Israeli Telegram channel with 180K members is in mourning and fury: "God will curse Trump." "The first war in Israel's history that we lost." "We have to admit the facts: Iranians taught America a lesson." "Hopefully in 10 years we won't be dependent on American idiots."

I remain skeptical about the prospects for a comprehensive US-Iran agreement, but the signing of the peace deal is a very bullish signal for the future of the Middle East and the prospects for a new flourishing in the aftermath of war. Given the unprecedented nature of the war in the Gulf, the diplomacy that was necessary to get a peace deal signed, and the mechanics of its implementation, we should consider this the first *regional* peace deal in the history of the Middle East. Every major power in the region had a hand in the deal's formulation and the consensus building necessary for its adoption. There is a long road ahead, but the logic and framework of this peace deal could underpin a new regional security architecture for the region. If Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar, Oman, and Egypt continue their engagements on the issues raised by the outbreak of the war, the understandings reached since February (on redlines, vulnerabilities, capabilities, and interdependencies etc.) could become the basis of new norms and institutions. Among the regional powers, the UAE may continue to hedge, but I think they can be convinced about the merits of this approach and the reported steps taken to help shore this deal indicate momentum in that direction. How this deal came about should completely shift the received wisdom about the sophistication of regional powers when it comes to managing escalation and pursuing diplomacy. Too many policymakers in Washington and European capitals have held their counterparts in the Middle East in low esteem, refusing to listen to them, to recognize their agency, to appreciate their wisdom. It was Arab, Pakistani, Turkish, and Iranian diplomats who got the world out of a crisis, one created by Washington and abetted by European governments all too eager to see their bases, aircraft, and munitions used to wage war in the Middle East, especially in the "defense" of Israel. For its part, Israel, which has twice instigated war against Iran to avoid a reckoning over the genocide it committed, should be isolated until it abandons its zero-sum approach to security. There is another way. In the past year, every single country in the region has shown itself to be more moderate and responsible than Israel. The remarkable thing about this war and its conclusion is not that regional powers responded to the threat posed by Iran, but rather that these powers, including Iran itself, were able to manage the chaos created by Trump at the behest of Israel, and that they did so by reaching a consensus position on what an acceptable peace looks like. This is a significant and positive development for the region and it deserves to be celebrated and consolidated.

Please amuse yourself by looking at @emilykschrader timeline. She’s soiling herself in public over the Iran deal and we LOVE to see it 🍿🥤🤩

PREDICTION: Iran’s victory means Iraq will soon demand a renegotiation of the 2003 arrangement where all of Iraq’s oil revenues are held by the US in New York. That will bolster the Iraq-Iran alliance and leave the entire neocon 7-wars strategy in tatters.

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Once upon a time politicians spoke about voters having INTERESTS not CONCERNS. This is important—one is grounded in material reality, the other in sentiment. In a country polluted by the giant sewer of far right billionaire press, chasing sentiment is a hiding to nowhere.

The US & Iran are to sign a deal today that not only will end their war but also impose a ceasefire between Lebanon & Israel. So this is what Israel did to Beirut sabotage Trump's attempt at peace. And Israel will do more sabotage unless Trump imposes a cost on Israel.

Read the wonderful news here. Just exquisite.

I know that Team Starmer aren't exactly reticent when it comes to behaving in a disreputable manner, but sending Agent Mason to Makerfield to try and sabotage Andy Burnham's campaign is a new low.

If it’s “pineapple belongs on a pizza” yes If it’s “burning children alive is worth it so Jews can have an ethnostate” then no

John Healey and Al Carns are brain dead politicians that pander to the priorities of the right wing press. Nobody serious should pay any attention to their Cold War scaremongering.

RT @AmirAminiMD: I hope the Iranian leaders know what they’re doing - even if this deal, even if it’s only a temporary MOU, looks to be a h…

Probably worth mentioning that much like basically every single former defence official currently shouting loudly for more billions to be spent on bombs, General Sir Nick works for an arms manufacturer

Judge Johnson who sentenced the Filton 4 to prison today is the same Judge who reduced Tommy Robinson's sentence for contempt of court

What fresh hell is this? The Spectator goes all in on Palantir, calling its critics victims of "Palantir Derangement Syndrome". What the magazine won't say: 🔺Spectator is owned by Paul Marshall, co-founder of Marshall Wace - which holds some 2.3 million shares worth $380m in... Palantir. 🔺Michael Gibson, who wrote this pro-Palantir screed for The Spectator, co-ran the Thiel Fellowship with Palantir owner Peter Thiel from 2010 to 2015. Thiel then backed Gibson's 1517 fund. 🔺Palantir's primary owner, Peter Thiel, was a happy business partner with convicted serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein - Epstein's other business partner, former Israeli PM Ehud Barak, described Thiel and Epstein as "co-owners" of their venture fund. Thiel's investment w/Epstein contributed to the single largest asset in Epstein's estate. 🔺We don't need a democracy hating giant surveillance-defence contractor owned by Epstein's business partner and alleged fund "co-owner" to infiltrate the NHS. Estonia, Denmark, and Israel manage complex national electronic health records without reliance on private defence platforms. 🔺There is a war on for your mind being waged by investors and media owners who have benefited directly from Peter Thiel and Palantir. Maybe Britain doesn't need friends and business partners of child rapists, nor people who would profit from them, running our health and security systems? Who is really deranged here? 👀

Apartheid South Africa and Nazi Germany needed compliant judges to provide a legal veneer to their darkest crimes. Judge Johnson joins their wretched company. He overturned a jury's conviction of four anti-genocide activists for criminal damage and sentenced them as terrorists instead. As one their barristers pointed out, the four defendants were initially arrested by police on suspicion of involvement in an act of terrorism. But the prosecution decided not to charge them with terrorism offences because it knew no jury would ever convict them based on the evidence. Instead the Crown held two trials: a sham one for the jury, and the real one conducted in secret by the judge. That is not justice. It is a show trial worthy of the worst tyrannical regimes.

It doesn’t matter if the Israelis sabotage the deal. The US has very obviously suffered a colossal strategic defeat. No future American president for 100 years is going to even contemplate another war with Iran. It’s off the table for good. Iran is vastly stronger as a result.

Getting longer for criminal damage than GBH. For all the people crying about the "broken spine"

Jfc you really are a monster. You’re spiritually an Israeli.

If Mark Rowley ever makes a penny from Palantir he should end up in prison for it