The New York Times devoted a front-page article last week to allegations by “U.S. officials” that Iran has been pumping the West Bank with weapons—in an apparent effort to lend support to Israel’s ethnic cleansing effort in the territory and illegal land grabs based on “security” concerns.
The Israeli extremists who occupy top positions in government pushed for a major conflict with Iran after Tehran launched its retaliatory strikes Saturday in response to Israel’s consulate bombing in Damascus.
Israel has been targeting humanitarian centers throughout Gaza even after receiving detailed coordinates about the locations in advance, according to a report in Middle East Eye.
The head of the U.S. Agency for International Development said last week that famine has set in in Northern Gaza—prompting the agency to clarify her remarks and say they were not based on a new assessment but were based on information from March.
The Israeli military likely spent over $1 billion to intercept the 300 or so drones and missiles fired by Iran on Saturday in response to Tel Aviv’s bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus.
NBC News reported late Sunday that lawmakers in Washington are facing mounting pressure to pass the massive supplemental package that includes $14.3 billion in aid to Israel after Iran launched its retaliatory strikes in response to Israel’s bombing of Tehran’s consulate in Syria.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared before a Senate committee last week and flatly rejected allegations that Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza, despite mounting evidence and international and domestic pressure.
Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, called out the hypocrisy of holding an emergency UN Security Council meeting over Iran’s retaliatory strikes on Israel. He said the entire spectacle was “almost embarrassing to watch.” The UN Security Council meeting was called after Iran’s attack following Israel’s decision on 1 April to bomb Tehran’s......
U.S. President Joe Biden said last week that Washington’s support for Israel is ironclad just days before Iran carried out retaliatory strikes following Tel Aviv’s decision to bomb an Iranian consulate in Damascus.
U.S. President Joe Biden made it clear, once again, that Israel can continue its ethnic cleansing in Gaza and backtracked on comments he made earlier in the week that there is a need in Gaza for a six-to-eight-week ceasefire.