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.
Addressing the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 22, President Donald Trump said, “With their ceaseless promotion of mass migration, these globalists are actively destroying the greatest cultures and most extraordinary heritage in history.” He also called out the UN Human Rights Council for criticizing U.S. immigration enforcement.
“They want America to open our borders to gangs and criminals from the world’s most dangerous places,” Trump said in his UN General Assembly address. Departing from his prepared speech text, he added, “They want the worst people to come in from the worst places on Earth, and we don’t do it anymore. We did do it, but we don’t do that anymore.” He said, “There is no human right to illegal immigration, but there is a right to remain a sovereign nation, and we want to remain a sovereign nation, and so should you.”
Criticizing the flood of migrants into Europe and the associated wave of crime, particularly rape, Trump has repeatedly pressed European leaders to tighten their borders. Arriving in Scotland in July 2025, ahead of meetings with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and then-Prime Minister Keir Starmer, he told reporters that migration was a “horrible invasion” and added, “This immigration is killing Europe.”
Social media post commemorating Basir al-Bursh, son of Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Dr. Munir al-Bursh. The IDF and Shin Bet identified al-Bursh as a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba Force. Credit: Mark Zlochin on X
The IDF and Shin Bet identified Basir al-Bursh, the eldest son of the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry Director-General Dr. Munir al-Bursh, as a commander in Hamas’s elite Nukhba force after he was killed in an Israeli strike near Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Basir, 28, was killed on Saturday, September 19. Reuters independently confirmed that he was Munir al-Bursh’s son.
The Israeli agencies said weekend strikes also killed Yahya Hamdouna and Mohammad Rafa’i, two Hamas operatives whom Israel identified as participants in the October 7, 2023 attack. Rafa’i was additionally identified as a member of Hamas’s Daraj-Tuffah Battalion. According to the joint announcement, the three had recently been advancing attacks against Israeli troops and civilians and working to restore Hamas’s capabilities in what the agencies described as systematic violations of the ceasefire.
Hamas Terrorism: The Most Accurate Recap of the Past 3 Years Since October 7.
On October 7, 2023, the Gaza massacre broke out, and a video that went viral online showed Shani Louk disheveled, unconscious after being gang-raped, with her hair matted with blood and dirt.
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At the time, she was pinned down by Hamas militants with their feet and placed on a pickup truck driven by the terrorists; they positioned Shani Louk in the back of the pickup truck, parading her through the streets of Gaza for all to see; they shouted “Allahu Akbar” from their mouths, and the crowds around the vehicle joined in the cheers, with some spitting at Louk.
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Afterward, Shani Louk was brutally murdered by these terrorists.
At the time, Israel’s Mossad added these demons to their revenge list based on this video.
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Since then, the five rapists and murderers driving the pickup truck in the photo have been successively hunted down globally by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Mossad and executed.
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Today, the last one was captured and shot dead on the spot.
TERRIFYING: Moroccans in the Netherlands are blaming Jews for their defeat and gathering outside a place where they think Israeli tourists are staying. They chant:
He said it in English, in a room that looks like any other Western community hall, with a keffiyeh around his neck and a camera in his face.
Victory has not been achieved. They haven’t done nearly enough. They feel ashamed. Change has to come, and the form it has to take is the… pic.twitter.com/ird750WgUj
They claim they are just anti Netanyahu, yet portray Israel as baby killers and spread blood libels inciting Jew hatred.
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🇦🇺 Australia: More lies from the Albanese government, this time from the reckless Foreign Minister @SenatorWong, who is notorious for her incessant smears against the Jewish state.
When Australia’s Foreign Minister spreads ugly misinformation about Jews… https://t.co/VTgSLUwPII
Pauline Hanson gives a great speech about the censorship that’s been hurled at us from all sides: the misinformation/disinformation bill, the under-16 social media ban, and hate speech laws.
“This stinks of Marxism and communism is it about controlling the people, your thought…
“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 scariest numbers you’ll see today: the growth of Muslim immigration in Japan.
The vast majority Muslims in Japan are immigrants from various countries. There are very few conversions to Islam by Japanese people. pic.twitter.com/3mPD5sPBdf
A Pakistani cleric, Maulana Tariq Masood, known for advocating the death penalty for those who criticize Islam, has now found himself accused of blasphemy. Following his alleged remarks that insulted the Quran and Prophet Mohammad, Masood is reportedly on the run, fearing for his life. A video circulating on social media shows him questioning why Muslims believe in Prophet Mohammad, who he claimed “did not know how to read and write.”
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
The invading soldiers of allah can’t be repatriated. The media refers to “youths” being “stranded” in the enclave:
Around half are reportedly unaccompanied minors.
Minister Sira Rego said Spanish law grants underage migrants fundamental protections regardless of their origin or legal status. She said the vast majority have asked to remain in Spain.
“Most of them want to stay in Spain and they are going to stay, of course. There is a law that protects them,” Rego told Spanish radio network Cadena SER.
“Our duty is to protect them,” she said.
Can you imagine? Their duty is to ‘protect’ the invaders, not their own people.
At the end of July a mob of mostly military-age young men invaded the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the coast of North Africa. Ceuta is made up of a single city situated on a peninsula that juts out from Morocco into the Mediterranean. The invaders swam around the sea barriers and broke through parts of the fence to gain access to Spanish territory, with hopes of being able to cross the sea to the European continent.
There are some indications that the invasion was enabled and coordinated by Moroccan authorities. Most of the invaders were not Moroccans, but from further south in Africa, or from other parts of the Middle East.
An estimated 70,000 to 80,000 “migrants” entered Ceuta. The Spanish government said that most of them have returned to Morocco, but somewhere between 10,000 and 20,000 are thought to have remained in Ceuta, residing in shantytowns on the beach, or camping out in parks and empty buildings. Crime has become rampant, and sexual assaults against women have risen dramatically. Most of the rape victims are from the unfortunate minority of female migrants among the invaders, but a significant number of local Spanish women and girls have also been attacked.
Ordinary citizens in Ceuta are fed up with the situation. Yesterday they staged a mass march against the invasion, demanding that the foreigners be sent home. They volubly insisted that Ceuta is and will remain Spanish.
Below is a video from Al Jazeera about yesterday’s mass march in Ceuta against the invaders. Notice that one of the destitute migrants being interviewed has braces on his teeth:
A transcript of the video is included at the bottom of this post.
You’ll also notice how well one of interviewed invaders has absorbed the media Narrative on migration, and then regurgitated it to the interviewer. A sample:
It’s better for everyone if we try to understand each other. There are good people here who treat us well, but there are others who look down on us. There is racism and they treat you with contempt.
According to the Al Jazeera report, the rumored resumption of the invasion is misinformation. The Times, however, seems to disagree:
Ceuta braces for new migrant surge during Moroccan elections
Pezeshkian arrives in New York for UN General Assembly
Iran’s President Pezeshkian has arrived in New York to attend and speak at the UN General Assembly.
Iran and its allies have the ability to target Gulf cities, oil facilities and shipping routes,
As a result, there is real tension between the US and its Gulf partners, who want greater control over the security of critical energy routes. These Arab nations are seeking US guarantees, particularly given that they host US forces.
President Donald Trump has told reporters at the UN that US officials had a “very good” three-hour meeting on Tuesday with the Iranian delegation at the UN General Assembly.
Iranian state media says Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Steve Witkoff met in New York.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud says the Houthis’ attempted targeting of Mecca violates the sanctity of holy sites and provokes Muslims worldwide.
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi tells US media Iran has not allowed Iraqi tankers to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, adding Iraq has lost $60bn in revenue since the US-Israel war began.
President Donald Trump delivers an address to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City on Tuesday, September 22.
The president will speak to the General Assembly Tuesday morning before participating in meetings with a number of world leaders.
Among the many things to look forward to at this year’s General Assembly meeting, Trump is also scheduled to meet with Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, who replaced former dictator Nicolas Maduro after the United States dramatically captured and removed him from power earlier this year.
United States President Donald Trump, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and French President Emmanuel Macron are among the leaders taking the podium on Tuesday.
This year’s General Debate comes as the UN faces a series of pressing challenges following the Trump administration’s decision to cut US contributions and withdraw from a number of bodies.
It will also be the last for Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary-General as he completes his term at the end of the year.
⭕️ LIVE: US President Donald Trump addresses world leaders at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.https://t.co/P7xO2pRz36
“They are one reality,” said Guterres. “There is no peace without development; no development without peace; and no peace and development without human rights,” he said.
