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# Israel Now Faces New Rules Of Engagement In Syria

Even as CNN is out with a new report condemning Iran for denying any responsibility or role in the latest massive exchange of fire between Israel and Syria, The New York Times has admitted (albeit buried deep in the story) that Israel was the actual aggressor and initiator of hostilities which threatened to spiral out of control overnight Wednesday and into Thursday morning.

While CNN and most Israeli and mainstream media sources blame Iran for initiating an attack on Israel, on the very day of the early morning strikes (Thursday), the Times acknowledged, "The barrage [of Syria/Iran missiles] came after an apparent Israeli missile strike against a village in the Syrian Golan Heights late Wednesday."

This is significant as Israel is seeking to cast Iran as an aggressor on its border which must be dealt with preemptively; however Syria's response—which involved between 20 and 50 missiles launched in return fire—imposed new rules of engagement on a situation in which Israel previously acted with impunity.

Israeli F-15 fighter jet takes off in Negev desert. Image source: AFP via Middle East Eye

And though multiple international reports have pointed to strikes landing on the Israeli side, Israel has apparently been extremely careful in preventing photographs or video of any potential damage to see the light of day. According to professor of Middle East history Asad AbuKhalil, "Israel censor still hasn’t allowed any reports about casualties or damage."

Up until recently, Assad had not taken the bait of Israeli provocation for years now in what we previously described as a kind of "waiting game" of survival now, retaliation later. But with the Syrian Army now victorious around the Damascus suburbs and countryside, and with much of Syria's most populous regions back under government control, it appears that Assad's belated yet firm response to the Israeli large scale attack has changed the calculus.

> Even NYT admits towards end of the article that Israel initiated the exchange of fire:
> "The barrage came after an apparent Israeli missile strike against a village in the Syrian Golan Heights late Wednesday."
> So why isn't this the lead or headline???https://t.co/P0Nw9AqkXz

> — Trita Parsi (@tparsi) May 10, 2018

Damascus has now signaled to Israel that its acts of aggression will be costly as Syrian leadership has shown a willingness to escalate. But how did this new and increasingly dangerous situation come about, and which side actually has the upper hand?

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Below is a dispatch authored and submitted by Elijah Magnier, Middle East based chief international war correspondent for Al Rai Media, who is currently on the ground in the region and has interviewed multiple officials involved in the conflict.

Israel hits Syrian and Iranian objectives and weapons warehouses again (evacuated weeks before) for the fourth time in a month. 28 Israeli jets participated in the biggest attack since 1974. Tel Aviv informed the Russian leadership of its intentions without succeeding in stopping the Syrian leadership from responding. Actually, what is new is the location where Damascus decided to hit back: the occupied Golan Heights (20 rockets were fired at Israeli military positions).

Syria, in coordination with its Iranian allies (without taking into consideration Russian wishes) took a very audacious decision to fire back against Israeli targets in the Golan. This indicates that Damascus and its allies are ready to widen the battle, in response to continual Israeli provocations.

But what is the reason why new Rules of Engagement (ROE) were imposed in Syria recently?

For decades there was a non-declared ROE between Hezbollah and Israel, where both sides were aware of the consequences. Usually, Israel prepares a bank of target objectives with Hezbollah offices, military objectives and warehouses and also specific commanders with key positions within the organization. Israel hits these targets, updated in every war. However, the Israelis react immediately against Hezbollah commanders, who have the task of supporting, instructing and financing Palestinians in Palestine, and above all the Palestinians of 1948 living in Israel. This has happened on many occasions where Hezbollah commanders related to the Palestinian dossier were assassinated in Lebanon.

Last month, Israel discovered that Iran was sending advanced low observable drones dropping electronic and special warfare equipment to Palestinians. The Israeli radars didn’t see these drones going backward and forward with their traditional radars, but were finally able to identify one drone using thermal detection and acoustic deterrence, to down it on its last journey.

In response to this, Israel targeted the Syrian military airport T-4 used by Iran as a base for these drones. But Israel was not satisfied and wanted to take further revenge, hitting several Iranian and Syrian targets during the following weeks.

Tel Aviv believed it could get away with repetitively hitting Iranian objectives without triggering a military response. Perhaps Israel really believed that Iran was afraid of becoming engaged in a war with Israel, with the US ready to take part in any war against the Islamic Republic from its military bases spread around Syria, in close vicinity to the Iranian forces deployed in Syria. Obviously, Iran has a different view from the Israelis, the Americans and even the Russians, who like to avoid any contact at all cost.

> 'Israel retaliates'
> The ridiculous trope that sums up 'mainstream' reporting on the Middle East. Israel: so often the victim, rather than the aggressor. Fake news. pic.twitter.com/bOfP0ANJmu

> — Media Lens (@medialens) May 10, 2018

Regardless of how many Israeli jets took part in the latest attack against Iranian and Syrian objectives and how many missiles were launched or intercepted, a serious development has occurred: the Syrian high command broke all pre-existing rules and found no obstacle to bombing Israel in the occupied Golan Heights.

Again, the type of missiles or rockets fired by Syria against Israeli military objectives it is not important or whether these fell into an open space or hit their targets. What is important is the fact that a new ROE is now in place in Syria, similar to the one established by Hezbollah over Kiryat Shmona near the Lebanese border, when militants fired anti-aircraft cannons every time Israel violated Lebanese airspace in the 2000.

Basically Israel wanted to hit objectives in Syria but claims not to be looking for confrontation. Israel would have liked to continue provoking Syria and Iran in the Levant, but claims to be unwilling to head towards war or a battle. Israel would like to continue hitting any target it chooses in Syria without suffering retaliation.

But with its latest attack, Israel’s “unintended consequences” or provocation has forced the Syrian government to consider the occupied Golan Heights as the next battlefield. If Israel continues and hits beyond the border area, Syria will think of sending its missiles or rockets way beyond the Golan Heights to reach Israeli territory.

> NEW MAP: #Israel strikes multiple targets in #Syria following rocket barrage pic.twitter.com/I3af5NzVO1

> — Le Beck Int'l (@LeBeckInt) May 10, 2018

Actually, Hezbollah’s secretary general Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah said a few years back: “Leave Lebanon outside the conflict. Come to Syria where we can settle our differences.” Syria, logically, has become the battlefield for all countries and parties to settle their differences, the platform where the silent war between Israel and Iran and its allies is finding its voice.

In Damascus, sources close to the leadership believe Israel will continue attacking targets. However, Israel knows now where Syria’s response will be.This is what Israel has triggered but didn’t expect. Now it has become a rule.

The Israeli Iron Dome is inefficient and unable to protect Israel from rockets and missiles launched simultaneously. Now the battle has moved into Syrian territory occupied by Israel to the reluctance of Tel Aviv, and Russia. Iran and Syria are not taking into consideration Russia’s concern to keep the level of tension low if Israel is not controlling itself. Syria recognizes the importance of Russia and its efficient role in stopping the war in Syria and all the military and political support Moscow is offering.

However, Damascus and Tehran have other considerations, especially the goal of containing Israel. They have trained over 16 local Syrian groups ready to liberate the Golan Heights or to clash with any possible Israeli advance into Syrian territory.

Israel triggered what it has always feared and has managed to get a new battlefield, the Golan heights. It is true that Israel limited itself to bombing weapons warehouses never hit before. It has bombed bases where Iranian advisors are based along with Syrian officers (Russia cleared most positions to avoid the embarrassment of being hit by Israel). It is also true that Israel didn’t regularly bomb Iranian military and transport aircraft carrying weapons to Syria, or the main Iranian center of control and command at Damascus airport. This means that not all parties are pushing for a wider escalation, so far.

Can the situation get out of control? Of course it can, the question is when?!?

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USA USA Fri, 05/11/2018 - 18:47 Permalink

Screw israel! Who are they to launch attacks from another nations airspace with impunity?

Shoot the fuckers down!

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two hoots USA USA Fri, 05/11/2018 - 18:56 Permalink

The Syrian people are not a consideration in any of this?

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revolla two hoots Fri, 05/11/2018 - 18:59 Permalink

The RULES OF ENGAGEMENT on all sides are to be considered.

1. Putin ABSOLUTELY cannot lose Assad; otherwise he will lose his base in Syria, which he can't afford - he'd look like a fool.

2. Putin is not interested in a wider war nor in provoking one. He wants to position himself as the level-headed peace-seeking adult in the room for the future World Order that will send every country running to him.

3. Putin has FOR SURE contingencies for when the BIG WAR explodes. Contingencies that will most likely be COVERTLY executed, like Russian soldiers and Jet fighters disguised as Syrians.

4. Syria's sophisticated Russian weapon systems will NOT be unleashed until the BIG WAR that Apartheid Israhell wants becomes inevitable.

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107cicero revolla Fri, 05/11/2018 - 19:16 Permalink

Well said, thanks.

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Gaius Frakkin'… 107cicero Fri, 05/11/2018 - 19:39 Permalink

Israel can slow Iran fortification or they can just let it happen naturally. Either way it's going to happen though. The only other thing they can do is get their goyim slaves in the US to do something and that's getting more difficult all the time.

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beemasters Gaius Frakkin'… Fri, 05/11/2018 - 20:31 Permalink

"Syria, in coordination with its Iranian allies (without taking into consideration Russian wishes) took a very audacious decision to fire back against Israeli targets in the Golan."

Firing back at missiles heading their way and claiming their own rightful territory are THE new rule of engagement??? In most countries they simply call it 'defense'.

Firing back at Tel Aviv, specifically at Bibi would be new.

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Pinto Currency beemasters Fri, 05/11/2018 - 21:14 Permalink

Israel's stance has been Moshe Diane's 'mad dog' approach that it needs to maintain because it is so vastly outnumbered.

Syria appears to have called them.

Israel next all-in and try to drag US in to do its fighting seems plausible.

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Max Hunter Pinto Currency Sat, 05/12/2018 - 08:15 Permalink

Look for the move on the USD soon. The uncovering of what has been going on for the past 10 years since the collapse and how the USD has stayed alive. It will be devistating. Own gold/silver/metals. When the fraud of the FED is revealed and the numbers are finally seen to not "ad up" , the jig will be up and the house of cards comes crashing down. Russia/Iran trying to stay cool and not allow the US/Iraeli/Saud alliance to start a war and blame the collapse on these imaginary enemies.

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Richard640 beemasters Sat, 05/12/2018 - 00:00 Permalink

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JSBach1 Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 00:08 Permalink

Israel is a façade, an enterprise built by and upon lies. The key to its power and by extension its demise is in the exposure in the face of reality and truth. Peel back its façade and it is left naked despite the Hasbrat attempts to the contrary.

Israel is on life support....if it had been conceived on virtuous ambitions it would have more widespread appeal. However, because it was built on lies, murder and extortion and therefore its very existence, when the tyrannical control of the narrative is finally exposed its trajectory is all but certain. But let's not forget to pull out the antisemitism card....how far will that get them?

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Harry Lightning JSBach1 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 03:25 Permalink

Don't bet the ranch on that hypothesis. The government that is on life support is housed in Tehran. You don;t see much from that country because foreign journalists are not allowed outside of Tehran, but the facts are that the country is one straw away from its fourth revolution in the last hundred years. There are public protests against the government in all major Iranian cities, the oil workers are on a nationwide strike, the people are upset about an economy in shambles, and the new sanctions are going to put even more heat on the towelheads in charge. The military will not stand for much more, and as they have done in the past will side with the Iranian people before taking orders to kill from a bunch of old theocratic lunatics in their 70s and 80s.

Furthermore, there will be a Russian Jew in charge of Israel at some point during the next 25 years, and the young new King in Riyadh apparently seems more willing to work with Israel than to fight them. The Russian government wants to be part of the ruling equation in the Middle East so as to have a say in what price their oil sells for, and the nationalism that always has been a part of Russian politics will be hard pressed not to ally with a Russian leading Israel.

So the more likely scenario going forward is a revolution that replaces theocracy in Iran with democracy, and a Middle East ruled by the triumvirate of the Saudis, the Israelis and the Russians. Its a time of great change in that region, and the old calculus is about to change in surprising ways. The Americans finally will have a way to extricate themselves from that hornet's nest, no longer being bound to defend the region's only democracy. Whoever opposes the coming changes will be rolled over, because they won;t have the money or the weaponry to oppose the new ruling class.

That's how I see it, and it explains why Russia is sitting back and letting Iran and Syria fight their own battles now in Syria. The world is going to look a lot different in 25 years, you'll even be buying goods that have stickers that say "Made in North Korea".

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shining one Harry Lightning Sat, 05/12/2018 - 03:50 Permalink

More bullshit lies and disinformation. Get a fucking life!

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ConanTheContrarian1 shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:00 Permalink

Stop talking to yourself about yourself and then posting it.

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raskefing JSBach1 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 04:09 Permalink

Only the truth will set us free! we live in a world of pure lies and deception

War is Peace ,Greed is good and god is dead!

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Mr Hankey Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 01:25 Permalink

Persistence finally paid off.

You finally sold me,esp. w/ all those copypasta caps.

Resistance is futile.

Where do I sign up for assimilation & further cock shortening?

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Harry Lightning Mr Hankey Sat, 05/12/2018 - 02:59 Permalink

You know from a military perspective, you have to admire the grit of the Syrian government and their forces. They have been fighting a Civil War for something like ten years, and have paid a heavy price for all the battles that have raged. Yet they keep coming back, not afraid to take on a new party to the battle.

Sort of reminds me of Germany in World War 1 when the Americans got involved. The Germans were tired and beaten up from the worst war the world had seen to its time. Yet when the bell rang for the 15th round, they still got up off the stool and charged into battle.

Alas, I am afraid that what happened to Germany in 1917 is what awaits the Syrians now. They have the spirit, but they are running out of emotional gas. War beats the shit out of the body, you hardly get any good nights of sleep, constantly watching for the next sunovabitch who wants to introduce you to a bullet or some shrapnel. This is why the US has a policy of rotating non-officers out of combat after 13 months to let them consider if they have any more fight in them before going back into the shit. I remember that by the end of my fourth year I was nowhere near the great physical and emotional shape I was in four years earlier, and I was in my early twenties at that point. War drains the lifeblood out of a warrior, and the longer you are at it the less efficient you become.

That's what I see happening in Syria if the Israelis decide to make a fight out of it. The Syrian soldiers' minds are willing, but their bodies will say otherwise. The US was said to win the First World War, but in reality what won the war was the introduction of fresh troops to fight against the battle weary.

Which makes me think that this has been the strategy of Israel all along regarding the Syrian situation. Let all the Muslims punch each other out, then get involved and mop them all up. Makes sense. But its too bad, because the Syrians really did give all they had.

It will be interesting to see if Syria pushes for battle or for peace with Israel. Their commanders have to know the condition of their troops, and from that knowledge know that to escalate against a fresh Israeli army would be a suicide mission. Syria needs to buy time, but Israel seems like they will not stop until the Iranians make a u-turn back to Tehran. If the Syrian military is to survive this latest challenge, its government in Damascus needs to have the Iranians start moving out. That will keep the Israelis at bay for at least a long enough time for Syria to re-group and try to make it a fair fight.

If Syria chooses the peace option for now, it will be interesting also to see if the Israelis hit at the Iranians as they make their way back home. That would definitely be akin to rubbing salt in the wounds, sort of a payback for all that wipe you off the map talk. As a student of the history of warfare, I think what occurs over there during the next few years could be a very interesting game of chess. From this perspective, I can see why the US and Russia will want to stay on the sidelines. Because by letting everyone who hates each other fight it out among themselves, it may just happen that they all get tired of the strife of war and find a way to live with each other in the future.

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shining one Harry Lightning Sat, 05/12/2018 - 03:47 Permalink

I suggest you get your money back if you claim to be a student of the history of warfare. You have stated several lies in your comment.

1. Syria is not in a Civil War. Syria was invaded by hired mercenaries from several countries.

2.The US did not win the First World War, Russia did.

3. Iran did not say it wanted to wipe Israel of the map. It said it wanted to wipe the regime in Israel off the pages of history.

From these few lies and indications in the rest of your comment such as "let all the Muslims punch each other out", it shows that you are obviously on the side of IsRaHeLL, and all this talk of demoralised troops is nothing more than propaganda.

The blatant arse kicking that Israel got in 2006 from Hezbollah ( no doubt you have a different view on this one too ), will be nothing compared to the devastating situation they would find them selves in if they try and take on the most battle hardened army on the planet at this time. Please, let them find out.

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apocalypticbrother shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:11 Permalink

Hopefully they will hit these jew losers right in their cities and kill a bunch of them.

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hestroy shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:40 Permalink

Let that imbecile be. He is just doing his joo job - lying.

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ConanTheContrarian1 shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:09 Permalink

Shining, what shines is the lubricant on your ass as you shit this post. One, you're talking about WW2, not 1, if you're talking about Russia. Two, I had to stop shaking from laughter at the idea that Iran just wants regime change in Israel. You did get it right about the mercenaries, but that has nothing to do with Harry's points.

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Harry Lightning shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:29 Permalink

Okay you great historian, now tell us if its a lie that Mohammad had his way with young boys and sheep ?

Or was that you ?

btw, you got your World Wars wrong. The claim is that Russia was responsible for winning the SECOND World War, not the First. At the end of the First war, Russia was kinda busy with a revolution in its homeland.

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107cicero shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 10:07 Permalink

Very well said, thanks

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Ink Pusher shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 10:36 Permalink

CORRECTION:RE point 1.

Primarily the Ba'athists VS Assad (everyone else was hired on later)

CORRECTION:RE point 2.

Russia dropped out of the war after the "October Revolution", which took place in Nov. 1917 (Oct. on the Julian calendar, Nov. on the Gregorian calendar). They also conceded to Germany's demands in exchange for peace, which carved up the western portions of the old Russian empire (Poland, Ukraine, Finland, Belarus, the Baltic States). So they too could be called "losers".

CORRECTION:RE point 3.

the Ahmadinejad quote was ;"eliminated from the map of the world".

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HisBoyElroy Harry Lightning Sat, 05/12/2018 - 10:03 Permalink

You forgot one important aspect about Germany in WWI, the nation within the nation of Jewish Germans turned on their host and went on strike crippling the war effort and sealing Germany's fate. After the war the jackal jews swept in and took over the country. Which of course created Hitler and led to WWII.

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107cicero Harry Lightning Sat, 05/12/2018 - 10:06 Permalink

."the longer you are at it [war] the less efficient you become...."

I guess you have never heard of Phillip and Alexander the Great's 'Silver Shields". They marched for over 40 years, usually 25 miles a day. When they pillaged a city, like Persepolis, they got a months beak or so. They were crack troops on the left (the vulnerable pont) of a phalanx and used multiple weapons depending on the terrain.

They got better and better as warriors over time ; fully 60% of them were over 60 years old when Alexander died, many of them were in their 70's. . They never lost a battle.

You need to read more history, my friend.

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machiavellian-trader Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 01:29 Permalink

The world would be a better place without Joo's and Muslims.... thats the plain truth.

History has shown us when Spain killed/expelled all the muslims and Jews from their land, the country prospered and became the global power.

Coincidence i think not !!

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shining one machiavellian-trader Sat, 05/12/2018 - 04:02 Permalink

The world would be a better place without Judaism and Islam.... that's the plain truth. Lets not forget to add Christianity in there too. The reason I suggest the actual religions and not the people who follow them is because people can be forced, people can be brainwashed, people can be indoctrinated. The vast majority are just unwitting victims.

For anyone who debates the idea of adding Christianity to the dung pile, they should be reminded of one fact. It was not Christianity that helped to create the world most advanced nations, it was Science! Beginning with the renaissance, through the Age of Enlightenment and finally ending in modern day science. That is why the power of the Christian church showed an equal demise in conjunction with the rise of scientific thinking.

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raskefing shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 04:16 Permalink

The Root of all western science comes from the alchemist" of the middle ages.

Their source were the spiritual laws and ancient spiritual ,esoteric books of ancient Israel Persia.EGYPT and Arabia

Remember Sir Francis Bacon? he founded the principles of scientific research, he was an esoteric christian, a believer in god.

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vokain raskefing Sat, 05/12/2018 - 08:47 Permalink

“The Methodology of Science, The Aim of Religion”

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hestroy shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:40 Permalink

Bingo!

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PrivetHedge shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:57 Permalink

Judaism is a worship of the devil: Baal and evil gods such as Remphan, and involves occult symbolism like the hex or hexagram on the Israeli flag. It's a religion of evil.

Islam, like Christianity is a religion of God and the light, you simply cannot compare any real religion with Judaism which is only comparable to Black Magic.

https://biblicisminstitute.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/how-the-ashkenazi-j…

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Chupacabra-322 PrivetHedge Sat, 05/12/2018 - 07:20 Permalink

@ Prive,

The lineage of Zionism goes back before Herzyl to Sabbatai Zevi, who was supposed to be Jewish Messiah in 1666. New doctrine emerged with Sabbatai, especially using Crypto behanior in accordance with Kol-Niedre practices.

These practices just came out into the open in 1666, but they predate Christ. The verbal tradtion was learned during the long sojourn in Babylon. There the Sanhedrin learned how to control mankind using all of the various hidden tricks that are now part of Free-Masonary and Secret Socities. Control of money and usury was also learned in this Babylon period.

The name Rothschild means Red-shield and it originates with the red shield ‘Star of David’ symbol (not a Jewish symbol before the Rothschilds) which they displayed on their house in Frankfurt.

You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
and the star of your god Rephan,
the idols you made to worship. -Acts 7:43, St. Stephen quoting the prophet Amos. Rephan is Saturn, whose symbol is a cube, or six-sided object, or the perimeter of the hexagonal star that appears on "Israel's" flag.

As soon as Stephen brought this up, the Jews in attendance stoned him to death. We should therefore point this out as often as we can. (((They))) hate it.

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attah-boy-Luther Chupacabra-322 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:26 Permalink

A little history that the hasbra trolls will not read nor consider:

http://themillenniumreport.com/2018/05/apartheid-state-of-israel-determ…

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detached.amusement PrivetHedge Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:57 Permalink

how one can assert that the two branch religions have nothing to do with the root.....unreal.....news flash, they all worship the demon yaweh

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ConanTheContrarian1 shining one Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:12 Permalink

Shitting One, MANY of the scientists were believing Christians, Isaac Newton foremost among them. Furthermore, you're forgetting that it was the framework of Christian thought that made scientific inquiry possible.

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deplorableX Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 05:52 Permalink

Breathe Richard 640. You are not sitting in the Golan Heights or anywhere near Damascus. ZH is actually for people thinking about what they read and not just acting out. Deep breath in. And out. And again....

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hestroy Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:37 Permalink

Wow! You are completely retarded. Good for you.

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chrbur Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:59 Permalink

Richard640......seek professional help.....

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MiTasol Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 10:24 Permalink

A King with no inferiority complex.

Well fancy that,

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Richard640 beemasters Sat, 05/12/2018 - 00:00 Permalink

FOR ALL THE JEW HATING VERMIN THAT INFEST THIS SITE---GET A FUCKING LIFE--U R ALL MOOSLEM SYMPATHIZERS--THERE IS NO COMPARISON BETWEEN THE MOOS-LEM HELL-HOLE COUNTRIES AND ISRAEL

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U DUMB FUCKS THINK THERE WILL BE A CONFLAGRATION OVER ISRAEL AND SYRIA? PUTIN JUST INVITED BIBI TO MOSCOW FOR A CELEBRATION--GET REAL YA SPAWN! THE JEWS ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD--WITHOUT THEM=NP CHRIST==NO CHRISTIANITY....

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Putin invites Netanyahu to Victory March on anniversary of Nazi German defeat

President Vladimir Putin has invited Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu as his guest of honor at the Victory Day march Wednesday, on the anniversary of Nazi Germany's defeat. They will sit down for talks at the Kremlin later. Military sources note that this annual event traditionally parades the Russian army's prowess. Putin's invitation to Netanyahu is of pivotal significance in a hectic period. They meet three days before the May 12 deadline for President Donald Trump to re-certify or back out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and five days before the May 14 dedication of the newly-relocated US embassy in Jerusalem.

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JOOS ON THE BRAIN=A WORLD-WIDE OBSESSION---20 MILL JOOS V.S 7+ BILL NON-JEWS?? WHY THE FOCUS ON THIS MICROSCOPIC MINORITY??---IT'S AN OBSESSION!@!!! GET A FUCKING LIFE U SPAWN!

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THE KING OF DENMARK-AFTER WW2--WAS ASKED WHY HIS PEOPLE SAVED SO MANY JEWS

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HIS RESPONSE="UNLIKE THE GERMANS, WE NEVER HAS AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX REGARDING THE JOOS"--GOT THE PICTURE U FILTHY JOO HATER DRAPING YOURSELF IN "FAIR AND EVEN-HANDED CRITICISM" OF THE JOOS...YA FILTH

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U CAN CREDIT THE KRISTIAN CHURCH FOR THE 2000 YR TEACHING OF CONTEMPT FOR THE JOOS IN THE DISGUSTING ANTI-JOO SCREED KNOW AS THE NEW TESTAMENT--A PACK OF LIES DEVISED BY THE PROMOTERS OF THE NEW RELIGION TO DIFFERENTIATE THESELVES AND PROMOTE THEIR LIES TO THE GENTILES--THERE A WHOLE FIELD OF STUDY DEVOTED TO THIS PROBLEM===

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PrivetHedge Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 05:24 Permalink

The vermin are the pharisees Richard, not the people pointing out their crimes.

The Israeli flag proudly bears the hexagram of Remphan to announce it's occult evil to the world, don't be surprised when people see it and despise the pharisees behind it.

> “The Babylonian Talmud is based on the mystical religious practices of the Babylonians which were assimilated by the Judahite Rabbis during their Babylonian captivity around 600 B.C. The Rabbis then used these occult traditions in place of the word of God,” wroteEdward Hendrie in Solving the Mystery of Babylon the Great.

> And that is why Jesus was constantly rebuking the Pharisees.

> “You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.” John 8:44

https://biblicisminstitute.wordpress.com/2015/07/28/how-the-ashkenazi-j…

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hestroy Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:43 Permalink

Fuck you, kike. And fuck your israHell. The land of pure evil.

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attah-boy-Luther Richard640 Sat, 05/12/2018 - 09:28 Permalink

read a little history:

http://themillenniumreport.com/2018/05/apartheid-state-of-israel-determ…

and take more Thorazine

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Scipio Africanuz Gaius Frakkin'… Sat, 05/12/2018 - 06:33 Permalink

I've said before, and I'll say it again, the ziosalafi regimes went a bridge too far.
There'll be no boots on the ground, the USA is isolated, she can't afford it either, the gauntlet was thrown down, it was picked up! All fear is gone, now it's about dignity, the right to live one's life, either as individuals, or nations. Is that not the reason for the American revolution?

When fear disappears, expect retribution! The threshold of retribution was breached by the ziosalafi regimes, now, like it or not, Jerusalem will be LIBERATED and so will the other holy sites of Islam, the three centres will be unified, and ALL, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, will worship in Jerusalem.

Further, imports, will be EXPORTED! This is now inevitable else, there'll NEVER be peace in the middle east. They pushed too far, bit too much, and provoked to rage and fury is what they'll get!...

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earleflorida revolla Fri, 05/11/2018 - 19:22 Permalink

vlad has whacko Erdogan to deal with[?]... and Erdogan would love northern Syria to become turk territory--- but now the kurds will start their 'bs', with Armenia on a razor political double-edge sword squeezing the kurds from the western-flank and southern border

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BarnacleBill earleflorida Fri, 05/11/2018 - 22:21 Permalink

It's relevant to point out that Syria has since 1920 claimed the Turkish province of Latakia as its own. When I was there in the 1960s Syrian maps showed Latakia as part of Syria. So Erdogan might well be deliberately baiting Assad, in carving out a de-facto Turkish province in the north of the country now.

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DocBerg BarnacleBill Fri, 05/11/2018 - 22:28 Permalink

Actually the French gave that Syrian province to Turkey after the Great War. The Syrians are right to claim Latakia, because of French imperialism.

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shining one DocBerg Sat, 05/12/2018 - 04:09 Permalink

This back and forth game of who should give who, what ever land has been taken can get into ridiculous situations. In my opinion any lands that were taken illegally or immorally should have a criteria of discernment. That criteria being, if the actual people that lived there at the time and where displaced, are still alive today. Other wise the whole thing just gets silly. i.e. All the Americans would have to leave north America and give it all back to the Native Indians.

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steve golf revolla Fri, 05/11/2018 - 19:39 Permalink

Russia deserves a payback for their suffering under the Bolsheviks.

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shining one steve golf Sat, 05/12/2018 - 04:11 Permalink

The entire world deserves payback for their suffering due to elite Anglo/Zionist interference.

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