Factoring in repairs to bases and replacing destroyed military equipment would bring the cost to $40 billion to $50 billion, and the real cost will likely exceed even that figure
The State Department claimed on several occasions that the US “is engaged in this conflict [with Iran] at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense” – but it was a preemptive war of choice, not self-defense.
2/3 of US-Israeli targets in Tehran ‘not linked to military,’ and other Iran war headlines ■ Lebanon “ceasefire” extended, as Israel won’t cease firing ■ Dozens of children go missing in Gaza each week ■ Palestinian teen killed in West Bank ■ Netanyahu kept prostrate cancer secret ■ So much more.
After Laura Loomer pointed to two women she claimed were connected to the late Iranian military commander, they were arrested and remain in immigration detention. One is now gravely ill.
“We did some practice runs on what it would look like to look into [bombing Iran], because that may have had to happen under our watch as well.” Hochstein, a senior adviser to Biden, was born in Israel and formerly served in the Israeli military.
Peace talks? Or no peace talks? ■ Gaza needs $71 b to rebuild ■ Palestinian kids withstand tear gas, demand passage to school ■ Israeli soldier’s illegal patch gets too much attention ■ More
It started with Gaza, but the admin’s fight with the pope and its insistence that Jesus blesses US bombing raids have put this pillar of the base at serious risk
We asked AI to find the conflict’s biggest boosters in Washington. Surprise: many are connected to Israel and pushed for the invasion of Iraq too.
Fox News host Mark Levin and US-born Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard are both pushing for their respective governments to use nuclear weapons against Iran. Levin and Pollard are connected through Levin’s stepson, David Milstein, who in 2025 held a “friendly” secret meeting with Pollard at the US Embassy in Jerusalem together with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee
Iranian President condemned Trump for posting an image of himself as Jesus Christ describing the incident as a “desecration of Jesus, the prophet of peace and brotherhood.”