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Occasional Sitrep: The Gulf’s colonial architecture is collapsing; Trump still thinks waiting out Iran is feasible (opens the original)
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The Gulf’s colonial architecture is collapsing /Trump still thinks waiting out Iran is feasible; Rejects Iran’s offer of a deal /Nuclear risk after Trump’s ‘Iran annihilation’ threat at UNGA /Europe misreading Russia’s mood<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G5et!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F601669f0-d0e8-4280-b
‘Israel’s Most Racist Election Ever; Israelis are Racing to the Right’ (opens the original)
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Yedioth Ahoronot: Netanyahu continues to lie about Iran having nuclear weapons; Senior Israeli Intel source: “Hysterical nonsense. There was no bomb” /Uri Misgav: ‘Israelis are racing to the right. The Opposition needs to start fighting’ /<a href="https://www.ynet.co.il/n
Situation Escalates Across All Fronts — Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia/Yemen (opens the original)
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The Faulty Premises Underlying Europeans’ 'War on Russia' Hyper-Ventilation (opens the original)
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Past days have seen the European political classes turning up the volume to maximum on clearly concerted — and shared — speaking-notes: ‘War with Russia is coming; Russia intends to strike NATO; we must prepare; stock up on bottled water, tinned food, and be ready to offer your children to military conscription’ — ‘Many will die; but it is their duty to defend their country’.What nonsense! To make the point, European leaders, including EU High Representative Kallas and German Chancellor
AnsarAllah’s Unperceived Advantages Against Saudi Arabia (opens the original)
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AnsarAllalah enjoys many perhaps unperceived advantages in its conflict against the ‘wealthy’, westernised Saudi Kingdom. This is a war recently rekindled by Saudi’s September rupture of the 2022 Truce, when it bombed Sana’a’s international airport in July 2026 to prevent an Iranian civilian aircraft from landing.Saudi Arabia says that Trump explicitly approved the airport strike -- thereby opening the way for AnsarAllah to put aside the truce, and for war to flare up.AnsarAllah responded to the
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