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By Ted Belman

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April 16, 2020 | 8,795 Comments »

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  1. Hi, Ted

    is it there now?

    Are you addressing this to me? Yes, “it” (information about Turkey) is “there”

    https://www.israpundit.org/the-azerbaijan-israel-turkey-axis-in-the-wake-of-karabakh/

    right here on Israpundit.

    Adam, you said,

    We should also bear in mind, however, that the peoples who are living in these areas now are not the same ones that were living there in Ezekiel’s time. For example, there were no Turks in the land, Anatolia, that we now call Turkey.

    The ones in the land (which was named “Magog”, probably after earlier settlers) were Meshech and Tubal, countries well known to the ancients, in what is now called “Cappadocia”. “Javan”, still called that in Hebrew; “Ionia” in Greek, was the modern Turkish Sea coast, home of classical Greek civilization. These countries, along with invaders from Gamir, Beit TilGurmu, etc, lived unmistakably in modern Turkey (l00k at the map, below)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimmerians#/media/File:Cimmerian_Migrations.jpg

    During Ezekiel’s time, the homeland of the Turks was in northeastern Asia

    https://www.worldhistorymaps.info/ancient/550-bc/

    and the Lydian Empire, at the western half of Turkey, was ruled by Croessus of the House of Gog. None of this is hidden knowledge.

  4. Edgar

    My train of thought on this issue of Christianity and the Jews

    As we agree centuries of hatred to the Jews

    But intensifying as capitalism was born, grew then entered crises with inevitable wars

    Given an accelerated hate from the Church to the Jews…my focus switches to 2 main events both connected to Ukraine

    Event 1

    The massive Pogroms of 1918 to about 1921. I cannot do it here. There is much to learn. It is a critical time in all respects including birth of myth of Jewish Bolshevism

    (Of course I leave out much, the issue of Stalin and Stalinism, the
    Moscow Trials, the Assassination of Trotsky in 1940)

    But the re-emergence of the Ukrainian Nazism in those very same areas of of Ukraine JUST ABOUT 15 YEARS EARLIER

    Nothing in historical time

    Then the Holocaust by Bullets in Lithuania, Latvia, Ukraine

    That’s why our terrible people on this Jewish site have responsibility a massive responsibility

    This is the connection with ISIS and with the Arabs and this latest cruelty to Jews is DEFINITELY a direct connection

    Jews could have been prepared for this Pogrom by Hamas. But THEY WERE NOT PREPARED.

  7. I agree with Michael S. concerning Ukraine and Israel. I am not competent to interpret Biblical prphesies. But it is certainly interesting that Israel’s enemies seem to be in all of the lands mentioned in Biblical prophesies. We should also bear in mind, however, that the peoples who are living in these areas now are not the same ones that were living there in Ezekiel’s time. For example, there were no Turks in the land, Anatolia, that we now call Turkey.

  9. FELIX-

    I agree that Jewish Israel’s problems have been caused by criminal Christianity, 100%, but not by Michael personally. He sincerely is on OUR side -as you are.

    He can’t help being a frantic Christian, it’s an obsession,, just like I can’t help being a Jew for much the same reason, but with a dollop of great pride as well.

    Michael, you should be ashamed to have your wife to bend down and cut your toenails.
    Why don’t you do it yourself. Put your foot up on a small stool and CLIP.

  10. FELIX-

    I agree that Jewish Israel’s problems have been caused by criminal Christianity, 100%, but not by Michael personally. He sincerely is on OUR side as much as you are.

    He can’t help being a frantic Christian, it’s an obsession,, just like I can’t help being a Jew for much the same reason, but with a dollop of great pride as well.

    Michael, you should be ashamed to have your wife to bend down and cut your toenails.
    Why don’t you do it yourself. Put your foot up on a small stool and CLIP.

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  11. Both these conivers are exposing just how crooked their minds actually work

    What is at stake is the truth of the incontestable terrible suffering of millions of Jews in Ukraine.

    Honeybee you are a shameful Jew

    Michael you are a politicised Christian must call it Antisemitism

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  14. Michael

    You are the one who has the blood of the young innocent Jews of the concert ON YOUR CHRISTIAN hands

    The arms were bought with Biden donated money

    From the black market

    From the very corrupt Zelensky

    As all stood silent including Israel.

    And the ideology of Hamas is that of Haj Amin el Husseini

    And of the Holocaust in Ukraine a la Nazi Stepan Bandera

    So really on your filthy hands are 2 crimes completely tied in with Christianity

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  16. Hi, Peloni and Tanna.

    In passing, you should note that Ukraine has stood with Israel against Hamas, and Russia has stood with Hamas — with diplomatic support, with Russia’s dependence and co-production of weapons with Iran, with Russia’s interesting partnership, along with Iran and Hizbullah, with Bashar Assad, and elsewhere. I have been arguing this for some time, while many here were putting their trust in Russia and its policies. I also called out Scott Ritter, early in the game, as an anti-Israel Russian asset.

    You say Ukraine is doomed to lose to Russia, because Russia is the larger country; and I have been saying for some time that Russia cannot contend with a resolutely united NATO. You also might notice that for several months, Russia has been losing about 3:1 in men and materiel to the Ukrainians, because of deep flaws in their command structure, tactics and morale. Putin GREATLY miscalculated on all these points when he began his “special operation”.

    Meanwhile, I’ve been hearing prophecies of doom from you, Ted, Ritter and Douglas MacGregor for 20 months now; and it has never come to pass.

    If we can get past these “credibility” issues, we can go on to issues that will be bearing down strongly on Israel in the coming months. Get out your pencil, and note my predictions:

    Ezekiel 38-39: Turkey, Iran, Sudan and Eastern Libya will attack Israel. There is no mention of Russia, but it isn’t necessarily excluded. The central attacker, at any rate, is not Russia, but Turkey.

    At the moment, Russian Wagner forces are very active in supporting the Benghazi regime in E. Libya, the RSF in Sudan and, of course, in Syria — as the Bible says, “at the Euphrates”, not to mention also being allied with HAMAS and Hizbullah. They are also allied with Iran. The only missing piece is Turkey, which also backs HAMAS.

    Israel was caught completely off guard by the HAMAS attack. If they are also surprised by the coming Turkish move, they have nobody to blame but themselves.

  18. @Michael
    Tanna is of course quite correct, but even if we were to assume that the Ukrainian propaganda which masquerades as their intelligence were accurate for a change, this still misses the seminal point which has doomed Ukraine to its unfortunate end. The Russians could loss ten times these numbers and still draw forth more from their reserves, while if Ukraine were to lose even a tenth of these numbers, they have no bench from which to draw. This is a redundant theme, so I won’t argue it further than this mention, but I thought I should state the obvious, even as it has been stated many times previously.

  20. Fighting continues to rage between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Sudan’s paramilitary force, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This phase of the conflict started on April 15, and the weekend of September 16-17 was Sudan’s deadliest since then.

    “The horror of the day was overwhelming,” said Marie Burton, emergency coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in Khartoum. “For hours, dozens of bodies lay under sheets in the hospital’s courtyard until their families came to identify their lost loved ones. Even though this war has been going on for nearly five months, the Sudanese volunteers on whom the hospital relies are still shocked by what they witnessed.”

    The RSF accused the SAF of committing the attacks, and the SAF denied responsibility.

    — Jerusalem Post

    The war in Africa is, and has been, more cruel, even, than what HAMAS has been doing in Israel — featuring, among other things, cannibalism.

    The main actors have been:

    1. The Central Government, supported by the Egypt and the Ukraine, and

    2. The Rapid Support Forces, supported by UAE and the Wagner Group (Russia)

  22. Homeless Sex-Offender Camped Across From School With Sign Offering ‘Free Fentanyl’
    Hotair ^ | 10/20/2023 | John Sexton

    What does it take to get arrested in San Francisco? There almost seems to be no limit to what some people can get away with. Joseph Adam Moore has been living in a tent across the street from a Catholic school for nearly two years. The fact that he was a convicted pedophile who’d spent several years in prison wasn’t enough to remove him. Moore really got attention this week when he placed a sign in front of his tent that read “Free Fentanyl 4 New Users.” Another sign read, “Meth For Stolen Items!”

    California’s Megan’s Law website lists Moore as a San Francisco transient convicted of lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age in 1997 and released in 2002. San Francisco Superior Court documents show Moore has been arrested five times in the city since 2007 for allegedly failing to re-register his address as a sex offender every 30 days.

    https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4191230/posts

    Open borders. Welcome to the USA!

  24. FOLKS_

    I must confess tht after my first glimpse of skeletal Holocaust survivors, before war’s end I have NEVER ever been able to look at any more, or any movies depicting the camps and even the cursed Bevin Camps after the War.

    I just couldn’t bear it. It broke my heart. But it made me, already a strong Jew, 10 time stronger and more determined.

    I have NEVER forgiven placid Christianity for allowing such barbarism to be inflicted on us a culmination of nearly two thousand years of unrlenting persecution replete with pogroms.

    My beloved late father had his eardrum permanently destroyed as a child of 8, to avoid being kidnapped into the Russian Army a few years later, most often lost to Judaism after 25 years as a soldier.

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  27. I see a few of us are talking freely about possible actions in Lebanon. None of you have mentioned Russia, which is the mainstay of Syria, and deeply involved with Hizbullah’s sponsonr Iran.

    Russia has on numerous occasions, this past week, expressed its wholehearted support for both HAMAS and Iran. It is one of the players in Syria and Lebanon, which is armed to the teeth and could suddenly inject itself into the thick of the fighting. Turkey is another such actor.

    Israel’s main advantage in attacks from Russia or Turkey is its air force. Weaknesses include its small navy (much smaller than Turkey’s), and the fact that its army is a citizen militia that is not equipped to sustain a lengthy conflict. In both of these areas, the massive US carrier groups stationed offshore are a powerful deterrent to Russian or Turkish mischief. Even so, the past two years have shown us that formerly well-behaved countries are becoming dangerously adventurous because of the rapidly changing political landscape.

    I expect 2024 to be jam-packed with surprises; and I don’t expect them all to be pleasant.

  28. BEAR_

    It’s just occurred to me that with Israeli forces well up into Lebanon, the enemy would not be able to use any of those long distance precision rockets but would have to rely on smaller calibre lesser armaments, that is, when they are allowed to,

    I’d assume that the IDf/IAF wouldn’t allow them to even sneeze.
    And even if Israeli military planners don’t want to fight a two front war, the Lebanon affair could be short and snappy. Enough to keep them from aggravatingly tossing over rockets as they please to distract from the Hamas pending destruction.

  29. BEAR-

    Perhaps you’re right. When I first formulated my concept the vast majority of the Hezballah sits were from the Litani down.to the border.

    Well, it’s basically he same difference, the IDF just needs to find the best area for crossing to the Sea and then do as I suggested. It would actually be better, as you have suggested a more northernly area, because in retreat any Hezballah forces would be backed into the river.
    which could be a death trap. IDF would also be waiting for them on the south side.

    This is reminiscent of Hannibal’s Lake Trasimene victory over the Romans, many of whom, when pushed into retreat, drowned in the lake.

  31. Honeybabe Darlin’

    How can you say “Darlin’ (with apostrophe) and “askinG” in the same sentence. I think your “garter” slipped. You also forgot the apostrophe after “callin”….
    Us Teyxans take pride in never completing words ending in “g’……Darlin’.
    xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox Phew..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox……

  32. Ted-

    They don’t have the 100,000 at the border for no reason. I would think that enough rockets have come from Hezballah to warrant a very strong response-like goiing into Lebanon, and destroying every military site up at least to the Litani.
    This would not be pre-emptive it would be in response to attacks.

    I’ve written several times that Israel should mass troops in the north, and cut across Lebanon just below the Litani and

    roll back the Hezballah dugouts all the way back to the border. Destroy them utterly, use seawater hoses to flood them, or an immobilizing gas injected into their air ventilators.
    Any enemy attempts from over the Litani could be guarded against by concentrating mobile armour at a bridge-if there is one- or on the high side of the River, which could rapidly proceed in any direction, with sufficient firepower to keep the enemy’s head down.
    And the IAF would play a very big part also, in the softening up process.

    Maybe my idea is not militarily sound, but….maybeit is. ….??

  33. Michael the very least I would have expected from you and Adam would be to deal with my points on the Holocaust in Ukraine. The very least. About 12 posts down. Rapidly now being swallowed up.

  34. Accordfing to Jonathan Schanzer, Israel is consaidering a pre-emptive strike against Hezbollah. I hope she does it. Israel is already at war and has fully mobilized. They have 100,000 soldiers on the Lebanon border and have evacuated all residents within a few miles of the border. Far better to preempt when you are mobilized. Israel must bite the bullet. Now is the time.

  40. The CNBC All-America Economic Survey, which was conducted in light of US President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel, showed that 39% of the US public believe their government should support Israel over Gaza, while 36% say both sides should receive equal treatment. A full 19% of respondents were undecided on the matter.

    Unbelievable, What a shame.

  41. Israel eliminates top Hamas commander; 14 said killed as Haniyeh’s family home bombed
    Ayman Nofal led Central Gaza Brigade, was one of terror group’s ‘most dominant senior officials’; Gallant says Hamas members have two options: surrender or die

  43. Felix,

    Times are indeed serious — FAR too serious to ignore religion. If you can’t see that we are on the verge of annihilation, you simply reject reality.

    Felix, friend, I don’t want to waste time quarreling with you; but I sincerely pray for you that God will open your eyes. “Politics” isn’t going to solve anything. Humanity has gone bat crap crazy, and every world leader wants to get his hands on nuclear weapons. Do you think you can solve this with political systems, with parliaments, people’s committees, etc?

    Take care. All the best 🙂

  44. Michael being a religious fanatic you are good at personal type attacks while keeping your contributions short on political relevant content. Note I have challenged post of Adam below. It applies to you too. Times are too serious to ignore politics.

  45. The positions taken in this post by Adam are of extraordinary importance and touch on nearly all issues concerned with present Gaza

    His contribution is in two parts really and this is the first part. In reading this consider how any Jew can write thus and then say anything useful on Gaza in burning issues of present

    Anyway he writes

    “Felix, the claim that Ukraine is somehow to blame for Russia’s vicious and unprovoked in invasion of that unfortunate country, and its gernocidal war to destroy its people and annex it against the will of its people–nation-rape I call it–is absurd. I am utterly baffled by how many intelligent people can believe such mishigas. Yet you, Peloni, Ted and others at Israpundit, as well as hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of normally sane conservatives in the United States, Canada and elsewhere do believe this mishigas, We live in a time when millions of people throughout the world believe in fantasies, lies, absurd conspiracy theories, ”

    So I ask is Adam as a Jew aware of the Holocaust that took place in Ukraine from 1941 onwards? What do you make of that Adam?

    I am checking on this to understand if you know anything about the history of the Jewish people in the Holocaust

    Please do not offer your usual silence.

    Treat it anyway it is an open question.

  46. Adam,

    I’ve been busy the past 24 hous, and haven’t kept up to date on the “news”. Now that I’m back on Israpundit, I see that Felix is up to his old tricks, which means, essentially, that

    there IS NO REAL NEWS 🙁
    (i.e. there’s only noise)

    I especially enjoyed the old, familiar feel of Felix’s

    PRESENT ISRAELI LEADERS CANNOT WIN

    Heretofore, I had thought that pronouncements of DOOM! like this only came from Scott Ritter and Douglas MacGreggor. It’s all BS, of course, whatever the source.

    Keep up the good work, Adam 🙂

  48. What is the role of the American NeoCon government of Biden today?

    Against Russia to have regime change, overthrow Putin and make the remnants a vassal state of Empire

    Against Netanyahu the exact same. To make it impossible for Jews to defeat Palestinians.

    To be continually molested by this Antisemitism

    America and the world use Palestinians to tie Jews down and make Israel an impossible entity

    Add Iraq and Libya

    You begin to see the picture in the whole

    If you don’t see this then you are no friend of the Jews.

    Israeli leaders are rotten to the core.

    After the Pogrom by Hamas the first item on the agenda had to be repulse the attack

    The second and SIMULTANEOUSLY critical find out how and why it happened.

    If Israel cannot find the answers to this then it can do nothing

    And Israel did not do this. It said we will settle that “down the road”

    Israel has never fought this Palestine Fascist phenomenon

    Israel has never explained it.

    The story of the founder Haj Amin el Husseini

    Zilsh. Nothing.

    In other words Israeli leadership has not accepted Jewish safety against Nazism as it’s first priority.

    In fact the very first thought of Netanyahu was to form a pact with the collaborators of Nazis in Israel…Gantz and supreme court Nazi collaboration

    The very first step to take was to draw all of these lessons

    Then decide what to do

    The far more urgent issues are in the other places and especially a friendship and alliance with Russia re Ukraine

    Gaza can wait

  49. Felix, the claim that Ukraine is somehow to blame for Russia’s vicious and unprovoked in invasion of that unfortunate country, and its gernocidal war to destroy its people and annex it against the will of its people–nation-rape I call it–is absurd. I am utterly baffled by how many intelligent people can believe such mishigas. Yet you, Peloni, Ted and others at Israpundit, as well as hundreds of thousands, maybe millions of normally sane conservatives in the United States, Canada and elsewhere do believe this mishigas, We live in a time when millions of people throughout the world believe in fantasies, lies, absurd conspiracy theories,

    There are no ‘neocons” in the Biden administration. They are a purely Republican phenomenon. The Biden administration is run by Marxists and Islamists, who are a lot more of a problem than neocons. You should also realize that when people talk about :neocons,” they are talking about Jewish conservatives. The word has antisemitic undertones,

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