22nd May 2021 I have been commenting that this rebellion is unlike previous ones in Myanmar in that if it spread to the cities then the regime, even though it won’t lose, will be in trouble. Well, it is happening. Sanchaung township is a relatively well-off district and
20th May 2021 Demonstrators are leaving the cities and secretly making their way to the ethnic conflict zones. They are looking at two options after training – either to swell the ranks of the EAOs or to develop guerrilla actions within the cities. The Myanmar regime has objected to the provision
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Hamas continues to indiscriminately target civilian populations in Israel while using their own civilians as human shields. Their rockets have killed Israeli Arabs and citizens of Thailand and India who were residing in Israel. In addition, Hamas built an extensive underground tunnel network beneath civilian areas. This network allowed them,
Jamie Hyams aijac.org.au Jamie Hyams Is a Senior Policy Analyst at the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (Aijac). An edited version of this article was published in the Daily Telegraph – 18 May 2021 We feel we’ve seen this all before from Israel and Hamas. As they
19th May 2021 It seems hard to believe but this is the 100th piece I have written on Myanmar. I have tried to give background and not just concentrate on the endless round of demonstrations, slaughter, brutality, pillage, looting, illegal detention, and torture. I have had a request to comment
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Embassy of Israel in Wellington The Hamas terror organisation has now launched a total of over 3500 rockets directed at Israeli civilian populations since last Monday. Yesterday afternoon, Hamas terrorists fired mortar bombs, targeting a humanitarian civil aid shipment coordinated by Israel, killing two foreign nationals and preventing Covid-19
18th May 2021 The resistance is getting interesting. By attacking the supplies of avgas they will restrict the availability of the air force to provide ground support. The civilians have taken the armed action into the heart of downtown Yangon and assassinated a district administrator. The Kachin Independence Army (KIA)
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rt.com A pro-Palestine car parade through London has caused outrage, after video circulated showing participants calling for the rape and murder of Jews over loudspeaker. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is divisive in the West, with American and British conservatives proudly proclaiming their support for Israel, and most leftists
17th May 2021 I was in the fortunate position today of making contact again with some of my sources who have gone underground. The thing that came across was the anger that is bubbling away inside them. They are angry that one man has killed the country that they were
