Israeli war on Iran –selected articles
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Read the following to learn about
- Facts about Iran
- Main objectives behind Israeli and US war on Iran
- How and why the Zionist regime was established
- The short and long goals behind the US and allies’ presence in the Middle East
- The main destabilizer of the Middle East and the main threats to peace and security in the world
- Roots of war and obstacles to peace
For more information on ‘roots of war and obstacles to peace’ see my previous posts in the same weblog
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https://www.icj.org/israel-iran-israels-attack-on-iran-violates-international-law-threatening-peace-and-security/
Israel/Iran: Israel’s attack on Iran violates international law, threatening peace and security
13 Jun 2025 | News
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) condemns Israel’s use of armed force against Iran’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as a grave violation of the United Nations (UN) Charter and international law and a major threat to international peace and security.
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/planned-us-israeli-attack-on-iran-2/5615443
Expanding Middle East War. Planned US-Israeli Attack on Iran, The War on Energy, Strategic Waterways
Genocide is on The Drawing Board of the Pentagon. The Zionist Lobby is firmly
aligned with U.S. Foreign Policy
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, April 07, 2024
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: History, Intelligence, US NATO War
Agenda
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
First published on November 13, 2023
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https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-attacks-iran-again
US Progressives Say Stop Supporting 'Rogue Genocidal Regime' After Israel's Unprovoked Attack on Iran
"Trump must act immediately to suspend all military support to Israel and stop allowing U.S. arms to fuel war crimes, mass civilian death, and regional collapse," said one critic.
Progressive U.S. lawmakers and human rights defenders demanded an end to unconditional American armed and diplomatic support for Israel after it launched a series of attacks on Iran early Friday, reportedly killing senior military officials and civilians including nuclear scientists, women, and children in a dramatic escalation that Iranian leaders vowed to avenge.
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/americas-perpetual-war-six-questions/5822008?pdf=5822008
America’s Perpetual War: Six Questions
Who are the Beneficiaries of American wars?
By Prof. Joseph H. Chung
Global Research, August 14, 2024
Region: USA
Theme: Global Economy, History, Intelligence, Media Disinformation, Militarization and WMD, Poverty & Social, Inequality, US NATO War Agenda
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/israeli-weapons-of-mass-destruction-a-threat-to-peace-israel-s-nuclear-arsenal/4365
Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Threat to World Peace. History and Analysis
By John Steinbach
Global Research, June 16, 2025
Global Research and DC Iraq Coalition 3 March 2002
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Militarization and WMD
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?, Nuclear War, PALESTINE
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/being-lied-iran/5891035
We Are, of Course, Being Lied to About Iran
The fountain of lies is just getting started. There will be more.
By Caitlin Johnstone
Global Research, June 15, 2025
Caitlin Johnstone
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Media Disinformation, US NATO War Agenda
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/middle-east-fire-israeli-us-imperialism/5891018
The Middle East Is on Fire Because Israeli and U.S. Imperialism Lit the Match
By Black Alliance for Peace
Global Research, June 15, 2025
Black Alliance for Peace 13 June 2025
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Intelligence, Oil and Energy
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/canada-must-condemn-israeli-aggression-against-iran/5890923
Canada Must Condemn Israeli Aggression Against Iran
By Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
Global Research, June 15, 2025
CJPME 13 June 2025
Region: Canada, Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Law and Justice
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/israeli-attack-not-justified-iran-cooperated-address-nuclear-weapon-concerns/5890898
Israeli Attack Not Justified: Iran Had Cooperated to Address Nuclear Weapons’ Concerns. UN Must Act to Stop Escalation
By Bharat Dogra
Global Research, June 13, 2025
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Law and Justice
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/memo-iran-ready-washington-policy/5891033
Memo from Iran: We Are Ready. Mike Whitney
Washington's Perennial Policy Towards Iran: Hector, Belittle, Bully, Repeat
By Mike Whitney
Global Research, June 15, 2025
Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA
Theme: US NATO War Agenda
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
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https://www.palestinechronicle.com/a-preemptive-strike-on-diplomacy-israels-attack-and-the-precipice-of-a-wider-american-war/
A Preemptive Strike on Diplomacy: Israel’s Attack and the Precipice of a Wider American War
June 15, 2025 Articles, Commentary
By Jamal Kanj
If Washington truly opposes escalation, it must say no—publicly and unequivocally—to any role in shielding Israel from the blowback it just invited.
Israel’s latest strike on Iran had nothing to do with dismantling the Iranian (civilian) nuclear program.
This war is not a preemptive blow against Iran —it is a preemptive strike against diplomacy itself.
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https://thecradle.co/articles/israels-war-on-iran-was-never-just-about-nukes
Israel’s war on Iran was never just about nukes
Netanyahu has always sought more than just a halt to Iran’s nuclear program. In the current war, Tel Aviv sees a historic opportunity to finally bring down the Islamic Republic.
Qassem
JUN 14, 2025
“The Iranian regime has never been weaker. This is your moment – Iranians – to rise up, make your voices heard. We stand with you.”
— Benjamin Netanyahu, 13 June 2025
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/present-state-israel-vs-israel-bible/5870275
The Present State of Israel vs. the Israel of the Bible: Understanding the Difference. “The Present State of Israel Is Not the Israel of God”
By Prof. Ruel F. Pepa
Global Research, April 15, 2025
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: History, Law and Justice, Religion
In-depth Report: PALESTINE
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The CIA’s War-before-War: From Iraq to Iran
A US blueprint drawn in 2002 to break Iraq before invading is being revived against Iran – with sabotage, assassinations, and psychological warfare already underway.
By Shivan Mahendrarajah
Global Research, May 15, 2025
The Cradle 13 May 2025
Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA
Theme: Intelligence, US NATO War Agenda
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?,
IRAQ REPORT
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https://kucinichreport.substack.com/p/the-high-price-of-war-with-iran-10
The High Price of War with Iran: $10 Gas and the Collapse of the U.S. Economy
Netanyahu's government is going down and he wants to take America with him.
Dennis Kucinich=expert-presidential candidate-representative-antiwar activist
Mar 25, 2025
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https://www.globalresearch.ca/pre-emptive-nuclear-war-the-role-of-israel-in-triggering-an-attack-on-iran/5840256
Pre-emptive Nuclear War: The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran
Chapter III of "The Globalization of War" by Michel Chossudovsky
By Prof Michel Chossudovsky
Global Research, March 10, 2024
Region: Middle East & North Africa, USA
Theme: Intelligence, Militarization and WMD
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
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Excerpts from the selected articles:
Excerpt 1
Benjamin Netanyahu has spent literally decades falsely claiming that Iran was a year or two away from developing a nuke, only to have the calendar prove him wrong with the passage of time over and over again.
US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard testified just weeks ago that
“The IC [Intelligence Community] continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program he suspended in 2003.”
Excerpt 2
Overnight, the zionist entity of Israel escalated its war of aggression against Iran by
launching unprovoked attacks on the Islamic Republic. The notion that a rogue
ethnostate that is currently carrying out a genocide believes that it possesses the
right to determine which countries can and cannot develop a nuclear weapon is
both bizarre and egregious as well as brazenly hypocritical, and further
demonstrates that the State of Israel operates firmly within the structures of white
“supremacy” ideology, colonialism, and imperialism. Iran, like all sovereign nations, has the
right to defend itself from aggression and uphold its security in the face of repeated threats
and acts of war. This stands in stark contrast to Israel, which operates a settler colonial
occupation of Palestine, as well as portions of Lebanon and Syria.
Excerpt 3
Possessing chemical and biological weapons, an extremely sophisticated nuclear
arsenal, and an aggressive strategy for their actual use, Israel provides the major
regional impetus for the development of weapons of mass destruction and
represents an acute threat to peace and stability in the Middle East.
Excerpt 4
It is a profound error to equate the modern state of Israel with the Israel of the Bible. The
current Israeli state is a political entity created through secular, Zionist aims, not the
fulfillment of God’s covenant promises. It operates without regard for the biblical principles
of justice, mercy, and righteousness that God commanded His people to follow.
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Read on to see the full text of a couple of articles
Complete articles:
We Are, of Course, Being Lied to About Iran
The fountain of lies is just getting started. There will be more.
By Caitlin Johnstone
Global Research, June 15, 2025
Caitlin Johnstone
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Media Disinformation, US NATO
War Agenda
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
Iran and Israel are at war, with the US already intimately involved and likely to become
more so. Which of course means we’ll be spending the foreseeable future getting bashed in
the face with lies from the most powerful people in the world.
The most immediately obvious of these is the Netanyahu-promoted narrative that Israel
initiated this conflict because Iran was on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon. With
absolutely no self-consciousness or sense of irony, the Israeli prime minister followed the
attacks with a statement accusing Iran of “genocidal rhetoric” which it has backed up “with
a program to develop nuclear weapons.” Israel, as we all know, has an unacknowledged
nuclear arsenal, and its leaders are presently committing genocide in Gaza while spouting
genocidal rhetoric.
“And if not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time,”
Netanyahu claimed. “It could be a year. It could be within a few months — less than a
year. This is a clear and present danger to Israel’s very survival.”
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The western political/media class have been dutifully promoting this line and uncritically
parroting Israel’s claim that its unprovoked attack on Iran was “preemptive”, but there is
absolutely no evidence that any of this is true.
Benjamin Netanyahu has spent literally decades falsely claiming that Iran was a year or
two away from developing a nuke, only to have the calendar prove him wrong with the
passage of time over and over again.
US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard testified just weeks ago that
“The IC [Intelligence Community] continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear
weapon and Supreme Leader Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons
program he suspended in 2003.”
As journalist Séamus Malekafzali recently noted on Twitter, one of the strongest arguments
that Iran had not reversed its decision to refrain from obtaining nuclear weapons is that
Iranian nuclear scientists have been publicly expressing frustration about the fact that their| 2
government won’t allow them to construct a nuke. They want to do it, but Tehran won’t let
them.
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Watch on X
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth helped pave the way for Netanyahu’s claims this
past Wednesday when he told the Senate that “there have been plenty of indications” Iran
has been “moving their way toward something that would look a lot like a nuclear weapon.”
This claim by Hegseth was swiftly scooped up and promoted by warmongers like Tom
Cotton who said that Hegseth had “confirmed that Iran’s terrorist regime is actively
working towards a nuclear weapon.”| 3
Cotton’s claim was then picked up by war pundit Mark Levin, who has been personally
lobbying Trump to green light an attack on Iran, sarcastically quipping on Twitter,
“So, SecDef Hegseth must by lying, too. Everyone’s lying except the isolationists, Kochheads, Islamists, Chatsworth Qatarlson and their media propagandists.”
But let’s back up and look at what Hegseth actually said. He did not say “Iran is building a
nuclear weapon.” He said “there have been plenty of indications” Iran has been “moving
their way toward something that would look a lot like a nuclear weapon.”
If the US had intelligence that Iran was building a nuke, Hegseth would have just said so. But
instead he performed this freakish verbal gymnastics stunt muttering about indications of
something that might kinda sorta look like a nuclear weapon, which his fellow Iran hawks
then falsely took and ran with as a positive assertion that Iran was building a nuke.
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There are other lies being circulated to help market this war as well. As Moon of Alabama
notes, the Washington Post’s odious war propagandist David Ignatius is pushing the
narrative that Iran has been cultivating a relationship with de-facto al-Qaeda leader Saif alAdel. The lie that Saddam Hussein was in league with al-Qaeda was used two decades ago
to sell the invasion of Iraq.
At the same time, Trumpian pundits are currently circulating the narrative that the United
States is full of Iranian “sleeper cells” who could activate at any moment and begin
attacking Americans. The most egregious of these is Laura Loomer’s repeated claims that
there are “millions” of such cells awaiting Iran’s orders to strike — possibly the single most
bat shit insane claim I have ever seen anyone with any major platform make, since it would| 5
mean a very sizable percentage of the US population is actually a secret Iranian proxy army.
The fountain of lies is just getting started. There will be more. Believe nothing unless it is
substantiated by mountains of evidence. These freaks have been caught lying to sell wars to
the public far too many times for any of their claims to be taken on faith.
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The original source of this article is Caitlin Johnstone
Copyright © Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone, 2025
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The Middle East Is on Fire Because Israeli and U.S. Imperialism Lit the Match
By Black Alliance for Peace
Global Research, June 15, 2025
Black Alliance for Peace 13 June 2025
Region: Middle East & North Africa
Theme: Intelligence, Oil and Energy
In-depth Report: IRAN: THE NEXT WAR?
Overnight, the zionist entity of Israel escalated its war of aggression against Iran by
launching unprovoked attacks on the Islamic Republic. The notion that a rogue
ethnostate that is currently carrying out a genocide believes that it possesses the
right to determine which countries can and cannot develop a nuclear weapon is
both bizarre and egregious as well as brazenly hypocritical, and further
demonstrates that the State of Israel operates firmly within the structures of white
“supremacy” ideology, colonialism, and imperialism. Iran, like all sovereign nations, has the
right to defend itself from aggression and uphold its security in the face of repeated threats
and acts of war. This stands in stark contrast to Israel, which operates a settler colonial
occupation of Palestine, as well as portions of Lebanon and Syria.
The idea of Israel, the zionist occupation, claiming a moral position is absurd. And the fact
that the international community continues to give Israel any credibility is a dereliction of
duty and forms a vacuum of morality for all of those who do not stand resolutely against its
genocide in Palestine and its attacks on Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iran. Israel’s immunity
granted by Western colonial nations is a further reflection of the moral gulf between these
states and the vast majority of humankind that subscribes to values that uphold People(s)-
Centered Human Rights, self-determination, and dignity.
Israel’s unprovoked attack is another example of the lawlessness that is fully supported by
the U.S. The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) rejects the notion that the U.S. was unaware of
this attack. The U.S. had the ability to stop this attack if it was serious about containing
Israel’s perpetual war crimes and disregard for international law, which is a major threat to
any form of true peace. The combination of Israel’s continued genocidal assaults and ethnic
cleansing against the Palestinian people, and its bombings and occupations of portions of
the sovereign nations of Syria and Lebanon prove that Israel and the U.S. are the most
dangerous nations in the world. Their power must be dismantled.
To conflate Israel’s actions with Jewish values is the height of antisemitism. Zionism, an
ideology of white “supremacy,” must be wholly separated from Judaism’s teachings of
justice, human rights, and inclusivity. Israel is no more a “Jewish state” than the U.S. is a
“Christian state.” Both are violent constructs of ethnonationalism. BAP firmly rejects the
conflation of Judaism with the barbarism of zionism, just as we denounce the antisemitic
trope that equates zionism with Judaism itself.
Israel’s militarism further threatens global stability by spiking the price of oil by eight
percent in one night. This economic shockwave further demonstrates why we must continue| 2
linking the devastation of war with the devastation associated with the climate catastrophe
that is fueled by capitalist war profiteering interests of fossil fuel cartels and the military
industrial complex who both benefit from the Israeli war machine at the expense of human
life and the ecosystems necessary to sustain it. Israel’s aggression is capitalism’s credit card
with an unlimited spending limit.
History will remember this moment and Israel’s barbaric acts as an indelible and
ignominious stain on international “law” and cooperation, people(s)-centered human rights
and the basic tenets of human dignity.
In response, BAP demands that:
The UN Security Council and European Union impose immediate sanctions and
consequences for Israel’s illegal acts, and institute an arms embargo.
The international community must expel Israel from the United Nations. It has no
place among fraternal nations.
The international community categorically reject Israel’s fraudulent claims to
jurisdiction over Iran’s lawful nuclear energy program.
The IAEA investigate Israel’s unregulated nuclear program with the same rigor
applied to others.
U.S. lawmakers enforce laws prohibiting military aid to human rights violators by
cutting off all arms transfers to Israel or face prosecution at the ICC and ICJ for
complicity in war crimes.
The ICC indict and prosecute Israeli and U.S. officials for continued war crimes
throughout West Asia and the lawlessness of genocide perpetuated against the
Palestinian people.
All anti-imperialist, anti-war, pro-peace movements and organizations support
Iran’s right to sovereignty, self-defense, and self-determination against Israel’s
murderous aggression.
No Compromise! No Retreat!
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The original source of this article is Black Alliance for Peace
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