Houthi Missile Attack on Saudi Airport Kills 12, Including American, and Wounds More Than 300

Iran-backed Houthi terrorists killed at least 12 people, including an American citizen, and wounded more than 300 others in a missile attack Saturday on Saudi Arabia’s busiest airport. The assault has prompted President Trump to consider joining Saudi-led military operations against the terrorist group.

The missile struck the complex housing Terminals 3 and 4 at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, sending panicked travelers running for cover, overwhelming nearby hospitals, and forcing authorities to suspend operations at the kingdom’s principal aviation hub.

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation confirmed 12 deaths and 309 injuries, including several people in critical condition. The dead included four Saudis, two Bangladeshis, and one American, Egyptian, Jordanian, Syrian, Sudanese, and Palestinian.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the assault was Saudi Arabia’s deadliest attack in more than a decade. It came amid an intensifying Houthi missile campaign targeting the kingdom’s airports and other civilian infrastructure.

The attack also increased the likelihood of direct American military intervention in the renewed conflict.

Asked by reporters outside the White House whether he had decided to join Saudi-led strikes against the Houthis, Trump replied:

“We may. We’re going to look at it. We just found out about the recent attack, so we’ll make a decision. We move very quickly.”

Trump did not announce a decision. His remarks also came before Saudi authorities publicly confirmed that an American citizen was among those killed.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio subsequently condemned the attack, acknowledged the American fatality, and expressed Washington’s support for Saudi Arabia.

“The United States strongly condemns the recent attacks on the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the terrorist Houthis, including today’s strike on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh that took numerous innocent lives, including an American citizen,” Rubio wrote Saturday. “These reprehensible attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life. They must stop now. We stand with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its people and extend our condolences to the victims and their families.”

Saturday’s assault was the third attack on Riyadh’s main international airport that week. The Houthis had intensified their missile campaign against Saudi Arabia following the launch of a major Saudi-backed counteroffensive in Yemen.

The missile struck the airport complex housing Terminals 3 and 4. The Wall Street Journal reported direct hits on both terminals. Eyewitnesses described scenes of chaos as explosions ripped through the facility.

“I was on gate 403. I saw [gate] 401 hit, I saw injured [people] in front of my eyes. Everyone was running,” one witness told Agence France-Presse.

Ambulances and helicopters transported the wounded to nearby hospitals, where medical personnel struggled to cope with the influx of casualties. Several victims remained in critical condition.

According to Reuters, the attack occurred without an advance public warning from Saudi Arabia’s threat-warning system. The news agency cited people briefed on the incident, including Western officials.

The Houthis subsequently claimed responsibility. The head of the Iran-backed terrorist group’s media office boasted that the attack had “shut down Riyadh international airport.”

The group had previously declared Saudi airspace a military operations zone and threatened commercial aircraft operating without its approval. After Saturday’s assault, the Houthis’ military spokesman reposted a warning that only preapproved humanitarian flights would be permitted to land in Riyadh, adding: “a reminder.”

Saudi authorities diverted or canceled flights and temporarily suspended airport operations. The U.S. Embassy in Riyadh urged Americans to stay away from the area, stating that it “strongly recommends all US citizens avoid this airport and surrounding areas.”

The Saudi-led coalition condemned the attack as a “full-blown war crime” and promised a forceful military response.

Maj. Gen. Turki al-Maliki, the coalition’s spokesman, called the assault a “terrorist act that will be met with a firm response.”

“The Joint Forces Command of the Coalition will respond to this terrorist attack firmly and in accordance with international humanitarian law and its customary rules,” he said.
Yemen Counteroffensive Fuels Regional Escalation

Saturday’s attack occurred less than a week after Yemen’s internationally recognized government announced Operation Yemen Dawn, a major counteroffensive aimed at reclaiming strategic territory seized during a rapid Houthi advance along the country’s Red Sea coastline.

The campaign was announced Sunday, and the Saudi-led coalition launched its own military operation in Yemen’s Hodeidah province the following day. The offensive followed weeks of Houthi territorial gains around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, a strategically vital maritime passage connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden.

The Houthis had threatened to disrupt Saudi-linked shipping through Bab el-Mandeb. Such a move would threaten a critical alternative export route as the broader war with Iran disrupted maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi-backed forces have claimed gains around Bab el-Mandeb and nearby Perim Island, although control of the strategically important territory remains disputed.

The counteroffensive has included Saudi-led airstrikes targeting Houthi missile facilities and military positions. In response, the terrorist group has stepped up attacks against Saudi airports and other infrastructure.

Earlier in the week, Houthi missile attacks on airports in Riyadh and Abha killed three civilians and wounded dozens more. Saudi forces continued striking missile-storage facilities, command centers, and launch sites inside Yemen.

Additional strikes against Riyadh’s airport later Thursday killed three Saudi citizens, including an airline pilot, and damaged a Saudi commercial aircraft, according to Saudi authorities.

Before Saturday’s assault, al-Maliki had warned that the Houthi attacks “will not go unpunished.”

Saturday’s death toll exceeded that of the earlier airport attacks combined, making it the deadliest escalation yet in the Houthis’ renewed campaign against Saudi Arabia.
Trump Weighs Direct U.S. Military Action

Washington has already provided Saudi Arabia with intelligence, targeting assistance, and operational planning support in its campaign against the Houthis. The United States has also facilitated intelligence coordination between Israel and regional partners through U.S. Central Command.

Direct American strikes against the Houthis would mark a significant expansion of Washington’s military role in the conflict.

Saudi Arabia has vowed retaliation, Rubio has condemned the killing of an American citizen, and Trump has publicly acknowledged that he is considering joining the kingdom’s military campaign.

The decision now facing the White House is whether to move beyond supporting Saudi Arabia and commit American forces directly to the fight. Saturday’s deadly assault has raised the stakes, placing the prospect of U.S. military intervention in Yemen more firmly on the table.

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Flydubai Co-Pilot Allegedly ID'd. Apparently Landing Safely Wasn't Part Of His Game Plan

Alleged Hijacker: Hamam Alhamami 

The Omar hijacker's name has been revealed which is Hamam Alhamami. This is largely supported by current reporting. with the suspect’s name coming from officials and multiple sources familiar with the investigation rather than from a formal public identification by Flydubai or the governments involved.

Here's the story: On 30 September 2026, Flydubai flight FZ1073 was making its routine trip from Dubai to Tel Aviv, where a lot of Jewish people live, when the routine portion of the trip apparently decided to take the day off.

The aircraft diverted and landed at Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, after the co-pilot allegedly attacked the pilot flying. Israeli officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the co-pilot stabbed the captain, Indian national Smit Machchhar, [a name which in Hindi translates to 'mosquito'] and then attempted to crash the aircraft with more than 170 people aboard, most of them Israelis, therefore Islam's most hated people followed by Christians, Hindus, atheists, gays, Druids, Jains, and anyone other than Muslims of the correct sect. That is, Sunnis don't get along with Shi'ites and vice-versa but they do get along when attacking non-believers.

Fortunately, passengers and off-duty pilots intervened and subdued the co-pilot before the flight could become an especially horrifying addition to the aviation industry’s list of things passengers would prefer not to experience.

The aircraft also transmitted the hijack transponder code 7500 and lost thousands of feet of altitude in mere minutes.

Netanyahu said the attacker had undergone Islamist radicalization [possibly due to his reading the Koran]. Investigations remain underway in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. 

By the way, both countries did not want to release the co-pilot's name.

The co-pilot has been described by Israeli officials and outlets including CNN as an Omani national who had worked for Flydubai for only about eight or nine months.

Then came the name.

ABC News, citing multiple sources familiar with the investigation, identified the suspect on 2 October as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami, also spelled Hamam Alhamami or Hamam al-Hammami.

According to those sources, Al Hammami had previously been removed from flying duties at Oman Air in 2024 after being found with extremist materials. He later joined Flydubai who is apparently okay with extremist material, was transferred from Saudi Arabia to the UAE, and allegedly told investigators that he intended to crash the plane in Israel.

The Wall Street Journal, Al Arabiya, and other outlets have reported the same identification.

The name has not, however, been uniformly confirmed publicly by Flydubai or the UAE government, so anyone preparing the definitive social-media infographic should probably resist the urge to add a giant red stamp reading "CASE CLOSED" just yet.

The central claims circulating in the graphic are consistent with the reporting: an Omani Flydubai co-pilot, an Israel-bound flight, an alleged attempt to crash the aircraft, and the name Hamam Alhamami.

That does not mean every detail making the rounds online has suddenly graduated from "Internet rumor" to "established fact."

Claims involving Al-Qaeda connections, an inside job, and other embellishments go beyond what major news organizations have established so far, but I wouldn't have a conniption if I found out that this is the case.

In other words, there appears to be plenty of disturbing information here without the internet having to add its own director's cut.

Let's patiently wait and see . . . but hurry.

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Iran-Backed Houthis Capture Strategic Red Sea Island, Because Apparently One Middle East Crisis Wasn't Enough

Dance of the Fandango Cucaracha

The Iran-backed Houthi insurgents of Yemen have apparently decided that controlling a country was not ambitious enough. On Friday, they declared that they had seized Perim, a small volcanic island sitting in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important shipping chokepoints connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

Because when you're an Iranian proxy militia, nothing says "regional stability" quite like grabbing strategically important real estate in the middle of an international shipping lane.

The announcement came just one day after the Houthis seized the port city of Mokha with assistance from Iran.

Sources within Yemen's internationally recognized, but largely exiled, government confirmed the Houthi takeover of Perim. They also said the insurgents had seized Dhubab, the port city closest to the island.

Saudi Arabia, which supports Yemen's government and has a rather obvious interest in keeping the Red Sea open for its oil shipments, responded Friday by launching airstrikes against the airport in Mokha.

It remained unclear whether those airstrikes would be followed by the slightly more complicated step of actually trying to take the city back.

Maj. Gen. Tareq Saleh, a commander in the Yemeni government's armed forces, said he was forced to order a "strategic retreat" from the Houthi advance toward the Bab el-Mandeb area.

"The armed forces in the western coast paid a heavy price — martyrs and wounded — over the past days as they confronted the Houthi attack planned by Iran, and supported by it," he said.

Apparently "strategic retreat" is the Middle Eastern military equivalent of "We are going to let them have this one."

A senior Yemeni military official told the Associated Press that his government was "stunned that the Saudi air force did not try to prevent the capture of Mokha" by "striking the Houthis as they advanced."

The official suspected the Saudis needed American approval for such defensive airstrikes and never got it. He also blamed a "lack of coordination" among forces allied with his government, giving the Houthis a "priceless opportunity" to seize strategically important coastal territory.

Nothing says geopolitical competence quite like watching an enemy advance toward a critical shipping chokepoint while everyone waits for someone else to make a phone call.

According to Axios, Saudi Arabia's de facto chief executive, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, personally called President Donald Trump twice on Thursday and "urged him to launch strikes against the Houthis."

Trump reportedly declined, at least partly because his administration does not want the United States dragged directly into Yemen's long and exceptionally ugly civil war, which has now been going on for more than 12 years.

U.S. officials reportedly told their Saudi counterparts that Trump wants American forces concentrating on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.

Which, considering the Middle East currently has enough potential flashpoints to fill a large military planner's worst nightmare, is probably not the craziest position in Washington this week.

Another problem for Yemen's government is that it has lost the support of the United Arab Emirates, which fell out with Saudi Arabia in January over UAE support for a separatist faction in southern Yemen known as the Southern Transitional Council, or STC.

The STC had proven to be an effective anti-Houthi force. Unfortunately, it also had the minor disadvantage of being at odds with the Presidential Leadership Council, the Yemeni government supported by Saudi Arabia.

The Saudis forced the UAE out of Yemen, and the STC subsequently decided it wasn't interested in fighting outside the territory it hopes to separate from the rest of Yemen.

So, to recap, the anti-Houthi coalition has managed to become sufficiently divided that the Houthis are now taking strategic territory while everyone else sorts out who is supposed to be fighting whom.

Iran, naturally, is thrilled.

Tehran has been desperate to open another front in the conflict and increase economic pressure on the United States and its allies. On Friday, Iran demanded that Saudi Arabia end its "blockade" of Yemen and return to peace negotiations with the Houthis.

A spokesman for Iran's terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps then raised the stakes by saying any future negotiations with the United States should include Yemen as well as Lebanon, another country where Iranian proxy forces are active.

Because nothing says "peace talks" like showing up with a shopping list of additional countries where you've helped create disasters.

The Houthis, meanwhile, insisted Friday that they don't intend to shut down the Bab el-Mandeb Strait for all international shipping. Apparently Saudi Arabia is the only customer they have in mind.

"Freedom of navigation and international trade in the Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab are safe and orderly," promised Houthi Politburo member Hazem al-Assad.

This is certainly reassuring, assuming one has recently suffered a severe head injury.

Oil markets aren't nearly as confident.

Losing the Saudi oil shipments moving through the Red Sea would be a significant blow to the global economy. There is also the small matter of the Houthi track record when it comes to attacking ships. Their definition of "we only target the ships we mean to target" has not always inspired universal confidence.

Benchmark oil prices surged above $100 per barrel this week before retreating somewhat Friday, still finishing the week up 9 percent. Saudi oil exports were down 23 percent in August, falling to their lowest level since 1990.

"Once again, it is geopolitical fears driving everything," said Jim Reid of Deutsche Bank on Friday morning.

"In terms of the latest Middle East headlines, yesterday saw growing concerns over the safety of Red Sea shipping, and the potential knock-on effects for Saudi oil exports, as Houthi rebels captured Yemen’s port city of Mokha, which is located close to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on the southern end of the Red Sea, Reid said.

The Houthis have also continued attacking Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure directly, despite warnings from Pakistan that it might intervene to defend the Saudis under the trilateral Mecca Joint Defense Agreement signed in August 2026 between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Then came another ominous development.

Satellite images prompted as-yet unconfirmed reports Friday that the Houthis had attacked Saudi Arabia's vital East-West oil pipeline, a 750-mile artery carrying crude from refineries in Abqaiq to the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

The Houthis have targeted the pipeline before during clashes with Saudi Arabia. Following an April attack, the Saudis repaired the line and increased its capacity to approximately 7 million barrels per day.

Yanbu has been loading roughly 3.7 million barrels per day since the beginning of September as Saudi Arabia attempts to route more of its oil exports away from the increasingly problematic Strait of Hormuz.

Satellite imagery showed a massive plume of smoke, but the Saudi government has not confirmed an attack on the East-West Pipeline or provided details about possible damage.

For now, then, the situation is still developing.

But Iran has its proxies advancing, the Houthis are sitting on increasingly valuable territory, Saudi Arabia is trying to protect its oil routes, Yemen's government is retreating, America's allies are asking Washington what to do, and oil traders are watching all of it while reaching for the antacids.

In other words, just another quiet Friday in the neighborhood.

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Trump Pauses Iran Strikes, Believes A Deal is Imminent

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After spending the morning threatening to turn Iran’s military infrastructure into a parking lot, President Trump abruptly announced Thursday afternoon that peace was back on the menu and the whole thing was “all wrapped up,” proving once again that Middle East diplomacy now operates like a New York real estate negotiation conducted entirely through Truth Social posts.

“We have a deal,” Trump reportedly told aides moments after allegedly green-lighting, canceling, then re-green-lighting a plan to seize Iran’s Kharg Island before finally deciding he preferred making headlines instead.

“Based on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

“Discussions and final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved, including the United States, Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and others.”

Sources inside Washington confirmed several Pentagon officials were informed of the cancellation only after seeing the president’s post sandwiched between advertisements for gold coins and pillows.

The agreement reportedly includes reopening the Strait of Hormuz, renewed nuclear negotiations, and what experts are calling “the annual Middle East ceasefire that lasts somewhere between four hours and two weeks.”

“It’s pretty much all wrapped up,” Trump told The Post in a phone call that insiders say lasted roughly the same amount of time as one of his golf putts.

The sudden diplomatic breakthrough came just hours after Trump warned Iran he would strike them “VERY HARD TONIGHT” and floated plans to take over Kharg Island and “assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets.”

“At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points, and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets, much like we have with Venezuela,” Trump wrote earlier Thursday morning, causing cable news producers nationwide to begin hyperventilating into paper bags.

Trump later explained that conquering the island remained his preferred option.

“We ⁠are talking ⁠to them, and all, but you know, ⁠look, my preference has always been — take ⁠Kharg Island … my preference would be that,” he said on “Fox and Friends.”

“⁠I don’t know that America has the stomach for it.”

Political analysts immediately translated the statement to mean, “Trump still wants the win, but he also remembers Americans get cranky when their sons are deployed to defend democracy in places they can’t find on a map.”

Meanwhile, Iran appeared to respond to the agreement with the traditional diplomatic strategy of denying the agreement exists at all.

“An informed source told FNA Iran has not approved any draft agreement or initial memorandum with the US, contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that Tehran agreed to a finalized text,” Iran’s Fars News Agency posted to X.

Observers noted this marks approximately the 38th time Trump has declared an Iran deal “close,” though supporters insist that unlike previous administrations, at least this time America bombed something before negotiating.

At press time, CNN was reportedly preparing a seven-part special explaining why peace in the Middle East is actually bad news for democracy.

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Trump admin may be willing to make 'significant accommodations' on sanctions relief for the terrorists

WASHINGTON—In a stunning display of 21st-century diplomacy that somehow hasn't collapsed into a mushroom cloud yet, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz now depends on "full Iranian acceptance and then compliance" with negotiated terms. Of course, trusting the ayatollahs to keep their word is like the scorpion carrying the frog across the stream, for you fable fans.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, evidently moonlighting as a Trump hype man, commended President Donald Trump for leading "extraordinary efforts to pursue peace" after a high-level multilateral phone conference that rounded up the usual suspects from Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. Sources confirm the call went swimmingly, with zero participants threatening to turn anyone into a parking lot.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio reiterated on Saturday that the main U.S. objective remains preventing Tehran from ever obtaining a nuclear weapon, ambitious stuff, considering Iran views "nuclear weapon" the same way a kid views a participation trophy, as in 'everyone should get one.'

President Trump, never one to undersell a deal, declared that the Iran agreement to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz has been "largely negotiated," which in diplomatic terms means "we're basically there except for the part where they keep lying."

The U.S. may be willing to make "significant accommodations" for Iran on sanctions relief if the nation's leaders are willing to make similar accommodations to the U.S. on enriched uranium, a senior administration official told Fox News on Sunday, in what historians are already calling "the most polite game of nuclear chicken ever played."

The official downplayed reports that the deal could be signed on Sunday, saying Tehran's system "does not move fast enough."

"Our plan is to deal with all of their stockpile of the enriched material," the official said. "We see the Iranians making some serious accommodations on these questions that we didn't see before." And if you believe the Islamic Regime at their word, I have a bridge to sell you.

"If the Iranians make significant accommodations on the enrichment question then we will make significant accommodations on sanctions relief," the official continued.

"Even in the IRGC's own propaganda, they did not talk about tolling the Strait of Hormuz. Our position is quite clear. We don't think that a toll is an acceptable outcome," the official added. 

At the time of this writing, Iran was reportedly nodding along while secretly spinning more centrifuges, and Washington was pretending this time would be different.

And snakes have hips.

If the Islamic Regime of Iran is allowed to remain in power, nothing will have been accomplished and this will be a waste of blood and treasure.

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UAE tried to coordinate with Qatar and Saudi Arabia to strike Iran during recent war - report

The United Arab Emirates attempted to persuade its neighboring Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia and Qatar, to coordinate a military response to Iran’s barrage of missiles, rockets and drones during the recent war. When those neighbors declined, Abu Dhabi’s leadership was left frustrated, sources familiar with the matter have told Bloomberg.

UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, widely known as MBZ, made several phone calls to fellow leaders, among them Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in the immediate aftermath of the joint Israeli and American strikes on Iran that began on 28 February. Convinced of the strategic necessity for a unified retaliatory posture to deter Tehran, MBZ reached out in the expectation that shared peril might at last produce shared resolve.

Yet his neighbors demurred. This, they insisted, was not their war. 

The refusal has only deepened the strains already visible between the UAE and Saudi Arabia. The Trump administration, for its part, was fully aware of the Emirati proposal and lent its own weight to the effort to bring Riyadh and Doha into the fold.

MBZ sought to frame the moment in historical terms for his Gulf Cooperation Council counterparts. The GCC itself, he reminded them, had been founded in 1981 precisely in response to the threats unleashed by Iran’s Islamic Revolution of 1979. The argument carried the logic of self-preservation. It did not carry the day.

These revelations offer one plausible explanation for the UAE’s subsequent conduct: its withdrawal from OPEC and OPEC+ at the end of April, and its increasingly close alignment with Israel. Left without the collective shield it had sought, the Emirates acted alone. Despite the absence of Gulf support, Abu Dhabi carried out limited strikes against Iranian targets in both March and April.

Iran, for its part, repaid the region with ferocity. The UAE endured the most intense barrage of the entire conflict, with Tehran dispatching nearly 3,000 drones and hundreds of missiles toward Emirati territory before any truce took hold. Last week, Iranian forces struck the key oil port of Fujairah, hard by the Strait of Hormuz.

Saudi Arabia, having declined coordination with its neighbor, eventually struck Iran on its own terms in March. Riyadh then pivoted, assisting Pakistan’s mediation efforts between Washington and Tehran. Qatar, meanwhile, briefly contemplated retaliation after Iran targeted the vast liquefied natural gas facility at Ras Laffan, but chose instead the safer ground of de-escalation. Bahrain and Kuwait, ever aligned with Saudi caution, likewise kept their distance. Oman, bound by longstanding ties to Tehran, was never expected to join such an enterprise.

Emirati and Saudi spokespeople have not responded to requests for comment. What remains is the portrait of a region divided even in the face of a common adversary, where the clearest strategic thinking has come from the smallest and most exposed player. The UAE, at least, appears to have drawn its conclusions from the episode. Whether its neighbours will eventually be forced to do the same is the question that now hangs over the Gulf.

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He's a Blinken traitor to Israel: says recognizing a Palestinian state is a rebuke to Hamas

Antony Blinken, once America's top diplomat, has ventured into the quagmire of Middle East politics with a Wall Street Journal op-ed that attempts to thread an impossible needle. He insists that recognizing a Palestinian state is not a reward for Hamas's barbarism but a "rebuke" to it, a claim as idiotic as it is bewildering. Yet, in the same breath, he relegates this grand gesture to the back burner, behind the more pressing matters of freeing hostages, averting famine in Gaza, and ending the war. 

One might ask: if Palestinian statehood is such a noble rebuke, why not prioritize it? The answer, of course, lies in the grim realities the cowardly Blinken dares not fully confront.

"Israel long ago achieved two of its three stated objectives in Gaza," Blinken writes, nodding to the dismantling of Hamas's military machine and the elimination of those behind the October 7 massacre, a slaughter that needs no recapitulation for anyone with a pulse. But the third objective, the return of hostages, remains elusive. And here, Blinken takes aim at Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to occupy Gaza, arguing it will only prolong the conflict and deepen the misery on both sides. 

Fair enough. Occupation is a messy business, and the optics of Israeli tanks rolling through Gaza's ruins are hardly a PR coup. But what, precisely, is the alternative when Hamas still lurks, ready to rearm and reignite? Playing footsie with Hamas will only end in becoming footless. 

Blinken's answer is a familiar diplomatic sleight of hand: dangle the carrot of Palestinian statehood, but only if it meets a laundry list of conditions. 

"No one should expect Israel to accept a Palestinian state that is led by Hamas or other terrorists, that is militarized or has independent armed militias, that aligns with Iran or others that reject Israel’s right to exist, that educates and preaches hatred of Jews or Israel."

A sensible caveat, to be sure. After all, who could argue for a state run by genocidal fanatics or Iran's proxies? Yet the conditions are so stringent they feel less like a pathway than a polite way of saying "never." Blinken suggests a three-year timeline, with the United Nations Security Council, hardly a bastion of impartiality, as the arbiter of Palestinian compliance. "America's veto would reassure Israelis," the dolt adds, as if a U.S. veto in that circus of geopolitics could calm anyone's nerves.

Meanwhile, Blinken urges Israel to play nice: address Gaza's humanitarian crisis, halt settlement expansion in the West Bank, stop demolishing Palestinian homes [that Hamas has booby-trapped], and crack down on extremist violence. Oh, and support the reform of the Palestinian Authority, that creaking relic of Oslo, rather than undermining it. 

Good advice, perhaps, but it sidesteps the inconvenient truth that the PA has been a masterclass in corruption and ineffectuality for decades, and let's not forget their cute "pay to slay" program targeting Jews of all stripes.

The deeper problem with Blinken's vision, aside from the fact that he isn't the brightest bulb in the tool shed. is its refusal to grapple with the mutual delusions at play. "Israel cannot maintain the idea that Palestinians will tolerate being a 'non-people without national rights,'" he writes, and he's not wrong. The status quo is a pressure cooker. But then he adds, "Palestinians must understand that ideas of a state 'from the river to the sea' are unfeasible." 

Here's where the diplomatic sheen cracks. That phrase isn't just a slogan; it's a call for Israel's erasure, chanted by those who see no room for a Jewish state in any configuration. 

Blinken’s response? A platitude: "No one is going anywhere, whatever the delusions of extremists on both sides." Stirring words, but they gloss over the asymmetry of those delusions, one side seeks coexistence, however imperfectly; the other, too often, seeks annihilation.

Blinken's op-ed, at best, is a study in well-meaning futility. He wants Arab states to rebuild Gaza and keep Hamas at bay, but only if there’s a "credible political path toward Palestinian self-determination." 

Saudi Arabia, eyeing normalization with Israel, might nod along, but they're not fools, they know a Palestinian state under current conditions risks becoming another Iranian satrapy. And so we’re left with a paradox: statehood as a rebuke to Hamas, but only if Hamas is already neutered; a path to peace, but only if everyone agrees to play by rules that have never held. It's a vision as earnest as it is detached from the blood-soaked realities of the region. 

One wonders if Blinken believes it himself.

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Florida dhimmies give Orlando Airport a Sharia Prayer Room: no Jews, Christians etc., allowed

Praying to someone down there

America’s airports are rolling out the red carpet for Sharia, and your tax dollars are footing the bill, as usual. While Islamic nations kill gays and throw Christians and Jews in jail for daring to pray in public, the U.S. is quietly building mosque-like prayer rooms in major airports, complete with all the trimmings of Islamic worship. 

This isn’t tolerance, it’s a one-way street to ideological surrender, and it’s happening right under our noses in a red state no less.

Back in 2016, Orlando International Airport dropped over $250,000 of taxpayer cash to build gender-segregated Islamic prayer rooms in Terminal B. We’re talking wudu stations for ritual washing, shoe racks, luggage holders, and signs pointing to Mecca like it’s a spiritual GPS. Airport brass called it "traveler comfort" for the growing number of Muslim visitors. Comfort, sure, but don’t hold your breath for a Christian chapel or Jewish synagogue with the same level of TLC.

Contrast that with the Islamic world. 

In Saudi Arabia, you can’t even whisper a Bible verse in public without risking a prison cell or a lash. Pakistan’s blasphemy laws are so draconian that two Christians got hauled off in 2021 just for reading scripture in a park. And in Iran, if you convert from Islam, and you’re looking at harassment or a one-way ticket to a jail cell. Try praying as a Jew or Christian in Riyadh or Tehran, you’ll be lucky to walk away on both legs and your head where it belongs.

Yet here in the U.S., funded by taxpayers of every faith (and none), we’re building Islamic prayer complexes that scream exclusivity. No reciprocal love for other religions, no shared interfaith spaces, just Sharia-compliant setups that cater to one group while others get nothing. The hypocrisy is so thick you could cut it with a sword. Islamic nations enforce their religious supremacy with an iron grip, while we bankroll their norms in the name of "diversity" because we like to think of ourselves as goody-goodies.

Orlando was just the start. Fast forward to 2024, and Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport rolled out its own Sharia-compliant complex, complete with gender-segregated rooms and ritual washing stations. [Woo-hoo for wudu.] Who’s cheering? CAIR-Houston, the same group tied to Hamas in the DOJ’s biggest terrorism-financing trial ever. 

While interfaith chapels have been a staple in U.S. airports for years, these new facilities are Islamic-only in design and purpose. Public funds are building religious infrastructure that’s neither offered to other faiths nor reciprocated by Islamic countries. Critics aren’t wrong to call this what it is: not tolerance, but a slow slide into appeasement. And, as Winston Churchill said about appeasement: "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."

America’s funding what Islamic nations ban outright, and most folks are just waking up to the double standard. How long before we stop pretending this is about "inclusion" and start asking why we’re bending over backward for a system that offers zero in return?

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Most Israelis fear this, poll finds

The Jewish people of Israel, battered yet unbowed, have spoken with unmistakable clarity. A survey by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA), conducted by Lazar Research on May 5-6, reveals a nation resolute in its rejection of any deal that would permit the barbarous Hamas to cling to power in Gaza. 

The poll, encompassing 702 souls—Jews and Arabs, aged 18 and older—paints a portrait of a people forged anew in the crucible of the October 7 massacre, that unspeakable Hamas-led atrocity which unleashed this war.

The findings, unveiled ahead of The Jerusalem Post Annual New York Conference, are a rebuke to the naive and the deluded. A commanding 66% of Israelis stand firm against the chimera of a Palestinian state along the 1967 lines, a figure unmoved since prior polls. 

Among Jewish respondents, this opposition surges to a formidable 78%, with a mere 1% offering unconditional assent to such a state. One need not be a prophet to discern why: 70% of all respondents, and a staggering 81% of Jews, live in dread of a second October 7 erupting from the West Bank. 

Contrast this with the 53% of Arab respondents who, curiously, profess no such fear.

The poll’s starkest revelation is the near-universal loathing for Hamas’s continued existence. An overwhelming 85% reject the notion of Hamas retaining a military presence in Gaza; 81% recoil at the prospect of its involvement in civilian governance. Support for Hamas in any form languishes at a pitiful 7-8%. 

This is a people who have seen the face of evil and will not abide its persistence. Even the return of evacuated Israelis to their border communities near Gaza, a homecoming one might assume instinctive, meets fierce resistance if Hamas endures. Sixty-three percent oppose such returns, with only 11% in favor.

Should Hamas persist as a military force, opposition climbs to 67%, and support dwindles to a mere 8%, evidently by suicidal Israelis,

The Palestinian Authority, often peddled as a moderate alternative, fares little better. Opposition to its role in Gaza’s post-war governance has softened, from 60% in March to 50%; yet support remains a tepid 25%. 

A growing number of respondents, adrift in political uncertainty, confess indecision. But on one point, clarity reigns: 71% of Israelis, and 82% of Jewish Israelis, endorse the Trump peace plan, a framework that dares to grapple with reality rather than indulge in fantasy.

And then we have Iran, the malevolent puppeteer looming over this tragedy. 

Sixty percent of Israelis back a military strike on its nuclear facilities—a sentiment unchanged since March. Of these, 37% prefer coordination with the United States, while 23% would see Israel act alone, undeterred by American hesitance. Israel knows that it must act preemptively in these situations in order to maintain its existence.

Dan Diker, president of the JCFA, captures the moment with precision: “The findings reflect a new security reality for Israeli society and continued public opposition to a Palestinian state that supports terrorism, even under the condition of normalization with Saudi Arabia.” He adds, “The survey also shows that the Israeli public is not willing to accept continued Hamas rule in Gaza, even when faced with the dilemma of a hostage deal with Hamas. The public understands that Israel’s security and existential threats require decisive leadership.”

Here is a nation transformed, not by choice, but by necessity. The illusions of compromise with those who seek its destruction have been shattered and reality has set in. 

Israel stands, as ever, at the edge of the abyss, yet its people refuse to blink. They demand leadership equal to their courage, and they will not settle for less.

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Hundreds of Hezbollah commanders ordered to flee Lebanon: Report

Alright, folks, strap in for another wild ride through the global circus of chaos, where the bad guys don’t take vacations—they just relocate.


According to a report on Wednesday, about 400 Hezbollah field commanders have been told to pack their bags and book it out of Lebanon for the sunny shores of South America—think Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Because nothing says “strategic retreat” like swapping Beirut for Bogotá.

A Latin American diplomatic source spilled the tea to Saudi outlet Al Hadath, claiming 200 of these commanders are already sipping café con leche in South America, with the rest set to join the party soon. Why the mass exodus? Hezbollah’s apparently sweating bullets over the Lebanese government and military potentially dismantling their military playground. So, they’re scattering like roaches when the lights come on.

Let’s not kid ourselves—Hezbollah’s no stranger to South America. They’ve already got a cozy little terrorist network down there, while back in Lebanon, they’re flexing with a force of “several tens of thousands of terrorists.” That’s not a typo; it’s just their brand of crazy.

Meanwhile, Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is trying to play peacemaker, declaring Tuesday that 2025 will be the year Lebanon gets a monopoly on weapons. His plan? Disarm Hezbollah “through dialogue.” Good luck with that, buddy. 

Aoun’s out here talking about “good and direct” communication with Hezbollah, claiming “the results are evident on the ground.” Sure, if by “results” he means the Lebanese army sealing tunnels and blowing up Hezbollah’s weapons stashes. He’s even floating the idea of folding Hezbollah into the army, 1990s-militia style, where individuals get absorbed separately. 

Sounds like a plan—until you remember who you’re dealing with.

Enter senior Hezbollah honcho Mahmoud Qamati, who’s not exactly vibing with Aoun’s kumbaya approach. In a speech, he doubled down, saying, “We are committed to our weapons, we are committed to our resistance.” Then he dropped a gem from the late Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah: “Whoever reaches out to touch our weapons—their hand will be cut off.” Subtle as a sledgehammer, Mahmoud.

So, here we are: Hezbollah’s top dogs are fleeing to South America, their Lebanese fortress is under pressure, and their leaders are quoting dead guys while waving their guns. Just another day in the geopolitical dumpster fire. Stay tuned, because this mess isn’t cleaning itself up anytime soon.

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German Interior Minister doesn't know Jack Schlift about Islam

Nancy Faeser: useful idiot

The jihadi who ran his car into a crowd of Christmas shoppers in Magdeburg, Germany on Friday and later shouted "Allahu akbar!" upon his capture, is not Islamophobic. In fact, one can easily see that he is Islamophilic based not only on what he did, but on what his background shows.

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, 50, migrated from Saudi Arabia to Germany in 2006 and cosplayed being an ex-Muslim; he even connected with known critics of Islam and this led media outlets to present him as an "anti-Islam" terrorist.

German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who for years has refused to connect Islam with terrorism and went so far as to criticize critics of Islam and mass Muslim migration to Germany, calling them "Nazis," claimed that “we can only say with certainty that the perpetrator was obviously Islamophobic.”

Trying to kill as many Christmas shoppers right before the holiday is Islamophobic? How does that even make sense? It's a freaking non sequitur. After all, how many Muslims was this jihadi hoping to kill at a Christmas shopping market? Why would Abdulmohsen choose such a place?

Why did Abdulmohsen lie about being an ex-Muslim [aka, an apostate] and present himself publicly as such?

Islam has doctrines that call for deception under certain circumstances. These doctrines are known as taqiyya which allows Muslims to lie for the sake of Islam. This is not just a 'one-off,' it's part of the  foundational precepts in Islamic theology across all sects and schools of jurisprudence. 

Also, jihad groups have been calling for attacks in Germany and this attack was a perfect example of one such attack. There have been recent incidents where Muslims have marched in the streets of Germany shouting "Allahu akbar!" Using vehicles to cause death, injury and destruction has been recommended by these jihadis.

So let's be clear: Nancy Faeser is either a useful idiot or a deceptive enemy of the German people. She is either looking at the cancerous spread of Islam across Germany as a mere boo-boo, or knows what will happen if you let it grow.

The Telegraph reported that Abdulmohsen wrote: "I have to admit that I was deceived by western Leftists. I thought they welcome refugees because they care for human rights. But my experience in Germany showed me that they welcome refugees because they want to Islamise Europe." There's one thing that Faeser hates: warnings about the Islamization of Europe. The German political elites are deeply worried about the rise of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, which opposes mass Muslim migration. When incessantly calling the AfD a bunch of Nazis failed, they have even considered ways to outlaw it.

Does anyone with a functioning Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex really believe that the spread of Islam via mass migration poses no threat to Western society and our values?

For Faeser and her leftist allies, the race is on. Earlier, those who supported mass migration into Europe without worrying about Islamization used mass murderer Anders Breivik's so-called "manifesto" to discredit critics of Islam that he supposedly named. Now, Faeser and other useful idiots believe they've found this decade's Breivik in Taleb Abdulmohsen.

Nancy Faeser is a danger to herself and others.

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Oct. 7 was just the beginning Iran and Hamas warn: the plotting sickens

Sinwar before he went into hiding waving goodbye before hiding in tunnels

It's no secret Muslims are taught to hate the Jews and to distrust Christians. It's in their scripture and taught in  UNRWA-financed schools and madrassas in the Middle East. So it should come as no surprise to learn that Iran-backed jihad groups plan to turn the Islamic "holy" month of Ramadan into the "second phase of October 7" and torch the Middle East, as Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant asserted on Tuesday.

"The main goal of Hamas is to take Ramadan, with an emphasis on the Temple Mount and Jerusalem, and turn it into the second phase of their plan that began on October 7. This is the main goal of Hamas, and it is being amplified by Iran and Hezbollah,” Gallant said following a situational assessment at the Israel Defense Forces' Central Command, which is responsible for Judea and Samaria.

"We cannot let them have this, and that means we need to do everything we can to bring calm to the area," Gallant continued. "We must not give Hamas what it failed to achieve during the beginning of the war and [let it achieve] 'unity of the battlefields,'" he said, referring to the Hamasshole's attempts to spark a multi-front war.

If Hamas had its way, they would rename the month "The Ramadan Bomb-a-thon." Since starting the war with the barbaric attack on Israeli civilians [mostly], the violence continued to escalate across northwestern Negev on October 7. 

A total of 41 Israeli airstrikes have been carried out in the West Bank since the start of the war, as well as more than 200 counter-terror operations in Palestinian towns. Jews fighting back after being attacked has angered not only the Muslim communities across the globe, but also leftist students attending Islamic-funded universities in Western nations.

For example, between 2014 and 2019, over $5 billion was donated to US schools by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE. We see the impact this had when observing the anti-Semitism and anti-Zionist demonstrations have been occurring in such formerly prestigious schools like Cornell ($1.2 billion), Harvard ($894 million), and MIT ($859 million), just to name a few.

Judea and Samaria  saw a dramatic rise in terrorist attacks in 2023 compared to the previous year, with shootings reaching their highest level since the Second Intifada of 2000-05, IDF data shows.

Since October 7, around 3,300 Palestinian terror suspects have been captured in arrest raids throughout the Judea and Samaria and the Jordan Valley, including more than 1,350 who were associated with Hamas, the IDF said on Tuesday.

In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces are closing in on the position of Hamas' cowardly former leader Yahya Sinwar, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing current and former Israeli officials familiar with the intelligence. Sinwar is believed to be hiding in tunnels below Khan Younis, where he has surrounded himself with human shields comprised of hostages taken on Oct. 7 and Palestinians who have been taken in by Hamas altogether.

"It's not about locating him, it's about doing something" without risking the lives of the hostages, one senior Israeli official told the newspaper.

However, the operation in Gaza cannot conclude until Sinwar is captured, killed, or removed from power, officials stressed to The Washington Post.

Speaking at a World Zionist Organisation conference in Jerusalem on Tuesday, IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari vowed to get to Sinwar "dead or alive." 

"We are fighting Hamas from the north to the south," Hagari told attendees. "We will finish in Rafah; it is an important city – there are hostages in Rafah," Hagari was quoted as saying. The city of Rafah is the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza and could be the key to ending the war.

Our very own US Rear Adm. Rachel Levine responded with "Fighting is just so silly."

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U.S., U.K., Canada and others urge their citizens to evacuate Lebanon as Iranian terrorists escalate terror on Israel

At least ten countries are alerting their citizens in Lebanon to get out of there as fast as they can as the religion of peace worshiping Iranian organizations ramp up terror attacks on Israel's northern border. It's possible that a second front in the war could begin in Israel's war against Islamic terrorists in the region.

Israel officials worry that Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed terrorist organization operating out of Lebanon, is preparing to launch a full-scale attack on Israel's northern border with their 20,000 jihad terrorists. They have approximately 150,000 rockets at the ready and could easily overwhelm Israel's Iron Dome defense, a number that gets Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar moist.

Hezbollah high-ranking official Hashem Safieddine gave a speech to thousands of unwashed supporters on Wednesday, claiming that the terrorist group was “thousands of times stronger” than it was in the past, and threatening Israel and the West, warning that attacks on Hezbollah would be a “resounding” mistake, even though it would be the only reasonable thing the Jewish State would do in an existential response.

And while Hezbollah shakes its bloody fist and screams, the IDF might very well have the capability to kick its proverbial ass in battle.

Never again means never again--it doesn't mean "don't."

The countries that have told their citizens to "get out of Dodge" include the United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Canada, France, Kuwait, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, and Australia.

On Monday, the IDF announced that residents of 28 towns along the Israel-Lebanon border needed to immediately evacuate the area. These communities are: Ghajar, Dishon, Kfar Yuval, Margaliot, Metula, Avivim, Dovev, Ma’ayan Baruch, Bara’m, Manara, Yiftach, Malkia, Misgav Am, Yir’on, Dafna, Arab al-Aramshe, Shlomi, Netu’a, Ya’ara, Shtula, Matat, Zari’t, Shomera, Betzet, Adamit, Rosh HaNikram, Hanita and Kfar Giladi. 

Hezbollah's primary goal is the elimination of Jews and the targeting of the United States all over the world as it has operations in Africa, the Americas, and Asia. 

Thanks to former President Barack Hussein Obama (D) the terrorist organization grew quickly. He even let them smuggle in many tons of illicit drugs into the US as his weak way of appeasing the alligator known as Iran while believing they'd go along with the proposed nuclear deal. 

Can I get a WTF?

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Harvard professor suggested Hamas attack was attempt to hide Netanyahu corruption: gets outed and apologizes

Larry Tribe: professor at Saudi-funded Harvard University

Harvard professor Larry Tribe tweeted/deleted his conspiracy theory that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pursuing a war with Hamas to distract from his own government corruption. But he's now saying he's sorry for the "ill-informed" statement. X users had blasted his bull crap which is probably why he apologized.

Netanyahu responded to the Sabbath attack which initially killed about 100 Israelis by declaring that Israel is "at war" with Hamas. They have also taken military and civilian hostages, the latter being a war crime.

Tribe posted that the prime minister was "wagging the dog of war" in order to keep the focus off his own authoritarian power.

So the alternative for Netanyahu would have been to keep his mouth shut and just take it on the chin, like a good Jew and stop trying to fool the world that Israel needs to strike back. That didn't work out so well for them back in the day.

A large number of X users, even including Keith Olbermann, refused to buy the crap that Tribe was trying to sell and called the moron an "idiot" who needs to "go commit" himself somewhere. And when Olbermann attacks one of his own idiots, you know that person is an flaming idiot. He said of Tribe that his take on Netanyahu was "moronic and indefensible." 

Kudos to Olbermann.

Local Israeli media reported Sunday that at least 600 Israelis have been killed and 1,800 wounded since the Hamasshole sneak attack from Gaza on Saturday morning.

Tribe's post linked to Washington Post’s coverage of the Saturday attack in Israel after Hamas launched several thousand rockets into civilian areas of Israel, killing Israelis as they slept or on their own streets.

Tribe, who evidently thinks he's a mindreader, said that Netanyahu's motivation for war weren't simply about defending Israelis, but an attempt to keep the focus off of himself.

Dave Rubin, a conservative political commentator tweeted to Tribe: "You are a f------ idiot."

Author Ian Bremmer asked Tribe, "Are you kidding me? have you seen what’s happening on the ground? worst take I've seen this morning. and the bar is high."

Defense attorney and conservative commentator Marina Medvin wrote, "You’re a disgusting terrorist a--kisser."

Fox News reporter Julie Kelly posted: "You need to go commit yourself somewhere."

Seattle radio host Jason Rantz blasted the legal scholar, stating, "Thanks for reminding people that you’re the absolute worst person."

Israel needs to go beyond with how they have historically responded to Islamic terrorist attacks. They need to turn a deaf ear to the anti-Semitic criticism they get for responding with greater force than their enemies have meted out to them. And idiots like Tribe need to constantly be called out like this when making such ridiculous claims.

Israel needs to destroy Hamas completely and mean it when they say "Never Again."

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Don't refuse eminent domain if you live in Saudi Arabia--they will kill you if you refuse to leave

Three indigenous Saudi men were told to leave their homes to make way for NEOM, a futuristic city state that’s estimated to cost $500,000,000,000 because the Crown Prince and man who order Jamal Kashogghi to be killed and dismembered, Mohammed bin Salman, had the idea to build it and they will come.

The three men - all members of the Howeitat tribe, also known as al-Huwaitat - were handed death sentences by Saudi Arabia’s special courts on October 2nd.

The Howeitat people reside in towns and villages in the northwest of Saudi Arabia.

Shadli, Attaullah and Ibrahim al-Howeitat were first arrested in 2020 and sentenced to death weeks ago, while a month prior - in September - other Howeiti people were sentenced to 50 years in prison, according to VICE.

Their sentence was handed down by Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court, which is mainly used by the kingdom to charge dissidents and human rights activists and maybe kill them or otherwise mess them up.

In April 2020, Shadli, Attaullah and Ibrahim’s brother - Abdul Rahim - was shot and killed by Saudi special forces after he used his final social media post to criticize the compulsory eviction. They don't like it when you don't go along with the program.

Abdul Rahim said Saudi Arabia was guilty of ‘state terrorism’ and before they killed him, he had become a vocal opponent to NEOM. He is currently enjoying his death with 72 virgins sitting by the banks of a river made of wine.

The government lied that his death was the result of a ‘shootout with security forces’ and insisted Abdul Rahim had to be ‘neutralized,’ also alleging he ‘barricaded himself in his house’ and ‘threw molotov cocktails’ at security forces.

VICE also notes that his body was held for weeks by authorities before being returned to his family and the government closed his case without releasing more details, kind of like what they did with Jamal Kashogghi.

What’s more, the Saudi government offered to pay people in the community to condemn Howeitat’s actions and anyone who spoke out against the move was ‘quickly silenced,' kind of like Kashogghi.

The idea is that NEOM will be ready by 2030, although some have warned that it could take 20 years longer than that and perhaps a thousand or more "Kashogghis."

But they have oil and Biden doesn't want the US to have their own, so he's still pals with bin Salman and will overlook what the Saudis have done to the three men as they did with Kashogghi.

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Report: Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman privately mocked Biden and his mental state

"Rock, paper, scissors, match!"

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has reportedly commented on U.S. President Joe Biden's obvious mental decline that nobody in the Democratic Party is willing to acknowledge. It has been learned that the 37-year-old prince had mocked Biden in private while questioning his diminished mental state. More importantly, this comes at a time when the relationship between the two countries is being threatened after OPEC+ was asked to increase oil production just until the midterm elections are finished, but the Saudis refused and became the target of harsh criticism by American lawmakers.

According to the Wall Street Journal, a few Saudi government officials said the prince preferred former President Trump over the brain addled Biden, and were unimpressed since he was vice president. They also made fun of his inability to put a cogent sentence together without screwing up with a humorous gaffe or bald-faced lie. 

But when questioned, Prince Faisal denied Prince Mohammed had privately made fun of the old geezer or told his aides he favored Trump.

"These allegations made by anonymous sources are entirely false," Faisal said with a straight face. "The kingdom’s leaders have always held the utmost respect for U.S. presidents, based on the kingdom’s belief in the importance of having a relationship based on mutual respect."

The report didn't specify what gaffes or instances Prince Mohammed allegedly referred to when speaking about Biden, but there is so much to chose from, it basically doesn't matter.

Here's one: "Jackie are you here? Where's Jackie? She must not be here," Biden said, referring to Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) at a White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. Unfortunately for Jackie, she was dead--killed in a car crash along with two staffers in August.

During his campaign, Biden refused to mumble to Prince Mohammed for over a year or leave his basement. When they finally met in Jeddah in July, Biden was obviously uncomfortable being there and didn't talk policy, possible due to his lack of cue cards. Saudi officials noticed his discomfort and this came out in the report.

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The White House puppeteers said Biden wants to review whether the Saudi relationship is serving U.S. security interests, WSJ reported. Some want him to reassess the relationship between the two countries and Biden promises to get to it just as soon as his meetings with drag queens come to an end.

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