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The United Nations Report Accusing Israel of “Genocide” is a Joke

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 September 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Israel and tagged 1948 Genocide Convention, active measures, African National Congress, al-Jazeera, ANC, anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, apartheid, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich, China, Colonel Gaddafi, colonialism, Communism, Cuba, disinformation, dolus specialis, Durban II, Fidel Castro, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Gaza War, genocidal intent, genocide, GHF, hate speech, human rights groups, human shields, humanitarian NGOs, ICC, ICJ, Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and Israel, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international law, Iran, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, Jewish State, jihadism, jihadists, journalism, journalists, Jugoslavija, Julius Streicher, Kurt Waldheim, Libya, media, messaging campaign, misinformation, Mohammed Sinwar, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Navanethem Pillay, Navi Pillay, Nazis, Non-Aligned Movement, Nuremberg Trials, Nuremberg Tribunal, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Pakistan, Palestinians, Pillay Commission, political warfare, press, propaganda, Qatar, racism, Russia, Rwanda, Rwanda Media Case, Rwandan genocide, Simchat Torah pogrom, social media, South Africa, Soviet Union, special intent, specific intent, Srebrenica Massacre, strategic messaging, terrorism, Théoneste Bagosora, TikTok, UNHRC, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, urban warfare, World Conference Against Racism, Yoav Gallant, Yugoslavia, Zionism on September 18, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Israel Has Lost the Information War

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 14 September 2025

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged Abdul Rahim Muhammad Hamden, Aboud, academia, active measures, activism, activists, African National Congress, Amir, Amnesty International, ANC, Anthony Aguilar, Antisemitism, Ariel Bibas, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bibas family, Cold War, disinformation, dolus specialis, Donald Trump, entryism, Gaza, Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, Gen Z, genocide, Genocide Convention, GHF, Holocaust, hostages, human rights groups, Human Rights Watch, human shields, humanitarian NGOs, IAGS, ICC, ICJ, IDF, information war, International Association of Genocide Scholars, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, international law, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel Defence Forces, Kfir Bibas, Krystal Ball, media, Mehdi Hasan, misinformation, Nazis, newsfluencers, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Palestinians, PIJ, PLO, podcasts, propaganda, public relations, rape as a weapon of war, Raphael Lemkin, Saagar Enjeti, Sabra and Shatila massacre, Shiri Bibas, Simchat Torah pogrom, social media, South Africa, Soviet Union, subversion, Syria, terrorism, TikTok, Tucker Carlson, Twitter, UG Solutions, Ukraine, United Nations, United Nations Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, war crimes, Yazidi genocide on September 15, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Iran’s Global Antisemitic Jihad Reaches Australia

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 September 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran and tagged Adass Israel Synagogue, Ahmad Sadeghi, AMIA bombing, Anthony Albanese, Antisemitism, ASIO, Australia, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Bondi, Britain, Burgas bus bombing, Communism, Four Lions, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Hizballah, ideology, Intelligence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jews, jihadism, Khobar Towers bombing, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, Lewis’ Continental Kitchen, Melbourne, Mike Burgess, Nomads bikie gang, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestinians, Petrov Affair, Sayed Mohammed Moosawi, Sayed Moosawi, Soviet Union, Sydney, terrorism on September 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Russia Tries to Recover Ground in Syria

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 18 August 2025

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This entry was posted in Russia, Syria and tagged Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad al-Sharaa, atrocities, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Communism, Donald Trump, Druze, Hamza al-Mustafa, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham, Hmaymeem Airbase, HTS, ideology, Imperialism, IRA, Iran, ISIS, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, jihadism, Khmeimim Airbase, Kurdistan Workers’ Party, Libya, NATO, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Palestine Liberation Organisation, PKK, PLO, Provisional Irish Republican Army, Qamishli Airport, Qatar, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, SDF, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian Kurds, Tartus Naval Base, Turkey, Vladimir Putin, war crimes on August 18, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

The New York Times and Gaza: Omissions, Mistakes, and Inadequate Corrections

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 1 August 2025

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This entry was posted in Israel and tagged African National Congress, Ahli Hospital, Al-Ahli Arab Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, Anadolu Agency, ANC, Angkar, Antisemitism, Augusto Pinochet, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bible, Bosnia, Bosnian War, Cambodia, Chile, Cold War, Communism, Cuba, disinformation, Eytan Gilboa, Fidel Castro, Gaza, Gaza Health Ministry, genocide, Gray Lady, HAMAS, Holocaust, Holodomor, ICC, ICJ, ideology, IDF, International Court of Justice, International Criminal Court, Iran, Iraq, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamism, Israel, Israel Defence Forces, Jews, Khmer Rouge, Lilac Sigan, mainstream media, Mariupol, Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, Muhammad al-Matouq, Muhammad al-Mutawaq, Muhammad Zakariya Ayyoub al-Matouq, Nazis, October 7 Attack, October 7 Massacre, October 7 Pogrom, Omar al-Bashir, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, PIJ, propaganda, rape as a weapon of war, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Red China, Russia, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Salvador Allende, Simchat Torah pogrom, Soliman Hijjy, Soviet Union, Syria, terrorism, The New York Times, Turkey, Ukraine, Umar al-Bashir, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, Yemen, Yoav Gallant, Yousef Masoud on August 1, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

There is No Certainty About the Casualty Numbers in Rwanda

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 July 2025

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This entry was posted in History and tagged activism, African World War, Allan Stam, Arusha Accords, Bambuti pygmies, Bosnia, Bosnian War, Christian Davenport, Civil War, crimes against humanity, David A. Armstrong II, Democratic Republic of the Congo, disinformation, ethnic war, First Congo War, genocide, Human Rights Watch, Hutu Power, Hutus, IBUKA, Interahamwe, international law, Juvenal Habyarimana, Mobutu Sese Seko, Paul Kagame, propaganda, RPF, Rwanda, Rwandan genocide, Rwandan Patriotic Front, Science, Second Congo War, Soviet Union, statistics, Tutsis, Uganda, United Nations, war crimes, Zaire on July 26, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Meeting Protestants in Ukraine

By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 28 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Foreign Travel, Russia and tagged A Jesus Mission, atheism, Austria, Battle of Poltava, Bible, Bolsheviks, Catherine the Great, Cheka, Chekists, Christianity, Cold War, Communism, Crimea, Crimean Khanate, Dnipro, Donald Trump, Donbas, Donetsk, Ekaterina II, Enlightenment, Euromaidan, Evangelical Christianity, George Floyd, Germany, Gleb Kopalin, God, Golden Horde, Greek Catholic Uniates, GRU, Habsburgs, Hezbollah, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Hizballah, humanitarian aid, Ignatius Aphrem II, Igor Pilipyshka, Intelligence, Israel, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Jews for Jesus, KGB, Kharkiv, Kievan Rus, Kyiv Jewish Messianic Congregation, Latin Christendom, Lebanon, Left-Bank Ukraine, Little Green Men, Luhansk, Maidan Uprising, Mariupol, Mercy House, Minsk I, Minsk II, Mongols, NATO, Nazis, Nicodemites, Orthodox Christianity, Ottoman Empire, Poland, Protestantism, Protestants, Prussia, Reformation, religion, religious persecution, Right-Bank Ukraine, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholics, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Save One More Life, Second World War, secularism, siloviki, Soviet Union, spies, Stephen Smith, Syria, Twitch, Ukrainian Cyborgs, Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, White Angels, Zaporizhiya on May 28, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Taking the Right Lessons From the Dismantling of the Russian Illegals Network in Brazil

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Russia, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged Adriana Carolina Costa Silva Pereira, Aleksandr Utekhin, Anna Chapman, Anna Dultseva, Anthony Blunt, Arnold Deutsch, Artem Shmyrev, Artyom Dultsev, Cambridge Five, Central Intelligence Agency, Cheka, Chekists, CIA, Communism, corruption, Dmitri Bystrolyotov, Donald Maclean, Eric Lopes, FCD, Federal Security Service, Federico Luiz Gonzalez Rodriguez, First Chief Directorate, Foreign Intelligence Service, FSB, Gerhard Daniel Campos Wittich, Great Illegals, GRU, Guy Burgess, ICC, Illegals, Intelligence, International Criminal Court, Interpol, Irina Alekseyevna Antonova, Irina Shmyreva, Jair Bolsonaro, John Cairncross, Joseph Stalin, KGB, Kim Philby, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Lula, Magnificent Five, Main Intelligence Directorate, Manuel Francisco Steinbruck Pereira, Maria Isabel Moresco Garcia, Maria Luisa Dominguez Cardozo, Mikhail Mikushin, military intelligence, NKVD, non-official cover, Olga Igorevna Tyutereva, Operation EAST, Richard Sorge, Roman Olegovich Koval, Russia, Sergey Cherkasov, Soviet Revolution, Soviet Union, spies, SVR, tradecraft, Tsardom, Ukraine, Uruguay, Victor Muller Ferreira, Vladimir Putin, Yezhovshchina on May 21, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

What Iran’s Leaks Really Tell Us About Syrian “Interim” President Ahmad al-Shara’s Past with the Islamic State

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 3 May 2025

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This entry was posted in Iran, Syria, Syrian Insurgency and tagged 9/11, Abd al-Rahman al-Qaduli, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Abu Anas al-Sahaba, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Ghraib Prison, Abu Julaybeeb, Abu Julaybib, Abu Mariya al-Qahtani, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani, Abu Mutaz al-Qurayshi, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, Abu Omar al-Filistini, Abu Umar al-Baghdadi, Abu Umar al-Filistini, Adnan al-Suwaydawi, Afghanistan, Ahmad al-Khalayleh, Ahmad al-Shara, Ahmad Husayn al-Shara, Ahmed al-Sharaa, Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, Al-Aqsa Intifada, al-Hashd al-Shabi, al-Qaeda, al-Sahwa al-Islamiyya, Ali Muhammad al-Shara, Ali Muhammad al-Sharaa, Amjad Muzafar Husayn Ali al-Nuaymi, Anas Hassan Khattab, Antisemitism, Arab nationalism, Arab-Afghans, Askari Mosque, atrocities, Awakening, Ayatollah Khomeini, Ba’ath, Ba’athists, Bashar al-Asad, Bashar al-Assad, Bassam Ahmad al-Hasri, Bosnia, Camp Bucca, Camp Cropper, Colonel Gaddafi, Communism, corrective coup, crimes against humanity, Egypt, Fadel al-Hiyali, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Hafez al-Asad, Hafez al-Assad, Haji Bakr, Haji Dawud, Haji Mutaz, HAMAS, Hamid al-Zawi, Husayn al-Shara, Husayn Ali al-Shara, Hussein al-Sharaa, Hussein Ali al-Sharaa, Ibrahim al-Badri, Ikhwan, information operation, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Awakening, Islamic resistance, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Islamism, Israel, Iyad al-Tubaysi, Jabhat al-Nusra, Jaysh al-Quds, Jews, Jihadi-Salafism, jihadism, Joint Special Operations Command, Jordan, JSOC, Juhayman al-Otaybi, Juhayman al-Utaybi, Jund al-Sham, KGB, Lebanon, Maysar al-Jabouri, Maysar al-Jiburi, Maysar Ali Musa Abdullah al-Juburi, Mosul, Muammar al-Qaddafi, Muhammad al-Sudani, mukhabarat, muqawama, Muslim Brotherhood, Mustafa Abd al-Latif al-Saleh, Nasserism, Palestine Liberation Organisation, Palestinians, pan-Arabism, PLO, Qassem Soleimani, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, radicalism, Ruhollah Khomeini, Sabereen, Saddam Husayn, Saddam Hussein, Sahwa, Salafism, Saleh al-Hamawi, Samir al-Khlifawi, Saudi Arabia, Second Intifada, secret police, Sednaya, September 11 attacks, Shah, shari’a, Shi’a militias, Six-Day War, Soviet Union, Special Groups, suicide bombers, Surge, Syria, Taha Falaha, Taji Prison, terrorism, The Army of Jerusalem, United Arab Republic, Wahhabism, Zarqawists on May 3, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

Did 27 Million Soviet Citizens Die Fighting the Nazis?

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By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 April 2025

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This entry was posted in History, Russia, Soviet Union and the Cold War and tagged active measures, Adolf Hitler, anchoring, Andrei Konstantinovich Sokolov, Antisemitism, barrier troops, Central Statistical Administration, Chechnya, ChGK, Communism, communists, de-Stalinisation, demographics, extermination, Extraordinary State Commission, fascism, Gaza, Germany, Goskomstat, Great Patriotic War, GULAG, Haiti, HAMAS, Hitler-Stalin Pact, Holocaust, Holodomor, information operations, Iran, IRGC, Islamic Revolution, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Israel, Jews, Joseph Stalin, Katyn massacre, KGB, Leningrad, Leonid Brezhnev, Michael Ellman, Mikhail Gorbachev, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, Nazis, need for closure, Nikita Khrushchev, Nuremberg Trials, Operation BARBAROSSA, Palestinians, Partisans, political warfare, propaganda, psychology, Red Army, Russia, S. Maksudov, Saint Petersburg, Second World War, Soviet Union, Stalingrad, Statistical Herald, Sudan, Syria, terrorism, Ukraine, Vestnik Statistiki, Victory Day, Viktor Zemskov, Volga Germans, Volgograd, Wehrmacht, Yemen, Yezhovshchina, Yu. A. Polyakov, zagraditelnye otriady on April 12, 2025 by KyleWOrton.

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