“You don’t want to replace one ayatollah with another,” the Israeli prime minister said on Thursday, adding that the Iranian regime was unlikely to be overthrown ​using air strikes alone.

It is “often said” that you can’t “do revolutions from the air”, Netanyahu told a press conference. “There has to be a ground component as well. There are many possibilities for this ground component and I take the liberty of not sharing [those] with you.” #USA / #Epstein / #Israel / #Mileikowsky <https://theguardian.com/world/live/2026/mar/20/iran-war-live-updates-oil-prices-israel-netanyahu-ground-component-us-tensions-hormuz?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-69bc952b8f08c0f5c45a85f9#block-69bc952b8f08c0f5c45a85f9>

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“The comments come after the US performer Zubeyda Muzeyyen, better known as #DJHaram, is alleged to have claimed the existence of a “vile Zio-Australian-Epstein empire”, among remarks about Palestinian “martyrs”, during her set at the Lights On party for the Biennale’s 25th edition.”

Choose your battle. One side fresh after a #genocide in #Gaza, now invading yet another county, the other #Art making comment and people *feeling uncomfortable* and complaining.

#TheHaig / #IJC / #WarCrimes <https://smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/festival-responds-as-sponsors-and-supporters-targeted-over-opening-night-dj-controversy-20260319-p5qhs8.html> / <https://archive.md/l60Un>

Middle East crisis live: Netanyahu suggests need for ‘ground component’ in Iran war

Israeli prime minister says you can’t ‘do revolutions from the air’ and that ‘there has to be a ground component as well’ amid growing signs of tensions between Israel and US

the Guardian