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Holiness2100:
BOOM!

IRAQI POLITICIAN DECLARES ISRAEL A REGIONAL SUPERPOWER

Faiq al-Sheikh Ali on ISRAEL'S strike in Qatar:
“Let’s be honest.
There is NO country in the region that can respond against ISRAEL.
Any attempt to boast or threaten is FICTION.
Everyone should SETTLE for CONDEMNATION, and that’s enough.
ISRAEL'S reach is long. It has decided to end militant political Islam in the region.
And it will do it.”

shoodboi2:
The propaganda warehouses you depend on for information clearly misinformed you about “Allahu Akbar” being an Islamic term. It is not.

“Allahu Akbar” is an Arabic word. An Arab person saying “Allahu Akbar” is akin to an English speaker saying “God is good” or “God is great.” Any English speaker can say that, irrespective of their religion. The same applies to Arabs too.

All Arabs, whether they are Christians, Muslims, or Jews, refer to God as Allah. Arab Christians and Jews also say “Allahu Akbar” when they want to praise God. Even non-Arabs, like Malaysians and Indonesians, borrowed the word “Allah” from the Arabic language and use it to refer to God in their own native language and Bibles.

I remember this even caused issues some years ago in Malaysia when some Muslims groups insisted only Muslims should use Allah and took the Christian Catholics to court. The Muslims lost and the Malaysian courts ruled that churches can use Allah since it means God.

So, referring to God as Allah, or saying Allahu Akbar, does not make you a Muslim.

Epic drone footage of Russian Operators sending in three Geranium-2 kamikaze UAVs to wipe out Ukrop equipment, including an Israeli Rada radar in Turovo, Kharkov region. - 50.3210806, 36.1060249 pic.twitter.com/SW771T6imF

— Blackrussian (@Blackrussiantv) September 10, 2025

Holla911:
Can someone explain to me why isreal compete in almost all european competitions while it's geographically located in the middle east. 🤔

LordAdam16:
All of that is true.
Still, you always have to assume that the Arabs are braindead.
Saudi Arabia refused to accept BRICS membership even though they have the only foreign Chinese rocket force deployment in the world.

Expect the Qataris to sign the new defense cooperation agreement Washington drops on their desks after this display of impotency.

If China is not active in the region, there is no telling how bad things can get.
These are the same clowns who employed the services of Jihadis to oust a rival and are thinking the chicken will never come home to roost.

-Lord

Holla911:
Can someone explain to me why isreal compete in almost all european competitions while it's geographically located in the middle east. 🤔

23jerryking:
You can compete in competitions other than the ones outside your zone if you have the means.
Israel
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Many other countries

Appleyard:
I understand your points quite alright.

Still, you have to consider China's foreign policy approach, vis-a-vis MENA.

Beijing has made significant inroads in this region at a time when western influence is waning rapidly.

And it does this without firing a single aggressive nor oppressive shot in sharp contrast to its western rivals.

While we have every reason to believe the ruling class in this region are beyond pathetic, certain actions taken by them suggest they're not altogether braindead.

12 out of the 19 MENA states now view China an alternate great power, favouring closer ties with Beijing ahead of the US and Europe.

As at 2022, 18 Arab nations had signed cooperation agreements with China in the framework of the BRI to create synergies between the Initiative and their national development plans, such as the GCC monarchies’ Visions, Algeria’s Vision 2035, and Morocco’s Mohammed VI Tangier Tech City Project. In fact, the region received the greatest share of China's BRI.


On July last year, Saudi Arabia announced a deeper defense partnership with China after a meeting between Chinese Ambassador Zhang Hua and General Fayyadh Al-Ruwaili, Chief of the Saudi Armed Forces. Notably, on November that same year, the Saudi government announced it would no longer pursue a comprehensive defense treaty with the U.S. that was contingent on normalization with Israel. The excuse was the lack of progress over a Gaza ceasefire deal and Israel’s rejection of a two-state solution, Riyadh opted for a more limited security agreement with Washington. China's influence was glaring.

Similarly, European powers have lost strategic ground as Chinese influence expands.
A lot more has happened ever since.

The likes of Saudi Arabia may not be in BRICS or in the SCO today, but the road to these alternate organizations is getting broader for most MENA states.

As the US-led west continue to amplify their gunboat diplomacy and militarism as the basics of their engagement with the region, the better for China whose balanced approach hinged on non-intervention, economic prosperity and societal development will keep yielding fruits.

There is a limited to what the human brain can take.

Gbadebo19:
It is due to the political reality of Israel.
Arab nations refused to have anything to do with Israel outside of negative contexts. So, they refused to engage or play sports with them. It was therefore easier to let them play with teams that had no qualms with their political existence.

The case is however different when it comes to Eurovision.

WriteerNg:
⚡Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, and the IAEA Director General, Rafael Grossi, officially signed a new cooperation agreement between Iran and the IAEA in Cairo.

IAEA inspectors will be allowed back into Iran, they will be informed about the status of Iran's nuclear sites, and the location of the enriched uranium.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi and IAEA Chief Grossi signing the finalized cooperation modality between Tehran and the IAEA.pic.twitter.com/Jgx1DFIse2

— Clash Report (@clashreport) September 9, 2025

WriteerNg:
⚡Egypt has warned Israel that any attempt to conduct an attack on its territory, similar to the recent strike in Doha, would trigger “catastrophic consequences.”

WriteerNg:
⚡Trump sent Lukashenko a letter for his birthday.

LordAdam16:
Always trying to drive wedges between partners.

When Lukashenko refuses the advances, they'll slap more sanctions.
🤡🤡 acting like children.

-Lord