A needle in a haystack.

   Ceasiv Iar is a locality in Ukraine, that is about to be conquered by Russians... When Russians will succeed in painting Ceasiv Iar in the renaissance colors of war, then that will be a sad day. But my article is not about war, is about a habit of mine, a custom that kicks in sometimes. Often when I see a photo, no matter the subject, I find myself thinking how will look that photo if I do this or that? And I end up processing it - I do this when I don't use my photo camera...  I process photos that I find interesting. So, I was reading this article and found the photo posted above... probably it is supposed to be dramatic and have some introductory feeling in the sad story of that region. It didn't looked that way to me... I thought (as I wrote already) that something like an old oil painting will do better in dressing the story with the drama it deserves.  As such, I downloaded some HaldCLUT simulations from here, loaded them in RawTherapee software and started playing

 A view of the historical purpose of the MEAD (middle east air defense) regional alliance that was built after the Abraham Accords. As I remember in those years, Gantz was the defense minister in two governments. He flew to all the countries of the region and signed security agreements with them - Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan and other countries that can not be mentioned. As part of this alliance, joint training took place, air defense systems were sold from Israel, and an American-led cooperation was created that included both training and technology sharing. A large part of the radars that detected the UAVs were located far from Israel, and their systems were connected to the American and Israeli array. There have been isolated occasions that this system has worked in the past, but yesterday we saw an unprecedented display of purpose at an international level. A New Middle East. Source: https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/30561   P.S.   It is clear this morning that the Iranian attack was c

 "Let’s be clear about a few things. Since the Balfour Declaration and the end of the First World War, it has been Arab Palestinian leaders who have rejected a two-state solution on multiple occasions. And it was Hamas’ barbarity on October 7 which has set back the goal of a two-state solution. Hamas vowed to repeat their savagery many times over until Israel is annihilated and the Jews of Israel are driven into the sea. Until Hamas is defeated, a two-state solution isn’t even conceivable because Hamas will always pose an existential threat to Israel. This reality makes the Foreign Minister’s remarks last night utterly illogical, ill-timed and inappropriate. For a crass domestic political win, Penny Wong has irreparably damaged our relations with our ally Israel. An ally who has shared intelligence with us and thwarted terrorist attacks against our own interests, including against members of the Australian Defense Force. It is the most reckless act of a Foreign Minister I have see