Foreign Policy Observer

10/02/2025

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/israel-is-the-main-source-of-instability-in-the-middle-east/?

The West is finally starting to catch on, as evidenced by Israeli officials' increasing isolation at the UN last week.

10/02/2025

Israeli naval forces mounted one of their largest interception operations in years late Wednesday, boarding dozens of boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla as it attempted to break the blockade of Gaza.

The flotilla, made up of more than 40 civilian vessels carrying around 500 activists from across the world, had drawn global attention for its size and its symbolism: a direct challenge to Israel’s naval cordon around Gaza, in place since 2009.

By Thursday morning, organisers said they had lost contact with 39 boats — many forcibly boarded by Israeli troops, others cut off mid-transmission — while one vessel briefly made it close to Gaza’s shoreline before communications went silent. Israel confirmed dozens of detentions, including high-profile figures such as Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, former Barcelona mayor Ada Colau and European Parliament member Rima Hassan.

Organisers call raid 'illegal in international waters'; Governments condemn Israel

10/02/2025

Netanyahu referred this week to a 'community' pushing out preferred messaging in US media — and boy are they making a princely sum

Netanyahu referred this week to a 'community' pushing out preferred messaging in US media — and boy are they making a princely sum

10/02/2025

Tucker Carlson and Jeffrey Sachs talk Israel.
(October 2, 2025)

Amazing to hear a high-profile public figure like Carlson make a demand for AIPAC to register under FARA.

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09/30/2025

A University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll (29 July–7 August) exposed a dramatic generational schism: While 52 percent of Republicans aged 35 and over sympathize more with Israel, only 24 percent of Republicans aged 18–34 say the same.

The gulf widens when it comes to Gaza. Among older Republicans, 52 percent say Israeli actions in Gaza are justified. Among younger Republicans, only 22 percent agree. “The change taking place among young Republicans is breathtaking,” said Shibley Telhami, the poll’s principal investigator.

A younger wave of Republicans is steadily rejecting the party’s long-standing pro-Israel stance, shaped by the genocidal war in Gaza and new media currents.

09/30/2025

09/30/2025

Simplicius:

The Moldovan election has come and gone with the expected “democratic” results. Maia Sandu entrenches her power as another ex-banking head (“Sandu served as an adviser to the Executive Director at the World Bank.”) to lead a Western nation.

Now that the tentacles of control over Europe are falling into place for the cabal, they are ratcheting up the war machine to shoehorn the conflict into its next natural stage, which will necessarily include mass military ramp ups and provocations against Russia in order to force the EU vassals into a military ‘point-of-no-return’.

The new directive taking root is that Europe is “already at war”, which meme’s purpose is to slowly transition the entire EU into a full-on military bloc. We’ve already commented last time on how Ursula von der Leyen’s rhetoric has shown that her only priorities as leader remain war and ‘global health’ crisis alarmism. Now, slowly but surely, these elites are trying to turn the EU into a kind of super-NATO, where the central authority actually has power to force these nations to militarize and go to war, as opposed to NATO’s looser, more ‘suggestive’ structure.
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One of the chief reasons for the ongoing hysteria is because, after a few weeks’ lull, Ukrainian lines have again begun to collapse on several fronts.

Over the past week, Russian forces have made deceptively sizeable gains in three key areas: Dnipro oblast, Kupyansk, and the Seversk-Lyman line.

The Moldovan election has come and gone with the expected “democratic” results.

09/30/2025

Donald Trump has given Hamas an ultimatum of “three or four days” to respond to his proposed peace and reconstruction plan in Gaza, warning the militant group would “pay in hell” if it rejects the deal, as the Israeli offensive continued, inflicting further civilian casualties.

Israeli media and politicians broadly supportive while far right and Islamic Jihad voice scepticism

09/29/2025

Medvedev, rather than his usual approach of playing up the chances of nuclear war, appeared to play down the possibility of conflict in this latest post on Telegram on Monday morning. https://www.newsweek.com/putin-russia-europe-nato-war-medvedev-10796226

"In European countries, every outlet is broadcasting about a war with Russia in the next five years. There should be no such war. Why? Because it contradicts the interests of our country," he said in his post, originally in Russian.

"Russia fundamentally does not need a war with anyone, including with frigid old Europe. There’s nothing to gain there," he said, adding: "Europe’s economy is weak and dependent on the U.S., while its culture is ingloriously degrading. Europe is losing its identity, dissolving into aggressive migrants."

He said Russia had "always come to Europe only as a liberator, not as a conqueror," adding that a "vulnerable and divided" Europe is unprepared for a war with Russia, calling its citizens "inert and pampered," and that they "don’t want to fight for any common ideals, or even for their own land."

But he also warned that war remains possible.

There is a growing risk of a direct clash between NATO and Russia, with tensions escalating sharply in recent weeks.

09/29/2025

Moon of Alabama:

Sunday election in Moldova was probably the most manipulated one I have ever seen. And no, that is not because of the alleged Russian interference the BBC is sputtering about:

Moldova is, similar to Ukraine, a former Soviet state in which a large part of the population speaks Russian and follows the Orthodox Church. The pro-Russian sentiment is thereby naturally strong.

President Maia Sandu’s declared policy is to submit Moldova to the EU. Pre-election polls showed her PAS party losing by a wide margin. It was only through intervention from Brussels and outright manipulation of the expat-vote that her party was able to win.

Sunday election in Moldova was probably the most manipulated one I have ever seen. And no, that is not because of the alleged Russian interference the BBC is sputtering about:

09/29/2025

Larry Johnson:

According to the available information, the Kyiv regime’s plan is as follows:
- Repair several downed or intercepted Russian UAVs.
- Equip them with a combat warhead.
- Send UAVs controlled by Ukrainian specialists — disguised as “Russian drones” — to major NATO transport hubs in Poland and Romania.
-Simultaneously conduct a disinformation campaign in Europe to blame everything on Moscow.
-Ignite an armed conflict between the Russian Federation and NATO.

Is Ukraine Preparing a False Flag? 26 September 2025 by Larry C. Johnson 287 Comments I received the following from one of my loyal readers. Judge for yourself: World War III will start very soon if the information about Kyiv’s plans to carry out a false-flag operation in Romania and Poland is con...

09/29/2025

Widespread UN sanctions against Iran have come back into force for the first time in a decade, prompting anger from Tehran, after last-ditch nuclear talks with western powers failed to produce a breakthrough.

The sanctions, which came into effect late on Saturday and three months after Israel and the US bombed Iran, bar dealings related to Tehran’s nuclear and ballistic missiles programme and are also expected to have wider effects on the country’s troubled economy.

Foreign ministry attacks ‘unjustifiable’ return of measures expected to have wide effects on troubled economy