Israel’s defences minister said the country would pursue a “policy of enforcement” against Iran despite a cease-fire, aiming to prevent it from rebuilding its defenses. So it’s entirely possible that Israel could again attack the Islamic Republic in the coming weeks. Launching another strike on the pretext of it being “pre-emptive”
After Israel’s initial strikes Iran quickly recovered and delivered some devastating counter-blows. Although both have since agreed a tentative ceasefire, the war is far from over and could flare-up at any time as both sides prepare for the next round
Economic analysts argue that prolonging the war would have pushed Israel’s embattled economy to the brink of collapse
Ali Abunimah was in Jordan during the 12-day war from where he watched missile exchanges between Israel and Iran. His impression is of course entirely subjective, but it tends reinforce the Iranian version of events.
The U.S. and Israel failed crack Iran with extensive bombing using conventional explosives. So unfortunately, we agree with Scott Ritter when he says that the West is maybe months or even weeks away from using nuclear weapons as a last resort
By itself Israel failed against Iran. Even with U.S. help it was unable to prevail. So we believe that Netanyahu will now try to persuade Trump to use nuclear weapons against Iran. As Tehran is the biggest obstacle to his plan for a Greater Israel
The UK authorities have created a storm of controversy over acts at Glastonbury that protested Israeli actions in Gaza; in order to deflect attention from Israel’s ongoing genocide there, which the UK is actively assisting with arms supplies and reconnaissance flights. Jonathan Cook explains
Actually the Iranian strike on Weizmann institute wasn’t just a “tragedy for science”. The real objective were departments at the institute used for research and development by the Israeli Defense Force. Years of valuable work has been lost
During the 12-day conflict the U.S. used up to 20% of its global stockpile of THAAD interceptor missiles. Estimates put the figure of THAAD missiles used at nearly $500 million
Some weapons shipments have been suspended, including critical US Patriot air defence systems, as a White House spokesperson says the Trump administration puts “America’s interests first”. After Israel’s, of course
The UK government is in the process of banning Palestine Action, ostensibly because of its terror links. However, as Declassified UK discovered those links are tenuous at best and largely based on the insinuations of the pro-Israel lobby.
Israel has zero chance of winning a war with Iran. Israel knows this but is confident that the power that the Israel Lobby exerts over American’s lives and money guarantees that they will fight more wars for Israel. Paul Craig Roberts explains