Claims Iran planned an attack on tankers face doubts from experts, allies, circumstances, the crew of an attacked vessel, and almost everyone outside the U.S. & U.K. governments except the ever gullible mainstream media …
- As Trump Accuses Iran, He Has One Problem: His Own Credibility (NY Times)
- German Official: US Video ‘Not Enough’ to Pin Blame on Iran for Tanker Attacks (The Hill)
- Iran Has Two Naval Forces with Separate Missions and Commands. This Is Why (Washington Post)
- Think US Media Won’t Help Lead Nation Into War With Iran Based on Flimsy or False Intelligence? Looks Like They Already Are (Common Dreams)
- Where Are the Skeptics as the Drums Roll for War with Iran? (Real News Network)
… and even some U.S. legislators are concerned about the shaky case being made for war …
- As Fears of War Loom, Trump’s Iran Policy, Arms Deals Face Challenges in Congress (Washington Post)
- How the Trump Administration Is Using 9/11 to Build a Case for War with Iran (Vox)
… but autocrats in Saudi Arabia and the UAE are thrilled:
- In Face-Off With Iran, Escalation May Depend on Who Prevails Inside Washington and Tehran (NY Times)
The condemned neighborhood “is adjacent to a forest, also located on privately owned land that was expropriated from its Palestinian owners in 1970” on which settlers will be allowed to build campgrounds and a zipline:
- 550 Palestinians to Be Homeless After Israel Demolishes Entire Jerusalem Neighbourhood (Middle East Monitor)
“Some 240 Israeli and Jewish academics and intellectuals have sent a letter to the German government urging it to oppose the motion … due to it being ‘based on the false allegation that BDS as such equals anti-Semitism’”:
- 240 Israelis and Jews Urge Germany Not to Enforce Anti-Boycott Law (If American Knew)
Rather than demand Palestinians sell their inalienable rights for some billions of dollars, convert Israel-Palestine from an apartheid state plus an illusory state into a single state with equal rights for all:
- How Do Palestinians Beat Trump’s Deal? (Al-Jazeera)
Florida’s governor has “also endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection, said Netanyahu could run in the U.S. if things didn’t work out over there, and held a meeting with Cabinet officials in Israel”:
- Florida’s Sweeping Definition of Anti-Semitism limits Teachers’ Freedom to Discuss Palestine (Mondoweiss)
If Iran deems an issue “‘significant non-performance’ by its counterparts, it can treat it as ground ‘to cease performing its commitments under the JCPOA in whole or in part’ until others are brought back to order”:
“I found myself having to decide whether my humanity prevails, when I saw what happened to the Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, or my Israeli loyalty would prevail. And I chose my humanity”:
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