Eyeball Haibo: Middle East (01 Oct 2024)

News from Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Yemen and UAE.

Most folks don’t have the time to check a zillion websites, nor look beyond the mainstream, but I’ve been at it since 1.30am.

The words “Eyeball Haibo” suddenly shouted in my head as a great name for a newspaper. "Haibo!" is a Zulu word from South Africa - pronounced "Hai-bore". It's an exclamation of astonishment, often used together with disbelief, like "No way!", but sometimes with negativity.

Consequently, this temporary aggregation newsletter exists.

I’m focusing on Middle East danger, but Thursday’s edition will be global.

BEST MESSAGE OF THE WEEK

THE ISRAEL/USA WAR ON PALESTINE

• The Third Temple movement could doom Israel

• How the Health Ministry in Gaza counts the dead

• The war has ripped away my closest friends and destroyed everything I once cherished...

• 10,000 Malawians to work in Israel

• Mass graves in Gaza

• Here’s a look at the US military presence in the Middle East

• Nobel Prize laureate hails South Africa’s genocide case against Israel

• Mass Walkout as 'global pariah' Netanyahu addresses UN General Assembly

• Gideon Sa’ar rejoins Netanyahu’s government, strengthening war coalition

IRAN

• Iran’s new 4,000km range, low-cost ‘Kamikaze’ drone is a game changer

• US bolsters forces in Middle East, issues warning to Iran

• Iran says it will not deploy forces despite Israeli blows to Hezbollah

• Israel’s crimes won’t go unpunished, Iranian president

LEBANON

• American-Israeli Rabbi claims Lebanon "given to the Jewish people by God"

• The best article on Hassan Nasrallah's assassination

• From French Underground to Hezbollah

• Shiites mourn ‘martyred’ Nasrallah while Sunnis quietly back Israel

• Israel's Pyrrhic victory in Lebanon

• Nasrallah’s Body Retrieved from Deep Crater – Israel Used 85 Israeli Bunker-Buster Bombs to Kill Him

• A demilitarized zone is a prelude to any peace process between Israel and Lebanon

• Lebanese PM ready to deploy armed forces to Israeli border for UN ceasefire deal

• 100,000 thousand flee Lebanon to Syria, 1 million displaced

SAUDI ARABIA

• Saudi crown prince said he personally 'doesn't care' about Palestinian issue

• Saudi unemployment hits record low at 7.1%

• Saudi Arabia’s tech revolution under Vision 2030

SYRIA

• 40,000 Arab fighters [allegedly] gather near occupied Golan Heights to support Hezbollah

• Assad’s plan to keep Syria out of the war in Gaza

TURKEY

• The $10 Million Eric Adams is charged with stealing speaks to a vaster plot

• Turkey's Erdogan says UN should recommend use of force if Israel not stopped

OTHER

• Israeli warplanes target power stations, Yemen’s Houthi-held Hodeidah

• Rights groups urge Egypt to free imprisoned activist as his 5-year sentence ends

• Egypt delivers more weapons to Somalia amid rising tensions with Ethiopia

• US confirms attack on its military base in Baghdad

• UAE President pledges $100m aid to Lebanon

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