Trita Parsi, Nick Cleveland-Stout The details of the tit-for-tat reveal that Israel is not the newly triumphant leader of an anti-Iran alliance, but a lonely pariah in a region that is entering a new era.
Pentagon Chief Trolls Iran On Effectiveness Of Weapons After Israel Attack US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday weighed in on the April 13 Iranian attack on Israel, which was the Islamic Republic's first-ever direct attack on the Jewish state. It included some 300 drones and missiles launched at Israel - the vast majority of which were intercepted by Israeli anti-air defenses, but also with US and Western help, and the deployment of warplanes which shot inbound drones out of...
Coordinated sanctions take aim at drone production.
The overwhelming congressional votes for aid to Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine show just how out of touch the isolationists and Ukraine skeptics on both ends of the American political spectrum are. They also show why it was inexcusable for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to wait so long to engineer passage of the aid bills. Nonetheless, […]
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. After weeks of drawn-out congressional debate over how much the United States should spend on conflicts abroad, President Joe Biden signed a $95.3 billion aid package into…
OTTAWA - Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. The sanctions affect two institutions and two military leaders, and come a week after Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Canada would target more Iranians. Iranian Defence Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani and the country's the most senior military body were both listed on the newly imposed sanctions, in co-ordination...
Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for Hamas’s paramilitary al-Qassam Brigades, on Tuesday praised the Iranian missile attack on Israel and called for “escalation” on every front of the conflict.
The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is at the epicenter of all modern corrupt politics. Similar to every other person I have ever met in Congress, House Speaker Mike Johnson was pressured by the USIC and accepted their position.
Canada announced it was sanctioning Iran's defence minister and top military command organizations while the U.S. and U.K. said they are targeting Iran's drone industry.
NEW YORK — House Speaker Mike Johnson, the Louisiana Republican, held a press conference on the steps of Columbia University above an encampment where demonstrators demanding the school divest itself from Israel-linked businesses have occupied since last week. The speaker blasted university leaders for permitting "mob rule" and intimidation tactics "overtake" the Founding Fathers’ ideals of freedom of speech, freedom of religion and "the free exchange of ideas." Columbia President Minouche...
Biden Takes Swipe At "MAGA Republicans" While Signing 'Vital' Ukraine, Israel Aid Bill During Wednesday's signing ceremony authorizing the House and Senate-approved 95$ billion emergency foreign aid package, President Biden in his remarks took a swipe at "MAGA Republicans" for causing the holdup. "It’s a good day for America, it’s a good day for Europe, and it’s a good day for world peace," Biden said, confirming he signed the legislation. "It’s going to make America safer, it’s...
April 24 (UPI) — Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan will get military aid while TikTok will get a new owner in the United States or or be banned in the nation after President Joe Biden signed a $95 billion aid package bill into law Wednesday. The measure, H.R. 815, also called the National Security Supplemental, provides about $60 billion for Ukraine, […] The post Biden approves $95B aid package for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan — and potential TikTok ban first appeared on Gephardt Daily.