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.
“This is the most insane and absurd definition of an ‘imminent threat’ I have ever heard in my life,” says Mehdi Hasan at Zeteo News.
US-Israel war on Iran: headlines from all over ■ did Israel force US to enter war? ■ Gaza running out of food, fuel ■ Israeli settlers kill 2 more in West Bank ■ more.
4 Gazans killed in past 48 hours; many killed by UXO; 1.5M need shelter; teen killed in West Bank; Ben Gvir: shoot ‘children and donkeys’ near Gaza’s yellow line; Amazon + Israel; more.
Israel kills at least 24 Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, including 2 aid seekers; 460 known dead of starvation; Gaza stats to ponder; ceasefire update; flotilla update; Ben Gvir’s threat; protests for Gaza worldwide
The billionaire co-founder of tech giant Oracle, one of the richest men in the world, and Israel supporter extraordinaire, is set to to take control of the American media. And he has Marco Rubio in his back pocket.
Democratic Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania is just one of many government officials still toeing the line for Israel and its powerful lobby.
Scientists say the Netanyahu government and its US backers are trying to construct a history of the Holy Land shorn of all complexity, context, and Palestinians
Israeli forces kill at least 52 Palestinians in Gaza on Saturday, including at least 10 aid seekers; 422 known starved to death; thousands more displaced Palestinians find no tents, no space in southern Gaza; Israeli settlers burn Bedouin homes; Rubio, Netanyahu visit Western Wall; flotilla update
Until the United States frees itself from foreign control, no election, no movement, and no slogan will make it truly free.