(16:20 GMT) ANALYSIS ISRAEL-LEBANON TALKS NOT ABOUT ‘A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE, DIGNIFIED DEAL’ Daniel Levy: “I think the position is best summed up as either: we will bomb Lebanon, or you bomb it yourself...this is about Israel trying to impose humiliating terms on a Lebanese goverment” ...

(20:45 GMT) ISRAELI COMMANDER RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING OF HIND RAJAB INJURED IN LEBANON, SAYS HRF (Hind Rajab Foundation) Daniel Ella, an Israeli commander who leads a battalion responsible for the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab at the field level FYI: www.hindrajabfoundation.org/about-us

I’m sure we can add to this list….

FYI: "...it cherry picks through hundreds of deliberative internal emails, mischaracterizes the factual record, and disregards multiple court rulings and jury verdicts in districts across the country—all as part of a review led by political actors. ..." www.justsecurity.org/136275/separ...

SEVERAL REPORTS OF ISRAEL'S ILLEGAL USE OF PHOSPHOROUS (AS IT DID IN GAZA), WHICH LEAVES ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIC BURNS (06:20 GMT) Lebanon’s hospitals overwhelmed as burn victims surge after Israeli attacks ... Lebanon’s public health services lack the specialised medical care to treat them.

@jgarren.bsky.social www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

THE WINNER IN TRUMP'S WAR? (08:50 GMT) Russia’s revenue from oil exports almost doubled in March...The country earned $19bn last month; crude & oil product exports 7.1 million BPD up from 320,000 in February

AND THE U.S. PROVIDES THE BOMBS TO DO IT (13:42 GMT) Photos: Aftermath of Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon near border with Israel [Photos: Florion Goga/Reuters]

ALSO TRUE ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY. MANY ATTACKS ON CHRISTIAN SETTLEMENTS, ANCIENT MONASTERIES. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

It is not a conspiracy anymore.

Any other President, any other country, any other time, he’d be impeached, imprisoned and disgraced.

GETTING CLOSE, BUT NOT THERE YET... www.axios.com/2026/04/14/t...

Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Has Been in Jail for Six Weeks in Kuwait, Faces Trial in Special Tribunal open.substack.com/pub/dropsite...

DROPSITE NEWS TODAY: Israel kills another Palestinian journalist: Mohammad Sayed was among ≥6 people killed in an Israeli airstrike on a police checkpoint in Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Friday. >160 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 2023.

AND POST-TRUMP? HERE'S ONE SCARY VERSION... www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

"We know that war offers at least five kinds of opportunities for aspiring dictators. Let us consider the moves that Trump could make...I offer them as five clear types; in practice, of course, they will be mixed and matched from day to day." open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

Saudi Arabia does NOT want this war to end until there's a regime change. The US sends Jared Kushner, who is on the Saudi's payroll to the tune of many, many millions (!), to negotiate with Iran. These people are NOT serious about peace. 😡

YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING! IF YOU HAVE REPUBLICAN MEMBER/S OF CONGRESS LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT O.K. THAT TRUMP MUST GO. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

DISGUSTING (02:10 GMT) TRUMP AFTER POPE'S ANTI-WAR REMARKS “Leo should get his act together as Pope, use Common Sense, stop catering to the Radical Left, and focus on being a Great Pope, not a Politician.” ..."If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican” he claimed.

@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

During crucial negotiations with Iran that will affect economies worldwide, our “President” and “Secretary of State” are at a cheesy fake wrestling match. We are no longer a country that should be taken seriously.

One of my cartoons in Monday's Metro

No wonder the (free) world hates America.

EXCUSE ME, BUT ISN'T IRAN ALREADY DOING THIS? Axios this AM (4/12/26): Trump said on Truth Social that the U.S. Navy will immediately "begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz," where traffic has fallen to a trickle.

AN IMPORTANT QUESTION & IMPORTANT TO WATCH. IMHO the historians are right ... www.aljazeera.com/video/inside...

MEANWHILE THIS AM... (11:50 GMT) ISRAELI AIR ATTACKS KILL 10 IN SOUTHERN LEBANON NABATIEH DIST. Town of Kfar Sir: 4 inc a paramedic; injured four. Town of Zefta: 3, inc a member of the Lebanese Civil Defence; wounded two. Town of Toul: 3 & injured three. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/...

😠😠😠

Axios this AM

OF COURSE HE HAS! I've lost count of the # of times & excuses... Netanyahu requests delay in his corruption trial testimony...set to resume next week, citing the ongoing security ‌situation in the region, Netanyahu's lawyer said in a court filing on Friday. [Reuters 4/10/26]

UPDATE: (18:15 GMT) LEBANON SAYS DEATH TOLL FROM ISRAEL’S WED ATTACKS: 357 “...figure remains non-final due to ongoing rubble removal & presence of a very large number of remains, which require time to...confirm the identities of the victims,” Total killed since March 2: 1,953; 6,303 injured.

MEANWHILE, IN GAZA(04:00 GMT) 6 mos after ceasefire, Israel still blocking critical med supplies (MAP) > ½ of essential meds out; 64% of cancer meds unavailable; ± ½ of hospits yet to restore services; no hospits fully functioning; 90 hospit generators out of service from spare parts & oil blocked

A THOUGHTFUL READ ... "It also confirmed the death of any international law or global treaty protections for non-combatants that once differentiated between military and civilian needs. All humans on Earth now live in danger." www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT THINGS COULDN'T GET MORE BIZARRE... Here's How To Counter Trump's $10 Billion Lawsuit Against the IRS open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

BE AWARE OF THIS. GETTING RID OF "JUDICIAL DEFERENCE" HAS LED TO THE OVERTURNING OF MANY OF THE FEDERAL LAWS PROTECTING OUR HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE, PARTICULARLY ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS. ballotpedia.org/Daily_Brew:_...

(16:30 GMT) PAKISTAN’S REP AT UNSC CONFIRMS LEBANON’S INCLUSION IN US-IRAN CEASEFIRE ... He added that he was not aware why there was confusion about Lebanon being included because it was clearly part of the statement.

multiple sources: 😠💢😠  The death toll from Israel’s devastating attacks across Lebanon on Wednesday, the day after a two-week ceasefire began, has risen to 303, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. [photo: Beirut - Raghed Waked/Reuters]

DROPSITE NEWS 4-9-26 ISRAEL APPROVES RECORD 34 NEW [ILLEGAL] [OCCUPIED] WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS...total # of new settlements established or retroactively legalized by the current gov't since...2022...103...only 6 new settlements were formally approved by Israel...following...the Oslo Accords in 1993.

NOT A SI-FI NOVEL... www.axios.com/2026/04/08/a...

FIRST THERE WAS 1 [Tues]. THEN 2 [Wed]. NOW 3 [Thur]. FOUR! - DO I HEAR A FOUR!? Just Security this AM: Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that confusion over the Iran negotiations stems in part from three different “10-point” proposals circulating at different stages.

SWELL. JUST SWELL. open.substack.com/pub/robertre...