US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

In years to come people will ask how Israel were allowed to kill so many people in so many different countries !

its a repeat of ww2. Appeasing a madman who is threatening Europe not just indirectly thru illegal war cutting off vital supply routes to Europe but direct threats to invade Europe. He gets Iran, he will take Cuba and then greenland. Remind you of anyone? But right in one respect Europe and the UK are cowards. Every us base in Europe and the UK should be removed.

Their relationship, as a terrorist and genocidal state, with western democracies is going to be a fascinating one for future historians.

yiu don't see the comparisons, or ….it's appeaeement of a tyrant

Same could be said for the Americans

Things might go up a notch

US preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran: Report

The Washington Post, citing unnamed US officials, is reporting that the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran.

The officials told the Post that the possible ground operation “would fall short of a full-scale invasion” and could involve raids by special forces and “conventional infantry troops”.

The Post said it was unclear whether Trump would approve all, some or none of the Pentagon’s plans.

The report came as the US military announced the arrival of 3,500 troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Middle East. Trump meanwhile has called on Iran to accept defeat and threatened to “unleash hell” against the country if it continues to block the maritime corridor in the Strait of Hormuz.

Link

https://aje.news/zgevw1?update=4443123

It's not just Trump that needs an off ramp. The Gulf regimes do also, quite obvious to anyone now that they have allowed themselves to go along with this, or been pushed into it somehow.

Quite simple for them really, request the removal of all bases, ban it's airspace and waters from being used. US would be on it's own aside from Israel helping out with carpet bombing more apartment blocks and hospital

Thanks for your post @dmcdona , It’s an extremely long list up to the present why the ICJ haven’t ruled on genocide yet: The United States have been thwarting the ICJ.

I'll start with Israel coming after ICC prosecutor Karim Khan, e.g., alleging sexual misconduct. They filed an official appeal to ICC about the arrest warrants for Bibi and Gallant.

I can only imagine the mounting pressure for then retired President of ICJ to publicly ‘clarify’ ruling on “plausible genocide” in a BBC interview on 26 April 2024, especially when the ICJ provisional order of 26 January 2024, was already crystal clear. No relevant supplementary info was given by her.

In her BBC INTERVIEW, retired President of ICJ Joan Donoghue said the court decided the Palestinians had a “plausible” right to be protected from genocide and that South Africa had the right to present that claim in the court. It didn’t decide that the claim of genocide was plausible. In other words, Joan Donoghue is saying South Africa established a prima facie case. (South Africa’s proceedings requested provisional measures to protect Palestinian rights in Gaza under the Genocide Convention). Donoghue also said the ICJ Provisional Order emphasised there was a risk of irreparable harm to the Palestinians’ right to be protected from genocide.

It’s all academic BS, genocide has been accomplished. They’ve levelled Gaza, it’s uninhabitable... The United States did this. Now US are in Iran for no reason except to prop up Israel and Saudi Arabia (Trump does their dirty work). < ——-

For ease of reference: Below are Excerpts Only from ICJ Provisional Order of 26/01/2024:

54. In the Court’s view, the facts and circumstances mentioned above are sufficient to conclude that at least some of the rights claimed by South Africa and for which it is seeking protection are plausible. This is the case with respect to the right of the Palestinians in Gaza to be protected from acts of genocide and related prohibited acts identified in Article III, and the right of South Africa to seek Israel’s compliance with the latter’s obligations under the Convention.

VI. CONCLUSION AND MEASURES TO BE ADOPTED
75. The Court concludes on the basis of the above considerations that the conditions required by its Statute for it to indicate provisional measures are met. It is therefore necessary, pending its final decision, for the Court to indicate certain measures in order to protect the rights claimed by South Africa that the Court has found to be plausible (see paragraph 54 above).

'UK government lawyers say Israel is breaking international law, claims top Tory in leaked recording’
‘Chair of foreign affairs select committee Alicia Kearns said at a Tory fundraiser that legal advice would mean the UK has to cease all arms sales to Israel without delay’
‘Analysis: starvation in Gaza likely key to UK legal advice on war crimes’
BY Toby Helm Political editor, 31 Mar 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording

Conservative chair of the House of Commons select committee on foreign affairs, Alicia Kearns,at a Tory fundraising event on 13 March said:

“The Foreign Office has received official legal advice that Israel has broken international humanitarian law but the government has not announced it.

“They have not said it, they haven’t stopped arms exports. They have done a few very small sanctions on Israeli settlers and everyone internationally is agreed that settlers are illegal, that they shouldn’t be doing what they’re doing, and the ways in which they have continued and the money that’s been put in.”

Kearns told the gathering that both she and Cameron believed strongly in Israel’s right to defend itself. “But the right to self-defence has a limit in law. It is not limitless,” ....

Furthermore, An Open Letter dated 3 April 2024:
1100 (sic) named UK-based barristers, lawyers, legal academics, including 4 former Supreme Court judges and 5 former Appeal Court judges signed an Open Letter to UK PM asking Rishi Sunak to stop selling arms to Israel. They mentioned “plausible genocide”
https://lawyersletter.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Gaza-letter-FIN-3-April.pdf

1100 Named Signatories:

https://lawyersletter.uk/april2024letter/

^^^ Israel lawyers countered. I infer the retired ICJ President Joan Donoghue must have felt the heat…

Just another fire sale of Ukrainian resources and movement/theft of public wealth to private pockets. Zelensky is an absolute charlatan.

Yeah. It's a fact with the Israeli government.

It has been reported a supplemental of $200bn will be sought by the WH from Congress. I think a ground war is coming. Vance reportedly unenthusiastic.

Maybe they can fill those air defence launchers with bundles of dollars when the last one is spent up.