The war is on:
- US and Israel Launch a Major Attack on Iran and Trump Urges Iranians to ‘Take Over Your Government’ (AP)
- ‘Acts of War Unauthorized by Congress’: Trump’s Congressional Critics Denounce Iran Strikes (Politico)
- Iran Launches Heavy Missile Barrage Across Israel in Retaliation for US-Israel Attack (Jerusalem Post)
- Iran Launches Counterstrike on US Naval Base in Bahrain, Explosions Heard (Stars and Stripes)
- Iran Targets US Bases amid Joint US-Israel Attacks (Deutsche Welle)
- Yet Another Mid-talks Attack Jeopardises Chances of Iran Taking Trump Seriously (The Guardian)
- Why Have You Started This War, Mr. President? (NY Times)
- A World on Edge as Trump Bombs Iran and Triggers War in the Middle East. There Was No Need for This (The Guardian)
- World Responds Slowly as US, Israeli Attack on Iran Unfolds (Jerusalem Post)
- Starmer Chairs Cobra Meeting over US-Israeli Strikes on Iran (BBC)
- Internet Services Disrupted in Iran as Iranians Rush to Publish Footage of US, Israeli Strikes (Jerusalem Post)
- Airlines Cancel Flights to Middle East After US Launches Military Action Against Iran (Manchester Evening News)
The U.S. has allocated “a third of active U.S. Navy ships and a potentially even greater share of U.S. air power back to the region … at a time when the U.S. is also supposed to be deterring threats from much stronger powers — China and to a lesser extent Russia”:
- The Rotten Case for War with Iran (Washington Post)
Condemned “as a blatant violation of international law[,] … , the move … sets a dangerous precedent, given that it de facto legitimizes unlawful Israeli control over these areas – blurring the lines between occupied land and sovereign territory”:
- U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Offers Consular Services in Illegal West Bank Settlements (National Interest Foundation)
“Omani Foreign Minister Badr bin Hamad Al Busaidi … suggests Iran has agreed not to store any nuclear fuel, but not necessarily to stop enriching entirely” …
… which “falls short of the administration’s demand for “zero enrichment”:
The “memo came after Mike Huckabee’s remarks about Israel sparked alarm inside White House”:
The pot calls the kettle black:
“U.S. immigration enforcement has long cultivated ties with Israel. Now it adapts algorithmic surveillance tactics from Gaza for use on American streets”:
“This genre of hip hop … draws both on progressive rap produced in the United States and elsewhere, and on traditions of improvised and folk poetry in Arabic, … and the percussiveness and lyricism of Arab music”:
- ‘48 Palestinians’ Hip-Hop and the Present Absent (Social Text / Academia)
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