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Report: Trump's new Iran negotiator is Israel lobbyist Nick Stewart
Stewart "has declared his absolute opposition to negotiating with the Islamic Republic of Iran."
Stewart will advise real estate mogul & Trump golf buddy Steve Witkoff, who helped to inspire Iran’s rejection of the last round of negotiations.
"With Stewart on his team, it should be obvious to Tehran that there is no honest broker in Washington."
Interview: Trump is still “looking for a Silver Bullet” instead of negotiating seriously
The US is denying Iranian reports that 2 missiles struck a US vessel.
"Both sides are making maximalist demands, so a diplomatic solution is unlikely."
As long as Trump listens to the forces that sold him this (backfired) blockade, "we’re not going to see a diplomatic breakthrough."
~Trita Parsi
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/4/strait_of_hormuz_trita_parsi
We discuss the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz with the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft’s Trita Parsi. U.S. officials are denying Iranian reports that a U.S. vessel was struck by Iranian missiles amid the two countries’ dual blockade of the strait. The warring nations still say they are observing a fragile temporary ceasefire as negotiations continue for a possible longer-term deal. However, says Parsi, “both sides are making maximalist demands,” so a diplomatic solution is unlikely. “As long as Trump continues to listen to those forces, the very same forces that also sold him this blockade that has backfired, we’re not going to see a diplomatic breakthrough. It requires a far more disciplined and flexible approach to the negotiations, and right now we’re not seeing that from either side.”
Interview: Trump’s war on Iran reveals the limits of American imperial power
"This latest conflict is part of a decades-long project by the US to exert imperial control over the oil-rich region."
But it’s in danger of being a strategic loss signaling a deeper imperial decline. Trump has made the US much more vulnerable globally as a result.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/5/iran_toby_jones
#USPol #EUPol #iranWar #USImperialism #news #TrumpMegalomania #racism .
We speak with Middle East history professor Toby Jones about the ongoing crisis in the Strait of Hormuz, where overlapping blockades by Iran and the United States have disrupted shipping and the wider global economy since the start of the war in late February. Jones says this latest conflict is part of a decadeslong project by the United States to exert imperial control over the oil-rich region, but that it’s now in danger of a strategic loss signaling a deeper imperial decline. “Through an unprovoked assault on Iran, Trump has accelerated, or at least clarified, the real limits of American imperial power,” says Jones. “He’s definitely put the United States in a much more vulnerable and weakened position globally as a result of this war.”
Interview: Israel is in a race against time to “lock in its domination” across the Middle East.
Israel’s strategy of “permanent war” allows for only two types of countries in the region:
either dependent or “too failed & fragile to pose any challenge”.
Israel can try to block a US-Iran deal by pushing for a major military operation against Iran, or by constant attacks on Lebanese & Palestinians.
~Daniel Levy
Report: Israeli officers 'threaten Gaza flotilla activists with death' during interrogations
Thiago Avila & Saif Abu Keshek "are being subjected to 'psychological torture' as their detention is extended for another week".
They are accused of "assisting the enemy during wartime, contact with a foreign agent, membership of & providing services to a terrorist organisation, & transferring funds to such a group. Both deny the charges".
Europeans "don't understand how poor they are", yet somehow we live happier, safer lives than our neigbours on the other side of the atlantic.
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/what-happens-when-europeans-find-out-how-poor-they-are-270cff5d
@giorgiosarto @news Ma la Corte Suprema statunitense non aveva dichiarato illegali i dazi sopra il 10%?
Non si capisce più nulla.
Update 5 May Filton 6 trial:
Four of the Palestine Action defendants - Charlotte Head, Samuel Corner, Leona Kamio & Fatema Rajwani - have been convicted of causing criminal damage to the Bristol facility of Israeli firm Elbit:
Jordan Devlin & Zoe Rogers were acquitted.
Note: The jury was forbidden from knowing that the defendants can be sentenced on 'terrorism' charges.
#UKPol #USPol #EUPol #Palestine #PalestineAction #UKRepression #news #Filton6Trial .
Interview: Israel is in a race against time to “lock in its domination” across the Middle East.
Israel’s strategy of “permanent war” allows for only two types of countries in the region:
either dependent or “too failed & fragile to pose any challenge”.
Israel can try to block a US-Iran deal by pushing for a major military operation against Iran, or by constant attacks on Lebanese & Palestinians.
~Daniel Levy
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