Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the Iranian parliament speaker, told reporters last week that Tehran stands ready to continue its support for the resistance movement amid Israel’s regional punishment campaign in Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon.
Tag: The Israel War
IDF IGNORED WARNINGS FROM FEMALE OBSERVERS WHO MONITORED GAZA BORDER
Last week marked the one-year anniversary of the 7 October Hamas attack and questions remain unanswered on how a rag-tag group of Hamas fighters managed to break through one of the most fortified and surveyed countries on Earth.
FORMER WHITE HOUSE ADVISER WANTS ISRAEL TO ‘CARPET BOMB’ IRISH PEACEKEEPERS
Matthew Brodsky, a senior fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy and a former White House adviser, was suspended from X last week after calling on Israel to “carpet bomb” Irish peacekeepers in Lebanon.
‘GENOCIDE JOE’ GIVES NETANYAHU APPROVAL TO BOMB LEBANON
U.S. President Joe Biden raised no objections about Israel’s bombing campaign and limited invasion of Lebanon during a phone call last week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—proving, once again, that the IDF can kill and bomb whoever it wants and will have Washington’s complete support.
NO CRITICISM OF ISRAEL ALLOWED: REPUBLICANS THREATEN TO WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDS FROM SCHOOLS THAT ALLOW ANTI-GENOCIDE PROTESTS ON CAMPUS
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., met with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) last week and told the lobby group that Republicans plan to cancel universities that allow protests that are critical of Israel as it carries out a genocide in Gaza, bombs Lebanon, and provokes war with Iran.
ISRAEL TARGETS PEACEKEEPERS IN LEBANON, DRAWS INTERNATIONAL SCRUTINY
Israeli forces rolled their tanks into the main gate of the UN peacekeepers stationed in Lebanon despite international condemnation for intentionally firing on Irish troops carrying out the mission earlier last week.
PRO-ISRAEL JEWISH CHAIRWOMAN OF CBS NEWS DEFENDS REPORTER WHO CONFRONTED TA-NEHISI COATES
Shari Redstone, the chairwoman and CEO of CBS News’s parent company Paramount Global, jumped to defend an anchor who confronted author Ta-Nehisi Coates for talking about the everyday horrors that Palestinians face in the West Bank under Israel’s rule.
IRAN’S PRESIDENT CRITICIZES U.S., EUROPE FOR UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL
Masoud Pezeshkian, the Iranian president, called out the U.S. and Europe for its unconditional support for Israel as it continues to carry out its killing spree in Gaza and expands the war into Lebanon.
IRAN WARNS GULF STATES NOT TO ALLOW ISRAEL TO USE ITS AIRSPACE
Iran will not tolerate Gulf states allowing Israel to use their airspace during the expected retaliatory strikes and said it will regard any action of support as “an action taken by the entire group, and Tehran will respond accordingly.”
ISRAEL SAYS STRIKES ON IRAN WILL BE ‘DEADLY, PINPOINT ACCURATE, AND SURPRISING’
Yoav Gallant, the head of the Israel Defense Forces, told reporters last week that Israel’s retaliatory strike on Iran will be “deadly, pinpoint, accurate, and surprising”—while offering few other details.