Do People Even Understand What "Ceasefire" Means?
Nima Alkhorshid from Dialogue Works covers two recent events that begs this question:
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Richard Medhurst Returns To Talk About Iran.
Unless you like the intro music, you can start around the 25-minute mark. Either way, Medhurst has a good 3 & 1/2 hours of news, updates, video clips and commentary to share:
Apparently, Fighting Hamas Involves Attacking Aid Trucks.
Via Reuters : Israeli protesters blocked aid trucks headed for Gaza on Monday, strewing food packages on the road in the latest in a series of incidents that have come as Israel has pledged to allow uninterrupted humanitarian supplies into the besieged enclave. Four protesters, including a minor, were arrested at the protest, at Tarqumiya checkpoint, west of Hebron in the Israeli occupied West Bank, according to a statement from lawyers representing the protesters. According to Jordan's foreign ministry, this isn't the first time . Sadly it probably won't be the last.
Was the Drone Attack That Killed 3 US Soldiers On An "Illegal Base?"
Everything seems to be about how Biden should respond to an attack on a US military base in Jordan. But according to this AP story : The attack hit a U.S. military desert outpost in the far reaches of northeastern Jordan known as Tower 22. The installation sits near the demilitarized zone on the border between Jordan and Syria along a sandy, bulldozed berm marking the DMZ’s southern edge . The Iraqi border is only 10 kilometers (6 miles) away. Scott Ritter was on Danny Haiphong's YouTube Channel said that if the base is actually in Syria, then it's there illegally: Doesn't justify the deaths, but they could have been prevented.