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#Israel carries out strike targeting most senior #Hamas military leader in #Gaza
Despite a fragile #US brokered “ceasefire” in Gaza, Israel carried out a strike targeting Hamas’ most senior military leader, according to a joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin #Netanyahu & Defense Minister Israel Katz.
#HumanitarianCrisis #Palestinians #WarCrimes #geopolitics #MiddleEast
cnn.com/2026/05/15/middleeast/…
#Senate rejects bill to halt #IranWar despite lawmakers’ growing frustrations
It was the first such vote since a deadline passed for the #Trump admin to seek #Congress’s approval to continue the military campaign.
#TrumpsWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
The Silence That Meets the #Rape of #Palestinians
Male & female Palestinians describe brutal #SexualAbuse at the hands of #Israel prison guards, soldiers, settlers & interrogators.
It’s a simple proposition: Whatever our views of the #MiddleEast conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.
#terrorism #torture #WarCrimes #CrimesAgainstHumanity #law #InternationalLaw #HumanRights
nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion…
EU sanctions violent Israeli settlers after months of deadlock | Israel-Palestine conflict - EUROPE SAYS
The assets of violent Israeli settlers and settler organisations are being targeted in a new European Union sanctions package agreed today after nearly twoEUROPE SAYS
#Iran responds to #US #ceasefire proposal but #Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'
Iran sent its response to the latest US ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators & wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” with no details.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-war…
Brutally honest analysis of Trump’s failure in #Iran & its impact on the #US & #GlobalOrder from Robert Kagan
Checkmate in Iran
It’s hard to think of a time when the #UnitedStates suffered a total defeat in a conflict, a setback so decisive that the strategic loss could be neither repaired nor ignored.
#Trump #failure #TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #NewWorldOrder
theatlantic.com/international/…
Checkmate in Iran
Washington can’t reverse or control the consequences of losing this war.Robert Kagan (The Atlantic)
🇨🇦B'nai Brith's annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents is an unreliable and dangerous document. 1/4
x.com/IndJewishVoices/status/2…
#Canada #Carney #MarkCarney #Ottawa #Montreal #Toronto #Vancouver
#ZIONISM WEAPONISING #RACISM 🤮
#GreaterIsrael #DismantleZionism #IsraelWarCrimes
#usa #politics #news #Iran #Palestine #MiddleEast #war #genocide #eu @politics #activism @socialmedia #socialmedia #media #protest #resistance #stopgenocide #us #uspol #Gaza #freepalestine #GlobalSumudFlotilla #education
Four economic sectors are doing particularly well from the US/Israeli attacks on Iran & Lebanon:
Oli & gas (profiting from windfall price rises);
Banks (generating fees from increased trading as investors seek 'safer' assets);
Defence (that is gaining investment as countries look at a new global security environment); and
Renewables (which is benefiting form the hardening of the logic of energy diversification).
Capitalists love a crisis!
#politics #MiddleEast
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8pyy…
From oil giants to banks: The companies making billions from the Iran war
Through surging profits or soaring share prices, the war has been a boon for some firms.Archie Mitchell (BBC News)
So much for the “ceasefire” talks going well. Not that I believe anything from this admin.
#US launches #strikes on #Iran after attacks on warships, military says
The “self-defense strikes” followed attacks on 3 US naval vessels, #CENTCOM said in a statement. None of the US warships were hit.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #ForeverWars #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
cnn.com/2026/05/07/politics/us…
#Iran Says It Is Discussing Plan With #US to End Hostilities
The one-page proposal under review would open the #StraitOfHormuz & pause the fighting for 30 days, but differences remain over US demands on Iran’s #nuclear program.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/05/07/wo…
#US intelligence says #Iran can outlast Trump’s #Hormuz #blockade for months
A confidential intelligence community assessment delivered to the White House also finds that Iran retains a substantial missile & drone arsenal.
#Trump #idiocracy #kakistocracy #IranWar #war #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy
washingtonpost.com/national-se…
#Trump admin sows “confusion” as it tries to reopen #StraitOfHormuz [they just have no idea what they’re doing]
The Trump admin’s approach to the #IranWar over the past 24 hrs has pinballed from declarations that a tenuous ceasefire was holding & military operations were over to new threats of bombing the Islamic Republic.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #US #Iran #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #economy #MarketManipulation
apnews.com/article/trump-iran-…
#Trump posted on social media that the war with #Iran could soon end & #oil & natural #gas shipments could restart. But that all depends on Iran accepting a reported agreement that Trump did not detail.
“If they don’t agree, the bombing starts,” Trump wrote.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-us-isr…
#Iran has hit far more #US military assets than reported [or admitted to by the #Trump admin], satellite images show
Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media & verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at US #military sites.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #war #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
washingtonpost.com/investigati…
A Japanese oil tanker has crossed the Strait of #Hormuz after paying transit fees to Iran in Chinese yuan, according to official Iranian media.
Insurrectionist Trump has made sure that China is the world leader.
China holds $700 billion of U.S. debt and uses the interest from it to help fund its military. China Refines 99% of samarium-cobalt needed to produce US' Tomahawk missiles & Patriot interceptors. Refines 99.9% of neodymium-iron, needed to produce US' JASSM-ER stealth cruise missiles. China owns the Pedophile Rapist Insurrectionist Felon of the United States.
middleeastmonitor.com/20260428…
worldoil.com/news/2026/4/28/oi…
Meaningless nonsense
#Trump says deadline for #Congress to approve #IranWar doesn't apply: Hostilities have 'terminated'
The White House asserted to Congress in a letter Friday that hostilities with #Iran have “terminated” despite the continued presence of US armed forces in the region.
#TrumpsWar #war #ForeverWars #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/iran-congre…
completely unsurprising:
#Trump says he's 'not satisfied' with #Iran's newest peace plan
“They want to make a deal, I’m not satisfied with it, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House.
Asked about what he sees as the proposal’s shortcomings, Trump said, “They’re asking for things I can’t agree to.”
#IranWar #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
apnews.com/live/donald-trump-n…
Iran's Guards seize #wartime power, weakening Supreme Leader's role
2 months into a war with the #US & #Israel, #Iran no longer has a single, undisputed clerical arbiter at the pinnacle of #power — an abrupt break with the past that may be hardening Tehran’s stance as it weighs renewed talks with Washington.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific…
#US #GasPrices Hit Highest Level Since Beginning of #War in #Iran
The jump on Tuesday of 1.6% was the highest percentage increase in more than a month.
#TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/2026/04/28/busines…
#UAE quits #OPEC, a major blow to world's biggest #oil exporters & leading member #SaudiArabia as #Iran war roils global #energy markets
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/opec-united…
#Iran foreign minister left Islamabad without meeting #US envoys, Pakistan officials say. Can you blame him? The US “envoys” were Steve #Witkoff & Jared #Kushner ffs.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
Color me skeptical…
#Gaza Set to Hold First Local #Election in Two Decades
#Hamas said it was not participating in the municipal elections in Deir al-Balah, set for this weekend. Residents said it was a long-awaited opportunity to address the city’s problems
#Israel #US #war #Netanyahu #Trump #MiddleEast #geopolitics
nytimes.com/2026/04/24/world/m…
#Trump orders #US #military to 'shoot & kill' Iranian small boats choking #StraitOfHormuz
In a social media post Thursday morning, Trump said the military is intensifying its mine clearing efforts in the critical waterway. The move intensified the US - #Iran standoff in the Persian Gulf & raised questions about efforts to end the #war.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
Secretary of the #Navy #JohnPhelan abruptly leaves job as the #Trump admin continues the naval #blockade of #Iran
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #US #war #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/article/pentagon-na…
#Iran Forces Claim to Seize 2 Ships After #Trump Extends “Truce”
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked & seized 2 cargo ships near the #StraitOfHormuz, state media reported. Both sides were seeking to exert control in the waterway even as Trump renewed a #ceasefire.
#IranWar #US #MafiaState #piracy #WarCrimes #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
nytimes.com/live/2026/04/22/wo…
#Trump says #US delegation is heading to #Pakistan for more #Iran talks despite accusing Tehran of violating the #ceasefire agreement in #StraitOfHormuz
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #MafiaState #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
#Iran has re-imposed restrictions on #StraitOfHormuz, accusing the #US of violating deal to reopen it
Iran has reversed course on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, warning that it would continue to block transit through the narrow waterway as long as the US #blockade of Iranian ports remained in effect.
#IranWar #TrumpsWar #Trump #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #oil #EnergyCrisis
apnews.com/live/iran-war-israe…
Video shows ships turning away from the #StraitOfHormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
#FactCheck #TrumpLies #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Israel #war #ForeverWars #Trump #Netanyahu #WarCrimes #RegimeChange #RulesOfWar #law #Congress #WarPowers #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #MiddleEast #inflation #economy #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
cnbc.com/2026/04/17/iran-trump…
Video shows ships turning away from the Strait of Hormuz as confusion persists over whether sea lane is really open
The Strait of Hormuz remained effectively closed despite Iran's declaration Friday that it is open, maritime freight and oil analysts told CNBC.Spencer Kimball (CNBC)
