Spies, Signals, and the Shadow War Between Iran and Israel
ScheerPost Staff For years, Washington and Tel Aviv sold the world a simple story: Iran is the master of covert destabilization, the shadowy hand behind infiltration, sabotage, and political manipulation…
BBC Editor’s Libel Case Against Owen Jones Falls At The First Hurdle. Here’s Why
Jonathan Cook Substack The High Court’s preliminary ruling this week in the libel case brought by the BBC’s online Middle East editor, Raffi Berg, against journalist Owen Jones is highly…
US Joins ICJ Case to Claim Genocide Allegations Against Israel ‘False’
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams After over two years of arming and otherwise supporting the Israeli government as it lays waste to the Gaza Strip—even after an October ceasefire deal—the…
The Donroe Coalition: Trump’s New Right-Wing Military Alliance | Under the Shadow S2E8
Michael Fox for TRNN At least 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are on board with Trump’s new military alliance. They are calling it the America’s Counter Cartel…
Pete Hegesth the Latest Grifter
Joshua Scheer The $93 Billion Pentagon Shopping Spree Washington is once again demonstrating one of its oldest and most reliable traditions: screaming about government waste while spending taxpayer money like…
Juan Cole, Trump and the Return of the White Man’s Burden
Intro by Tom Engelhardt, Article by Juan Cole Once again, the “President of Peace” Donald Trump who, while running for office in 2016, announced that “regime change is a proven,…
We’re Tired of Marco Rubio Speaking for Us: A New Cuban-American Movement
Justine Medina “Put three Cubans in a room together, you’ll have five different opinions,” a Cuban friend of mine likes to joke. He was referring to debates in the town-hall…
The Inner Cabinet and the Outer Media
Edward Curtin “One thing was certain, that the white kitten had had nothing to do with it — it was the black kitten’s fault entirely.”Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass Anyone…
From Tehran to Beirut: A War Spreading Faster Than Diplomacy
ScheerPost Staff Live updates from the Middle East Monitor among others “UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said attacks launched by the US and Israel against Iran have affected several…
In First Statement, Iran’s New Leader Says Strait of Hormuz Will Remain Closed and Attacks on US Bases Will Continue
Dave DeCamp for Antiwar.com Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who replaced his slain father as the new supreme leader of Iran, issued his first statement on Thursday, where he said the Strait…
The Distortions And Moral Rot Behind The War On Iran
Nate Baer Do Not Panic Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney said today he condemns Iran’s attacks on civilians and the de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Not a…
With No Mention of US-Israeli Aggression, UN Security Council Condemns Iranian Retaliation
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution condemning Iran’s retaliatory attacks on Gulf nations without denouncing—or even mentioning—the illegal US and Israeli…
WATCH: UN Security Council Blames Iran
Joe Lauria Consortium News Russia and China failed to veto a resolution that blatantly blamed the victim rather than the aggressor in the war against Iran. Neither Russia nor China…
Palestinians in Gaza Slam Kushner’s Reconstruction Plan as Disguised Theft
Hend Salama Abo Helow for Truthout Coastal tourism sites, 180 gleaming skyscrapers, business and industrial centers, new urban cities, more than 100,000 housing units, over 200 schools, more than 75…
“Iran Will Decide When this Ends:” Juan Cole on Sam Seder’s “Majority Report”
Juan Cole for Informed Comment On Tuesday I was a guest on Sam Seder’s “Majority Report.” Sam and I have been having conversations about world affairs for a couple of…