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The Drumbeats Of War Are Getting Louder
Hundreds of millions of people all over the western world are enjoying the holiday season as if nothing has changed. But meanwhile the pounding of the war drums just continues to intensify. If the world keeps going down this path, next year’s holiday season could look completely different. Unfortunately, most […]
The EU is Out of Control
European leaders were forced to back down on stealing the Russian assets, and have agreed to keep Ukraine funded for two years with a loan of 90 billion euros, or about $105 billion. There is growing discontent within the EU, for a few countries I speak to are starting to […]
Yair Netanyahu and the Haredi Rise in Israel’s Zionist Institutions
What began as a brief political scandal around the possible appointment of Yair Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister’s son, quickly opened a window onto a much larger and largely hidden arena: Israel’s national Zionist institutions. The proposed role at the World Zionist Organisation was no ceremonial post; it came with a minister-level salary, generous […]
Project Sunrise, a New Vision for Gaza Unfolds, Led by Kushner and Witkoff
Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff have a new vision for Gazalago. Please note the highly implausible ‘Project Sunrise’ Plan to Turn Gaza Into High-Tech Metropolis Beachside luxury resorts. High-speed rail. AI-optimized smart grids. Welcome to “Project Sunrise,” the Trump administration’s pitch to foreign governments and investors to turn Gaza’s rubble into a futuristic […]
The Ukraine Border Myth: How a Manufactured Crisis Threatens America—and Your Wealth
Here we go again. The Donald recently offered a constructive 28-point plan that implicitly and correctly identified America’s Homeland Security interest in Ukraine as nichts, nada, nugatory and nyet. Yet before the ink was dry the Washington neocon brigade that he foolishly invited back into his government to sabotage it […]
A War No American Needs: Confrontation with Venezuela Brings Neither Security nor Benefit
The United States finds itself at a moment when the gap between power and prudence has rarely been more visible. As American society grapples with structural inflation, deep social fragmentation, a crisis of institutional credibility, and the steady erosion of public trust, renewed talk of military confrontation with Venezuela is once again circulating within […]
Bondi Beach Under the Lens: State Influence, Media Spin, and the Manufacture of Fear
On a December evening in 2025, a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach turned into a scene of horror. Fifteen people were killed, dozens injured, and a community’s sense of safety was shattered. In the hours that followed, the story seemed clear: a terrorist attack, antisemitic in motive, connected to […]
Netanyahu War Cabinet Determined to Turn Gaza into Palestinian Auschwitz
Gaza ‘Peace Mission’ is a Classic False Flag Political Deception There is a well established background to the cold brutality enacted by Israeli Zionist fundamentalists on Palestinians and other Middle Eastern Countries and cultures, which so long as it endures, makes any chance of peace in this region well neigh […]
‘The Israel Files’: The Architecture of Impunity – Infiltrating the EU
For more than a decade, Israeli officials have warned of an alleged international campaign to “delegitimise” the Jewish state. The accusation has been repeated so often that it has hardened into dogma. A new investigation dubbed “Israel Files” reveals what this rhetoric was designed to obscure: not a besieged democracy […]
U.S. Wargames Maduro’s Fall From Power
The United States has wargamed Venezuela ruler Nicolas Maduro’s fall from power, and none of the scenarios are “good” for Venezuelan civilians. All of the wargames ended in violence and bloody power struggles. This is not a huge surprise. In the absence of power, and as long as humans believe […]
