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Obama’s unreported Flipflop on Egypt in support of Hamas

By Erik Zimerman On July 23, 2014 · Add Comment · In Joab's Men

In respect to the current conflict in Gaza, the worldwide media has taken various stances on the issue. In general, there has been a great trend to morally equate the actions of the warring parties thus leading to a general anti-Israel bias since the discrepancy left is only that of the respective mounting body counts. All things being equal, Israel has killed many more Gazans in this round of battle, than vice versa. Of course the facts are that all things, as is most often the case, are not equal. For more background on the PR issue and the current conflict, you may wish to read these recent articles: Israel’s PR Errors, The driver behind the anti-Israel outcry, and the original piece on what led to the latest conflict (and even earlier) in the Gaza Strip. What the Media HAS Agreed On: Assuredly, not all press coverage has been skewed against Israel, with some of the coverage approaching a reasonable level of objectivity and balance, while a small but significant amount, such as Fox News, can be considered staunchly pro-Israel. In fact, this coverage has been enough, together with Israel’s PR efforts, to give the government enough confidence (thus [...]

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Tel-Aviv has been hit – It’s on Now

By Erik Zimerman On November 15, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

You may bomb Sderot, Ashkelon and Beer Sheba in the South freely, you may bomb Haifa in the North all you want, and still Israel will usually respond with no more than the ironic “We will not tolerate (yet we are tolerating) ..” But if you bomb Tel-Aviv, home of Israel’s left and ruling elite who are all too willing to give away the rest of the tiny nation as long as they are left alone, then you invoke a massive response. Just Yesterday, I warned about the growing confidence of Hamas controlled Gaza with a supportive Egypt under the Muslim Brotherhood. Today, the seriousness of my warning was shown with an Egyptian ambassador recalled and Hamas launching Iranian missiles at Tel-Aviv. We must keep in mind, that while they have dared to go further than before, note that they also show their overall inability and weakness. With all the rage in the world, and one of its leaders dead, all Hamas can do alone is lob a few rockets aimlessly at Tel-Aviv. Israel is not wiped out as they warned. When danger actually hits the streets of Tel-Aviv, their response is much like Edward the Longshank’s portrayal in Braveheart If [...]

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Gilad Shalit and many more Avenged Today – Egypt is not the Same

By Erik Zimerman On November 15, 2012 · Add Comment · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

Today Israel, in a humanitarian effort to help Hamas residents of Gaza, has aided Ahmed Jabari obtain the coveted of goal of 72 virgins in heaven, a goal Ahmed himself sent so many young Arabs to go seek…. But who is this Ahmed Jabari? A career Hamas terrorist who had formerly been infamous for his 9 lives, he had spent time in prison both in Israel and under Fatah (the Palestinian Authority) for terrorist activities, but always found a way to be freed. Jabari was a key architect of the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip from Dahlan’s Fatah security forces, and Hamas has maintained its hold on Gaza under Jabari and Ismail Haniyeh. Jabari was in effect the supreme military and terror commanded as leader of the Hamas military wing Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In addition since Hamas is the defacto ruler of the Gaza Strip, he is Prime Minister Haniyeh’s Minister of Defense. Jabari is an extremely shadowy leader, and before Gilad Shalit’s release, it was not publicly certain if he was even alive. Israel unfortunately usually accommodates the convenient separation between Hamas’ military and political wings. This enables the leaders (who claim to lead the political side) to remain immune from Israeli reprisals against terrorist [...]

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Obama’s “Freedom Protesters” turn into a “Small and Savage Group”

By Erik Zimerman On September 14, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Against the Wind, Avvisi

Despite the Western World’s best efforts to forget who it is at war with (or at least who is at war with it), the Islamic World which shares no such confusion, sent a courtesy 9/11 anniversary reminder in Benghazi. (A theme often repeated at the Lighthouse, here and here among many). The embassies in Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia and of course Libya have been attacked by Islamic mobs. In EACH of these cases, the US and Europe heavily supported the mobs’ takeover of the country. Ironically, in nations where the US has not yet been successful in collapsing the regime, the US embassies remained safe. The mob now has repaid in kind. If you wonder why no such attack happened in Syria, well of course the US withdrew its ambassador back in February, but such an attack and murder would not be possible until Assad’s regime is removed (by US and Qatari backed Islamists) and replaced with an Islamic one. At that point, perhaps by next Sept 11, then the new ambassador can be in place for attack and murder. A very telling scenario actually happened in the death rows of one of these West leaning regimes the US helped to destroy…. just a year ago, September 2011, the [...]

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Islamist Morsi Takes down the Egyptian Army?

By Erik Zimerman On August 13, 2012 · 1 Comment · In Avvisi, Joab's Men

In a surprising move, and what seems to be a preemptive coup, Egypt’s new Islamist President (member of the jihadist Muslim Brotherhood) Muhammed Morsi has declared Field Marshal Tantawi and General Sami Hafez Anan, who led Egypt’s ruling military council (SCAF), “retired” along with other top Generals. Perhaps more importantly, he has cancelled the latest constitutional amendment (which gave the Army broader powers than the President), and replaced it with a new amendment, which actually grants the new President greater autocratic powers than those that Mubarak had previously held. So much for the “freedom protesters”. Interestingly, this comes in the wake of an Islamic attack in the Sinai-Gaza area which left 16 Egyptian security personnel dead and more wounded. As it stands, it APPEARS that this move was part of an agreement reached between Morsi and the leading Generals. That is far from certain, and it is mostly derived from the fact that both Generals were praised, thanked for their “patriotic” cooperation, given medals of honor, and declared henceforth Presidential advisers, a move which seems to point to immunity from prosecution and a peaceful retirement. Here the Lighthouse reports further updates on this showdown more recently reported on here. In that piece, the general picture of the showdown [...]

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Islamist Morsi Victor in Egypt, the Army retains Power – Obama and Iran in usual agreement and “I told you So’s”

By Erik Zimerman On June 26, 2012 · 2 Comments · In Against the Wind, Avvisi

Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood is the new President elect of Egypt. Just hours before the announcement was made on Sunday, The Lighthouse reported the following: The question is what is happening behind closed doors, and if the Generals will really give up the country to the Brotherhood? What seems to be taking place is that the army will declare them victorious, as long as they accept that they lead the government in name only. It will be a weak presidential office, and rubber stamp parliament (if it ever is allowed to convene) and real power will remain with the military. That appears to be exactly what happened. Morsi and the Islamists accepted the reduced powers of the office and Constitutional amendments in return for the military council declaring him the winner albeit by a very small margin. The constitutional amendments effectively reduce the President to that of a Governor of a province or state. The army retains full independence in action, appointments of Generals and of the Minister of Defense (currently the real boss in Egypt, the formidable Gen. Tantawi). The President cannot declare war nor peace, and cannot even deploy troops internally without the Military’s consent. In Egypt, the army is deeply intertwined with the industrial and financial base of the country. The [...]

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Sulleiman Assasination Attempt?

By Erik Zimerman On February 5, 2011 · Add Comment · In Avvisi

If these early reports turn out to be true… Seuleiman Assassination Attempt Then of course the most obvious culprits would be the Muslim Brotherhood. Seeing that Sulleiman was with every hour increasingly looking like at least an interim successor to Mubarak, they chose to take him out. In other words, the world, and at least parts of the opposition, so long as Mubarak goes and there is that symbolic victory, were looking like they would accept Sulleman as a successor. But Sulleman has continued to be extremely loyal to Mubarak, is a key symbol of the regime as long time feared and powerful Intelligence chief, and in many ways, such a change would leave the same regime intact in power and in some ways still be a victory for Mubarak. Sulleiman and his son Gamal, were always seen as the top contenders anyway. Suleiman also has the ability, strength, connections and know-how, to keep order and the Muslim Brotherhood down. By eliminating him, the Muslim Brotherhood and others of the opposition stood to gain the most. There being no other such obvious successor to the regime, something really new could take over. As I mentioned before, an Elbaradei for example, [...]

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Egypt Opportunity

By Erik Zimerman On January 31, 2011 · 2 Comments · In Joab's Men

The changing situation: Mubarak is in an increasingly bad shape. He is meeting with his generals, who I think realize they really hold the power, and as long as they don’t switch sides, the rabble can’t do anything and will peter out. Of course there are limits to this, as any man regardless of how powerful, quickly is reduced to just that, a single man, if his aura of power vanishes. Everyone in leadership is always aware of this, including the Generals. They too worry about losing control of their men. Their interest is that Mubarak not look like he ran with the tail between his legs (the generals do not like to give so much power to the rabble who can then do the same thing with the next leader), but who knows how much they want him to remain. You have the extremely powerful Intelligence chief Sulleiman, who apparently Mubarak is increasingly relying on, and is much more popular with the army than Mubarak’s son, and he may be a successor. However, I doubt the rabble would be to happy with him. The one asset Mubarak has in this protest is that the most [...]

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