Awaiting Notification,
United Nations investigators on Tuesday accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza in a bid to “destroy the Palestinians” there, and blamed Israel’s prime minister and other top officials for incitement.
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the world body and has faced harsh Israeli criticism, found that “genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur.” https://www.arabnews.com/node/2615475/middle-east
The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI), which does not speak on behalf of the world body and has faced harsh Israeli criticism, found that “genocide is occurring in Gaza and is continuing to occur.” https://www.arabnews.com/node/2615475/middle-east
Moon of Alabama, The Obvious Is Now Official - Israel Commits Genocide
In relation to the attacks along the evacuation routes and within designated safe areas, the Commission found that the Israeli security forces had clear knowledge of the presence of Palestinian civilians, including children. Nevertheless, Israeli security forces shot at and killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers. The above excerpt (IV. B. ii. f. 215.) is from this report.
From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights:
Legal analysis of the conduct of Israel in Gaza pursuant to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (pdf)
by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/09/the-obvious-is-now-official-israel-commits-genocide.html#more
'Issuing displacement orders does not absolve parties to a conflict from their responsibilities to protect civilians in the conduct of their hostilities,' says spokesperson https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/un-says-women-in-gaza-forced-to-give-birth-on-streets-amid-worsening-israeli-attacks/3690742
Ghazi Hamad was one of the prime targets of the assassination attempt last week, but he appeared alive and well during the Al Jazeera broadcast on Wednesday evening. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/leading-hamas-official-targeted-israels-qatar-strike-appears-alive-well-al-jazeera
Egypt has deployed Chinese HQ-9B long-range air defence systems at strategic sites in the Sinai Peninsula, a move that has triggered fresh concerns in Israel over possible escalation.
Israeli outlets had previously confirmed that Egypt had acquired the advanced HQ-9B, a system comparable to Russia’s S-400 missile defence platform. The deployment signals Cairo’s readiness to reinforce its defences as tensions over Gaza intensify.
Egyptian Defence Minister Abdel Majeed Saqr recently stressed that military preparedness is “not merely a matter of morale, but a genuine readiness to confront any developments on the ground.” He warned that “any attempt to undermine Egypt’s borders — even the mere thought of it — will surprise the world with what Egypt possesses, and with what it has not yet revealed of its capabilities.”
The move comes amid growing fears that Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza could spill over into Egypt, with mass displacement of Palestinians into Sinai viewed in Cairo as a red line. By deploying the HQ-9B, Egypt is sending a clear message of deterrence and signalling its ability to respond to any potential threat. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250916-egypt-deploys-chinese-hq-9b-missiles-in-sinai-heightening-israeli-fears/
Israeli outlets had previously confirmed that Egypt had acquired the advanced HQ-9B, a system comparable to Russia’s S-400 missile defence platform. The deployment signals Cairo’s readiness to reinforce its defences as tensions over Gaza intensify.
Egyptian Defence Minister Abdel Majeed Saqr recently stressed that military preparedness is “not merely a matter of morale, but a genuine readiness to confront any developments on the ground.” He warned that “any attempt to undermine Egypt’s borders — even the mere thought of it — will surprise the world with what Egypt possesses, and with what it has not yet revealed of its capabilities.”
The move comes amid growing fears that Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza could spill over into Egypt, with mass displacement of Palestinians into Sinai viewed in Cairo as a red line. By deploying the HQ-9B, Egypt is sending a clear message of deterrence and signalling its ability to respond to any potential threat. https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250916-egypt-deploys-chinese-hq-9b-missiles-in-sinai-heightening-israeli-fears/
Moon of Alabama, Saudi Arabia's Defense Pact With Pakistan Is A Strategic Loss For The U.S. of A.
Back in 2012 U.S. foreign policy analysts were concerned about a possible nuclear alliance between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Scholars from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and the Stimson Center wrote an essay about it: The Pak-Saudi Nuke, and How to Stop It - The American Interest, March 2012
The opening paragraph:
One morning, perhaps in the not too distant future, the President of the United States may wake up to an announcement that, given new dangers in the Middle East, the Saudi government has requested the stationing of Pakistani troops on Saudi soil. The announcement might go on to explain that these troops will also bring with them the full complement of conventional and strategic weapons necessary to ensure their security and that of Saudi Arabia. Word would quickly follow from Islamabad that Pakistan has accepted a generous aid package and low-priced oil from Saudi Arabia. Both parties would stress that the agreement simply reaffirms their decades-long special relationship.
As Pakistan is a nuclear weapons state one had to assume that any such a pact would supply Saudi Arabia with nuclear weapons. It was something that the U.S. and its sidekick Israel were very concerned about.
It was assumed at that time that the reason for such a move by Saudi Arabia would be its concern over Iran and its nuclear program...
The time to wake up to a new Saudi-Pakistani alliance has finally come today:
Saudi Arabia signs ‘strategic mutual defence’ pact with Pakistan (archived) - Financial Times
But the strategic circumstance under which the alliance happens are very different from those that had been envisioned in 2012 essay:
Saudi Arabia has signed a “strategic mutual defence” pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence.
The agreement with the nuclear-armed south Asian state comes a week after Gulf states — traditionally reliant on the US as their security guarantor — were deeply rattled by Israel’s missile strikes targeting Hamas’s political leaders in Qatar.
“We hope it will reinforce our deterrence — aggression against one is aggression against the other,” a senior Saudi official told the Financial Times. “This is a comprehensive defence agreement that will utilise all defensive and military means deemed necessary depending on the specific threat.”
This is a NATO Article 5 like pact. 'All means deemed necessary', as empathized, undoubtedly includes Pakistan's nuclear weapons.
The U.S. was, the FT say, not at all involved in it:
Riyadh is believed to have informed Washington about the Pakistan defence agreement after it was signed.
Saudi Arabia already has a strategic missile force which is armed with Chinese DF-21 missiles which have a range of up to 1,700 kilometer. They can hit Tehran, but also Tel Aviv. The missiles are conventionally armed but can be fitted with nuclear warheads.
Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons had largely be financed by Saudi Arabia. The two countries have a long history of military cooperation:
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have a defense relationship stretching back decades, in part due to Islamabad’s willingness to defend the Islamic holy sites of Mecca and Medina in the kingdom. Pakistani troops first traveled to Saudi Arabia in the late 1960s over concerns about Egypt’s war in Yemen at the time. Those ties increased after Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and the kingdom’s fears of a confrontation with Tehran.
Pakistan developed its nuclear weapons program to counter India's atomic bombs. However, there long have been signals of the kingdom’s interest in the program. Retired Pakistani Brig. Gen. Feroz Hassan Khan, in his book on his country’s nuclear weapons program called “Eating Grass: The Making of the Pakistani Bomb,” said Saudi Arabia provided “generous financial support” for its effort.
Today Saudi Arabia no longer fears a confrontation with Iran. In 2023, with the help of Chinese mediation, the two countries did bury their hatchets. The move was an early sign that the U.S. was losing ground in the Middle East.
The reasons why the loop is being closed these days is obvious:
The agreement was signed by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Riyadh. Sharif’s office’s reiterated that the agreement “states that any aggression against either country shall be considered an aggression against both”.
The Israeli attack on Doha, one of the US’s major non-Nato allies, exacerbated Gulf leaders’ long-running concerns about Washington’s unpredictability and its commitment to their defence, as well as fears about Israel acting unrestrainedly with its military across the region. https://www.moonofalabama.org/2025/09/saudi-arabias-defense-pact-with-pakistan-is-a-loss-for-the-us-of-a.html#more
Foreign ministers of 16 countries warn against unlawful acts targeting Gaza-bound convoy https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/16-countries-demand-protection-of-gaza-bound-aid-flotilla-call-for-respect-of-international-law/3689649
PM attacks Qatar as supporter of Hamas, says intel on results of Doha strike ‘not fully conclusive’ and claims negative response from markets to his ‘Sparta’ remark a ‘misunderstanding’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-says-hell-meet-trump-again-issues-dire-warning-to-hamas-over-hostages/
‘What you see here is the impact of the impunity our government grants to Israel,’ says sister of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/families-of-americans-killed-by-israeli-forces-settlers-demand-accountability-in-washington/3689720
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked visas and green cards of foreign nationals for opposing Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza https://thecradle.co/articles/us-lawmakers-introduce-thought-police-bill-to-strip-citizens-of-passports-over-israel-criticism
A native of Syria and an Algerian citizen of Palestinian origin, he had long led student protests which at times spiraled into violence and clashes with police, after which his permanent residence status was spotlighted. A prior federal court ruling in New Jersey had temporarily blocked Trump admin efforts to facilitate Khalil's removal. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/judge-orders-pro-palestinian-activist-be-deported-syria-or-algeria
Caitlin Johnstone on the latest excuse to bully others: Assaults On Free Speech Go Into Hyperdrive After Charlie Kirk Killing https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/assaults-on-free-speech-go-into-hyperdrive
A month before Charlie Kirk’s killing, billionaire pro-Israel moneyman Bill Ackman arranged an intervention in the Hamptons during which sources say he and others “hammered” Kirk for the conservative leader’s growing criticism of Israeli influence in Washington. Kirk came away fretting about Israeli “blackmail,” sources say, as he contemplated a Catholic conversion. https://thegrayzone.substack.com/p/billionaire-bill-ackman-convened
Escpe Key, Conspiracy Theory
The CBDC
When you engage in a financial transaction — buy a cup of coffee in your favourite coffee shop, do your weekly shopping, or pay for your car insurance — this transaction will in the future come with metadata describing the point of sale (location, shop, type of establishment, …) along with a wealth of data describing the individual transaction (date and time, amount, carbon footprint, type of transaction: food, energy, travel, …).
When you engage in a financial transaction — buy a cup of coffee in your favourite coffee shop, do your weekly shopping, or pay for your car insurance — this transaction will in the future come with metadata describing the point of sale (location, shop, type of establishment, …) along with a wealth of data describing the individual transaction (date and time, amount, carbon footprint, type of transaction: food, energy, travel, …).
While contemporary claims circle around the CBDCs not being programmable, this is in fact somewhat misleading, as the programmability resides in your wallet/application layer and scheme rulebook (not the ‘atoms’ of money), such as that implemented through wallets alongside the EU Digital Identity Wallet.
Upon receiving a transaction request (you attempting to buy something), the technology implemented in the wallet will have access to all the information encoded in the metadata, and it’s exactly this which allows it to block transactions should you be unable to afford the transaction, have insufficient carbon credits to your name, or even — given an emergency situation, such as the alleged recent pandemic — block expenditure further than (say) 3 miles away from your home. The wallet, consequently, becomes technology enabling fine-grained control of your transactions right down to the individual transaction. https://escapekey.substack.com/p/conspiracy-theory
Upon receiving a transaction request (you attempting to buy something), the technology implemented in the wallet will have access to all the information encoded in the metadata, and it’s exactly this which allows it to block transactions should you be unable to afford the transaction, have insufficient carbon credits to your name, or even — given an emergency situation, such as the alleged recent pandemic — block expenditure further than (say) 3 miles away from your home. The wallet, consequently, becomes technology enabling fine-grained control of your transactions right down to the individual transaction. https://escapekey.substack.com/p/conspiracy-theory
Thanks Gary: Tucker Carlson Says Charlie Kirk ‘Did Not Like Bibi Netanyahu’ and ‘Was Appalled by What Was Happening in Gaza’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tucker-carlson-says-charlie-kirk-103603450.html
"Just himself, not Clinton or Gates, NOBODY ELSE": 'Who Did Epstein Traffic Women To?' House Oversight Grills FBI Director During Tense Testimony https://www.zerohedge.com/political/house-dems-grill-fbi-director-over-epstein-other-matters
ANTIFA et al: New Report Reveals Soros' Open Society Funneled $80 Million To Pro-Terror Groups https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/new-report-reveals-soros-open-society-funneled-80-million-pro-terror-groups
In early October, not soon enough: Von der Leyen facing two no-confidence motions – Politico
The separate initiatives come from far-right and far-left parliamentary groups https://swentr.site/news/624779-eu-president-censure-motion/Moscow has warned that any confiscation of its assets immobilized in the West would constitute “theft”
Brussels is pressing ahead with a plan to use €170 billion of Russia’s frozen sovereign assets to back “reparation loans” for Ukraine, the Financial Times has reported. The EU faces growing pressure to find additional funding for Kiev as US cuts back its support. https://swentr.site/business/624828-eu-russian-assets-ukraine/
Speaking at the Yalta Security Conference, Keith Kellog said Russia is losing the war https://rmx.news/article/wed-kick-russias-ass-trumps-special-envoy-to-ukraine-says-moscow-is-losing-the-war-would-collapse-without-china/
A three-meter-long projectile fired from an F-16 hit a residence, Rzeczpospolita has reported https://swentr.site/news/624813-russia-drone-damage-polish-missile/
Andrew Korybko very politely asks the rhetorical question: Did The Polish Deep State Try To Manipulate The President Into War With Russia?
A compelling sequence of events is therefore beginning to take shape. It was likely the case that Russia’s drone incursion into Poland was accidentally caused by NATO jamming and only involved decoys that naturally weren’t outfitted with countermeasures against electronic jamming. A Polish F-16 then missed when firing an air-to-air missile that tried to intercept one of these out-of-control decoys. https://korybko.substack.com/p/did-the-polish-deep-state-try-to
Emil Michael said he's spending up to half his time rethinking DOD's AI-deployment strategy. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2025/09/pentagon-research-official-wants-have-ai-every-desktop-6-9-months/408155/?oref=d1-featured-river-top
Powell’s press conference, which just concluded, offered nothing of substance whatsoever. Not even a hint of a tangible solution or clear path forward. Instead, it was an hour of doublespeak, vague qualifiers, and hedging, which basically summed up to this: “We cut today because the pressure to do so was overwhelming, and because the labor market gave us cover. But we really have no idea how we’re going to balance our two objectives—price stability and maximum employment—going forward.”
The only thing the conference made clear is that we were right to assume the Fed is going to swing back and forth between its mandates for cover, working the gas and the brake at the same time, whenever and however it suits them. Either way, it doesn’t matter — whichever mandate it chooses to address, the outcome is the same: more inflation. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/jerome-powells-fed-enters-nightmare-territory
The only thing the conference made clear is that we were right to assume the Fed is going to swing back and forth between its mandates for cover, working the gas and the brake at the same time, whenever and however it suits them. Either way, it doesn’t matter — whichever mandate it chooses to address, the outcome is the same: more inflation. https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/jerome-powells-fed-enters-nightmare-territory
Parties' stance comes as Sebastien Lecornu is expected to meet Wednesday with Socialists, Greens, Communists, far-right representatives https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/left-wing-parties-in-france-reluctant-to-form-government-with-new-premier/3689624
I always advised my OB patients against it. Meryl Nass MD, Public Health Gone Awry: Birth Dose of Hepatitis B Vaccine (IOM chimes in on lack of good vaccine data) - 3 old posts of mine regarding Hep B and actual vaccine risks and benefits https://merylnass.substack.com/p/public-health-gone-awry-birth-dose
A Midwestern Doctor, Why is Every Newborn Forced to Get the Dangerous Hepatitis B Vaccine? The suppressed history behind the Hep B vaccine and the actual risks and benefits of it we are never told about.
•The hepatitis B vaccine has been marred by controversy since its inception, particularly since it is now given to every newborn child despite minimal benefit being attributable to this policy.
•Remarkably, much of that controversy (e.g., Congressional hearings, mainstream news programs, and HIV vaccine contamination concerns) has been largely forgotten.
•The hepatitis B vaccine has long been associated with autoimmune disorders, particularly demyelinating ones. While the medical community has insisted for over 50 years that this link remains unproven and requires “further research”, evidence demonstrates this process indeed occurs.
•While the hepatitis B vaccine has reduced acute cases in high-risk demographics (e.g., intravenous drug users), there is no evidence it has done the same in newborns (as applicable circumstances are incredibly rare), and no evidence it has reduced chronic hepatitis cases (which is the justification for the entire program).
•As such, the official reason every newborn child gets an infant hepatitis B vaccine is not the actual reason why parents and doctors around the country were pressured to administer it to every newborn. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-is-every-newborn-forced-to-get
•Remarkably, much of that controversy (e.g., Congressional hearings, mainstream news programs, and HIV vaccine contamination concerns) has been largely forgotten.
•The hepatitis B vaccine has long been associated with autoimmune disorders, particularly demyelinating ones. While the medical community has insisted for over 50 years that this link remains unproven and requires “further research”, evidence demonstrates this process indeed occurs.
•While the hepatitis B vaccine has reduced acute cases in high-risk demographics (e.g., intravenous drug users), there is no evidence it has done the same in newborns (as applicable circumstances are incredibly rare), and no evidence it has reduced chronic hepatitis cases (which is the justification for the entire program).
•As such, the official reason every newborn child gets an infant hepatitis B vaccine is not the actual reason why parents and doctors around the country were pressured to administer it to every newborn. https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/why-is-every-newborn-forced-to-get
Meryl Nass MD says still giving healthy babies Hep B vaccine: ACIP meeting today: results
Today's themes: 1) No one wanted to take away any vaccines. 2) Baby Steps. https://merylnass.substack.com/p/acip-meeting-today-results A Midwestern Doctor on things that make you feel bad right-away: The Dark History of Hormone and Puberty Blockers
Again and again, these drugs are pushed on defenseless patients because of how much money they make https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-dark-history-of-hormone-and-pubertyCDC/FDA safety thresholds breached as COVID shots disrupt the blood–brain barrier, unleashing meningitis, encephalitis, prion disease, brain abscesses, herpes reactivations, and more. https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-study-covid-19-vaccines
Meryl Nass MD, HHS Secretary Kennedy Puts American Health Back on Track/ Epoch Times https://merylnass.substack.com/p/hhs-secretary-kennedy-puts-american
A federal appeals court on Sept. 17 declined to lift a preliminary injunction blocking a plan by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to overhaul the department in line with the Trump administration’s policy priorities. https://www.zerohedge.com/political/rfk-jr-cannot-proceed-overhaul-health-agencies-court-rules
Don't worry; just in China: Watch: 'Dysto-Pee'in' Toilets Won't Give You Toilet Paper Unless You Sit Through Advertisement Or Pay Up https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/watch-dysto-peein-toilets-wont-give-you-toilet-paper-unless-you-sit-through
Avoiding Dangers (pictured in late summer Yoakum garden)
