Palestine's Christians Face Equal Opportunity Hatred as Muslims by Yahweh's Chosen Fascists

The major problem for Palestinian Christians is that they are not Protestants or Evangelicals. Zionist racism toward Palestinian Christians is in large part driven by the American Evangelical Zionists who, as a branch of Protestantism, hate Catholics, Orthodox, Armenian and other Christians in Palestine.

The imbecile Ambassador of the US in Tel Aviv is a American dumbass moron from the southern slavery states who believes that the Messiah is returning (for Christians) or is finally coming to earth  for the first time (for Jews) from his resort up in the clouds or on Mount Sinai? Hence, this mongrel  hillbilly by the name of Mike Huckabee is all for the Zionist rape of Palestine, while decrying, as he did yesterday, the flagrant ethnic cleansing by the foreign Zionist settlers against the indigenous Palestinian villagers and townspeople.

Should we understand that this inbred American white trash idiot supports the rape of Palestine by non-violent means? How is that possible? Or is he speaking from both sides of his oral orifice?

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Israel’s Christians rely on faith and allies as they fear rising harassment
GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Updated Fri, August 14, 2026


A Christian pilgrim attends a Mass in the Basilica of the Transfiguration on Mount Tabor, northern Israel, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

MOUNT TABOR, Israel (AP) — Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked [by rabid Zionist Jews] in Jerusalem's Old City — but she's now accompanied by a Jewish volunteer for protection.

Many Christians in Israel, who make up less than 2% of the country's population, are worried visible signs of their faith will draw harassment, which has increased as multiple conflicts grip the region.

"I'm scared after the sister was beat up," said Sister Mayela, a Mexican nun who's lived in Jerusalem on and off for more than two decades. "Before, one could live with more confidence. Some people spat, some said hi. Now we have to live trusting in God."

She finds resilience in her faith — and in support from Israelis like the volunteers. Even that, though, didn't prevent a teen from spitting right behind her as they passed a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews recently. The teen said she was only clearing her throat, but the volunteer reported it to police.

Incidents like that are among the challenges for Christians in Israel, particularly since the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, plunged the country back into war and polarization. But interfaith leaders and researchers are encouraged by better policing and prosecution as well as the recent appointment of a government envoy to the Christian world, who is Greek Orthodox.

In northern Israel, many Christians say they feel the state isn't doing enough to protect them from crime because they're not Jewish. But those concerns didn't stop groups of Catholics from joining a recent joyous pilgrimage on Mount Tabor, where the Gospels say Jesus appeared transfigured alongside the Jewish prophets Moses and Elijah.

"In a world where darkness is filling the hearts of people, we need to diffuse God's light to other people," said Sister Muna, the nun who led one youth group.

For many Christians and Jews, protecting coexistence in the Holy Land is a moral imperative after their own long histories of religious persecution.

"I don't want Christians to go out of their house in Jerusalem … and have fear," said Yisca Harani, the Jewish Israeli educator and activist who escorted Sister Mayela. "I've gone through this 2,000 years in my Jewish history. I'm not going to let that happen."

Occasional flare-ups occur in multifaith Old City

In the Old City, Jewish men in black hats and tzitzit tassels, Muslim women in hijabs and Christian priests in flowing robes walk past each other daily in the maze of stone alleyways. Many are headed to pray at the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. These are some of the most sacred sites respectively for Judaism, Christianity and Islam, and they are close to each other.

"If you stroll around in your habit, sooner or later you'll get some spitting next to you," said the Rev. Alberto Pari, who leads interfaith dialogue and Christian-Jewish relations as secretary to the Custody of the Holy Land, the Catholic order ministering to holy sites across the region. "But it's important not to generalize, because that unleashes antisemitism."

Religious Freedom Data Center, the organization that Harani founded to track harassment of Christians, has recorded a near-tripling of incidents in Jerusalem from four years ago to the last three months recorded — about one a day now — virtually all by Jewish religious nationalists.

A Jewish man from a settlement in the occupied West Bank was indicted in the violent attack on the nun in April. The French Biblical and Archeological School of Jerusalem where the nun is a researcher expects "effective prosecution at the criminal and civil levels," said the school's director, Friar Olivier Poquillon [even though there is no precedent whatsoever that Israel prosecutes any Jews for their violence against non-Jews].

Israel's government tackles anti-Christian incidents

Among those reaching out to Catholic leaders to denounce the attack and offer support was Ambassador George Deek, Israel's new envoy tasked with building what he calls the "special relationship" between Christians and the country, to both keep Christians safe and partner on issues like fighting antisemitism.

"We believe that every incident against Christians is immoral, illegal and should be prosecuted. That's exactly what we are going to do," Deek told The Associated Press. "We want to make sure that Israel continues to prosper and grow as a place where Christians can not only survive, but they can thrive."

Around the time that the nun was attacked, two other incidents drew global condemnation. An Israeli soldier smashed a crucifix in a family garden in South Lebanon [See: https://lebanoniznogood.blogspot.com/2026/04/israels-war-against-christians.html] and another stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary also in southern Lebanon, where the military is fighting Hezbollah militants. The soldiers involved received [suspended] military prison sentences.

Most Israelis find harassment unacceptable [that is a big lie]. But Jewish religious nationalists, particularly uneducated young men, remain a threat, said John Munayer of the Rossing Center for Education and Dialogue, an interreligious organization in Jerusalem.

Their hostility to Christians is grounded in the history of persecution of Jews in Christian-majority European countries, in faith practices they see as idol-worshipping, and in a "general intolerance" for anyone who's not Jewish near sacred areas like the Western Wall, Munayer said.

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict spills over in Christian-Jewish tensions

Then there's the overhanging trauma of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, since most local Christians in Israel and the occupied West Bank are Palestinian.

In Taybeh, the last entirely Christian village in the West Bank, Jewish settlers recently cut through house fences and destroyed fruit and vegetable gardens, said the Rev. Bashar Fawadleh, parish priest of Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church.

"All the people here are afraid," he said. "Settlers come and go every day."

Israel's army declared the village a closed military zone earlier this week to curb the attacks. But concerns about Israel's ability and willingness to rein in the settlers remain even among evangelicals, who are among the staunchest Christian supporters of Israel.

"What happens in Taybeh is really troubling," said David Parsons, spokesperson for International Christian Embassy Jerusalem. "Israeli leaders have realized for some time that Christian support for their nation is not only vital, it's a strategic interest." [Parsons is arguing for Jewish respect for Christians only because it's in Israel's interests, not because it is the moral thing to do. So Christian of him!]

And yet since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack, "generalized fear and skepticism" pervaded all interreligious work, Pari said. The interfaith music institute he directs, Magnificat, was invited to play at a peace march in Jerusalem. But when the Palestinian members saw that the stage had been set up by an Old City gate flanked by Israeli flags, they refused to play.

"I felt a real failure," Pari said. "We think that as Christians, we have a very important role to patch things back together. ... It will be difficult, but we can do it."

Israeli Christians hold tight to faith and identity

That faith-grounded resilience prevailed among the Mount Tabor pilgrims, who gathered on the mountain to celebrate the feast of the Transfiguration last week. Rising interfaith tensions and crime have driven many of the area's Christians to emigrate, several said.

"It's very difficult that we keep our identity as Christians in the Middle East, but it's the most important," said John Akleh, 20, who came with Sister Muna's group.

Ten pilgrims from nearby Nazareth — where Jesus grew up — started the climb at 4:15 a.m. led by the Rev. Fadi Shallufi in a yearly tradition they've maintained even in wartime.

"We will have a lot of sacrifice, but you will be sure in this land something will change," Shallufi told them as he celebrated Mass in the mountaintop basilica.

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Associated Press journalists Ibrahim Hazboun and Moshe Edri contributed from Jerusalem.

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Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the AP's collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content.

[Updated] Palestine Ethnic Cleansing by "Low Dose" Terror: 1947-1948 Zionist Terror Redux

[updated with appended BBC and CNN reports]

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The historical facts are undeniable, regardless of the WHY questions. Whether it is for a so-called "homeland", or fleeing the European Holocaust of European Jewry, or the biblical bullshit of a "return" to the Cursed Land, or for what it really is: A me-too colonial project imitating what the French, the Spanish, the Dutch, the English etc... did with their colonial empires, the facts are:

Europeans who converted to Judaism in recent history and without any cultural or genetic connection with Palestine descended in illegal hordes of migrants on the country of Palestine at the turn of the 19th-20th century, then administered by the English imperial colonial crooks in a fiduciary capacity. Which means that the Palestinians were asked by the League of Nations (the UN at the time) to TRUST the English as they began rebuilding their country after the end of the Turkish occupation in 1918. But the English decided to sell Palestine for lots of money to the colonial-minded European Jewish bankers, a.k.a. the Zionists, who dreamed of a Jewish colony in Palestine. 

These illegal migrants, sophisticated and wealthy Europeans, that were heavily armed by the English, began a campaign of terror against the indigenous Palestinians to force them out of their ancestral cities, towns, villages and homes. Within two decades (1920s-1940s), hundreds of thousands of indigenous Palestinians were forced out of their native villages into refugee camps, both inside Palestine and in the neighboring countries of Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, while hundreds of thousands of European settlers killed, stole, raped and confiscated the land abandoned by the refugees to create their brand new synthetic Zionist colony in Palestine. From 5,000 Jews (only pilgrims) to 600,000 Palestinians in 1910, the population stands today at 5 million Palestinians (not counting the millions of refugees scattered around) and 5 million Zionists who are well-armed and funded by American government and Evangelical largesse.

In gradual increments since that time, the Zionists never ceased their campaign of terror which they have been delivering as a "low-dose ethnic cleansing". They merely adjusted their barbarity to the prevailing political conditions, in bouts of relative calm alternating with episodes of terrorism against those Palestinians who stayed on the land and who tried to fight off the rape of their country. The ups and downs in the Zionist terror campaign do not change the trajectory of the campaign and its ultimate objective: More ethnic cleansing, more displacement, more killings, more home demolitions, more villages eliminated from the maps... turning historic Palestine into a brand new artificial state called Israel.

As we write these lines, thousands of foreign Jewish settlers are attacking Palestinian villages, burning crops, demolishing homes, killing villagers, and stealing land. 

No one seems to notice. Not the Europeans. Not the American servants of the Zionists. And worst of all, the Arabs who seem to have agreed to join in the gang rape of Palestine. As the Zionists are now praying inside Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, which they want demolished and replaced by a Third Jewish Temple (after the first one was destroyed by the Babylonians and the second one by the Romans thousands of years ago), one wonders how can barbarity and religious fanaticism have such a long half life. 

To carry grudges for thousands of years, and to mass-murder innocent populations because of some fantasy mythology written on parchments from the Stone and Bronze ages, is beyond barbarity. It is deliberate hatred, cruelty and atrocity. And yet, this is the 21st century when humans have gone to the moon, have deciphered their own DNA, and are radically transforming the species itself. 

Fundamentalist Jews and fundamentalist Muslims share the same outlook of hiding their criminality and barbarity behind fictional texts some filthy disgusting nomads in the Arabian Peninsula recited and wrote during the Bronze Age, and which are now taken as the word of a man-invented god who hovers like a zombie up in the clouds. The Christians, the third monotheistic cult, have just begun to divorce themselves from that barbarity (separation of religion and state), although some still wax nostalgic like Donald Dump's Evangelical criminals who advocate the genocide of the Palestinians by the Zionists because, as they say, "they want to see the coming of the fucking fictional Messiah".

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Israeli settlers besiege three Palestinian families in West Bank’s Qusra
Al Jazeera Staff
Thu, August 13, 2026


Israeli forces stand guard next to settlers in front of Palestinian homes that they have blockaded in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank on August 12, 2026 [Nidal Eshtayeh/AP]

Israeli settlers have besieged three Palestinian families inside their homes in the occupied West Bank, cutting off water and electricity in a campaign residents described as an attempt to steal their land.

Security camera footage from the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, on Wednesday shows Israeli settlers surrounding one of the houses.

Trapped residents said Israeli soldiers had failed to disperse the settlers despite intervening earlier in the day.

Aisha Abu Rida, one of the residents under siege, told Al Jazeera that the siege began on Sunday, with settlers blocking all entrances to her home.

"We are surrounded by settlers, but we are steadfast, God willing. We will not leave our home, no matter what happens. Despite the water and electricity being cut off, we will remain steadfast," she said.

"Despite their repeated attacks, which are aimed at displacing us, God willing, we will remain steadfast and stay in our homes, even if we are martyred," she added.

'Living in fear'

Loai Ridi, an American-Palestinian who owns a house in the village, said his brother Qusai Abu Rida and 18-year-old nephew, Ahmed, were among those trapped.

Speaking to Al Jazeera from Toledo, in the United States, he said the family was relying on a temporary solar power system and leftover well water from the winter after supply lines were cut.

"He [Qusai Abu Rida] does not want to leave the home. Because if he leaves the home, the settlers will take over immediately," Ridi said. "It's really very, very difficult. He just told me, 'I only have supplies for two to three days left. And if no one is able to provide us with food, I am not sure what else I can do'."

Ridi said Israeli forces had done little to intervene when his brother had called for help on Sunday, and alleged the soldiers had knelt to pray alongside the settlers at the scene, in footage that has since circulated on social media.

"They basically did nothing," he said.

Earlier on Wednesday, more Israeli forces arrived on the scene, dismantled the settlers' tent and clashed with about 50 to 60 of the group before withdrawing. "They were unable to evacuate the settlers because they were not firm with them," Ridi said. "They should have picked them up in vans and taken them away."

The Israeli military said later on Wednesday that it would deploy an additional infantry battalion to the area, with its chief of general staff ordering continued efforts "to strengthen order and operational control" and prevent further incidents.

A day earlier, the Israeli military had said it received reports of settlers entering and seizing Palestinian homes and land in the area, describing the activity as "illegal, reprehensible and unacceptable" and disruptive to residents' daily lives. It added that disciplinary action would be taken against security personnel filmed at the site in preceding days.

Ridi said his family was "living in fear".

"They are being harassed and attacked by the settlers," he said. "I cannot do anything about it."

'Ethnic cleansing'

Qusra sits in Area B of the occupied West Bank, nominally under Palestinian civil administration. The village has faced a string of recent attacks, including the burning of a newly built mosque last month.

In the neighbouring village of Jalud, a similar two-week siege in July forced two Palestinian families off their land before settlers took over the property.

Violence and land seizures in the occupied West Bank have intensified over the past months, with Jewish settlers emboldened by the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has overseen a rapid expansion of settlement construction in the territory.

More than 500,000 Israelis live in the occupied West Bank in settlements that are considered illegal under international law, alongside roughly three million Palestinians. Israel has occupied the territory since 1967.

According to the Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now, there are 146 illegal settlements in the West Bank and a further 390 smaller outposts.

"Breaking the Silence", an Israeli rights group, said on X that while settlers commit "daily terror against Palestinian men, women, and children … neither this terror nor ethnic cleansing would be possible without the [Israeli] army's support".

The United Nations has also warned that the situation in the occupied West Bank has reached a "breaking point".

According to UN figures, Israeli forces and settlers have killed 76 Palestinians, including 18 children, in the occupied territory so far this year. About 3,800 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, have also been displaced by settler violence, demolitions and evictions.

De Facto Annexation

UN's Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov said on Tuesday that the UN has documented more than 1,430 settler attacks resulting in casualties or property damage across roughly 260 Palestinian communities in 2026, with many carried out in the presence of Israeli forces.

He also noted that Israeli authorities have also advanced or approved roughly 12,360 settlement housing units across the West Bank this year, including 5,160 in occupied East Jerusalem.

"These are interconnected steps, not isolated developments," Alakbarov said, warning that they were reshaping the occupied West Bank, weakening Palestinian governance and advancing "de facto annexation".

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Please note the hypocrisy of the Israeli and US governments: Israeli officials (and the criminal dumbass Evangelical US ambassador, the moron Mike Huckabee) make statements condemning the terrorist Jewish settlers and pretending to "protect the residents", while IDF soldiers pray with the Jewish terrorist settlers and watch them with complicit indifference as they evict Palestinians out of their homes to steal their land and property.

How can decent people around the world not resent what the filthy Zionists are doing to indigenous Palestine? 

Israel's strategy is to deplete Palestine of its indigenous people in a "Low dose" ethnic cleansing. Ask yourself: Is there a difference (moral or political) between killing 1 million people in 2 days versus killing 1 million people in 2 years? There is none. 

But Israel is executing the latter, a slow, gradual and low intensity genocide and ethnic cleansing that draws minimal condemnation as it remains beneath the "shock" threshold that would ensue if Israel was carrying out its genocide and ethnic cleansing in one giant bout of atrocities. The world sees it unfolding but doesn't react because the level of violence never exceeds that "shock" threshold, as the violence is administered in small doses over a long period of time. But the endpoint is the same: Genocide and ethnic cleansing of the indigenous people of Palestine by foreign settlers.

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Palestinians told to leave homes in village where Israeli settlers besieged houses
Yolande Knell - Middle East correspondent
Thu, August 13, 2026 


The Israeli military said the aim of the operation was to protect the residents [EPA]

About a dozen Palestinian households in a village in the occupied West Bank were told to leave their properties during an Israeli military operation to remove Israeli settlers.

The settlers had besieged residents in three homes in the area since Sunday, cutting off their power and water supplies.

Qusra Mayor, Abdel Azim Wadi, told the BBC that his village had been declared a closed military zone - and Israeli forces were using some of the vacated Palestinian houses as barracks. The Israeli military said the aim was "to protect the residents".

An Israeli spokesman told the BBC the settlers' action was "deplorable" and "unacceptable" and the government would investigate and arrest those responsible.

"The Israeli army is acting against it, and we are investigating it and we will arrest those responsible and we will prosecute them," David Mencer said.

Settlers have been emboldened by the rapid expansion of settlements under the current Israeli government – leading to a dramatic rise in settler violence as they try to drive Palestinians off their land.

All settlements are illegal under international law.

Of the besieged families' three homes in Qusra, which are made up of the Abu Ridi and Hassan families, the residents of two were told to leave on Thursday, they told the BBC. They said those told to leave had since moved into the third house.

Elsewhere in the village, the residents of 11 other houses had also been told to leave by the army.

Earlier, videos shared from Qusra overnight into Thursday showed a dozen Israeli security vehicles – including a bulldozer.

In later footage – filmed in the daylight – there was a long line of Israeli security forces on the road to the Palestinian village.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said they had "dismantled two illegal outposts".

It added that it had detained one Israeli and confiscated equipment on the outskirts of the Qusra and Jalud areas, near Nablus.

One of those asked to leave their home was Qaher Odeh, who said more than 20 soldiers had entered his house on Thursday morning.

"I was asleep in the morning, my brother and I. They came in and broke down the door, shouting open up, open the door. Even now I still can't process what I saw in front of me. There was more than 20 of them, maybe 30," he said.

"We left and kept walking down towards the lower part of the neighbourhood. Shortly afterwards, they sealed off the entire area.

"There were people being forced out of their homes. A lot of people," Odeh added.

After around 10 hours some families were allowed to return to their homes but found them upturned. One man told us the soldiers had thrown all the food out the fridge and stolen $1,500 in cash (£1,112).

The IDF did not address the allegations when asked by the BBC.

"The soldiers were instructed that the Qusra residents will remain in their homes," the IDF said.

It added that soldiers would not operate inside the Palestinian home that had been subject to the settler's siege.

The IDF stressed that Israeli "liaison officers are in ongoing contact with Qusra's local leadership and are working to avoid disruption to the daily lives of the residents in the area".

Qusay Abu Ridi, one of the trapped Palestinian family members, told the BBC that the house had been attacked again overnight and that a few settlers had remained in the area, hiding from the army.

His brother – who owns the property – is a Palestinian-American businessman who had complained to the US embassy.

The US Ambassador Mike Huckabee – a longstanding supporter of settlements – called the settler intimidation of the Qusra families "a horrific act of terror.

"Actions by those who carried out this horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass this family are disgusting. No excuse for such thuggish behavior," he posted on X.

The situation in Qusra first began on Sunday when settlers blocked the road to the Palestinian families' gates and cut off their power and water supplies. The first Israeli soldiers who came to the site prayed with the settlers – an act for which the Israel military later said they would be disciplined.

The Abu Ridi and Hassan families made appeals for help on social media after their water and power supplies were cut off on Sunday.

On Wednesday an attempt by Israeli security forces to dislodge the settlers led to confrontations with a bigger group.

Palestinian security camera video shared with the BBC showed confrontations between Israeli soldiers and border police and a large crowd of settlers. The security forces used tear gas and stun grenades.

In other footage, the Israeli forces appear to have confiscated the canopy under which the settlers were sheltering, while leaving their other equipment.

It is not clear exactly what the settlers in Qusra want. In the past, settlers have forced Palestinians out of their homes and seized their properties.

The stated aim of the settlers is to empty the area of its Palestinian residents.

Settlements are illegal under international law, but the Israeli government has promoted their recent rapid expansion.

The case is the latest to draw attention to the relative impunity of settlers and how Israeli forces are struggling to deal with rising settler violence.

Qusra's mayor had earlier told the BBC that local residents had seen "a clear and sustained pattern of targeting Qusra". Last month a newly completed mosque was set on fire with graffiti in Hebrew sprayed nearby.

That settler attack was one of many that followed on from an incident in the Palestinian village of Tal. After Israeli settlers attacked Tal, it triggered an escalation in which six people were killed - four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers – one of whom acted as a security coordinator for a nearby Israeli settlement.

In July, settlers also surrounded a Palestinian home in the village of Jalud, near Qusra, for more than two weeks. Afterwards, the owners fled and settlers took over the property where they remain until now.

[BBC]

According to the UN's figures, 76 Palestinians – including 18 children - have been killed in the West Bank this year, by Israeli forces or settlers. At the same time, three Israelis – including one civilian – were killed in confrontations with Palestinians and in an alleged ramming attack by a Palestinian in the West Bank.

Since January 2023, 127 Palestinian communities in the West Bank have experienced full or partial displacement, including 47 that have been entirely displaced, affecting more than 6,390 Palestinians, the UN says.

It has registered that in 2026, about 3,800 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, have been displaced due to settler violence, demolitions and evictions.
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Trapped and cut off: Palestinian families under settler siege in the West Bank
Zeena Saifi, Jeremy Diamond, Cyril Theophilos, CNN
Thu, August 13, 2026


Palestinian houses besieged by Israeli settlers in Qusra village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank August 13, 2026. REUTERS/Ali Sawafta - Ali Sawafta/Reuters

Loui Ridi began building a home in his native town of Qusra, in the occupied West Bank, for his two daughters. The girls grew up in Ohio, but family trips made them fall in love with their father's Palestinian roots.

"Can we have a home where grandmother lives, where you were born and raised?" his daughters had asked him, Ridi told CNN.

That dream is now on hold as a group of Israeli settlers lay siege to the hilltop where Ridi's and two other homes sit in a bid to kick out the Palestinian residents.

The settlers pitched a tent, cut off water and electricity lines and blocked roads, preventing anyone from reaching the residents.

Trapped inside are Ridi's brother, Qusai, and Qusai's son, with only enough food to last two or three more days.

"They have their eyes set on the house and on this hilltop; they want to take it," Qusai said.

"We will not surrender and we will not leave, even if we have to drink salt and water in this house and if there's not a single piece of bread left."

Israeli soldiers stand guard outside a Palestinian house in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Thursday, August 13. - Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

Ridi watched in horror from Ohio on security cameras and began contacting the Israeli authorities, which are responsible for security in this part of the West Bank.

And then, to his disbelief, Israeli soldiers arrived, warmly greeted the settlers and then joined them in prayer.

Israeli soldiers and border police arrived at the hilltop on Wednesday, dismantled the settlers' tent and began trying to remove the settlers from the area.

But that effort failed. Dozens of additional settlers arrived, moving boulders into the road and throwing rocks at the security forces, who were seen firing sound grenades and spraying settlers with pepper spray before withdrawing.

We arrived at the scene hours later, driving up the hill to Ridi's house before being stopped by two Israeli soldiers, flanked by a half-dozen Israeli settlers.

"This is a closed military area," one of the soldiers told us. "You're interfering with military activity."

That order also applies to the settlers, but so far it has only been enforced against Palestinians, Israeli human rights activists and journalists who have tried to reach the hilltop.

Unable to reach the home, we spoke to Qusai via video call from the bottom of the hill.

"They are monstruous, so I don't expect them to leave so easily," Qusai said of the settlers.

Israeli settlers run after being chased by an Israeli military vehicle around Palestinian houses in the village of Qusra on Thursday. - Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images

The Israeli military launched a more forceful operation on Thursday morning, deploying an infantry battalion "to protect the residents and maintain security in the area."

One of the military's first moves: kicking more than a dozen Palestinian families in the area out of their homes, including Qusai, who moved in with his neighbor. The soldiers said they needed to use their homes as temporary bases to operate against the settlers.

"I hope this is not a ploy that will eventually lead to the soldiers installing settlers in my home," Qusai told CNN.

Hours later, as news spread, the military reversed course, saying: "The soldiers were instructed that the Qusra residents will remain in their homes."
Settlers' strategy

What's happening in Qusra isn't an isolated incident. And Qusai and the others living on the besieged hilltop have good reason to fear they will never be allowed back into their homes if they leave.

The same group of settlers who have surrounded that hilltop did the same to another Palestinian family in a neighboring village last month. And there, they were successful.

For over two weeks, they surrounded Mahmoud Tubasi's home in Jalud, eventually forcing him and his family to leave. CNN visited the home and witnessed settlers going in and out of the home, standing on the rooftop where a messianic flag had been planted.

The flag is brandished by settlers and frequently flown atop seized Palestinian property. It symbolizes a religious-nationalist claim to the land, viewed by extremist settlers as part of a divinely ordained Jewish return.

Tubasi's neighbors said the settlers have threatened them as well, telling them they are next.

Palestinians inspect burnt-out cars following a raid by Israeli settlers in the villages of Jalud and Telfit, in the occupied West Bank, on August 4. - Issam Rimawi/Anadolu/Getty Images

Palestinians in the West Bank say they've faced what amounts to collective punishment since the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 – a sharp rise in settler attacks, forced displacement, and Israeli military incursions.

This year alone, over 3,200 Palestinians have been displaced across the West Bank by settler attacks and demolitions, according to the United Nations.

It has occurred against the backdrop of extremist rhetoric by Israeli ministers and government officials who have openly said their goal is to annex the West Bank and drive Palestinians out of the entire land.

The Israeli government last month approved plans to allocate close to $800 million to establish new Jewish settlements and build access roads in the West Bank. And dozens of illegal Israeli settler outposts have been rubber stamped by the Israeli government.

Ridi fears the Israeli authorities aren't doing enough.

As a Palestinian-American, he pleaded to the US Embassy in Jerusalem to help him protect his home, which told him to reach out to Israeli authorities.

Five days after the siege on Ridi's home began, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, a staunch supporter of Israel who has called himself an "unapologetic" Christian Zionist, condemned the Israeli settlers' actions as a "horrific act of terror meant to intimidate and harass" and said the embassy has been "VERY involved."

"Things have to change. All we are asking – we need to live in peace and dignity," Loui said. "Living in your own home, without someone being in front of your house like a monster waiting to attack you."

By Late 2026, the Trump Impeachment Parade Set to Begin Anew

The man-child - Donald Dumb - is an avowed criminal, twice-times impeached with a sordid record of sexual abuse, cheating on his taxes, and seditiously trying to overturn the results of elections.

Impeachment does not necessarily lead to him getting booted out of office, because the House impeaches, then the Senate holds a trial where the Senators' vote may or may not lead to the kick-in-the-ass move to oust the criminal out of the White House. Luckily for Trump, the entire Republican establishment in the Senate, including non-MAGA moderates, is so terrified of the Mafioso-in-Chief that they never voted to boot him out. I assume many of them are regretting their cowardice, and some of even are even showing some spine now that Trump's star is beginning to fade.

Should the House fall back again in the hands of the Democrats (The Senate remains a question mark), it is expected to begin a series of impeachment investigations for all of Trump's crimes (illegal financial profiting, nepotism and cronyism, targeted killings, violations of due process in vicious and inhumane immigration sweeps....). The miserable psychotic imbecile is 80-years old. He probably will use an "insanity plea" to weasel himself out of trouble. 

But if the Senate also falls into the hands of the Democrats, the 2/3d majority vote requirement could again save the racist white trash christian nationalist mongrel. But many Republicans by now hate his guts and see him as a political dead-end that nearly destroyed the Republican Party. 

So keeping our hopes high, a Senate vote in favor of his eviction from the White House will be a (using the dumbass's own hyper-superlative language) A FIRST EVER IN THE ENTIRE HISTORY OF THE US AND THE WORLD SINCE RECORDED HISTORY THAT NO HUMAN OR ALIEN HAS EVER SEEN BEFORE, because no US president has even been removed from office after his impeachment. Three presidents including Trump (twice impeached), Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were impeached by the House but survived the Senate vote. Richard Nixon, a radical right-wing Republican criminal precursor of Trump, cowardly resigned before his impeachment. He "voluntarily" removed himself from the White House before impeachment, which Trump might also do.

Let the parade begin after next November.

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Donald Trump Faces New Impeachment Threat As Democrats Target House Majority
Daniel Rugunya
Wed, August 12, 2026 


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House Democrats are considering launching investigations into President Trump's financial dealings and connections to private companies, contractors, and financial entities if they win the majority in the upcoming midterm elections.

Donald Trump is now facing fresh threats of impeachment if Democrats win back the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives after the November midterms.

However, sources claim Democrats would prefer to investigate him first, using their power to hold hearings and issue subpoenas, before pursuing an impeachment case against him, if at all.

Trump has been accused of using his office as president to enrich himself, his family members, and allies, with figures in several eyebrow-raising cases amounting to as high as several billion dollars.

House Democrats are reportedly laying the groundwork for a sweeping investigative campaign targeting private companies, contractors, and financial entities linked to President Donald Trump if they regain the chamber majority in the upcoming November midterm elections.

The president's financial dealings since he assumed office for a second non-consecutive term have continued to leave a sour taste, with many suggesting he has been using his position to enrich himself and his allies.

Sources familiar with the internal discussions shared that senior Democratic lawmakers and committee aides will prioritize aggressive congressional oversight using subpoenas, public hearings, and document requests to probe administration decisions and corporate ties, per Reuters.

However, lawmakers emphasize that impeachment remains an option if the inquiries uncover evidence meeting the constitutional threshold for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Democrats Learned From Trump's First Impeachment Battles

The move became apparent to many Democrats after what they experienced during Trump's first tenure, in which he was impeached twice by the House but acquitted both times by the Senate.

He was first impeached in December 2019 for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress regarding Ukraine, and again in January 2021 for incitement of insurrection related to the U.S. Capitol attack.

According to Reuters, party leaders fear that moving straight to an impeachment vote without first establishing a comprehensive body of evidence could allow the White House to dismiss the effort as purely partisan and trigger prolonged executive resistance.

"We're not going into this to impeach," a senior Democratic aide familiar with the strategy said. "No one wants a failed vote on day one. The focus is on building a body of evidence through investigations that can hold Trump accountable."

Democrats Begin Building Their Case Against Trump

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Republicans currently hold a slim majority in the House, but Democrats are tipped to win it back after the November elections.

A Democratic majority would give the party the power to choose the Speaker of the House, lead all congressional committees, and set the legislative agenda.

Inquiries under consideration target corporate donors, Department of Homeland Security defense contractors, and financial vehicles connected to Trump's inner circle and family members.

In fact, two sources claimed that Democrats have already begun firing off voluntary information requests to various companies and regulatory entities, a step aimed at laying the paper trail for enforceable subpoenas should the party win the gavels in November.

Democratic Reps. Robert Garcia of California and Jamie Raskin of Maryland noted that the scope will become broader if they take back the House.

"From sketchy Pentagon contracts lining the pockets of the president's sons, Trump's crypto ⁠billions, and the shady backroom deals for Trump donors, we will ensure we combat corruption when Democrats take back the House in November," Garcia said in a statement.
Trump's Billions In Deals Put His Finances Under The Microscope

In response, the White House reiterated that President Trump remains focused on maintaining Republican majorities in Congress and stated that the administration is fully prepared to respond to congressional oversight regardless of which party controls the House.

Since regaining control of the Oval Office, the billionaire politician has drawn intense scrutiny, with disclosures revealing more than $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency earnings, thousands of active stock trades, and a paid service charging for instantaneous access to his market-moving social media posts.

Earlier this year, the BBC found a pattern of sharp spikes in the number of trades entered just hours or days before the president makes a social media post or grants an interview.

Experts suggest the activity points to potential insider trading, as people place bets on market moves based on information that isn't public yet.

Trump Family Pushes Back On Questions Over His Stock Trading

He also raised eyebrows when it was revealed that he owned shares in several large American corporations and executed more than 3,600 trades in the first three months of this year.

However, his family continues to insist they don't have anything to do with the trades, as they were automatically entered by an outside brokerage firm that the president chose to manage his portfolio upon his reelection.

"Neither President Trump, his family, nor The Trump Organization has any role in selecting, directing, approving, influencing or soliciting specific investments," the Trump Organization said in a statement, per The New York Times. "They receive no advance notice of trades, cannot alter or override the managers' strategies or models, and provide no input regarding investment decisions or portfolio operations."

"This structure was intentionally designed to maintain a clear separation between President Trump and the independent third-party investment managers overseeing the accounts and avoid even the appearance of any conflict of interest," the statement read.

Daddy, Why Are ICE-GESTAPO Police Always Masked? Son, They Are Cowards with Guns

They know they will have to answer to justice in a post-Trump time in America. So they hide their faces like the coward terrorists of Islamic fundamentalism. 

They wear masks because they are afraid of being known as the official terrorists of the Trump administration. 

It is so easy and cowardly to terrorize innocent unarmed civilians with fully-armed, fully protected, fully masked thugs. 

But justice always prevails in the end.

A Senile Trump Continues Sweeping Lies in the Face of Sordid Reality

[Update]: Even his own FUKS NEWS network disagrees with the Great Moron:

Fuks News is slamming Donald Trump's claim that the U.S. "totally" controls the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway through which 20% of the world's oil flows. On Tuesday, speaking to reporters, the dumbass president insisted the U.S. has it all under control.

"We totally control the Strait of Hormuz," he said. "We have control over it. Nobody else. Only us. Our navy is unbelievable, and things are going great for our country." The next day, On Wednesday, the Trump sycophant imbecile at Fucks news, Brett Baier, told the MAGA herd of moron viewers that Trump is lying.

"Let's start with the Strait of Hormuz," Baier began. Now, this is a narrow passage between Iran and Oman. It's the gateway between the Persian Gulf and the open ocean. And look at what normally passes through here."

Total oil flow averaged nearly 21 million barrels per day in the first half of last year, equivalent to about 20% of global petroleum liquids consumption. Usually, about one-fifth of the world's liquefied natural gas trade moves through there as well. Despite Trump's lie of the US having total control over the strait, traffic has slowed to a trickle.

And there's another problem building as well. The International Energy Agency says global crude oil inventories fell by 2.2 million barrels a day in July. It expects a global supply deficit of 1.8 million barrels a day in the third quarter. That's more than double its previous estimate.

Trump lies either out of malevolence or out of stupidity. I think it's a hybrid of both, a "criminal idiot".

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The moronic man-child in the Outhouse is sick. He used to lie to all the American people. Then he lied only to his morons in the MAGA herd. Now he lies only to himself and to the few idiots who advise him.

Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz. Traffic through the Strait, according to: https://hormuzstraitmonitor.com/

is 2 ships transiting over past 24 hours, down from 68 pre-war, i.e. 3.3% of normal traffic.

298 ships are waiting to cross but are afraid to do so.

War risk insurance for these vessels has multiplied by 30-fold and is labeled "Extreme".

Yet, the idiot in the white house blathers that everything is great and that we, the US, are in full control of the Strait.

This is beyond mere lying. This is full-blown dementia, backed by the Roy-Cohn teachings to the dumb asshole in the White House, and backed by the generic marketing typical of the American mindset that insists that perception is more important than substance. 

Americans are taught that in order to be happy all you have to do is smile, even if it's a fake smile. Normal people smile AFTER they meet happiness. Abnormal Americans are taught to smile IN ORDER TO BE happy. This is the proverbial "putting the cart before the horse."

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Trump Somehow Insists U.S. ‘Totally’ Controls Strait of Hormuz: ‘Things Are Going Great’
Kathryn Wilkens
Wed, August 12, 2026

Iran's Supreme National Security Council stated that the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the U.S. "corrects its behavior," as oil prices hit $90 a barrel for the first time in two weeks.See more

President Donald Trump claimed on Tuesday evening that the U.S. "totally" controls the Strait of Hormuz, adding, "Things are going great for our country."

The president's comments happened during an appearance before reporters at Joint Base Andrews, just after he attended the 2026 Patriot Games in Geneva, Ohio, a youth athletics competition created by his administration to celebrate the nation's 250th anniversary.

"The country is doing well," Trump said. "The stock market's fantastic — record. We have 79 records so far in a short period of time. More people are working right now in the United States than ever before, and prices are dropping fast. Iran is going fine. It's going just absolutely fine. We totally control the Strait of Hormuz. We have control over it. Nobody else. Only us. Our navy is unbelievable, and things are going great for our country."

Over the weekend, however, CBS News reported that Iran's Supreme National Security Council said the Strait of Hormuz will not open until the United States "corrects its behavior." Not to mention, per The New York Times, oil prices hit $90 a barrel for the first time in two weeks on Tuesday.

Also on Tuesday, Trump added to reporters, "I don't trust Iran. Are you saying I trust Iran? I'm the last person to trust Iran. They've lied to me constantly… We own [the Strait of Hormuz], and at some point, maybe they'll do something, and then they get blown away."

Earlier Tuesday, U.S. Central Command said American forces disabled a Panama-flagged cargo vessel in the Gulf of Oman. According to an X post from CENTCOM, a Navy MH-60 helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles into the ship's engine room after its civilian crew "ignored repeated warnings," adding, "U.S. forces operating in the Middle East are highly vigilant, lethal, and ready."

Minnesota Republican Primary is Telltale Sign of Both GOP and Trump Debacle

Three "Republican" (we don't know what that term means anymore) candidates ran in yesterday's "Republican" primary in Minnesota One backed by Donald Dumb, one backed by the Republican party, and one sort-of-an-independent Republican that was not backed by either Trump or the GOP.

The winner was the latter. Which means that Minnesota voters, as a herald of the general American electorate, have rejected both Trump's MAGA movement AND the traditional GOP establishment. If you extrapolate this vote by registered Republicans to the general electorate, you can see the depth of dissatisfaction by US voters with both the Republicans and Trump, and why the Progressives of the Democrat Party are flying high in virtually all the Democrat primaries. This should send a signal to the establishment Democrats who are taking sides with the Republicans against the Progressives that the electorate is throwing its weight behind those who are willing to take a firm stand against not only the GOP and Trump, but also against the cowards of the establishment Democrats.

The American people are waking up to the disaster that Trump's racist, xenophobic MAGA extremists of the Radical Right and their enablers and colluders of the establishment GOP Republicans have inflicted on the country, both in domestic affairs and in their warmongering around the world. 

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Trump and the Republican Party Backed Competing Candidates in Minnesota’s Governor Primary. Both Fell Short
Connor Greene
Wed, August 12, 2026 

Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth has won the Republican primary for governor in her state, beating out BOTH the GOP-endorsed and the Trump-backed candidates in the race.

The Associated Press called the race just before midnight on Tuesday as Demuth was leading with about 44% of the vote to Mike Lindell's 32% out of the ballots counted thus far.

Demuth now heads to the general election in November, where she is expected to face an uphill battle against Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

The primary saw the three front-runners vying to become the party's nominee in a contest between different factions of the GOP.

President Donald Trump last month publicly offered his support to Lindell, a Trump loyalist better known as the "MyPillow Guy" who garnered national attention in the aftermath of the 2020 election as a prominent election denier. The state Republican Party, meanwhile, opted to endorse Kendall Qualls, a businessman and Army veteran, at a state convention in May. Despite earning neither endorsement, Demuth remained competitive in the race—and ultimately pulled out the win.

Trump has never won Minnesota in any of his three presidential runs, but Lindell, who appeared to open a lead in the polls in recent weeks, touted the President's endorsement days before the election.

"I have an advantage over everyone up here, the [US-born White Trash criminal] Lindell said at an event on Sunday. "I can call up and work with the President of the United States."

The former CEO, like Trump, has vocally denied the results of the 2020 presidential election, which Trump lost to Joe Biden. Lindell has faced defamation suits over comments he made related voting machines, some of which are ongoing. Last June, he was ordered to pay $2.3 million to a Dominion Voting Systems executive after a jury found that he spread false and damaging claims related to the 2020 election.

Prior to that election, Lindell had also become known for his MyPillow advertisements and his self-published memoir What Are the Odds? From Crack Addict to CEO, in which he chronicled his experience overcoming substance abuse and gambling. He stepped down as CEO of the pillow company earlier this month to focus on his campaign.

Lindell aligns largely with Trump's approach to many issues, including slashing government spending. Among his campaign proposals was a "Minnesota DOGE," a reference to the Trump Administration's now-shuttered Department of Government Efficiency.

Although he later secured the President's public support, Lindell was beat out by both Qualls and Demuth in the contentious voting process for the state GOP endorsement, being eliminated after finishing third in the fourth round of voting. After ten ballots, Qualls just surpassed the 60% vote needed to formally secure the endorsement.

Qualls, the first Black candidate to win a major party endorsement for governor in Minnesota, called for unity in the party following his win.

"Now is the time to remind everyone what our first Republican President said on the field of Gettysburg: That a house divided cannot stand," Qualls said. "If we're going to win, we got to win as a united Republican Party."

Qualls has never previously held public office, but he was not a new face on the campaign trail in Minnesota. This year's primary marked Qualls' third campaign for a major seat. He mounted an unsuccessful bid in the race to represent Minnesota's third congressional district in the U.S. House in 2020 and previously ran for governor, also unsuccessfully, in 2022.

In his bid this year, Qualls called for a "radical transformation" to the state's tax policy and education system. "We can do a lot more with less," he said to ABC affiliate 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS.

Demuth largely aligned on policy with Qualls, but sought to distinguish herself on the campaign trail by emphasizing her government experience as the first Black woman and Republican woman to serve as House Speaker.

"I am the best candidate who is able to look forward to November and beating Amy Klobuchar and I'll say the Democrat machine," Demuth said in an interview with KSTP in June. "And the reason I know I'm best-positioned to do that is when you look at my work as Speaker of the House I can draw people together."

Demuth, who leads a state House with an even split between the two parties, touted her ability to broker deals and communicate within a thinly divided government.

"I have solid, conservative values that really do cross party lines," she said at a news conference. "It's not just Republican values. They're conservative values that are supported by many Minnesotans."

Tim Walz, who has been the governor since 2019, launched a bid for a third term but dropped out in early January amid investigations into state welfare agencies and government-affiliated programs that were widely targeted by fraud.

Minnesota hasn't elected a Republican governor since 2006, while the last Republican senator was elected in 2002. In presidential elections, it holds the current record among the 50 states for the longest streak of voting for the Democratic candidate; it last went for a Republican in 1972, when it gave its electoral votes to Richard Nixon.

The Cook Political Report rates the Minnesota governor's mansion as Solid Democrat, among those it deems least likely to flip in this election cycle.

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Meanwhile, further exacerbating the Radical Right debacle, the Progressives scored a big victory in the Democrat primary in Minnesota.

Progressive Peggy Flanagan Wins Minnesota’s Coveted Democratic Senate Primary, Defeating Rep. Angie Craig in Tight Race
The closely watched primary race served as another test of whether progressives could continue to dominate the 2026 midterms across battleground states
Rachel Raposas
Wed, August 12, 2026 

Minnesota has chosen its Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate after one of the most closely watched primaries of the midterm season

Progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan will advance to the November ballot in an effort to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Tina Smith

The other Minnesota Senate seat, belonging to the state's senior senator, Amy Klobuchar, may also soon become vacant if she succeeds in her own bid for governor

Minnesota's Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate has been decided.

Progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan prevailed on Tuesday, Aug. 11, in Minnesota's hard-fought Democratic primary for the state's open Senate seat, defeating her more moderate opponent, U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, in a close race.

If successful in the general election come November — in which she'll run against the Republican nominee, former sports broadcaster Michelle Tafoya — she'll replace Democratic Sen. Tina Smith in January 2027.

Presently the lieutenant governor to Gov. Tim Walz, Flanagan was considered the more progressive of the two candidates, earning endorsements from Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Smith. A citizen of the White Earth Nation, she made history at the time of her lieutenant governor election as the highest-ranking Native American to hold public office; she is also the first and only woman of color elected to state office in Minnesota.

Craig, currently a U.S. representative for Minnesota's 2nd Congressional District, ran on a more moderate platform. Joining Congress in 2019 as the nation's first openly lesbian mother to serve on Capitol Hill, she has previously been a journalist and businesswoman. Like Flanagan, Craig said she was "ready to take on the Trump administration's policies that are hurting working folks."

According to recent polls, Democrats have the advantage in the general election. Heading into Tuesday, Flanagan was leading the top Republican candidate by 6%, while Craig was leading by 7%, per a poll from Emerson College.

Smith, 68, has held her Senate seat since 2018. On Feb. 13, 2025, she penned an op-ed for The Minnesota Star Tribune announcing her decision to not seek another term come the 2026 election, explaining that after a long public service career, she wanted to dedicate her time to her loved ones.

"Politicians are human beings. As much as I love my work, I'm fortunate enough to be able to say that my work is only part of what makes up my life," Smith wrote. "And after two decades of hard, rewarding work in public service, I'm ready to prioritize other things — starting with my family."

Minnesota's other Senate seat, belonging to Amy Klobuchar, may also become vacant later this year if polls translate to actual votes, as she is currently favored to secure the Minnesota governorship. Should she prevail in November, current Gov. Walz (who is not running for reelection) may appoint a temporary successor to the Senate until a special election determines a permanent replacement to finish her term, up in 2031.

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Wisconsin Democrats to Score Big in today's Primaries

[Update]: Unfortunately, Progressive Hong lost by 0.5% of the votes to the so-called "moderate" David Crowley.

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Today is primary day in Wisconsin and the Democrats are on a beeline to victory.

Francesca Hong, the 37-year-old restaurateur and chef-turned-member of the state Assembly, is leading in polls by relatively wide margins ahead of Tuesday's Democratic gubernatorial primary. AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh

Wisconsin Democrats are looking to make a significant comeback in the State's November midterms. They are now just two seats short in the state Senate and five seats short in the state Assembly which, if overcome, will ensure they have total control over the state government.

Historically, Wisconsin has fluctuated between Republican control and Democrat control. Some of the most powerful unions had secured a Socialist version of the Democrat Party, which is in resonance with the smashing victories scored by Democrat Socialists across the country as they are ditching the so-called "moderate" Democrat candidates who appear willing to cater to disaffected but still Trump-prone voters. 

The Democrats are looking to undo all the Trump-induced MAGA retreats in social services: They want to expand healthcare, increase education funding and rebuild the state's labor movement that was the bedrock of the Democrat Party.

In recent decades, Trump won Wisconsin by very narrow wins (0.77% margin in 2016; and 0.86% margin in 2024), which suggests a flip back to the state's Democrat control is extremely likely as a result of Trump's tanking popularity, and the anger he has stirred among workers and famers because of his tariffs. 

Trump's victories in 2016 and 2024 come on the heels of a streak of seven consecutive Democrat presidential wins from 1988 to 2012. Between 2000 and 2024, Wisconsin voted Republican in only 28.6% of presidential elections, compared to 71.4% for Democrats. This suggests that Trump's lies and false promises that gave him these marginal victories in Wisconsin are a thing of the past. The state's electorate finally understood that Trump is a cheat and a fraud, and a swing back to the state's traditional Democrat base is within sight.

Francesca Hong is a 37-year-old restaurateur and chef-turned-member of the state Assembly. She is ahead by leagues for today's (Tuesday) Democratic gubernatorial primary. Hong is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America who hail mostly from the liberal state capital of Madison.

Her opponent among the Republicans is none else than Tom Tiffany who is a radical-right republican member of the House Freedom Caucus. He has the backing of Donald Trump with whom he is in cahoots by voting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. As such, Tiffany is a born loser in these elections. But Hong has to first defeat Democrat David Crowley who has been arguing that she could lose the race against Tiffany, a reflection of the ongoing civil war between so-called "moderate" Democrats and the Democrat Socialists. 

Hong meanwhile keeps pushing her message: "It is about the solutions, not just the labels," Hong said. "The solutions we're presenting actually meet the moment to solve the problem that the system is rigged against working-class people."

Although polling indicates Hong still has a healthy lead, Crowley and his allies are hoping for a repeat of last week's Democratic primary in Michigan, where a centrist candidate outperformed the polls.

Crowley, despite a reputation as a fairly progressive county executive, has been running as a centrist, talking up the need for pragmatism and finding solutions rather than dreaming of systemic change. That retreat by Crowley from aggressive posturing is seen as his Achilles heel and indicates perhaps a lack of conviction on his part given his past.  "It's just disqualifying him with a block of voters he needs to win," said one strategist.

Netanyahu-Trump: MAGA Loves Zionists; Zionists Not Love MAGA

Want any more proof of Israel's lawlessness vis-a-vis the world? Not one UN resolution since 1947; not one peace plan negotiated with mediators; not one offer of a peaceful settlement... none, nothing, has been accepted and implemented by the Zionist colony in Palestine. It never stopped raping Palestine, in slow, gradual installments, all the while claiming to seek peace. At this very moment, Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestine by demolishing villages, expelling, killing, displacing and arresting thousands of innocent Palestinian villagers. It is doing the same thing in southern Lebanon and southern Syria. 

The world has gone far out on a limb to accept the fake justifications for the existence of Israel over the dead corpse of Palestine. How much farther is the world willing to go?

It is oxymoronic to expect a colonial rapist to seek peace. When you begin your career as a rapist, the moment you stop the rape you lose your identity and your raison d'etre. 

Trump's "Board of Piss", his ramshackle alternative to the United Nations, has stalled. The Zionist criminal Netanyahu refuses to abide by the Board's decisions, just as Israel has always refused any UN intervention and any UNSC resolution that might rescue Palestine from the claws of the colonial criminal Zionists. 

What will Trump do? Dismiss his Board of Piss to stay on the good side of his Zionists handlers? or further dig deeper the chasm between the Fascist colonial rapist of Palestine and the United States. It was bound to happen. All other countries have essentially learned that the Zionist narrative - a hodgepodge of made-up antisemitism, Holocaust guilt, anti-terrorism, and fake victimhood as justifications for continuing the rape of Palestine - is a Big Lie. 

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Netanyahu Rejects Trump’s New Gaza Plan as Major Split Opens Between Israel and the US
Favour Frederick
Mon, August 10, 2026

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejects Donald Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan, insisting that Israeli forces will not leave Gaza until Hamas has fully disarmed.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly rejected Donald Trump's latest plan for Gaza, exposing a significant disagreement with the US president at a critical moment in efforts to prevent the war from restarting.

Netanyahu told his government on Sunday that Israel does not accept Trump's 15-point roadmap in its current form, particularly its proposed sequence for Hamas disarmament and Israeli withdrawal. His rejection comes even as Israeli forces have sharply reduced military operations in Gaza under pressure from Washington.

The dispute now centers on a crucial question: must Hamas surrender all its weapons before Israeli troops begin leaving Gaza, or can disarmament and withdrawal happen gradually alongside each other?
Netanyahu Has Drawn a Clear Line on Withdrawal

Israel's prime minister insists that Israeli forces will not leave Gaza until Hamas has been fully disarmed.

Speaking at the beginning of a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said Israel could not accept the 15-point document as currently written. He insisted Hamas must surrender everything from heavy weapons to smaller arms before the Israeli military withdraws.

Netanyahu said Israel remains in discussions with Washington and suggested some US proposals are acceptable while others are not. Israeli officials have already communicated their reservations to the Trump administration.

The position puts Netanyahu at odds with an important element of the US-backed roadmap, which envisions Israeli forces withdrawing as Hamas gives up its weapons and a new security structure takes control.

Trump Wants the Process to Move Forward

Washington is pushing a plan designed to connect Hamas disarmament, Israeli withdrawal and a new security system for Gaza.

Trump announced last month that progress had been made toward ending the conflict, saying both Israel and Hamas had agreed to a framework involving the removal of Hamas weapons.

Under the proposal, an International Stabilization Force would work alongside a newly established Palestinian police force to provide security. Gaza's civilian affairs would be handled by a US-backed Palestinian technocratic administration under the supervision of Trump's Board of Peace.

Nikolay Mladenov, the Board of Peace's Gaza envoy, said discussions over the roadmap remain active. He has indicated that Israel would withdraw "sector by sector" after Hamas weapons in particular areas had been surrendered and made unusable.

That sequencing is now one of the biggest obstacles separating the sides.
Hamas Has a Different Interpretation of Disarmament

Hamas says it remains committed to the roadmap but has stopped short of accepting Israel's demand for complete disarmament before any withdrawal.

Senior Hamas official Basem Naim said the group remains committed to the roadmap agreed in Cairo and called on US officials and mediators to ensure Netanyahu follows through.

Hamas has avoided describing its commitment as outright "disarmament." Instead, the group says its weapons would be handed over and stored under the authority of the new Palestinian administration.

It has also linked implementation to Israeli actions, insisting that Israel must withdraw its forces and halt attacks as part of the process.

That creates a fundamental sequencing problem. Israel wants Hamas disarmed first. Hamas wants Israeli commitments implemented alongside its own.
Israel Has Already Changed Its Military Approach

Despite Netanyahu's objections, Israeli military operations in Gaza have been scaled back as Washington pushes negotiations forward.

Israel sharply reduced attacks following Mladenov's meeting with Netanyahu. According to a source familiar with Israel's position, the military agreed to restrict operations to situations it considers immediate threats.

Israel has also halted the targeted assassinations it had been conducting regularly against militants it accused of involvement in the October 7, 2023, attacks.

The shift gives Trump some leverage because Israel remains heavily dependent on US military and diplomatic support. Yet Netanyahu's public rejection of parts of the roadmap shows there are limits to how far he is currently prepared to follow Washington's preferred approach.

Netanyahu Is Also Fighting a Political Battle at Home

Any concession on Gaza could carry a heavy political price for Netanyahu as Israel approaches its October election.

Netanyahu is seeking re-election on October 27 while facing pressure from both voters and members of his right-wing coalition.

Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich backed Netanyahu's refusal to withdraw before Hamas is destroyed, arguing that Israeli forces should not retreat "even a millimetre" from Gaza.

That pressure leaves Netanyahu caught between two powerful forces. Trump wants movement toward ending the conflict, while Netanyahu's hardline political allies want Israel to maintain military control until Hamas has been completely dismantled.

With Netanyahu already struggling in opinion polls, accepting a compromise perceived as too favorable to Hamas could deepen problems with his political base.
The Biggest Obstacle May Be Who Moves First

Israel and Hamas appear to accept parts of Trump's broader framework, but neither side wants to surrender its main source of leverage before the other acts.

Israeli troops currently control roughly two-thirds of Gaza, while more than two million Palestinians have largely been pushed into a narrow coastal area, many living in tents or damaged buildings.

More than 1,250 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since the US-mediated ceasefire began in October 2025, according to Gaza health officials, who say most were civilians. Hamas has not disclosed how many fighters were among those killed. Four Israeli soldiers have also died in Gaza during that period.

Trump's roadmap attempts to break that cycle by tying disarmament, withdrawal and postwar governance together. But the disagreement over timing threatens to undermine the entire arrangement.

Netanyahu's rejection does not necessarily mean the negotiations are over. Israel remains in talks with Washington, and Hamas says it still supports the framework. The harder task is convincing each side that it can take the first meaningful step without giving its opponent a strategic advantage.

With Netanyahu insisting Hamas must completely disarm before Israel withdraws and Hamas demanding Israeli commitments as part of the same process, what compromise could realistically persuade both sides to move forward with Trump's Gaza plan?