(2023-10-12). Israeli Media Examine Government Failure; US Pushes 'National Unity'. popularresistance.org As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but to understand why this happened and how it can stop. This is truly no other Middle East skirmish anymore. Likely the deadliest offensive against Israel on its soil, and perhaps the most audacious operation by Palestinian militants, it's been compared both to 9/11 and to the bloody 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations. | How could Israel—so famous for its military might and advanced intelligence capabilities—have missed the warnings of such an atta…
(2023-10-12). Israeli Media Examine Government Failure; US Pushes 'National Unity'. popularresistance.org As the world watches the ongoing horror in southern Israel and in the Gaza Strip, media grapple not only with the immediate violence, but to understand why this happened and how it can stop. This is truly no other Middle East skirmish anymore. Likely the deadliest offensive against Israel on its soil, and perhaps the most audacious operation by Palestinian militants, it's been compared both to 9/11 and to the bloody 1973 war between Israel and a coalition of Arab nations. | How could Israel—so famous for its military might and advanced intelligence capabilities—have missed the warnings of such an atta…
(2023-10-12). Two in One. counterpunch.org "The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function." —F. Scott Fitzgerald. A few examples: Historical: The atomic bomb brought the war with Japan to a close more quickly and the atomic bomb may have had much
(2023-10-11). Blue Light, Green Blood: Edifice Politics for Israel. counterpunch.org 
It has been a few days of slaughter-filled accounts. Starting on October 7 on the Jewish day of Simchat Torah, the State of Israel has faced assaults from hundreds of Hamas militants. Directed from southwards in the country, the mayhem has rattled the security and intelligence establishment smugly convinced in their reading of Palestinian motivations
(2023-10-11). NYT: US Intelligence Shows Iranian Leaders Were Surprised by Hamas Attack. news.antiwar.com The New York Times reported on Wednesday that US intelligence shows Iranian leaders were surprised by the Hamas attack on southern Israel and that no evidence has been found indicating Iran helped plan the operation. The report reads: "These key Iranian officials did not know the attack was coming, according to the intelligence. The United …
(2023-10-11). Scott Ritter: Israel's Massive Intelligence Failure. scheerpost.com 
(2023-10-11). Israel's defense, intelligence system weaker than Zionist militants think. infobrics.org Hamas' attack was not a "false flag", but a result of Israeli weakness and arrogance.
(2023-10-11). Understanding Israel's Intelligence Failure — Chats With Stephen Gardner And Michael Savage. sonar21.com 
There is a meme circulating accusing Bibi Netanyahu of having advance knowledge of the Hamas attack. According to this narrative, Bibi let it happen, believing it would be Israel's 9-11 and that he could rally support for this divided government. I don't buy it. Why? First, because he had to make deals with political opponents in order to form a government I find it hard to believe that those folks would go along with this kind of scam. Second, there are a lot of people in Mossad, Shin Bet (aka Israeli Security Agency) and Unit 8200 who do not like Netanyahu and would rat him out in a heartbeat if he pulled…
(2023-10-11). Hamas' Surprise October Offensive: Israeli Intelligence Failure or Conspiracy? sputnikglobe.com The infiltration of thousands of Palestinian fighters into Israel from Gaza seems to have at least temporarily caught Israel's military and intelligence services totally off guard. As Israel recovers, questions have swirled about exactly what Tel Aviv may have known ahead of time. Sputnik asked senior Israeli intelligence experts to weigh in.
(2023-10-11). Russia ready to boost supplies of petroleum products to Saudi Arabia — Novak. tass.com Moscow also expects Russian companies to cooperate with Saudi Aramco in the area of artificial intelligence, the deputy prime minister went on to say…
(2023-10-11). Hamas attack signals failure of Israeli intelligence, senior Russian lawmaker says. tass.com According to Andrey Kartapolov, Israel was caught off guard as it had long relied complacently on its technological prowess, whereas the Palestinian militant group Hamas had clearly been closely analyzing recent military conflicts…
(2023-10-11). West turning Ukraine into training ground for foreign terrorists, mercenaries — FSB chief. tass.com Alexander Bortnikov emphasized that, "the Western intelligence community and non-governmental organizations are engaged on behalf of Ukrainian armed units in recruiting members of international terrorist organizations"
(2023-10-11). US, UK intelligence fomenting instability near southern borders of CIS, says FSB chief. tass.com Toward this end, recruitment is underway of militants from international terrorist organizations operating in Iraq, Syria, and a number of other Asian and African countries, as well as their redeployment to Afghanistan's north, Alexander Bortnikov said…
(2023-10-12). Taiwan sets up task force to study Israel-Hamas war. channelnewsasia.com
(2023-10-12). The Business of Terror: Who funds Hamas, how does it get weapons?>. firstpost.com 
Hamas launched the deadliest attack against Israel in 50 years. They outfoxed the country's sophisticated security system and its famous intelligence. The Palestinian terrorist group invaded Israel by air, land, and sea, massacring people in border villages and taking hundreds in captivity. | Six days after the attacks, the
(2023-10-12). How cheap drones helped Hamas ambush Israel's sophisticated weaponry. firstpost.com 
Israeli airstrikes reduced entire neighborhoods in Gaza to rubble on Wednesday (11 October), as the West Asian nation's war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas entered its fifth day. The recent conflagration has claimed more than 2,200 lives on both sides. | Israelis were left shocked on Saturday morning as Hamas militants fired a barrage of rockets and infiltrated their territory from Gaza. Gregg Roman, director of the Middle East Forum think tank, has dubbed the multi-front assault by Hamas the "largest operational and intelligence failure in the history of the Israeli military and Israeli government."
(2023-10-12). No AI for Space: US Space Force halts use of AI tools over data security concerns. firstpost.com The US Space Force has temporarily halted the use of web-based generative artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, for its workforce due to concerns related to data security. | A memo, dated September 29, and directed towards Space Force personnel, who are referred to as "Guardians," has issued a prohibition against the use of these AI tools, including large language models, on government computers. | This restriction will remain in place until these tools receive formal approval from the Chief Technology and Innovation Office within the Space Force. | It said the temporary ban was "due to data aggregation…
(2023-10-11). Israel ignored Egypt's warning over Hamas attack: US official. firstpost.com Three days before Hamas ambushed Israeli forces in a significant attack, Egypt warned Israel of impending violence, according to the influential US House Foreign Affairs Committee's chairman. | "We know that Egypt has warned the Israelis three days prior that an event like this could happen," Republican Michael McCaul told reporters following a closed-door intelligence briefing for lawmakers on the crisis. | For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app. | "I don't want to get too much into classified, but a warning was given," he said. "I think the question was at what level."
(2023-10-12). WorkWeek:Kaiser Nat Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation/Mastafa Barghouti. indybay.org WorkWeek covers WorkWeek On Kaiser National Workers Strike, IBT VP Palmer On UPS & Retaliation, Mastafa Barghouti On Palestine & Israel. South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler, UBER & SEIU, South Africa Buthelezi, The AFL-CIO, CIA & Apartheid & Who Is Senator Laphonza Butler The UBER &SEIU. Two one hour programs.
(2023-10-11). Fraudes electorales 2.0. globalizacion.ca En el Sur Global las democracias independientes se corregían con un golpe de Estado. Aun así, los medios jugaban un rol fundamental, al extremo de que la CIA o sus sucursales criollas solían "preparar el terreno" con editoriales plantados, advirtiendo…
(2023-10-11). Supreme Court Let Texas Execute a Man Sentenced on Allegedly Faulty Evidence. truthout.org As abolitionists worldwide observed a day of protest against the death penalty on Tuesday, the six members of the Supreme Court's right-wing majority threw out lower court rulings and allowed the state of Texas to execute Jedidiah Murphy, a deeply faithful Jewish man who suffered from mental illness and wished to become a religious counselor for others in prison. Last-minute legal wrangling saw… |
(2023-10-11). Report: Harlan Crow Has a Stake in 4 SCOTUS Cases — and Thomas Hasn't Recused. truthout.org The firm that provided Justice Clarence Thomas's billionaire benefactor Harlan Crow with his business success and extreme wealth could stand to majorly benefit from several key Supreme Court cases that Thomas is set to rule on, new research reveals. Crow, his real estate firm Crow Holdings and subsidiary Trammell Crow Residential (TCR) — a real estate development company founded by Crow's father… |
(2023-10-12). Green Left Show #33: Punish war criminals, not whistleblowers. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-10-11). Green Left Show #33: Punish war criminals, not whistleblowers. greenleft.org.au
