Trump & Netanyahu - A Little Quarrel between Brethren

On 18 June, JD Vance stood in the White House press briefing room and tore into Israeli critics of the Iran deal that his boss, Donald Trump, had signed the previous day. The vice-president argued that Trump was the only world leader who was still sympathetic to Israel after nearly three years of wars and destruction across the Middle East. “If I was in the cabinet of the Israeli government,” Vance said, “I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left ‌in the entire world.”

Vance also pointed out that, during the recent US-Israeli war on Iran, two-thirds of the defensive weapons used to protect Israel from Iranian retaliation “have been built by American hands and paid for by American tax dollars”. Vance publicly scolded Israel’s leaders in a way they have rarely been criticized by a high-level US politician. And while Vance did not directly target his criticism at the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the subtext was clear: The Trump administration is willing to call out the Israeli leader for sabotaging ceasefire agreements so that he could prolong regional wars and maintain power.

[The Guardian on June 25; comment confirming news report from Reuters]

美国副总统万斯指出，特朗普是唯一仍对以色列抱有同情态度的世界领导人。他强调，在近期美以针对伊朗的战事中，用于保护以色列免受伊朗报复的三分之二防御性武器，“均由美国制造，并由美国纳税人的资金买单” [英国《卫报》25日]。

特朗普在电话采访中称：“因局势受到冲击，签署时间推迟了数小时。”

就在美伊原定签署停火协议的数小时前，黎巴嫩境内冲突骤然升级。伊朗议会国家安全委员会主席易卜拉欣·阿齐济在社交平台X上发文称：“强有力的反击即将到来。”

特朗普表示，幕僚向他通报以色列袭击贝鲁特一事时，他深感意外，并对内塔尼亚胡大为不满。

“事态搞得一团糟，我简直无法相信。距离协议签署仅剩一小时，偏偏发生这种事。”

特朗普承认真主党率先向以色列发起攻击，但强调此次袭击未造成人员伤亡与财产损失。

“比比（Bibi，内塔尼亚胡的昵称）非要发动这场袭击干什么？我当时怒火中烧，也明确向他表达了不满。他完全没有判断力，这点我也直接告诉了他。”

伊朗媒体援引阿卜杜拉希少将的话报道，伊朗军队已“箭在弦上”，准备直击“敌人要害”。

他称，伊朗正静待敌方露出丝毫破绽，届时必将给予对方一次刻骨铭心的终极教训。


In a telephone interview, Trump stated, "The signing was delayed by a few hours due to developments on the ground."

The conflict in Lebanon suddenly escalated just hours before the United States and Iran were scheduled to sign a ceasefire agreement. Ibrahim Azizi, chairman of Iran's parliament's national security committee, posted on social platform X: “A strong counterattack is coming.”

Trump said he was deeply surprised when his staff informed him of the Israeli attack on Beirut and was greatly unhappy with Netanyahu.

“The situation is a mess, I can't believe it. Just one hour away from the signing of the agreement, this happened.”

Trump acknowledged that Hezbollah was the first to launch an attack on Israel, but stressed that the attack did not result in casualties or property damage.

“What did Bibi (Netanyahu's nickname) insist on launching this attack? I was burning with anger, and I clearly expressed my displeasure with him. He has absolutely no judgment, and I told him this directly.”

Iranian media reported, citing Major General Abdullahi, that the Iranian army has been on the string and is ready to directly attack the enemy's vital points.

Iran, he said, is waiting for the enemy to reveal the slightest flaw and will surely give the opponent an unforgettable ultimate lesson.

[SINA Financial quoting 环球市场播报 on June 15]


Nobody can predict whether business relations between Trump and Netanyahu
might improve after the US Midterm Elections this year. Anyway, it is still worth
keeping in mind the old German saying: Pack schlägt sich; Pack verträgt sich.
and which is reading in English:

The rat pack ......................
are beating up each other,
then making friends again.

US Vice President Vance Scolding Israel

'Enlightening' Update added on June 21:

It looks as if US president Trump, despite some second thoughts he might have for the future after US Midterm Elections, is decided to come to terms with Iran for the time being.

A ceasefire in Lebanon, which has been an Iranian prerequisite for signing an agreement of mutual understanding with the US side, has not come into effect until June 19. No wonder Iran has cancelled a first round of talks to begin that day.

Thereupon US vice-president Vance scolded Israel in an interview with the New York Times:

以色列国防军19日发声明称，以军在过去一夜打击了80多个黎真主党目标，打死数十名真主党成员。以色列国家安全部长本-格维尔在社交媒体上发文，以强硬措辞要求扩大对黎巴嫩的军事打击。他表示，尽管以色列尊重美国，但必须向世界表明，“以色列人的鲜血和安全不是可以讨价还价的筹码”，他扬言“整个黎巴嫩都必须燃烧”。

《纽约时报》18日报道称，万斯当天在接受采访时批评以色列对美国、伊朗达成的谅解备忘录表现出“怪异的恐慌”。他对以色列喊话：“你们是一个只有900万人口的国家，不能指望仅仅通过杀戮来解决你们面临的每一个国家安全问题。”在被问到怎样看待以色列对协议表示愤怒时，万斯加重了语气：“特朗普是世界上唯一站在以色列一边的国家元首，如果我是以色列政府内阁成员，我恐怕不会去抨击在世界上仅存的那个强大盟友。”

The Israel Defense Forces issued a statement on the 19th stating that the Israeli army had hit more than 80 Lebanese Hezbollah targets in the past night, killing dozens of Hezbollah members. Israel's national security minister Ben Gvir posted on social media demanding an expansion of the military strike on Lebanon in tough terms. He said that although Israel respects the United States, it must show the world that the blood and safety of Israelis are not bargaining chips. He threatened that the entire Lebanon must burn “.

The New York Times reported on the 18th that in an interview that day, Vance criticized Israel for showing "weird panic" about the memorandum of understanding reached between the United States and Iran. He shouted to Israel: “You are a country with a population of only 9 million, and you cannot expect to solve every national security problem you face simply through killing.” Asked what he thought of Israel's anger at the deal, Vance added to his tone: “Trump is the only head of state in the world to side with Israel. If I were a member of the Israeli government cabinet, I'm afraid I wouldn't go and attack the only one left in the world, that powerful ally.”

[凤凰 Mainland China on June 19]

川普说：“我要感谢中国，感谢习近平主席。他保持了中立，完全保持中立，我对此表示感谢。”

他同时也提到了俄罗斯总统普京：“我也要感谢普京总统，他也保持了非常中立的立场。”

川普进一步表示，如果中国选择支持伊朗，美国将会面临更大的军事压力。他说：“他们本来可以让我们的行动变得更加困难！我要说出来，让大家知道这一点。”

随后，川普透露自己曾与习近平进行过一次长时间通话，并直接提出了美国的担忧：“我和习近平进行了一次很长的谈话。他们拥有能够击落飞机的肩式武器……我对他说，我希望你不要把这些东西提供或出售给伊朗。”

Trump said: “I want to thank China, thank President Xi Jinping. He remained neutral, completely neutral, and I'm grateful for that.”

He also mentioned Russian President Vladimir Putin: “I also want to thank President Putin, who has also maintained an unusual neutral position.”

Trump further stated that the United States would face greater military pressure if China chose to support Iran. He said: “ they could have made our action more difficult! I'm going to say it and let everyone know about it.”

Afterwards, Trump revealed that he had had a long phone call with Xi Jinping and directly raised the concerns of the United States: “ I had a long conversation with Xi Jinping. "They have shoulder weapons that can shoot down planes." I said to him, "I hope you don't offer or sell these things to Iran."”

[文学城 on June 18]

The above comment was published by its Chinese source one day after the 52nd G7 Leaders' Summit taking place in Évian-les-Bains, France (June 15-17). Hosted by French President Macron, the high-stakes conference concluded with uncharacteristic unity, yielding a comprehensive joint declaration signed by all members—including US President Donald Trump, marking a diplomatic milestone for his current term. It is most probable that Trump made the above quoted declaration at that conference.

In 2023, Israel was excluded from official Chinese maps like Baidu or Alibaba.
On the following map two names are now missing: Israel and Tel Aviv. The name
of Jerusalem in Chinese could not be identified by the owner of that X-account.

Absolutely - Trump Confirming Support of Israeli Attack on Iran

On June 19, China's SINA news network is quoting
what Donald Trump said in an interview with Israeli
TV Channel 14 and where he confirmed his further
support of Israel in any future attack on Iran.

The original news on an Israeli X-account
for Channel 14 published only hours before:

The "America First Community" on one of their X-accounts:
- A conservative commentator predicting that Trump will
continue his war on Iran after the Midterm Elections.
- Republican US Senator promoted a wider intelligence
exchange between USA and Israel.

Sale de la guerra la paz, de la paz abundancia, de
la abundancia ocio, del ocio vicio, del vicio guerra.

From war comes peace. From peace comes abundance. From
abundance comes idleness. From idleness comes vice. And
from vice comes war.

Francisco de Quevedo: Sentencias filosóficas

Happy Birthday ..... Yankee Doodle !

Important Update added on June 15-17: Israel vs Lebanon - China Not Amused The day after Trump's 80th birthday, it seems Iran and USA have reached an initial agreement that is, nevertheless, looking shaky because parts of it are still subject to interpretation by both sides. What seems to be sure is the firm will of both sides to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to international maritime trffic, including the US accepting shipments of Iranian oil. And there has to be an unfreezing of some Iranian assets, earlier frozen in the frame of international sanctions. Up to the end, the latter point has always made an essential requirement of the Iranian side to reach a deal whatsoever. This might include unfreezing of assets held back by the US and/or regional powers like the Emirates. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Friday the terms of dealing with Iran’s nuclear program would be finalized in the 60 days after the initial agreement is signed and that the parties could decide to extend that period (!). The U.S. and Israel fear Iran’s nuclear program could lead to an atomic weapon — a main reason their leaders cited for going to war. Tehran has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, though the country has enough highly enriched uranium to build several atomic bombs, should it choose to do so. A senior U.S. administration official, who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the White House, said Friday that the emerging agreement would begin the process of destroying or removing Tehran’s highly enriched uranium. That’s something disputed by Iran, which has insisted it would hold onto its stockpile. It is expected that Trump will be using the initial agreement to present himself as a peace activist on the G7 summit at Evian on Lake Geneva. The meeting should begin today, June 15, and has already triggered severe riots in nearby Geneva city. Anyway, one crucial point still open in the agreement is the behaviour of Israel which has not agreed to reduce its military activities in Lebanon up to now ... FRANCE24: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on a collision course with Donald Trump as the US president seeks to extricate himself from the war, with both men's goals unmet & Israeli military operations tied down in Lebanon. The US war on Iran has been a 'strategic disaster for Israel', an analyst said on June 15. The same day, a journalist speaking for Israeli paper HAARETZ came upon with a similar, devastating evaluation in his interview with Al-Jazeera TV. Regular Press Conference of China's Foreign Ministry on June 16. China's spokesperson Lin Jian confirmed that China is ready to sent humanitarian aid to Iran and Lebanon. [ CCTV China state TV ] Iran vs US - Comparison of Culture The map is showing some countries that adopted Persian as an official language (by constitutional decree). Iran (Persian - Farsi) It represents the largest demographic weight of its speakers. It is written in the Arabic script and is considered the official state language, unifying all ethnic groups within the country. Afghanistan (Dari) Persian is known here as "Dari" (or Afghan Persian), and it is an official language alongside "Pashto." More than half of the country's population speaks it, and it serves as the common language of communication among various ethnic components. Tajikistan (Tajiki) It is the northern extension of the Persian language in Central Asia (blue colored in the map). Due to the Soviet era, the Tajik language is written today using the Cyrillic alphabet (Russian) instead of the Arabic script, but when spoken, it remains a fully comprehensible Persian language to Iranians and Afghans. And what about green-colored Uzbekistan? Its official language is Uzbek (a Turkish language). However, the citizens of great cities like Samarkand and Bukhara, located today within Uzbekistan, speak Persian (the Tajik dialect) as their first language. Therefore, the green color here represents the living cultural and demographic extension of the language, not the administrative constitutional status. Persian is not a Semitic language (like Arabic or Hebrew); it rather bears some similarity with the Indo-European family (like English and Spanish). Despite the different family, Persian (in Iran and Afghanistan) borrowed the Arabic script and a big proportion of Arabic vocabulary after the Islamic conquest, making it somehow familiar to the Arab ear. However, the formation of typical Persian words seems to be totally different from the Arabic root scheme. As there are only a few additional Persian letters adding to Arabic scripture, both scriptures are looking similar, and Arabic loan-words are therefore easy to recognize. An overall mutual understanding between both languages, however, is generally not so easy. What Arab understands Persian and what Persian understands Arabic usually depends on whom you ask ... Just try to read the famous Persian poems of Hafiz from Shiraz with a basic knowledge of the Arabic language. Only in a few cases you might succeed. Here are some English words that would have been translated into comparable expressions: English: Coran, mosque, a believer, the light, jewels, republic, news, a judge. Persian: قرآن، مسجد، مؤمن، نور، جواهرات، جمهوری، اخبار، قاضی Arabic: قرآن، مسجد، مؤمن، النور، جواهر، جمهورية، أخبار، قاضٍ By the way, only one day after my latest entry here, I happened to watch a TV documentary about the Islamic Revolution of Ayatollah Khomeini. In an interview, Khomeini was heard speaking a sentence that caught my attention, because it contained an Arabic word I recognized at once. That was استقلال which has the meaning of "independence". Together with الحرية, meaning "freedom", it belonged to the vocabulary Khomeini frequently used at the beginning of his revolution and which triggered much support from an Iranian and international community. - W. Wiesner - Enjoy 2.000 Years old Iranian Culture while walking on a Carpet Fair (Tehran 2022). Compare it with a US Bully Culture talking about taking Cuba on its way back from Iran, or of "blowing up" Oman in case they don't behave.

'It is up to all of us to fix this' Former President Barack Obama on American ideals [April 4, 2025] Even the US Eagle is not fond of Trump :

Erdogan - Netanyahu - Trump: Middle East Chaos Completed

Update on June 12-13 added below !

In the morning of June 13, an Arabic writer and book author, connected with the media and engaged in politics, published the following comment on the actual situation: Urgent: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi: ( -Ending the war means the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the occupied Lebanon territories, and we have made that clear frankly - If the opposing side does not fulfill its commitments within the 60 days, negotiations on the remaining issues will not proceed..) What this means is that Iran has not only tied the ceasefire to not targeting Beirut, but also to Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon.. In other words: Lebanon is no longer just a proxy or a simple battlefield.. Lebanon has turned into the safety valve for the entire region—if it's unscrewed, the whole boiler will explode..!! Imagine with me: Every rocket launched from the south is immediately translated in the Trump and Khamenei war rooms—what does that mean? It means what's happening in Nabatieh & Khiam affects the price of gas in New York.. (thin laughter) That's exactly what Iran has done, and until now, Trump & Netanyahu aren't even aware of the disaster they've gotten themselves into. The summary: Israel is holding onto the right to preemptive strikes just as Netanyahu wants (meaning strike freely and with freedom of movement), while Hezbollah is holding onto the right to resistance (meaning I strike freely too and with freedom of movement)...what does that mean? It means the first small incident.. and peace be upon you..the region will explode again.. Lebanon has become the most important country possibly in the entire Middle East.. Even Turkey, through Erdogan's voice, has made it a national security issue for Turkey.. and this is a dangerous shift and turnaround that says the battle of Trump and Netanyahu, which they thought was a picnic, has led to the biggest (hammer blow) to both their heads in their entire history.. The quoted X-account and an earlier video on the same subject showing S. Askar in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV (Beirut):

Netanyahu answering to Turkey's
Erdogan in an X-post on June 10

Turkey and Saudi Arabia signed landmark agreements Tuesday for a new railway line connecting the countries via Syria and Jordan, aiming to extend it in the future to Oman to serve as an overland trade route bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, a central oil trade route currently blockaded by the US and Iran amid their war.

Ankara boasted that the project would reduce Israel’s regional influence, and various commentators said the development sidelined the Jewish state’s attempts to set up railway trade routes from East Asia to Europe passing through the country.

US President Donald Trump hails Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in response to a question about the latter’s recent threats against Israel.

A reporter in the Oval Office notes the recent call from Erdogan for countries to confront Israel due to what he said were its destabilizing activities throughout the region, and the journalist asks Trump whether he’s concerned about a confrontation between Jerusalem and Ankara, and whether he still plans to sell Turkey F-35 fighter jets.

“As you know, he’s a very good friend of mine, and we’ve worked very well together. I like him a lot,” Trump responds, avoiding any comment on Erdogan’s threats against Israel.

Trump tells reporters that he hasn’t heard about Erdogan’s latest criticism of Israel but that if he did, he’d call the Turkish leader and make sure that “nothing would happen with Turkey.”

Earlier today, Erdogan said Israel’s attacks on Syria and Lebanon reached a point where they also threaten Turkey, adding Israel’s “aggression” poses a threat to the whole world and must be stopped. Netanyahu shouted back by calling Erdogan an “antisemitic dictator.”

[Times of Israel on June 10]

Headlines quoted from an AL-Jazeera video
about Trump's press conference on June 10:

صحفي لترمب: هل تتوقع مواجهة بين إسراىيل و تركيا؟
و هل ستبيعون طاىرات إف35 إلى تركيا؟

Journalist asking Trump: Do you foresee a confrontation between Israel and Turkey ?
And will you sell F-35 planes to Turkey ?

Bombing of the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas as
reported by Al-Jazeera TV on June 11, 2026

"Iran in Arabic" on Facebook on June 12

Quotation from Iran in Arabic - 8 hours ago on June 12:

رسمياً السيد مجتبى خامنئي يوجه القوات الصاروخية برفع مستوى الصواريخ للحد الأقصى إلى مدى يصل أوروبا والولايات المتحدة
الرسالة واضحة لترامب لن نكتفي بضرب القواعد بل سنضرب العمق الأمريكي

Mr. Mojtaba Khamenei has officially directed missile forces to upgrade missile capabilities to their maximum level, extending their range to reach Europe and the United States.
The message to Trump is clear: we will not limit ourselves to striking bases; we will strike the American heartland.

Editor's Note:
Even though the Facebook account is named "Iran in Arabic", comments are composed in Persian and should be translated as such. The text, however, contains an unusually high amount of Arabic words.
- WW -

Quotation from Iran in Arabic - 11 hours ago on June 12:

Iran has officially executed a complex intelligence and operational plan
for the attacks launched at dawn today against certain US military bases.
- The Iranian attacks inflicted significant damage on high-value US military equipment.
- Iranian forces tracked the flight path and deployment location of two large US P-8 aircraft from the moment of their takeoff.
- Precision weapons targeted the deployment sites of the two US aircraft at the Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait.
- Iran monitored the deployment of at least three US F-35 fighter jets at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan and precisely targeted their location.

Latest generation of Iranian missiles as reported on June 9 by Al-Arabiya TV.
طهران تقلب الحسابات في مشهد الحرب..
مخزون الصواريخ الإيرانية يفاجئ أميركا وإسرائيل
Tehran Shifting War Calculations .. Iranian Missile Stockpile Surprises US & Israel.


BBC - 42 minutes ago on June 12:

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Deutschland - Das Land der Toten Juden

Germany - The Country of Dead Jews

Last Update on June 9

One day after Germany lost in the European competition for a 2-years temporary seat in the influential United Nation's Security Council, here I come with a private comment in the German language on what has gone nastily wrong ...

=> Das Land der Toten Juden <=
PDF-file (2,5 MB) best for translation with a recent version of Microsoft Edge
Fichier PDF mieux pour la traduction avec Microsoft Edge (nouvelle version)

On the Phone - Trump Cursing Netanyahu

Last Update added below on June 3:
Rising Tensions between US & Iran
Iran Bombing Internat. Airport Kuwait

Only hours ago, AXIOS, CNN, FOX News, The Guardian came with the news that US president Donald Trump allegedly threatened Netanyahu in a phone call where he referred to the renewed Israeli bombing of Beirut. The call must have been loud enough to be overheard by Trump's entourage.

“You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass.
Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.”

The phone call came after Netanyahu had ordered the Israeli military to resume bombing the southern Dahiya area of Beirut to target Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia which has launched drone strikes into Israel. The Israel Defense Forces told Lebanese civilians to evacuate areas of southern Beirut, causing thousands of people to flee.

Iran said on Tuesday, June 2nd, that it would suspend peace talks with the US over Israel’s ongoing campaign in southern Lebanon. Tehran insisted Lebanon should be covered by a ceasefire agreement meant to facilitate negotiations to open the strait of Hormuz and lift a US blockade of Iranian ports.

The phone call between Trump and Netanyahu came on the heels of that announcement, which would effectively freeze talks days after Trump had claimed negotiators had reached a preliminary deal that he was considering whether to sign.

Channel 12, a prominent independent Israeli news network, contested the details of the call.

Descrption of the following video from Hindustan Times published on June 3:

Tensions in the Gulf have surged after Iran claimed to have launched missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. Tehran described the strikes as retaliation for American military action against Qeshm Island, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that any further aggression would trigger an even harsher response.

According to Iranian statements, precision missile strikes were carried out against U.S. positions in the region. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command said American and partner forces intercepted multiple missiles and drones, adding that no U.S. personnel were harmed during the attacks. CENTCOM also confirmed conducting self-defense strikes on an Iranian ground-control station on Qeshm Island. The latest escalation comes despite an existing ceasefire framework between Washington and Tehran, raising fresh concerns about the stability of the Gulf region. Air raid sirens reportedly sounded in Bahrain, while regional militaries remained on high alert amid fears of a wider confrontation. With both sides exchanging accusations and military actions, questions are growing over whether the fragile truce can survive. The Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global energy supplies, remains at the center of the standoff as tensions between the United States and Iran continue to shape security dynamics across West Asia.

Kuwait's Deputy PM & Minister of the Interior watching damage
from the Iranian missile impact on Kuwait's International Airport.
Sources saying that air traffic of Gulf states has been cancelled.

War on Iran - US Attacks Resumed Amid Negotiations

Revised and completed on June 01 Yaffa News Network (شبكة يافا الإخبارية) is an independent Palestinian digital media outlet dedicated to providing round-the-clock news coverage from occupied Palestine. It operates independently of political or party-affiliated funding. The majority of its journalists and correspondents contribute voluntarily. The media outlet maintains active physical offices in both Ramallah and Gaza. [AI generated description] News have been confirmed by lots of international sources at different dates in May 2026, including Israeli and US media, as well as Iranian military related X-accounts. Why has Trump threatened Oman? The US president’s comments came after reports emerged in Iranian state media that Tehran and Oman had discussed a possible situation in which the two countries would manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz after the war. Iranian officials have discussed systems in which ships crossing the strait would pay a maritime service fee, which they say would be distinct from the idea of direct tolls for ships to transit through Hormuz. But the White House has rejected suggestions that Iran or Oman could oversee the critical waterway. “It’s international waters. Nobody’s going to control it. We’re going to watch over it,” he told the cabinet meeting. [The Independent, UK on May 28] On May 26 the US informed the world via FOX News they resumed their attacks on Southern Iran in "self-defence". Iranian vessels, allegedly laying mines, and port facilities in Bandar Abbas have become under attack. Iranian video showing the attack on a vessel belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps IRGC, early this morning. At the same time, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage to Mekkah, the Iranian leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei delivered a Programmatic Hajj Speech where he predicted the end of Israel as a national entity within the next 15 years. This was accompanied by Iranian missile attacks on Israeli targets. ......................... History - A pilgrimage from Jeddah to Mekkah - The first video known to describe Hajj proceedings at Mekkah. The original Arabic version from 1928. Among the ancient pilgrimage routes taken by Muslims is the "African Hajj Route", where Muslims from central and western Africa would traverse an immense distance separating them from the holy lands, estimated at about seven thousand kilometers. This vast distance required them to set out for the Hajj a full year or more before its appointed time, covering the land on foot. And due to the impossibility of carrying provisions and supplies throughout these extended months, the pilgrims devised a clever stratagem: each one would set out on his journey accompanied by a herd of livestock—cows, buffalo, and goats—to quench his thirst with their milk and sustain himself on them throughout the road. Upon reaching the port to cross to the opposite shore of the Red Sea, he would sell his livestock there and save its price as expenses for performing the rites and for the return journey. [Quoted from the X-account of an Egyptian Muslim] .........................

Iran vs US - Comparison of Culture The map is showing some countries that adopted Persian as an official language (by constitutional decree). Iran (Persian - Farsi) It represents the largest demographic weight of its speakers. It is written in the Arabic script and is considered the official state language, unifying all ethnic groups within the country. Afghanistan (Dari) Persian is known here as "Dari" (or Afghan Persian), and it is an official language alongside "Pashto." More than half of the country's population speaks it, and it serves as the common language of communication among various ethnic components. Tajikistan (Tajiki) It is the northern extension of the Persian language in Central Asia (blue colored in the map). Due to the Soviet era, the Tajik language is written today using the Cyrillic alphabet (Russian) instead of the Arabic script, but when spoken, it remains a fully comprehensible Persian language to Iranians and Afghans. And what about green-colored Uzbekistan? Its official language is Uzbek (a Turkish language). However, the citizens of great cities like Samarkand and Bukhara, located today within Uzbekistan, speak Persian (the Tajik dialect) as their first language. Therefore, the green color here represents the living cultural and demographic extension of the language, not the administrative constitutional status. Persian is not a Semitic language (like Arabic or Hebrew); it rather bears some similarity with the Indo-European family (like English and Spanish). Despite the different family, Persian (in Iran and Afghanistan) borrowed the Arabic script and a big proportion of Arabic vocabulary after the Islamic conquest, making it somehow familiar to the Arab ear. However, the formation of typical Persian words seems to be totally different from the Arabic root scheme. As there are only a few additional Persian letters adding to Arabic scripture, both scriptures are looking similar, and Arabic loan-words are therefore easy to recognize. An overall mutual understanding between both languages, however, is generally not so easy. What Arab understands Persian and what Persian understands Arabic usually depends on whom you ask ... Just try to read the famous Persian poems of Hafiz from Shiraz with a basic knowledge of the Arabic language. Only in a few cases you might succeed. Here are some English words that would have been translated into comparable expressions: English: Coran, mosque, a believer, the light, jewels, republic, news, a judge. Persian: قرآن، مسجد، مؤمن، نور، جواهرات، جمهوری، اخبار، قاضی Arabic: قرآن، مسجد، مؤمن، النور، جواهر، جمهورية، أخبار، قاضٍ By the way, only one day after my latest entry here, I happened to watch a TV documentary about the Islamic Revolution of Ayatollah Khomeini. In an interview, Khomeini was heard speaking a sentence that caught my attention, because it contained an Arabic word I recognized at once. That was استقلال which has the meaning of "independence". Together with الحرية, meaning "freedom", it belonged to the vocabulary Khomeini frequently used at the beginning of his revolution and which triggered much support from an Iranian and international community. - W. Wiesner - Enjoy 2.000 Years old Iranian Culture while walking on a Carpet Fair (Tehran 2022). Compare it with a US Bully Culture talking about taking Cuba on its way back from Iran, or of "blowing up" Oman in case they don't behave. Latest News & Posts 'Early Bird' - Blueprint News Center 2025 Latest: China starts military drills, this time intended to physically block Taiwan from foreign support. The President of Harvard University on latest Restrictions for Foreign Students on behalf of the Trump Administration. [NPR May 28, 2025] 'It is up to all of us to fix this' Former President Barack Obama on American ideals [April 4, 2025] Even the US Eagle is not fond of Trump :

US War on Iran - Trump Dancing on a Razor Blade

Latest on May 25: US Republican hardliners are fearing a Trump deal, yet not fully known in detail, that would mean Ending the War at all Costs before the Midterm Elections among rising disagreement with Trump's governing style. It's a mere chaos ... While US president Trump is announcing further success in his efforts to reach a breakthrough in indirect negotiations with Iran, Iran remains reluctant to confirm that. Instead, the Revolutionary Guards of Iran, IRGC, only recently announced further military efforts to protect their country, in case the US might resume their bombing of Iranian facilities. The Commander-in-Chief of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, Ahmed Vahidi, confirmed on Sunday that the Iranian Armed Forces are in a state of high readiness and possess strong deterrence capabilities at various levels, warning that any new attack on Iran will be met with a devastating response that goes beyond the regional framework. [عرب 48 on May 24] As to the maritime blockade of Hormuz Detroit, nothing essential seems to have changed during recent weeks. Trump said the U.S.-Iran agreement will soon announce a reported 60-day extension of the ceasefire and the reopening of the strait and negotiations on a nuclear program U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the agreement to end the war with Iran will be announced soon and negotiations are currently underway on the final level. Trump is reported to have had phone calls with Arab and Muslim leaders, and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, respectively, before making the comments. It was Trump's most determined statement to date, indicating his readiness to agree to the memorandum of understanding being negotiated with Iran. [RFI in Chinese] on 24/05/2026 - 13:11

Comparison of Culture Enjoy 2.000 Years old Iranian Culture while walking on a Carpet Fair (Tehran 2022). Compare it with a US Bully Culture talking about taking Cuba on its way back from Iran. Latest News & Posts 'Early Bird' - Blueprint News Center 2025 Latest: China starts military drills, this time intended to physically block Taiwan from foreign support. The President of Harvard University on latest Restrictions for Foreign Students on behalf of the Trump Administration. [NPR May 28, 2025] 'It is up to all of us to fix this' Former President Barack Obama on American ideals [April 4, 2025] Resisting Trump & Musk Even the US Eagle is not fond of Trump :