Ret. Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Netanyahu Could Turn to Nuclear Bombs If Iran War Escalates

As President Trump gives conflicting statements about the length and objectives of the war he launched with Israel against Iran, fears are growing that the conflict could continue to expand throughout the region and beyond. Lawrence Wilkerson, retired U.S. Army colonel and former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says the U.S. and Israel are committing wanton “war crimes” in Iran. “We have bombed civilians relentlessly. We have bombed a school. We have bombed a hospital,” says Wilkerson, who also suggests Western media outlets are downplaying the extent of the damage in Israel and how successful Iran has been in defending itself. “This is a war with long legs. Trump has completely misinterpreted it,” says Wilkerson. “The only one who’s interpreted it correctly is Bibi Netanyahu, and I think he’s ready to use a nuclear weapon, should it become as bad as it looks like it might right now, because Iran has not even began to shoot its most sophisticated missiles.”

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Zionist lobby always strong in Brazil
"In today's (newspaper) Folha, an article about an Israeli historian who claims there is no genocide in Gaza. Perfect timing on a day when not only was another hospital bombed by Israel, but a second attack killed rescue workers who were searching for the wounded in the rubble. Everything broadcast live."
#PalestineUnderAttack #Gaza #News #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraelTerroristState #IsraelCrimesAgainstHumanity #WesternComplicity

Nakba 2025: The world now sees #Israel as an unhinged killer

from #MiddleEastEye #MEE
Soumaya Ghannoushi - Opinion
21 May 2025 14:15 BST

[Excellent article]

"A second #Nakba is unfolding, not in secret, not whispered through trembling lips, not passed as rumours between fleeing survivors, but in the full, merciless light of day.

It is live-streamed. Captioned. Digitised. A genocide unfolding in high definition and real time.

This is no echo of 1948. It is its evolution. Its mutation. The same machinery of erasure, now upgraded, modernised, militarised, and globally broadcast.

More ruthless.

More unapologetic."

https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/gaza-second-nakba-televised

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelCrimesAgainstHumanity #StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#Gaza #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Nakba 2025: The world now sees Israel as an unhinged killer

From New York to London, from Paris to Santiago, the people rise. Not yet enough to halt the killing, but enough to expose the silence. Enough to rupture the lie

Middle East Eye

Israel may change tack to allow aid groups in Gaza to stay in charge of non-food aid

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By SAM MEDNICK
Updated 10:02 AM EDT, May 24, 2025

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — As pressure mounts to get more aid into #Gaza, #Israel appears to be changing tack and may let aid groups operating in the battered enclave remain in charge of non-food assistance while leaving food distribution to a newly established U.S.-backed group, according to a letter obtained by #TheAssociatedPress.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-war-aid-groups-89068e30fe90e8c13a6203836945b122?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelCrimesAgainstHumanity #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israel may change tack to allow aid groups in Gaza to stay in charge of non-food aid

Israel appears to be changing tack as pressure mounts to get more aid into Gaza, and may let aid groups operating in the battered enclave take charge of non-food assistance. That’s according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press saying food distribution would be left up to a newly established group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is backed by the U.S. and Israel but is not yet up and running in the enclave. Israel accuses Hamas of siphoning off aid but the United Nations and aid groups deny there is significant diversion. There was no immediate comment from Israeli officials on the letter.

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Israeli use of human shields in Gaza was systematic, soldiers and former detainees tell the AP

from #AssociatedPress #APNews
By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY
Updated 8:23 AM EDT, May 24, 2025

"Several Palestinians and soldiers told the #AP that #Israeli troops are systematically forcing #Palestinians to act as human shields in #Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for explosives or militants. The dangerous practice has become ubiquitous during 19 months of war, they said. "

https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-army-human-shields-80f358dd2c87a1123f26ffada159701c?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share

#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelCrimesAgainstHumanity #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #StopGazaGenocide
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

Israel's use of human shields in Gaza is widespread, sources say

Several Palestinians and Israeli soldiers say troops are systematically forcing Palestinians to act as human shields in Gaza, sending them into buildings and tunnels to check for bombs and gunmen. They say the practice has become ubiquitous over 19 months of war. Israel’s military says it prohibits using civilians as shields, a practice it's long accused Hamas of using. It says it’s investigating a handful of cases but wouldn’t give details. Seven Palestinians described to The Associated Press being used as shields in Gaza and the occupied West Bank. One said he was beaten, bound and blindfolded. Two Israeli solders also described using human shields and that derogatory terms like mosquito were used to refer to the Palestinians.

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Gaza Life Expectancy Slashed Nearly in Half by Israel’s Genocide, Study Finds
Researchers said this estimate is conservative, as it doesn’t include deaths to factors like starvation and disease.

https://truthout.org/articles/gaza-life-expectancy-slashed-nearly-in-half-by-israels-genocide-study-finds/

#Genocide #IsraelCrimesAgainstHumanity #WeAreAllPalestinians #Colonialism
@DrALJONES

Gaza Life Expectancy Slashed Nearly in Half by Israel’s Genocide, Study Finds

Researchers said this estimate is conservative, as it doesn’t include deaths to factors like starvation and disease.

Truthout
Suburban anarchist and ex-con charged with defacing CPD car during DNC protest

The I-Team began reporting on Glendale Heights native Jeremy Hammond when he was in his 20s, and the face behind the term "hacktivist."

Israël pilonne sans relâche la bande de Gaza, plus de 30 morts dans le camp de Nousseirat

Alors que de nouvelles tensions se font sentir au sein du cabinet de guerre en Israël – Benny Gantz, rival de Benyamin Netanyahu menace de démissionner si d'ici au 8 juin le Premier ministre n'est pas en mesure de présenter « un plan stratégique » pour la guerre et l'après-guerre à Gaza —, la bande de Gaza est toujours sous les bombes israéliennes. Une frappe a fait 31 morts ce dimanche matin 19 mai dans le centre de l'enclave, selon une source locale.  

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