The timeline of this new bout of escalation is likely dictated by U.S. refinery inventories and the extent of the “hurt” being experienced by Trump back home in the context of his fading political prospects.
Alastair Crooke: Iran War 3.0
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WATCH: The World This Week — ‘The USA v. Israel’
With the war on Iran stuck in low-intensity conflict, new focus is on the U.S.-Israel relationship. Everyone has a theory, but it’s perhaps more complex than it looks. This week we try to unravel it. Watch the replay.
WATCH: CN Live! – ‘Diplomacy By Other Means’
Donald Trump has broken every diplomatic rule in the book in his disastrous unprovoked war of aggression against Iran. Now he’s trying to suck in Europe and Australia. Watch the replay.
The Silence of Arab States
Arab states are not betraying Palestine, because Palestinian freedom, defeat of Zionism and dismantling imperial domination were never central to their agenda, writes Ramzy Baroud.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Internationalism Then & Now
The U.N. Security Council’s condemnation of Iran’s retaliatory strikes, along with the isolation of Cuba, show what U.S. assertion of raw power is doing to what remains of internationalist principles.
DAYS 19 & 20: WAR ON IRAN –Why Would Israel Care?
U.S. and Israel publicly disagree on attacking Iran’s energy infrastructure. Why wouldn’t Israel want the Gulf’s oil and gas to go up in flames?
WATCH: The World This Week — Aggression on Iran
Scott Ritter joins The World This Week to discuss the U.S. and Israel’s war of aggression to overthrow the Iranian government with no credible rationale or legal authority, unleashing a conflagration that could alter history.
Israel: A Huge Airbase With a Small Country Attached
A Treacherous Israel Toys With a Deal on Gaza
What does Israel have to gain with what appears to be another charade? For one, the potential PR win to blunt the extraordinary, worldwide condemnation Israel is facing, most importantly in the United States, writes Joe Lauria.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Israel’s Qatar Attack Rattles the Gulf
Like its Gulf neighbors, Qatar invested in a security system premised on U.S. reliability and Israeli restraint. Both pillars have now collapsed.