Israel is a genocidal apartheid state whose entire existence is premised upon a strategy of unceasing violence and abuse in the middle east. As long as that state continues to exist in its present iteration, peace will never be attainable.
UPDATED – The Israeli prime minister said his country’s goals in Iran will be achieved by “agreement or by renewing the war.” Meanwhile, Iran says the U.S. and Israel have repeatedly violated the ceasefire.
Before the ceasefire, as Trump escalated threats and oil chokepoints tightened, Trita Parsi warned that the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran was entering its most dangerous phase yet.
UPDATED – The U.S. and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire but the incompatibility of the sides’ peace plans presents huge, if not insurmountable, obstacles for a permanent peace. Direct talks begin Friday.
Dimitri Lascaris and Tim Anderson have just returned from the Strait of Hormuz and 11 days reporting inside Iran. They tell CN Live! what they saw. Watch the replay.
The utter collapse of the world economy and the depopulation of vast parts of the Middle East. That is what is at stake and it’s in the hands of a madman, writes Joe Lauria.
In its latest statement, No Cold War takes stock of the long history of U.S. aggression across the world and the need to reject a future of wars without end.
Antiwar.com‘s Scott Horton joins CN Live! to provide insight into the deepening madness of Donald Trump’s and Benjamin Netanyahu’s reckless war on Iran. Watch the replay.
UPDATED: Iran is making Trump go mad. How will world leaders and his people deal with him? This is the most urgent question. Only a worldwide depression and possible nuclear war are on the line, writes Joe Lauria.
Is the West still a democracy – or already a declining empire? German journalist Patrik Baab interviews CN Editor Joe Lauria about the U.S. roles in Ukraine, Gaza and the suppression of free speech in the West.