Calling the Faithful to Freedom!

“The president said he postponed a planned strike at the urging of Middle Eastern leaders’”: Trump Says He’s Called Off an Attack on Iran to Give Talks More Time (Washington Post) … President Donald Trump admitted that there is no real reason to continue his war against Iran. Instead, … he said he couldn’t stop…

As “Washington’s war with Tehran and its allies continues to stall negotiations, drive up energy prices and fuel instability across the Middle East”: Trump Warns Iran that ‘There Won’t Be Anything Left of Them’ Without Peace Deal (France 24) “No one was blamed, but it highlighted the risk of renewed war as the United States…

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: Israeli Army and Illegal Settler Raids Wound 4 Palestinians, Including Child, in Occupied West Bank (TRT World) 2 Palestinians Killed, 3 Injured in Israeli Strikes on Gaza City Despite Ceasefire (Andalu Ajansi) We Can’t Curb Nuclear Proliferation If We Don’t Acknowledge Israel’s Nukes (Israel-Palestine News) “Sudan’s army says…

“Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Gulf leaders rebuffed Mohamed bin Zayed’s request for a coordinated Gulf attack on Iran” … UAE Made Failed Attempt to Get Saudi Arabia, Qatar to Jointly Attack Iran: Report (Middle East Eye) … providing more evidence that the “newest divide in the Middle East is between Israel’s allies…

“It wasn’t immediately clear who was behind these incidents, but they happened as a senior Iranian official reiterated his country’s claim of control over the waterway and another said it had a right to seize oil tankers connected to the U.S.”: Tensions Flare near Strait of Hormuz as a Ship Is Seized and Another Is…

“[T]hree Republican senators broke with their party over President Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict” but the “deciding vote was cast by Senator John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat and staunch supporter of Israel”: 3 Republicans Join Democrats in Closest Senate Vote Yet to Halt Iran War (Time) “Sarsour says he never understood the charges presented…

The role of the Gulf states in the Iran war greater than previously known and the risks in the future are sobering: Saudi Arabia Launched Covert Attacks on Iran as Regional War Widened, Sources Say (Straits Times) UAE’s Secret Attack on Iran Risks Drawing Gulf States into the War (The Guardian) The rise in real…

The latest “proposal includes an effort to end the war in 30 days, the withdrawal of American forces from Iran, removal of sanctions on Iranian assets, reparations payments, end to fighting in Lebanon and … follows a staunch rebuke to its response to the U.S. agreement submitted over the weekend”: Iran’s Top Negotiator: Accept our…

“[T]he main focus of Iran’s response to the US proposal is on ‘ending the war and maritime security’ in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz” … Hormuz and Lebanon Dominate Iran’s Response to US Ceasefire Plan (EuroNews) … “”We did not demand any concessions from the US, but rather called for an end…

Iran expands its piracy … Iran Requires Ships To Submit Forms for Strait of Hormuz Transit Through New IRGC-Linked Authority (The Medialine) IRGC-linked Media Calls for Fees on Hormuz Undersea Internet Cables (Iran International) … as both sides attack shipping: Iran Ceasefire Tested as Cargo Ship Catches Fire After Being Hit off Qatar’s Coast (NPR)…