Netanyahu's Apparent Domination of American Govt Confirms That Jewish "Money Power" Is No Myth

Trump and most of Congress are openly and obviously subservient to Israel and its Jewish billionaire lobbyists.  Beginning with the open defense of genocide in Palestine, Israeli apologists have exposed the depth of  Israel's war on American anti-Zionism, in a multi-front campaign to limit free speech, censor any criticism of the Zionist state, even going so far as to pass laws against it.  Israel-friendly Jewish billionaires have embarked on a campaign to buy major American media, even many Internet news sources. 

Open Israeli/Jewish efforts to control US society seem to validate "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" as fact, not fiction. Jewish "Hasbara" policy, which is also US Hasbara policy, has strove for decades to paint every anti-Zionist American as "anti-Semitic", for daring to point-out the truth about the coercive power of "Jewish Money" upon our electoral system (as demonstrated by the "Israeli Lobby").  To point-out the obvious truth about the power of Jewish lobbists to dominate the efforts of both Congressmen and Presidents is described as a "blood libel" and dismissed as a  "CANARD."

canard: a false or unfounded report or story

At the dawn of the 20th century, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion took hold of the Western imagination, codifying generations of stereotypes and canards about Jews controlling global events and packaging them in easy-to-read pamphlets. —Mike Rothschild, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

This canard has been repeatedly debunked by historians and repeatedly invoked by Owens. —Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026

The US Continues to Grovel to Israel, Doesn’t That Demolish the “Canard” About Jewish/Israeli Domination?

NY Times Fails To Debunk “Canard” of Jewish Money Dominating Congress, Because It Is the Cold Truth

MOSSAD Caught Trying To Overthrow Yet Another Government! I Know, Another “Canard.”

“Jewish Power” In the US Is Very Real, But To Say So Is “Anti-Semitic”

[The ongoing revelations about the "Epstein Files" should convince anyone of the validity of ant-Zionist efforts to expose and remove Mossad tampering with our electoral process.  Epstein and his Mossad-linked "honeypot" network for blackmailing tainted US officials, was a tool to force compliance with the will of Netanyahu and co., an effort to enforce the Protocols.]

The Protocols Of Zion

Goyim (cattle) are mentally inferior to Jews and can't run their nations properly. For their sake and ours, we need to abolish their governments and replace them with a single government. This will take a long time and involve much bloodshed, but it's for a good cause. Here's what we'll need to do: * Place our agents and helpers everywhere * Take control of the media and use it in propaganda for our plans * Start fights between different races, classes and religions * Use bribery, threats and blackmail to get our way * Use Freemasonic Lodges to attract potential public officials * Appeal to successful people's egos * Appoint puppet leaders who can be controlled by blackmail * Replace royal rule with socialist rule, then communism, then despotism * Abolish all rights and freedoms, except the right of force by us * Sacrifice people (including Jews sometimes) when necessary * Eliminate religion; replace it with science and materialism * Control the education system to spread deception and destroy intellect * Rewrite history to our benefit * Create entertaining distractions * Corrupt minds with filth and perversion * Encourage people to spy on one another * Keep the masses in poverty and perpetual labor * Take possession of all wealth, property and (especially) gold * Use gold to manipulate the markets, cause depressions etc. * Introduce a progressive tax on wealth * Replace sound investment with speculation * Make long-term interest-bearing loans to governments * Give bad advice to governments and everyone else

 

Rubio Admits American Surrender To, and Backing Of, Netanyahu Plan To Force Iranian Retaliation Against US Interests

SECRETARY RUBIO:

There absolutely was an imminent threat, and the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked – and we believe they would be attacked – that they would immediately come after us, and we were not going to sit there and absorb a blow before we responded because the Department of War assessed that if we did that, if we waited for them to hit us first after they were attacked – and by someone else, Israel attacked them, they hit us first, and we waited for them to hit us – we would suffer more casualties and more deaths.  We went proactively in a defensive way to prevent them from inflicting higher damage.  Had we not done so, there would have been hearings on Capitol Hill about how we knew that this was going to happen and we didn’t act preemptively to prevent more casualties and more loss of life.

Operation Epic Fury and International Law

Reed D. Rubinstein, Legal Adviser
Office of the Legal Adviser

 

On February 28, the United States Armed Forces launched Operation Epic Fury with a set of clear objectives: to “[d]estroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy [Iran’s] navy and other security infrastructure,” and, finally, ensure that Iran “will never have nuclear weapons.”

Epic Fury is only the latest round of an ongoing international armed conflict with Iran. As the United States has explained in multiple letters to the U.N. Security Council, including most recently on March 10, the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense.

Critics have argued that the United States’s combat operations are inconsistent with the UN Charter. In truth, the United States is acting well within the recognized contours of international law relating to the use of force and self-defense. This legal assessment is grounded in facts demonstrating Iran’s malign aggression over decades, particularly in Iran’s escalatory attacks against the United States, Israel, and others in the region for years, which precipitated an international armed conflict that predated U.S. combat operations on February 28 and that continues to this day.

I. Iran’s Attacks on the United States, Israel, and Others

Any serious legal assessment of U.S. combat activities must be anchored in the relevant material facts. Beginning with its founding in 1979, the Islamic Republic of Iran has regularly attacked the United States, its interests, and its allies, including but not limited to Israel, directly and through proxies. The regime’s “revolutionary” Islamic ideology has been the justification for its decades-long pattern and practice of international terrorism and military adventurism, as well as its multibillion-dollar investments in developing the “Axis of Resistance” and ballistic missile, drone, and nuclear capabilities.

First, Iran is responsible for countless armed attacks against the United States, both through its own military and through its partners and proxies. As context, Iran’s hostility toward the United States began with the 1979 Revolution, subsequent sacking of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, and the abuse and torture of American hostages for 444 days. It continued throughout the years that followed—from the bombing of the U.S. Marines in Lebanon in 1983, which killed 241 U.S. service members; to the Khobar Towers assault in 1996, in which 19 U.S. service members were killed and 500 other individuals were wounded; to the direction of IED attacks against U.S. soldiers in Iraq, which killed at least 600 Americans over a period of eight years.

Iranian-sponsored attacks against the United States intensified in 2019. Kata’ib Hezbollah (KH) and other Iran-aligned militias receiving support from and sometimes acting under the direction of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired rockets at bases in Iraq where U.S. personnel were located, including in an attack that killed a U.S. contractor and injured Iraqi military officers in December 2019. KH also organized a 2019 attack, approved by the IRGC, against the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad that inflicted significant damage, and senior U.S. government officials concluded at that time that the IRGC was actively developing plans for further attacks against U.S. military personnel and diplomats in Iraq and throughout the region. The United States responded in self-defense with a targeted strike that killed IRGC Commander Qasem Soleimani, but Iranian armed attacks continued. Between 2021 and 2024, there were well over 100 attacks against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq and Syria by the IRGC and its partners and proxies. All the while, Iran continued to publicly reiterate and privately pursue its lethal plotting operations against both U.S. officials and private citizens.

Second, the regime has for decades maintained a clear and public position that Israel must be annihilated.[1] To that end, the Islamic Republic has devoted massive human and financial resources in pursuit of this goal. The regime has organized, funded, and supported terrorist attacks against Jews, Israel, and Israeli interests worldwide. Following October 7^th attacks against Israel by the Islamic Republic-funded, trained, armed, and supported terrorist organization Hamas,[2] Iran attacked Israel directly, launching historically massive direct and indiscriminate ballistic missile strikes and drone swarms in April and October 2024.

The armed conflict between Israel and Iran has been ongoing since at least that point, and likely years earlier, as Israel underscored in its March 10, 2026, letter to the Security Council. Adding to the threat posed by these direct assaults on Israel, Iran has developed an illicit nuclear program that, if it led to the production of a nuclear weapon, would pose an immediate and present danger to the very existence of the State of Israel when coupled with Iran’s massive and expanding ballistic missile delivery capabilities.[3]

Third, Iran’s extensive, long-term support of Hizballah, Hamas, the Houthis, and various Iran‑aligned militia groups in Iraq and Syria has enabled those terrorist organizations to carry out destabilizing attacks against Israel, the United States, Argentina, and others, including countries seeking to freely exercise transit rights through the Strait of Hormuz. While the regime has, at times, concealed its role in certain attacks of this nature, the United States has established Iranian direction, control, and even active participation as a co-belligerent in some of the operations of those groups, as the United States explained in a February 5, 2024 letter to the Security Council. Furthermore, the Islamic Republic’s financial, equipment, training, and operational support for these terrorist organizations has intentionally empowered these groups to sow chaos in the region.

In late 2024, President Trump was again elected. During the early months of the second Trump Administration, the United States initiated negotiations in an intensive effort to resolve the underlying root causes of the ongoing conflict: the longstanding threat posed by Iran to U.S. interests in the region, including its continued proxy attacks on U.S. personnel and facilities and its illicit nuclear and ballistic missile programs. By June of 2025, however, it was clear that these efforts were fruitless.

II. An Analysis of the U.S. Response

Over many years, the Iranian regime engaged in a clear pattern of unprovoked aggression and direct and proxy attacks against Israel and the United States, while concurrently spending billions of dollars to operationalize its promise to destroy the former and continuously calling for “death” to the latter. That conduct established the factual basis and operative context for Operation Midnight Hammer, the U.S. military action that supported Israel in efforts to obliterate Iran’s nuclear program in June 2025. As indicated in its June 27 letter to the Security Council, the United States decided to act against the regime in collective self-defense of Israel, which, as described above, was undeniably already exercising its right of self-defense in response to an ongoing international armed conflict with the Islamic Republic. The June 27 letter built upon nine previous letters transmitted by the United States to the Security Council since 2021, including on February 27, 2021; June 29, 2021; August 26, 2022; March 27, 2023; October 30, 2023; November 14, 2023; November 28, 2023; December 29, 2023; January 26, 2024; and February 5, 2024.

Accordingly, the United States had an independent legal justification as a matter of jus ad bellum principles to enter into the conflict. But, as noted above, defensive U.S. actions could equally have been considered part of an ongoing international armed conflict between Iran and the United States itself, in which the United States was exercising its own, individual right of self-defense.

Some have argued that whatever the nature of the conflict with Iran that existed in June 2025, that conflict ended following the close of Operation Midnight Hammer, and that any further use of force must be considered a “fresh” use of force and justified anew under the jus ad bellum principles. But those critics have largely failed to acknowledge the facts—the clear pattern of ongoing Iranian attacks against the United States, Israel, and others in the region described above; the massive expansion of the regime’s offensive drone and ballistic missile capabilities; and its accelerated nuclear development—or to squarely address the legal question concerning when a conflict, once commenced, ceases.

According to the Department of War’s Law of War Manual, hostilities end when “opposing parties decide to end hostilities and actually do so, i.e., when neither the intent-based nor act-based tests for when hostilities exist are met.”^[4] Similarly, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross, the legal test for whether an international armed conflict has ended is whether, based on an assessment of the facts on the ground, there has been a “general close of military operations” that has ended military movements of a bellicose nature “so that the likelihood of the resumption of hostilities can reasonably be discarded.”^[5] Any assessment of whether an armed conflict has ended must be fact-based, taking into account both the intentions and the actions of the parties to the conflict.

Under either articulation of the customary international law standard for determining when an armed conflict has ended, the facts clearly support the proposition that the international armed conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States that was the subject of the June 27 Article 51 letter is ongoing.

As a threshold matter, the intense but ultimately fruitless attempts at negotiations by the United States in the first few months of the Trump administration, and again in late 2025 and early 2026, did not bring about an end to the conflict brought about by Iran’s continuing pattern of attacks between at least 2019 and 2024. States that attempt in good faith to resolve their disputes by peaceful means do not have their legitimate right of self-defense against an adversary extinguished by genuine but unsuccessful attempts to end a conflict. It was only after multiple attempts at negotiation failed that the United States resumed operations in this conflict.

Further, there is no evidence that any of the parties—Iran, Israel, or the United States—intended or decided to end either of the armed conflicts described above after the June 2025 operations. The parties did not make unilateral declarations concerning an end to hostilities, nor did they conclude any agreement related to the end of hostilities. After the June 2025 strikes, the parties observed a ceasefire to allow diplomatic negotiations to address the Islamic Republic’s continuing threat to the United States, Israel, and the region, but those negotiations failed. As was widely reported in the media, all parties—including Iran—continued to actively plan for further military engagements if diplomacy failed. The pause in hostilities during this period thus lacked the “stability” and “permanence” that must, as a matter of international law, be present to indicate an end to hostilities.

This legal approach is not, as some may argue, a conflation of the jus ad bellum and the jus in bello. For one, for purposes of a jus ad bellum analysis, there is no legal significance to the fact that the United States sent both a new notification to Congress under the War Powers Resolution and an Article 51 letter to the UN Security Council after operations resumed on February 28. Indeed, it is longstanding U.S. practice to submit such communications to both Congress and to the Security Council in situations where it is taking actions within the context of an ongoing armed conflict, and there are many such examples of it doing so.

But more fundamentally, if a conflict has not ended, then it must be ongoing. As a matter of international law, there is no requirement to continually reassess the jus ad bellum principles of necessity and proportionality in the context of an ongoing armed conflict. As former State Department Legal Adviser Brian Egan stated, “once a State has lawfully resorted to force in self-defense against a particular armed group following an actual or imminent armed attack by that group, it is not necessary as a matter of international law to reassess whether an armed attack is imminent prior to every subsequent action taken against that group, provided that hostilities have not ended.”[6] That principle applies equally once the United States has acted in self-defense against another State.

Even assuming arguendo that there was a jus ad bellum requirement to continually assess necessity and proportionality, those customary international law principles are satisfied here because of the scale and continued nature of the threat posed to the security of the United States and Israel. As the United States has previously explained: “A proper assessment of the proportionality of defensive use of force would require looking not only at the immediately preceding armed attack, but also at whether it was part of an ongoing series of attacks, what steps were already taken to deter future attacks, and what force could reasonably be judged as needed to successfully deter future attacks.”^[7] Proportionality does not require that a State exercising its right of self-defense must use the same degree or type of force used by the attacking State in its most recent attack. Indeed, even if initial attacks are limited in scope but the attacking State continues to present a significant threat or to perpetrate further attacks specifically calibrated to avoid a larger response, the defending State may be justified in responding through an operation sufficient to decisively end the conflict.

Consistent with that understanding, the United States also noted in its communication to the Security Council that any assessment of the imminence, gravity, and scope of the threat posed by the Iranian regime would need to account for the decades of consistently malign foreign and domestic conduct and the dangerous and destabilizing risks of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles in Iran’s hands. While the United States does not rely on a theory of imminence to justify its actions in this case—as described above, the United States believes that it and Israel were already engaged in an ongoing armed conflict with Iran as a result of the latter’s attacks—these factors are critically important in providing context for ongoing military operations.

Indeed, any legal analysis or process for determining the imminence of an attack and the proportionality of a potential response should account for the immense destructive power of nuclear weapons, the danger posed by ballistic delivery systems, the conduct of the relevant State actor, and the likelihood of other opportunities to mitigate the threat in the future.[8] The fact that these weapons are often developed in secret magnifies the potential danger to other States, which may not have the relevant intelligence reporting or opportunity to take measures to protect themselves against the potential use of such weapons before they are deployed. In considering the “imminence” of a nuclear attack, policy makers may also weigh the duration and gravity of repeated, public threats to eradicate other States and associated conduct, as well as defiance of international safeguards and attempts to develop capabilities to deliver a nuclear device. These statements and actions repeated over decades are often assertions of foreign policy objectives, not mere political slogans.

III. Conclusion

The operations recommenced in late February were part of an armed conflict with Iran that has been ongoing for years and, at the very least, since June 2025. Under well-established rules of international law, it is reasonable to conclude that this conflict did not end in the interim. And in an ongoing conflict, it is not necessary as a matter of international law to reassess whether an armed attack is imminent prior to every subsequent action taken against an adversary. Nor it is necessary to re-apply jus ad bellum standards of necessity and proportionality, although the actions taken by the United States would satisfy those principles if reapplied.

The United States has acted well within its international law obligations with respect to its use of force since operations began in late February. Iran, by contrast, has acted as any reasonable observer would have expected—lashing out against its neighbors, targeting Israeli civilians, murdering its own people, unlawfully closing the Strait of Hormuz, and wreaking havoc throughout the region. The regime’s outrageous, albeit predictable behavior only further underscores the fundamental necessity, utility, reasonableness, and lawfulness of Operation Epic Fury’s mission and goals.

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[1] Prior to 1979, Iran and Israel maintained amicable relations. However, the Islamic revolution completely reversed this relationship. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, denounced Israel as an illegitimate “Zionist regime” and severed all diplomatic relations. He wrote: “If the rulers of the Muslim countries truly represented the believers and enacted God’s ordinances, they would set aside their petty differences, abandon their subversive and divisive activities, and join together like the fingers of one hand. Then a handful of wretched Jews (the agents of America, Britain, and other foreign powers) would never have been able to accomplish what they have, no matter how much support they enjoyed from America and Britain.” Since then, calls for Israel’s total destruction have been deeply embedded in official rhetoric, military programs, state-sponsored education, and symbolic events such as Quds Day.

[2] According to a West Point Center for the Study of Terrorism monograph, “there is little doubt that Iran’s financial aid, structuring of its proxies into more cohesive armed factions and then into umbrella organizations, and assistance through the supply of weapons increased the deadliness and extremism of its Palestinian proxies.” Without Iranian assistance and nurturing, these groups would not have been able to strike Israel as they did—armed capabilities supplied by Iran, such as a variety of UAV designs, rockets, demolition charges, and other munitions, were smuggled into Gaza and used to deadly effect. In summary, “Iranian assistance allowed its Palestinian proxies to amass the firepower, messaging know-how, and much of the hi-tech equipment necessary to carry out and propagandize the attack. Financial aid provided by Iran did more than keep Hamas operating as a governing body in Gaza; it was also directly piped into Hamas’ terror and military apparatus.”

[3] International law must acknowledge the uniquely destructive power of ballistic missiles with nuclear weapons. The inherent right to self-defense cannot rationally be construed to require a State to wait until a self-avowedly hostile actor has a nuclear warhead-tipped missile ready to launch before lawfully taking a disabling strike. Indeed, hesitation under these circumstances would render self-defense futile—practically speaking, the last effective opportunity to defend a civilian population from a nuclear attack by the Islamic Republic or other rogue regime would be before it obtains a nuclear weapon and the ability to attack with it. Any contrary rule would undermine deterrence and reward aggression.

[4] As further explained in the Law of War Manual, the usual indicators for a determination of termination include an agreement to end hostilities, usually in the form of a peace treaty; a unilateral declaration of one of the parties to end the war, provided the other party does not continue hostilities; the complete subjugation of an enemy State and its allies; or a simple cessation of hostilities. Law of War Manual, Sec. 3.8.1.

[5] See “Frequently Asked Questions: International Armed Conflict,” at https://www.icrc.org/en/article/faq-international-armed-conflict: “The declassification of conflicts must be based on the facts on the ground analyzed in light of the applicable IHL legal criterion. For the ICRC, this criterion is the general close of military operations. Hostilities must end with a degree of stability and permanence for the IAC to be considered terminated. A general close of military operations means not only the end of active hostilities, but also the end of military movements of a bellicose nature, including those that reform, reorganize or reconstitute, so that the likelihood of the resumption of hostilities can reasonably be discarded.”

[6] Brian Egan, International Law, Legal Diplomacy, and the Counter-ISIL Campaign, Speech at the American Society of International Law (April 1, 2016).

[7] William Taft, Self-Defense and the Oil Platforms Decision, 29 Yale Law International Journal 295 (2004).

[8] See Daniel Bethlehem, Principles Relevant to the Scope of a State’s Right of Self-Defense against an Imminent or Actual Armed Attack by Non-State Actors, 106 Am. J. Int’l L. 1 (2012).

Trump Depressed, Press Ignores Him

Colbert Taunts Trump With Embarrassing Photo He Can’t Bear to See

Trump Uses FOX NEWS To Spread Strategic Lie of "War's End" Before Next Sneak Attack

 [TRUMPENYAHU is making his/their signature "decapitation" move, bluffing/lying before a planned "suckerpunch" attack.  This appears to be "Plan B" to the apparently aborted attempt to kill Iran's latest negotiators on their trip out of Islamabad, looking for new negotiators who want to live.]  

Why Iran Delegation Switched Planes, Took Train After US Talks Failed

https://youtu.be/EENfbqFMtT0

 

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@WarMonitor3

 

US airforce continued to conduct a large airlift operation to the Middle East today... They know something we don't...

 

https://x.com/i/status/2044104033221193911

A Trap for Tehran: Trump Declares War Against Iran Over – Fox News

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The entire White House administration is repeating the same thing: all the goals of the campaign in Iran have supposedly been achieved. But the key word still lies with the president: today, Donald Trump assured that the war with Iran is over.

US President Donald Trump declared that the military operation against Iran is over, Fox News journalist Maria Bartiromo reported on her social media account.

In particular, Bartiromo said in a video, while standing near the residence of the head of the White House, that she had just had a long conversation with Trump and he talked a lot about the economy, about the war with Iran, and also about NATO. According to her, in the conversation, he announced the end of the war against Iran.

I said to him, Mr. President, you keep talking about the war in the past – “was,” “was,” “was.” I asked Trump, “Is the war really over?” He replied, “Yes, it is.”

– the TV channel journalist said.

Bartiromo added that more details about the interview with the US President will be available later; the material is being processed.

Similar news These statements could have been a bombshell if Trump had been in any other president, someone who doesn't change their minds ten times a day and doesn't issue ultimatums only to later rescind them. The head of the White House may have told a Fox reporter that the war was over, but that doesn't mean he won't change his mind later that same evening, retracting his previous statement. This is always worth remembering when considering the president's position. Even sensitive and anxious markets are no longer trusting the planet's leading newsmaker.

Moreover, global media are pointing out that another trap for Tehran may be being set. The US Air Force is currently implementing a large-scale airlift to the Middle East, with the movement of aircraft and military cargo off the charts. The sheer scale of this operation, which is not typically carried out as part of routine logistics, indicates that preparations are underway for something significant and are in full swing.

Simply put, the White House hasn't abandoned the military component, but it's seen as a backup plan. And there are good reasons for this. The latest joint CBS News and YouGov poll shows that only 36% of Americans approve of the US president's handling of the war with Iran. Trump's approval rating is currently at 39%, the lowest level of his second term. So, Trump will likely think twice before making another mistake by resuming the war, but the situation may leave him no choice, as Iran is holding out too well.

Iran Is Still Standing, Trump Is Still A "TACO", Iran Calls It "Victory"

 

Iran declares 'historic victory' over US, says enemy forced to accept its proposal

 

Iran has declared a "historic and crushing defeat" of the United States and the Israeli regime after 40 days of war, announcing that Washington has been forced to accept a 10-point Iranian proposal that includes a permanent ceasefire, the lifting of all sanctions, and the withdrawal of US combat forces from the region.

In a statement addressed to the "noble, great, and heroic nation of Iran," the Supreme National Security Council said the enemy had suffered an undeniable defeat and now saw "no way forward but to submit to the will of the great nation of Iran and the honorable Axis of Resistance."

The announcement comes on Day 40 of the US-Israeli war of aggression on Iran, which began with the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and top-ranking commanders on February 28.

According to the statement, the United States has agreed to a 10-point proposal that fundamentally commits Washington to:

• No new aggression against Iran
• Continued Iranian control over the Strait of Hormuz
• Acceptance of enrichment
• Removal of all primary sanctions
• Removal of all secondary sanctions
• Termination of all UN Security Council resolutions
• Termination of all Board of Governors resolutions
• Payment of compensation to Iran
• Withdrawal of US combat forces from the region
• Cessation of war on all fronts, including against the heroic Islamic Resistance of Lebanon

"Iran has achieved a great victory and has forced criminal America to accept its own 10-point proposal," the statement read.

 

The statement by the top security body described the past 40 days as one of the "heaviest combined battles in history," in which Iran and its allies in Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen, and occupied Palestine inflicted blows that "the historical memory of the world will never forget."

"Iran and the Resistance have almost completely destroyed the American military machine in the region," it stated. "They have inflicted crushing and deep blows on the vast infrastructure and capabilities that the enemy had built and deployed around the region over many years for this war against Iran."

The statement added that within the occupied territories, Resistance forces had dealt "devastating and crushing blows to the enemy's forces, infrastructure, facilities, and assets."

It further stated that the United States understood as early as 10 days into the war that it could not win.

"Not only did none of the enemy's main objectives materialize, but the enemy realized from about 10 days after the start of the war that it would have no ability to win this war," the statement said. "For this reason, through various channels and methods, the enemy began efforts to establish contact with Iran and request a ceasefire."

The top security body further said the enemy had initially imagined a quick military victory, believing Iran's missile and drone capabilities would be "quickly extinguished," and noted that the "vile global Zionism" had convinced the "ignorant President of the United States" that the war would finish Iran.

While declaring victory, the top security body also urged continued vigilance.

 

"We congratulate all the people of Iran on this victory," the statement read, "and emphasize that until the details of this victory are finalized, there remains a need for the resilience and prudence of officials and the preservation of unity and solidarity among the people of Iran."

The Iranian announcement came hours after Trump said he had agreed to a two-week suspension of bombing and attacks on Iran, subject to Tehran reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

In a post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would "suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks" — a decision he described as a "double-sided CEASEFIRE."

Trump said the suspension is "subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz."

Earlier on Tuesday, he had warned that "a whole civilization will die tonight" if Iran failed to meet his demands, an inflammatory war rhetoric that triggered backlash worldwide.

Many condemned the bluster as genocidal and said it amounts to a horrendous war crime.

Pope Leo XIV called the threat "truly unacceptable," while US lawmakers decried Trump's rhetoric as "pure evil," with many of them calling for the invocation of the 25^th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

The Strait of Hormuz, which carries approximately one-fifth of the world's oil, has been effectively blocked by Iran since the US and Israel launched their unprovoked and illegal war of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran on February 28.

 

Iranian officials had categorically stated that the strategic waterway will not be reopened unless its demands are met, which include the permanent cessation of US-Israeli attacks.

 

In line with the directive of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei and the approval of the Supreme National Security Council, and given Iran and the resistance's upper hand on the battlefield, the enemy's inability to carry out its threats despite all its claims, and the official acceptance of all the legitimate demands of the Iranian people, it has been decided that negotiations will be held in Islamabad to finalize the details.

This will take place within a maximum of 15 days, so that the details of Iran's victory on the battlefield may also be solidified in political negotiations.

The negotiations will begin on Friday in Islamabad. Iran will allocate two weeks for these negotiations and the timeframe may be extended by mutual agreement of the two sides.

The top security body said it is essential that during this period, complete national unity is maintained and victory celebrations continue with strength.

These negotiations, it asserted, are a national negotiation and an extension of the battlefield, so all people and political groups must trust and support this process, which is under the supervision of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.

"If the enemy's surrender on the battlefield is transformed into a decisive political achievement in the negotiations, we will celebrate this great historic victory together. Otherwise, we will fight side by side on the battlefield until all the demands of the Iranian people are met," the statement noted.

"Our hands are on the trigger, and the moment the slightest mistake is made by the enemy, it will be answered with full force."

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"A Whole Civilization Will Die, "Is Trump Crazy Enough To Nuke Iran Out of Spite?

[Trump has given the world an ultimatum…stop him, or your country may be next!]

Trump warns ‘whole civilisation will die’ in Iran if ultimatum expires

Mr. Trump warns of devastating consequences for Iran if demands are not met, escalating tensions further

President Donald Trump makes deadly gesture during press conference . File | Photo Credit: AP

President Donald Trump warned that “a whole civilization will die” in Iran on Tuesday (April 7, 2026) if the country does not heed his ultimatum to accept U.S. war demands.

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don’t want that to happen, but it probably will,” Mr. Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “WHO KNOWS?”

Mr. Trump did not give details but has already said the U.S. military could bomb Iran’s bridges, power plants and other civilian infrastructure into the “stone age.”

[TRUMP’S never silent EGO further elaborates for us lesser beings, that this genocide of the Iranian people might prove to be something “wonderful”!!!  The bloody 47 year historical Iranian epoch of “extortion, corruption and death” describes the US/British reign of terror which met Iran’s first attempt as a Democracy (1953 Iranian coup d’état), and the never-ending CIA/MOSSAD violent subversion which has never subsided to this day….Iran’s bloody history has been primarily self-defense.–ed.]

Trump Wants Gulf Royals To Pay Him Trillions For Wrecking the Middle East

 

https://twitter.com/i/status/2035380188922479047

Trump interested in Arab countries paying for war against Iran - White House

Kyiv • UNN

Karoline Leavitt stated Trump's interest in Arab countries funding the war. The President will later elaborate on plans regarding this issue.

 

White House spokeswoman Caroline Leavitt said that US President Donald Trump would be interested in calling on Arab countries to pay the costs of his war against Iran, and added that, in her opinion, the president could speak in more detail on this issue, reports UNN with reference to The Guardian.

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When asked if Arab countries were ready to help pay for the war, Leavitt replied that she would not get ahead of herself, but Trump had such an idea.

Many Mideast News Sites Reporting Attack Upon Kuwait Was Attack Upon US Marines

 

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[Arab, Turkish and Kurd News sites seeming to confirm Iranian reports of massive Mar 28th attack upon Kuwait and allegedly US MARINES, who had been assembled there for invasion.]

Wave 84 continues: IRGC Navy hits US, Israeli targets in Kuwait, Dubai

By Al Mayadeen English

IRGC naval forces launch missile and drone strikes on US targets in Dubai and Kuwait during wave 84 of Operation True Promise 4, causing casualties and sinking ships.

In continuation of the 84th wave of Operation True Promise 4, the naval forces of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) carried out a joint assault targeting Israeli and US forces in the Banda Shweikh Port, the Dubai coastline, and Dubai’s port facilities.

The operation employed a combination of ballistic and Ghadr 380 cruise missiles against six US LCU (Landing Craft Utility) warships stationed at the Shweikh port. According to field reports, three of these vessels were directly hit and sank, while the remaining ships were reported to be ablaze.

In addition, the IRGC Navy carried out drone attacks targeting assembly points for US Marine officers along the coast and one hotel in Dubai, with strikes reportedly carried out with high precision. The combined operations, in addition to the sinking of tactical boats, resulted in a significant number of US casualties.

US military personnel on Bubiyan Island neutralized

Reflecting on the second batch of wave 84, the spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters stated that the IRGC Navy, acting under full control and supervision, responded forcefully to the provocations of "enemy forces".

The spokesperson added that the sudden, coordinated assault on Bubiyan Island, using a mix of one-way drones and ballistic missiles, successfully neutralized multiple US military personnel, with the wounded transferred to Saleh Al-Sabah, Mohammad Al-Ahmad, and Ali Al-Salem hospitals [GOVT. HOSPITALS].

Field sources indicated that these hospitals were placed under full lockdown, restricting access for Kuwaiti patients while treating the wounded, which sparked protests among the local population.

The IRGC’s Naval Force stated that it would continue its “devastating strikes” against US military personnel in the region until they are “completely eradicated from Muslim lands.”

Additionally, the IRGC stated that it destroyed and severely damaged several US aerial refueling aircraft and the logistical support HQ in the Al-Kharj Base in Saudi Arabia, also as part of wave 84.

[The same day attacks in Kuwait--ed.]

Drone, Missile Attack Targets Kuwait’s Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port, Causes Material Damage

Kuwait’s Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port. (Photo: Aecom)

Apocalyptic Scenes In Kuwait As Iran Punishes U.S. Ally With Huge Attacks On Twin Ports | WATCH

 

Iran has escalated its campaign in the Gulf, targeting Kuwait’s key economic lifelines. Two major ports — including Shuwaikh Port — were hit in coordinated attacks on March 27, sending shockwaves across the region. Kuwait’s main commercial hub sustained material damage after being struck by Iranian drones, while hours later, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port on Bubiyan Island was hit by drones and cruise missiles. Authorities have confirmed no casualties so far, but the strikes mark a dangerous escalation — targeting critical infrastructure at the heart of Gulf trade and supply chains

10 military personnel injured in attack on armed forces camp

 

 

 

Col Saud Al-Atwan

 

Most missiles and drones intercepted • Some damage from falling debris

 

KUWAIT: The defense ministry announced Sunday that the armed forces detected and dealt with 14 hostile ballistic missiles and 12 hostile drones within Kuwaiti airspace over the past 24 hours. Defense Ministry Spokesperson Col Saud Al-Atwan said during a media briefing that a number of those projectiles struck one of the armed forces camps, resulting in the injury of 10 personnel, who are receiving the necessary treatment, in addition to material damage at the site. Warehouses belonging to a private logistics company were also targeted, causing material damage only, with no human casualties recorded.

He added that the total number of hostile aerial threats detected since the beginning of the aggression on February 28 has reached 307 ballistic missiles, two cruise missiles and 616 drones. He affirmed that armed forces personnel continue to carry out their national duties with a high level of readiness and discipline and remain firmly committed to executing their missions to protect the homeland and preserve its security and stability.

He prayed to Almighty God to continue to bestow upon Kuwait the blessings of security and safety under the wise leadership of HH the Amir, Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

Meanwhile, the interior ministry said explosive ordnance disposal teams handled 11 reports related to falling debris resulting from interception operations over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of such reports since the beginning of the aggression to 599. Interior Ministry Spokesperson Brig Gen Nasser Buslaib said sirens were activated 12 times during the past 24 hours, raising the total number of activations since the start of the aggression to 158. He presented a video highlighting the efforts of EOD teams in handling reports of falling debris or objects outside threat zones.

He stressed that security begins with the cooperation of citizens and residents with security authorities through awareness in handling information, emphasizing that the responsibility today is to verify accuracy and refrain from circulating or reposting any unverified news due to its harm to security efforts and its impact on stability. He urged everyone to rely solely on official sources and act with awareness and responsibility, warning that spreading or promoting false information exposes individuals to legal accountability under applicable laws.

The ministry of electricity, water and renewable energy affirmed that electricity and water systems remain stable and under control despite damage to some components of the electrical grid caused by falling debris from air defense interception operations. Ministry Spokesperson Fatima Hayat said that, with the continued aggression, seven overhead transmission lines in various areas were recently damaged by debris. Four of these lines were repaired and restored to service within less than 24 hours in coordination with security authorities, while two additional lines were repaired the following day.

She explained that the total number of affected overhead transmission lines has reached 22, of which 20 have been repaired, with work ongoing to complete repairs on the remaining two. She added that a fuel tank at Al-Subiya power generation and water distillation plant, which sustained damage in recent weeks, is currently being repaired by specialized technical teams, noting that due to the extent of the damage, full rehabilitation will require more time.

Hayat said the ministry reaffirms its commitment to transparency and strengthening trust with citizens and residents through continuous communication via its official channels to ensure accurate information delivery, calling on the public to follow its official social media accounts for updates on electricity and water and to disregard rumors. She stressed that everyone shares responsibility in preserving national resources and that rationalizing electricity and water consumption is a collective duty that supports system sustainability.

Hayat expressed appreciation to the ministry’s national workforce for their round-the-clock efforts with high responsibility and professionalism to enhance the reliability of electricity and water systems, also commending close coordination with security and relevant authorities to ensure effective government response under all conditions. She prayed that Kuwait remains a land of security, safety and prosperity under the wise leadership of HH the Amir, HH the Crown Prince and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. — KUNA

The World Must Die So That Israel Can Be Saved--(another disappeared article)

[Written Just before I started NOSUNGLASSES, most of the reference links have been deleted over time, including the article itself...thanks, once again to Countercurrents.org for salvaging it for me.]

The World Must Die So That Israel Can Be Saved

By Peter Chamberlin

23 May, 2008
Countercurrents.org

Bush has failed to fulfill his divine mission, to secure the safety of Israel for all time. For a true believer in Christian-Zionism, it must be gnawing at his soul like some giant rat hollowing-out his insides. How can Jesus ever return if Bush can't make Jerusalem safe enough for all Jews to return to? If Bush can't clear the way for the rebuilding of Solomon's Temple, then where will the messiah sit while he is destroying the earth and most of the Jews with it? (See: "Lobbying for Armageddon")

Bush has followed his obsession with making the Middle East safe for Israel down every conceivable twist and turn, looking for adequate justification to unleash Armageddon upon the region. He could not overcome Israeli civilian reluctance in 2006 to taste the rain of Hezbollah's sweet retaliatory revenge of thousands of missiles. No amount of neocon machismo or camaraderie could convince the Israelis in 2006 that American bombers would back them up if Israel escalated its all-out fight to eliminate Hezbollah and Hamas into Syria and Iran.

Again, in the recent uproar in Lebanon, Bush the deliverer could not convince Israel to follow through with the planned air assault on Lebanon in the multi-stage plot to restart the war with Hezbollah, http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=1350 Neither could he persuade them to carry-out the plan to assassinate Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, on April 25.

http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/NewsDetails.
aspx?id=43157&language=en

http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/
cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2008/05/08/p25328

As a result of the Israeli government's reluctance to order attacks which would bring massive retaliation upon Israeli citizens, Bush has apparently realized that if he is to eliminate the enemies of Israel in the time allotted him, then he will have to take the bold actions required to protect the "Chosen People" from reasonable retaliation which they bring upon themselves. Towards this end, Bush has employed his loyal Democrat "blue dogs" (three Zionist Jewish Democrats and two Lebanese-Christian Republicans) to introduce legislation that is, in effect, the early stages of a Lebanese war resolution.

House Resolution 1194

"Urges the United States Government and the international community to immediately take all appropriate actions to support and strengthen the legitimate Government of Lebanon under Prime Minister Fouad Siniora;

...prohibit all air traffic between Iran and Lebanon and between Iran and Syria;

every country controlling possible transit routes from Iran to Lebanon to impose the strictest possible controls on the movement of Iranian vehicles, airplanes, and goods." [which also happens to be Olmert's second option for blockading Iran]

"Olmert to U.S.: Impose naval blockade on Iran"

"Olmert proposed two possible courses of action: first, a naval blockade of Iran using the U.S. fleet to limit the movement in and out of Iran of its merchant ships...The second option Olmert proposed was to place limitations on Iranian aircraft, business people and senior members of the regime at airports throughout the world."

Strangely enough, even though the resolution on Lebanon is intended solely to enforce Israel's wish list for America's military, in the minutes of the short forty minute debate on the House floor,
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/
query/z?r110:H20MY8-0056:
Israel was never blamed for any of the problems of the besieged Lebanese democratic state, not even by the two lone opponents of the resolution, Kucinich and Ron Paul. Kucinich, champion of underdogs, did object to the "25 years" of suffering which had been unleashed upon the people of Lebanon, but he never laid the blame for this outrage on its perpetrators, Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon, or their successors. The Lebanese resistance forces (Hezbollah) which were spawned by Israel's bloodthirsty invasion which began on June 6,1982 and their Syrian counterparts are blamed for every act of terror and aggression that is committed there by Israel, America and Saudi Arabia.

Rep. Gary Ackerman referred to the things we are doing in Lebanon as "the equivalent of a rape," but he was practicing typical Zionist double-speak, when he attributed the evils wrought by American and Israeli mischief to the opposition forces, who were merely defending against our multiple rapes. He waxed poetic in defense of hypocritical American/Israeli aggression that is always blamed upon the victims or their supporters:

"Let us speak out for freedom, speak out for freedom in the case of a people who are under siege [by us], who are in the throes of having their duly elected government taken away from them by terrorist organizations and rogue regimes [who work for us]."

According to testimony on H. Res. 1194, by Rep. Kucinich,

"David Welch, who went to Lebanon...to basically make sure that the government took a hard-line position and that it would forestall the possibility of any dialogue. And then one of the clients of the United States, or so-called clients, basically escalated the situation by taking on the issue of disarmament of Hezbollah."

The Americans, the Israelis and the Saudis, through Welch, created their own rogue paramilitary (terrorist) forces. According to former head of Israel's intelligence, Aaron Zeevi Farkash:

"Israel has given Lebanese Forces (of Samir Geagea) men the best training and they will appear in any future confrontation. Lebanese Forces fighters will hold on much longer in Hezbollah's faces, but eventually they will be defeated." ("Nasrallah Ruined 3Yrs of Arab, Foreign Intel Efforts.")
http://www.almanar.com. lb/NewsSite/
NewsDetails.aspx?id=43157&language=en

America built the terrorist militias of Saudi front man Saad Hariri's Future Movement, the destabilizing forces who clumsily tried to provoke Hezbollah into taking over, so that Hezbollah would be responsible for all of Lebanon, justifying the use of the same brutal tactics there that Israel uses in Gaza.

The wisdom of Nasrallah is apparent in his decision to restrain the resistance forces, refusing to fall into Bush's trap, by refusing the bait.

In order to reward Saudi loyalty in this affair, for assisting in terror attacks upon Lebanese targets, Bush handed the keys to the nuclear power club to the royal family, along with an oath to:

"protect their energy infrastructure against terrorism, as demonstrated by the unsuccessful terrorist attack against the kingdom's Abqaiq plants in February 2006...safeguarding the kingdom's energy resources by protecting key infrastructure, enhancing Saudi border security..."
[Thus setting the stage for a repeat of the "al Qaida" attacks upon Saudi oil facilities in Abqaiq, Saudi Arabia]

Israel, for their part, has donned its favorite persona of the innocent victim, suffering from America's Machiavellian policies, as it blames the US for its conflict with Syria. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/985748.html This attempt to distance the ruling party from the consequences of their actions in Lebanon and the rest of their besieged neighbors is Israeli sleight of hand, masquerading as diplomacy. The new improved Zionist spokesmen are sounding the same alarm in the face of losing control of the Americans, "Israel is the victim, everything is either America or Iran's fault."

Seeing the rising American backlash to their grand war plans for us, the Zionists have decided to try to "cut bait and run" away from the neocon gambit. Israel has hired Bush to go it alone, as they prepare to return to their favorite time-tested new/old tact, that of the Zionists finishing their theft of the mantle of Judaism, by pretending to be a "light unto the nations," in pursuit of their new world order. Even their American spokesmen, the neocons, have begun to turn against the Israel Lobby, which has been exposed in its manipulations of American government. (See: "We Are All Mearsheimerites Now")

Olmert's careless exposure of the web of connections between Israeli politicians and the deep pockets of Jewish American benefactors reveals the river of Jewish-American money that flows through both American and Israeli governments, controlling the lethal actions of each. It is this critical grand exposure that cannot be allowed to happen under any circumstances. However this all works out, it is a certainty that the ruling international financial elite will put a stop to anything that will expose them. (This is why the key to stopping the terror war is to threaten exposure of the ruling cabal. When it becomes impossible for them to pursue their goal of a regional Middle East war from the safety of their dark lairs, they will change their plans.)

Under the cover provided by imaginary "good faith" negotiations with half of the Palestinians and equally illusory negotiations with Syria over the Golan Heights, Olmert is able to spin his own reputation and obfuscate the reality that the Zionist controllers cannot allow to be revealed.

http://www.almanar.com.lb/NewsSite/
NewsDetails.aspx?id=44167

In the midst of this spinning maelstrom of deception the Zionist settlers annex more Palestinian land to build another 300 homes for the "Chosen People" on the West Bank.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/
chi-mideast-homesmar10,1,7070280.story

These new projects represent but a small portion of the explosion in settler (colonizer) building that has taken place on Palestinian land since Annapolis created the impression that Israel was becoming reasonable.

http://www.peacenow.org.il/data/
SIP_STORAGE/files/4/3584.pdf

In the end, this is what it is all about, Zionists exercising what they believe is their "divine right," to use whatever force is necessary to mercilessly evict the Palestinians from their own homes and sweep them off "Israeli land." This is also the root of the Lebanese problem that Bush wants to turn into World War III, Zionists plotting to seize the lands they call "Eretz Israel." This is the part of Zionism's lies that takes hold of the Christian Zionist movement in America, forcefully creating a restoration of Biblical Israel, the stuff that fuels Bush's darkest nightmares and delusions.

The military leaders of our beleaguered forces should follow the example of the Lebanese Army as it cooperated with the opposition forces, and begin to undo Bush's acts of aggression as they are called upon to pull new triggers for him. It is both disgraceful and shocking to see our President and Vice-President crawling on all fours before their Zionist masters, searching for the right trail that will lead to total war on Israel's enemies! They lust to embroil the world in world war to complete their failed war plans, believing that the survivors will respect them for their wisdom in the end of all things. They have to complete their plot for total power before someone else gains the power to hold them accountable for their crimes against humanity.

peter chamberlin

Torture of Palestinian Baby To Force Father's Confession--(disturbing content)

 

‘A Revolting Moral Outrage’: Israeli Soldiers Reportedly Torture Gaza Toddler

Reports of 1-year-old Karim Abu Nassar being burned with a cigarette and pierced with a nail followed the publication of a United Nations analysis detailing Israel’s “systematic” torture of Palestinians since October 2023.

 

by Brett Wilkins

Israeli soldiers in Gaza allegedly tortured an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler in an effort to force a confession from his father, local and international media outlets reported Monday.

Karim Abu Nassar is held by his mother after he was reportedly tortured by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza. (Photo by Osama Al-Khalout/X)

According to Al Jazeera, Karim Abu Nassar was with his father, Osama Abu Nassar, near the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday when they came under Israel Defense Forces fire. Eyewitnesses told Palestine TV that IDF troops ordered the man to leave the child on the ground and advance to a nearby checkpoint, where he was stripped naked and searched.

Witnesses said IDF soldiers then tortured Karim in front of his father to pressure him to confess to something. Journalist Osama Al-Kahlout interviewed the child’s mother, who said the toddler suffered a cigarette burn to one leg and a nail puncture to the other. Al-Kahlout’s video shows wounds on the child’s legs – injuries reportedly confirmed by an unspecified medical authority.

 https://www.instagram.com/p/DWLw3WyigrQ/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

Karim was reportedly released to relatives via the International Committee of the Red Cross after 10 hours of detention. The ICRC has not issued a statement regarding the matter and rarely does so absent an investigation.

The Palestine Chronicle reported that Osama Abu Nassar remains in custody, in a system rife with torture – sometimes deadly – and other abuse.

The IDF has not commented on the alleged incident.

In the United States, the story is being amplified by prominent figures including Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), which issued a statement calling the accusations “revolting.”

“Israel’s use of a nail and cigarette burns to torture a 1-year-old child and force a confession from his father is a revolting moral outrage that demands immediate action from Congress,” the group said. “No child, anywhere in the world, should be subjected to such cruelty, especially with American taxpayer dollars. These actions constitute grave violations of international law and basic human decency.”

“Our nation must end its complicity in these crimes,” CAIR added. “Congress has a responsibility to ensure that American taxpayer dollars are not used to support the torture or slaughter of more children. Every lawmaker with a conscience must vote to end military aid for the out-of-control Israeli regime.”

The US has given Israel hundreds of billions of inflation-adjusted dollars in aid to Israel since the country was established in 1948, including more than $20 billion since October 2023.

A new report published by UN Palestine expert Francesca Albanese examines the “systematic use by Israel of torture against Palestinians,” finding “practices that meet the threshold for genocide” under the Genocide Convention – the basis of the ongoing International Court of Justice (ICJ) case brought by South Africa.

A summary of the report states:

Torture has become integral to the domination of and punishment inflicted on men, women, and children – both through custodial abuse and through a relentless campaign of forced displacement, mass killings, deprivation, and the destruction of all means of life to inflict long-term collective pain and suffering. A continuous, territorially pervasive regime of psychological terror is being imposed, designed to break bodies, deprive a people of their dignity, and force them from their land. This is not incidental violence. It is the architecture of settler-colonialism, built on a foundation of dehumanization and maintained by a policy of cruelty and collective torture.

Palestinian victims – including minors – and witnesses, as well as Israeli soldiers, veterans, and medical professionals have described widespread torture and other abuses including rape and sexual assault by male and female soldiers, electrocution, mauling by dogs, beatings, denial of food and water, sleep deprivation, stress positions, and exposure to loud music and temperature extremes.

At least scores of Palestinian detainees have died or been killed in Israeli custody, including one who died after allegedly being sodomized with an electric baton. Many bodies of former Palestinian prisoners returned by Israel have shown signs of torture, execution, and mutilation.

Since the Hamas-led attack of October 2023, Israeli forces have killed or wounded at least 250,000 Palestinians, including more than 65,000 children. Israeli troops have been accused by Palestinians, Western medical volunteers, and their own colleagues of deliberately targeting children with sniper fire and executing them along with their adult relatives during massacres.

In addition to facing the ICJ genocide case, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister, Yoav Gallant, are fugitives from the International Criminal Court, where they are wanted for alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, including murder and forced starvation.

Brett Wilkins is is staff writer for Common Dreams. Based in San Francisco, his work covers issues of social justice, human rights and war and peace. This originally appeared at CommonDreams and is reprinted with the author’s permission.

If Trump Or Netanyahu Attacks Pakistani Nukes, Pakistan Will Nuke Delhi and Mumbai

[“Strike and crush Pakistanis, enemies of Jews and Zionism, by all disguised and secret plans.” – David Ben Gurion]

‘If America attacks Pakistan, we’ll target Delhi and Mumbai in India,’ says former high commissioner Abdul Basit

 

Edited By Anuj Shrivastava

 

Pakistan’s former high commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, has raised fresh concerns about regional security Photograph: (AFP)

Pakistan’s former high commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, has raised fresh concerns about regional security even as there is no let-up in tensions amid the ongoing Iran War by stating that Pakistan could strike India if it faces an existential threat from the US. Basit, who served as Islamabad’s top diplomat in New Delhi from 2014 to 2017, made the controversial statement while discussing a hypothetical worst-case scenario.

 

“Let’s say the situation in Iran worsens and Israel positions itself closer to us. Suppose a scenario develops where the United States also views our nuclear programme negatively or attempts to destroy our nuclear capability,” Basit said.

“I am talking about a worst-case scenario, something that is among the impossibilities, because Pakistan has the capability to defend itself,” he said, while emphasising that such a scenario was highly unlikely.

Basit argued that if Pakistan were attacked by the United States and were unable to respond directly due to range or operational limitations, India would become the default target.

“If the US attacks Pakistan and we cannot reach their bases in the Gulf or strike Israel, then what would be our only option? India,” he said.

“We would have nothing else to do. Even if our range does not extend there, if someone casts a hostile eye on us, we would, without hesitation, attack India—Mumbai, New Delhi—we would not hold back.”

 

“Whatever happens afterward would be dealt with later, and we should not hold back either,” he said, reiterating that such a situation remains unlikely but possible in theory.

Basit’s remarks reflect a similar approach to Iran attacking Gulf countries since it cannot target the US due to distance. However, while the Gulf nations being targeted by Tehran have US bases, there is no such military facility of Washington in India, which makes Basit’s suggestion reckless, irresponsible, and provocative.

Basit’s remarks come after US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said on Wednesday that Pakistan is among the countries that pose the most significant nuclear threats to the United States. “Russia, China, North Korea, and Pakistan pose the biggest nuclear threats to the US," Gabbard told a Senate panel. She also pointed out the growing concerns over missile capabilities being developed by several countries, including Iran.

 

Anuj Shrivastava is a Senior News Editor at WION Digital with over 20 years of experience across publishing, print, and digital media.