Author: M Barbu

Chinese Influencer Criticizes Hamas: The People’s Desperation Won’t Be Eased If They Win; Their Leaders Are Corrupt

On November 13, 2023, a Chinese influencer known as “Flower-Dappled Horse Kesi” on the Chinese Bilibili social media platform shared a video titled “Suppose Hamas Wins,” in which he criticized Hamas’s leadership and speculated that even if Hamas defeated Israel and were able to rule Gaza with no external intervention whatsoever, the desperate situation of the Gazans would not change. He said that Hamas leaders don’t even live in Gaza and that they do not want to rule over their people with integrity, and he said that in this scenario of a Hamas victory, Gaza would become like Venezuela or Zimbabwe. It is noteworthy that the video contradicts the generally pro-Hamas tone of the Chinese government’s propaganda. Kesi also shared a screenshot from a MEMRI TV clip.

Wives Of Russian Soldiers Protest Extended Mobilization: ‘We Are Being Betrayed And Exterminated By Our Own’

Amid the ongoing hostilities and losses in Ukraine, the Russian authorities are automatically extending the contracts of those already on the frontline and trying to recruit soldiers to avoid another partial or general mobilization ahead of the upcoming presidential elections. These measures have prompted the rise of a powerful women’s protest movement.[1]

IRGC Aerospace Force Commander General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh On Iran’s Involvement In Gaza War: We Did What We Had To Do; Their Only Means Of Defense Used To Be Stones – Now They Have Rockets, Advanced Weapons

General Amir-Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force, spoke in an address before Basij students that was aired on IRINN TV (Iran) on December 1, 2023 about Iran’s role in the Gaza war. He said that Iran “has done what it had to do.” Hajizadeh explained that in the past, the only means of defense the people of Gaza had were stones, but now they have rockets and advanced weapons and capabilities.

The impossibility of actual politics

After the Arab Spring, the African left was left demoralized and disorganized. However, a recent book argues that the revolution continues in quotidian life.

Twelve years have passed since the Arab Spring, and both Egypt and Tunisia are facing a stark economic crisis. Both are currently under the mercy of extremely unfavorable structural adjustment programs imposed by the International Monetary Fund, relying heavily on food imports, mired in debt, and facing historical inflation rates with unprecedented hikes in food prices. This dire economic situation is made all the worse by a relentless escalation of authoritarian measures in both countries. The prevailing atmosphere indicates that the counterrevolution has prevailed and that avenues of emancipatory possibility have shrunk almost to the point of extinction.

Iran Continues to Benefit from Mideast War

Latest Developments

Global oil prices spiked on December 18 after BP announced that it is pausing traffic in the Red Sea due to “the deteriorating security situation for shipping.” This announcement came as Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis attacked two commercial vessels in the Red Sea — the latest in a string of Houthi missile and drone attacks against ships in the area. The rise in oil prices will benefit Tehran, which is also raking in cash from U.S. sanctions waivers, including access to $10 billion previously held in escrow in Iraq.

Katibat Junud al-Makhdi

highlights:
Established In: July 2016;

Key Members: Sayfuddin al-Tatari;

Operational Area: Latakia Governorate, Syria;

Size: 400;

Involved In: Bomb Attacks, Armed Attacks;

Islamic State

highlights:
Established In: 1999

Established By: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (death), Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi (also known as Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi);

Also Known As: Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, Daesh, ISIS, ISIL

Country Of Origin: Iraq and Syria

Hamas Creates New Terrorist Group to Destroy Lebanon

On December 4, the Iran-backed Palestinian terror group Hamas announced the establishment of a new terrorist group in Lebanon with the goal of “liberating Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque.” In the past two months, Hamas terrorists in Lebanon have carried out rocket attacks on Israeli soldiers and civilians in northern Israel.