stops.
In the face of the continued Nazi occupation's genocide and the horrific massacres committed by the zionist occupation over two months against more than two million Palestinian citizens, we call upon the masses of our Arab and Islamic nation, its scholars, men, institutions, and active forces to come out in roaring crowds tomorrow, Friday, and all the coming days in every city, capital, and square, to actively participate in solidarity marches and demonstrations with our people in the Gaza Strip, pressuring for the introduction of relief, humanitarian, and medical aid to all parts of the Gaza Strip, and to stop the zionist aggression against defenseless innocents.
We also renew our invitation to the free people and those with living consciences around the world to continue and escalate their global public movement, rejecting the occupation's crimes, in solidarity with our people and their just cause and legitimate struggle, calling for an end to the aggression and the genocide against children, women, and civilians. Let us all unite tomorrow, Friday, and in the coming days, expressing our solidarity with Gaza and Palestine, against the crimes of the occupation, until the aggression stops.
Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas
Thursday: 23 Jumada Al-Awwal 1445 AH
Corresponding to: 07 December 2023 AD
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
A Call to Our Arab and Islamic Nation and the Free People of the World: Let Us All Unite with Gaza and Palestine Until the Aggression Stops.
In the face of the continued Nazi occupation's genocide and the horrific massacres committed by the zionist occupation over two months against more than two million Palestinian citizens, we call upon the masses of our Arab and Islamic nation, its scholars, men, institutions, and active forces to come out in roaring crowds tomorrow, Friday, and all the coming days in every city, capital, and square, to actively participate in solidarity marches and demonstrations with our people in the Gaza Strip, pressuring for the introduction of relief, humanitarian, and medical aid to all parts of the Gaza Strip, and to stop the zionist aggression against defenseless innocents.
We also renew our invitation to the free people and those with living consciences around the world to continue and escalate their global public movement, rejecting the occupation's crimes, in solidarity with our people and their just cause and legitimate struggle, calling for an end to the aggression and the genocide against children, women, and civilians. Let us all unite tomorrow, Friday, and in the coming days, expressing our solidarity with Gaza and Palestine, against the crimes of the occupation, until the aggression stops.
Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas
Thursday: 23 Jumada Al-Awwal 1445 AH
Corresponding to: 07 December 2023 AD
✅ 07/12/2023: Latest Developments of past hours:Ongoing Armed Clashes in Palestine
1) Ramallah Incidents:
• Resistance fighters target Zionists in central Ramallah.
• Explosive devices used against invading forces.
2) Tulkarem & Nablus Engagement:
• Clashes persist; resistance fighters confront Zionist soldiers.
Saraya Al-Quds Actions:
• Targeted tanks, troop carrier in Beit Lahia, Jabalia.
• Engaged in intense clashes in Shuja'iyya.
• Launched mortar shells at enemy gatherings in Khan Younis.
3) Mujahideen Brigades' Battle:
• Launched a rocket barrage at 'Ashkelon' (occupied Asqalan).
4) Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades Operations:
• Targeted enemy command rooms in Gaza City.
• Bombarded northern axis of Khan Younis.
5) Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades' Confrontations:
• Engaged in violent clashes in Gaza's Al-Shujaiya & Al-Tuff.
• Inflicted losses on enemy forces in Khan Younis.
6) Saraya Al-Quds' Combat:
• Clashed with an infantry force in Al-Zaytoun.
• Targeted the occupation's vehicles and soldiers across several fronts (Jabalia, Al-Shujaeiya, east Khan Younis (Al-Qarara)), engaging with all kinds of weapons, including medium and individual arms. They confirm hitting 3 vehicles in the Khan Younis (Al-Qarara) axis with anti-tank shells.
#AlAqsaFlood
1) Ramallah Incidents:
• Resistance fighters target Zionists in central Ramallah.
• Explosive devices used against invading forces.
2) Tulkarem & Nablus Engagement:
• Clashes persist; resistance fighters confront Zionist soldiers.
Saraya Al-Quds Actions:
• Targeted tanks, troop carrier in Beit Lahia, Jabalia.
• Engaged in intense clashes in Shuja'iyya.
• Launched mortar shells at enemy gatherings in Khan Younis.
3) Mujahideen Brigades' Battle:
• Launched a rocket barrage at 'Ashkelon' (occupied Asqalan).
4) Martyr Izz El-Din Al-Qassam Brigades Operations:
• Targeted enemy command rooms in Gaza City.
• Bombarded northern axis of Khan Younis.
5) Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades' Confrontations:
• Engaged in violent clashes in Gaza's Al-Shujaiya & Al-Tuff.
• Inflicted losses on enemy forces in Khan Younis.
6) Saraya Al-Quds' Combat:
• Clashed with an infantry force in Al-Zaytoun.
• Targeted the occupation's vehicles and soldiers across several fronts (Jabalia, Al-Shujaeiya, east Khan Younis (Al-Qarara)), engaging with all kinds of weapons, including medium and individual arms. They confirm hitting 3 vehicles in the Khan Younis (Al-Qarara) axis with anti-tank shells.
#AlAqsaFlood
⭕️ Breaking: Al-Quds Brigades:
We bombed enemy gatherings in the vicinity of the Cultural Center and Al-Zalal Mosque with a barrage of heavy and regular 60-caliber mortar shells, and we confirmed that there were confirmed casualties among the enemy’s ranks.
We bombed enemy gatherings in the vicinity of the Cultural Center and Al-Zalal Mosque with a barrage of heavy and regular 60-caliber mortar shells, and we confirmed that there were confirmed casualties among the enemy’s ranks.
🟡 Breaking:
Hezbollah targeted Branit barracks with confirmed casualties. The movement of IOF ambulances was monitored as they were heading to the "Branit" barrack after targeting its surroundings with a guided missile.
Hezbollah targeted Branit barracks with confirmed casualties. The movement of IOF ambulances was monitored as they were heading to the "Branit" barrack after targeting its surroundings with a guided missile.
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🟡 07/12:4: Mitat Barracks
Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Mitat Barracks with appropriate weapons and caused confirmed casualties at 2:15 PM.
Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Mitat Barracks with appropriate weapons and caused confirmed casualties at 2:15 PM.
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🟡 07/12:5: Bayad Al Bilda
Hezbollah targeted the Bayad Blida site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 3:05 PM.
Hezbollah targeted the Bayad Blida site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 3:05 PM.
🟡 07/12:5: Khallet Wardah
Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in Khallet Wardah with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 3:30 PM.
🟡 07/12:6: Jal Al Alam
Hebzollah targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Jal Al-Alam site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 3:35 PM.
Hezbollah targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in Khallet Wardah with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 3:30 PM.
🟡 07/12:6: Jal Al Alam
Hebzollah targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Jal Al-Alam site with appropriate weapons and achieved direct hits at 3:35 PM.