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Trump]]></title><description><![CDATA[Realpolitik came to town as old positions change when faced with the reality of power.]]></description><link>https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-22-farage-is-not-a-racist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-22-farage-is-not-a-racist</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Waseem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:17:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!infD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0743a0e8-0fb3-435b-bc8f-414825a9739f_800x450.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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If you haven&#8217;t subscribed for updates please do.<br></strong></em><br>This digest should be more like an encyclopaedia for how long it has taken to get around to writing it. However, this is the world we live in, the cost of everything is going up, you are expected to work harder so you can pay higher taxes for the government to use them to fund genocide abroad. Having time to critique the system is not always possible.</p><p>There is a racial slur used liberally in this article, it is for illustrative purposes only.</p><h3>Nigel isn&#8217;t a racist <br></h3><p>Woke up to the news today that Nigel Farage isn&#8217;t a racist, or in his words he hasn&#8217;t &#8220;directly racially abused&#8221; anyone. All of this is based on a <em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-interactive/2025/nov/18/deeply-shocking-nigel-farage-faces-fresh-claims-of-racism-and-antisemitism-at-school">Guardian</a></em> article in which former pupils at Dulwich College have alleged both racist and anti semitic abuse from Farage when he was a pupil there. This included saying things such as <strong>&#8220;Hitler was right&#8221; or &#8220;Gas them&#8221;,</strong> engaging in Nazi salutes, putting Asian kids in detention for no reason, and calling others &#8220;Paki&#8221; or &#8220;Wog&#8221;.</p><p>Farage, when questioned by the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87lx0981nro">BBC</a>, defended himself, stating that it was 49 years ago, followed by some carefully choreographed wordplay, stating <strong>&#8220;I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way&#8221;</strong>. It all sounds a little like Sayeeda Warsi accusing the Tories of their dinner table Islamophobia. It&#8217;s all good banter!</p><p>I recommend <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87lx0981nro">you watch the video on the link</a> and see for yourself. His defence is right up there with Andrew, the man formerly known as Prince, and Bill Clinton&#8217;s infamous <em><strong>&#8220;I did not have sexual relations with that woman&#8221;</strong></em> comment. Oh but Billy, we all know you did. As Red (Morgan Freeman) said in <em>The Shawshank Redemption</em>, <em><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9-q5uX8OB10">&#8220;Everyone is innocent in here.&#8221;</a></strong></em></p><p>All this will make Farage a hero to his followers, those who come onto the streets shouting <strong>&#8220;our streets&#8221;</strong>. You don&#8217;t need to be racist to lead a bunch of racists, Drew isn&#8217;t even a minion, yet there he is leading them</p><p></p><h3>If you can&#8217;t do a job yourself get a Paki to do it <br></h3><p>If being racist is a problem, how do you pass policy which could be deemed as racist?</p><p>That&#8217;s right, you get a Paki to do it.</p><p>Enter stage right Shabana Mahmood, woman, driven, ambitious and, more importantly, in her own words has to go round this country being called a &#8220;Paki&#8221;. Whitehall is a nasty place, it seems.</p><p>Mahmood was quick to point out that her parents were <strong>legal immigrants</strong>, which begs the question: why is she being abused? Maybe, just maybe, there is fundamentally something broken in British society that has nothing to do with immigration, legal or otherwise.</p><p>This is her defence (remember everyone is innocent) for policies towards immigration that mean the ability to settle in the UK will now take decades instead of years. No white politician could have proposed these policies so soon after becoming Home Secretary without real scrutiny.</p><p>The policies she is proposing will mean that asylum seekers, those on low skilled visas and others will have a sliding scale on how long they need to be in the UK to get &#8220;leave to remain&#8221;. The numbers range from 15 to 20 years, with asylum seekers only allowed to stay while conditions in their home countries have not improved. The timescales will change depending on whether benefits have been claimed and over how long a period.</p><p>Mahmood&#8217;s reasoning for these changes is that asylum and immigration policies are dividing British society. How making immigration her one and only policy will bring Britain back together I&#8217;m not sure. But this is the realpolitik of democracy, political principles and previous positions quickly change with the quest for power.</p><p>Remember this when the Pakistani politician knocks on your door claiming that he is one of you and has the interests of the community at heart. These are the same words that would have got Mahmood elected.</p><p>I can imagine the conversation that the Labour hierarchy had with Mahmood: do this one thing, bring all the racists back to voting Labour and <strong>&#8220;Rome will be yours&#8221;.</strong></p><p>Rome minus the immigrants, of course.<br></p><h4>In other news </h4><p>In other news over the last few weeks and in another example of realpolitik, <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4kr8gzr2o">Mamdani became mayor of New York</a>, all was well and then <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDanzN1EUeE">he met Trump and they became best friends</a>. There goes the revolution.  </p><p>Mandani then called Trump a fascist again days after meeting him, you can just hear Trump shouting <strong>&#8220;say it to my face&#8221;.</strong> </p><p>The Western world has continued to turn a blind eye to the genocide in Palestine. Despite the ceasefire, <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-gaza-ceasefire-violations-tracker-9.6990252">Palestinians are still being killed</a>, the<a href="https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/11/mbs-saudi-arabia-trump-washington-visit-ai-f35-status?lang=en"> Muslim rulers have continued their cosying up to Trump </a>and the Zionists, <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11/24/sudan-army-chief-rejects-truce-proposal-citing-uae-role">whilst backing killings in Sudan</a>. The <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11/23/hms-severn-shadows-russian-warships/">Russians are testing Britain&#8217;s defence capabilities</a> and plans, which apparently <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqjw5g24rlyo">are not that great</a>.</p><p>The<a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trumps-battle-with-bbc-could-threaten-its-global-reach-2025-11-25/"> BBC carried out a hatchet job on Donald Trump</a>, using edited clips out of context to paint a picture of Trump suggesting he egged on the Capitol Hill rioters. The reality is the two clips stitched together were an hour apart. <a href="http://bbc.com/news/articles/c0jepgyl2jwo">A slew of resignations at the BBC followed</a>, with <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/trump-to-push-ahead-with-bbc-lawsuit-three-experts-on-why-he-might-struggle-to-win-13470828">Trump saying he would sue</a>.  </p><p>Like much of Britain&#8217;s great institutions and society in general the BBC is so broken you simply don&#8217;t know where to start. </p><p>This week Dutch writer Rutger Bregman said he was invited by the BBC to give one of their <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9">Reith Lectures</a> only to be told that one line from his address stating that Trump <strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/25/rutger-bregman-accuses-bbc-of-censoring-his-reith-lecture-on-trump">&#8220;was the most openly corrupt president in US history&#8221;</a>, </strong>was removed<strong>.  </strong></p><p>We live in an era where the news is less about information and more about theatre.</p><p><em><strong>(If you have made it this far then please consider subscribing &amp; sharing this article with your friends and family. 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The powerbrokers are more arrogant and the people less accepting of lies]]></description><link>https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-21-peace-prizes-peace-deals</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-21-peace-prizes-peace-deals</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Waseem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2025 20:30:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Political Alchemy Digest is a look at a selection of news stories from a Muslim viewpoint. If you haven&#8217;t subscribed for updates please do. </strong></em></p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png" width="960" height="540" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:540,&quot;width&quot;:960,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:645422,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/i/175327380?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_tqs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe98f4100-dbf7-47b8-bf2f-f356d0fe06c3_960x540.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br>There has been no digest for over a month and much has happened. There have been developments in Gaza, the Islamic Nato, the UN speeches, the attack in Manchester and loads more.</p><p>The situation in the world is such that it continually leaves you with a feeling that events are spiralling out of control. The powerbrokers are becoming more arrogant and the people less accepting of their lies.<br></p><h3><strong>&#8216;Peace&#8217; in the Middle East</strong></h3><p><strong>The story:</strong> After more than two years of genocide, Donald Trump announced that he had brokered an agreement between Hamas and the Israeli government. This came on the back of his 20 point plan he had introduced to the world a few days earlier. </p><p><strong>Why this is important:</strong> The Gaza genocide has had  the world&#8217;s attention for a long time. As the days went on the calls for action were getting louder and louder. The UN walkout (although symbolic), global protests and the Flotilla were all putting pressure on the US to act. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong>  Once you get past the idea that Donald Trump has achieved something no other world leader has ever been able to (his words not mine). You realise that this agreement is only as good as the word of those who brokered it. At least there is respite for the people of Gaza, but this shouldn&#8217;t make us believe this will last and that the world&#8217;s silence is now forgotten.</p><p>For a more detailed look at the issue you can read the article I wrote below<br></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;bb56bbe5-2795-48c9-8f06-432a4e1045d5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Political theatrics in the name of peace&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Gaza: An Alternative Muslim Peace plan&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:211019005,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Mohammad Waseem&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;editor of Political Alchemy. wannabe writer. observer of things. humanity has failed itself. I think I know how to it can be saved. anti-Capitalist. pro-Caliphate. pro-Muslim unity. generally like being left alone. 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Unfortunately for him it was given to Maria Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader. </p><p><strong>Why this is important:</strong> In reality beyond political point scoring, the hefty prize money and bragging rights, I doubt very much this prize holds any gravitas amongst ordinary people. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong>  Donald Trump didn&#8217;t win, there hasn&#8217;t been much to laugh about in the world of recently. But to imagine the &#8216;Orange Ones&#8217; face turning red through rage as he realised he hadn&#8217;t won must have been a sight to behold. </p><p>The winner Maria Corina Machado dedicated her win to Trump, rubbing salt into his wounds no doubt.  Machado who is CIA backed , at one point wrote a letter to the Nethnmayu asking him to invade Venezuela to save it from a government who were drug traffickers. A remark that has justified US attacks on Venezuelan fisherman under the guise of the war against drugs. All that remains is for the US to invade Venezuela like they did Panama and install Machado as leader. Not much of a peace maker asking foreign nations to invade the very people you want to represent. <br></p><h3><strong>When burning a mosque is not terrorism </strong></h3><p><strong>The story:</strong> A mosque in East Sussex was attacked earlier this week. It is being treated as a &#8216;hate crime&#8217;. The mosque on Phyllis Avenue in Peacehaven was firebombed, resulting in damage to the entrance and the burning of a car parked outside.</p><p><strong>Why this is important:</strong> Crimes like these are on the rise across the world, not only in the UK. There has been a slow and steady degradation of civility within society, egged on by mainstream politicians who try to hide the failure of the political system behind singling out minorities.</p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong>  Ever since September 11, more than two decades ago, the British government has set out on a deliberate attempt to demonise the Muslim community and Islam. They roll out the narrative of distrust and hate whenever it suits them. This has resulted in a radicalised society; the far-right protests in London are proof of this. Within this atmosphere, it is not surprising for something like this to happen, especially on the back of the synagogue attack in Manchester.</p><p>What is surprising (or maybe not) is how an attack on a mosque is deemed a hate crime, but an attack on a synagogue is terrorism. The only thing the Muslim community can be thankful for is that armed police didn&#8217;t turn up to shoot a few bystanders.</p><p>For a more detailed look at how the British establishment creates fear against Muslims you can read an article I wrote below:</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;84704837-0899-497a-a839-6cb529cd682d&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;One of my most vivid memories of school life was at primary school, I must have been between the ages of six and eight. The school had a mezzanine. It was used primarily to house the kids for dinner (or lunch if you were posh).&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;England, the Flag and I&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:211019005,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Mohammad Waseem&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;editor of Political Alchemy. wannabe writer. observer of things. humanity has failed itself. I think I know how to it can be saved. anti-Capitalist. pro-Caliphate. pro-Muslim unity. generally like being left alone. Ai will numb the human mind. &quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6b020a2b-6d5f-4d65-8607-e6e3ca8d3c1f_742x742.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-09-13T20:33:01.065Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HgjM!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe70078ae-f7d0-4b8c-a491-33c3879185dd_1620x1080.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/england-the-flag-and-i&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:172345503,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:17,&quot;comment_count&quot;:4,&quot;publication_id&quot;:4764690,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Political Alchemy &quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PENC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c438be-d083-4706-9597-c24dfe01d91a_160x160.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><h3><strong><br>Tony Blair met Epstein whilst Prime Minister</strong></h3><p><strong>The story: </strong>News emerged this week that Tony Blair met with peadophile and sex trafficker Jeffery Epstein back in 2002. Blair was at that point Prime Minister. The meeting was instigated by Peter Mandelson who at the time was a back bencher but carried political clout.  Mandelson vouched for Epstein  stating that <strong>&#8216;He is safe&#8217;</strong> and encouraged the meeting on basis that Blair and Epstein could talk science and economics (maybe underaged girls too, who knows). The names of Bill Clinton (a travel companion) and the Duke of York were dropped in to sweeten the proposal.  </p><p><strong>Why is this important:</strong> This incident along with the recent news that Mandelson himself has admitted being friends with Epstein. It seems Epstein had his claws deeper into the political class of the UK then previously thought. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong> At this point it may be easier to just start making a list of global politicians that<strong> didn&#8217;t meet</strong> Epstein.  It seems everyone else at some point or another knew the man. The excuses are now wearing thin, Mandelson claimed his meetings were not suspicious because he is gay and Epstein dealt in young girls, what Mandelson wanted was &#8216;out of stock&#8217;. Prince Andrew doesn&#8217;t sweat and I presume Blair was too busy copying and pasting the his WMD 45-min report off the internet.  <br></p><h3><strong>It is &#8216;un-British&#8217; to protest</strong></h3><p><strong>The story: </strong> Following the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester in which two people were killed one by the police along with the attacker, there has been speculation  as to how the government might react. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood was quick to call pro-Palestine protests <strong>&#8216;un-British and that they &#8216;felt&#8217; wrong</strong>. Following further protests supporting Palestine Action, Mahmood today stated <strong>repeated large-scale protests had caused &#8220;considerable fear&#8221; for the Jewish community. </strong></p><p>Due to this the Government will amend Sections 12 and 14 of the Public Order Act 1986 to explicitly allow the police to take account of the cumulative impact of frequent protests on local areas in order to impose conditions on public processions and assemblies.</p><p><strong>Why is this important:</strong> It is clear the political mainstream in the UK are nothing a well oiled Zionist propoganda machine. Using the death of Jews in Manchester Mahmood turned her back on fellow Muslims and Palestine to push through this new legislation. Clearly trying to make a mark in her new role as Home Secretary. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong>  Politicians, governments and the establishment don&#8217;t care about who dies and how they die. Their only goal is to achieve maximum political mileage. Politicians in the west are as free as their mainstream press, under the thumb of their pay masters, puppets to those who keep them in power.  There is no other reasoning for Mahmood at one point a staunch advocate of Palestinian rights to be the one who is pushing through legislation to stop protests for Palestine. <br><br>Unless of course the genocide in Gaza was very<strong> &#8216;British&#8217; </strong>and it felt just right. </p><p><br><em><strong>(If you have made it this far then please consider subscribing &amp; sharing this article with your friends and family. 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Fuming Brummies have taken the flag row to the streets by painting the St George???s Cross on mini-roundabouts across the city. It comes as residents have hit out after Birmingham City Council announced English flags hoisted from lampposts would be removed. The Union Jack and St George's flags were put up by locals as part of a movement online called Operation Raise the Colours. Council chiefs sparked fury when they ordered the flags to be ripped down, saying the \&quot;unauthorised items\&quot; are \&quot;dangerous\&quot; and could potentially kill motorists and pedestrians. Photo released 19/08/2025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="England flags flying on lampposts on Genners Lane along Bartley Reservoir , Bartley Green Birmingham. Fuming Brummies have taken the flag row to the streets by painting the St George???s Cross on mini-roundabouts across the city. It comes as residents have hit out after Birmingham City Council announced English flags hoisted from lampposts would be removed. The Union Jack and St George's flags were put up by locals as part of a movement online called Operation Raise the Colours. Council chiefs sparked fury when they ordered the flags to be ripped down, saying the &quot;unauthorised items&quot; are &quot;dangerous&quot; and could potentially kill motorists and pedestrians. Photo released 19/08/2025" title="England flags flying on lampposts on Genners Lane along Bartley Reservoir , Bartley Green Birmingham. Fuming Brummies have taken the flag row to the streets by painting the St George???s Cross on mini-roundabouts across the city. It comes as residents have hit out after Birmingham City Council announced English flags hoisted from lampposts would be removed. The Union Jack and St George's flags were put up by locals as part of a movement online called Operation Raise the Colours. Council chiefs sparked fury when they ordered the flags to be ripped down, saying the &quot;unauthorised items&quot; are &quot;dangerous&quot; and could potentially kill motorists and pedestrians. Photo released 19/08/2025" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q7Ah!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6ae9a3d-0c17-4690-b69f-7ba83724efae_646x412.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q7Ah!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6ae9a3d-0c17-4690-b69f-7ba83724efae_646x412.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q7Ah!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6ae9a3d-0c17-4690-b69f-7ba83724efae_646x412.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Q7Ah!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe6ae9a3d-0c17-4690-b69f-7ba83724efae_646x412.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br><br><strong>Rule, Britannia </strong> - English / British flags are going up around the country. This issue really deserves more than a few lines but for now let&#8217;s keep it simple.  It makes no difference if someone puts a flag up or not , it makes no difference if they stop the boats or not, it makes no difference if they send all the Muslims back to wherever they came from. Capitalism is still going to treat everyone like a commodity, it will cut back public services and companies will cut back jobs in the pursuit of Ai nirvana only to realise a few years later it was all just hype and due to failed government policies. </p><p>The politicians like Farage will use this to build their own political careers and their own personal wealth. Tommy Robinson will get his supporter base to fund his next criminal case and use the money to go on a five star holiday. The only thing they can hope for is a five food hygiene rating for the local kebab shop owned and staffed by immigrants. </p><p>Blame the migrants, blame the Muslims, blame everyone but the system. Some say its. Zionist plot, most putting up the flags never got to the letter Z in the alphabet.  Some have painted the Danish flag on roundabouts (should have gone to school) , others have probably called their GP a p*** after he told them they have Syphilis. This is what British society has become phone snatching,  politically opportunistic  with a feral underbelly of hate.  <strong>Rule, Britannia </strong><br><br><strong>Drowning in incompetency </strong>- Pakistan is once again under water. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/aug/25/deadly-floods-pakistan-mingora-flood-waters?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding across Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, washing away roads, homes and entire communities</a>. Tens of thousands have been evacuated, with flash floods triggered by cloudbursts leaving cities like Mingora and areas in <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/flash-floods-devastate-buner-pakistan-after-rare-cloudburst-kills-hundreds-2025-08-17/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">Buner district</a> in ruins. <br><br>The country has now turned to the international community, appealing for aid and assistance. But what does it say about a state when it must rely on the outside world to do what its own governments have failed to do for decades? Time and again, Pakistan&#8217;s rulers have been too busy imprisoning one another, clinging to power, or returning from exile to restart the cycle. While they jostled for control, they failed to build the infrastructure needed to face floods that return year after year. Resilience is not built in a day, and certainly not by leaders who treat governance as a game of revenge and rotation.</p><p><strong>Murder TV</strong> - <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/25/journalists-among-people-killed-by-israeli-strike-on-gaza-hospital">What is worse than killing a journalist in cold blood? Killing five, some of them whilst they are broadcasting live</a>. As the world watches silently, the Zionists are taking their barbarity to new levels. The five journalists died after an initial attack on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. When rescue workers and the five journalists rushed to the scene, they were hit again in what is commonly known as a double tap bombing, a tactic once used by the Russians in Syria. All of it was caught live on TV as they reported on the first strike, only to be killed in the second. <br><br>The <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/08/1165719">UN has condemned the killing</a>. OHCHR spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said the strikes <em><strong>"now need to be channelled into a demand for accountability and justice for all those killed." </strong></em>But what difference do these condemnations make when no action follows? What accountability does a state face when it kills, starves and bombs with impunity? The world has given the Zionists a green light to do as they wish.</p><p><strong>Officially a famine</strong> - As I previously wrote a few weeks ago that the children and adults of Gaza need food and not mere definitions of famine. At that point the United Nations had not declared the situation an actual famine. This has not changed the ground reality, just like definitions of international law and human rights merely meeting criteria as to what you label something is not enough.<br><br><strong>List what list</strong>, there is no list. In the UK Keith Vaz the ex-MP for the Labour party was labelled as the &#8216;Teflon&#8217; politician or &#8216;Vazeline&#8217; because no matter what the scandal he always seemed to escape with his political career intact. </p><p>The developing world has been for decades blamed for the way in which they do their democracy. Their politicians are always scandal filled and despite numerous criminal charges seem to get re-elected and put into office again and again.</p><p>American Presidents have never been far from controversy. There is always a scandal or two going on every so often. Bill Gates and Monica Lewinsky, Watergate, etc. But Donald Trump&#8217;s ability to escape the inevitable fate is second to none. The Epstein list may or may not exist but the list of how democracy has failed to account its rulers is getting ever longer. </p><p><strong>Cannon fodder</strong> -  The Zionists have called up 60,000 reservists to send to the slaughter in Gaza City. They are bombing Gaza City in preparation for the ground invasion using overwhelming numbers to try and take control. The Zionists don&#8217;t even care for their own, sending ill trained reservists to kill children and ultimately be killed themselves. </p><p><strong>Hollow words</strong> - Turkey&#8217;s first lady Emine Erdogan has called upon Melina Trump to speak out about the horrors the children of Gaza are suffering. In a letter published by the Turkish presidency she told Melina Trump<strong> &#8220;We must unite our voices and strength against this injustice,&#8221;</strong> adding that Melina must <strong>&#8220;show the same sensitivity to Gaza that you have shown to Ukrainian children who have lost their lives in the war."</strong> A reference to Melina Trump writing to Vladimir Putin to ask for help in protecting Ukrainian children. But what good are appeals for action when they come from those who also choose inaction? Erdogan commands one of the region&#8217;s most powerful armies and has the means to intervene far beyond symbolic gestures. Instead, Turkey maintains strong trade ties with Israel. Words are easy. It&#8217;s action that counts.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>If you have made it this far then please consider subscribing &amp; sharing this article with your friends and family. 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" title="War-damaged buildings stand in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. " srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFFZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62bd40b5-fbc0-4af8-a87d-982f725c553a_1024x575.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFFZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62bd40b5-fbc0-4af8-a87d-982f725c553a_1024x575.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFFZ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62bd40b5-fbc0-4af8-a87d-982f725c553a_1024x575.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OFFZ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F62bd40b5-fbc0-4af8-a87d-982f725c553a_1024x575.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This weeks digest is a quick round up on Gaza and more. </p><p><strong><br>Take over of Gaza.</strong> Benjamin Netanyahu has announced his <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/08/israel-cabinet-approves-netanyahu-gaza-city-takeover-plan">plan to take over all of Gaza and effectively ethnically cleanse the Palestinians</a>, the plan now has full cabinet backing.  His plan has been met with the <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-keir-starmer-israel-gaza-city-netanyahu-plan/">usual global criticism and no firm action</a>. Even <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj4w2q9k4pjo">opposition parties within Israel</a> are not in favour of escalating the destruction and losing more soldiers. There have been protests against the move from the families of the hostages, because the know in order to cut the number of  Zionist casualties the Zionists will follow a scorched earth policy most likely killing any hostages. </p><p>Germany has stopped all arms shipments to Israel that could be used in Gaza but not all arms shipments per say. The United Nations is no longer messing about and have called for an &#8216;immediate halt&#8217; to the plan. If two years of inaction didn&#8217;t stop Bibi not sure how this will. </p><p>Apart from the obvious ethnic cleansing it is clear that the Zionists want to clear the whole of Gaza, removing evidence of the genocide as they go. Allowing independent observers into Gaza before this will inevitably lead to accusations of genocide. </p><p><strong>You all look the same.</strong> I remember back at school (I was the good kid ), my dad getting called in for something or other I had allegedly done. When he got there and the teacher saw me, she realised she had mistaken me for someone else.  It was the 80&#8217;s all us Pakistanis looked the same, especially to the teachers. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/08/rupert-lowe-gives-charity-1000-after-taking-its-rowers-for-immigrants">Rupert Lowe the independent MP put on X</a>: "<strong>Dinghies coming into Great Yarmouth, RIGHT NOW". </strong></p><p>What he thought were illegal migrants were actually a team of charity rowers attempting to travel from Land's End, Cornwall, to John O'Groats, Scotland. Mr Bates one of the rowers described an "almost vigilante-style" how people followed them down the beach. Once you build furore around an issue like migrants people it is a signal for the decline of society. </p><p><strong>Another day another dollar </strong>, or in the case of a <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1kz42j92jmo">BBC report on Hamas</a> (still the official government of Gaza) another day another government still paying salaries. The report makes out that its an almost criminal activity that is going on, encrypted messages and secret meetings. Apparent anger at Hamas because their supporters receive salaries. whilst the majority of Gaza does not. Anyone would imagine that Hamas were blockading the food into Gaza and had destroyed their own infrastructure.  Worst thing about this piece is its written by a Muslim, hang your head in shame Rushdi Abualouf. </p><p><strong>Zionist hostages cut right to the bone</strong>. Another veiled anti-Palestinian piece and again its the BBC and nearly every other major news site. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewyk4ezeedo">They have an interview with the brother of an Israeli hostage Evyatar David</a>. </p><p>Shock horror the hostages are now starving to death as well, thats how a food blockade works.  The brother Ilay David asked world leaders to save him and other hostages <strong>"from the cruel, twisted hands of Hamas". </strong>Barking up the wrong tree there need to reign Bibi and lift the blockade, if the people suffer the hostages suffer.  </p><p>The Zionist PR machine was in full drive with images of the Evyatar David shown on Google ads as well as <a href="https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/israel-broadcasts-hamas-video-of-hostage-evyatar-david-in-times-square/">Time Square</a>, with a statements that the Hamas are the ones starving the hostages. The only problem being the world has seen starving Palestinian children way before they say these images. No one is buying the lies anymore. </p><p></p><p><em><strong>If you have made it this far then please consider subscribing &amp; sharing this article with your friends and family. 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No matter how small it is, if you let it go you might as well let everything slide. Speaking out is a state of mind and not something that can simply be switched on and off at will. When the chips are down and you are staring down the barrel, help often comes from places where you would not expect. All it takes is someone to rally people around. <br><br>Looking at the world today we can all play our part in calling out what is wrong, looking to rally people for support and not losing hope when all seems lost.<br></p><h3><strong>Zionists attack Deir al-Balah <br></strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg" width="480" height="384" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:384,&quot;width&quot;:480,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Smoke rises above buildings&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Smoke rises above buildings" title="Smoke rises above buildings" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9uoD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F296d1c41-f80c-440f-b683-b244ef979836_480x384.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong>the story</strong>: Today the Zionists once again went beyond the pale and attacked the area of Dier al-Balah in central Gaza. A place which was a humanitarian food hub, Palestinians were asked to leave before the attack.  The violation includes both air and ground offensive on Dier al-Balah which according to reports was relatively unscathed up until now by the 20 month old genocide. </p><p><strong>why is this important</strong>: The Zionists have no limits and these attacks are just another line of actions to test the resolve of the world and to wipe out the Palestinians from Gaza. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view</strong>:  On the one hand the Zionists speak about wanting to agree a ceasefire on other other hand as soon as some agreement is close they begin another wave of attacks. The number of people being killed and the horror of Gaza are now just everyday statistics like sports results, do they even affect people the same as they did two years ago. There is very little left to say about the atrocities of the Zionists. <br><br>The only thing that can be said in the inaction of the Muslim rulers, their armies and those that support them.<br><br></p><h3><strong>Druze Syria chaos</strong><br><br></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IlEE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa836d956-55be-47af-bd3d-b8d128999e44_1170x780.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IlEE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa836d956-55be-47af-bd3d-b8d128999e44_1170x780.jpeg 424w, 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They bombed the Ministry of Defense and the Army General Command buildings all located in the heart of Damascus.<br><br>The US for their part asked for de-escalation US Special Envoy for Syria Tom Barrack then held several calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#8217;s senior adviser. <br><br>Al-Sharaa said the nation faced two options: either &#8216;open war&#8217; with &#8220;Israel&#8221; &#8216;at the expense of our Druze citizens&#8217; or allowing Druze clerics to &#8216;return to reason and put the national interest first.&#8217;<br><br><strong>why is this important</strong>: The clashes, we can&#8217;t really call them wars, seem to keep escalating in the region. Israel has put it self front and centre of everything going on despite having its hands full with Gaza.  Israeli officials justified their actions by citing a commitment to protect the Druze minority in Syria - linked to the Druze community within Israel.<br><br><strong>Political Alchemy view</strong>:  The Israeli &#8216;excuse&#8217; for attacking Syrian targets does not really hold up to scrutiny, with US officials making it clear that American intelligence does not indicate Syrian government involvement in any atrocities in Suwayda.<br><br>The Israeli Defense Minister Katz declared that the army: </p><div class="pullquote"><p><br><em>&#8220;will continue to attack regime forces until they withdraw from the area&#8212;and will soon raise the bar of responses if the message is not understood.&#8221;</em></p></div><p>An Israeli army brigade - typically numbering thousands of soldiers -is being withdrawn from Gaza and redeployed to the Golan Heights.<br><br>The Zionist motivation is to reshape the region to its advantage. The world turning a blind eye to its atrocities has given it a political and military green light to act with impunity. Syria is just one piece in the jigsaw of controlling the region. Despite what the Syrian government assures Tel Aviv of, none of this matters, this is simply an opportunity too good to miss for the Zionists.</p><p><br></p><h3><strong>16 / 17 year in the UK to get the vote</strong><br><br></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OXYN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OXYN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OXYN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OXYN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OXYN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OXYN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg" width="1024" height="575" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2e689fa8-9035-4b40-b943-8426e4c28680_1024x575.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:575,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;16 and 17-year-olds to be able to vote in next general election as  government says it will lower voting age in UK - 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They are generally a sign of the system not working. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view</strong>: Democracy across the world, and especially across the Western world, is under scrutiny. With populist politicians gaining traction in the US (Trump), UK (Farage) and across Europe, there has been a shift away from traditional politics. Add to this talk of new political parties in the UK and the US, there is a clear disenfranchisement with the political process.</p><p>There is a need to engage younger people in the political process.  The Gaza genocide has shown that younger people are willing to take a stance against injustice and be &#8216;political&#8217;, but how many of those young people actually trust the system if the system is now supporting genocide.  <br><br>An interesting question to ask would be: <br></p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Do younger people support more direct action for Palestine as opposed to writing to their MP, who needs to follow the party line?</strong></p></div><p><br>There have been accusations that the Labour government's decision is based more on knowing they have a bigger share of the younger voting population, so changing the rules means they will benefit more in the next general election. Even this in itself shows the inherent problem with democracy, someone will always have a vested interest. </p><p>Democratic politics is a strange business. On the one hand, there are attempts to encourage younger people into politics. On the other hand, those even taking semi-principled stances <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y7zqdwzqyo">are brought back into line via the party whip</a>.<br><br>Those disenfranchised with their role in politics are then setting <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/15/corbyn-sultana-to-form-uk-party-flash-in-the-pan-or-real-alternative">up their own parties</a>, but in doing so are <a href="https://www.left-horizons.com/2025/07/10/the-corbyn-sultana-party-a-messy-beginning/">falling out even before they start</a>. Principled advocates of progressive politics, <a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-168754767?source=queue">such as AOC, are now selling out by supporting bills in the US to continue to fund Israeli defence</a>. </p><p>All in all democracy is a dirty business, the Gaza issue is showing that if you want to be principled and make real change its not going to happen within a system that is there to support the elite. <br></p><h4><strong>The small print </strong><br></h4><p>After last summers Southport riots and increasing political speak around the issue of immigration something similar <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/20/police-warn-inflammatory-online-posts-clashes-essex-asylum-hotel">happening again was almost inevitable</a>. So it was no surprise when there were riots outside an Essex hotel housing asylum seekers.  Bottles were thrown, fires were set and the police were attacked all normal practice for the far right. The trigger being a sexual assault case against one of the asylum seekers housed there. Years of radicalisation of the British public with an anti-immigration / anti-Muslim racist mantre is now resulting in regular disorder on British streets.  You reap what you sow.</p><p>Everyone likes a little gossip even though we shouldn&#8217;t engage, there is something about the human condition that finding out a &#8216;secret&#8217; just seems valuable. When the gossip is about the President of the United States and its in the public domain it is little wonder the Epstein saga holds the public interest. On a purely political level as I mentioned last week it says much when the leader of a country and his entourage are regularly interring in due process, changing their stories and lying  about a case that affects him.  </p><p>It also says much when the President of the United States <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/07/18/trump-lawsuit-wall-street-journal-murdoch-epstein/">sues a news publication</a> which accuses him of sending a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/trump-jeffrey-epstein-birthday-letter-we-have-certain-things-in-common-f918d796?mod=search_trendingnow_article_pos2">salacious birthday card to Epstein</a>.</p><p>The latest is that apparently Trump was named twice to the FBI by one of the accusers of Epstein. The only problem is that the new head of the FBI, Kash Patel, is in the pocket of Trump.<br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggcdrWzcOk8">The Pakistan Air Force dominated the World&#8217;s biggest airshow </a>, winning several awards. <a href="https://www.airtattoo.com/">The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT)</a> even held in the United Kingdom saw Pakistan show off its <a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/2608692/pakistan">JF-17 Thunder Block-III fighter jets</a> which were used in the recent conflict against India. <br><br>The aircraft flew from Pakistan to Royal Air Force Base Fairford in southern England  successfully conducting air-to-air refueling mid-flight - a maneuver the military described as evidence of the Pakistan Air Force&#8217;s growing long-range operational capabilities. This means they should have no problem getting to Gaza to defends the Muslims there. <br><br></p><p><em><strong>(If you have made it this far then please consider subscribing &amp; sharing this article with your friends and family. 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They build homes with South facing windows to fry your brain whilst you try to earn a living in the rat race so you can pay extortionate electricity bills to keep the fans running and corporate Britain happy.  I&#8217;d buy an ice cream, but the Ice cream van never comes around anymore. I was about to make a quip about how capitalism has ensured the 99 Flake no longer costs 99p , <a href="https://www.machineryworld.com/so-how-did-the-99-get-its-name/#:~:text=While%20the%20origin%20of%20the,reportedly%20inspired%20by%20Italian%20royalty.">but apparently thats not how it got its name</a>. Research before embarrassment. <br></p><h3><strong>Srebrenica 30 years on</strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg" width="1089" height="690" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:690,&quot;width&quot;:1089,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Remembering Srebrenica and working on reconciliation to understand, heal  and move forward | EEAS&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Remembering Srebrenica and working on reconciliation to understand, heal  and move forward | EEAS" title="Remembering Srebrenica and working on reconciliation to understand, heal  and move forward | EEAS" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kVtW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ca43312-0e8e-4622-bfb6-c51a6953ebef_1089x690.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br><br><strong>the story:  </strong>Thirty years ago on 11 July 1995, Muslim Bosnians were seeking refuge in a United Nations &#8216;safe area&#8217; at Srebrenica. The Balkan war had been raging for over three years. Under the watch of the international community, Bosnian Serb forces overran the enclave, separating men and boys from their families and leading them away to be killed in what would become the worst atrocity on European soil since the Second World War.<br><br><strong>why is this important:</strong>  Although thirty years have passed, body parts of dead people are still being found, identified via painstaking DNA matching, and buried by their relatives. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), a precursor to the International Criminal Court, was set up in response to the genocide in Bosnia. There were cries of never again, yet here we are.<br><br><strong>Political Alchemy view:   </strong>Thirty years ago<strong> </strong>for Muslims living in the West like me who did not know anything about Bosnia before the war, it was a surprise to have white, blue-eyed, European Muslims existing let alone being ethnically cleansed. <strong><br><br></strong>The Muslims of the area were invited into Srebrenica and thought they would be protected by the United Nations, yet they were left to be slaughtered whilst guarded by armed Dutch &#8216;peacekeepers&#8217;.  However, as a young man, the real abandonment came from the Muslim governments who did nothing to protect Muslims thousands of miles away, alone, pursued, starved and butchered like animals.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Political Alchemy ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Thirty years later there is a synergy: the global organisations have for the most part abandoned Gaza, and so have the Muslim rulers. There has to be another way as  Muslims we need to stop subcontracting the protection of their own to those who either do not care or are unable and unwilling to step in when genocide occurs.<br><br></p><h3><strong>Palestinians to be put in concentration camp<br><br></strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg" width="640" height="360" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:360,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Plans to relocate Gazans to a 'humanitarian city' look like a crime against  humanity &#8211; international law expert&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Plans to relocate Gazans to a 'humanitarian city' look like a crime against  humanity &#8211; international law expert" title="Plans to relocate Gazans to a 'humanitarian city' look like a crime against  humanity &#8211; international law expert" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PbIT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c2787d8-4592-4962-b2d3-51b3e24d1a93_640x360.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong><br>the story:</strong>  Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has instructed the military to prepare to build a &#8220;humanitarian city&#8221; in Gaza. It is to be built on the ruins of Rafah, the southernmost town in the Gaza Strip that has been largely destroyed amidst the Zionists&#8217; ongoing campaign.</p><p><strong>why this matters: </strong>With Gazans still searching for food, a blockade of aid coming into Gaza, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) killing those waiting for food as well as lacing flour with opioids, you would think there were more pressing things to do. If the Zionists and their paymasters in Washington are trying to test how low they can push the bar of humanity, then this is the best way to do it. After openly speaking about eventually expelling all Gazans from their own land, this is now being put into practice. Satellite images show the building has already started.</p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong> What is the best way to force a large group of people into what they know will be a concentration camp? Well, kill and starve them for nearly two years, make them lose hope in anyone coming to save them, and then paint a false picture of &#8220;helping them&#8221;. <br><br>The Western backers of the Zionists have tested and tried the patience of the world, and after 20 months have realised no matter what they do no one is really going to create a fuss. Yes, hundreds of thousands of people may demonstrate and yes, there might be some noise, but no government in the world is going to act. If someone dares to act they can just sanction them as they did with the UN Special Rapporteur.  A international law expert told The Conversation that the idea of the camp legally looks like a <a href="https://theconversation.com/plans-to-relocate-gazans-to-a-humanitarian-city-look-like-a-crime-against-humanity-international-law-expert-260727">crime against humanity</a>. None of these things matter anymore. <br><br>Once again, and I must sound like a broken record, the inaction of the Muslim rulers has allowed this to happen.</p><p></p><h3><strong>Epstein files? What Epstein files?<br><br></strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4S7A!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb64fdc98-922f-4a19-b4f0-7d66eb1ed4b0_1500x1000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4S7A!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb64fdc98-922f-4a19-b4f0-7d66eb1ed4b0_1500x1000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4S7A!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb64fdc98-922f-4a19-b4f0-7d66eb1ed4b0_1500x1000.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><h3><strong><br></strong></h3><p><strong>the story</strong>:  The whole Epstein affair sprung back into life this week as the Director of the FBI, Kash Patel, and his Deputy Director, Dan Bongino, announced that there was no fresh evidence to be released regarding the Epstein case. What this effectively means is that there is no client list to be released. This was the one thing the world had been waiting for to see who else was implicated along with Epstein.</p><p>We know Prince Andrew does not sweat and, despite being photographed with one of the victims, was slumming it at a Pizza Express on the day the photo was taken. But what of all the others? </p><p>These revelations came despite both Patel and Bongino previously suggesting that there was a list and there was more to the Epstein affair than we were being told.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong><br>Patel, meanwhile, suggested to right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson <a href="https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1737167456374862197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1737167456374862197%7Ctwgr%5E96a20e6363db66c6aec121e762740daa4a85b850%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fkash-patel-jeffery-epstein-p-diddy-lists-fbi-1994053">in December 2023</a> Congress was blocking the purported list &#8220;because of who&#8217;s on that list,&#8221; telling Johnson &#8220;you don&#8217;t think that Bill Gates is lobbying Congress night and day to prevent the disclosure of that list?&#8221; while deriding House Republicans for allegedly failing to release the list: &#8220;put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are.&#8221;<br></strong></em><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2025/07/08/heres-how-fbis-kash-patel-and-dan-bongino-fueled-right-wing-hopes-for-bombshell-epstein-revelations/">Forbes</a></p></div><p>Having said all of this former Trump lawyer Alan Dershowitz said on Friday 11th July 2025  said:</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong><br>&#8220;I know the names of the individuals. I know why they&#8217;re being suppressed. I know who&#8217;s suppressing them&#8221;</strong></em></p><p>Alan Dershowitz <br>Source: <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dershowitz-epstein-client-list-trump-b2786911.html">The independent</a></p></div><p>The reason he couldn&#8217;t reveal the details was because he was:  <em><strong><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/dershowitz-epstein-client-list-trump-b2786911.html">&#8216;But I&#8217;m bound by confidentiality&#8217;</a></strong></em></p><p>A good series of videos on the whole issue can be found on the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@coffeezillaextras/videos">Voidzilla YouTube Channel</a></p><p><strong>why this is important</strong>:  What Kash Patel and Dan Bongino, along with others I might add, have done is create an air of suspicion about the Epstein affair. Even the death of Epstein was questioned by Kash Patel in the past; on Joe Rogan he clearly stated that Epstein&#8217;s death was not a suicide. The camera malfunctions at the detention facility and now the lack of a list put the whole judicial system under scrutiny.</p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view</strong>: The judiciary, the basic upholding of the law, is what defines a society. America has been at the forefront of attacking Muslim lands and changing regimes to establish a &#8216;basic rule of law&#8217;. It has labelled the Islamic ruling system and judiciary barbaric, yet at home its own judiciary is now shambolic.</p><p>If the judicial system of a state is cast into doubt over its impartiality or the possibility that things are being hidden, then it is not much of an advert for democracy to the rest of the world. Especially when you have bombed half of it to change regimes and impose democracy down the barrel of a gun.</p><p>To quote Shakespeare - <em><strong>&#8220;Something is rotten in the state of Denmark&#8221;</strong></em></p><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong><br>the small print<br><br></strong><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/09/israel-gaza-war-un-sanctions">The Trump administration announced on Wednesday </a>it was issuing sanctions against an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories. The state department&#8217;s decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/west-bank">West Bank</a> and Gaza is another attempt to silence any critics of the Zionists.  Don&#8217;t get me wrong the United Nations for the most part is nothing more than a colonial tool for Western foreign policy, but if any individual does act out of moral outrage then they will incur the wrath of the American propaganda machine. <br><br>Houthis continue to do more for the plight of the Gazan&#8217;s than anyone else. This week they have attacked and <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/houthis-sink-cargo-ship-red-sea-b2786191.html">sunk two ships in the Red Sea</a>. The motivation for these attacks was the ongoing genocide in Gaza.  The Houthis have taken a number of the crew as prisoners. All of this despite a deal with the Americans to stop attacking ships in return for the Americans not bombing Houthi positions in Yemen.  What the deal did not include though was hitting Israeli targets. </p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/11/india-muslims-deportations-bangladesh-pahalgam/">The Washington Post revealed that India&#8217;s anti-Muslim deportation drive included tossing Muslim men into the sea off the coast of Bangladesh</a>. Their documents proving they are Indian citizens are seized when they are arrested.  They are miles away from their children and families, they have no links to Bangladesh yet the world&#8217;s largest democracy is arbitrarily deporting them.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Political Alchemy ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digest #16: A ‘Zionist’ Palestine, Iran ‘bombs’ Al Udeid & The United States of NATO ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the last week Iran 'attacked' US bases, Canadian PM Carney called for a Zionist Palestine and NATO cosied up to the US.]]></description><link>https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-16-a-zionist-palestine-iran</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-16-a-zionist-palestine-iran</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Waseem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:10:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9ddd7fe6-eda3-4f08-af3e-d26dea0601f6_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><strong>Political Alchemy Digest is a look at a selection of news stories from a Muslim viewpoint.<br></strong></em></p><p>In a  slightly romanticised Hollywoodesque version of  medieval times, war and peace would be decided simply by two people, mainly men, meeting in the middle of the proposed battlefield and agreeing terms. If those terms were not acceptable to both sides there would be war. </p><p>They would then meet again some time later, most likely surrounded by hundreds if not thousands of rotting corpses of their own brethren who had perished in the war,  to either concede or agree terms for peace. <br><br>These were times when ideas such as honour, chivalry and respect meant something. A man&#8217;s word would be worth more than his life.  War was real, even as a leader you could touch, feel and smell it.</p><p>Today all that chivalry has been replaced by Donald Trump, gone are the days of gentlemanly agreements, now the world hangs on every word of Donald Trump&#8217;s Truth Social account. </p><p>Bashed out in BLOCK CAPITALS, with the juices of a McDonalds Double Whooper Burger still dripping from his sausage fingers.  Fingers that inadvertently at one point spelt his own name wrong, a post he later corrected. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg" width="679" height="224.77884615384616" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:482,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:679,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!En5q!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff03325a1-e627-43f9-924c-ffa52e51527d_1468x486.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><br>It may sound nauseating but this is what the world has become, discuss  tactics on Telegram groups, threaten assassination, declare war and enforce peace on social media.  </p><p><strong>God Ble$$ America! </strong></p><p>Eventually Ai will automate all of this and there will be no need for Donald Trump, sent to pasture at Mar-a-Lago forever to sift through stolen top secret documents for the rest of his life. <br></p><div><hr></div><p></p><h3>Iran &#8216;bombs&#8217; Al Udeid <br></h3><p>After the US of A  &#8216;Bunker Bombed&#8217; Iranian nuclear sites at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan. The world watched as to how Iran would react. What these bombs actually did or didn&#8217;t do we will come back to.</p><p>At one point last Monday (23rd June) as Iranian missiles were sent towards Al Udeid airbase in Qatar, aljazeera was reporting air raid sirens in Iraq and Bahrain, combined with news from other sources suggesting Iran was closing the straight of Hormuz.  </p><p>It was all every exhilarating, just as I was about to reach for the popcorn and settle down for a night of missile watching,  a quick VAR check however revealed most of that news to be as Donald Trump would put it &#8220;Fake&#8221;. </p><p>The attack on the Al Udeid airbase was real, but with no one at the base and all but one of the missiles being intercepted it resulted in zero damage, rendering the attack pointless.   <br><br>The images below clearly show the base had been cleared out as early as June 17th. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg" width="331" height="344.0615976900866" 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https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mfcn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdd31e094-73c6-4dc5-8d3f-a30391d9f657_1039x1080.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" 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y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Source: <a href="https://x.com/clashreport/status/1935423200797803000">Clash Report on X</a></p><p>News emerged that the <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-iran-early-notice-qatar-attacks-us-base/">Iranians had told the Americans</a> about the attack leaving a rather bad geopolitical aftertaste. All of this confirmed by Trump, you guessed it on social media. </p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png" width="536" height="429.2962962962963" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c7bu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c02de20-01b5-4508-bc0e-6fb517d33da2_1296x1038.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" 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A little much considering there was nothing there to defend and from all reports there were less than 15 missiles fired. </p><p>Point to note the missing hypersonic missiles, based purely on range they could have hit the air base. </p><p>This was clearly a pre-orchestrated show by the Iranians for domestic consumption, a little like when Pakistan attacked the Indian airbases which were most likely empty during their recent conflict. </p><p>Despite an agreed ceasefire the Zionists continued to hit Iranian targets in the 12 hours that remained for the ceasefire to come into play. This frustrated Trump to the point where he dropped his own F-bomb on live TV. <br></p><div id="youtube2-SAnpkcDUGwQ" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;SAnpkcDUGwQ&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:null,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/SAnpkcDUGwQ?rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><p></p><p></p><p>As if by scripted decree when the Iranian leader Ayatollah Khamenei made his first appearance after the US attacks on Iran, he too <a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/06/26/irans-ayatollah-claims-victory-over-israel-in-first-public-appearance-since-ceasefire-deal">claimed victory</a>. </p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>&#8220;The Islamic Republic was victorious and, in retaliation, delivered a slap to America&#8217;s face&#8221;</strong></p></div><p>The absurdity of that statement can only be matched by the fact there is such a thing as a slapping competition. <a href="https://rumble.com/c/powerslap">Power Slap can be viewed on Rumble</a>. <br></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hnuN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7855f873-99d3-46af-9aca-c315db8445a5_1940x1076.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hnuN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7855f873-99d3-46af-9aca-c315db8445a5_1940x1076.png 424w, 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Geopolitics for the masses is more about PR than hard facts. <br></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png" width="298" height="397.3333333333333" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1280,&quot;width&quot;:960,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:298,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lgl3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F46a3be2c-e9f7-43a8-b41c-8594374d2e04_960x1280.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p>Getting back to the damage done to Fordo where the massive Bunker Buster bombs were dropped; according to Trump the site was &#8216;obliterated&#8217;. </p><p>The US administration followed this up by <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2025/06/experts-agree-irans-nuclear-facilities-have-been-obliterated/">publishing a list of experts</a> who backed up Trump&#8217;s assessment. This list is far from independent it ranges from those working within Trump&#8217;s administration to those in Trump&#8217;s political pocket like Rafael Grossi, Chair of the International Atomic Energy Agency&#8217;s (IAEA). Who&#8217;s initial questioning of Iran&#8217;s compliance with the IAEA gave the Zionists the green light to attack in the first place. <br><br>All this despite early assessment from <a href="http://the https://apnews.com/article/iran-nuclear-program-military-strikes-trump-f0fc085a2605e7da3e2f47ff9ac0e01d">US intelligence suggested the facility at Fordo hadn&#8217;t been &#8216;obliterated&#8217;</a> and that Iran&#8217;s nuclear program has been put back a few months.  </p><p>However this is the world of Donald Trump, where his own intelligence are deemed &#8216;Fake News&#8217; when they don&#8217;t agree with his own lack of intelligence. <br><br>Reports suggest the Iranians may have moved the 60% enriched Uranium before the attacks, reports that the US administration of course reject. </p><p>The <a href="http://bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c79qeqg89g2o">latest update to this is Rafael Grossi is now saying the Iranians</a> could be back up and running within months <br></p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>"Frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there," </strong></em><br><br>Grossi said on Saturday 29th June 2025</p></div><p></p><p>To give context as detailed earlier Grossi was part of the list of experts cited by the White House who backed up Trump&#8217;s claim of obliteration. </p><div class="pullquote"><p><br><em><strong>&#8220;Given the power of these devices and the technical characteristics of a centrifuge, we already know that these centrifuges are no longer operational, because they are fairly precise machines: there are rotors, and the vibrations [from the bombs] have completely destroyed them.&#8221;<br><br></strong>IAEA Chair Rafael Grossi  <strong>- </strong>Experts Agree: Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Facilities Have Been Obliterated - The White House June 26, 2025</em></p></div><p></p><p>The only way to understand this is through an old quote from Donald Rumsfeld as he once put it:<br></p><blockquote><p><em><strong>we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns&#8212;the ones we don't know we don't know. </strong></em></p></blockquote><p></p><p>I could have been  wrong, maybe political buffoonery existed before Trump, maybe it has something to do with being named Donald. </p><p></p><div><hr></div><h3><br>The United States of NATO</h3><p><br>In some imaginary scenario where Donald Trump was independently assessed for this political competency there might be a multiple choice question that reads something like below. </p><p><em><strong>As US President you are overseeing the most sensitive time in geopolitics since World War II. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte sends you a message congratulating you on the US attacks on Iran. Knowing the attack possibly violates international law and the message congratulating you on such an attack undermines NATO as being independent of direct US control. You must decide how to respond. Bearing in mind that the head of NATO publicly objected to Russia&#8217;s attack on Ukraine as violating international law. (see image for actual  messages)</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg" width="242" height="296.91292875989444" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:465,&quot;width&quot;:379,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:242,&quot;bytes&quot;:32276,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Why It Is Trending on X: \&quot;NATO chief praises Trump's Iran response  President Donald Trump has shared messages from NATO Secretary General Mark  Rutte, who commended him for his &#8220;decisive action&#8221; in&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Why It Is Trending on X: \&quot;NATO chief praises Trump's Iran response  President Donald Trump has shared messages from NATO Secretary General Mark  Rutte, who commended him for his &#8220;decisive action&#8221; in&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Why It Is Trending on X: &quot;NATO chief praises Trump's Iran response  President Donald Trump has shared messages from NATO Secretary General Mark  Rutte, who commended him for his &#8220;decisive action&#8221; in" title="Why It Is Trending on X: &quot;NATO chief praises Trump's Iran response  President Donald Trump has shared messages from NATO Secretary General Mark  Rutte, who commended him for his &#8220;decisive action&#8221; in" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-IRX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F239d8a41-bedb-4e5e-8c89-639567756b15_379x465.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><em><strong><br><br>You have three possible options</strong></em>:</p><ul><li><p><strong>A.</strong> Keep the messages a secret, this is a private conversation between you and the head of NATO <br></p></li><li><p><strong>B. </strong>Take said messages, screenshot them adding them to your social media for no other reason to satisfy your own sense of self importance. <br></p></li><li><p><strong>C.</strong> Reply back to the head of NATO reminding him about this responsibility to be independent.</p></li></ul><p></p><p>Spoiler alert the correct answer <strong>isn&#8217;t B</strong>. But for Trump it was always going to be B. </p><p>By putting the messages from Mark Rutte onto his Truth social account, Trump days before the NATO conference opened up a whole can of worms the world didn&#8217;t need. </p><p>For his part Mark Rutte when asked about the contradiction of congratulating Trump and then bemoaning Russian actions, was not very fussed dismissing any conflict of western interest.  So much for international law. </p><p>Politics is truly a machiavellian affair whilst some in Europe were questioning Trump&#8217;s unilateral approach to bombing Iran, all those doubts disappeared when it came to the NATO meeting.<br><br>Leaders agreeing to Trump demanding they spend at least 5% of GDP <em><strong><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/6/26/natos-5-percent-spending-pledge-is-a-threat-to-people-and-the-planet">&#8220;core defence requirements as well as defence and security-related spending by 2035&#8221;</a>.</strong></em> </p><p>A bully is not a bully if he is on your side. </p><div><hr></div><h3><br>A &#8216;Zionist&#8217; Palestine</h3><p><br>During Trump&#8217;s inauguration as President for the second time he reiterated the United States desire to expand its territory. </p><p>As well as offering to &#8216;buy&#8217; Greenland, Trump was adamant that if the Canadian&#8217;s didn&#8217;t want to do business on his terms then they might as well become the 51st State. <br><br>Back in April 2025, Marco Rubio said when asked if the U.S. still wants to make Canada the 51st state</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong> &#8220;I think the President has stated repeatedly he thinks Canada would be better off as a state.&#8221;</strong></em></p></div><p>When Mark Carney, the current Prime Minister of Canada came to power replacing Justin Trudeau, he was clear and adamant that Canada would do business on its own terms. In a statement issues by the Prime Minister&#8217;s office it was made clear:</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>"The leaders agreed on the importance of Canada and the US working together &#8211; as independent, sovereign nations &#8211; for their mutual betterment,"</strong></p></div><p></p><p>Trump hasn&#8217;t managed to make Canada the 51st state, but it seems his political incompetence is infectious. </p><p>Bearing in mind Carney&#8217;s desire to keep his own nation independent. He then called for there to be a &#8216;<strong>Zionist Palestine</strong>&#8217; after the genocide ends. See Video below:</p><p><br><br></p><div class="native-video-embed" data-component-name="VideoPlaceholder" data-attrs="{&quot;mediaUploadId&quot;:&quot;cd426429-1aad-4dab-9719-abfd4eac17cc&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p>This statement from a man who was so adamant on the independence of his own nation, and the need  to avoid any US interference. Now he is asking Palestinians to live and allow a nation of genocidal maniacs with a blood lust for Muslims,  in his words &#8216;prosper&#8217; in a &#8216;Zionist Palestine&#8217;.</p><p>Mark Carney is an intelligent man who once led the Bank of England, this is no buffoonery akin to that of Donald Trump. This is the blatant disregard western politicians now have for Muslim lives be they in Palestine or elsewhere. </p><p>To use throw away phrases like &#8216;Zionist Palestine&#8217; is to make light of horrors of the past 20 months where Zionism has starved a nation to the brink of existence.  </p><p>It is to now blame the victim if the Palestinians refuse to accept Zionism as anything worthy to co-exist with, let alone see it prosper. <br><br><em><strong>(If you have made it this far then please consider subscribing &amp; sharing this article with your friends and family. Please show your support by liking this article using the &#10084;&#65039; below or even better restack  )<br><br></strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.political-alchemy.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-16-a-zionist-palestine-iran?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Share&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-16-a-zionist-palestine-iran?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&action=share"><span>Share</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Digest #15 - Iran responds to Zionist attacks, US bombs Iran and Trump dines with Munir]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the past week Iran has attacked the Zionists, America has hit Iranian nuclear sites and Trump has dined Pakistan's head the army Asim Munir.]]></description><link>https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-15-iran-responds-to-zionist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/digest-15-iran-responds-to-zionist</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mohammad Waseem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2025 18:53:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fe43a68e-e5bf-4623-b9a0-f71ce5db7e4b_1280x720.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>For the second week in a row the digest has been delayed by a late night bombing of Iran. Last week it was the Zionist&#8217;s attack on Iran and this week maybe feeling a little left out the US attacked Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites. </p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading Political Alchemy ! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>I really need to get a Pete Hegseth to add me to his Telegram group to stop this happening again. </p><h3><strong>Iran responds to Zionist attacks<br></strong></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg" width="1050" height="560" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:560,&quot;width&quot;:1050,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Iran fires hypersonic missile at Tel Aviv; US demands 'surrender'&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Iran fires hypersonic missile at Tel Aviv; US demands 'surrender'" title="Iran fires hypersonic missile at Tel Aviv; US demands 'surrender'" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ewzy!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4e64b4ba-8801-4473-b267-b6b9a9d6ffc2_1050x560.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>The story: </strong> At the time of writing the last digest it was unclear how Iran would respond to the Zionists attacking Tehran and killing a number of scientists and military leaders.  </p><p>It&#8217;s clear that Israel wanted to hit Iran&#8217;s nuclear programme but they weren&#8217;t be able to do this without American &#8216;Bunker Buster&#8217; bombs. </p><p>Iran has since retaliated by attacking the occupied lands in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa amongst other places. </p><p>Indications were that Israel&#8217;s end goal in Iran was regime change or at the very least to weaken the hardline element in the Iranian regime. </p><p>The son of the Shah Iran, Reza Shah Pahlavi came out calling for regime change and indicating he was ready to take power. He still considers himself the Crown Prince of Iran. </p><p>The idea of regime change was given more credence by  rumours that the Zionists with the help of the Americans would attempt to assassinate the leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. </p><p>To put an end to all the rumours Donald Trump took to social media to assure the world that the wouldn&#8217;t  &#8216;take out&#8217; Khamenei. Only until he felt like it. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg" width="406" height="290.623046875" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:733,&quot;width&quot;:1024,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:406,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Image&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Image" title="Image" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!T9sD!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4f2c957-71e3-4262-be21-7d976aeb0509_1024x733.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><p><strong>Why this is important:</strong>  Iran was always going to respond to the Zionists bombs, how was what the world was waiting to see. In the last week Iran has shown the weakness of the iron dome, with Iranian hypersonic missiles making it through time after time. This may not be the same level of damage Iran is suffering but it is enough for Israel to be concerned. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view</strong>:  For all the wars the west has fought, Iraq, Afghanistan, Iraq again, &amp; Libya the only conscience for their actions  was the loss of military personnel and the occasional terror attack on home soil. They haven&#8217;t had to suffer the sounds, the fear, the danger and the chaos of missiles attacks on their own lands. </p><p>The Zionists who love to be the golden child of the west have now had to suffer this. The sight of the iron dome being overwhelmed by Iranian ballistic missiles before  seeing a hypersonic missile ripping through the night sky and hitting its target is poetic.  For once the aggressor is getting a taste of its own medicine. </p><p>The split within Zionist society was laid bare with foreign Jews being locked out of air raid shelters, the Arabs living in Israel having no shelters at all and the Zionists deliberately shooting down Iranian missiles over Palestinian villages. </p><p>Those who had emigrated to the promised land were seen fleeing the bombing via boat. To help in the create a human shield of Zionists, the Israelis moved their commercial fleet to Cyprus. This along with a media blackout on reporting the bombing meant the Zionsts were following the dictators playbook on how to create a psychotic blood thirsty society and then struggle to maintain order when they all want to flee the nightmare. </p><div><hr></div><h3>America &#8216;bunker busts&#8217; Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites<br></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOzJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOzJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOzJ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOzJ!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOzJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aOzJ!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cab3b3b8-ef33-426e-b7af-95dd69909cf0_1860x1240.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Pentagon says US doesn't want to pursue war with Iran after bombing 3 of  its nuclear sites&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Pentagon says US doesn't want to pursue war with Iran after bombing 3 of  its nuclear sites" title="Pentagon says US doesn't want to pursue war with Iran after bombing 3 of  its nuclear sites" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p><strong><br>The story: </strong> Just last Thursday Donald Trump was attempting to give diplomacy a chance by saying he he would give Iran more time to negotiate:</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>&#8220;Based on the fact that there&#8217;s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,&#8221;</strong></p></div><p>But last night the Americans hit Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.</p><blockquote><p><em><strong>The US says it fired 30 submarine-launched missiles at the sites in Natanz and Isfahan, as well as dropping more than a dozen &#8220;bunker buster&#8221; bombs at Fordow and Natanz.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong>The kind of bomb in question is the extremely destructive GBU-57 Massive Ordance Penetrator, or MOP, which weighs around <a href="https://www.twz.com/air/massive-ordnance-penetrator-bunker-buster-grows-more-potent-thanks-to-new-tests">13.5 tonnes</a>. <br><br></strong></em><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-is-a-bunker-buster-an-expert-explains-what-the-us-dropped-on-iran-259508">theconversation.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p><p><strong>Why this is important:</strong>  America attacking Iran could have far reaching consequences for the region and the world. What Iran does next is important, it a has a number of choices from hitting US based in the region to closing the Straights of Hormuz. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:  </strong>Having reassured his electorate when he came to power that his mission was to put a stop to the endless wars the US had fought overseas, Donald Trump has now gone back on this promise. Something Iran&#8217;s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi<strong> </strong>reminded him of. </p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>&#8220;He has betrayed not only Iran by abusing our commitment to diplomacy, but also deceived his own voters by submitting to the wishes of a wanted war criminal who has grown accustomed to exploiting the lives and wealth of American citizens to further the Israeli regime&#8217;s objectives,&#8221; </strong></em></p><p>Iran&#8217;s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi</p></div><p>Araghchi went onto bemoan the violation of international law</p><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>&#8220;It is an outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation of the fundamental principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law,&#8221;</strong></em></p></div><p>The violation of international law has become a norm during the Gaza conflict so American actions are nothing new. As I wrote previously (see below) , international law is now dead. <br></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;81bbb919-d356-4bb7-8a8c-cc650903c06b&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In politics, the language used is always carefully selected, especially when it comes to addressing the actions of other states. It is an important tool that can be used to express disquiet or even anger to another state in a manner that gets the message across &#8216;diplomatically&#8217;. 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Ai will numb the human mind. &quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f2159b4c-10d0-4bd3-9e37-8bf6e74552c2_1043x1043.jpeg&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-05-30T16:00:15.967Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ilrP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ff4c440-a861-40c3-8515-7851c40efb0c_5000x3333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.political-alchemy.com/p/does-it-matter-if-gaza-is-a-genocide&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:164464853,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:2,&quot;comment_count&quot;:2,&quot;publication_id&quot;:null,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Political Alchemy &quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PENC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb4c438be-d083-4706-9597-c24dfe01d91a_160x160.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p></p><p>US defence chiefs have attempted to highlight the success of the mission by claiming their aircraft faced zero attempts to bring them down as well as claiming the nuclear sites have been &#8216;significantly damaged&#8217;. </p><p>Trump went further to declare that the nuclear facilities had been &#8216;obliterated&#8217;.  The Iranians for their part are suggesting all Uranium had been moved weeks ago, in which case the American&#8217;s just bombed a mountain. </p><p>With the Zionists struggling to stop Iranian missiles , their iron dome costing them over $200 million to run everyday and domestic public opinion potentially changing they called in the Americans to get the job done quick. </p><div><hr></div><h3><br>Gazans continue to die<br><br></h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yjDw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47bb2eb3-bdb6-436e-819f-73b745ea74e5_2048x1280.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yjDw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47bb2eb3-bdb6-436e-819f-73b745ea74e5_2048x1280.jpeg" width="1456" height="910" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/47bb2eb3-bdb6-436e-819f-73b745ea74e5_2048x1280.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:910,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Hunger is killing us': Gazans increasingly desperate amid growing  humanitarian crisis | The Times of Israel&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" 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The Iran issue has almost made the world forget about whats happening in Gaza. The American backed Zionist project the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is rounding up Gazan&#8217;s on the pretext of food aid and killing them via drone, bombs and straight out shooting. </p><p>To say some of the scenes are apocalyptic would be an understatement. As one headline I read put it, <strong>&#8216;this is now beyond dystopia&#8217;. </strong><br><strong><br>Why is this important:</strong> With the ongoing conflict with Iran and the global consequences of it, it would be easy for the  world to forget about Gaza. This gives the Zionists a green light to carry on doing what they have been doing, with even less scrutiny. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:</strong>  Before the attacks on Iran global public opinion against the Zionist genocide in Gaza was reaching an inflection point.  Gaza is now suffering from not only a genocide but an <em><strong>&#8216;out of sight out of mind&#8217;</strong></em> problem in terms of global affairs. </p><p>Life and death for the Gazan&#8217;s is now linked to the very basic of necessities, a bag of flour or some water. </p><p>These are not people falling over each other to loot the Apple store in downtown LA as happened during the recent riots. They are not Zionists fighting each other in air raid shelters at the first signs of bombs. </p><p>These are young children, men and women fighting with their raw basic instinct to just survive and to feed their families. They are being gunned down for nothing more than the sadistic pleasure of Zionist troops and American mercenaries. Mocking them, filming them and doing it all with global impunity. </p><p>As the world cheers Iran&#8217;s response to the Zionists, the Muslim world should see this as a sign that Gaza can still be saved via direct military action against Israel. <br></p><div><hr></div><h2><br>Trump dines Munir <br></h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xS-c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xS-c!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xS-c!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xS-c!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xS-c!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xS-c!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg" width="1200" height="675" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2182d688-77ae-4444-8d94-b20c38ebe23c_1200x675.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:675,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Reason I had him here was...\&quot;: Trump on meeting Pak COAS General Asim Munir  - 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He must have made a good first impression because Trump invited him out to dinner (or lunch). Munir should have been worried, not many who dine with Trump maintain their self respect and dignity the next morning. </p><p><strong>Why is this important:</strong> Pakistan is a key player in the region for America. It has developed a better relationship with China over the last few years, using Chinese built technology in its recent conflict with India. With the Israel - Iran conflict brewing and Pakistan making overtures of support to Iran, America wants to remind Pakistan whose side it should be on. </p><p><strong>Political Alchemy view:  </strong>The timing of the meeting with Trump is most likely more to do with the Israel -  Iran issue than anything else. Coming just days before the American attacks on Iran it is probable Munir was warned that Pakistan cannot assist the Iranians in any way. The fact Munir survived a two hour closed door meeting with Trump is testimony to his military training, it couldn&#8217;t have been easy. </p><p>In addition to sending over Munir to see Trump, <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/pakistan-says-it-will-nominate-donald-trump-for-nobel-peace-prize-for-resolving-its-conflict-with-india-13386708">Pakistan nominated Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize</a>, no its not a joke.  The reason being Trump helped resolve its conflict with India. A conflict in which Pakistan had the upper hand and let it slip due to American pressure, not sure that warrants a prize nomination.  </p><p>The Pakistani media, as is always the case, championed the fact Trump had asked to speak to Munir. Some Pakistani journalists are so colonised they cannot see beyond the apparent. Having America as a friend is not a badge of honour more of letting the wolf into the sheep enclosure. Always awaiting the time when you will be betrayed. </p><p>Pakistan may be able to take advantage of some trade deals with America, but ultimately it will be a high price to pay. Nothing Trump says can be relied upon and Pakistan&#8217;s lack of political independence has meant it is nothing more than a slave of whichever state comes along to take advantage. </p><p>Pakistan was in the ideal position to reject America&#8217;s overtures and stand firm on the side of the Gazan&#8217;s, by either aiding Iran or directly attacking the Zionists. </p><p>A great article  &#8220;<a href="https://thegeopolity.com/2025/06/17/pakistan-triangle-of-challanges/">Pakistan&#8217;s Triangle of Challenges</a>&#8221; makes a case for how Pakistan can take its destiny into its own hands.  <br><br></p><p><em><strong>(Please help Political Alchemy grow by subscribing to get new articles to your inbox &amp; by sharing this article. 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