(2025-06-20). Israel is luring the US into a trap. responsiblestatecraft.org 
(2025-06-20). As Israel implores him to attack Iran, could two-week warning be a ruse? haaretz.com Whether the American president eventually decides to resume negotiations with the Islamic Republic or to join the Israeli offensive against its nuclear program, Netanyahu knows that the United States holds all the cards ‚ñ Once again, it appears that the Israeli leader has started a war without having bothered to come up with an exit strategy…
(2025-06-20). Behind the US-Israeli war on Iran: The imperialist drive for global domination. wsws.org The lies about "weapons of mass destruction" used to justify the 2003 US invasion of Iraq are repeated in the face of Trump and Netanyahu's claims of an "imminent threat" by Iranian nuclear weapons.
(2025-06-20). Rogue States: The Illegality of the U.S.-Backed Israeli Attacks on Iran. scheerpost.com Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu at White House 2025. Dan Scavino, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons | By Craig Mokhiber / The Israeli regime, drunk with western-backed impunity, flush with western-supplied weapons, and driven by a violent, western-born racist ideology, is rampaging across the Middle East, leaving a trail of blood and destruction in its wake. | The Israeli regime's blatant act of aggression against Iran is just the latest crime perpetrated by the regime in its…
(2025-06-20). Russia fears 'Chernobyl 2.0'? Putin, Xi warn Trump, Netanyahu on Iran war plans. hindustantimes.com Russia has issued a stern warning to the United States, calling any potential U.S. military intervention in the ongoing Iran-Israel war "an extremely dangerous step." The Kremlin also urged Israel to immediately halt strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, particularly the Bushehr nuclear power plant, where Russian specialists are present. Moscow cautioned that an attack on Bushehr could trigger a "Chernobyl-style catastrophe," with severe global consequences. Watch for more…
(2025-06-20). Trump's top envoy goes straight to Iran FM in shocking diplomatic move | Israel. hindustantimes.com The United States has stunned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by holding back on Israel's urgent request for U.S. bombers to strike Iran's fortified nuclear sites. According to three diplomats cited by Reuters, direct talks are underway between the U.S. and Iran to secure a diplomatic resolution to the crisis, with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi holding several phone conversations since the onset of Israeli strikes. Watch for more…
(2025-06-20). History will judge whether Netanyahu bombed Iran for sake – or his own. haaretz.com Even if the Israeli prime minister decision to attack Iran was the right one, it is too soon to say whether it will pay off ‚ñ The attack was only launched after four preconditions were met — but that doesn't stop Bibi from accusing others of delaying it…
(2025-06-20). Iran-Israel Conflict: Nuclear Diplomacy At Stake? counterpunch.org 
Iran-Israel conflict can no longer be viewed as just bilateral but would not have probably reached this stage without Tel Aviv being backed by Washington. Certainly, there is nothing new about this. At the same time, it cannot be ignored that conflict began when US-Iran talks regarding latter's nuclear program had been initiated. These have
(2025-06-20). Ah, Warm Evening In Tel Aviv. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Looks like Mr. Ben Gvir asks the head of Mossad why he pissed Iran that badly, and gets the response that Mossad didn't know about Iran's capabilities. You see, the pattern of NATO (US) strategic (half)ASSessments repeats itself ⚪ they go to war based on fairy tales they invent themselves. They should have asked me, LOL. I would have told them that they will a) lose bigly in 404 b) Iran will launch a strategic level ass-whooping and they, same as Russia, haven't started anything yet. You know, FAFO ⚪ the level of military "science" in the West. This is, of course, if the dialogue is translated correctly. If not ⚪ st…
(2025-06-20). Iranian Missiles Continue Smashing Israeli Deterrence: 17th Wave Hits Strategic Targets in Haifa, Al-Quds. english.almanar.com.lb 
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued a statement to announce the seventeenth wave of Operation "Truthful Promise 3" that was carried out across the occupied territories and targeted a range of objectives including military centers, defense industries, command and control hubs, companies supporting the regime's military operations, as well as the Nevatim and Hatzor …
(2025-06-20). Video: Israel slaughters dozens more starving Palestinians in 'aid' massacres, tent bombings. skwawkbox.org 
Occupation slaughters people queuing for food, refugees in tents in 'safe' zones and Gaza's wrecked hospitals As Israel bleats about blast damage to an Israeli hospital standing next to a military installation bombed by Iran, shamelessly describing it as 'barbaric', the occupation continues to inflict daily, deliberate horrors on innocent civilians in Gaza desperately trying …
(2025-06-20). Iranians Hold "Wrath and Victory" Rallies to Condemn Israeli Aggression, Support Events in Lebanon, Iraq and Yemen. english.almanar.com.lb 
People of Iran attended nationwide demonstrations on Friday to vent their hatred on the Zionist regime and express steadfast support for the homeland amid the Israeli war of aggression against their country. The "wrath and victory" rallies were held across Iran after the Friday prayers. The demonstrations were attended by people of different social strata …
(2025-06-20). U.S./Israel-Iran War: The Issue is Palestine; the Issue is Zionism. counterpunch.org 
On the one hand, I feel the need to say something about the US/Israel-Iran war; On the other hand, I saw it coming and said it right after October 7th, 2023, in "Israel's Solution to Gaza: War on Iran." And I'm really tired and depressed to see it happening as was inevitable. The most important
(2025-06-20). Israel didn't anticipate Iran would demonstrate such military capabilities: Maduro. presstv.ir Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says the Zionist regime did not anticipate the Islamic Repubic of Iran would demonstrate such military capabilities in its retaliatory operation.
(2025-06-20). From Hagiography to Reckoning, This Jew's Path Toward Rejection of Zionism. dissidentvoice.org In Perpetual Nakba I was raised on Zionist hagiography. As I have noted in past social media posts and internet essays, my late mother was a Holocaust survivor. To wit, belief in the Zionist project was a key aspect of my family's coping methods in regard to navigating survivors' trauma. But, over the years, I …
(2025-06-20). June 28 International Day Of Action: 'No War With Iran'. popularresistance.org We call on all peoples of conscience throughout the world to take to the streets on June 28, 2025 and march against the expansion of the Zionist-US aggression from Palestine through Lebanon, Syria and Yemen to Iran. For 20 months the people of Palestine have been steadfast against the collective west's genocide of their people and theft of their land. In the face of a firm resistance, the US and the Zionists had no choice but to expand the war into Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and now Iran. | Iran has supported the regional resistance in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Yemen and Syria for decades and is under attack because…
(2025-06-20). Trump's Plans on Iran: Interview on RT. iacenter.org The Zionists and U.S. imperialism are shocked at Iran's capacity to respond. Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center, on Trump's Plans on Iran Watch Here…
(2025-06-20). Iranian Missiles Rekindle Gaza's Hope. orinocotribune.com By Youssef Fares — Jun 20, 2025 | Gaza | Iranian missiles streaking across Gaza's skies do more than interrupt the relentless hum of Israeli warplanes, they carry with them a long-absent hope. After twenty months of war with no end in sight, many in Gaza had succumbed to a brutal fate, unchanged by human will or divine intervention. In the evenings, however, as Iranian waves of missiles cut through the darkness and light up the sky, spontaneous celebrations erupt. Displaced families in tent camps and ruined buildings break into chants and cheers. | When internet networks came back online after a four-day Isr…
(2025-06-20). University of Sydney announces further attacks on free speech. wsws.org While the immediate target of the new rules is clearly opposition to the intensifying Gaza genocide, they could be used to suppress any opposition to management, the government or the political establishment.
(2025-06-20). MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: peace a UN chief urges Israel and Iran. news.un.org One week since the Israel-Iran conflict erupted, diplomatic efforts to end the war are ramping up in Geneva today as foreign ministers from France, Germany, the UK and the EU prepare to meet their Iranian counterpart. In New York, meanwhile, the UN Security Council heard the UN Secretary-General warn ambassadors that "we are on course to chaos" if the war widens "which could ignite a fire that no one can can control." We'll be covering these developments and more across the UN system today, including updates from Gaza. UN News app users can follow here.
(2025-06-20). Israel's Blockade Is Causing "Man-Made Drought" in Gaza. truthout.org Israel's blockade of fuel entering Gaza is causing a "man-made drought," according to a warning from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). The humanitarian organization estimated Friday that just 40% of Gaza's drinking water-production facilities remain functional. UNICEF said water‚Äëproduction plants are running on dwindling reserves and warned they could collapse entirely without fuel. |
(2025-06-20). Violations Soar Against Children in Armed Conflict. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A boy stands amid the ruins of a collapsed building following Israeli bombardment in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip, May 23, 2025. | © 2025 Eyad Baba/AFP via Getty Images…
(2025-06-20). Freedom flotilla endorses 'Madleen Declaration' on World Refugee Day. skwawkbox.org 
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, whose Gaza-bound humanitarian vessel Madleen and its crew were attacked and seized in international waters in an act of piracy by Israel, has announced its endorsement, on World Refugee Day, of the Palestinian Institute for Climate Strategy's (PICS) Madleen Declaration: The Freedom Flotilla Coalition proudly announces our endorsement of The Madleen …
(2025-06-20). Frankfurt/Main: A harrowing speech on the genocide in Gaza. wsws.org A man with family roots in Palestine described the impact of the Gaza genocide on his family: "While the world looks to the events in Iran, Israel is using the silence to continue bombing Gaza undisturbed."
(2025-06-20). US Weighs Deeper Involvement in Israel's Illegal Attacks Against Iran. truthout.org As Donald Trump threatens to further enmesh the U.S. in Israel's war against Iran with direct strikes, legal experts warn that Israel's attacks violate international law, and that U.S. attacks would violate constitutional and statutory law. Israel began its war on Iran on June 12, with an attack that seemed intended to distract global attention from its genocide in Gaza. Since then… |
(2025-06-20). Israel again included in UN blacklist for grave violations against children. aljazeera.com Violence against children in conflicts hit 'unprecedented levels' in 2024, with most abuses committed in Gaza, UN says.
(2025-06-20). Childhood Malnutrition in Gaza Is "Rising at an Alarming Rate," UNICEF Warns. truthout.org The United Nations Children's Fund said Thursday that childhood malnutrition in the Gaza Strip is "rising at an alarming rate," with more than 5,000 children under the age of 5 treated for the life-threatening condition in May alone as Israel's U.S.-backed genocidal assault and siege against the Palestinian enclave continued for its 20th month. UNICEF said that 5,119 children between 6 months… |
(2025-06-20). Thousands rally in Caracas to demand an end to Israel's attacks on Iran and Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org
(2025-06-20). Shelling the Aid Seekers: Israel's "Humanitarian" Project in Gaza. counterpunch.org 
It's official. If not, it ought to be. Israeli forces freely butcher Palestinians in Gaza of all stripes, standing and states of desperation. They do so casually or indifferently or maliciously. True, they might get the odd militant here and there, but the supposedly professional Israeli Defense Forces is rather good at killing civilians. In what is becoming an almost
(2025-06-20). Israel's Attack on Iran: The Violent New World is Going to Horrify You. dissidentvoice.org 
Western politicians and media are tying themselves up in knots trying to spin the impossible: presenting Israel's unmistakable war of aggression against Iran as some kind of "defensive" move. This time there was no rationalising pretext, as there was for Israel to inflict a genocide in Gaza following Hamas' one-day attack on 7 October 2023. …
(2025-06-20). Gaza horrors continue as the weakest succumb to injuries and disease. news.un.org Death and suffering in Gaza are ever-present and the enclave's people now have little choice but to risk their lives to fetch aid supplies, UN agencies said on Friday.
(2025-06-20). ICRC President: "Humanity is failing in Gaza" icrc.org ICRC President speaks to the BBC about the devastating humanitarian situation in Gaza…
(2025-06-20). At least 35 killed in new Israeli attack on Gaza aid seekers. aljazeera.com Palestinians seeking aid continue to be killed near distribution sites operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
(2025-06-20). Iran state TV hit in Israeli attack on Tehran. ecns.cn The Israeli military attacked the headquarters of Iran's state broadcaster in Tehran on Monday evening, leaving the building with dust and debris. The state TV said it was hit by four bombs during a live broadcast.
(2025-06-20). China and Russia condemn Israeli strikes on Iran, urge de-escalation. geo.tv 
Image collage showing Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. — Reuters/FileXi, Putin condemn Israel's attack on Iran, says Kremlin.Both leaders say they support political, diplomatic solutions.Chinese president calls on Israel to cease…
(2025-06-20). Fires and destruction after Iranian attack in southern Israel. aljazeera.com Iranian missiles struck Beersheba in southern Israel for the second consecutive day.
(2025-06-20). The War on Iran Has Been Long in the Making, and the U.S. Is Already a Party to It. covertactionmagazine.com Precipitated by Israel's deadly bombing operations that have killed top military commanders and nuclear scientists, the U.S. is poised to attack Iran as part of a long-held goal of orchestrating a regime change there. The U.S government appears to want to install as Iran's new leader Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the Shah of …
(2025-06-20). As Europe pushes diplomacy, Iran says no talks while under Israeli fire. haaretz.com
(2025-06-20). Public Condemns María Corina Machado's Statements Asking US Empire to Attack Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This was stated by Venezuelan far-right opposition politician, María Corina Machado, has made a number of statements directly aimed at giving the US empire reasons to take military action against Venezuela, amid global upheaval caused by the Israeli colony's aggression against Iran. "Venezuela is a real threat to the hemisphere and the US," she said. "It is the only country in the hemisphere, other than the US, capable of building Iranian-made combat drones." | An excerpt from an
(2025-06-20). Are Israel's attacks against Iran legal? aljazeera.com International law proscribes the use of force except in self-defence – but what constitutes self-defence?>
(2025-06-20). The Israeli right-wing government attacks Iran. indybay.org Israel deployed 200 fighter jets against 100 targets, destroying | Iran's defensive and offensive capabilities, attacking sites involved | in the nuclear program, and killing numerous nuclear scientists. This destroyed key capabilities of Iran.
(2025-06-20). Working Hard to Justify Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran. scheerpost.com Aftermath in Tehran. Avash Media, CC BY 4.0 By Belén Fernández / Imagine for a moment that Country A launched an illegal and unprovoked attack on Country B. In any sort of objective world, you might expect media coverage of the episode to go something along the lines of: "Country A Launches Illegal and Unprovoked Attack on Country B." | Not so in th…
(2025-06-20). Israel's Sudden Attack on Iran: A Flashpoint in a Deepening Regional Crisis. unitedworldint.com For some reason, seeing the flags of Israel and Germany hanging side by side at the entrance did not strike me as surprising. By Halim Genàßoƒülu While attending an international conference in Germany, I had the opportunity to visit the Berlin Humboldt Museum, a place where history is carefully curated and cultures from across the …
(2025-06-20). Iran, European officials to hold first meeting since Israel conflict began. aljazeera.com Iran, UK, Germany, France and EU foreign ministers to meet in bid to avoid further escalation between Israel and Iran.
(2025-06-20). After Minnesota shootings, Trump, MAGA Republicans stoke more fascist violence. wsws.org In the aftermath of the targeted shootings by a fascist Trump supporter of Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota, Donald Trump and a number of MAGA Republicans have made statements calculated to stoke more fascist violence against members of the nominal opposition party and political opponents of the Trump regime.
(2025-06-20). 62 Percent of Democrats Want Current Party Leaders to Be Replaced, Poll Finds. truthout.org New polling finds that most Democratic voters want the current leaders of the Democratic Party to be replaced, as current leadership has failed to unite behind a coherent message to resist President Donald Trump's fascist power grab. A Reuters/Ipsos poll released Thursday found that 62 percent of self-identified Democrats said that the party should replace Democrats with new leaders… |