U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio last week announced sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the UN’s special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, saying her “campaign of political and economic warfare against the United States and Israel will no longer be tolerated.”
The U.S. is spending hundreds of millions on new military infrastructure inside Israel that focuses on Tel Aviv’s refueling capabilities and a new facility for its naval commando unit called Shayetet 13, Haaretz reported last week, citing newly released documents that were posted online.
Israeli forces have ramped up the demolition in Rafah, the city in southern Gaza, to prepare for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new initiative to forcefully move 600,000 Palestinians there to create what he envisions as a “humanitarian city,” which critics have compared to a “concentration camp.”
Russia spoke out against the Israel/U.S. war of aggression against Iran last month and condemned the use of military force as a “violation of the UN Charter and international law.”
Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way for his third visit to Washington during the first six months of the second term of President Donald Trump.
Israel killed 57,338 Palestinians since the start of the genocide and injured 135,957.
The U.S. on Monday announced the approval of $510 million in bomb guidance kit sales to Israel to help it replenish its stockpile after the recent war with Iran.
It is generally believed that American voters elected Donald Trump president at least in part due to their embracing his lies that he was a peacemaker who would not involve the United States in the pointless wars that have proliferated since 9/11.
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran” and told reporters that he rejected Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s March assessment that Iran is not developing nukes.
The Israeli military has been planning its decapitation strike on Iran for at least eight months and aimed to carry out a decisive blow to eliminate Tehran’s top military leaders and nuclear scientists, Axios reported last week.