Israel Katz, the Israeli defense minister, said last week that Tel Aviv plans to take control of the land south of the Litani River in Lebanon until the security of the residents who live in northern Israel is “assured.”

SPOTLIGHT: IRAN WAR’S ECONOMIC FALLOUT
In our 46 years of trend forecasting, never has there been a war that has affected the entire globe as has the war that Israel and the U.S. launched against Iran on 28 February.

GAZA 2.0: NETANYAHU ORDERS EXPANDED INVASION OF SOUTHERN LEBANON, AS DEFENSE MINISTER CALLS TO DESTROY ALL HOMES NEAR BORDER
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ordered the IDF to “further expand the existing security buffer zone” in southern Lebanon, as his defense minister said the IDF will turn villages near the border into a Gaza 2.0.

BRING THE TROOPS BACK. END THIS WAR NOW!
As we begin a new week, the media is filled with reports that President Trump is ready to approve a US ground operation against Iran, either to seize Iran’s uranium or to attack an island off the country’s coast.

THIS WAY, THAT WAY, WHICH WAY TRUMP: WHERE IT GOES NOBODY KNOWS
President Donald Trump’s erratic comments about the war in Iran seem to change by the day, one minute claiming that talks are going well and an end to the war is near, the next threatening Tehran that he will order massive strikes on the country’s energy and desalinization infrastructure.

BULLSHIT TRUMP SAYS U.S. MILITARY IS ‘EXTREMELY AHEAD OF SCHEDULE’ IN IRAN
President Donald Trump continued to tell reporters last week that the U.S. military is “extremely” ahead of schedule in Iran, stating that before the war, it was estimated that it would require four to six weeks to achieve all goals.

RUBIO ADMITS THAT THE IRAN WAR WILL LAST LONGER THAN THE TIME FRAME TRUMP HAS SOLD TO AMERICANS
Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, told ministers from the Group of 7 (G7) on Friday that he expects the war in Iran to go on for an additional two to four weeks, which is longer than what President Donald Trump has been promising Americans.

U.S., ISRAEL POUND IRAN’S LAUNCH SITES, BUT THE MISSILES KEEP COMING
The U.S. and Israel have been attacking Iran’s missile launch sites for over a month, but Iran has shown the capacity to continue firing and adjusted its approach by relying on missile launches from deeper inside its own territory, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

NEW TOOTH WHITENING POWDER COULD REPLACE TOOTHPASTE
The $9-billion tooth-whitening industry could be in for a shake-up.

TRUMP’S WHIRLWIND DIPLOMACY IS PUSHED TO THE LIMIT IN IRAN WAR
President Donald Trump gave a speech on Friday that summed up the president’s flip-flop approach to foreign policy that has been pushed to the limit during his war with Iran.
