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Iran Says The World Has Accepted It Has Defeated The U.S.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran believes the world has accepted its victory in the nearly six-month war with the United States, citing its control of the Strait of Hormuz and refusal to meet US demands. The claim matters because the waterway’s effective closure is disrupting a major global energy route, while Washington is increasing…
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Paramount accuses Mark Ruffalo of antisemitism after actor criticises studio’s Israel links
Paramount has publicly accused actor Mark Ruffalo of invoking “antisemitic tropes” after he criticised the studio’s financial links to Israel via Oracle, the tech firm backing Paramount Skydance’s proposed $110 billion merger with Warner Bros Discovery. Ruffalo, a longstanding pro-Palestinian advocate who pledged last October not to work with Israeli film institutions during the Gaza…
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Democrats face ‘do-or-die’ split with key voting bloc in razor-close Senate race
Republican Mike Rogers is appealing to Democratic and Jewish voters in Michigan’s closely contested Senate race, following his narrow defeat there two years ago. The effort highlights divisions within the Democratic coalition after a contentious primary, particularly over nominee Abdul El-Sayed’s stance on Israel. Rogers lost the previous Senate contest by about 20,000 votes and…
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The Folly of Negotiating with Hamas
The terror group can never be trusted to lay down arms, renounce violent jihad, and accept a settlement that abides Israel’s existence as a Jewish state.
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AMB GORDON SONDLAND: Our allies enjoyed a free ride trading with Iran. Trump is shutting that down
In an opinion piece for Fox News, former US Ambassador Gordon Sondland argues that President Donald Trump is pursuing a new Iran policy under which allied nations must choose between trading with Tehran and maintaining business ties with the United States. He praises the approach, dubbed “Economic D-Day,” as a departure from previous sanctions regimes…
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Trump doubles down on controlling Strait of Hormuz… as Iran’s president begs for fighting to end while smell of ‘burning flesh’ lingers on Tehran streets
The article’s headline indicates that Donald Trump has reiterated his intention to press for control over the Strait of Hormuz, a vital global shipping route, amid ongoing conflict involving Iran. It reports that Iran’s president has appealed for the fighting to stop, while residents in Tehran describe the lingering smell of “burning flesh” in the…
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Israel-Gaza film sparks boycott row as Tesla joins mass China recall
Pro-Palestinian campaigners in Lebanon, Jordan and other Arab countries have called for a boycott of Marvel’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day, arguing that ticket sales would support producer Avi Arad, whom they say has publicly backed Israel during the Gaza war. The campaign centres on Arad’s political statements and past Israeli military service, rather than the…
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Mark Ruffalo Links Paramount to Oracle’s Israeli Military Ties. The Studio Calls Remarks “Antisemitic”
Actor Mark Ruffalo, a vocal opponent of Paramount’s $111 billion (£87 billion) acquisition of Warner Bros., has escalated his campaign by linking Oracle founder Larry Ellison, whose fortune is bankrolling the deal, to Israel’s military effort in Gaza. On Instagram, Ruffalo shared footage of former Oracle chief Safra Catz discussing the firm’s technology at a…
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‘Voice of Hind Rajab’ Director Slams Israeli Military Investigation Into 5-Year-Old Girl’s Death as a “Smokescreen”
The director of the Oscar-nominated docudrama The Voice of Hind Rajab has dismissed a newly announced Israeli military investigation into the death of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab as a “smokescreen”. Kaouther Ben Hania argued that evidence of what happened, including satellite imagery, ballistic analysis and Hind’s own recorded voice pleading for help, has been…
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How Israel is expanding settlements in drive to reshape West Bank
Israel is significantly accelerating the expansion of settlements across the occupied West Bank, most notably through plans for around 1,200 new homes in the strategically sensitive E1 zone east of Jerusalem. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has framed the building drive explicitly as a means to prevent the creation of a Palestinian state, prompting condemnation from…