By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Summary

  • UAE mulls becoming first Gulf country to directly joint US-Israeli war against Iran, lobbies for firm UNSC security resolution.
  • Trump to Reuters: will be “out of Iran pretty quickly” and could return for “spot hits” if needed. Also says he’s open to exiting ‘paper tiger’ NATO after Iran war is over, angry over lack of help in Hormuz crisis.
  • Oil tanker leased to QatarEnergy was struck by an Iranian cruise missile in Qatari waters Wednesday.
  • IRGC has newly vowed to keep attacking with “full intensity and power” – suggesting this is far from over, as ceasefire talks remain theater lacking in much substance. Ayatollah praises Hezbollah in written statement.

Continue reading “Trump Says ‘Iran Asked For Ceasefire’, Threatens Blasting Them “Back To The Stone Ages” If Strait Unopened”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

The bill mandates executions of people convicted of deadly ‘acts of terrorism’ with the ‘intent to deny the existence of the State of Israel’

The Israeli Knesset passed a bill on Monday that mandates the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of deadly “acts of terror,” an effort that was led by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the Jewish power party, who was seen celebrating with champagne after the vote. Continue reading “Israeli Knesset Passes Death Penalty Bill for Palestinians”

By Jason Ditz – Antiwar.com

Israeli artillery strikes targeted the headquarters of the Indonesian contingent of the UNIFIL peacekeepers in Adshit al-Qusayr, in the Marjayoun District of southern Lebanon on Sunday, killing two of the peacekeepers and injuring two others. Continue reading “Israeli Artillery Strike Kills Two UNIFIL Peacekeepers in Southern Lebanon”