US/Israel conduct airstrikes on Iran again

Hiryat Shemona in the north of Israel reported to be under Hezbollah control. A pretty startling development. Interesting to see if they can hold it. With the IDF reported to be demoralised and exhausted it will be interesting to see if Hezbollah push deeper into Israel.

If Iran were interested in putting boots on the ground Lebanon would be the logical entry point to Israel. It might be the only way to speed up the stopping of Israeli attacks on Iran. Between the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the passing of the law by the Knesset giving them the right to kill any Palestinian they deem a terrorist the Israeli regime is revealing its ugly face to the world more and more as time goes on. The sooner it falls the better.

I'm not talking about Palestinians in gaza, or the west banks, but those who grew up as Israeli citizens.

The 'impunity' thing explains why they have gone off the rails since 2023. They are so used to the West backing them that they have probably moved further to the right than the National Socialists in the 1930s (even the Nazis wouldn't have been so open and explicit about their racism and bigotry).

Goodness knows where this is heading. South Africa was able to transform itself as a society in the 1990s and become respectable again, but the Israelis have gone so far down the rabbit hole of racism, violence and war mongering.

exactly and israel looking at drafting up to 400,000 reservists they are far from demoralised

apparently UAE are the most hawkish of gulf states at the moment pushing for a US invasion of Iran

TACO

Trump willing to end Iran war without reopening Strait of Hormuz - report

Donald Trump has told aides he would be willing to end the US military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, according to the Wall Street Journal citing White House officials. 

The reports claims that Trump has decided that the US should achieve its primary goals of reducing Iran's navy and its missile stocks and wind down current hostilities while putting pressure on Tehran to resume the free flow of trade through the strait. 

It adds that Trump and his aides "assessed that a mission to pry open the chokepoint would push the conflict beyond his timeline of four to six weeks". 

Link

https://news.sky.com/story/iran-war-latest-trump-tehran-us-israel-kharg-island-netanyahu-lebanon-strikes-drone-live-sky-news-13509565?postid=11438727#liveblog-body

I’ve listened to a video recording by PRCS paramedic Riifat Radwan - he kept filming the massacre. Riifat’s recovered mobile phone contradicted the false lies of IDF, who said the ambulances had their lights off.

Riifat’s poignant last message to his beloved mother: “Forgive me mother because I chose this way, the way of helping people.” He then says: “Accept my martyrdom, God, and forgive me.” Until his last breath, Riifat recites the shahada (declaration of Faith), which Muslims say when they are facing certain death. He was cold-bloodedly executed by IDF.

In a series of one minute video clips Clare Daly dissected President Ursula von der Leyen’s repugnant message of congratulations to Israel.

JEWISH VOICE OF LIBERATION (JVL) ENDORSES CLARE DALY’S CRITIQUE OF PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN'S MESSAGE:
‘European Commission President’s unctuous support for Israel called out by MEP Clare Daly’
Tue 23 May 2023
https://www.jewishvoiceforlabour.org.uk/article/european-commission-presidents-unctuous-support-for-israel-called-out-by-mep-clare-daly/?comment_received=1

JVL Introduction:
“On the 75th anniversary of what Israel calls Independence Day and what for Palestinians marks the Nakba, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen published a short sycophantic video of congratulations.

“It contained a series of appalling distortions as Irish MEP Clare Daly pointed out in a series of short, critical videos. Each one takes an extract from von der Leyen’s ingratiating message and explains the untruths and misrepresentations on which it was based.

Clare Daly’s 5 (five) one minute video clips are embedded herein:
‘German EU chief downplays Holocaust while spouting “infamous Zionist lie”
Ali Abunimah, 19 May 2023
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/german-eu-chief-downplays-holocaust-while-spouting-infamous-zionist-lie

Here’s 3/5: #Nakba
[Zionist] Ursula von der Leyen: “75 years of dynamism, ingenuity and groundbreaking innovations, you have literally made the desert bloom.”

Starry: NB: The previous year Ursula was awarded an honorary doctorate from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (June 2022). She gave a lengthy acceptance speech at the ceremony. "He [Ben-Gurion] always spoke about ‘the duty to make the desert bloom'. And that is exactly what you have done ever since. .... You have with all that, quite literally, made the desert bloom."

Ursula has called for negotiations between US and Iran, but savvy politicians know there are backchannels.

Just shows that people and countries can change, look at this guys history and now he is offering to reopen the arabian to Mediterranean oil pipeline bypassing Israel.

Now that would be funny, especially if they take the whole trade route with it. He also talked about Syrian refugees returning home which is something Ireland should follow up on.

One could equally say that about Ursula Von der Leyen.
She condemns one illegal invasion but not another.
Calls out one genocide but not another.
Supports resistance to one occupation but not another.

Do people still take Daly serious ?

She has zero credibility left. You'd also expect her to understand how the EU works given her harping on about how Von Der Leyden is 'not democratically elected'.

So today's the day somebody on polymarket bet that US ground forces would land on Iranian soil.

I'd imagine they'll wait for darkness and if true we should start hearing reports of this tonight.

Allegations, denied by Hegseth, that his broker wanted to buy a defend fund before the war in Iran.

Fascinating how the thread has turned into far left Sinn Fein/Clare Daly style EU bashing. Bravo for expertly redirecting anger at Israel against our own democratic bodies and representatives, skilfully done,

EU parliament and council and commission represent the 450 million people in the EU (which is more than can be said of the Iranian regime) and have been democratically elected directly or indirectly (unlike Iranian system)

To those moaning about the EU what alternative do you propose instead?

Sure listen you know what old Irish story … the Tuatha De Danann on their arrival to Ireland burnt their boats. How many israelis have dual citizenship?

A lot of USA/Israeli people say they have no intention of going back. So why keep the passport? Why does Israel even allow dual citizenship? spain doesnt. The usa is talking about not allowing it for anyone.

Imo its interesting.