Lebanon: Israel's War Crimes Threaten Humanity and History -- A discussion with AUB Prof. Karim Makdisi and @ClancyReports youtu.be/yP9W6i9ezSo?si=9cUX… via @YouTubei

Journalist Janine di Giovanni: "If a missile hits a hospital in Ukraine, Europe calls it a war crime." "But if missiles hit a hospital in Gaza and 100 people die, it’s Israel's right to defend itself."

The IDF gave weapons and unchecked authority to violent settlers, including those under international sanctions, by drafting them into "regional defence units." Here's one of many examples uncovered by the investigative journalism program "Zman Emet" on Kan 11. After October 2023, thousands of settlers enlisted in these units. Formally, they are subordinate to the IDF, but in practice operate as independent settler militias.

The genocide in Gaza. It just never ends.

Looks as if someone is sensitive about the fact that the new Iran deal isn't as good as JCPOA (or as good as what was offered by Iran in January, before we spent tens of billions of dollars to create a global mess).

Thoughtful. Analytical. Realistic. I invite you to hear my rewarding conversation about Lebanon, Israel and the broader Middle East with AUB Professor Karim Makdisi. The Brief Podcast youtu.be/yP9W6i9ezSo?si=HAaL…

What will Israeli PM Netanyahu do next to sabotage any notion of peace breaking out? Can Trump keep him on a tight leash? Israelis aren't sure of that. [Free Access] haaretz.com/israel-news/2026…

Like a mad dog, Netanyahu froths at any notion of peace. Accountability? Trump says U.S., Iran ‘very close’ to deal and urges calm after Israeli strikes washingtonpost.com/world/202…

Global HIV prevention declined drastically after Trump aid cuts, U.N. finds wapo.st/4eob3yi

Prof. Karim Makdisi outlines the crucial question: How do we protect Lebanon from Israel's expansionist policies and open threats to seize the territory where entire villages have been razed and residents killed and driven out?

Washington Square Park at 2:16 a.m. after the Knicks become NBA champs for the first time in 53 years

From what we know: Even on a phase one (Strait only) deal, Iran receives roughly $8B from oil trade over 60 days—reducing incentives for phase two (nuclear commitments). And Iran now claims it would maintain control of the Strait with fees. Last night with @kaitlancollins.

Seems like this should be a bigger story in the U.S., and it would be if the firm was Russian, Iranian, Chinese…

🇺🇸 🇵🇸 Sama Safi, a 20-year-old American citizen and honors psychology student at Birzeit University, remains in Israeli detention after soldiers seized her from her family’s home near Ramallah at 3 a.m. on June 2, with lawmakers warning her life is at risk. Safi, whose family lives in Florida, was taken without charge and transferred to Ofer prison, then to the Moscovia interrogation center in Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society. Her family says she has a chronic condition that causes fevers up to 105°F and requires daily medication and a quarterly injection she travels abroad to receive. She was one of five Palestinian women detained that week, including two members of the Palestinian women’s national football team. The Israeli military said the women were suspected of “promoting terrorist activities.” Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Sen. Chris Van Hollen have both demanded her release. “I am really sick and tired of the Israeli government taking American taxpayer dollars and then mistreating Americans,” Van Hollen said. Israel has not told her family or the U.S. embassy where she is being held. Rep. Tlaib said, “Her life is at risk—our government must free her now!”

El momento en el que el ejército sionista secuestró a 3 niñas palestinas en la puerta de un colegio de la ciudad de Beitunia , en Cisjordania, entre gritos de terror de sus compañeras de clase. Este es el terror diario del sionismo en Cisjordania, ni siquiera lo verás en prensa.

Suleiman Obeid, known as the “Pelé of Palestine,” was killed by an Israeli tank while standing in line trying to secure food for his five children.

I have fought the neocons and warmongers in Washington for more than 25 years. Throughout, they have tried to silence, discredit, slander, and cancel me. Only recently, however, have they tried to deport me. At least, that appears to have been the aim of a hit piece in Bari Weiss’s The Free Press, which claimed that Marco Rubio’s State Department was “investigating” me for allegedly seeking to “undermine the U.S.”—presumably because of my opposition to war with Iran. Yet just hours later, the State Department issued a statement to reporters clarifying that “the State Department has no plans to revoke the green card of Mr. Parsi at this time.” Nor did it provide any confirmation for the central premise of the Free Press story—that an investigation of me existed in the first place. So here’s what I think happened. Read the full piece on my Substack: tritaparsi.substack.com/p/so…

Israeli authorities are directly involved in settler attacks that have killed, injured and displaced Palestinians ​in the occupied West Bank, while Israeli security forces provide protection to settlers, a U.N. inquiry said. trib.al/uV9n7Tf

Mike Johnson is a moron! 😡 newrepublic.com/post/211544/…

The Trillionaire who cut Children’s Cancer research

Much of Palestinian territory has, in effect, already been annexed. Outside powers should use their leverage, including trade and arms sales, to press Israel to stop the entrenchment and spread of annexation and to begin rolling it back. crisisgroup.org/middle-east-…