Israel’s US-backed brazen violations of Iranian sovereignty mark a dangerous escalation in Washington’s long war on independent states, exposing the impotence of international law and the necessity of armed resistance.
On the early morning of 13 June, Israel launched an aerial assault on Iran, killing over 224 people to date. This is the gravest breach of Iranian sovereignty since the US-backed Iran–Iraq War of the 1980s, widely understood as a proxy effort to dismantle the nascent Islamic Republic.
The crying shadow in the funeral dance,
The loud lament of the disconsolate chimera.
– T. S. Eliot, Burnt Norton
The question then is, in a scenario of the US de facto at war, what will it take for Russia and China, in concertation, to lose their own strategic patience.
A social media post highlights growing tensions as Arab Palestinian residents—both Muslims and Christians—report being excluded from access to bomb shelters.
According to the post, a Jewish tenant told them, “Friends, I just received from the tenants that we should no longer come to the shelter: Christians and Muslims.” The same tenant, described as apologetic, added that she would be “changing the entrance code to the building.” The residents, living across the street without a safe room or shelter, end their message by asking, “What do you think and what do you suggest we do?… What should we do?”
Thai and and other foreign workers also denied access
Another report shows Israelis refusing Thai and other foreign workers from accessing underground shelters, stating the bunkers were reserved for Jewish citizens only.
The segment features a conversation criticizing U.S. and Israeli military policy, particularly in the context of Iran and missile defense systems. U.S. officials reportedly rejected a proposal to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader, fearing escalation. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is portrayed as exaggerating Israel’s defensive capability and moral authority, claiming Israel is saving the world from Iranian aggression. His claims are challenged by guest Andrei Martyanov, a Russian military analyst, who accuses Israel of lying and being militarily weak, with its air defense systems largely American-made and ineffective.
Martyanov argues:
Israel’s military performance has been poor, especially in the past 96 hours.
The U.S. and Israel’s air defense systems like Iron Dome, David’s Sling, THAAD, and Patriot are overrated and unable to intercept modern missiles effectively, especially hypersonic ones.
American media and defense narratives are driven by hype and self-deception, not real military performance.
Iran has only begun using its older missile stock and still holds more advanced capabilities in reserve.
Russian air defense systems (e.g., S-300, S-400) are significantly more advanced, able to handle high-speed and maneuverable missiles.
Russia’s integrated, multi-band radar and air defense network is based on decades-old designs that outclass Western systems.
Russia has successfully intercepted over 80,000 aerial threats, including 7,500 advanced missiles, due to this superior defense philosophy and infrastructure.
Overall, the guest portrays Western military superiority as a myth and claims current events are exposing that myth.
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs is a world-renowned economics professor, an advisor to political leaders around the world, a bestselling author, and a global leader in sustainable development. Prof. Sachs discusses the reckless surprise attack on Iran, and the dangerous escalation as the US is making preparations to join the war.
What we’re witnessing isn’t just another military escalation; it’s Zionist Israel emptying its vault.
1. The Strategic Stockpile Is Gone:
Drones. Smart bombs. Precision missiles. Weapons reserved for a “doomsday scenario”, all now unleashed. Israel’s top brass had always imagined this confrontation would be with a powerful state actor in the region. That time has come.
In April I was asked by the peace camp outside the US Embassy to participate in this panel about the phenomenon of weaponising anti-Semitism to protect Israel from criticism and opposition.
The Crispin Flintoff Show broadcast it live and you can still watch the whole discussion in the video above.
Netpol’s Kevin Blowe will be in conversation with US civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatsanis for a special book launch event on Tuesday 24 June in London. Book your free ticket now!
Copaganda: Book launch
Tuesday 24 June 7pm – 9pm
Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, London E15QJ
“Copaganda” is a special kind of propaganda employed by police and news media that stokes fear of police-recorded crime and distorts society’s responses to it.
Every day, mass media manipulates our perception of what keeps us safe, fuelling fear against poor people, immigrants, unhoused people, and racialised communities and shifting the public’s focus away from the policies that would help improve people’s lives—things like housing, healthcare, education, and tackling genuine threats like climate-chaos.
You can find out more about the book and order your copy from the New Press.
Israel’s bid to export its assassination doctrine from Lebanon to Iran has backfired. Tehran’s rapid retaliation and deep strategic reserves have exposed the limits of Israeli power – and may drag Washington to the brink of a regional confrontation it can neither afford nor fully control.
With Israel’s unprovoked strikes on key military installations in Iran, killing several leading army officials and nuclear scientists, instability and chaos in the world has surged to the highest level after World War 2.
Speaking to Al Mayadeen, Tehran University professor Dr. Mohammad Marandi says Iran’s goal is not to convince the West, but to expose it. By highlighting US and Israeli crimes in Gaza, Iran aims to show the rest of the world who the real aggressors are, and that it is Iran, not the West, that stands for reason, justice, and diplomacy.
Iran’s recent military actions, particularly drone and missile strikes against Zionist targets, are being closely watched by enemies and attacks over Iran too. Not just through satellites or spies, but through digital content. OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) accounts have become a primary weapon in this war. Their job is to track strikes over Iran in real time, evaluate the damage, and help coordinate re-attacks based on collected evidence. These accounts leak Iranian attack sites even before official sources confirm them, and this is not a coincidence.
June 15, St. Rose, Louisiana — Right now, people are posted up at the St. Rose office of BI Incorporated, standing up for immigrants.
BI is a surveillance company tracking immigrants for ICE. The private prison corporation GEO Group acquired it in 2011. The government uses BI to run its Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (ISAP) to monitor immigrants, all part of the vast web of private contractors — including tech giants — making big bucks off government repression.
This article was delayed until such time that the fog of war, generated by the surprise Zionist attack on Iran, began to lift. Only then could a preliminary determination of the balance of forces be made. I assumed wrongly that an attack while negotiations were pending would not occur as the collateral damage to Trump’s credibility as a negotiator and peacemaker would be too severe.
In my previous articles I wrote that the end of June would be a historical pinch point for US imperialism. By then it would become clear that Russia had conclusively rejected the so-called unconditional ceasefire and would continue to stick to its own demands which were unacceptable to Ukraine and the West. In turn it would become clear that Iran would not give up its nuclear programme. And finally, that Trump was entering no man’s land on tariffs as the early July deadlines appeared particularly with China.
An unnoticed undercurrent of the Israel-Iran war is that three Christian nations in Europe — UK, France and Germany — have joined the fray with alacrity on the side of Israel.
As I write, the government leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) countries – Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the US – are meeting in the remote town of Kananaskis, Alberta, in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, for intense discussions. This will be the 51st summit meeting of the top seven capitalist economies. The G7 still represents 44% of world’s GDP, but now only 10% of the world’s population. Yet the G7 and some of its smaller partners constitute the imperialist core, the so-called Global North, that rules the world. (more…)
Operation True Promise 3 has shaken Israel as Netanyahu begs Trump to enter its war after Iranian missiles smashed into numerous Israeli cities. Brian Berletic reacts to the military significance of these strikes and what it portends for the future of the conflict.
Western governments’ abandonment of the very system of international law which they created was embodied in a tweet from the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which sought to justify the illegal Israeli attack on Iran as “Targeted strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities”.
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