Ukraine has been begging for the US to send them their Iron Dome air defense systems for two years with no success but Israel is reportedly going to get them at the first sign of danger. From The Drive, “U.S. Army To Give Its Only Two Iron Dome Batteries To Israel: Reports”: The Pentagon is reportedly […]
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Update(1845ET): Russia has weighed in strongly against the additional US warships recently sent by the Pentagon to the Middle East region, saying this heightened US presence only serves as a risk of “escalation” of the conflict in Gaza. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday during a meeting Tehran that “the more a state takes this kind of proactive measures, the greater […]
Update(1515ET): Hamas has claimed to have repelled a brief Israeli ground incursion, in what marks the first such reported direct ground fight between two sides in Gaza. The Al-Qassam Brigades announced its fighters destroyed two Israeli military bulldozers and a tank as part of an ambush amid the IDF’s conducting ‘limited’ incursions into the strip. “The soldiers of the […]
Update(1735ET): Israeli media is reporting that the United States is currently in talks to establish ‘safe zones’ in Gaza after it was widely reported that the IDF has been given the green light by the Netanyahu government to go into the Gaza Strip. There are also emerging reports that an Orthodox Church in Gaza has suffered attack […]
Update(1535ET): The big controversy out of the UN Security Council on Wednesday is that the US vetoed a draft resolution calling for a humanitarian pause in Gaza, as Israeli airstrikes continue and ground forces are reportedly still staging for an invasion. The draft resolution was proposed by Brazil and condemned “the terrorist attacks by Hamas,” urged […]
Update (2100ET): Wednesday is shaping up as quite a global day of rage as the following series of clips from major cities around the world demonstrates. Iraq: Turkey Lebanon Jordan Qatar Iran Spain Egypt Yemen Germany Greece Canada Morocco * * * Update(1820ET): As expected, the fallout from the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital bombing has been swift, with […]
A group of over 4,000 American sailors and Marines (the equivalent of 307 Israelis) are being sent to gather off the coast of Israel in a show of force against Israel’s enemies. From The Washington Post, “U.S. sending sailors, Marines toward Israel, defense officials say”: The United States is sending an amphibious task force of thousands […]
America can “absolutely” afford to fund Israel’s war with Gaza in addition to Ukraine’s war with Russia, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Sky News in an interview released on Monday. “America can certainly afford to stand with Israel and to support Israel’s military needs and we also can and must support Ukraine in its struggle […]
