#israel #iran : #war / #waraims / #propaganda

„Despite what it claims, Israel failed to achieve its goals in its latest war.“

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/01/israels-war-on-iran-backfired/

Israel’s War on Iran Backfired

Despite what it claims, Israel failed to achieve its goals in its latest war.

Foreign Policy

#usa #israel #iran : #war / #waraims / #regimechange / #threats

(Mission accomplished - ehm; one more thing…)

»President Donald Trump suggested the possibility of regime change in Iran, after his top officials said the administration wasn’t interested in such a move. On social media, he posted that “if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change?”«
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/06/22/israel-iran-live-updates-us-trump/

Israel-Iran live updates: U.N. chief warns of ‘perilous turn’ as Security Council meets on U.S. strikes on Iran

Trump said the U.S. hit the Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites. Iran’s foreign minister called it a “dangerous military operation” against his country.

The Washington Post

#usa #israel #iran #war #waraims

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… Or, Amanat asked, do they seek the disintegration of the Iranian state, akin to what unfolded in Libya in the wake of NATO’s intervention in its 2011 civil war. That would lead, Amanat said, to “total chaos” and “a wasteland” — a wasteland, as an ancient Roman once put it, that even Trump would struggle to call peace.“

#usa #israel #iran : #war / #waraims /

„Abbas Amanat, a professor emeritus of history at Yale University and an Iran scholar (…) said that neither Israeli nor U.S. officials appear to be reckoning with the profound uncertainty that would follow a collapse of the regime. “If you’re engaging in a campaign of this scale, what is the future of Iran?” he asked. Does Israel imagine “a country subordinated” to its interests — a scenario that’s highly unlikely…

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https://wapo.st/4kOhTPI

Trump had visions of Middle East ‘peace.’ Netanyahu had other ideas.

Last month, Donald Trump declared that, “for the first time in a thousand years, the world will look at this region not as a place of turmoil and strife, and war and death, but as a land of opportunity and hope.”

The Washington Post

#usa #eu #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #waraims / #regimechange

„Israel’s attacks on Iran, backed by the US and EU, violate international law and aim to maintain #regionaldominance by undermining Iran’s #sovereignty, despite Iran’s compliance with nuclear agreements.“

https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/06/13/the-illegal-attack-on-iran/

#israel #iran : #war / #waraims

„New targets appear to indicate an expansion of Israel’s war aims beyond the Iranian nuclear facilities that consumed the first days of the conflict.“

https://wapo.st/4jS7Yr2

Israel appears to take aim at Iran’s regime with expanded targets

New targets appear to indicate an expansion of Israel’s war aims beyond the Iranian nuclear facilities that consumed the first days of the conflict.

The Washington Post

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #waraims

„But even with the IDF occupying about a third of Gaza’s territory, to many Israelis, the current situation feels like defeat. Despite full mobilization & the near-unwavering support of the U.S. government, the IDF—still under the same command as it was on October 7—has failed to win. Hamas’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, has not surrendered. And around 100 Israeli hostages remain missing in Gaza, about half of them still alive (…).“

https://www.transcend.org/tms/2024/10/israels-paradox-of-defeat/

Israel’s Paradox of Defeat

4 Oct 2024 - How the Country’s Military Success Is Producing Political Failure - After a year of war, the long-term threats to Israel's democracy are graver than ever. ...

TRANSCEND Media Service

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #hamas / #militaryliberationattempts / #waraims / #hostages / #family / #ceasefire

„Esther Buchshtav, whose son Yagev was killed in captivity earlier this year, said on Monday at a meeting in Israel's parliament that a military investigation found her son had been executed by Hamas when soldiers came close to where he was being held.“

https://www.straitstimes.com/world/middle-east/cousin-of-israeli-slain-in-captivity-says-military-pressure-is-killing-the-hostages

Cousin of Israeli slain in captivity says military pressure is killing the hostages

JERUSALEM - Gil Dickmann's worst nightmare came true when he was told his cousin Carmel Gat, who had survived 11 months in Hamas captivity, had been killed in a tunnel in Gaza just before Israeli forces arrived. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Straits Times

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #warvictims / #children / #military / #waraims

„Surgeons who worked in European and al-Aqsa hospitals describe extensive wounds caused by ‘fragmentation’ shrapnel experts say are designed to maximize casualties.“

I suspect these weapons will be a big seller at the next international arms fair...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/11/israeli-weapons-shrapnel-children-gaza-injured

Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say

Surgeons who worked in European and al-Aqsa hospitals describe extensive wounds caused by ‘fragmentation’ shrapnel experts say is designed to maximize casualties

The Guardian
Conversations and insights about the moment.

The New York Times