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The Battle for Bint Jbeil: Israel Revisits A Symbolic Defeat As Resistance Holds The Line
Bint Jbail, South Lebanon – Israel has announced its intent to militarily occupy South Lebanon with its eyes set on the symbolic town of Bint Jbail. In preparation for this land theft, the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah have put up a stiff resistance and managed to inflict a large number of […]
JD Vance’s Gaza ‘Miracle’ Is a Statistical Lie
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire JD Vance claimed that more aid is entering Gaza now than at any point in the last five years. The public documentary record from the UN and frontline humanitarian agencies, as reflected in the updates of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) […]
Yadan Law: Israeli Lobby Engineering France’s Crackdown on Pro‑Palestinian Solidarity
Freddie Ponton21st Century Wire A French speech law born inside a pro-Israel lobbying ecosystem is about to be voted in Paris, while Israeli leaders, including Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, face international arrest warrants, and a United Nations expert says there are reasonable grounds to believe Israel has committed genocide […]
Martyrdom and the Psychology of War
One of the greatest mistakes Western policymakers repeatedly make is assuming that other cultures think the same way they do. They approach international conflicts through a secular lens of power, economics, and negotiation. But when dealing with Iran, they are confronting a political system deeply intertwined with religious ideology. When […]
The Roman Empire’s Fatal Mistake—and America May Be Repeating It in Iran
Crassus was one of the richest and most powerful men in Rome. He rose to the top alongside Julius Caesar and Pompey as part of the First Triumvirate, an informal three-man alliance that dominated Roman politics even though it was not an official office. Crassus wanted military glory to match […]
Turkey Accuses Israeli PM of War Crimes, Issues Formal Statement Comparing Him to Hitler
Introduction On April 12, 2026, Turkey formally accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of war crimes and crimes against humanity, issuing a statement from its foreign ministry that described him as the ‘Hitler of our time’ [1]. The accusation was made on the eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, according to Turkish […]
Trump Accuses The Pope of Being “Terrible For Foreign Policy”
United States ruler Donald Trump has attacked Pope Leo, the patriarch of the Catholic Church, as being “terrible for foreign policy.” The social media assault comes as Pope Leo emerged as a vocal critic of the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran. Christian Nationalism and Trump’s Weaponization of Religion The pope […]
Why America’s Money Always Follows War
When you strip away the propaganda, foreign aid is rarely about charity. It is about strategy, war, and buying influence. The latest long-run data show that from 1946 through 2024, more than $1 trillion in inflation-adjusted U.S. foreign aid went to just five recipients: Israel at $337.0 billion, Egypt at $198.9 billion, […]
‘Automatic’ Draft Registration Begins in December
Amid war build-up, Selective Service System sends the White House its plan to identify and locate potential draftees On March 30th, the Selective Service System (SSS) sent the White House its proposed regulations for “automatic” [sic] draft registration for review and approval before they are made public. This is the first visible step in […]
With The Ceasefire Dead, The Mad Max Scenario is Now the Most Likely Outcome
Introduction: The Flicker of Hope, Extinguished I watched the so-called ceasefire announcement with a sense of exhausted disbelief, a feeling I suspect many of you shared. Here we are, in April 2026, and the charade continues. President Donald Trump, fresh from his 2024 victory, declared a ‘two-way ceasefire’ with Iran, […]
