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The irony, or is it Karma. Israel is basically arming Hamas for many years to come
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/28/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-weapons-rockets.html
Israeli military and intelligence officials have concluded that a significant number of weapons used by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and in the war in Gaza came from an unlikely source: the Israeli military itself.
For years, analysts have pointed to underground smuggling routes to explain how Hamas stayed so heavily armed despite an Israeli military blockade of the Gaza Strip. But recent intelligence has shown the extent to which Hamas has been able to build many of its rockets and anti-tank weaponry out of the thousands of munitions that failed to detonate when Israel lobbed them into Gaza, according to weapons experts and Israeli and Western intelligence officials. Hamas is also arming its fighters with weapons stolen from Israeli military bases.
UK foreign minister urges Iran to ‘de-escalate in the region’
David Cameron has condemned the attack that killed US troops near the Jordan-Syria border, which he blamed on “Iran-aligned militia groups”. “We continue to urge Iran to de-escalate in the region,” Cameron wrote in a social media post.
‘Iran must be held accountable’: US Democratic senator
Jacky Rosen, a staunchly pro-Israel lawmaker, says “proxies of Iran’s regime” are responsible for the drone attack that killed three US service members. “Iran must be held accountable,” she wrote in a social media post. Most US members of Congress have been opposing a ceasefire in Gaza while also warning against expanding the conflict.
Pentagon chief says US ‘will not tolerate’ attacks on its forces
Lloyd Austin says he is “outraged and deeply saddened” by the killing of three US troops near the Jordan-Syria border. Austin echoed Biden’s comments in blaming Iran-backed groups for the attack, pledging to “respond at a time and place of our choosing”. “The president and I will not tolerate attacks on American forces, and we will take all necessary actions to defend the United States, our troops, and our interests,” he said in a statement.
Iranian-American group warns against ‘full-blown regional war’
The US National Iranian American Council (NIAC) says Washington and Tehran “are now closer to the brink of being pulled into a full-blown regional war by the vortex of violence” unleashed by the conflict in Gaza.
The group called on Biden to secure an immediate ceasefire between Israelis and Palestinians. “President Biden must show leadership and recognize that there is no military solution to this crisis that has only been expanded and prolonged by military escalation and a dearth of diplomacy,” NIAC president Jamal Abdi said in a statement.
‘De-escalation begins with a ceasefire in Gaza’
Trita Parsi, the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, a think tank based in Washington, DC, said it’s likely US interests will continue to be threatened without an end to the war in Gaza.
“It’s important to note that there were zero attacks during the six days between November 24-30 when there was a ceasefire in Gaza,” Parsi told Al Jazeera. He added that the Biden administration appears willing to put US service members at risk to allow Israel to push on with the war. “In fact, the carnage in Gaza is increasingly clear now. It is posing a threat to US interests because we’re seeing how it’s threatening the US in the Red Sea.
“We’re seeing the casualties now on the Syrian border. There may be a war between Israel and Lebanon as well and, down the line, a new nuclear crisis with Iran. Biden is not pursuing US interests by allowing this to continue. If he really wants to end it and protect US troops, there needs to be de-escalation and de-escalation begins with a ceasefire in Gaza.”
Japan joins the bandwagon
Japan pauses funding to UNRWA, says ‘extremely concerned’ about Hamas claims
Japan has announced it will suspend additional funding to the agency while it awaits the outcome of UNRWA’s investigation into allegations that several of its staff participated in Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Israel.
“Especially in the Gaza Strip, where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further, UNRWA plays a vital role in delivering essential humanitarian assistance to each and every resident. Against this backdrop, Japan is extremely concerned about the alleged involvement of UNRWA staff members in the terror attack on Israel on October 7 last year,” Japan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
“In response, Japan has decided to suspend additional funding to UNRWA for the time being while UNRWA conducts an investigation into the matter and considers measures to address the allegations.”
Do they not see the contradiction in what they say?
Aha https://www.arabnews.jp/en/japan/article_109394/ (nov 30 2023)
Japan has changed its policies on weapons so that it can export lethal weaponry to other countries, endangering civilian populations, two experts said at a press conference in Tokyo on Wednesday.
SUGIHARA Koji of the Network Against Japan Arms Trade (NAJAT) said that Israel is using American planes to commit “genocide” against the Palestinians and warned that Japanese technology being used to kill civilians.
“Israel is conducting air strikes on Gaza and engaging in genocide. Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest military company, Japan’s Nippon Aircraft Supply and a trading company called Itochu Aviation are in partnerships to support arms sales in Japan. This indirectly supports the Gaza airstrikes and thus we strongly oppose them.”
“Japan is yet to acknowledge Gaza crisis as a violation of international humanitarian law and has yet to ask for a ceasefire. It is the duty of Japan’s civil society to hold the government accountable, to ask for a ceasefire and to put a stop to war crimes.”
Japan is complicit in genocide as well.
https://actions.eko.org/a/stop-arms-sales-to-israel
Meanwhile nightly raids in the West Bank are ongoing
Israeli forces raid Ya’bad and Jenin
The Israeli army has raided the town in the occupied West Bank from all of its entrances with several military vehicles, the Wafa news agency reports.
Local Palestinian platforms have published videos showing Israeli infantry soldiers storming residential neighbourhoods in the town of Ya’bad, southwest of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. The videos showed a large deployment of Israeli vehicles and soldiers raiding separate neighbourhoods and streets.
It also said clashes erupted in the village of Muthalath al-Shuhada, south of Jenin City.
As well as bombing in Gaza
Deadly Israeli strikes on al-Shati and Nuseirat refugee camps in Gaza: Wafa
The Palestinian news agency Wafa is reporting that dozens of people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza overnight.
Ten Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli shelling of a house in the al-Shati refugee camp to the west of Gaza City, Wafa reports, citing local sources. At least 23 civilians were also killed and others were injured when Israeli airstrikes targeted a multi-storey house west of Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip, Wafa reports.
