Israel plans to humiliate Iran and its allies to an extent that a full-on regional war, in which the United States will fight alongside them, becomes inevitable.
Craig Murray: Netanyahu Plays Chicken
Tag: Hezbollah
‘US Weapons Still Flow’ as Israel Strikes Lebanon
Israel’s airstrikes on Monday came a day after Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel in what the group called an “initial” response to last week’s device attacks.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Iran’s Crucial Decision on Israel
Tehran will eventually need to address Tel Aviv, maybe even more so after the pager terrorist attack in Lebanon. But Iran will do so on its own terms, not on the timeline dictated by its enemies.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Hezbollah’s Calibrated Response
The political party and militant group calling for Palestine’s liberation has factored domestic and regional conditions into its response to Israel’s genocidal war.
The Cant About Israel’s ‘Right to Self Defense’
It is illogical to describe Israel’s actions in Gaza over the last 10 months as defensive, writes M. Reza Behnam.
The Chris Hedges Report: Israel’s Mask Is Slipping
“No going back to Oct. 6” — David Hearst, editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, lays out the essential context of the conflict in Gaza and what to anticipate going forward.
Poll: Americans Oppose Sending US Troops to Defend Israel
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs poll comes as Israel braces for retaliatory attacks from Iran and its allies following an assassination campaign last week.
When VIPS Said Iran Is Not the Threat the US Says It Is
As war looms with Iran, in 2017, a group of U.S. intelligence veterans urged the U.S. stop false claims about Iran being the leading state sponsor of terrorism and a threat to the West.
Patrick Lawrence: The Murder of Ismail Haniyeh
As assiduously as Israel seeks war with Iran is precisely the extent to which it will seek to draw the U.S. into it. That is what made Congress’ insanely intemperate recent reception of Netanyahu so dangerous.
Middle East a Tinderbox After Assassinations
Phyllis Bennis says the killing of Haniyeh in Tehran was a deliberate provocation that matches Netanyahu’s longstanding goal of drawing the U.S. into a potential Israel-Iran war.