By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Wary of Iranian escalation that shuts down Red Sea traffic, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is asking the Trump administration to back off from its newly-implemented blockade of Iranian-linked shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday evening. On Sunday, a senior advisor to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned that Iran has “large, untouched levers” to respond to such a blockade.

Continue reading “Fearing Iranian Escalation In Red Sea, Saudis Push Trump To Call Off Hormuz Blockade”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Tyre district of Abbasiyeh killed four people from the same family over the weekend, including infant Taleen Saeed, who was under two years old and was there for her father’s funeral.

Saeed’s father was killed on Wednesday, during an attack on her family home in the village of Srifa. The attack was one of hundreds of Israeli strikes carried out on Wednesday, the first day of the ceasefire, which killed hundreds of people across Lebanon. Continue reading “Lebanese Infant Slain in Israeli Strike on Her Father’s Funeral in Tyre”

By The Grayzone

  • Six Palestine Action activists face a retrial after being acquitted in February following over a year in prison. If convicted, the six Palestine Action activists and 18 others will likely be sentenced as terrorists, facing long prison terms.
  • The jury has not been notified about the ‘terrorist’ designation, and the British media cannot report this information under a court order. Activists will also be prohibited from telling jurors how their efforts sought to impede the Gaza genocide.
  • The prosecution followed a meeting between government officials and counter-terror officers, where designating Palestine Action as terrorists was discussed. Those officials admitted the group’s activities were “mostly confined to criminal damage,” not terrorism.

Continue reading “UK seeks to jail Palestine Action for ‘terrorism’ amid UK media blackout”