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Israel has fully achieved its first objective - it's fully united all Iranians and made them more determined than ever to quickly get nukes so they can deter attacks like this in future. The second objective - to bankrupt Israel and disrupt oil supply - is still under way...

It's so depressing, year after year, decade after decade, to point out that military force doesn't create security or peace. It just kills, destroys, and creates more insecurity, more instability, more suffering. The hubris is breathtaking, repetitive and dangerously naive.

Diversionary war theory in action. The war with Iran also dampens growing domestic criticism and the breakup of the ruling coalition, delays his court case, and delays the planned move by western states to recognize Palestine. In sum, it's not about nukes. That's the pretext.

Yup. No doubt. aje.io/wzzeyi

Special shout out to the “it started on Oct 7th” people.

I’m old enough to remember when Iraq didn’t actually have any weapons of mass destruction.

Hey, remember when the US spent literally trillions of dollars and tens of thousands of lives trying to bring about regime change in Afghanistan and Iraq and it didn't really work out? I'm sure Israel considered this experience and decided they could do better...

This is why I no longer use the BBC as a source of news. I could see from the very beginning that they were failing to uphold journalistic standards. It's a shame. They have ruined their reputation for Israel...

It's also extraordinary that the political elites of Western states are so out of step with their own people, and are pursuing policies that their own populations are against. So much for democracy. So much for invading other to impose 'democracy' when they ignore it at home.

If you count Israel's car bomb campaign in Lebanon in the 1980s, the killing of over 2,000 Palestinian leaders, the use of terrorism by state supported settlers, and this latest example, Israel is responsible for the majority of terrorist attacks in the Middle East...

We should all be avoiding travel to the US. And perhaps extending BDS to the US too. They're providing the ammunition, financing and political cover for the genocide. It's a joint US-Israel operation.

Another shout-out to the 'it started on October 7' brigade...

Israel: Targeting civilians is wrong. USA: We agree. Horrible. Israel + USA: All of the civilians of Tehran should evacuate now because we are going to target them all.

At least 38 million people have been displaced by the U.S. post-9/11 wars. That is more than those displaced by any war or disaster since the start of the 20th century, except for World War II. [1/3]

A devastating photo by Palestinian photographer Saeed Jaras.

This is what apartheid looks like. aje.io/yujgke

Hey, remember when the US attacked Iraq to stop it from getting WMDs and it led to a million dead, millions of refugees, mass migration to Europe, decades of violence and the rise of ISIS? Luckily, Israel considered all this and definitely isn't making the same stupid mistakes.

"Trump smells an easy victory." Journalist Gideon Levy, a controversial and divisive critic of Benjamin Netanyahu, talks to Matt Frei about why Trump might be considering intervening in the Israel-Iran conflict and why this could lead to a new 'world war'.

This is a brilliant analysis of what is happening right now in the Middle East. securityincontext.org/posts/western-…