"Without moral strength, we have no right to exist" is quite the soundbite from a bunch of ex-MOSSAD/Shin Bet heads. Not sure about the historical prevalence of the aforementioned moral strength though.

Socotra Island is, last I checked, near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden, is part of Yemen, and nowhere near anything happening in Iran.

Dying empire embroiled in a quagmire of its own making attempts outlandish conquest to restore faith

Let me translate this: 90% chance we see a US ground invasion of some sort by next week

There is evidence that Israeli soldiers tortured a 21 months old child in Gaza. Obvious content warning for the video www.instagram.com/reel/DWQ9UUV...

This is precisely how a government sets up the framework to install a backdoor, create a firewall, and switch off the internet when it's convenient for them.

At least 1,243 people have been killed by drone strikes in Haiti as of January 21. Drone strikes. In Haiti. www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

Israeli soldiers extinguished cigarettes on 18-month-old Karim Abu Nassar, pricked him, and forced metal nails into his skin, according to a report. The boy was then handed over to his family by the Red Cross at the Al-Maghazi market in central Gaza. A medical report confirmed his injuries.

With world distracted by the wars in Iran and Lebanon: Israeli Settlers Prepare for a Large-scale West Bank Rampage as Palestinians Report Attacks and Arson www.haaretz.com/west-bank/20...

Whether this represents genuine belief or the kinds of wishful thinking that have been at the heart of Israeli thinking about normalization, it’s misguided. Arab public opinion also figures here.

You can only do this kind of perverse mental gymnastics if you don’t think the people you’ve been bombing and shooting for decades aren’t human beings. Or, I guess, and this isn’t unrelated, it’s also possible if you think they’re people but you’re just a soulless villain.

Turns out the Bahraini activists who questioned the mainstream narrative were possibly right.

What the US is purposefully doing to Cuba should be considered genocide.

Meanwhile in the West Bank.

In less than a month, "Israel has struck at least 128 medical facilities and ambulances across south Lebanon, killing 40 healthcare workers and wounding 107." Israel violates international law a matter of state policy www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

According to new data from UNICEF, 335 children have been killed and another 1529 were injured across the MENA region since the US & Israel launched its war on Iran on Feb 28. UNICEF doesn't name the perpetrators, but it warned that the numbers will likely climb as the conflict enters its 4th week:

If this works it is huge - likely the end of dollar dominance. Which is why the US will do everything to ensure it doesn’t happen x.com/furkangozuka...

It's a low bar that Germany has been limboing under for the last few years, but for Germany to tell Israel it's on its own seems like a big deal.

"The real goal of the war with Iran is to weaken it, reshape the region, and advance normalization with Israel," Oman’s foreign minister has warned, adding that Iran is “not the only target." edition.cnn.com/world/live-n...

Statements do not matter. As long as there are no boycotts of Israel, none of this will matter. www.naharnet.com/stories/en/3...

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has trapped a third of the world’s commercial helium, threatening the irreplaceable coolant that makes MRI scanners and advanced microchips possible

"How can we guarantee Iran will stop if we don't completely take control of the situation?" This is going to be difficult for policymakers from a declining superpower to hear, but most countries kind of have to work this out by compromising rather than insisting on complete and total submission

Did the Houthis just enter the game?

I'm beginning to realize there's no floor on how bad the consequences on the GCC this conflict could be, as deleting their oil market will tear up the entire social contract. It follows that there might be no price too steep to stop their exposure, i.e. evicting US bases. Yes, the cost of that 1/n

Trajectory matters: A country backsliding due to intentional acts is a lot worse than a flawed country that's either stagnant of aspiring to improve

I keep saying this, but Trump is just a symptom of a much longer process in the US. Electing a different president will not reverse the fundamental issues with a democracy that was so easily subverted

Stunning: Trump saying in essence 'I don't need the rest of the world, including our closest traditional allies' is a reflection of America's deepest isolation, at a moment of shifting global power. No matter what happens in Iran, this will be the enduring effect for the USA.

For decades, Iran has become self-sufficient to withstand US sanctions. It developed domestic civilian industry, inc in pharmaceuticals, its own research centers, as well as domestic munitions factories. Iran, in short, was surviving despite sanctions. The US/Israel war aims to destroy that

one definition of power in international relations is when the terms of the conflict are framed as which country can withstand pain the longest, and pain for one means massive bombardment, death, and suffering and pain for the other means slightly higher gas prices. Also a definition of racism.

This is not "Trumpism light." This is Europe exposing its racist, chauvinistic roots. It is Europe that developed modern intl law in the 19th c 4 the purpose of subjugating the Global South, which was excluded from intl law’s protections. They’re saying the quiet part out loud x.com/giulio_matti...

As repetitive as it is, it's extremely important to keep asking the reactionary "free speech" crowd what they think of this stuff because if they ever lose power they'll immediately go back to their old tricks.

Why cant the Israeli navy provide escorts to the Persian Gulf?

The school motto, as posted on its website: “Today I learn; tomorrow we build.”

A few of the children killed by Israel/US in the last day across Iran, Lebanon, and Palestine

According to reports Israel is critical low on interceptors necessary for intercepting Iranian and Hezbollah missiles. x.com/clashreport/...

in 2030 we will get a oscar winning move about the sad story of John American, a humble american from Arkansas that joined the army to make their father proud, and fought in Iran, bombing schools and killing children, but dont worry because he is sad about it, directed by Mummified Clint Eastwood.

Life comes at you fast part 1,273,431. I think my considered response at this stage is "Get fucked."

This seems like something Americans should be REALLY concerned about, but what do I know?

ICYMI, today Israel dropped two sets of leaflets on Lebanon, one which refers to the "outstanding success in Gaza," carrying an implicit threat for the country and another which calls on people to effectively report on each other and share intel with IDF Unit 504. Dystopian.

I recall news of a significant IRGC weapons cache uncovered in UK perhaps a decade ago. Even nationalists who are indifferent to international law & the death of Iranian civilians should see that europe must create as much daylight as possible between itself and thw US/Israel on this.

Broke: War will cause fracture among Iranian ethnic groups Woke: War will cause fracture among GCC and Iran Bespoke: War will cause fracture between US and [everyone else]

War has already displaced nearly a million Lebanese, and aid groups warn of a humanitarian crisis Via @chehayebk.bsky.social and Malak Harb apnews.com/article/leba...

Using Iron Dome to hit MRBMs is a sign something’s gone wrong

Schrödinger's Strait?

As a european I find it utterly intolerable (and ahistorical) how EU goes along with all the US military adventurism in "the colonies" (Venezuela, Iran, etc.) and seems unbothered by it, but is shocked and offended when they find themselves being treated as colonies rather than part of the metropole

"Unless the US is prepared to invade Iran to remove the Islamic republic’s leaders and then stay there to ensure stability and security, confidence in the Gulf will only return if the US and Iran arrive at a durable ceasefire." Iran has a lawnmower too. Great piece by Vali Nasr.

When is Global Britain not Global? When being Global involves black and brown people coming to the UK.