Monique Beadle

WHEN YOU HAVE TO SEND SOLDIERS TO PROTECT SYNAGOGUES, YOUR CITY IS NO LONGER FREE.

The Anglosphere is doomed.

If you’re looking for a polite take, this isn’t it. I’ve said it repeatedly on the Conflicted podcast: Pakistan was never a neutral mediator between Washington and Tehran. Not for a second. What we’re watching now is not diplomacy, it’s pure manipulation dressed up as statecraft. Let’s call things by their proper names. Under field marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan isn’t some balanced civilian democracy playing honest broker. It’s a military system with a democratic façade, pursuing its own interests with a level of cynicism that should surprise no one who has followed its behavior over the past two decades. What did they sell to Donald Trump? A fantasy. A pipe dream. That the Islamic Republic can be reasoned with. That it is pragmatic, not ideological. That it is capable of compromise if only you flatter it enough and give it incentives. In short: that you can extract “the deal of the century” from a regime whose entire strategic doctrine is built on resisting precisely that outcome. And Trump - obsessed with the optics of a deal - bought it. Meanwhile, senior voices inside Pakistan weren’t even pretending neutrality. A defence minister pushing conspiratorial narratives, blaming the “Zionists,” portraying Iran as a victim, while 6,000 missiles and drones were raining down on GCC states that host millions of Pakistani workers. That alone should have been disqualifying. If a country is willing to throw its own economic lifeline (the Gulf) under the bus for ideological or tactical alignment with Tehran, what exactly makes anyone think it would safeguard American interests? And here’s the uncomfortable part: this isn’t new. We’ve seen this movie before. The United States spent years, treasure, and blood in Afghanistan, only to discover that Osama bin Laden, and his network, were living comfortably in Pakistan all along - while Pakistan was simultaneously cashing in on US counterterrorism billions in funding. They didn’t fail to find the target. They bloody managed it. Why end the hunt when the hunt itself pays and pays pretty well? Fast forward to today, and the pattern repeats, only this time the battlefield is Iran. At the very moment the regime was under maximum pressure (militarily strained, economically cornered, strategically exposed) Pakistan steps in, not to mediate, but to buy Tehran time. Time to regroup, breathe, and ultimately survive. That’s not mediation. That’s intervention - on one side. From a cold, historical lens, this may well be remembered as the pivot point. The moment when pressure was lifted prematurely. When momentum was lost. When a winnable strategic position was traded for the illusion of a negotiated breakthrough that was never going to materialise, ever! Five years from now, looking back, this could read like a familiar chapter: First Afghanistan - undermined from within. Now Iran - diluted from without. In both cases, Pakistan didn’t just mislead Washington. It shaped the battlefield to its advantage, all while claiming partnership with a clueless US administration. And Washington, once again, chose to believe what it wanted to hear.

We extend our congratulations to the Government & people of #Israel on #YomHaAtzmaut. #Armenia stands ready to expand 🇦🇲-🇮🇱 ties & explore new opportunities for cooperation.

What did the "Al Aqsa Flood" accomplish? Did Sinwar, Nasrallah, and Khamenei imagine this would be the outcome of October 7th? Just like every other joint invasion, it turned into a pointless waste of human potential. The next step is collective amnesia.

I’m not crying, you’re crying. Romi Gonen, who was held hostage by Hamas for 471 days, just interviewed her 90-year-old grandmother on her podcast. They represent Israel’s founding generation and her future - and both are beautiful heroes.

“He who has a Why, can bear any How.”

Special Procedures is now for sale to the highest bidder. Not a conflict of interest for an “independent” human rights expert to accept funding from despotic govts. Nothing to see! Move along.

کاهش قیمت بزنین تو اروپا باید توسط خود مردم اروپا رقم بخوره نه عوامل بیگانه

This is an embarrassing self-own: "The regime outsmarted us at the negotiating table, we refused to pressure them further & we would have settled for status quo, we bought the "reformer" lie, and we stopped Israel from responding comprehensively."

Antisemitism has entered a self-reinforcing cycle in American political life: the more present it becomes, the more investment it receives from actors who perceive its competitive utility; the more investment it receives, the more effective it grows as an instrument of political mobilization; the more effective it proves, the more indispensable it appears to those who wield it; and the more indispensable it appears, the more openly and aggressively it is deployed, which in turn normalizes its presence further and lowers the threshold for the next cycle of investment. This is not a vicious circle of the merely metaphorical sort, but rather, in terms of systems theory, a positive feedback loop in which the output of a system circles back to increase the input. Link to full essay below

I can name a lot more than 5. Let's start with 23 easy ones: 1. Designating a combatant a journalist automatically immunizes that combatant from attack. 2. A territory is occupied even if there is no presence whatsoever after a hostile armed force by virtue of being blockaded.

What began as testimony is now a film the world can see. SATURDAY October 7, coming soon to Amazon Prime. Help us preserve the truth. Stay tuned for the viewing link.

ICC member states have voted to pursue disciplinary proceedings against Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan after receiving reports regarding sexual assault allegations against him, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters reut.rs/4sdYISj

@arash_tehran @AlirezaNader How many Iranians are still Muslim? A few million?

The would-be-king of a Muslim-majority nation commemorates every religious occasion except those of Islam

Zelenskyy: Iran shot down our plane. Killed our passengers. Didn't admit it. Then the full-scale war, they handed Shaheds to Russia, killing our civilians I asked them to stop. They promised no more than one batch and carried on lying. I think of them as accomplices of Russia 2/

The @UN Commission of Inquiry on #Syria released a new report today on the July massacres & other grave violations committed in #Suwayda, calling for expanded accountability measures. #HRC61 More ➡️ ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

"An institution that cannot ensure the safety, inclusion, and dignity of its own community cannot credibly sustain its claim to excellence." The Chair of the McGill Law Faculty Advisory Board has resigned due to antisemitism at the university. @mcgillu @UofT

In the UK we currently have: - "art" depicting Jews eating babies - arson attacks on Jewish charities - Jewish businesses boycotted - Jews stabbed at synagogues - academics spreading lies about Jews - media promoting blood libels Antisemitism in 2026 Britain.

Lived long enough to see Lebanon expel an Iranian ambassador before the United Kingdom did.

I instructed today the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants to summon the Iranian Chargé d’Affaires in Lebanon to inform him of the decision to withdraw the agrément for the designated Iranian Ambassador, Mohammad Reza Shibani, declare him persona non grata, and request that he leave Lebanese territory no later than 29 March 2026. 🇱🇧