‘Not for Long,’ Says Israeli Defense Minister After Hezbollah Names New Leader

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Tuesday on social media that Hezbollah’s pick of Naim Qassem to lead the Lebanon-based political and paramilitary group would be “temporary” – a remark seen by many as an assassination threat.

Hezbollah tapped Qassem, its longtime deputy chief, to lead the group following Israel’s assassination of former Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut last month.

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Patriots, Parasites, and the Regime

What motivates patriots to enlist?  Patriots love the idea of America, yes, but first and foremost, they subordinate their love of the intangible to the tangible: their family, friends, and neighbors.  They believe in their fellow Americans so much that they’re not only willing to risk their life for them, they’re yearning to kill the people – “foreign and domestic” – who dare to threaten their fellow Americans.  Patriots feel it their duty to defend what they deem sacred, and that alone should help clarify why rates of enlistment haven’t recovered since the regime desecrated what’s sacred in 2020.

“The government” is often regarded as a saintly organization that cares only for the people it claims to serve; however, contrary to what the reader and author alike have been taught for years, decades, etc. – yes, the brainwashing has been overwhelmingly thorough – the government is not some charitable organization that acts solely based on the citizens’ needs.  No, “the government,” which sounds robotic and deceives the reader, implies that a robot can’t possibly harbor selfish, human nature.  Even the righteous bureaucrat cannot evade “the natural law of parsimony (the most gain for the least effort).”  Like any other organization, “the government” is comprised of people – but not just any people.  “The government” – henceforth, “the regime” and its “parasites” – is, more often than not, comprised of people who worship power.  Yes, “parasite” – like it or not – is the only way to accurately describe someone who lives off of another.  They are not helping their fellow Americans; they are parasitizing and persecuting the very same people they claim to be serving, all the while promising that it’s in our best interest.

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The Worsening Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza

The Israeli government’s intensifying siege of north Gaza continues, and conditions there have deteriorated even further. The leaked letter from the Biden administration from earlier this month had no effect:

“The situation in northern Gaza is worse today than it was when the letter was written,” said Scott Paul, Oxfam America’s director for peace and security. “The areas that are being depopulated right now have received nothing.”

Almost 800,000 people in Gaza are enduring “emergency” or “catastrophe” levels of food scarcity, according to the IPC, a multi-agency initiative for measuring food security.

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