Population of Israel - 8.3 million
Population of Iran - 81 million
Land area of Israel - 8 thousand square miles
Land area of Iran - 636 thousand square miles
Both are self governing independent nations recognized by the United Nations.
Number of Nuclear weapons possessed by Israel - estimated at between 75 and 400
I mentioned the other day how Israel opposed the ceasefire in southern Syria.
However, the statements of Netanyahu this week clarify the situation.
The United States and Russia brokered a ceasefire in southern Syria a few days ago and it appears to be holding.
This is good news for almost everyone. Almost everyone.
Is it about oil? Is it about gas? Is it about pipelines? Is it about a central bank? Is it about power? Is it about greed? Is it about regime change? Is it about country balkanization? Is it about Iran? Is it about Russia? Is it about Israel?
Yes.
Is it about fighting terrorism?
No.
The Syrian civil war was always a proxy war between outside military powers, but this week the proxy element became much larger and much more dangerous.
For example, today are forces are rushing to the Syrian-Turkish border to try to stop our two allies from shooting each other.
The past couple of days the propaganda campaign against Syria and Kurdish Syrians has been on overdrive. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Atlantic Council have all issued reports accusing both Syria and Rojava (Northern Syria) of war crimes. Trump is now becoming the biggest cheerleader for regime change and extended perpetual war.
Green party leader Elizabeth May is reconsidering her leadership role after her party has voted to support the BDS movement against Israel.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/elizabeth-may-ponders-future-green-party...
For five days in April, Simone Zimmerman was the most controversial figure in Jewish politics.
The 25-year-old activist served very briefly as Bernie Sanders’ Jewish outreach coordinator, before being fired after an old Facebook post in which she used profanity against Israeli prime minister Netanyahu surfaced — and quickly ended her political stint.
