Is Russia finally taking side in the Middle East crisis?
Most likely, considering what happened at the last UNSC meeting.
At the beginning of my previous article (link below) I mentioned en passant that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened to discuss full membership status of Palestine, currently a Permanent Observer State, at the United Nations (UN), but unfortunately the Palestinian request was rejected, due to a veto of the usual suspect: the Outlaw US Empire. Of the other 14 UNSC members, only two abstained: UK and Switzerland, whereas all the other 12 voted in favour of the UNSC draft resolution of admitting Palestine as a full UN Member State (these countries are: Algeria, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, Guyana, Ecuador, Russia, China, France, Slovenia, Malta, Japan, Republic of Korea). Please remember that only the 5 permanent members of UNSC have veto power: the Outlaw US Empire, UK, France, Russia and China). This showed how isolated the Outlaw US Empire is.
In my post (see above, in case you missed it) I provided a link to an excellent article by Caitlin Johnstone, which I invite you to read, if you have not done so already:
Today, while commenting another post here on Substack, I have realized that some people may have missed quite an important piece of news, most likely because not widely publicized on MSM (as usual) and probably not even on most alternative media. What I am referring to is the fact that, after the UNSC vote on Palestine UN Membership and US veto against it and just before Israeli UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan's speech the other day, Russia's UN delegation walked out, as reported by Consortium News.
I know that this is just a symbolic act of protest, but, as far as I know, it is unprecedented and, in my humble opinion, it is a small step in the right direction and I hope that Russia will keep following this path.
Also, Pepe Escobar wrote a post on his Telegram channel with his account of the Israeli counter response, which I report here verbatim:
EXCLUSIVE
THE REAL STORY OF THE ISRAELI COUNTER RESPONSE
From a very high level intel source.
In Asia.
NOT Russia-China.
Although the strategic partnership, of course, exchanges at the highest level 24-7.
Confirmed and re-confirmed.
It will be great to know what Sy Hersh hears from his Beltway sources.
Here we go.
Israel initially chose to respond with extreme force.
An F-35 loaded with a nuclear bomb was sent east over Jordan.
The mission: cause a high-altitude detonation over Iran that would provoke a surge in the high-capacity power lines, crippling Iran's electric grid, as well as disabling all electronic devices.
An EMP [ElectroMagnetic Pulse] attack.
However...
... As the Israeli F-35 was leaving Jordanian airspace it was shot down by the Russian Air Force.
Hence the publicised version of the Israeli counter response was such a travesty.
In the end all sides decided not to publicise the real news - to de-escalate what could well turn into WWIII.
To be honest, I find it hard to believe. However, if true, it would be a much more significant step.
Finally, you may have just heard the news that US House has passed a $95 billion Aid Package for Ukraine, Israel And Taiwan, as reported by several agencies and news outlets, such as Reuters. This means that:
the Outlaw US Empire can keep arming Taiwan, in preparation of a war against China;
Israel can keep bombing Gaza with impunity, since it does not abide by international laws and UNSC resolutions;
Ukraine will keep bleeding to death, as weapons and ammo sent there will only delay its death sentence already delivered by Russia.
On the last point, Dmitry Medvedev has just written the following post (in Russian) on his Telegram channel:
No one doubted that American lawmakers would approve “aid” to a gang of neo-Nazis. It was a vote by the joyous bastards of the state:
a) in favour of continuing the civil war of the divided people of our formerly united country;
b) for maximising the number of victims of this war.
We will win, of course, despite the 61 billion bloody dollars that will mostly go down the throats of their insatiable military-industrial complex. Strength and Truth are behind us.
But in view of the Russophobic decision, I cannot sincerely wish the US to plunge into a new civil war as soon as possible. Which, I hope, will be cardinally different from war of the North and the South in XIX century and will be conducted with application of planes, tanks, artillery, MLRS, all kinds of missiles and other weapons. And which will finally lead to the ignominious collapse of the vile evil empire of the XXI century - the United States of America.
Amen!
UPDATE (21/04/2024): Someone on X (formerly Twitter) has debunked Pepe Escobar’s story, which I already considered implausible. If you are interested, here is the thread.