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Trump plans to resume bombing of Iran as early as the day after the midterm elections
Trump plans to resume bombing of Iran as early as the day after the midterm elections 1 November 2026 President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at the Five Flags Event Center, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, in Dubuque, Iowa.
Trump prepara una nueva ofensiva contra Irán desafiando la oposición masiva a la guerra
El portaaviones USS Dwight D. Eisenhower y el buque de apoyo de combate USNS Supply pasan por el estrecho de Ormuz, 14 de diciembre de 2023 [Photo: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Nowak] Las administraciones de Trump y Netanyahu se encuentran en las etapas finales de la preparación de un nuevo ataque masivo contra Irán, antes de unas elecciones en las que se espera que ambos dirigentes sufran importantes reveses electorales.
Estados Unidos e Israel intensifican sus planes para atacar a Irán después de las elecciones
Estados Unidos e Israel intensifican sus planes para atacar a Irán después de las elecciones La administración de Trump y el gobierno israelí están concretando sus planes para un ataque a gran escala contra Irán en cuestión de semanas.
Trump prepares new onslaught on Iran in defiance of mass opposition to war
The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the fast combat support ship USNS Supply transit the Strait of Hormuz, Dec. 14, 2023. [Photo: Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Keith Nowak] The Trump and Netanyahu administrations are in the final stages of preparing a massive new assault against Iran, in advance of elections in which both leaders are expected to face major electoral setbacks.
Israel launches invasion of West Bank amid preparations for renewed onslaught against Iran
Fascist Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir speaks to the media near Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Friday, Oct. 23, 2026. [AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean] The Israeli government sealed off the occupied West Bank on Friday, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he was preparing a military operation there of a kind “not carried out since” Israel’s conquest of the territory in 1967.
US and Israel deepen plans to attack Iran after elections
US and Israel deepen plans to attack Iran after elections 22 October 2026 The Trump administration and the Israeli government are deepening their plans for a massive attack on Iran in a matter of weeks.
Hegseth secretly meets Netanyahu as US prepares to resume attacks on Iran
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a state memorial ceremony in memory of those killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, at Mount Herzl Cemetery in Jerusalem, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026. [AP Photo/Debbie Hill/Pool Photo] US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday at Ovda air base in southern Israel, which hosts US fighter jets and refueling aircraft.
Ataque masivo con drones ucranianos contra San Petersburgo intensifica la guerra de Estados Unidos y la OTAN contra Rusia
Ucrania atacó Rusia con más de 1.000 drones durante la noche del sábado, en el mayor bombardeo de San Petersburgo desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. El ataque, en el que el Ministerio de Defensa ruso contabilizó 1.015 drones en 15 regiones, Crimea y el mar Negro, fue uno de los bombardeos más intensos contra territorio ruso desde que comenzó la guerra.
Israeli settlers carry out wave of attacks in West Bank, as UN cuts Gaza food aid
Israeli settlers carry out wave of attacks in West Bank, as UN cuts Gaza food aid 19 October 2026 An armed Israeli settler walks beside soldiers as Palestinians were prevented from continuing to harvest olives in the West Bank village of Deir Abu Mashal, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026.
Trump administration sends aircraft carrier and up to 10,000 troops toward Iran, threatens to resume bombing
The USS Theodore Roosevelt, left, and the USS Carl M. Levin prepare for a refueling in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 16, 2025. [Photo: Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Haro Gonzalez ] The Trump administration is sending the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and three amphibious warships carrying about 2,000 Marines to the Middle East.
Trump administration announces it has placed weapons in orbit, in major step in the militarization of space
Trump administration announces it has placed weapons in orbit, in major step in the militarization of space The 1967 Outer Space Treaty, to which 118 states, including the United States, are party, commits its signatories “not to place in orbit around the earth any objects carrying nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction.” Alison Storsve, the US delegate, told the committee that the United States “must vote NO on the resolution” titled “Prevention of an Arms Race in...
The New York Times fabricates a “Russian sabotage” narrative
By Andre Damon Sep 5, 2026 The New York Times published a report on its front page Friday, under the headline “Dangerous Pattern of Russian Sabotage in Europe Risks Clash With NATO,” asserting, without substantiation, a “spate” of “plots” by Russia to carry out attacks on NATO members.
Israel Builds Execution Chamber for Palestinian Prisoners as Ben-Gvir Threatens Assassinations in Gaza - Global Research
The Israeli government is building an execution facility to hang Palestinian prisoners, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Tuesday in a statement from his office. In video released from the site—a prison in central Israel that his office did not name—Ben-Gvir walks through the wing being built for condemned prisoners and says “gallows will be erected” there.
Israel builds execution chamber for Palestinian prisoners as Ben-Gvir threatens assassinations in Gaza
The Israeli government is building an execution facility to hang Palestinian prisoners, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Tuesday in a statement from his office. In video released from the site—a prison in central Israel that his office did not name—Ben-Gvir walks through the wing being built for condemned prisoners and says “gallows will be erected” there.
Trump threatens to “decimate and destroy” Iran as US continues onslaught
USS Boxer (LHD 4) and USS Portland (LPD 27) transiting the Indian Ocean, June 30, 2026. . The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit are currently operating in the Middle East. [Photo: US Central Command] The US military bombed Iran throughout the weekend, striking about 140 targets Saturday night—the largest single barrage of the week—and launching at least two more rounds on Sunday.
US-Iran deal on the verge of breakdown 48 hours after being signed
Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Friday, June 19, 2026. [AP Photo/Leo Correa] The US-Iran agreement that US President Donald Trump signed at Versailles on Wednesday was on the verge of collapse Friday, 48 hours after it was signed.
Israel escalates assault on Lebanon and drives to annex Gaza
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike that hit Qlaileh village, as it seen from the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. [AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari] Israeli strikes killed at least four people in Southern Lebanon on Friday, and the military ordered the forced displacement of nine more towns and villages in the Sidon district.
Under cover of US-Iran negotiations, Israel steps up effort to annex Gaza
While the US and international press are focused on the terms of negotiations between the Trump administration and Iran, Israel is massively expanding its rampage across the Middle East—moving to permanently occupy Gaza and escalating its bombardment of Lebanon.
Israel escalates rampage in Lebanon
Ali Salman, 12, who was injured in an Israeli airstrike, lies on a bed at Jabal Amel hospital in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. [AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari] Israeli forces struck Lebanon with more than 120 air raids on Tuesday, the sharpest single-day escalation since Israel resumed its bombing of the country in early March. The Lebanese health ministry said at least 31 people were killed and 40 wounded in attacks across the south and the Bekaa Valley.
US attacks two Iranian-flagged tankers as Trump escalates war ahead of China summit
US Navy aircraft attacked two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday as part of the US naval blockade of Iran, in the latest escalation of the war. F/A-18 Super Hornets launched from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush fired precision munitions into the smokestacks of the M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda, disabling the vessels. A third Iranian tanker, the M/T Hasna, was disabled in the same way on Wednesday.
Facing mounting crisis, Trump reverses course on escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump announced Tuesday evening that he was pausing the day-old US military operation to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz “for a short period of time,” claiming what he said was “great progress” toward an agreement with Iran.
Global military spending surges to record $2.887 trillion
USSS Abraham Lincoln Global military spending hit a record $2.887 trillion in 2025—the highest level ever recorded and the 11th consecutive year of growth, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported Monday.
Trump threatens to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges after IRGC closes the Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to bomb Iran’s civilian power grid and bridges after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) re-closed the Strait of Hormuz. In Truth Social posts Saturday night and Sunday morning, Trump wrote that unless Iran accepts his terms, “the United States is going to knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran.” He added: “NO MORE MR.
US special forces launch rescue operation inside Iran after downing of US fighter jet
A US Air Force F-15 Eagle drops a B61 nuclear gravity bomb during a training exercise. [Photo: US Air Force] Iranian air defenses shot down an F-15E Strike Eagle jet over western Iran Friday, the first US aircraft shot down by Iranian fire since the war began. Following the downing, US special forces launched a rescue operation inside Iran to recover the pilot.
In genocidal rant, Trump vows to send Iran “back to the Stone Ages”
In a prime-time television address Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared that the goal of the United States in the Iran war is the destruction of Iranian society. “We are on track to complete all of America’s military objectives shortly, very shortly. We are going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks. We are going to bring them back to the Stone Ages,” Trump said.
In FT interview, Trump announces intention to launch ground invasion of Iran
In an interview published Sunday in the Financial Times, US President Donald Trump announced his “preference” to “take the oil” from Iran—a massive expansion of the US war of aggression that would only be possible through a ground invasion of the country.
Netanyahu promete violar el plan de “paz” de Gaza pocas horas después de su anuncio - por André Damon
El lunes, el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump, anunció un acuerdo de “paz” propuesto entre Israel y Hamás que fue aclamado en los medios estadounidenses como un gran avance. El New York Times lo promocionó en un editorial como un acuerdo “prometedor” que “contiene los pilares de un alto el fuego justo, incluido el fin de los ataques militares, el regreso de todos los rehenes y una Gaza libre de la ocupación israelí y del gobierno de Hamás”.
Netanyahu orders Israeli military to build massive concentration camp inside Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has formally ordered the Israeli military to create plans for the building of a giant concentration camp on the ruins of Rafah, where the population of Gaza would be moved in preparation for their forcible expulsion, Haaretz reported Wednesday. The Israeli newspaper reported that Netanyahu made the order at a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet on Saturday, before he left for Washington to meet with US President Donald Trump.
Trump and Netanyahu double down on plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza
US President Donald Trump received Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a formal dinner on Monday, during which both men reiterated their plans to forcibly remove the Palestinian population from Gaza in preparation for the enclave’s annexation. When asked, “Is your Palestinian relocation plan still on the table?” Netanyahu praised Trump’s “brilliant vision” to expel the Palestinians from Gaza. “I think President Trump had a brilliant vision. It’s called free choice,” Netanyahu said.
Over 600 Palestinians killed at US-Israeli “aid centers” in Gaza
At least 600 Palestinians have been killed over the past five weeks at food distributions operated by the US and Israeli-backed “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” (GHF), Gaza’s government media office said this week. The killings took place in over 20 separate massacres, which have become an almost daily occurrence as a critical component of the ongoing Gaza genocide.
Les États-Unis envoient une force maritime et aérienne majeure au Moyen-Orient, tandis que Trump dit d’" évacuer Téhéran "
L'armée américaine envoie des navires de guerre et des aéronefs au Moyen-Orient alors que les attaques israéliennes contre l'Iran s'intensifient.
For first time, Netanyahu names ethnic cleansing of Gaza as official war aim
By Andre Damon 21 May 2025 On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the first time officially stated that an Israeli war aim is the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, openly stating what had been the unspoken goal of Israel since October 7, 2023.
Israel announces military occupation of Gaza in next phase of Trump-Netanyahu ethnic cleansing plan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that Israel’s cabinet had adopted a plan to permanently occupy the Gaza Strip, internally displace its population into concentration camps and enforce a military monopoly on the distribution of food.
US Airstrike Massacres 68 People In Migrant Detention Camp In Yemen| Countercurrents
A US airstrike killed 68 people at a migrant detention facility Monday in Yemen’s Sa’ada province, in one of the greatest massacres of civilians to date in the Trump administration’s war on Yemen. In coordination with the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iran, the United States has carried out almost daily bombings of Yemen, as part of a drive to reorganize the Middle East under imperialist domination.
Mass Starvation Looms In Gaza As World Food Program Says Stocks Have Run Out| Countercurrents
After seven weeks of a full blockade of food, water, medical supplies and electricity, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned that it had delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meal kitchens in Gaza, raising the prospect of imminent famine for the enclave’s remaining population.
Israeli National Security Minister Pledges To Bomb Food Depots As Gaza Blockade Reaches 50th Day| Countercurrents
On Tuesday, Israeli national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attended a meeting with leading members of Congress at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he pledged to bomb food and aid distribution centers in Gaza, claiming his proposals met with support on the part of the lawmakers. “I had the honor and privilege of meeting with senior Republican Party officials at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate,” Ben-Gvir said in a post on X.
US Airstrikes Kill Civilians, Escalating Regional Crisis| Countercurrents
Geneva – The US military airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sana’a, and multiple Yemeni governorates have resulted in several civilian deaths and injuries. The provisions of the UN Charter and the principles of international law must be upheld, especially regarding using force and protecting civilians.
US Massacres Dozens Of Civilians In Airstrikes On Yemen| Countercurrents
The US military carried out dozens of airstrikes on Yemen Saturday and Sunday, including strikes on residential areas in the densely populated city of Sanaa, killing at least 53 people, including 31 civilians. Anis al-Asbahi, a spokesman for the Yemeni Health Ministry, said that over 100 people were wounded, “most of whom were children and women.” In an unhinged rant on Truth Social, Trump wrote, “YOUR TIME IS UP, AND YOUR ATTACKS MUST STOP, STARTING TODAY.
Lancet study finds Gaza life expectancy slashed in half by Israeli genocide
by Andre Damon 31 January 2025 Life expectancy in Gaza plunged by nearly 50 percent in the first year of the Israeli genocide in the besieged enclave, a study published in The Lancet has found. The study, led by Michel Guillot, professor of sociology in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, found that life expectancy in Gaza fell by a staggering 34.9 years, erasing over a century of progress in life expectancy in just one year.
UN Inquiry Verifies Israel’s Systematic Use Of Sexual, Reproductive Violence; Silence No Longer An Option| Countercurrents
Geneva – Israel’s systematic sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians is widespread and amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to United Nations experts. Anew report released by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, also concludes that Israel has been responsible for acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 2023.
The Monkey’s Tail: How Netanyahu’s Ambitions Expose Israel’s Vulnerabilities
“The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail,” warns a timeless Chinese proverb. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, however, seems to neither heed the lessons of history nor the wisdom of such folk sayings. By leading a vilification campaign against Egypt, the Israeli leader is further exposing his country’s vulnerabilities. This is yet another example of Israel’s inability to alter the political reality in Gaza, 17 months after it launched its devastating war on the Strip.
Judge Extends Ban On Mahmoud Khalil Deportion From The US| Countercurrents
New York (Quds News Network)- A judge in the United States has extended his order blocking authorities from deporting Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from the US after he was arrested by ICE agents over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus.
BBC Challenged Over Documentary Sympathetic To Palestinian Children, ‘How To Survive In A War Zone’| Countercurrents
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), an organisation funded by the public, yet controlled by the government and influential lobby groups, finds itself at the centre of a storm. This time it is not about presenting biased news, or half lies that feed the narrative of their most favoured influential lobby groups, it is about airing a documentary that simply presents a view of life through the eyes of children in Gaza.
Israel Kills Three Palestinians Every 24 Hours In Gaza, Using Snipers, Drones, And Starvation As Genocidal Tools| Countercurrents
Palestinian Territory – Israel has killed 150 Palestinians—an average of three people every 24 hours—since the ceasefire on 19 January 2025. The Euro-Med Monitor field team has documented Israeli sniper and drone attacks since the ceasefire went into effect, as well as the continued use of the blockade as a weapon of slow death by starvation in the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip.
New Yorkers Protest Trump’s Arrest Of Palestinian Student Activist| Countercurrents
As chants of ‘No ICE, No KKK, No Fascist USA!’ echoed through downtown Manhattan on 10 March 2025, I spoke to a person named Richard who had been marching just ahead of me. He declined to give his last name but was eager to speak his piece. ‘We need to be out in the streets and say “This will not fly. This will not happen on our watch”’, he said.
Meaning Of Hindutva Hooliganism In The Odisha Legislative Assembly| Countercurrents
On March 11, 2025, the people of Odisha witnessed a historic low in the Odisha State Legislative Assembly, where ruling party BJP Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) attacked opposition party members inside the house, which is considered the temple of democracy. The ruckus was not accidental; it was a result of the criminalisation of politics in the state. In Odisha, more than fifty percent of the MLA candidates contesting in the 2024 elections had criminal records.
UN Reports Nothing Is Entering Gaza, As Israel Imposes Total Food And Energy Blockade| Countercurrents
The Israeli government announced Sunday that it will completely shut off electricity into Gaza, following the blockade of all food and humanitarian supplies earlier this month. The total blockade is aimed at implementing the plan, first proposed by far-right members of the Israeli government and later publicly adopted by the Trump administration, to ethnically cleanse Gaza by making the enclave unlivable, forcing its people to flee “voluntarily” in order to avoid starving to death.
Progressives Demand Release Of 'Disappeared' Columbia Grad| Countercurrents
“If the feds can snatch up an American green card holder for speech they don’t like and get away with it, they won’t stop here. They’ll be able to erase the right to speech they don’t agree with and kidnap anyone who dares resist.” Condemning the Trump administration and immigration officials for detaining and imprisoning Mahmoud Khalil over his involvement in pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University last year, U.S. Rep.
UN Security Council Must Act Quickly To Stop Israeli Attacks On Southern Syria| Countercurrents
Geneva – The United Nations Security Council must act swiftly and forcefully to prevent Israel from encroaching on Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, guarantee that its forces leave the southern regions of the country, and compel it to abide by international law. Israel’s continued aggression against Syria is a blatant violation of both international law and the UN Charter.
Israel Blocks Entry Of Aid Into Gaza After First Phase Of Truce Ends| Countercurrents
Netanyahu’s office announced Sunday that Israel has stopped humanitarian aid from entering the Gaza Strip following the expiration of the prisoner-ceasefire deal. An Israeli official stated that the decision was made in full coordination with the Trump administration. Israel has violated the ceasefire deal on the table by rejecting to go ahead with talks about the scond phase.
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