Trump blasts Netanyahu as Iran Talks Stall over Beirut
Juan Cole Informed Comment Monday began with a statement issued by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs cautioning that the United States and Israel, by their egregious violations of the…
South Lebanon’s History of Resistance
Juan Cole for Informed Comment The Israeli destruction of south Lebanon, with Bint Jbeil having been apparently wiped off the face of the earth, and some of Nabatieh in ruins…
Israeli Claims About An Iran ‘Threat’ Were Always A Lie. Now We Have Proof
Jonathan Cook Substack Could it be that Israel’s 30-year narrative about Iran – one that persuaded US President Donald Trump to wage a criminal and disastrous war of aggression –…
Global Appeal To Endorse Palestinian Right Of Return Of Refugees
Workers’ World. Please join the global appeal to organizations to endorse the Palestinian refugees’ call to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the enforcement of U.N. Resolution 194 pursuant to…
“Israel First”: Hezbollah Leader Says Trump Turned America Into a Joke
Joshua Scheer As Washington and Tel Aviv escalate pressure on Lebanon, a senior Hezbollah official is warning that the next phase of the conflict may not be fought only with…
OPCW Admits It Suppressed Key Dissenter In Douma Chemical Cover-Up
Brendan Whelan The Grayzone In its defeat at an international tribunal, the OPCW has acknowledged that it shunned an inspector who challenged the Douma chemical cover-up. OPCW whistleblower Dr. Brendan…
Israel is a Democracy . . . a Profoundly Racist Democracy
Yakov M. Rabkin Informed Comment Israel is a democracy. This makes it difficult to hide the inconvenient fact that it is profoundly racist. The recent episode involving Minister Ben-Gvir taunting…
‘Buffer Zone’ Is Media’s Euphemism for Israeli Occupation
Gregory Shupak for FAIR Since October 2023, Israel has occupied vast stretches of territory in Gaza, Syria and, most recently, Lebanon. Corporate media have been reluctant to use clear, direct…
The Children Who Learn War Before They Learn The World
Noorudeen Veetykadan for Global Vocies It was the end of 2023 when images from Gaza began to fill our television screens. I found myself returning to them again and again:…
From “Mission Accomplished” to Missile Shortages: The Iran War Narrative Unravels
Joshua Scheer Ben Norton dismantles the triumphalist rhetoric surrounding the U.S. war on Iran in this blistering breakdown of a conflict that appears far more costly — and far less…
How Iran Defeated Israel
Kit Klarenberg Substack A stunning investigative report by Hebrew-language outlet Ynet has laid bare the embarrassing cataclysm not only of the US-Israeli war on Iran, but the Zionist entity’s effort…
Netanyahu’s Hezbollah War Masks a Mission of Destruction
Robin Andersen Informed Comment As Israel destroys villages in Southern Lebanon committing crimes of war, US media use the same Gaza genocide playbook. Hezbollah is simply being substituted for Hamas.…
“‘I’m Ashamed to Be a Jew Here’: Ex-Tamir Pardo Warns Israel Is ‘Planting the Next October 7’”
The former head of Mossad, once central to Israel’s security doctrine, now argues the country’s greatest threat lies not abroad—but in the unchecked violence and policies unfolding at home. Joshua…
Genocide—and Complicity: Washington Insider Says the Word They Avoid
Joshua Scheer Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has delivered a rare rupture in official Washington’s script: accusing Israel of carrying out a genocide in Gaza—and acknowledging that…
The Cards They Cannot Play: Iran, America And The Trap Of Unusable Leverage
Dr Mojtaba Touiserkani Middle East Monitor The strangest feature of the Iran war is not that both sides have leverage. It is that neither side can fully use the leverage…