Babylon Burning

👑 💲 Israel, Pillay and the Nobel Israel’s Foreign Ministry condemned the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay, calling it “the grotesque weaponization of an award to legitimize anti-Israel hatred and prejudice.” The ministry accused her of politically motivated demonization of Israel and ended by invoking Joseph Goebbels “applauding from hell.” Pillay dedicated the prize to “all survivors of…

🔯 Winter Takes a Swing at Netanyahu Amcha Israel chairman Ofer Winter told Meet the Press, “Bibi can kiss my ass,” in an excerpt promoting tomorrow’s interview. The full interview also includes his claim that an Eisenkot-led government would endanger Israel. The pairing suggests Winter wants distance from Netanyahu without giving his rival political cover. @Burning_Babylon #Israel #Elections #BabylonBurning

🪖 🎬 Pentagon Turns Execution Into a Broadcast A Pentagon official said the execution of Nidal Hasan, the former U.S. Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be livestreamed. Donald Trump approved his execution by firing squad. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised public access to the broadcast, saying people “need to understand there are severe consequences for acts like these.” The…

🚀 Morning Brief: October 9 1️⃣ London. Labour's Sagal Abdi-Wali won the [constituency] by-election with 12,292 votes to Green Party leader Zack Polanski's 8,928, a margin of 3,364. "Now it's time to deliver," she said in her victory speech. 2️⃣ Australia. Nvidia-backed data-center operator Firmus withdrew its planned multibillion-dollar IPO after closing its order books. The company cited "recent market volatility…

📈 Iran War Could Push Israel’s Vote Back Israel’s October 27 election is now part of the Iran-war planning discussion. IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir warned U.S. officials that renewed fighting within three weeks could force a postponement because Iran would likely retaliate with missile strikes against Israel. The Pentagon has drafted options for a short, intensive campaign targeting Iranian missile and drone…

🔪 🪓 Shin Bet Reports Southern Terror Cells Since the start of 2026, authorities have arrested 72 residents of the Negev and southern Israel for Shin Bet questioning. Of those, 67 are Israeli citizens. Roughly 50 have been indicted. The Shin Bet says five young men from Segev Shalom, arrested in May and June, planned a local armed battalion modeled on West Bank formations. Their alleged targets included the town’s…

💥 🪖 🗣 France Suspends Grenades France suspended police use of stun grenades during student demonstrations nationwide after a 15-year-old boy lost his hand in a police grenade explosion. Protesters at Place de la Bastille called for Emmanuel Macron’s resignation. A reported crowd figure put attendance at 100,000; the supplied account does not identify who made that estimate. The equipment gets withdrawn after the…

🚀 Evening Brief: October 8, 2026 1️⃣ Manhattan federal court, New York. U.S. prosecutors publicly filed an indictment accusing Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores of conspiring to torture political opponents and American citizens. The allegations concern nine victims, including three Americans. Manhattan’s top federal prosecutor, Jamie McDonald, said the couple used “a violent system of torture and repression to…

💲 🪖 ☪️ The Embassy Memo Israel quietly approved more West Bank settlements in a single decision than ever before in late March, according to a report. U.S. Embassy staff viewed the move as defying Donald Trump’s stated opposition to annexation and drafted an urgent memo for Washington. The memo never reached its destination. Three U.S. officials said David Milstein, 36, a senior aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee,…