If you had called for a ceasefire and used American leverage to force Israel to end its war months ago, than Israel would not have been emboldened to assassinate the Iranian general two weeks ago, and Iran would not feel pressure to respond.

Instead you kept giving Israel bombs.

Lmfao a ceasefire would have avoided all of this. You know, the point of a ceasefire is that everyone ceases firing.

The only way forward is diplomacy.

Stop the war. Stop the missiles. Stop the genocide.

Sit down and talk to eachother

If Israel has the right to defend itself, doesn't Iran too?

The UK refused to condemn the Israeli bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, and by that, helped prevent a UNSC condemnation. But it condemns the Iranian response 'in the strongest terms.'

Not surprisingly, very few view the UK as a source of regional stability...

We are where we are because it never occurred to Biden to say 'don't' to Israel

Iran signals - even before its operation is over or its damage has been assessed - that it considers the matter 'concluded.' But warns that if Israel strikes again, Iran will strike back harder.

This suggests that its drone attack is choreographed to save face, above all.

The greatest threat to the security and stability of the Middle East is Israel and its key ally, the United States. This has been the case for decades. The very existence of Islamic Republic is a direct consequence of reckless Western meddling in Iran’s democratic politics.

Everyone who has ever said that Israel has a right to defend itself will, I'm sure, understand now that Iran has a right to defend itself after Israel bombed their embassy in Syria on April 1st.

we are constantly told that us support for israel promotes global stability. this is the one millionth reminder of how not true that is

Reportedly, Israel didn’t expect such a large-scale Iranian response. It’s the essence of Israel’s provocative, expansionist, irrational behavior in the region:

▫️Attack
▫️Feign shock at defensive responses
▫️Escalate further
▫️Sabotage efforts to de-escalate
▫️Repeat

Netanyahu's statements make the Iranian supreme leader and the IRGC seem reasonable or even prudent ppl in comparison.

Lots of incoming analysis for the next several hours, but there’s really just one thing to know: none of this was inevitable nor did it start with Iran.

This is US-Israeli belligerence; this is Joe Biden’s foreign policy & Israel’s war expansionism as it conducts a genocide.

Just a reminder:

Israel bombed an Iranian embassy in Syria on April 1.

The attack was a flagrant breach of international law that left 7 dead.

Iran is now *responding* to Israel's attack.

You'd never guess from this biased headline that Israel just bombed Iran's embassy.

the implication here that the Iranian government is irrational is belied by history. On the other hand, Israel and the US have generally been the most irrational actors in the region.

This isn’t Gaza, it’s the West Bank. While Gaza has been carpet bombed and starved for the last six months, 460 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, Israel stole more land and declared plans to expand its illegal settlements on occupied land.

It’s war on Palestinians.

There is only one country indiscriminately dropping 2,000 pound bombs on civilian centers in the Middle East.

And it’s not Iran.

Jewish faculty at Columbia denounce the weaponization of anti-Semitism and call for the defense of the university as a 'site of learning, critical thinking, and knowledge production.' Really good letter, worth reading in its entirety. columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

BREAKING: An explosive investigation by Yuval Abraham יובל אברהם exposes some of the AI machines the Israeli army uses, which have killed thousands of innocent civilians.
The operators of the AIs 'Lavender' and 'Where's Daddy?' speak to שיחה מקומית and +972 Magazine here:
972mag.com/lavender-ai-is…