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"The war was launched this weekend, not because there was a breakdown in the negotiations, rather because there was a breakthrough in the negotiations." Al Jazeera's @marwanbishara on the joint attack by Israel and the US on Iran.

“No matter what crimes it committed, it grew up like a protected child in a wealthy home, whose parents smile proudly as it commits atrocity upon atrocity. No wonder today it feels free to boast openly about committing genocide.” ~Arundhati Roy on Israel

Like George W. Bush's war on Iraq, "today’s war on Iran is based on a lie about weapons of mass destruction." But Iran is nowhere near having a nuclear weapon or a ballistic missile capable of reaching "anywhere close to the United States."

Wrote this on Friday. Beyond furious today. Howard's disturbing legacy: Fear and misdirected compassion

Another IDF atrocity… https://t.co/BeoxNU2xFy.

Oman’s foreign minister says Iran agreed to “zero enriched uranium stockpiling.” Within hours, Israel and the USA attacked them. It was never about peace or uranium but about acting out Netanyahu's biggest bloodthirsty fantasy.

Israel is now claiming to have assassinated Khamenei. This may be what is needed to declare "victory", but it is a sign of Israel's limitations. This is what Israel does. It kills leaders and is perenially surprised by the fact that this usually has no effect.

It’s always been about regime change; about Israeli hegemony in the region. Israel has admitted so repeatedly for decades. Anyone who thinks that either Netanyahu or Trump cares about the plight of ordinary Iranians is a fucking idiot. Anyone who thinks the strike on a girls'

Ana Kasparian: “Our soldiers are in Israel right now in order to defend the Israelis. Do the Israelis pay for our military? Are they the ones who are shelling out a trillion dollars a year for our military? NO! Why do we have F-22 Raptors in Israel in order to protect Israel?”

Oman’s Foreign Minister says Iran has agreed to give up its stockpile of enriched material and allow for full verification by the IAEA of its nuclear program. Iran has already declared it will not build nuclear weapons, and now has ensured that it cannot build nuclear weapons.

We are receiving alerts that Israel has initiated a "preventive attack", but we have not been instructed to shelter. Israeli media reports that the US is "involved", which usually conveys a distance between American personnel and whatever is unfolding. Will post more.

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Quote of the week from Michael West: “Didn't take long for the Board of Peace to be Bored of Peace”.

John Lyons speaking truth on ABC news. Saying that we are getting no straight talk from Albanese, Marles or Wong: "Not one of them can give a straight answer, do they support this war or not?" Their pathetic weasel words make me sick.

That's a couple of classrooms of Iranian schoolgirls ... children ... dead already, @AlboMP. How proud you must be feeling about your support for this latest illegal war with compliments from the US and Israel.

Israeli media reports extensive American involvement and cooperation. I was wrong when I assumed there would be no war, but the level of presumed precognition in Israel (we know everything!) is off the charts. Additionally, Israel lies as regularly as it breathes.

There has been no harsher critic to U.S. military action in Iran than Pope Leo XIV: “War is back in vogue and a zeal for war is spreading.  The principle established after the Second World War, which prohibited nations from using force to violate the borders of others, has been

The New York Times says Trump’s new war on Iran is reckless, with no valid justification.

Under cover of the Israeli-American offensive on Iran, which could cost countless lives and plunge the entire Middle East into a spiral of violence and destruction, armed settler militias continue to launch organized violent attacks against Palestinian communities in an effort to