West Bank - Netanyahu's massacre of the Palestinians about to start

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the military to carry out an "intensive" operation in the West Bank after explosions on buses close to Tel Aviv on Thursday (Feb 20), in what Netanyahu's office described as an attempted mass attack.

No casualties were reported.

The Israeli police earlier said there had been explosions on three buses in two Israeli suburbs outside Tel Aviv and that four explosive devices had been found. Local media reported the explosions had occurred on buses in depots and were empty.

The explosions were a stark reminder of the devastating bus bombings in Israel that were a hallmark of the Palestinian uprising of the 2000s, although such attacks are now rare.  CNA

Netanyahu and his savages are planning to start another Gaza Genocide in the West Bank. More and more fabricated news and false flag incidents would happen, and the blame would be on the Palestinians to justify another round of genocide to completely wipe out the Palestinians from Israeli occupied Palestine.

Who is behind all the fake bombings and attacks need no further guessing. The Israelis may even sacrifice a few dead Israelis like they did in the 7 Oct Incident and launched another big invasion of the West Bank. And the Americans as usual would provide all the weapons for the massacre. Actually, Trump had already authorised it and billions worth of weapons already moving into Israel in preparation of the next genocide. The western media would keep mum, may even support the genocide knowing that the incidents were fakes, committed by the Israelis.

And the UN would make a few noises and nothing to stop the genocide. This is the fate of weak and divided Palestinians and the Arabs in general. One by one, they would all be taken out and their countries lost. The creation of a Greater Israel is as sure as the sun will rise. Similarly, the destruction of the Arab states. 

In the meantime, the Arabs can only talk and cry, and even go to Washington to beg the Americans, the mastermind behind the grabbing of their lands, thinking and believing that the Americans would save them. Inshaallah!

'The United Nations rights chief said on Thursday (Feb 20) the parading of the bodies of hostages in Gaza was abhorrent and flew in the face of international law.' CNA. Wow, really, what about the genocide of more than half a million women and children in Gaza? Great fun?

US and EU markets versus Global South markets

 For those countries still trying, thinking and dreaming that the USA and EU are their markets to aim for, they are delusional. How much do they expect to sell in the USA and EU compared to the Global South and BRICS? How big is the population of the USA and EU compared to the Global South?

After all the exposure by Rednote, countries must realize that people in the USA and the West are no longer the norm in having most of the spending power. Some living in USA needs two to three jobs to pay for food and a roof over their heads, not to talk about having anything left to afford spending on other things. That era is gone, and this is the century of wealth migrating to the East. Of course, the top 1% are still going to be counted and being gloated about in the USA and the West compared with other countries in the East.

When businesses in Asia, Europe or USA talk about spending, they often mention Japanese and Chinese tourist as valuable customers with spending power. China is a big market for Western big names and its importance is not to be sniffed at. It would not be far-fetched to say that almost any Global big name has a strong foothold in China, in a market they cannot do without.

They used to say that 'when the USA sneezes, the world catches a cold'. This is no longer the truth. Trump can gloat about bringing back manufacturing back to the USA, sanctioning companies that refused to do manufacturing inside the USA, erecting high tariffs against imports all to no avail. The USA must match its ambitions with realistic capability to carry them out. The USA does not control raw materials needed, does not have the logistics to refine them, does not have the skilled manpower to carry out the rebuilding, does not have the capability to produce cheap enough goods to compete on the global market. Talking and boasting is easy, doing it is not that simple. How long are all these going to take to come to fruition? By the time the next administration takes over, it is still in evaluation stage.

Anonymous

India US relations as tight as the Modi hug while Indonesia is replacing India in BRICS

 Modi probably will tell Trump - Slap baby slap. Modi has a thick beard to absorb the pain and a thick skin that does not feel any shame. He will probably spin it as success, having hugged Trump so tightly. India and USA will have another ''iron clad' relationship to tout about going forward, when India is needed to sabotage BRICS and break away from Russia to weaken the bloc.

It does not matter really if India leaves the bloc, as India has no way out but to use the US$ for its trade that runs counter to the agenda of BRICS. What is the purpose of having a member that is sleeping with the enemy inside the bloc?

Oh, just in case India leaves BRICS, keep the 'I' for Indonesia or Iran. Now, am I a conspiracy theorist for thinking that student unrest in Indonesia now ongoing is not due to outside instigation? Indonesia joining BRICS is rattling someone with the resources and motivation to conduct a regime change in Indonesia. Make a guess who would that be?

If Indonesia cracks down on those student protesters, the next stage would be condemnation by the West, accused of using force against students and curbing human rights, proceeded by calling for sanctions. Everybody knows what is in the playbook of you know who.

Anonymous

China is winning the tech war quietly

 The problem is the USA always like to hype their superiority in everything, while China hides its superiority and only reveals them when it is time to do so and gives the USA a shock and awe.

It is a good strategy by China. Keep the enemy at arm's length and never try to point out their mistakes. Just like the 6th generation fighter jet and the Fujian aircraft carrier. How good they are can only be guessed at by the USA just looking at test flights and sea trials using satellite photos to gauge. What they are saying is of course those are junks, not up to standard and cannot compare to the USA F35s and nuclear subs. As if those so-called analysts are testing them in real time.

China is constructing two new nuclear aircraft carriers now being spotted and reported, with China just keeping mum, which will undoubtedly again be construed as incomparable to the Gerald R. Ford. Let them be lulled into a false sense of security. The test of the pudding is in the eating, not the gloating.

What we have witnessed so far is that China has decimated the USA, Japan and South Korea's car industry. China has levelled the playing field in space exploration. China has manufactured the best drones that are coveted by many countries. China is the frontrunner in high-speed rail construction, which even the Japanese are unable to overcome. China has beaten the world in infrastructure building. China has already dominated the shipbuilding industry. China is at the top of the ranks in telecommunication technology, in mobile phone competition. China is going for the aviation sector, semiconductor and is winning the AI war.

Let the USA and the West continue to look down upon Chinese innovation. China has nothing to lose and everything to gain from such superiority complex trotted out by the West.

Anonymous

China going all out in the AI race

 DeepSeek is not just the tip of the iceberg. There are so many other Chinese AI developers at work in China, all competing against each other. There will arise more iceberg tips for the USA AI developers to overcome and navigate.

Xi Jinping just had a meeting with all the leaders of technology companies in China, including Jack Ma, and this shows the priority that Xi is placing to position and inculcate moves to make China conquer the AI sector as well.

Apple is already aware of how fast the AI sector is moving in China by tying up with Alibaba's Qwen for its iPhone development in China going forward. China is the market that is still important for Apple, which is why such a move by Apple is necessary. USA AI developers are not going to find any foothold in China, even knowing that this is the one market that they are coveting.

Moreover, in other parts of the world, with DeepSeek's open source and Alibaba's Qwen also open source, China is going to corner the market for AI usage in BRICS and the Global South. What does that leave for USA AI developers? They were investing hundreds of billions hoping to reap the benefits but is now having to lick their wounds and considering whether to pour in further hundreds of billions into a useless black hole.

Anonymous