A View from Afar – In this episode of A View From Afar political scientist Paul Buchanan and host Selwyn Manning analyse how the state of Israel has gone rogue, attacking United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon. At this juncture it is clear this is an intentional attack.
Over the past week Israel Defense Force troops have repeatedly attacked UN peacekeepers who were authorised and deployed to the region by the United Nations Security Council.
Also last week; the Government of Israel issued a statement notifying the United Nations Secretary General that he was now banned from Israel and was persona non grata. Within a day of that statement, IDF troops had fired on UN peacekeeping positions in Southern Lebanon.
Since then, the IDF has continued operations that threaten the UN’s presence. And Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has now issued a directive to the UN peacekeeping force to withdraw from the area north of its borders in Southern Lebanon.
Also, despite the United States Biden Administration cautioning Israel on its attacks on UN personnel, overnight New Zealand time, the United States has deployed 100 US troops on the ground in Israel to operate missile defence systems.
Paul and Selwyn consider:
- Why Israel has begun to attack United Nations peacekeepers in the region?
- Why has the United States deepened its involvement in Israel’s so-called defence?
- What of Hezbollah, Hamas; are their attacks on Israel a defence or an attacking offensive?
- What of Iran, what is its position and will it engage in a full-scale war with Israel and what are the consequences should it do so?
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Selwyn – The UN Peacekeepers have not kept the peace…Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel for years under the nose of the so- called Peace Keepers…
As human beings have every right to. And even if ‘israel’ were a real country- it isn’t- the Golan Heights and Sheeba Farms are not part of it.
Mohammed Khan – Yeah, yeah…keep encouraging Hezbollah to attack people’s homes…despite the Peace-Keepers standing by.
You must be at your wits end Mo!
Hamas and Hezbollah getting fucked up by Israel, and Iran now under pressure as the west and Saudi itching to bomb it into the Islam’s beginnings of the stone age.
I will give you one forecast….Iran will be attacked before they can manufacture nuclear weapons.
So, will be very soon.
It’s interesting that he doesn’t consider Israel a real country. It seems as soon as you say that it gives you licence to do what you want. China doesn’t consider Taiwan a real country. A lot of Russians don’t consider Ukraine a real country.
Reading what he says here I don’t think MK acknowledges Taiwan or Ukraine either though so it shows you the world in which he inhabits in his head.
Reading the forgotten history of Palestine I was not surprised to learn the Zionists threw their toys out of the cot after the Balfour declaration that they did not get parts of Jordan they wanted. “Historical homeland” and all you know. Once a land thief always a land thief.
Israel has been attacking and killing it’s Arab neighbors for about 80 years and you still don’t understand why they form groups to retaliate against Israel? They should develop a peace treaty like Egypt has with Israel but that would require Israel to stop stealing and occupying land that it has no historical claim to.
Bonnie – Simple Statistics…21 Arab nations vs 1 Jewish nation…How did the Arabs, from Saudi Arabia, take over 20 nations? By the sword…They, certain Arabs, cannot, will not accept Israel.
So you are now contradicting yourself and admitting UN peacekeepers have been in Lebanon for years nathan, and that’s a accurate description of what you’ve recently posted,,, of which there can be no debate or question.
Why did you spray bullshit and be 100% wrong about UN peacekeepers not being in Lebanon and a whole lot of other made up crap,,, that you posted a few days ago ??
Your previous post on this subject was not just wrong in the sense of being extremely ignorant and rather lazy ( a 1 minute google search would have revealed you were totally wrong) but it was Israeli propaganda of the “40 beheaded babies” type ,,,, you posted a slanderous fantasy which was easily disproved.
Acting like a mute now on what you posted before,,, while switching your story and swapping your facts in a matter of days gives you zero credibility when in comes to the UN peacekeepers in Lebanon ,,,,
nathan totally changed his tune on his non-existent UN peacekeepers ,,, but his blame remains the same,,,, what a non-surprise…..
Here’s another quote from nathan where he is wrong and misleading ,,, and where he is spreading disinformation that helps the killing and violence by Israel continue …
nathan > “Israel gives everyone a heads- up before bombing. This allows Hamas to move their rockets…If Israel did not give a warning, then Hamas would be flatten…and so would the Gazans be wiped out. Israel does not want to hurt Gazans, only Hamas. ”
nathans facts are contradicted by the Israeli air force chief of staff,,,
“Tishler, the air force chief of staff, confirmed a shift in policy, telling reporters that the army’s “roof knocking” policy — whereby it would fire a small initial strike on the roof of a building to warn residents that it is about to be struck — is no longer in use” https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/
testimonies from Palestinian residents in Gaza indicate that, since October
7, Israel has attacked high-rises with their residents still inside, or without having taken significant steps to evacuate them, leading to many civilian deaths…..the eight-story Al-Mohandseen residential building was bombed without warning. Between 30 and 45 bodies were reportedly
recovered from the ruins on the first day. One baby was found alive, without his parents.”
Gallant, Israeli Defense Minister, . “We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly,”
and “in December 2023 Human Rights Watch described the Israeli government using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare in the Gaza Strip which is a war crime” https://youtu.be/pn1uEA7acVY?t=1132
euromed monitor released a new report just days ago ,,,,the APT title reads ‘killing starving Palestinians and targeting Aid trucks is a deliberate Israeli policy to reinforce famine in the Gaza Strip”,,,, they detail numerous instances of Israel targeting Aid convoys ,,,heres video showing examples of this https://youtu.be/pn1uEA7acVY?t=1272
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nathans most often wrong statements,,,, where he most often spreads Israeli propaganda, is ALWAYS aligned with keeping Israels killing and war crimes continuing ….
nathan ‘I want peace’ spreads lies on behalf of Israel and blames anyone but them for what Israel does,,,,,
What Israel does,,, The Song Israel Doesn’t Want You To Hear ,,1 Year of Genocide https://youtu.be/BlFvGy7NO3w
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On a lighter note here’s a Syrian-Girl video set to the retro classic song ” Waiting For the Star to Fall! ” https://youtu.be/3U7wp2YsQJI?t=1 …
and it totally debunks the propaganda that Israels Iron dome defeated and defended well against the Iranian retaliatory missile barrage…..
Iran could have killed hundreds if not thousands of civilians but targeted the most heavily defended defended military sites ,,, watch ‘Waiting For the Star to Fall!’ to see with your own eyes what Iran actually did,,,
And Listen to this video and gain a lot of knowledge about what was happening that night,, as a warning,,,
,, gain some insight what could easily be done by Iran should the right wing Israeli Govt of extremists get their way and really start the ‘Greater Israel’ war they are champing for https://youtu.be/x8v5rX22qzM?t=1319
This is the Israeli means to their Greater Israel ends ( from 11 months ago ) https://www.bitchute.com/video/V-Vy3xa58l0
It’s also what Hezbollah and others require to stop ,,, and they will stop.
Israel does not want peace if it requires ceasing their war crimes and ethnic cleansing ….
nathan supports Israel ,,, not peace.
B Awakesky – So why did the UN Peace Keepers do nothing to stop Hezbollah from firing rockets into Israel?
Those Peace Keepers did nothing, therefore enabling terror…Israel wants Peace.
Yep! There was a Hezbollah tunnel entrance 40metres from that UN post. They were told to get out but refused.
State? Rogue?
‘ State of Israel goes rogue.’
Congratulations …
What a great oxymoron.
Awww crap, Israel found a hezbollah tunnel 100 yards from the UN outpost.
More UN complicity with help from the lying media.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/10/13/the-un-keeps-peace-in-southern-lebanon-hezbollah-tunnel/
The UN keeps peace in southern Lebanon – this Hezbollah tunnel suggests otherwise
IDF says Hezbollah is using Unifil staff as ‘human shields’ by operating from a tunnel no more than 100 metres from their base
High up on the dry brush hills that rise steadily from the Israeli border, the UN watchtower surveys southern Lebanon and the plains below as far as the eye can see.
But no more than 100 metres from the blast walls below the tower, a rusty metal trapdoor swings open to reveal a tunnel cut deep into the rock.
This, the Israeli military says, is the entrance to a Hezbollah attack position.
It is one of two within a stone’s throw of a UN base where international soldiers have for years rotated in and out to prevent another war breaking out.
The tunnels were shown to The Telegraph by Israeli troops on Sunday before the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, ordered the UN to withdraw “immediately”.
His demand came as Israeli tanks rammed through the gates of a UN base – and a few days after UN soldiers were injured by IDF tank rounds.
The “most important part is to see the proximity to the UN. It’s right here,” an Israeli soldier told this newspaper as he stood over the tunnel entrance.
“To build a tunnel like this you need a lot of equipment. You can’t hide it. It’s very odd to us that the UN didn’t see these activities,” General Yiftach, whose division now controls the area, added.
The Telegraph, the first British newspaper to enter southern Lebanon from Israel, was taken to the tunnel in an armoured vehicle.
It churned over rough terrain, kicking up clouds of dust on the hillside overlooking Israeli towns and villages which have been coming under rocket fire for months.
Israeli soldiers lined the dirt roads, tracks and pathways as the vehicle climbed high through dry brush and trees, vast swathes of which had been flattened by convoys of tanks and armed forces.
Arriving at the tunnel, the views into Israel stretched almost to Haifa, while up the hill a UN watchtower was clearly in sight.
The two tunnels revealed by the IDF are just 10 metres apart and served two different purposes for Hezbollah.
One was an observation post, full of cameras used to collect intelligence on Israeli villages across the border.
The other was used to fire anti-tank missiles at Israeli villages until Israeli soldiers invaded the south-west of Lebanon last week.
They are just two out of some 100 other Hezbollah posts found in the one sq km which IDF General Yiftach Norkin’s division has taken control of.
Mr Norkin insisted that the army is continuing to coordinate with the UN troops who are still in their compound, which overlooks two tunnels in the area.
“I want to emphasise that the UN isn’t our enemy. Sometimes we make mistakes and we investigate the incidents,” he said.
The UN later released a statement saying two Israeli tanks had broken through the gates of a UN base. It follows reports that Israeli tanks fired on UN bases last week, injuring two soldiers.
Mr Netanyahu on Sunday also demanded UN peacekeepers leave southern Lebanon or risk becoming “human shields”.
“Your refusal to evacuate Unifil soldiers has turned them into hostages of Hezbollah. This endangers both them and the lives of our soldiers,” he added.
The UN has demanded Israel halt operations near its bases and has defended its peacekeeping mission, formed in 1978 and renewed after the 2006 war.
Critics say Hezbollah has grown and entrenched itself in southern Lebanon during those times.
During the Telegraph’s visit into southern, Lebanon Olivier Rafowizc, an IDF officer, said the army asked UN peacekeepers to evacuate from the area due to the danger involved in staying in an area where Israeli troops are fighting Hezbollah members.
General Norkin admitted that their Unifil troops “got hurt from our action” in recent days, “but as you see it’s very complicated to operate in those areas when Hezbollah is using the UN’s bases as human shields”.
“They are operating very close to them. When a tank or another IDF force sees Hezbollah is about to act against us we fire back,” Mr Norkin added.
Hezbollah, he said, has built an extensive infrastructure across all of southern Lebanon, serving one purpose – to one day “conquer” the Galilee.
Ariel* said Hezbollah had fired at his troops in the valley across the border before they launched their ground invasion.
He said he was astonished to see the extent of Hezbollah’s military equipment and infrastructure, but that the IDF had now driven most of their fighters away from the border at this point.
“You have enough ammunition for two battalions just in this area,” he said.
After a string of incidents in the past two days which have seen Unifil peacekeepers once again coming under fire, the IDF’s spokesman, Nadav Shoshani, said more than 24 attacks had been carried out by Hezbollah firing missiles near Unifil posts, “in some cases a few dozen metres away”.
“Hezbollah has been purposefully locating their weapons in areas such as near Unifil bases,” Mr Shoshani told reporters. Today, 25 soldiers were injured in a “planned Hezbollah attack in very close proximity” to a Unifil post where Hezbollah is known to operate.
According to the IDF, the peacekeepers were already in shelters after being notified.
“Hezbollah has chosen to bring the battlefield near Unifil posts … a pattern Hezbollah operates,” Mr Shoshani added, saying Hezbollah wants to “drag Unifil into the line of fire”.
There is more as I an getting tired of cutting and pasting so you will have to click the link to get details video and maps. But don’t believe everything you first hear and read on the news. The real story has finally come out. Israel deliberatly attacking a UN base my arse.
Quoting the most immoral and dishonest army in the world as proof of anything ,,,, is indeed 5+cents+worth talking out of his arse.
immoral …. https://www.mediaite.com/news/american-doctors-tell-new-york-times-they-saw-pattern-of-gaza-children-being-shot-in-head-every-day-i-was-there/ “I’ve seen violence and worked in conflict zones. But of the many things that stood out about working in a hospital in Gaza, one got to me: Nearly every day I was there, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die. Thirteen in total.
At the time, I assumed this had to be the work of a particularly sadistic soldier located nearby. But after returning home, I met an emergency medicine physician who had worked in a different hospital in Gaza two months before me. “I couldn’t believe the number of kids I saw shot in the head,” I told him. To my surprise, he responded: “Yeah, me, too. Every single day.”
Dishonest army …. “”We wish to be absolutely clear: not once did any of us see any type of Palestinian militant activity in any of Gaza’s hospitals or other health care facilities,” they said in the letter, which was published on the website “Gaza Healthcare Letters.”
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/99-us-doctors-who-volunteered-to-work-in-gaza-say-they-have-not-seen-any-militant-activity-in-hospitals/3350931
being immoral again –“We urge you to see that Israel has systematically and deliberately devastated Gaza’s entire health care system and that Israel has targeted our colleagues in Gaza for torture, disappearance, and murder,” they added.”
UN peace keepers being used as ‘human shields’ and not being aware of it ,,, or them not complaining about being used as human shields,,,,, my arse :O
B Awakesky – and relying on Terrorists stories is better…? Wake up!
nathan I quoted the observations of 99 usa doctors in response to your see through and blatant lie (among many ), that Israel does not wish or intend to kill Palestinian civilians ,,,, ie ” “I’ve seen violence and worked in conflict zones. But of the many things that stood out about working in a hospital in Gaza, one got to me: Nearly every day I was there, I saw a new young child who had been shot in the head or the chest, virtually all of whom went on to die. Thirteen in total.
At the time, I assumed this had to be the work of a particularly sadistic soldier located nearby. But after returning home, I met an emergency medicine physician who had worked in a different hospital in Gaza two months before me. “I couldn’t believe the number of kids I saw shot in the head,” I told him. To my surprise, he responded: “Yeah, me, too. Every single day.” ” ….
and “We urge you to see that Israel has systematically and deliberately devastated Gaza’s entire health care system and that Israel has targeted our colleagues in Gaza for torture, disappearance, and murder,” they added.”
are you calling them terrorists ?.
It’s quite simple ,,,, you nathan are both a compulsive and very poor liar.
The fact you have less than zero credibility and are retarded for Israel is something I’ll demonstrate over and over again for everyone to see ,,, the fact you never answer my clear and linked examples of your lies proves the point of your dishonesty……
ie,, “Why did you spray bullshit and be 100% wrong about UN peacekeepers not being in Lebanon and a whole lot of other made up crap,,, that you posted a few days ago ??”
ie 2 “nathan > “Israel gives everyone a heads- up before bombing. ” ,,,, ““Tishler, the air force chief of staff, confirmed a shift in policy, telling reporters that the army’s “roof knocking” policy — whereby it would fire a small initial strike on the roof of a building to warn residents that it is about to be struck — is no longer in use” https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/ ”
nathan is a clear and obvious Liar ,,,, always for Israel,,,, always to excuse and minimize Israels crimes,,,, always to enable and encourage war crimes and mass murder to continue https://www.bitchute.com/video/V-Vy3xa58l0 .
Quite simply that’s our nathan for you …..
B “Honest” Awakesky – Those statistics you use have been discredited by the UN…stop hiding behind the chaff, and make your points clearly…
Big Headline – “Israel reveals facts that support its narrative”. Almost as amusing are the US state department news conferences where the hapless spokesperson is trying to spin the latest Israeli lies and prevarication. Sales of Sodastream must be taking a hit. Israel, now attacking Christian areas to try and foment ethnic strife.
Alan – Let’s keep this simple…both Hamas and Hezbollah are Terrorist groups they do not any authority except the gun…
Believing in their “cause” is both dangerous and foolish…The sooner the UN does its job, and Police the border the better.
At its simplest level much that has been said about this recent conflict was said by the Israeli leadership. Their declared aims are well documented and reflected in their actions which are also well documented. Nothing which has happened has been a surprise to anyone except western leaders and media. Reporters often have to explain what is actually going on to the spokes people at press conferences who seem to be willfully ignorant. By the end of the 30 day deadline Israel will have started to either liquidate or forcibly expel the Palestinians remaining in the North. Any attempts to re-establish civil society, even if not involving Hamas will be ruthlessly exterminated as it was at the hospital. I certainly don’t support the Israeli cause any longer. I did for a long time.
Alan – What did the Gazans think would happen after that massacre? Seriously silly stuff.
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