Josh Paul, Huitfeldt, Bell, and Moral Clarity among Western - White Caucasian, Palestine - Israel and Gradual Shift Moral Value

‘Western-moral value’ 7 decades ago, Arab Nation was ‘more worthy’ than Jew State. 7 Decades later, a rare ‘Caucasian' pushed Israel narrative. "If they don't agree dept order, "[they] should quit"

DC and Dearborn 9.31am / Jerusalem - Gaza Strip - Tel Aviv 4.31pm / London 2.31pm Oct [298 hours of war, still continue] BREAKING NEWS live update trilingual [hebrew - arabic - english] click here. 4,800 Palestine in Gaza alone killed [1,524 children] by Israel. Maybe 6,000 because still a lot of victims under the rubbles. Not counting Israeli hostages killed by Israeli

According to Palestine - Gazans journo Plestia Alaqad at least 3.30pm Gaza / Tel Aviv, Rafah Border is close. Biden, according AP, push Egypt to open Rafah Border, but according to Netanyahu speech [around 2pm Gaza / Tel Aviv], ‘Israel not allow.’ US is pledging US$100 million in humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Better than nothing. But if my math is correct that’s roughly US$33 per Gazan. That will go a long way, won’t it?

The US did not arm Israel “unconditionally” and avoided agreeing to sell Israel arms directly until 1962 during the antagonistic nuclear buildup (at least partial bluff) between French / Argentina-facilitated Israel [so a lot of Mirage France uses by Israeli Air Force since decades ago] and Soviet-backed UAR [United Arab Republic] / Egypt. Jewish diaspora in France are only discussed in terms of antisemitism / Islamophobia, though their role in socialist parties especially under PM André Léon Blum, first ever Jewish to be Prime Minister of France. Blum is socialist like another socialist 1 decade after Blum died, Gamal Abdul Nasser of UAR / Egypt.

Blum had a decisive impact on early Zionist armament/nuclear project and conditions for Middle Eastern conflict forever after. The US claimed to avoid arms deals to the Middle East until 1963 to try to appear like a neutral arbiter on Palestine and deter USSR influence.

In reality, the US supplied arms to Saudi Arabia to protect ARAMCO whatever cost, and gave “food aid” to UAR to buy armaments from other countries. 7 decades ago, the Arab Nation, at least Saudi was ‘more worthy’ [in the optics of Washington DC] than Jew State. Even some ‘high-level’ families inside the Kingdom of Saudi are very westernized since decades ago, maybe more ‘West’ than Jewish in Israel decade 50-60.

This is the norm for the Bin Laden family who are cosmopolitan global elites rather than trad cave dwellers as Osama bin Laden LARP’ed as. Photo of Bin Laden family on vacation in Sweden, years before Yom Kippur war, Osama second from right.

Resignations like Josh Paul, his departure from the State Department is extremely rare. Even before working for the State Department, he was [Booz Allen Hamilton, according to his Linkedin] in division about arm supplies too. Even Josh Paul decided to stay in the Trump administration, amid hundred staff resignations. Around 2018 - 2019, the reality of service as a career public official in the Trump administration is one of complacency, not resistance.

Former State Department [resign in Trump tenure] Chuck Park said "Among my colleagues at the State Department, I have met neither the unsung hero nor the cunning villain of Deep State lore. If the resistance does exist, it should be clear by this point that it has failed."

He further explained how perks such as free housing, career advancement and diplomatic prestige continued to endear him to the job even through scandal after scandal that has defined foreign relations during the Trump presidency. Chuck Park came to the conclusion that the demands of the current political climate required him to make a choice: comply with Trump administration priorities or resign. He argued that the Deep State was serving no broader, moral purpose beyond, if anything, slowing down the inexorable gears of President Donald Trump's agenda.

Chuck Park pointed out that Foreign Service officers serve at the pleasure of the president, and so they should be absolutely compliant in performing their diplomatic duties. If they don't agree with a departmental order, "[they] should quit."

Now because Josh Paul doesn't agree with a departmental order under the Biden administration and FM Blinken, he quit.

With 11 years overseeing arm transfers, means Josh Paul actually greenlight a lot of sensitive, maybe more complicated, arm transfers to a lot of battlefronts. From Syria [to destroy ISIS — we assume], Afghanistan [destroy Taliban, but failed], prolonged guarantor security in Iraq, and of course gigantic aid to Ukraine. Imagine he’s OK for a lot of battlefronts, some areas [seems, optics from outsiders] maybe more complicated than Palestine - Israel, but finally Josh Paul ended up quitting on arm transfer for Israel. 

If all Biden does is to merely return matters "to the pre-Oct. 7 status quo, the rest of the world [especially Global SOUTH] will look on, shake its head in dismay and disapproval, and conclude that it’s time for a different approach." While at first holding the Trump admin-brokered Abraham Accords at arm’s length, the Biden admin soon embraced them in the misguided belief that stitching together arms deals with abusive governments and calling it ‘peace’ was a good way to advance US security and prosperity. We have to be careful. Xi Jinping likely wants a long Israeli-Hamas war, because it may distract the United States from defending Taiwan, among many other reasons. "China’s Xi seeks swift end to Israel-Hamas conflict, calls for two-state solution."

Some moral clarity pushes Josh’s dignity. Dovish, or less dovish, because his task or division literally ‘arm supplies’, a very hawk or realist, in US State Dept resigned because can't able push 'more humane policy, hour after Biden 'ok' for Netanyahu - ground operation in Gaza, a potential rocketed casualties in Gaza [already 4,800 killed in Gaza alone, not only because Baptist Hospital blew up by Israel] Anglican Episcopal Baptist Church hospital / Al Ahli Arab Maamadani Hospital, run by Anglican - The Church of England / Archbishop Canterbury Primate Justin Portal Welby and guarantor Supreme Governor King Charles III.

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Guardian UK rubber stamped long decades as Left Wing media, some people say ‘far left.’ Nowadays, Guardian is intensely critical of [human right lawyer and Labour Party leader] Sir Keir Starmer for every action, including his barbaric comment who urge or justified killing Palestine gradually, with backing for what he described as Israel's "right" to totally cut power and water supplies to Palestinians in Gaza, same idea with Comic [US citizen] Sarah Kate Silverman 18 hours ago in her Instagram.

Sarah Kate Silverman was [global] trending in X/Twitter around 9pm-1am DC time / 4-8am Tel Aviv time today, because her post in Instagram urge Israel and or ‘says ok’ about cut electricity and water to Gazans people. 90 Years old [maybe older] grandma very painful to reach some water [use red basket] in Gaza.

She refuses to evacuate by SAR because she's felt happy at home, [because] she was in NAKBA 1948 moment. If she [assume] 90 years old this year, when Nakba happens, she was 15 years old. She is actually alone in some area [estimate] 5-6 blocks, arguably no one HAMAS hiding in some building. Only her, alone. Her blocks don’t want to get bombed by Israeli. 2-3 hours later after SAR team failed to convince her to evacuate, she killed by Israel bomb. This Palestinian Grandma killed 9-10 days ago, days before Israel announce [in Friday] all Gazans in Northern must go to South.

For Plestia Alaqad and all Palestinian especially in Gaza, water is privilege. Thanks for barbaric stories Instagram for Sarah Kate Silverman. For Silverman optic, all Palestinian in the world including in US soil is HAMAS. Maybe majority western people, or, ‘Western - moral value’, all Palestinian is HAMAS

But why abruptly Guardian fired 40-years working, cartoonist Steven William Maclean Bell, when Bell was criticizing Netanyahu 11 years ago with [arguably] the same depicting, same gore cartoon. 

Bell's cartoons regularly feature grotesque caricatures, and have sometimes caused controversy as well as receiving critical acclaim. During the November 2012 Israel - Gaza conflict The Guardian published a cartoon by Bell showing the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a puppeteer controlling former FM UK William Hague [William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond] and Tony Blair. Dave Rich, blogging for the Community Security Trust, said that the illustration was comparable to those featured in Nazi and other antisemitic publications.

While Bell defended his cartoon, the newspaper's readers' editor Chris Elliott concluded in an article on 25 November: "While journalists and cartoonists should be free to express an opinion that Netanyahu is opportunistic and manipulative, in my view they should not use the language – including the visual language – of antisemitic stereotypes.

Bell's moral clarity for 4 decades ago is still the same high as drawing against Netanyahu days ago, but the weird now Guardian chose to fire him.

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Although Norway is not a superpower like the US and UK, Annike Scharning Huitfeldt was FM Norway, more prestigious than Josh Paul and Steven William Maclean Bell.

4 Months ago, June 6th, 2023, [former] Minister of Foreign Affairs Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt’s closing statement at the conference on Protecting Children in Armed Conflict, 6 June 2023. Norway hosted the conference that took place in Oslo, Norway.

Imagine if she hosted ‘protecting children’ months ago, but not defending Palestinian rights. The problem is, her husband has a conflict of interest on arm sales. Still debatable whether Huitfeldt is fired, or actually in her gut try to resign since weeks ago [even before Palestine - Israel war].

In August, Huitfeldt herself announced that her husband, Ola Petter Flem, had traded the shares of companies that could have been affected by her decisions as foreign minister — including arms manufacturer Kongsberg Gruppen, in which the Norwegian state is a majority shareholder.

“The matters concerning the purchase and sale of shares and competence are part of the justification” for Huitfeldt’s ouster, the Norwegian prime minister [or or Statsminister Jonas Gahr Støre ([ˈjùːnɑs gɑː‿ˈʂtø̂ːrə];] said Monday [Oct 16, 2023] according to Norway’s public broadcaster NRK.

In the spirit of fairness, just 1 person - white caucasian [NOT MIXED RACIAL] - Western leaders [minimum FM] -  who had enough backbone to express concern about Israel's actions. Anniken Scharning Huitfeldt who said the blockade on Gaza was "unacceptable’’, again, although scandal of her husband.

Capturing the poignant distress within his own family in a UN classroom in Gaza, the Palestinian journalist underscores the pressing plea by Huitfeldt for access to vital resources like electricity, water, & food. Join hands to safeguard fundamental rights to adequate healthcare.

Türkiye President Erdogan has initiated a negotiation process for the release of civilian prisoners held by Hamas. President Erdogan has instructed the related institutions to lead the negotiation process. The released an Israeli woman and 2 kids is 2nd batch. First ever hostage released is elderly [around 85 years old] women. Very healthy, get food and water during kidnapping time from Palestinian, and the footage, get again water from the IDF.

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Plestia Alaqad | بلستيا العقاد is Journo in Gaza. Telco Ministry of Israel cut off internet to Gaza since 00.00 Saturday but at least 3 ‘popular Gazans’, literally in inside Gaza, Refaat [tweets 11am local time], Jason Shawa [tweets 7am local time], surgery doctor UK - Palestinian citizen Dr. Ghassan Abu Sitta to say hi ‘we still alive, but don’t know next day. Situation in Rafah border still chaos.

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