This Gazan isn’t asking for a state. He’s telling you what the aim is, and the English caption softens it.
On a roof in Gaza, with the smoke behind him, he says they are men of Islam, mujahideen, out for victory or martyrdom. Then the line the subtitle renders as glorifying the religion. The Arabic is narrower. “Ma kharajna illa li-nusrat hadha al-din.” We did not go out except to give this religion victory.
Then he says that tomorrow you’ll see how the men of Gaza will rule the entire world, and he swears by Allah that they will rule the entire world. He tells you to be patient.
This is exactly what we’ve seen across the West since October 7. A man who wanted the 1967 lines wouldn’t be swearing, on camera, that Gaza will rule the world, and he wouldn’t define the war as victory for the religion or death in its name.
Those people calling him a freedom fighter are doing the work he didn’t even ask them to do. He simply said it. We should believe him.
“We do not fight Jews because they are Jews, or even because they are murderous and criminal Zionists. Our prophet commanded us to eliminate them, and God ordered us to wipe out every single Jew.”
In the video, he’s seen hugging Sinwar.
Today, according to Palestinian media—he’s been eliminated ❌.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a terrorist organization formally belonging to the Iranian armed forces, published a 26-page open letter to the American people on Tuesday inviting Americans to visit the Strait of Hormuz, insisting “death to America” did not mean Iran wished death on America, and suggesting the September 11, 2001, jihadist attacks were a “false-flag operation.”
The unhinged missive regularly condemned President Donald Trump as corrupt, “crass,” and “ignorant,” while elevating Iranian dictator Mojtaba Khamenei, the “supreme leader,” as an enlightened and benevolent leader.
In reality, Khamenei has not been seen in public since he was named to succeed his father, nor is there any concrete evidence he is in charge of the country. Similarly, the IRGC condemned Trump for trusting family members with government positions, such as son-in-law Jared Kushner engaging in diplomacy, while omitting that Khamenei’s only known credential for becoming “supreme leader” was being the son of the prior dictator.
More of this stuff below the fold.
Back to reality:
The Islamic Republic that entered 2026 still had a supreme leader, a working missile force, an air force, a navy, oil revenue, a civil aviation network, and a regional axis that could still move men and weapons through Syria and Iraq. Today, that structure is gone.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Sunday that Iran will have “nothing left to trade for anything” within roughly two weeks as its remaining oil reaches China, arguing that the Trump administration’s economic campaign has brought Tehran “to its knees” and is driving the regime to seek a deal.
Iran’s main airport remains fully operational despite US sanctions, CEO says
Ramin Kashef-Azar, CEO of Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International, says the airport remains fully operational despite US sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry.
Tehran open to ‘real diplomacy’, ready for ‘apocalyptic war’
Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, says his country is open to “real diplomacy” but ready to confront any new US attacks, even if it means an “apocalyptic war”.
US President Donald Trump has said he expects more talks with Iran this week and claims Washington is going to win the war “very soon”.
The US military has rejected Tehran’s claim that the Iranian military seized an advanced underwater US drone in the Strait of Hormuz.
…BUT! IRAN KEEPS UP TOUGH TALK, WARNS OF ‘DOOMSDAY WAR’…
Hezbollah supporters mark second anniversary of Nasrallah’s killing
Thousands of people have attended a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the second anniversary of the assassination of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, by Israel, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 27, 2026 [Anwar Amro/AFP]
Former bodyguard for Ismail Haniyeh was not on British security services’ radar despite his links to the terror group’s leadership being public knowledge, UK Times says
Europe keeps importing Hamas double agents and closeted loyalists who arrive claiming asylum, only to flip after October 7 and become loud promoters of the “resistance” narrative. Many turned out to be money launderers, instigators, sleeper cells, protest organizers, online inciters, and members of the worst activist circles. I have warned senior European officials at every level, including Prime Ministers, Defense, Foreign, and Interior Security Ministers.
Belgium, for example, has become a central Hamas hub in Europe, a place where operatives issue orders to Gaza to kidnap, torture, and harass Palestinians, including friends of mine. I have given authorities names, amounts, dates, bank accounts, tracking numbers, addresses, and more for Hamas-linked money launderers violating European law. Nothing happened.
So, surprise surprise, the UK granted asylum and then citizenship to a former bodyguard of Hamas’s slain leader, Ismail Haniyeh, who went on to plot a major al‑Qassam Brigades terror attack targeting Jewish sites in Berlin and Vienna.
At the UN Special General Assembly in New York, held at the request of the leaders of the European Union and the New Arab Bloc, the representative of Israel, Miriam Novak, spoke. Standing at the podium in front of the green marble wall of the main UN hall, Miriam Novak spoke….
*HOUTHIS DENY TRUMP’S CLAIM THAT THEY WILL STOP ATTACKING SHIPS:*
The Houthis have publicly rebuked former President Trump, rejecting his claim that the group intends to cease attacks on Red Sea shipping routes. In an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV, senior political bureau member Deif Allah Al-Shami accused Trump of fabricating the statement to salvage his image after what he described as a failed U.S. campaign in Yemen.
This is extraordinary. It’s as if General Eisenhower detailed the sorry state of National Socialist German forces in April 1945, only to have Göring or Goebbels insist that the National Socialists were stronger than ever, and that the United States had to meet its demands.
Update:
Iran Child Soldiers
The Islamic Republic has turned Iran’s children and students into human shields and soldiers.
Security forces have repeatedly turned school campuses into staging grounds — parking armored vehicles, storing weapons, briefing riot units before they deploy against protesters.…
The Islamic Republic has turned Iran’s children and students into human shields and soldiers.
Security forces have repeatedly turned school campuses into staging grounds — parking armored vehicles, storing weapons, briefing riot units before they deploy against protesters.
Iran Child Soldiers
During the January 2026 crackdown, Imam Ali High School in Arak was used exactly this way: motorbikes and armored vehicles lined up in the schoolyard before units moved out to suppress demonstrators.
Under international law, once a school hosts military hardware, it can lose its status as a protected civilian space — meaning the regime is putting children’s safety on the line for its own operations.
At the same time, the state is arming the children directly. Iran’s “Janfada” (self-sacrifice) program is training boys as young as 12 for checkpoint duty, surveillance, drone operation, and weapons handling.
Officials have confirmed that even younger kids will be brought in next because demand is high.
This is not a fringe accusation — Amnesty International has called the recruitment of 12-year-old child soldiers a war crime, after an 11-year-old was killed at a checkpoint alongside his father, a Basij member.
Militarized schools and militarized children are not two separate stories. It is one policy: a regime that treats its own kids as human shields when it needs cover, and as manpower when it needs bodies.
An Argentine judge on Monday formally charged seven Iranians and a Lebanese citizen over their alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires.
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 22 (Reuters) – France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday dismissed US President Donald Trump’s claims of having secured peace in Gaza, saying not a single humanitarian corridor had been reopened in the enclave despite the proclaimed peace.
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In his final address to the United Nations before leaving office next year, Macron said the world was witnessing a spectacle that should shame everyone, rebuking Trump’s portrayal of his Gaza peace plan as a diplomatic triumph.
WHITE HOUSE RESPONDS
In response to Macron’s criticism, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said: “President Trump ended the war between Israel and Hamas, freed all living hostages, returned the bodies of the deceased to their loved ones, and is now leading the implementation of the 20-Point Plan for Peace in Gaza. While others talk, this President took this complex problem head on. No one has done more for peace and stability in the region.”
Macron has faced criticism among some politicians and activists in France that he has done little since recognising a Palestinian state last September.
There’s a backlog of news from the ME, it is embedded here among cartoons which might be relevant to the subject.
Israeli army says it arrested senior Fatah fighter in Tulkarem
The Israeli army says its forces have arrested Muhammad Ibrahim Abd al-Wahab Shahada, claiming he was a senior Fatah fighter in the West Bank city of Tulkarem.
The IDF reported that they carried out a precise airstr!ke in Jenin today, eliminating Qais Bitawi, the commander of PIJ’s Saraya Al-Quds Brigades’ Jenin Battalion and two other PIJ ter**rists member Ahmed Turkman and Basil Turkman.
“Breaking the Cross” – the right thing to do for Mohammedans
A total of 96 Catholic graves have been vandalized at the historic cemetery of Maizières-lès-Metz in northeastern France, with crosses, crucifixes and statues of Jesus smashed, ripped from graves or thrown to the ground.
🇦🇹 Around half of young Muslim immigrants in Austria believe that Islamic law is superior to Austrian state law.
A new Vienna-commissioned study reveals that 41% of Muslim immigrant youth (aged 14–24) believe Islamic religious rules supersede Austrian national law.
Nearly half of all students in Vienna are muslim today. In 20 years it could be almost 100%. Is Austria not alarmed by this? It’s literally colonization and replacement in real time
The United States has slammed the Albanese government’s plan to impose a broad digital “duty of care” that would dictate how platforms manage content and users’ feeds.
Washington wants answers: how would the government or the Communications Minister define “harm” and “risk,” who… pic.twitter.com/DViyvUdOT3
HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS SURRENDER TO IDF AS FOOD SHORTAGES LEAVE THEM WITH NO WAY OUT
A number of Hezbollah fighters have reportedly been taken into custody by the Israel Defense Forces after surrendering amid severe food shortages and deteriorating conditions.
According to reports, the fighters were left with few options as supplies dwindled, ultimately forcing them to lay down their weapons and surrender to Israeli forces.
How Hezbollah actually formed and grew
Hezbollah (“Party of God”) emerged in the early 1980s as a Lebanese organization, not a mass influx of foreign settlers:
It arose during the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) amid the marginalization of many Shia, the presence of Palestinian armed groups, and Israel’s 1982 invasion/occupation of southern Lebanon (aimed at expelling the PLO).
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel provided training, ideology (inspired by the 1979 Iranian Revolution and velayat-e faqih), funding, and organization, often operating from the Bekaa Valley with Syrian acquiescence. Local Lebanese Shia clerics, activists, and breakaways from the more secular Amal Movement formed the core.
It formally announced itself around 1985. Early activities included attacks on Israeli forces, Western targets (e.g., the 1983 Beirut barracks bombings), and rivalry with other Lebanese factions.
Over decades it built a dual military-political structure, social services (schools, clinics, welfare), and political representation. Its military capability expanded significantly after the 2006 war with Israel, with ongoing Iranian arms and funding. Recruitment is overwhelmingly from Lebanese Shia communities, motivated by a mix of ideology, resistance narrative against Israel, patronage (salaries, benefits), and local conditions.
In short, Hezbollah is indigenous to Lebanon’s Shia population, enabled and sustained by Iranian support.
Traditionally Democratic Hamtramck, Michigan, elected America’s first all-Muslim city council and a Muslim mayor in 2021. In June 2023, all six council members voted to ban Gay Pride flags from city-owned flagpoles, breaking sharply with the pro-LGBT stance promoted at the time by the Biden administration.
Two city commissioners were later removed after defying the rule and flying a Pride flag on a municipal flagpole.
A federal judge upheld the policy in 2025. The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed that decision this month.
Hamtramck shows what happens when so-called progressive political alliances collide with deeply held religious and cultural values.
