Amos Hochstein, a senior adviser to President Biden, is in Israel to hold talks with Israeli officials on preventing a major war with Lebanon as fighting between Israeli and Hezbollah forces across the Israel-Lebanon border continues to escalate, Axios reported on Monday.
Hezbollah rocket strikes on Monday caused heavy damage to Israel’s Birant military base near the Lebanon border, but no casualties were reported. Israel’s military said it responded with fighter jets, helicopters, and tanks, which targeted Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon.
According to Axios, there’s growing anxiety in the White House that Israel’s military action could lead to a regional war. Some Biden administration officials believe Israel is trying to intentionally provoke Hezbollah to create a pretext for a wider war in Lebanon that can draw in the US.
The US has emboldened Israel to be aggressive by deploying a huge amount of firepower to the region in the name of “deterring” regional actors from entering a war against Israel.
Hochstein is Biden’s energy adviser and has experience mediating talks between Lebanon and Israel regarding gas drilling rights in the Mediterranean Sea. He was recently in Lebanon to meet with officials to discuss tensions with Israel.
“This trip builds on Hochstein’s visit to Beirut earlier this month where he made clear the United States does not want to see conflict in Gaza escalating and expanding into Lebanon,” a US official said. “While in Israel, Hochstein will emphasize that restoring calm along Israel’s northern border is of utmost importance to the United States and it should be a top priority for both Israel and Lebanon.”
Hochstein is expected to meet with senior Israeli officials, including Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, who has repeatedly threatened Lebanon with destruction. Gallant warned last week that “what we are doing in Gaza, we can do in Beirut.”
I should add, some of Israel’s “antics”, risk taking us into a much, much larger conflict………………………………………………………………..
Basically what the head of Hezbollah said last week.
I remember you rang Biden to thank him for his efforts over Gaza. Now thats a super nice thing to do. And make sure to let him know you will be voting for him in 2024.
Biden is a war monger, a supreme international criminal, a totally corrupted person, owned by corporations, a traitor to the US people. Gaza is what happens when there is total corporate control of governments. Its called fascism.
Not like you have a choice, Trump is a war monger, a supreme international criminal, a totally corrupted person, owned by corporations, a traitor to the US people.
The last time in history when fascism raised its ugly head we had WW2. Corporations made a killing. Now with a Fascist United States of Atrocities in control we are heading to WW3. Fun times for all.
Couldn’t agree more.
But it’s not Donna’s fault. She thought she was doing something (impossible). But her heart is always in the right place.
Under Mr. Trump, drone attacks actually exceeded the numbers during the Obama administration. He withdrew the U.S. from the INF Treaty, Open Skies, JCPOA. Hardly moves of a person who seeks peace.
Corporations always make a killing. There is not much discussion about the worker strikes during WWII. It seems that the largess the corporations were pulling in was not being shared with the men and women putting together the widgits and whatever for the war effort. Maj. General Smedley Butler; War is a Racket
Most people with a strong voice that speak out for peace have a way of disappearing or be prosecuted.
DS; Why don’t you tell us what you really think?
Donna; That train is running down the track going faster every day.
First thing to do is to threaten to cut off any more US aide………………………………………………………………….. etc…………………..
Time to cut back, on the annual giving……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
3,3 BILLION Annually.
Jeffrey Sachs was talking yesterday in UN very good about those four current military conflicts and advised how UN can stop them. Of course, US leadership will ignore his advices and once again expose itself as an warmongering power.
Has the UN gotten China out of Tibet?or can it prevent the conquest of Taiwan? Unfortunately-No.
It is not UN job to get US out of Texas or China out of Tibet. UN job is to prevent the wars and stop the wars.
The UN is toothless for any US accounting.
Still UN is useful for demonstrating to the whole world how the countries are voting.
Also it is a good place for politicians from different countries to meet and to talk. Representatives of all countries can use UN platform for speaking to the world. Of course it could work better but at least we got this.
It would be interesting if all the member states who aren’t permanent Security Council members started a new organization exactly like the UN only with no permanent Security Council members that have veto power.
Even as it is, the resolutions of UN are often ignored. For example, Minsk Agreements were openly denounced by France despite the fact that France has the right of veto and was the initiator of this resolution. France and other NATO countries used it for cheating Russia. That is one of the reasons why BRICS refused to invite Macron to attend their summit. Macron expressed his wish to come but everyone knew he is not trustworthy.
What do you expect from a wine drinking cheese eater?
I also like wine with cheese but I am cheating no one.
I actually like win by itself. Makes me sleep instead of screaming about our eminent demise.
It would be more interesting to scrap the UN and start a new organization allowing only democratically elected members to have a vote.
We already have that – it’s called NATO.
Sweden, New Zealand, Finland, Australia, Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica, Mauritius, Japan, South Korea, France, Spain, Portugal, Israel, Czech Republic, to name only a few, are not in NATO.
A drop in the bucket compared to the number of countries in the world, and please don’t include apartheid countries in that list.
Those are important countries, and this is only partial list.
The point being only countries with govts representing their people through elections should have a vote in any type of UN.
Monarchs, dictators and tyrants, should be void.
United Kingdom is a founding member of UN. You can’t exclude it without destroying UN. And by the way, one of the basic UN rules is non-interference with internal politics of it’s members.
Mik, Rightstermeiser said democratically elected govts are already represented by the NATO countries, um that would INCLUDE the UK.
My response to him, which you aren’t tracking, was that there are many democratically elected countries not in NATO.
Then I listed this limited group as an example.
If you come here to play, follow the thread.
Who gets to make that determination.
An international commission to set requirements that meet the definition of what constitutes a duly elected govt.
Dude, it’s a concept at this point.
It would be just like it is now. A coffee klatch were a bunch of people have meetings, coffee, sweets, and talk their heads off. The perfect do nothing job……
They shouldn’t be in NY. They have often times more than not provided cover.
It is impossible to relocate it without destroying it.
In 2024 the world will watch what happens in BRICS with greater attention than what happens in UN.
I agree BRICS is perhaps the last best hope for mankind.If theym fail apres les deluge.
If they took away the Security Councils veto power we might have something worthwhile.
And, why is in New York????
The trifecta in one person (Jake, Tim, Julio)has returned to vomit up more trope. Good Morning. Are you enjoying the carnage in Gaza, Ukraine? I bet you are! What did you have for breakfast? I am ready to dive into my cereal and coffee…………….
Are you now venturing out into the world and out of your Israel-centricity?
Stop the killing? in what universe is Sachs living? Too much moolah and power is at stake for the Western Democracies{sic} to forego military domination over poor countries with multi billions of raw materials needed for the maw of rapacious Capitalism.
$3.8 billion. That we are aware of. How many loans are forgiven, buried in bills. In the days of Alan Cranston, it was a regular deal.
$3.8 billion
Maybe you could call his office and thank him for the billions and weapons he sends to Israel to ensure the ethnic cleansing goes on. And make sure to let him know you will be voting for him in 2024.
Reminds me of the “progressive democrats'” withdrawn letter to Biden very politely asking him to please end the Ukraine war.
And blamed it on staff.
Friggin’ idiots in the White House.
That actually applies to Congress,State Dept and SCOTUS.
It is remarkable that Hamas with $80 million military budget can resist Israeli onslaught. Scores of Israeli modern tanks are destroyed with Hamas’ homemade cheap antitank weapons. And now Hezbollah. By the way, the military budget of Hezbollah is not much bigger than one of Hamas and about a hundred times smaller than Israeli military budget. We have to accept the fact that Arabs are doing much better now. God helps those who are fighting for the justice.
That wouldn’t be the “God” that Zionists worship, Mammon is his name.
Zionists are worshipping anti-Christ.
Hamas and Hezbollah have claimed 90 Merkavas since the start of Al-Asqua Storm. That’s 18% of the 490 Merkavas in active IDF service.
Interesting Military analysis from a US Marine
https://www.scottritterextra.com/p/the-october-7-hamas-assault-on-israel
Scott Ritter is a great expert.
These paragraphs are deveststing;
….. Hamas defeated those Israeli soldiers stationed along the barrier wall in a stand-up fight. Two battalions of the Golani Brigade were routed, as were elements of other vaunted IDF units.
Hamas struck the Headquarters of the Gaza Division, the local intelligence hub, and other major command and control facilities with brutal precision, turning what should have been a five-minute response time into many hours—more than enough time for Hamas to carry out one of its primary objectives—the taking of hostages. This they did with extreme proficiency, returning to Gaza with more than 230 Israeli soldiers and civilians.
The Marine Corps defines a raid as “an operation, usually small scale, involving a swift penetration of hostile territory to secure information, confuse the enemy, or to destroy his installations. It ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission.”
This is precisely what Hamas did on October …..
Good for them. Israel has had this coming since like forever.
He writes I read. The same goes for Douglas MaGregor and Albert MCCoy and Norman Solomon or Eve Ottenberg
Pro-tip Joe: start by recalling your carriers and Marines from the Mediterranean. If Israel knows they’ll be taking on Hezbollah without the benefit of massive US firepower they will be less likely to instigate a regional war.
The US carriers and marines in the Mediterranean are there for an Israeli false flag operation to ensure we all never survive WWIII. …No? They’re not stupid. …Yes, they are. They’re stupid because they think they can control what happens and how. They think they controlled what happened after the last one and don’t realize what is happening now is its direct result.
Israel and the U.S. of Atrocities don’t need no “false flag”. Then again, perhaps it will get started that way. Just in time for the election, with Joe being (in his mind, anyway) Roosevelt.
Eleanor would have made a good president.
Henry Wallace instead of Truman.
I was only 6 at the time but my parents were not happy.
OMG go eat a bowl of cereal
If they fuck with Iran,Russia or China those Carriers,Planes and sailors are dead men walking. Someone needs to talk sense to these idiots like the squad.
No fucking way that he listens or even has the power to stop the actions being made by his administation. He is like the Queen of England all posh that they drag out forc appearances sake. The PTB knew he was a moron only capable of taking orders and mouthing platitudes about Americas greatness which is no longer true if it ever was.
It is more likely that Hezbollah will instigate.
All I fu@king need to know is in plain sight on Wikipedia: “Amos J. Hochstein is an American-Israeli businessman, diplomat, and lobbyist. Currently the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Energy and Investment under U.S. President Joe Biden”
There are quite a few in the Biden administration. Does it mean anything?
LOL. I know you don’t want to get me started.
yes it does mean that a larger group of shitheads is employed by the morons running our country and our future into the ground
the Deputy Assistant to the President and Senior Adviser for Energy and Investment
damnit my neighbor’s tree fell over yesterday because of the giant wind. OMG the roots are bigger than my F-250.
what
edit) = i actually have a 1971 Ford F-250 = it has a 390 cubic inch displacement engine. when i fire it up and drive it around i can drive it from one gas-station to the next gas-station and fill the tank up again.
LOL once upon a time i used it to tow a float in our town’s parade.
i taught my daughter how to drive in it = she was all “i don’t like this!”
freakin hilarious, now she has a Toyota.
damnit i am almost an old man.
LOL you can’t make this sh*t up.
what
wut LOL
i hate you
Ellen Germain: U.S. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues
Stuart Eizenstat: Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues
Aaron Keyak: Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
Deborah Lipstadt: Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism
Shelly Greenspan: White House Liaison to the Jewish Community
Excellence being rewarded.
Would you be happier with some white Protestants?
I would be happier with a half Muslim half libertarian woman.
There is no peace in the ME because of Britain, Europe and USA, which do nothing but interfere, all choosing/arming one side and do not care about human life or PEACE. How many times are they going to try and destroy Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Palestine, just to please Zionist warped ideology? These countries must be allowed to rule themselves, that means the stopping of sponsoring Israel with money and weapons.
We, the U.S. of Atrocities, have interfered in 81 elections. Can’t remember how many coups we have been involved in. Sure like to bomb the sh*t out of countries who cannot fight back.
That is the subject of a great routine by the late George Carlin who had his finger on the pulse of American culture.
The best idea I have heard all day. Tell it to Biden,Blinken and their AIPAC support. Israel is hungry for the elimination of Iran who has not invaded anyone in hundreds of years. One can not say the same for the US or Israel whom have done little else. The rest of the civilized world knows damn well who are the aggressive Imperialist nations are. As a result if one looks closely you can see many multilateral agreements and treaties being signed for economic and military reasons. The war makers are going to find themselves in a very lonely place of isolation for necessary vital minerals.
Hochstein is a born Israeli with dual citizenship in the US and Israel. And we’re supposed to believe the neocons in the Biden administration don’t want Israel and the US to attack Hezbollah – not to mention Iran?
Tell me another.
Once upon a time………………………
When a regional country is headed by a woman, is that nation referred to as a regional actress?
Netanyahu knows he can manipulate the demented US president, especially since he will have the State Dept — neocon central — on his side. They all want the same thing: war with Iran. Because after the “cakewalk” in Iraq, the “victory” in Afghanistan, and the war to “weaken Russia” in Ukraine, the neocons are ready for another demonstration of their brilliant war strategy.
Well said,is there no one with an ounce of guts and intelligence in the State Dept. Are they all nuts? Their current policies are not favored by the American population. When they have the time and energy to protest the militarys actions that are creating a crisis that we don’t want or need they are loud and large.The Govt is not listening to the people it is supposed to represent. It has always been so.
Not related to his article, but why does anti-war keep using the Achive.is when it’s a total POS sight that makes it impossible for half of us to ever get onto it? It irritates the hell out of me every time I click an article and I know I’ll never get into it. I’m not going to jump though a ton of hoops to read an article. At the very least put a comment up saying Warning this site will probably not work for you unless you want to download an ap.
To the extent that I can answer questions on behalf of Antiwar.com, the answer is “I don’t know.” I have all kinds of problem with that site as well.
Background on Zionists attacking Jews living in Arab countries to force them to move to Israel –
https://www.middleeasteye.net/big-story/truth-behind-israeli-propaganda-expulsion-arab-jews
Zionism as a Fascist Ideology and Movement: Zionist Relations with Nazi Germany
The weak crumble, are slaughtered and are erased from history while the strong … survive – Benjamin Netanyahu
We have seen it … Zionism is fascism … exactly – George Habash
https://liberatedtexts.com/reviews/zionism-as-a-fascist-ideology-zionist-relations-with-nazi-germany-by-faris-glubb/
Zionism is worse than fascism. Spain did survived fascism okay, and Chile did. Some people even argue that the fascism was beneficial for Chile.
Fascism appeared as the protection from the radical left.
Fascism is brutality.
Putting it mildly.
He was trying to argue the good of it. Not having it.
Of course fascism is bad but I am not sure that what we have in US now is any better than classic fascism. At least, Italian and Spanish fascists were rational. It is remarkable that fascist Spain remained neutral in WW II. More neutral than democratic Sweden who provided Nazi Germany with iron ore, or Switzerland. We don’t know what would happen to Spain if communists prevailed in Civil War. The major problem with US leadership, it acts irrational and that is the greatest danger for the humankind. I wouldn’t mind if a fascist party gets to the power and start a reasonable negotiation with Russia and China.
I would mind. It would be better to actually get a democracy, which we don’t currently have.
Of course the democracy is better but is it achievable?
The classic fascism is also hardly achievable because in Europe it developed from the socialist parties which were dominating at the time. US has nothing of the kind.
It is growing exponentionally every day with the republican right,the gun nuts and SCOTUS. As Reagan said “You ain’t seen nothing yet”Large well armed police forces,right wingers in the Military and a shitload of right wing Judges appointed by Trump, broken weak unions,Big Oil,Big Pharma and so on. The outlook for being positive about our countries future is decreasing daily.
You forgot Big Teachers, Big UAW, and Big Pharmas and the Big AIPAC Lobby.
It is difficult to enumerate all the things going wrong in this country at one sitting. So many come to mind.Not only that but more crap is happening every day. take a short walk thru Common Dreams any day of the week including the opinions page. It is very hard to find anything positive.
I’m no fan of fascism, but its worse aspects come out when it manifests as a specifically ethnic nationalism. People can, at least theoretically, change their class orientation to fit into a non-ethno-nationalism. In an ethno-nationalism, one’s status as “group” or “other” is immutable.
Fascism is bad but it saved Europe from the radical left which at the time was heavily infested by Ashkenazi. In countries where Ashkenazi minorities were substantial, it triggered the appearance of Nazism.
The existence of the Ashkenazi has sometimes been used as an excuse for etho-nationalisms, including but not limited to Nazism and Zionism.
Excuses aren’t reasons. Excuses are like assholes. Everybody’s got one and they all stink.
If by the radical left you mean libertarianism, fascism didn’t save Europe from it because it was never in a position to seize power there. If by the radical left you mean the Marxist variety of socialism, fascism gave half of Germany and all of eastern Europe to it.
Ethno-nationalism is natural and has nothing to do with Ashkenazi. The radical nationalistic movements started in first half of 19th century (if we leave aside the French Revolution of 18th century). First was Greece, then all the others. West European powers used it for undermining Ottoman Empire.
Your bizarre fixation with assholes I leave without comments.
International radical left in 1919-1937 was Comintern, or else know as Third International. It was a kind of a global Bolshevism with headquarters in Moscow and with pretension for the global dominance. At the top of it were Ashkenazi. And not only at the top. They were overrepresented in this organization. Stalin destroyed it in 1937.
It would be more correct to say that Stalin crippled it in 1937. Comintern was cancelled as organization in 1943. It was a precondition of US and UK for opening Second Front.
How can an ethnic group be “over-represented” in an organization that anyone and everyone can choose to affiliate with?
As I explained earlier, Ashkenazi until 19th century was a religious group, not an ethnic group. After religious crisis of Judaism at the middle of 19th century, a lot of them were converted to Marxism. Though Marxism was just a teaching but on it’s basis appeared a lot of radical far left organizations, most successful and most murderous of them was Bolshevik party which got the power in Russia. Ashkenazi massively supported Bolshevism, that’s why, even before appearance of German Nazism, anti-Marxist nationalistic organizations of East Europe became automatically antisemitic.
The Jewish diaspora became ethnic rather than religious long before the Bolsheviks. Hell, Karl Marx himself was ethnically Jewish but religiously he was brought up as a Lutheran and became an atheist. The attempts to blame Bolshevism on “the Jews” isn’t just evil, it’s stupid and ahistorical.
It is remarkable how ignorant people are so keen to blame the others of stupidity.
It looks you know nothing about Ashkenazi and Bolshevism. Even now sectarian mentality is prevailing in Israel. Hundred years ago it was much stronger.
It is a settler, colonial ideology. It has a religious basis by people who are non-religious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIX368TtOJs
It is natural. History was fabricated by religious people. Later, when Church was removed from political Olymp, the financial elites used this fabrication for their own benefit. Believing in the “traditional history” is kind of religious belief.
It’s just publicity propaganda to deceive the American public about Biden real intentions.