Women are not exempt in Israel’s eyes from being killed, from being assassinated, from being targeted. And in that sense they’re paying just as heavy a price in life as are the men.
An alliance with the president was the Israeli prime minister’s selling point. Now it may be his downfall.
There is a popular view that this is a pointless war, being fought for nothing. But that is wrong—there is a purpose. Actually, there are several. You’re just never told what they are.
Scahill and Ahmadian discuss the events leading up to Trump’s announcement on Thursday, Iran’s red lines—including the unfreezing of assets an end to the war on Lebanon—and how Israel will seek to sabotage a deal, and economic impact on Iran.
US corporate media consistently muddy Israeli expansionism in Gaza, Syria and Lebanon through a combination of abstruse language and linguistic balms like “buffer zone” and “security zone.”
The bad and the beautiful
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As the war rages on
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This contradicts everything the president has said about the war. Recent reporting from the Financial Times reveals it was President Trump, not the Iranian government, who was begging for a ceasefire.
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