Defense Department accounts posted the biblical quote “SEND ME.” The Pentagon won’t say if its proselytizing is a message about the Iran war.
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The move came one week after Katz ordered the IOF to take over another Palestinian refugee camp, copying the model of Jenin, Nour Shams, and Tulkarm in the north.
Another trumpeted achievement, another heralded occasion of momentous significance. Or it may be nothing of the sort. US President Donald J. Trump is again on the stage pulling on the strings of history. This time, attention has shifted to whether Hamas and other armed groups in the Gaza Strip will disarm, something conditional on Israel [...]
Trump attempted to depict the move as a capitulation by the resistance movement. Nevertheless, the agreement stipulates that the weapons will be stored and restricted under a Palestinian entity, rather than transferred to Israel or external parties.
Harkening back to colonial massacres, Trump abandons the premise of proportionality for butchery in Iran and beyond.
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