Odds and ends about Israel

like twenty percent of israelis speak Russian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_OD2NcFAQ

A Genomic Portrait Of India: Tracing Deep Ancestry, Health, And Disease Risk Using DNA

https://sciencechronicle.in/2025/06/28/a-genomic-portrait-of-india-tracing-deep-ancestry-health-and-disease-risk-using-dna/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLNQ9ZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETEwd1Zrb09POTFMbmNKTTk2AR46TSwnDjj9Angs2bb_iXzTJDaduRc_Afp3FWR0YRMN2PRuJrLjcPd6Ps2wQg_aem_WLHcrTr0CrAkv9dqZpisqw

Israel will be in Iran for years to come, Mossad head David Barnea says

https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-859010#google_vignette somewhat related https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/us-used-up-15-20-percent-global-thaad-arsenal-11-days

Larry Johnson wonders why Iran agreed to ceasefire

I don’t know why Iran agreed to the ceasefire, but it did. Iranian leaders, in my opinion, are frighteningly naive. Some apparently believe that they can achieve a legitimate negotiated deal with Donald Trump. from https://sonar21.com/the-war-on-iran-is-not-over/

A fairly thorough discussion by Alastair Crooke on Israel- Iran conflict

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51vdLreNqWc

On X, via Naked Capitalism links

Post See new posts Conversation Cyrus Janssen @thecyrusjanssen An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. It's the single best explanation I've ever heard on the future of #Iran 👇 As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external. On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions. Decades of economic mismanagement, suppression of dissent, and brutal ideological control have alienated multiple generations. No one believes in reform anymore—because every attempt has either been co-opted or crushed. But here's the paradox: We are also terrified of regime collapse—because we've watched the aftermath of Western intervention in countries like Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Afghanistan. Each was promised freedom; each descended into chaos, civil war, or foreign occupation. So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East. Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse. A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence: Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more.

Trump lures Iran into ‘Peace’ trap again says Brian Berletic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSMSuVzwvMs

Some sort of ceasefire

ome sort of ceasefire between Israel and Iran but Gaza trauma goes on. Iran seems to have survived a partly fake strike by US, and more successful strikes by Israel. Iran did not go the way of Syria despite not accepting Russian help, which they may accept now. It seems to me that Netanyahu came out weaker than before but did damage to Iran the extent of which is not clear yet. Here is onenof the assessments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bedODnwY4EE

On the Trumpattac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RM5bChTGPA&t=29s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWmzSdrffPI

Brian Berletic has been consistent in his appraisal of Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAsh881PnRQ one from somebody who visited Iran https://sonar21.com/trump-has-decided-to-attack-iran-this-will-have-consequences-for-the-whole-world/

A day before Trump announces strikes on Iran, Larry Johnson with Alastair Crooke

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d7W7xvg9gTs&t=2941s&pp=ygUPQWxhc3RhaXIgQ3Jvb2tl