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https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/xi-draws-a-line-on-north-kore=
a-s-alliance-demands
Xi draws a line on North Korea=E2=80=99s alliance demands

*The Pyongyang visit had one purpose: limiting China=E2=80=99s exposure as =
North
Korean troops fight in Europe.*
*Khang Vu* <https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/khang-vu>
*12 June 2026*

Lost among the flag-waving children and red-carpet welcome for Xi Jinping
in Pyongyang last week was the true intention of the visit =E2=80=93 China=
=E2=80=99s wish
to absolve itself of any responsibility for North Korea=E2=80=99s military =
presence
in Europe.

China and North Korea are treaty allies, and while Beijing is a =E2=80=9Cfo=
rever=E2=80=9D
partner of Moscow, it has no desire to become entrapped
<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2025.2464423>in
great-power competition with the United States in both the European and
Asian theatres.

A long history informs this view. China was initially
<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-east-asian-studies/arti=
cle/alliance-treaty-as-wedge-strategy-the-origin-of-the-chinanorth-korea-19=
61-treaty-of-friendship-cooperation-and-mutual-assistance/AFC5EDE1FEBD8EF5C=
3BB4EEC0C391E11>
worried
in 1961 about signing an alliance with North Korea, fearing it would become
tangled in a war started by Pyongyang. Beijing=E2=80=99s original position =
was that
it would only sign such a treaty after Korean unification. But after the
Sino=E2=80=93Soviet Split
<https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-east-asian-studies/arti=
cle/alliance-treaty-as-wedge-strategy-the-origin-of-the-chinanorth-korea-19=
61-treaty-of-friendship-cooperation-and-mutual-assistance/AFC5EDE1FEBD8EF5C=
3BB4EEC0C391E11>
and
a 1961 Soviet Union=E2=80=93North Korea Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation =
and
Mutual Assistance, China reversed its original position.

To win favour with Pyongyang, the text
<https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/documents/china_dprk.htm>of the
China=E2=80=93North Korea treaty is vague when it comes to defining the con=
dition
of China=E2=80=99s military assistance, as Beijing did not specify
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-warns-north-korea-youre-on-your=
-own-if-you-go-after-the-us/2017/08/11/a01a4396-7e68-11e7-9026-4a0a64977c92=
_story.html>whether
it would aid North Korea if Pyongyang attacked another party first. This
left the door open for Chinese intervention on North Korea=E2=80=99s side w=
ere
Pyongyang to resume the Korean War. China only clarified the condition in
2017 =E2=80=93 at the height of the US-North Korea =E2=80=9Cfire and fury=
=E2=80=9D nuclear standoff
=E2=80=93 that it would rescue North Korea only if it was attacked first.

China assures North Korea it still has Pyongyang=E2=80=99s back in Asia =E2=
=80=93 which
frees it to keep dispatching troops to Russia.

The treaty also defines a geographical scope for China=E2=80=99s commitment=
 =E2=80=93 and
this is what now worries Xi. Article I says
<https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/documents/china_dprk.htm>that China
and North Korea entered the treaty to =E2=80=9Csafeguard the peace of Asia =
and the
world and the security of all peoples=E2=80=9D, while Article VI affirms
<https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/documents/china_dprk.htm>both
parties=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9Caim of preserving peace in the Far East=E2=80=9D.

North Korean participation in the Russia=E2=80=93Ukraine war complicates th=
is
commitment. North Korea did not start the war, nor has it
<https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/are-there-actually-north-kor=
ean-troops-inside-ukraine>directly
violated Ukrainian sovereignty. But Ukrainian armed forces killing North
Korean troops in Kursk could theoretically activate a call for Chinese
military assistance, given the geographical scope of the treaty remains
vague =E2=80=93 is it the world or just the Far East?

North Korea had earlier sent troops to the Vietnam War, but the
geographical scope of China=E2=80=99s commitment was not a problem then giv=
en that
Beijing also sent forces to help Hanoi fight the United States and South
Vietnam.

Xi=E2=80=99s visit serves to clarify this geographical scope. In the Chines=
e state
readout  <https://www.mfa.gov.cn/zyxw/202606/t20260608_11939783.shtml>,
Asia is emphasised
<https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/08/WS6a26b57aa310d6866eb4d144.html>=
as
the focus of China=E2=80=93North Korea cooperation. Pyongyang=E2=80=99s Kor=
ean Central News
Agency
<http://www.kcna.kp/en/article/q/94efb44820c7ead9128256163e82902e.kcmsf>
 and Rodong Sinmun
<http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php?MTJAMjAyNi0wNi0wOS0wMDhAMUAxQEAwQDdA=
=3D=3D>omit
any mention of =E2=80=9CAsia=E2=80=9D. Such an omission is intentional, bec=
ause Pyongyang
wants to link
<https://www.nknews.org/2025/05/how-kim-jong-uns-latest-speech-justifies-no=
rth-korean-troop-dispatch-to-russia/>
the
European and the Asian theatres to justify its decision to send troops to
Russia as a defence of North Korea itself. North Korea=E2=80=99s omission o=
f =E2=80=9CAsia=E2=80=9D
is consistent with its decision not to acknowledge
<https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/will-north-korea-defend-chin=
a-taiwan-war>China=E2=80=99s
2017 clarification on the condition of military support when both sides
renewed
<https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/why-china-north-korea-decide=
d-renew-60-year-old-treaty>
the
treaty in 2021. North Korea does not want any limits on Chinese military
assistance, whether on sequencing or geography.

A photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik showing
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un in
Pyongyang in 2024 (Getty Images)

About the author

Khang Vu
<https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/khang-vu>

Khang Vu is a visiting scholar in the Political Science Department at
Boston College.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0=
,0)"><a href=3D"https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/xi-draws-a-li=
ne-on-north-korea-s-alliance-demands" target=3D"_blank"><br class=3D"gmail-=
Apple-interchange-newline">https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/xi=
-draws-a-line-on-north-korea-s-alliance-demands</a></div><div style=3D"font=
-family:verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><h1><span style=3D"color:rgb(1=
1,83,148)">Xi draws a line on North Korea=E2=80=99s alliance demands</span>=
</h1><div><p><b style=3D"color:rgb(11,83,148)">The Pyongyang visit had one =
purpose: limiting China=E2=80=99s exposure as North Korean troops fight in =
Europe.</b></p></div><a href=3D"https://www.lowyinstitute.org/people/khang-=
vu" target=3D"_blank"><b>Khang Vu</b></a></div><div style=3D"font-family:ve=
rdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b><span style=3D"color:rgb(153,0,0)">12=
 June 2026</span></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;col=
or:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:verdana,sans-serif;color=
:rgb(0,0,0)"><div><p>Lost among the flag-waving children and red-carpet wel=
come for Xi Jinping in Pyongyang last week was the true intention of the vi=
sit =E2=80=93 China=E2=80=99s wish to absolve itself of any responsibility =
for North Korea=E2=80=99s military presence in Europe.</p><p>China and Nort=
h Korea are treaty allies, and while Beijing is a =E2=80=9Cforever=E2=80=9D=
 partner of Moscow, it has no desire to become=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener nore=
ferrer" href=3D"https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10670564.2025.=
2464423" target=3D"_blank">entrapped=C2=A0</a>in great-power competition wi=
th the United States in both the European and Asian theatres.</p><p>A long =
history informs this view. China was=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" hr=
ef=3D"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-east-asian-studies=
/article/alliance-treaty-as-wedge-strategy-the-origin-of-the-chinanorth-kor=
ea-1961-treaty-of-friendship-cooperation-and-mutual-assistance/AFC5EDE1FEBD=
8EF5C3BB4EEC0C391E11" target=3D"_blank">initially</a>=C2=A0worried in 1961 =
about signing an alliance with North Korea, fearing it would become tangled=
 in a war started by Pyongyang. Beijing=E2=80=99s original position was tha=
t it would only sign such a treaty after Korean unification. But=C2=A0<a re=
l=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/j=
ournal-of-east-asian-studies/article/alliance-treaty-as-wedge-strategy-the-=
origin-of-the-chinanorth-korea-1961-treaty-of-friendship-cooperation-and-mu=
tual-assistance/AFC5EDE1FEBD8EF5C3BB4EEC0C391E11" target=3D"_blank">after t=
he Sino=E2=80=93Soviet Split=C2=A0</a>=C2=A0and a 1961 Soviet Union=E2=80=
=93North Korea Treaty of Friendship, Co-operation and Mutual Assistance, Ch=
ina reversed its original position.</p><p>To win favour with Pyongyang, the=
=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.marxists.org/subje=
ct/china/documents/china_dprk.htm" target=3D"_blank">text=C2=A0</a>of the C=
hina=E2=80=93North Korea treaty is vague when it comes to defining the cond=
ition of China=E2=80=99s military assistance, as Beijing=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noo=
pener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-warns-=
north-korea-youre-on-your-own-if-you-go-after-the-us/2017/08/11/a01a4396-7e=
68-11e7-9026-4a0a64977c92_story.html" target=3D"_blank">did not specify=C2=
=A0</a>whether it would aid North Korea if Pyongyang attacked another party=
 first. This left the door open for Chinese intervention on North Korea=E2=
=80=99s side were Pyongyang to resume the Korean War. China only clarified =
the condition in 2017 =E2=80=93 at the height of the US-North Korea =E2=80=
=9Cfire and fury=E2=80=9D nuclear standoff =E2=80=93 that it would rescue N=
orth Korea only if it was attacked first.</p></div><div><blockquote><p>Chin=
a assures North Korea it still has Pyongyang=E2=80=99s back in Asia =E2=80=
=93 which frees it to keep dispatching troops to Russia.</p></blockquote></=
div><div><p>The treaty also defines a geographical scope for China=E2=80=99=
s commitment =E2=80=93 and this is what now worries Xi. Article I=C2=A0<a r=
el=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/d=
ocuments/china_dprk.htm" target=3D"_blank">says=C2=A0</a>that China and Nor=
th Korea entered the treaty to =E2=80=9Csafeguard the peace of Asia and the=
 world and the security of all peoples=E2=80=9D, while Article VI=C2=A0<a r=
el=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.marxists.org/subject/china/d=
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=80=99 =E2=80=9Caim of preserving peace in the Far East=E2=80=9D.</p><p>Nor=
th Korean participation in the Russia=E2=80=93Ukraine war complicates this =
commitment. North Korea did not start the war,=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener nore=
ferrer" href=3D"https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/are-there-act=
ually-north-korean-troops-inside-ukraine" target=3D"_blank">nor has it=C2=
=A0</a>directly violated Ukrainian sovereignty. But Ukrainian armed forces =
killing North Korean troops in Kursk could theoretically activate a call fo=
r Chinese military assistance, given the geographical scope of the treaty r=
emains vague =E2=80=93 is it the world or just the Far East?</p><p>North Ko=
rea had earlier sent troops to the Vietnam War, but the geographical scope =
of China=E2=80=99s commitment was not a problem then given that Beijing als=
o sent forces to help Hanoi fight the United States and South Vietnam.</p><=
p>Xi=E2=80=99s visit serves to clarify this geographical scope. In the Chin=
ese state=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.mfa.gov.c=
n/zyxw/202606/t20260608_11939783.shtml" target=3D"_blank">readout=C2=A0</a>=
, Asia is=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.chinadail=
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hasised=C2=A0</a>as the focus of China=E2=80=93North Korea cooperation. Pyo=
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of =E2=80=9CAsia=E2=80=9D. Such an omission is intentional, because Pyongya=
ng wants to=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.nknews.=
org/2025/05/how-kim-jong-uns-latest-speech-justifies-north-korean-troop-dis=
patch-to-russia/" target=3D"_blank">link=C2=A0</a>=C2=A0the European and th=
e Asian theatres to justify its decision to send troops to Russia as a defe=
nce of North Korea itself. North Korea=E2=80=99s omission of =E2=80=9CAsia=
=E2=80=9D is consistent with its=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=
=3D"https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/will-north-korea-defend-c=
hina-taiwan-war" target=3D"_blank">decision not to acknowledge=C2=A0</a>Chi=
na=E2=80=99s 2017 clarification on the condition of military support when b=
oth sides=C2=A0<a rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" href=3D"https://www.lowyinsti=
tute.org/the-interpreter/why-china-north-korea-decided-renew-60-year-old-tr=
eaty" target=3D"_blank">renewed=C2=A0</a>=C2=A0the treaty in 2021. North Ko=
rea does not want any limits on Chinese military assistance, whether on seq=
uencing or geography.</p></div><div><div><p><img alt=3D"" src=3D"https://ww=
w.lowyinstitute.org/_next/image?url=3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fcdn.sanity.io%2Fimages%=
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ssian state agency Sputnik showing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Nor=
th Korea&#39;s leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang in 2024 (Getty Images)</p></=
div><div><div><p>About the author</p><div><a href=3D"https://www.lowyinstit=
ute.org/people/khang-vu" target=3D"_blank"><p>Khang Vu</p></a><p>Khang Vu i=
s a visiting scholar in the Political Science Department at Boston College.=
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Growing Egypt-Turkey defence ties draw Israeli and US attention

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June 8, 2026
[image: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel
Fattah el-Sisi attend the signing ceremony for the agreements following
their meeting in Cairo, Egypt on February 4, 2026. [Do=C4=9Fukan Keskink=C4=
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Anadolu Agency]]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah
el-Sisi attend the signing ceremony for the agreements following their
meeting in Cairo, Egypt on February 4, 2026. [Do=C4=9Fukan Keskink=C4=B1l=
=C4=B1=C3=A7 =E2=80=93 Anadolu
Agency]

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Israeli media reports say the United States is seeking clarification
regarding expanding military and security contacts between Egypt and Turkey
amid concerns that closer cooperation between the two regional powers could
reshape strategic dynamics in the Eastern Mediterranean.

According to the Israeli newspaper *Maariv*, US officials have recently
observed a significant increase in the frequency and level of military
coordination between Cairo and Ankara, prompting Washington to seek
additional information about the nature of the discussions.

The newspaper reported that the US State Department asked diplomatic staff
in both Egypt and Turkey to provide assessments of recent contacts between
senior officials in the two countries=E2=80=99 defence establishments.

According to the report, US intelligence assessments have noted increased
cooperation on military and security issues, raising questions in
Washington about whether the two countries are moving towards broader
defence or security agreements.

READ: Anger in Israel after Turkish interior minister says: =E2=80=98we wil=
l one
day liberate Jerusalem=E2=80=99
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260608-anger-in-israel-after-turkish-i=
nterior-minister-says-we-will-one-day-liberate-jerusalem/>

*Maariv* also reported that Israel has been encouraging the United States
to gather information about the growing security relationship between Cairo
and Ankara and is seeking additional details through its own channels.

According to the newspaper, concerns have also been raised by other
regional actors, including Greece and Cyprus, which closely monitor
security developments in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The report cited unnamed sources as saying that some governments view the
recent increase in Egyptian-Turkish military contacts as unusual in both
scale and frequency.

Neither Egypt nor Turkey has publicly commented on the claims contained in
the report.

Relations between Cairo and Ankara have improved significantly in recent
years following a decade of political tensions, with both countries
restoring diplomatic ties and expanding cooperation across a range of
economic, political and regional issues.

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aariv</span></i><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">, US officials have r=
ecently observed a significant increase in the frequency and level of milit=
ary coordination between Cairo and Ankara, prompting Washington to seek add=
itional information about the nature of the discussions.</span></p><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-h=
eight:28px"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">The newspaper reported th=
at the US State Department asked diplomatic staff in both Egypt and Turkey =
to provide assessments of recent contacts between senior officials in the t=
wo countries=E2=80=99 defence establishments.</span></p><p style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px"=
><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">According to the report, US intellig=
ence assessments have noted increased cooperation on military and security =
issues, raising questions in Washington about whether the two countries are=
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ght:bolder">READ:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/2026060=
8-anger-in-israel-after-turkish-interior-minister-says-we-will-one-day-libe=
rate-jerusalem/" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(203,0,0);text-dec=
oration:none;outline:none">Anger in Israel after Turkish interior minister =
says: =E2=80=98we will one day liberate Jerusalem=E2=80=99</a></span></p><p=
 style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;=
line-height:28px"><i style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"><span style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box">Maariv</span></i><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">=C2=
=A0also reported that Israel has been encouraging the United States to gath=
er information about the growing security relationship between Cairo and An=
kara and is seeking additional details through its own channels.</span></p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15p=
x;line-height:28px"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">According to the =
newspaper, concerns have also been raised by other regional actors, includi=
ng Greece and Cyprus, which closely monitor security developments in the Ea=
stern Mediterranean.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px=
;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px"><span style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box">The report cited unnamed sources as saying that some governme=
nts view the recent increase in Egyptian-Turkish military contacts as unusu=
al in both scale and frequency.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px"><span style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box">Neither Egypt nor Turkey has publicly commented =
on the claims contained in the report.</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px"><span =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">Relations between Cairo and Ankara have imp=
roved significantly in recent years following a decade of political tension=
s, with both countries restoring diplomatic ties and expanding cooperation =
across a range of economic, political and regional issues.</span></p></div>=
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*https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260612-egypt-and-turkey-launch-joint-a=
ir-force-exercises/
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260612-egypt-and-turkey-launch-joint-a=
ir-force-exercises/>
 *

*6/12/26*

*Egypt and Turkey launch joint air force exercises*
[image: The SOLOTURK jet display team of the Turkish Air Force performs a
rehearsal flight ahead of the Youth and Aviation Festival, to be held on
June 6-7 as part of the anniversary of the Turkish Air Force's
establishment, in Izmir, Turkiye, on June 4, 2026. [Lokman =C4=B0lhan - Ana=
dolu
Agency]]

*Egypt and Turkey have begun joint air force exercises at several Egyptian
air bases, marking a further expansion of military cooperation between the
two countries amid improving bilateral relations.*

*The Egyptian Armed Forces announced the start of the training programme on
Thursday, describing it as part of ongoing efforts to strengthen defence
cooperation and enhance operational coordination between the two
militaries.*

*According to the military spokesperson, the exercises involve multi-role
combat aircraft from both countries and will continue for several days.*

*The drills include a range of complex operational scenarios designed to
simulate contemporary security and combat challenges.*

*READ: Report: Growing Egypt-Turkey defence ties draw Israeli and US
attention
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260608-report-growing-egypt-turkey-def=
ence-ties-draw-israeli-and-us-attention/>*

*The first phase focused on theoretical sessions and professional exchanges
between participating air crews, aimed at harmonising operational concepts
and sharing training experience.*

*The exercises subsequently moved to practical operations, with Egyptian
and Turkish pilots conducting joint training sorties and carrying out
simulated missions intended to improve interoperability and tactical
coordination.*

*According to the Egyptian military, the manoeuvres are designed to enhance
the capabilities of participating personnel and raise overall combat
readiness for joint air operations under a variety of operational
conditions.*

*The exercises come as relations between Cairo and Ankara continue to
improve following years of political tensions. In recent years, the two
countries have restored diplomatic ties and expanded cooperation across
political, economic and security sectors.*

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f=3D"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260612-egypt-and-turkey-launch-joi=
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m/20260612-egypt-and-turkey-launch-joint-air-force-exercises/</a>=C2=A0 =C2=
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=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">6/12/26</b></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=
=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><b><br></b></div><div sty=
le=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><h1 style=3D"line-height:1.2141em;margin-t=
op:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&=
quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><font size=3D"4"><i>Egypt and Turkey launch joi=
nt air force exercises</i></font></h1><div style=3D"max-width:100%;margin-b=
ottom:1.15em;line-height:1.5em;font-family:-apple-system-font;color:rgba(0,=
0,0,0.65)"><img src=3D"https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-conte=
nt/uploads/2026/06/AA-20260604-41580169-41580164-SOLOTURK_JET_DISPLAY_TEAM_=
PERFORMS_REHEARSAL_FLIGHT_IN_IZMIR-1.jpg?fit=3D920%2C613&amp;ssl=3D1" alt=
=3D"The SOLOTURK jet display team of the Turkish Air Force performs a rehea=
rsal flight ahead of the Youth and Aviation Festival, to be held on June 6-=
7 as part of the anniversary of the Turkish Air Force&#39;s establishment, =
in Izmir, Turkiye, on June 4, 2026. [Lokman =C4=B0lhan - Anadolu Agency]" s=
tyle=3D"margin:auto 0px auto auto;display:block;clear:both" width=3D"412" h=
eight=3D"275"></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-fam=
ily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>Egypt an=
d Turkey have begun joint air force exercises at several Egyptian air bases=
, marking a further expansion of military cooperation between the two count=
ries amid improving bilateral relations.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%"><b>The Egyptian Armed Forces announced the start of=
 the training programme on Thursday, describing it as part of ongoing effor=
ts to strengthen defence cooperation and enhance operational coordination b=
etween the two militaries.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:r=
gb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%"><b>According to the military spokesperson, the exercises involve =
multi-role combat aircraft from both countries and will continue for severa=
l days.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-f=
amily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>The dr=
ills include a range of complex operational scenarios designed to simulate =
contemporary security and combat challenges.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-=
width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><st=
rong style=3D"max-width:100%">READ:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.middleeastm=
onitor.com/20260608-report-growing-egypt-turkey-defence-ties-draw-israeli-a=
nd-us-attention/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-w=
idth:100%" target=3D"_blank">Report: Growing Egypt-Turkey defence ties draw=
 Israeli and US attention</a></strong></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:=
rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%"><b>The first phase focused on theoretical sessions and professio=
nal exchanges between participating air crews, aimed at harmonising operati=
onal concepts and sharing training experience.</b></span></p><p style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><=
span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>The exercises subsequently moved to practi=
cal operations, with Egyptian and Turkish pilots conducting joint training =
sorties and carrying out simulated missions intended to improve interoperab=
ility and tactical coordination.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;c=
olor:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"=
max-width:100%"><b>According to the Egyptian military, the manoeuvres are d=
esigned to enhance the capabilities of participating personnel and raise ov=
erall combat readiness for joint air operations under a variety of operatio=
nal conditions.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27=
);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><=
b>The exercises come as relations between Cairo and Ankara continue to impr=
ove following years of political tensions. In recent years, the two countri=
es have restored diplomatic ties and expanded cooperation across political,=
 economic and security sectors.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;co=
lor:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><br></p></div></=
div>
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*https://sputnikglobe.com/20260612/iranian-media-publishes-14-point-iran-us=
-deal-draft-revealing-tehrans-key-conditions-1124301003.html
<https://sputnikglobe.com/20260612/iranian-media-publishes-14-point-iran-us=
-deal-draft-revealing-tehrans-key-conditions-1124301003.html>*

*Iranian Media Publishes 14-Point Iran-US Deal Draft, Revealing Tehran=E2=
=80=99s
Key Conditions*
[image: A staff member removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a
group picture with foreign ministers and representatives of Unites States,
Iran etc. - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.06.2026]

*According to the draft, the main points include:*

*1.*
*An immediate and permanent halt to the war on all fronts, including
Lebanon*

*2.*
*A US commitment not to interfere in Iran=E2=80=99s internal affairs and to=
 respect
its sovereignty*

*3.*
*The full lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days*

*4.*
*The withdrawal of US forces from areas around Iran*

*5.*
*The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz within 30 days under Iranian
arrangements*

*6.*
*Suspension of sanctions on Iranian oil, petrochemical products and
derivatives, with full access to related financial resources*

*7.*
*Reconstruction plans worth at least $300 billion, to be provided by the US
and its allies*

*8.*
*A 60-day negotiation period to reach a final agreement on nuclear issues,
sanctions relief, and the removal of relevant UN Security Council and IAEA
Board of Governors resolutions*

*9.*
*Iran=E2=80=99s renewed commitment under the NPT not to produce nuclear wea=
pons*

*10.*
*No increase in US forces in the region and no new sanctions during the
talks*

*11.*
*The release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian funds, with half made
available before negotiations begin*

*12.*
*The creation of a monitoring mechanism to ensure implementation*

*13.*
*Endorsement of the final agreement by a UN Security Council resolution*

*14.*
*Final talks will begin only after half of Iran=E2=80=99s frozen funds are
released, oil sanctions are suspended and the naval blockade is lifted.*
*[image: President Donald Trump speaks to a gathering of top U.S. military
commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in
Quantico, Va - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.06.2026]*

*The final agreement would focus on enriched materials, sanctions relief
and economic reconstruction, while Iran=E2=80=99s missile program and suppo=
rt for
resistance groups are reportedly excluded from the agenda.*

*As Iran=E2=80=99s Foreign Ministry spokesman earlier stated, the text stil=
l
requires review and final approval by the relevant institutions in Iran.*

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font =
color=3D"#000000"><a href=3D"https://sputnikglobe.com/20260612/iranian-medi=
a-publishes-14-point-iran-us-deal-draft-revealing-tehrans-key-conditions-11=
24301003.html" target=3D"_blank">https://sputnikglobe.com/20260612/iranian-=
media-publishes-14-point-iran-us-deal-draft-revealing-tehrans-key-condition=
s-1124301003.html</a></font></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><di=
v style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><b><font color=3D"#000000"><br></font=
></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><h1 style=3D"line-heigh=
t:1.2141em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;font-family:&q=
uot;Times New Roman&quot;"><font size=3D"4" color=3D"#000000"><i>Iranian Me=
dia Publishes 14-Point Iran-US Deal Draft, Revealing Tehran=E2=80=99s Key C=
onditions</i></font></h1><div style=3D"max-width:100%;margin-bottom:1.15em;=
line-height:1.5em;font-family:-apple-system-font"><img alt=3D"A staff membe=
r removes the Iranian flag from the stage after a group picture with foreig=
n ministers and representatives of Unites States, Iran etc. - Sputnik Inter=
national, 1920, 12.06.2026" src=3D"https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/10=
2539/76/1025397640_0:232:5081:3090_1920x0_80_0_0_b3c2c4f7f3465cc74bcc577d06=
757e36.jpg" style=3D"margin:auto 0px auto auto;display:block;clear:both" wi=
dth=3D"412" height=3D"232"></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&=
quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#=
000000">According to the draft, the main points include:</font></b></p></di=
v><div style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><di=
v style=3D"max-width:100%"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">1.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#00=
0000">An immediate and permanent halt to the war on all fronts, including L=
ebanon</font></b></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:=
100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">2.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000=
">A US commitment not to interfere in Iran=E2=80=99s internal affairs and t=
o respect its sovereignty</font></b></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p =
style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">3.</font></b></p><b><fo=
nt color=3D"#000000">The full lifting of the naval blockade within 30 days<=
/font></b></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><=
b><font color=3D"#000000">4.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">The w=
ithdrawal of US forces from areas around Iran</font></b></div><div style=3D=
"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">5.<=
/font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">The reopening of the Strait of Hor=
muz within 30 days under Iranian arrangements</font></b></div><div style=3D=
"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">6.<=
/font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">Suspension of sanctions on Iranian=
 oil, petrochemical products and derivatives, with full access to related f=
inancial resources</font></b></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">7.</font></b></p><b><font co=
lor=3D"#000000">Reconstruction plans worth at least $300 billion, to be pro=
vided by the US and its allies</font></b></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">8.</font></b></p><=
b><font color=3D"#000000">A 60-day negotiation period to reach a final agre=
ement on nuclear issues, sanctions relief, and the removal of relevant UN S=
ecurity Council and IAEA Board of Governors resolutions</font></b></div><di=
v style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#0=
00000">9.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">Iran=E2=80=99s renewed c=
ommitment under the NPT not to produce nuclear weapons</font></b></div><div=
 style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#00=
0000">10.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">No increase in US forces=
 in the region and no new sanctions during the talks</font></b></div><div s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#0000=
00">11.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">The release of $24 billion=
 in frozen Iranian funds, with half made available before negotiations begi=
n</font></b></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"=
><b><font color=3D"#000000">12.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">Th=
e creation of a monitoring mechanism to ensure implementation</font></b></d=
iv><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=
=3D"#000000">13.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">Endorsement of th=
e final agreement by a UN Security Council resolution</font></b></div><div =
style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000=
000">14.</font></b></p><b><font color=3D"#000000">Final talks will begin on=
ly after half of Iran=E2=80=99s frozen funds are released, oil sanctions ar=
e suspended and the naval blockade is lifted.</font></b></div></div></div><=
div style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><div s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%"><a title=3D"Trump Agrees to In-Country Dilution of =
Iran=E2=80=99s Enriched Uranium - Reports" style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><fon=
t color=3D"#000000"><img alt=3D"President Donald Trump speaks to a gatherin=
g of top U.S. military commanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, S=
ept. 30, 2025, in Quantico, Va - Sputnik International, 1920, 12.06.2026" t=
itle=3D"President Donald Trump speaks to a gathering of top U.S. military c=
ommanders at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Quanti=
co, Va" src=3D"https://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07ea/02/0e/1123630536_=
0:277:3072:1506_1920x0_80_0_0_2c2af95004c8deacd30ad97597a7fb32.jpg" width=
=3D"412" height=3D"165" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"=
></font></b></a></div></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;=
Times New Roman&quot;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#00000=
0">The final agreement would focus on enriched materials, sanctions relief =
and economic reconstruction, while Iran=E2=80=99s missile program and suppo=
rt for resistance groups are reportedly excluded from the agenda.</font></b=
></p></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&q=
uot;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font color=3D"#000000">As Iran=E2=80=
=99s Foreign Ministry spokesman earlier stated, the text still requires rev=
iew and final approval by the relevant institutions in Iran.</font></b></p>=
</div></div></div>
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*https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/06/11/how-much-longer-can-bibi-defy=
-trump-and-go-rogue-against-iran/
<https://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/06/11/how-much-longer-can-bibi-defy=
-trump-and-go-rogue-against-iran/>*

*How much longer can Bibi defy Trump and go rogue against Iran?*
Martin Jay, 6/11/26

*Analysts often argue that Trump has dug himself into a trap in Iran which
he can=E2=80=99t get out of, which of course is true. But there is a bigger=
 issue
coming his way that could either pull him out of the trap altogether or
force him to dig even deeper: Bibi.*

*The relationship between these two men is often written about at length by
Western pundits, usually within the context of who controls whom. But never
before will a relationship between a U.S. president and an Israeli leader
be put to the test as it will between Trump and Bibi in the coming weeks.*

*Israel=E2=80=99s PM is in even more of a quagmire than Trump. Trump might =
lose the
majority in both houses when the midterms come, but he will at least remain
in office, albeit with impeachment proceedings probably underway. For
Netanyahu, the clock is ticking at a much faster rate, and he may easily
find himself out of office before November and probably living in exile to
avoid corruption charges that have, until now, been placed on hold. Bibi
has a number of quite seismic challenges ahead of him in the coming months,
but chiefly how to keep the war in Lebanon going, which maintains a state
of emergency in Israel and therefore justifies why his graft case can be
put on hold. Lebanon is really key to his survival, although it=E2=80=99s h=
ard to
see how long he can keep the campaign there going while bombing Iran, while
the U.S. sits on the sidelines and merely becomes a spectator. Quite apart
from being gravely ill, Bibi does not have the political support in Israel
now and would not win an election with his present coalition. The Likud
party of today doesn=E2=80=99t have the support it had when Bibi took offic=
e, and
most analysts agree that he can=E2=80=99t come back as PM when elections co=
me
around.*

*But there are other serious questions that present themselves to whoever
is running Israel.*

*Israel simply cannot keep up the level of military engagement with either
Iran or Lebanon. The resources are not there, and what is seriously
worrying military chiefs who talk to Bibi is that the IDF is starting to
fall apart, due to poor discipline, in-fighting, and generally low morale
following Gaza and now Lebanon, where it is losing 10 men each day due to
its fighting with Hezbollah, whose fighters are having great success with
fibre optic drones. Desertions in the IDF are worrying defence chiefs, and
it is becoming clear that Israel has overstretched itself and cannot
possibly continue its operations that work to expand what has become known
recently as =E2=80=99greater Israel=E2=80=99 in Lebanon, Syria, and certain=
ly not in Iran.
There just aren=E2=80=99t the resources, and the price to pay for these amb=
itious
endeavours is becoming clearer and clearer, nowhere more so than in
Lebanon.*

*Military chiefs who met with Netanyahu recently pointed out that the IDF
isn=E2=80=99t very strong internally and may well cease to function if dese=
rtions
continue at the present rate and it continues to suffer the losses it is
presently dealing with in Lebanon.*

*And yet, while in recent days we have seen Israel once again derail any
chance of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, Netanyahu has no choice
but to keep the IDF in Lebanon, presenting Trump with an even bigger
headache than he originally had just a couple of weeks ago, when getting a
deal done seemed simpler. He never factored in that Netanyahu would go
rogue, following his =E2=80=99order=E2=80=99 to him to stop fighting in Leb=
anon, which
created huge protests on the streets in Tel Aviv. Interestingly, it is the
Israeli public who are trapped in a delusional mindset where they believe
the ability and resources of the state are unlimited and that Lebanon must
be controlled.*

*And so the orders have stopped, as Trump doesn=E2=80=99t want to humiliate=
 himself
further when it becomes clear that Bibi is not taking them. In recent days,
even mainstream media are commenting on the fact that the war has a new
dynamic now, with most reporting that Israel is now on its own and that
Iran has the upper hand with the West. The waiting game works for Iran, but
it doesn=E2=80=99t work for either Trump or Netanyahu.*

*Trump=E2=80=99s even bigger headache with Iran is that Bibi continues now
independently and that Iran hits U.S. allies in the region even harder. The
response from Iran to strike Israel recently was unprecedented, in that it
came after Tehran insisted that Israel end its campaign there, citing
Lebanon as part of a broader ceasefire. Although it was hardly reported,
the move by Iran to strike Israel, based on Israel attacking its ally, was
unprecedented and a game changer.*

*One idea that Trump might be chewing over is to let Bibi run out of ammo.
While Iran has not only restocked its missile supply, more importantly, it
has also upgraded them technically speaking, and so the latest ballistic
missiles have even greater capabilities. For Israel, one of the reasons why
its public is on the streets calling for more war is that they are victims
of their own propaganda. Israeli press recently reported that Iran=E2=80=99=
s
arsenal was down, which, according to seasoned and well-informed analysts
like Alistair Crooke, is not at all the case. The former UK diplomat who
has spent time in Iran claimed recently in an interview that Iran has not
only replaced its missiles lost previously but has shed a new skin,
militarily speaking, and is now working with even more lethal weapons, with
many of the missile bunkers operating perfectly after being repaired
following the initial =E2=80=99bunker buster=E2=80=99 operations of the U.S=
..*

*If Israel simply can no longer send salvos over to Iran at some point,
Trump will regain the upper hand once again. The same argument goes for
Lebanon, where the IDF is struggling to build and hold its own buffer zone
=E2=80=94 something that has never shown any signs, today or pre-2000, of s=
uccess
when it held land in the south of Lebanon up to the Litani River, in an
operation originally called =E2=80=99Grapes of Wrath=E2=80=99.*

*Trump might well factor in that his friend Bibi hasn=E2=80=99t got long in=
 office,
and it may well be the IDF=E2=80=99s losses in Lebanon that could be the ke=
y factor
which brings people to the streets again to demand he step down. The morale
of IDF troops is in fact paramount to the entire architecture of what
Israel is attempting to do beyond its own borders and to Netanyahu=E2=80=99=
s
survival. Opinion polls in the U.S. are suggesting that the American public
are turning against Israel, which could be something Trump might capitalise
on.*

*The danger for Trump is that Israel gets hit harder by both Hezbollah and
Iran, and that he is put in a position where America is called upon to save
this tiny Jewish state. It will be very hard for Trump to do nothing, given
the history of how America has always played such a supporting role with
its main ally in the region. The key will be how to save Bibi to save
himself, if such a possibility presents itself. Bibi=E2=80=99s entire survi=
val
hangs by a thread and can collapse within a second if one IDF unit in
Lebanon is slaughtered =E2=80=94 which could trigger a mutiny within the mi=
litary.
And doesn=E2=80=99t Hezbollah know it.*

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><a href=3D"h=
ttps://strategic-culture.su/news/2026/06/11/how-much-longer-can-bibi-defy-t=
rump-and-go-rogue-against-iran/" target=3D"_blank">https://strategic-cultur=
e.su/news/2026/06/11/how-much-longer-can-bibi-defy-trump-and-go-rogue-again=
st-iran/</a></font></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><b><fon=
t face=3D"georgia, serif"><br></font></b></div><div><h1 style=3D"line-heigh=
t:1.2141em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,2=
7,27)"><i><font size=3D"4" face=3D"georgia, serif">How much longer can Bibi=
 defy Trump and go rogue against Iran?</font></i></h1><div><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif" style=3D"">Martin Jay, 6/11/26</font></div><div><i><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif"><br></font></i></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:r=
gb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Analysts often argue that Tr=
ump has dug himself into a trap in Iran which he can=E2=80=99t get out of, =
which of course is true. But there is a bigger issue coming his way that co=
uld either pull him out of the trap altogether or force him to dig even dee=
per: Bibi.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b=
><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The relationship between these two men is of=
ten written about at length by Western pundits, usually within the context =
of who controls whom. But never before will a relationship between a U.S. p=
resident and an Israeli leader be put to the test as it will between Trump =
and Bibi in the coming weeks.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;colo=
r:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Israel=E2=80=99s PM is in=
 even more of a quagmire than Trump. Trump might lose the majority in both =
houses when the midterms come, but he will at least remain in office, albei=
t with impeachment proceedings probably underway. For Netanyahu, the clock =
is ticking at a much faster rate, and he may easily find himself out of off=
ice before November and probably living in exile to avoid corruption charge=
s that have, until now, been placed on hold. Bibi has a number of quite sei=
smic challenges ahead of him in the coming months, but chiefly how to keep =
the war in Lebanon going, which maintains a state of emergency in Israel an=
d therefore justifies why his graft case can be put on hold. Lebanon is rea=
lly key to his survival, although it=E2=80=99s hard to see how long he can =
keep the campaign there going while bombing Iran, while the U.S. sits on th=
e sidelines and merely becomes a spectator. Quite apart from being gravely =
ill, Bibi does not have the political support in Israel now and would not w=
in an election with his present coalition. The Likud party of today doesn=
=E2=80=99t have the support it had when Bibi took office, and most analysts=
 agree that he can=E2=80=99t come back as PM when elections come around.</f=
ont></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif">But there are other serious questions that present them=
selves to whoever is running Israel.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Israel simply cann=
ot keep up the level of military engagement with either Iran or Lebanon. Th=
e resources are not there, and what is seriously worrying military chiefs w=
ho talk to Bibi is that the IDF is starting to fall apart, due to poor disc=
ipline, in-fighting, and generally low morale following Gaza and now Lebano=
n, where it is losing 10 men each day due to its fighting with Hezbollah, w=
hose fighters are having great success with fibre optic drones. Desertions =
in the IDF are worrying defence chiefs, and it is becoming clear that Israe=
l has overstretched itself and cannot possibly continue its operations that=
 work to expand what has become known recently as =E2=80=99greater Israel=
=E2=80=99 in Lebanon, Syria, and certainly not in Iran. There just aren=E2=
=80=99t the resources, and the price to pay for these ambitious endeavours =
is becoming clearer and clearer, nowhere more so than in Lebanon.</font></b=
></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georg=
ia, serif">Military chiefs who met with Netanyahu recently pointed out that=
 the IDF isn=E2=80=99t very strong internally and may well cease to functio=
n if desertions continue at the present rate and it continues to suffer the=
 losses it is presently dealing with in Lebanon.</font></b></p><p style=3D"=
max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">And ye=
t, while in recent days we have seen Israel once again derail any chance of=
 a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran, Netanyahu has no choice but to kee=
p the IDF in Lebanon, presenting Trump with an even bigger headache than he=
 originally had just a couple of weeks ago, when getting a deal done seemed=
 simpler. He never factored in that Netanyahu would go rogue, following his=
 =E2=80=99order=E2=80=99 to him to stop fighting in Lebanon, which created =
huge protests on the streets in Tel Aviv. Interestingly, it is the Israeli =
public who are trapped in a delusional mindset where they believe the abili=
ty and resources of the state are unlimited and that Lebanon must be contro=
lled.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><fon=
t face=3D"georgia, serif">And so the orders have stopped, as Trump doesn=E2=
=80=99t want to humiliate himself further when it becomes clear that Bibi i=
s not taking them. In recent days, even mainstream media are commenting on =
the fact that the war has a new dynamic now, with most reporting that Israe=
l is now on its own and that Iran has the upper hand with the West. The wai=
ting game works for Iran, but it doesn=E2=80=99t work for either Trump or N=
etanyahu.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b>=
<font face=3D"georgia, serif">Trump=E2=80=99s even bigger headache with Ira=
n is that Bibi continues now independently and that Iran hits U.S. allies i=
n the region even harder. The response from Iran to strike Israel recently =
was unprecedented, in that it came after Tehran insisted that Israel end it=
s campaign there, citing Lebanon as part of a broader ceasefire. Although i=
t was hardly reported, the move by Iran to strike Israel, based on Israel a=
ttacking its ally, was unprecedented and a game changer.</font></b></p><p s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif=
">One idea that Trump might be chewing over is to let Bibi run out of ammo.=
 While Iran has not only restocked its missile supply, more importantly, it=
 has also upgraded them technically speaking, and so the latest ballistic m=
issiles have even greater capabilities. For Israel, one of the reasons why =
its public is on the streets calling for more war is that they are victims =
of their own propaganda. Israeli press recently reported that Iran=E2=80=99=
s arsenal was down, which, according to seasoned and well-informed analysts=
 like Alistair Crooke, is not at all the case. The former UK diplomat who h=
as spent time in Iran claimed recently in an interview that Iran has not on=
ly replaced its missiles lost previously but has shed a new skin, militaril=
y speaking, and is now working with even more lethal weapons, with many of =
the missile bunkers operating perfectly after being repaired following the =
initial =E2=80=99bunker buster=E2=80=99 operations of the U.S..</font></b><=
/p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif">If Israel simply can no longer send salvos over to Iran at some po=
int, Trump will regain the upper hand once again. The same argument goes fo=
r Lebanon, where the IDF is struggling to build and hold its own buffer zon=
e =E2=80=94 something that has never shown any signs, today or pre-2000, of=
 success when it held land in the south of Lebanon up to the Litani River, =
in an operation originally called =E2=80=99Grapes of Wrath=E2=80=99.</font>=
</b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif">Trump might well factor in that his friend Bibi hasn=E2=80=99=
t got long in office, and it may well be the IDF=E2=80=99s losses in Lebano=
n that could be the key factor which brings people to the streets again to =
demand he step down. The morale of IDF troops is in fact paramount to the e=
ntire architecture of what Israel is attempting to do beyond its own border=
s and to Netanyahu=E2=80=99s survival. Opinion polls in the U.S. are sugges=
ting that the American public are turning against Israel, which could be so=
mething Trump might capitalise on.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%=
;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The danger for Trump=
 is that Israel gets hit harder by both Hezbollah and Iran, and that he is =
put in a position where America is called upon to save this tiny Jewish sta=
te. It will be very hard for Trump to do nothing, given the history of how =
America has always played such a supporting role with its main ally in the =
region. The key will be how to save Bibi to save himself, if such a possibi=
lity presents itself. Bibi=E2=80=99s entire survival hangs by a thread and =
can collapse within a second if one IDF unit in Lebanon is slaughtered =E2=
=80=94 which could trigger a mutiny within the military. And doesn=E2=80=99=
t Hezbollah know it.</font></b></p></div></div>
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Global Zeitgeist
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The $20,000 Question: Can a Lawnmower Engine Defeat a Superpower?
<https://substack.com/@leonhadar>
Leon Hadar <https://substack.com/@leonhadar>
Jun 12, 2026

*The arithmetic of modern warfare is producing answers that Washington=E2=
=80=99s
strategists would rather not hear.*

There is a scene playing out with increasing regularity across the world=E2=
=80=99s
contested skies that ought to give pause to anyone still invested in the
mythology of American military supremacy. An Aegis destroyer, the crown
jewel of late 20th-century naval engineering, crewed by hundreds of highly
trained sailors, detects an incoming threat over the Red Sea. The ship=E2=
=80=99s
computer calculates. The captain orders. A Standard Missile-2, representing
roughly $2 million worth of American industrial and technological genius,
streaks skyward and detonates its target with satisfying precision. The
threat was a Shahed-series drone =E2=80=94 basic fiberglass wrapped around =
a
lawnmower engine =E2=80=94 costing less than $20,000.

The Americans won the engagement. They are losing the war of arithmetic.

This is the central irony of what strategists are now calling the drone
revolution, though =E2=80=9Crevolution=E2=80=9D may be too dramatic a word =
for what is
really a very old story wearing new clothes. Empires have always faced the
problem of cost asymmetry, the gap between what it costs a great power to
defend its position and what it costs a weaker adversary to challenge it.
The British learned this lesson in the American colonies. The French
learned it in Algeria. The Americans themselves learned it, or should have,
in Vietnam, in Lebanon, in Iraq, and in Afghanistan. The drone is not a new
argument. It is the same argument, delivered by fiber-optic cable at 100
miles per hour.

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it
expected Kyiv to fall within days. When the United States and Israel bombed
Iran in early 2026, they anticipated the rapid collapse of the Islamic
Republic. In both cases, overwhelming military power failed to defeat the
smaller and weaker side. Ukraine and Iran did not win these confrontations
in any conventional sense. They simply refused to lose in the way they were
supposed to. And they refused, in large part, because they had mastered the
drone.

The economics are not complicated, even if Washington=E2=80=99s procurement
bureaucracy seems constitutionally incapable of grasping them. Every time a
$2 million interceptor destroys a $20,000 drone, a superpower=E2=80=99s glo=
bal
influence shrinks just a little bit more. Multiply that exchange ratio
across thousands of engagements, across multiple theaters, across years of
conflict, and you arrive at something that looks less like a military
campaign and more like a slow financial hemorrhage. Iran=E2=80=99s strategy=
, like
the Houthis=E2=80=99 before it, is not to defeat the United States in battl=
e. The
goal is to make the cost of Western intervention so politically and
economically unsustainable that the superpower simply stops showing up.

This is, of course, a limited form of victory. Drones do not hold
territory. They do not sign treaties or install governments. Russia=E2=80=
=99s
experience in Ukraine demonstrates that layered electronic warfare,
short-range air defense, camouflage, and dispersal mean that many drones
fail before reaching their targets, and those that do often struggle to
achieve decisive effects against hardened or mobile systems. The drone
enthusiasts, like every generation of enthusiasts for the latest wonder
weapon, are prone to overstatement. No, a swarm of Shaheds will not sink a
carrier strike group. No, FPV drones will not render the armored division
obsolete tomorrow morning.

But that framing misses the point entirely. The question was never whether
drones could defeat a superpower in a set-piece engagement. The question is
whether they can raise the cost of intervention high enough, for long
enough, to alter the superpower=E2=80=99s political calculus. And here the =
evidence
is rather unambiguous.

Ukraine=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CSpiderweb=E2=80=9D operation in June 2025 saw fi=
ve Russian airbases,
hundreds of miles apart, deep within Russian territory, simultaneously
attacked by drones, wrecking or disabling roughly $7 billion worth of jet
fighters. These were not the assets of a peer competitor. They were the
improvised weapons of a country fighting for its survival, assembled from
commercial components and flown by operators who learned their craft on
gaming consoles. The Kremlin, a nuclear superpower, found its strategic
bomber fleet degraded by what amounted to a very ambitious hobby-drone
operation.

Washington has noticed. The U.S. defense budget in 2026 is expected to
dedicate around $7.5 billion to counter-unmanned aerial systems alone.
Beijing, characteristically, is thinking in larger numbers: China recently
launched a program to field one million tactical drones by 2026, while the
United States reported procuring 50,000 in 2025. The manufacturing gap is
not a gap that more Pentagon budget lines will close. It reflects deeper
structural realities about industrial capacity, supply chains, and the
willingness to build things quickly and cheaply rather than expensively and
perfectly.

The deeper problem, as always, is cultural and political rather than
technological. The United States is still clinging to hardware that is too
expensive to lose, and in modern warfare, if a weapon is too expensive to
lose, it is too expensive to use. Shifting a military culture built around
exquisite, irreplaceable platforms toward an =E2=80=9Cattritable=E2=80=9D m=
odel, weapons
designed to be expended, not preserved, requires not just new procurement
rules but a fundamentally different theory of what military power is for.

Can drones defeat a superpower? The answer, characteristically, is: it
depends on what you mean by defeat. They cannot conquer one. They can,
however, exhaust one, financially, politically, strategically. They can
turn each intervention into a referendum on whether the prize is worth the
price. They can make the arithmetic so unfavorable that the calculus of
restraint starts looking more attractive than the calculus of engagement.

History suggests that empires rarely fall to a single weapon. They fall
when the costs of maintaining their position outrun the political will to
bear them. The drone has not invented that dynamic. It has simply made it
faster, cheaper, and more available to a wider range of actors than ever
before.

Washington should find that thought clarifying rather than reassuring.
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tom:16px;word-break:break-word"><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0p=
x 20px"><em>The arithmetic of modern warfare is producing answers that Wash=
ington=E2=80=99s strategists would rather not hear.</em></p><p style=3D"lin=
e-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">There is a scene playing out with incre=
asing regularity across the world=E2=80=99s contested skies that ought to g=
ive pause to anyone still invested in the mythology of American military su=
premacy. An Aegis destroyer, the crown jewel of late 20th-century naval eng=
ineering, crewed by hundreds of highly trained sailors, detects an incoming=
 threat over the Red Sea. The ship=E2=80=99s computer calculates. The capta=
in orders. A Standard Missile-2, representing roughly $2 million worth of A=
merican industrial and technological genius, streaks skyward and detonates =
its target with satisfying precision. The threat was a Shahed-series drone =
=E2=80=94 basic fiberglass wrapped around a lawnmower engine =E2=80=94 cost=
ing less than $20,000.</p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px=
">The Americans won the engagement. They are losing the war of arithmetic.<=
/p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">This is the central i=
rony of what strategists are now calling the drone revolution, though =E2=
=80=9Crevolution=E2=80=9D may be too dramatic a word for what is really a v=
ery old story wearing new clothes. Empires have always faced the problem of=
 cost asymmetry, the gap between what it costs a great power to defend its =
position and what it costs a weaker adversary to challenge it. The British =
learned this lesson in the American colonies. The French learned it in Alge=
ria. The Americans themselves learned it, or should have, in Vietnam, in Le=
banon, in Iraq, and in Afghanistan. The drone is not a new argument. It is =
the same argument, delivered by fiber-optic cable at 100 miles per hour.</p=
><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">When Russia launched it=
s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it expected Kyiv to fall within d=
ays. When the United States and Israel bombed Iran in early 2026, they anti=
cipated the rapid collapse of the Islamic Republic. In both cases, overwhel=
ming military power failed to defeat the smaller and weaker side. Ukraine a=
nd Iran did not win these confrontations in any conventional sense. They si=
mply refused to lose in the way they were supposed to. And they refused, in=
 large part, because they had mastered the drone.</p><p style=3D"line-heigh=
t:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">The economics are not complicated, even if Was=
hington=E2=80=99s procurement bureaucracy seems constitutionally incapable =
of grasping them. Every time a $2 million interceptor destroys a $20,000 dr=
one, a superpower=E2=80=99s global influence shrinks just a little bit more=
. Multiply that exchange ratio across thousands of engagements, across mult=
iple theaters, across years of conflict, and you arrive at something that l=
ooks less like a military campaign and more like a slow financial hemorrhag=
e. Iran=E2=80=99s strategy, like the Houthis=E2=80=99 before it, is not to =
defeat the United States in battle. The goal is to make the cost of Western=
 intervention so politically and economically unsustainable that the superp=
ower simply stops showing up.</p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0=
px 20px">This is, of course, a limited form of victory. Drones do not hold =
territory. They do not sign treaties or install governments. Russia=E2=80=
=99s experience in Ukraine demonstrates that layered electronic warfare, sh=
ort-range air defense, camouflage, and dispersal mean that many drones fail=
 before reaching their targets, and those that do often struggle to achieve=
 decisive effects against hardened or mobile systems. The drone enthusiasts=
, like every generation of enthusiasts for the latest wonder weapon, are pr=
one to overstatement. No, a swarm of Shaheds will not sink a carrier strike=
 group. No, FPV drones will not render the armored division obsolete tomorr=
ow morning.</p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">But that =
framing misses the point entirely. The question was never whether drones co=
uld defeat a superpower in a set-piece engagement. The question is whether =
they can raise the cost of intervention high enough, for long enough, to al=
ter the superpower=E2=80=99s political calculus. And here the evidence is r=
ather unambiguous.</p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">Uk=
raine=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9CSpiderweb=E2=80=9D operation in June 2025 saw five=
 Russian airbases, hundreds of miles apart, deep within Russian territory, =
simultaneously attacked by drones, wrecking or disabling roughly $7 billion=
 worth of jet fighters. These were not the assets of a peer competitor. The=
y were the improvised weapons of a country fighting for its survival, assem=
bled from commercial components and flown by operators who learned their cr=
aft on gaming consoles. The Kremlin, a nuclear superpower, found its strate=
gic bomber fleet degraded by what amounted to a very ambitious hobby-drone =
operation.</p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">Washington=
 has noticed. The U.S. defense budget in 2026 is expected to dedicate aroun=
d $7.5 billion to counter-unmanned aerial systems alone. Beijing, character=
istically, is thinking in larger numbers: China recently launched a program=
 to field one million tactical drones by 2026, while the United States repo=
rted procuring 50,000 in 2025. The manufacturing gap is not a gap that more=
 Pentagon budget lines will close. It reflects deeper structural realities =
about industrial capacity, supply chains, and the willingness to build thin=
gs quickly and cheaply rather than expensively and perfectly.</p><p style=
=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">The deeper problem, as always, i=
s cultural and political rather than technological. The United States is st=
ill clinging to hardware that is too expensive to lose, and in modern warfa=
re, if a weapon is too expensive to lose, it is too expensive to use. Shift=
ing a military culture built around exquisite, irreplaceable platforms towa=
rd an =E2=80=9Cattritable=E2=80=9D model, weapons designed to be expended, =
not preserved, requires not just new procurement rules but a fundamentally =
different theory of what military power is for.</p><p style=3D"line-height:=
1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">Can drones defeat a superpower? The answer, char=
acteristically, is: it depends on what you mean by defeat. They cannot conq=
uer one. They can, however, exhaust one, financially, politically, strategi=
cally. They can turn each intervention into a referendum on whether the pri=
ze is worth the price. They can make the arithmetic so unfavorable that the=
 calculus of restraint starts looking more attractive than the calculus of =
engagement.</p><p style=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px 0px 20px">History s=
uggests that empires rarely fall to a single weapon. They fall when the cos=
ts of maintaining their position outrun the political will to bear them. Th=
e drone has not invented that dynamic. It has simply made it faster, cheape=
r, and more available to a wider range of actors than ever before.</p><p st=
yle=3D"line-height:1.6em;margin:0px">Washington should find that thought cl=
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*https://www.juancole.com/2026/06/genocide-permanent-conflict.html
<https://www.juancole.com/2026/06/genocide-permanent-conflict.html>*

*Gaza Genocide, Inc.: The Permanent-Conflict Industry*

*Foreign Policy in Focus
<https://www.juancole.com/author/foreign-policy-in-focus> 06/12/2026*
*By Imran Khalid <https://fpif.org/authors/imran-khalid/>*

*( Foreign Policy in Focus
<https://fpif.org/the-rise-of-the-conflict-permanence-industry/>) =E2=80=93=
 The
international community=E2=80=99s approach to conflict resolution has under=
gone a
profound and dangerous structural shift, moving away from the pursuit of
political settlements toward the permanent administration of crisis. This
transition is vividly apparent in Rafah, where the newly
established National Committee for the Administration
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Committee_for_the_Administration_of=
_Gaza>
of
Gaza (NCAG) has begun overseeing a reconstruction process stripped of any
path toward genuine sovereignty or political renewal. What is being built
instead is a sprawling, technocratic bureaucracy designed to manage human
suffering indefinitely, transforming a site of active geopolitical
dispossession into a permanent administrative holding pattern.*

*The rollout of Phase Two of the Trump administration=E2=80=99s Comprehensi=
ve Gaza
Plan=E2=80=94secured with a UN Security Council endorsement=E2=80=94exposes=
 the nakedly
corporate logic underpinning modern foreign policy. By placing a =E2=80=9CB=
oard of
Peace=E2=80=9D stacked with billionaire financiers and political hawks like=
 Marco
Rubio
<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/01/statement-on-presi=
dent-trumps-comprehensive-plan-to-end-the-gaza-conflict/>,
Tony
Blair
<https://www.iris-france.org/en/board-of-peace-or-trumps-world/>, Jared
Kushner
<https://www.iris-france.org/en/board-of-peace-or-trumps-world/>, Ajay
Banga
<https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/01/statement-on-presi=
dent-trumps-comprehensive-plan-to-end-the-gaza-conflict/>,
and Marc Rowan <https://boardofpeace.org/members/marc-rowan>in charge of
post-conflict governance, Western hegemony has effectively financialized
geopolitical containment. The plan treats Gaza not as a nation deserving of
self-determination but as a high-risk economic asset to be secured,
stabilized, and folded into regional trade corridors while its population
remains permanently disenfranchised.*

*This containment model carries severe consequences both for the occupied
population and the broader global order. For Palestinians, it
institutionalizes a bleak daily reality of endless aid lines and
checkpoints under an international apparatus that has traded the promise of
liberation for technocratic stabilization. Globally, this reveals a deeper
systemic reality: the traditional assumption that regional conflicts are
temporary shocks awaiting a diplomatic fix has completely collapsed.*

*For global political and economic elites, perpetual instability is no
longer a failure to be corrected but a baseline structural condition around
which modern global capitalism is choosing to organize itself.*
A Shift in Logic

*In the twentieth century, major conflicts were viewed as massive
disruptions to globalization. In the twenty-first, globalization is rapidly
adapting itself around endless disruption. Entire corporate, financial, and
bureaucratic systems now operationalize instability as a baseline condition
rather than a temporary shock.*

*Private-sector logistics firms are securing long-term contracts to manage
continuous delivery corridors into high-risk zones. Maritime conglomerates
are permanently adjusting pricing models and routing assets around Africa
as a structural business reality. Digital and physical infrastructure
protection has transitioned from an annual insurance check-box to a core
operational expense that drives tech-sector hiring and venture capital
investment.*

*Markets are internalizing this shift. Oil prices no longer spike the way
they once did after escalations because commodity investors increasingly
price in chronic, localized instability rather than assuming systemic
collapse. Capital markets are no longer asking whether a crisis will end
but whether it can remain geographically contained. That distinction
changes everything for how corporate treasuries allocate capital.*
Gaza and Ukraine

*Gaza illustrates this vividly. The NCAG=E2=80=99s reconstruction mandate a=
nd the
Board of Peace=E2=80=99s integration of Gaza into the India=E2=80=93Middle =
East=E2=80=93Europe
Economic Corridor (IMEC) show that crisis management itself has become a
growth industry. Reconstruction is not about closure; it is about embedding
instability into global supply chains.*

*This economic adaptation mirrors a deeper systemic fatigue within
international governance. The post-Cold War era operated on the logic that
major conflicts eventually reached closure, whether Bosnia after Dayton or
Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement. Today, that logic is
spent.*

*Instead of diplomacy aimed at structural architecture, modern institutions
are becoming highly efficient at administering instability rather than
ending it. The UN=E2=80=99s Resolution 2803
<https://www.securitycouncilreport.org/un-documents/document/s-res-2803.php=
>
did
not declare peace; it endorsed a framework for managing crisis
indefinitely. The NCAG=E2=80=99s mandate <https://www.ncag.ps/en/>is to res=
tore
services under conditions of volatility, not to deliver closure.*

*Ukraine offers a parallel. Western institutions have become adept at
stabilizing financial flows, managing refugee integration, and sustaining
military aid=E2=80=94but without a credible path to settlement. Sudan=E2=80=
=99s
humanitarian corridors are similarly managed as permanent relief
operations. Gaza=E2=80=99s plan institutionalizes this model: reconstructio=
n
without resolution, administration without settlement.*
Normalization

*The third transformation is occurring inside the human infrastructure of
the modern workplace, driven by algorithmic fatigue and the workspace
paradox. The digital age has fundamentally altered how societies,
consumers, and employees process global trauma.*

*Previous generations experienced major conflicts sequentially. Today=E2=80=
=99s
professional workforce experiences them simultaneously, continuously, and
instantly. In any given hour, a professional=E2=80=99s algorithmic stream d=
isplays
corporate Slack messages alongside real-time updates from Gaza, Ukraine,
Taiwan, and climate disasters.*

*This continuous exposure has created a dangerous psychological paradox.
The global workforce is more emotionally connected to macro-level crises
than at any point in history, yet constant exposure is triggering
widespread psychological numbness and professional exhaustion. Public and
corporate outrage surges rapidly, then stabilizes into fatigue. For
leaders, managing a workforce under the weight of this continuous cognitive
load is a quiet crisis in itself.*

*The ultimate danger of the era of permanent crisis is that it becomes
intellectually and socially normalized. Once corporate strategies and
public expectations internalize the assumption that global disruption never
truly ends, ambition contracts. Leaders stop pursuing long-term expansions
because planning horizons narrow from years to weeks. Innovation takes a
backseat to survival and containment.*

*Photo by Yannis Boschung
<https://unsplash.com/@yannis_photos?utm_source=3Dunsplash&utm_medium=3Dref=
erral&utm_content=3DcreditCopyText>
on Unsplash
<https://unsplash.com/photos/a-small-gray-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-qua=
d-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-ULvttV78PlU?utm_source=3Dunsplash&utm_mediu=
m=3Dreferral&utm_content=3DcreditCopyText>*

*History offers a stern warning: the late Roman Empire did not collapse
because every frontier failed simultaneously. It declined because permanent
emergencies became routine, and tactical crisis management slowly replaced
strategic renewal.*

*The modern international order risks entering a similar phase. Gaza,
Ukraine, and shipping vulnerabilities matter immensely for their immediate
human and material costs, but they matter even more because they reveal the
new template of global operations. Trump=E2=80=99s Gaza plan, with its NCAG=
, Board
of Peace, and IMEC linkage, is not just a reconstruction blueprint. It is a
case study in how global institutions now design for permanence of crisis
rather than its resolution.*

*The challenge for the next generation of business leaders is not simply
navigating the next disruption but learning how to build sustainable,
human-centric enterprises when disruption is the baseline condition. The
permanent crisis economy is here: industries are monetizing instability,
institutions are administering it, and workforces are absorbing it.*

*Gaza=E2=80=99s reconstruction framework, endorsed by the UN and operationa=
lized by
Trump=E2=80=99s Board of Peace, crystallizes this reality. It shows that th=
e
world=E2=80=99s most powerful actors are no longer promising closure. They =
are
promising management.*

*For commerce, governance, and society, the task is clear: to resist the
temptation to normalize crisis as the only horizon. Otherwise, the
machinery of global order will become a treadmill of containment, and the
ambition for renewal will fade. The permanent crisis economy may be the
present reality, but it must not become a permanent destiny.*

*Via Foreign Policy in Focus
<https://fpif.org/the-rise-of-the-conflict-permanence-industry/>*
*Imran Khalid* <https://fpif.org/authors/imran-khalid/>

*Imran Khalid is a geostrategic analyst and columnist on international
affairs. He is a senior fellow at Foreign Policy In Focus.*

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aza Genocide, Inc.: The Permanent-Conflict Industry</i></font></h1><div sty=
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=3D"https://www.juancole.com/author/foreign-policy-in-focus" rel=3D"author"=
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ont></p></div><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b><span styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%">By<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%"><a title=3D"Imran Khalid" href=3D"https://fpif.org/authors/imran-khali=
d/" rel=3D"author" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"=
_blank">Imran Khalid</a></span><span></span><span></span></b></font><p styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>(<a=
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yle=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><span>=C2=A0<=
/span>Foreign Policy in Focus<span>=C2=A0</span></a>) =E2=80=93 The interna=
tional community=E2=80=99s approach to conflict resolution has undergone a =
profound and dangerous structural shift, moving away from the pursuit of po=
litical settlements toward the permanent administration of crisis. This tra=
nsition is vividly apparent in Rafah, where the newly established<span>=C2=
=A0</span><a title=3D"National Committee for the Administration" href=3D"ht=
tps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Committee_for_the_Administration_of_Ga=
za" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100=
%" target=3D"_blank">National Committee for the Administration</a><span>=C2=
=A0</span>of Gaza (NCAG) has begun overseeing a reconstruction process stri=
pped of any path toward genuine sovereignty or political renewal. What is b=
eing built instead is a sprawling, technocratic bureaucracy designed to man=
age human suffering indefinitely, transforming a site of active geopolitica=
l dispossession into a permanent administrative holding pattern.</b></font>=
</p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000=
000"><b>The rollout of Phase Two of the Trump administration=E2=80=99s Comp=
rehensive Gaza Plan=E2=80=94secured with a UN Security Council endorsement=
=E2=80=94exposes the nakedly corporate logic underpinning modern foreign po=
licy. By placing a =E2=80=9CBoard of Peace=E2=80=9D stacked with billionair=
e financiers and political hawks like<span>=C2=A0</span><a title=3D"Marco R=
ubio" href=3D"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/01/state=
ment-on-president-trumps-comprehensive-plan-to-end-the-gaza-conflict/" rel=
=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Marco Rubio</a>,<span>=C2=A0</span><a title=3D"Tony Blair" hr=
ef=3D"https://www.iris-france.org/en/board-of-peace-or-trumps-world/" rel=
=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Tony Blair</a>,<span>=C2=A0</span><a title=3D"Jared Kushner" =
href=3D"https://www.iris-france.org/en/board-of-peace-or-trumps-world/" rel=
=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" targ=
et=3D"_blank">Jared Kushner</a>,<span>=C2=A0</span><a title=3D"Ajay Banga" =
href=3D"https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/01/statement-o=
n-president-trumps-comprehensive-plan-to-end-the-gaza-conflict/" rel=3D"noo=
pener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_=
blank">Ajay Banga</a>, and<span>=C2=A0</span><a title=3D"Marc Rowan" href=
=3D"https://boardofpeace.org/members/marc-rowan" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer=
" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Marc Rowa=
n</a>in charge of post-conflict governance, Western hegemony has effectivel=
y financialized geopolitical containment. The plan treats Gaza not as a nat=
ion deserving of self-determination but as a high-risk economic asset to be=
 secured, stabilized, and folded into regional trade corridors while its po=
pulation remains permanently disenfranchised.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>This contai=
nment model carries severe consequences both for the occupied population an=
d the broader global order. For Palestinians, it institutionalizes a bleak =
daily reality of endless aid lines and checkpoints under an international a=
pparatus that has traded the promise of liberation for technocratic stabili=
zation. Globally, this reveals a deeper systemic reality: the traditional a=
ssumption that regional conflicts are temporary shocks awaiting a diplomati=
c fix has completely collapsed.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><=
font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>For global political and =
economic elites, perpetual instability is no longer a failure to be correct=
ed but a baseline structural condition around which modern global capitalis=
m is choosing to organize itself.</b></font></p><h2 style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif" c=
olor=3D"#000000">A Shift in Logic</font></span></h2><p style=3D"max-width:1=
00%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>In the twentieth ce=
ntury, major conflicts were viewed as massive disruptions to globalization.=
 In the twenty-first, globalization is rapidly adapting itself around endle=
ss disruption. Entire corporate, financial, and bureaucratic systems now op=
erationalize instability as a baseline condition rather than a temporary sh=
ock.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif=
" color=3D"#000000"><b>Private-sector logistics firms are securing long-ter=
m contracts to manage continuous delivery corridors into high-risk zones. M=
aritime conglomerates are permanently adjusting pricing models and routing =
assets around Africa as a structural business reality. Digital and physical=
 infrastructure protection has transitioned from an annual insurance check-=
box to a core operational expense that drives tech-sector hiring and ventur=
e capital investment.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Markets are internalizing this shi=
ft. Oil prices no longer spike the way they once did after escalations beca=
use commodity investors increasingly price in chronic, localized instabilit=
y rather than assuming systemic collapse. Capital markets are no longer ask=
ing whether a crisis will end but whether it can remain geographically cont=
ained. That distinction changes everything for how corporate treasuries all=
ocate capital.</b></font></p><h2 style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000">Ga=
za and Ukraine</font></span></h2><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"=
georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Gaza illustrates this vividly. The NCA=
G=E2=80=99s reconstruction mandate and the Board of Peace=E2=80=99s integra=
tion of Gaza into the India=E2=80=93Middle East=E2=80=93Europe Economic Cor=
ridor (IMEC) show that crisis management itself has become a growth industr=
y. Reconstruction is not about closure; it is about embedding instability i=
nto global supply chains.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font f=
ace=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>This economic adaptation mirror=
s a deeper systemic fatigue within international governance. The post-Cold =
War era operated on the logic that major conflicts eventually reached closu=
re, whether Bosnia after Dayton or Northern Ireland after the Good Friday A=
greement. Today, that logic is spent.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:1=
00%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Instead of diplomac=
y aimed at structural architecture, modern institutions are becoming highly=
 efficient at administering instability rather than ending it. The UN=E2=80=
=99s<span>=C2=A0</span><a title=3D"Resolution 2803" href=3D"https://www.sec=
uritycouncilreport.org/un-documents/document/s-res-2803.php" rel=3D"noopene=
r noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_blan=
k">Resolution 2803</a><span>=C2=A0</span>did not declare peace; it endorsed=
 a framework for managing crisis indefinitely. The<span>=C2=A0</span><a tit=
le=3D"NCAG=E2=80=99s mandate" href=3D"https://www.ncag.ps/en/" rel=3D"noope=
ner noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_bl=
ank">NCAG=E2=80=99s mandate</a>is to restore services under conditions of v=
olatility, not to deliver closure.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Ukraine offers a paral=
lel. Western institutions have become adept at stabilizing financial flows,=
 managing refugee integration, and sustaining military aid=E2=80=94but with=
out a credible path to settlement. Sudan=E2=80=99s humanitarian corridors a=
re similarly managed as permanent relief operations. Gaza=E2=80=99s plan in=
stitutionalizes this model: reconstruction without resolution, administrati=
on without settlement.</b></font></p><h2 style=3D"max-width:100%"><span sty=
le=3D"max-width:100%"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#00=
0000">Normalization</font></span></h2><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font fac=
e=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>The third transformation is occur=
ring inside the human infrastructure of the modern workplace, driven by alg=
orithmic fatigue and the workspace paradox. The digital age has fundamental=
ly altered how societies, consumers, and employees process global trauma.</=
b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" colo=
r=3D"#000000"><b>Previous generations experienced major conflicts sequentia=
lly. Today=E2=80=99s professional workforce experiences them simultaneously=
, continuously, and instantly. In any given hour, a professional=E2=80=99s =
algorithmic stream displays corporate Slack messages alongside real-time up=
dates from Gaza, Ukraine, Taiwan, and climate disasters.</b></font></p><p s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>=
This continuous exposure has created a dangerous psychological paradox. The=
 global workforce is more emotionally connected to macro-level crises than =
at any point in history, yet constant exposure is triggering widespread psy=
chological numbness and professional exhaustion. Public and corporate outra=
ge surges rapidly, then stabilizes into fatigue. For leaders, managing a wo=
rkforce under the weight of this continuous cognitive load is a quiet crisi=
s in itself.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgi=
a, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>The ultimate danger of the era of permanent =
crisis is that it becomes intellectually and socially normalized. Once corp=
orate strategies and public expectations internalize the assumption that gl=
obal disruption never truly ends, ambition contracts. Leaders stop pursuing=
 long-term expansions because planning horizons narrow from years to weeks.=
 Innovation takes a backseat to survival and containment.</b></font></p><p =
style=3D"max-width:100%"><img src=3D"https://media.juancole.com/images/2026=
/06/yannis-boschung-ULvttV78PlU-unsplash.jpg" alt=3D"" width=3D"412" height=
=3D"232" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"><i style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><small style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif"=
 color=3D"#000000"><b>Photo by<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://unsplas=
h.com/@yannis_photos?utm_source=3Dunsplash&amp;utm_medium=3Dreferral&amp;ut=
m_content=3DcreditCopyText" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" t=
arget=3D"_blank">Yannis Boschung</a><span>=C2=A0</span>on<span>=C2=A0</span=
><a href=3D"https://unsplash.com/photos/a-small-gray-quad-quad-quad-quad-qu=
ad-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-quad-ULvttV78PlU?utm_source=3Dunsplas=
h&amp;utm_medium=3Dreferral&amp;utm_content=3DcreditCopyText" style=3D"text=
-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Unsplash</a></b></font><=
/small></i></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" co=
lor=3D"#000000"><b>History offers a stern warning: the late Roman Empire di=
d not collapse because every frontier failed simultaneously. It declined be=
cause permanent emergencies became routine, and tactical crisis management =
slowly replaced strategic renewal.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>The modern internation=
al order risks entering a similar phase. Gaza, Ukraine, and shipping vulner=
abilities matter immensely for their immediate human and material costs, bu=
t they matter even more because they reveal the new template of global oper=
ations. Trump=E2=80=99s Gaza plan, with its NCAG, Board of Peace, and IMEC =
linkage, is not just a reconstruction blueprint. It is a case study in how =
global institutions now design for permanence of crisis rather than its res=
olution.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif" color=3D"#000000"><b>The challenge for the next generation of busines=
s leaders is not simply navigating the next disruption but learning how to =
build sustainable, human-centric enterprises when disruption is the baselin=
e condition. The permanent crisis economy is here: industries are monetizin=
g instability, institutions are administering it, and workforces are absorb=
ing it.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, se=
rif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Gaza=E2=80=99s reconstruction framework, endorsed=
 by the UN and operationalized by Trump=E2=80=99s Board of Peace, crystalli=
zes this reality. It shows that the world=E2=80=99s most powerful actors ar=
e no longer promising closure. They are promising management.</b></font></p=
><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000=
"><b>For commerce, governance, and society, the task is clear: to resist th=
e temptation to normalize crisis as the only horizon. Otherwise, the machin=
ery of global order will become a treadmill of containment, and the ambitio=
n for renewal will fade. The permanent crisis economy may be the present re=
ality, but it must not become a permanent destiny.</b></font></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Via<=
span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://fpif.org/the-rise-of-the-conflict-perm=
anence-industry/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_=
blank">Foreign Policy in Focus<span>=C2=A0</span></a></b></font></p><div st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><a title=3D"Imran Kha=
lid" href=3D"https://fpif.org/authors/imran-khalid/" rel=3D"author" style=
=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Imran Khalid</b></font></a></span><p sty=
le=3D"max-width:100%"><em style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif" color=3D"#000000"><b>Imran Khalid is a geostrategic analyst and colum=
nist on international affairs. He is a senior fellow at Foreign Policy In F=
ocus.</b></font></em></p></div></div></div>
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Qatar pursued secret talks with Iran to shield gas complex from strikes,
security officials say

Qatar=E2=80=99s back-channel effort offers a glimpse into the hidden ways G=
ulf
states have sought to spare themselves damage from the region=E2=80=99s wor=
st war
in a generation.
June 12, 2026 at 5:01 a.m. EDTThe Washington Post, 12 June 2026
QatarEnergy's operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City on March
2. (AFP/Getty Images)
By Greg Miller <https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/greg-miller/>

The missile attack that Iran launched against Qatar in mid-March sent
plumes of smoke rising from the largest natural-gas production facility in
the world.

It destroyed sections of a plant that provides nearly a fifth of the
globe=E2=80=99s gas supply, imperiled multibillion-dollar contracts with Ch=
ina and
other clients, and damaged the prospects of finding an earlier end to the
war by dragging Qatar, a key mediator between the United States and Iran,
into the fight.

There was an additional, hidden consequence. The strike also dashed secret
efforts by Qatar to keep its gas complex, known as Ras Laffan, off Iran=E2=
=80=99s
target list, according to Middle Eastern security officials and Western
officials briefed on the intelligence.

Seeking to protect its economic crown jewel, these officials said, Qatar
approached Tehran at the start of the war to present a mutually beneficial
arrangement: Iran would refrain from hitting Ras Laffan, and Qatar would
halt gas production unilaterally =E2=80=94 a move that would send energy pr=
ices
soaring and put economic pressure on the United States and Israel to
shorten the war.

Qatar presented what amounted to a =E2=80=9Csecret deal,=E2=80=9D said a se=
nior regional
security official, vowing to use leverage over gas supplies to help bring
the war to a swift end while seeking Iran=E2=80=99s commitment on =E2=80=9C=
one condition:
you are not going to attack us.=E2=80=9D

A second official with access to the same intelligence said that Qatar=E2=
=80=99s
message to Iran was that =E2=80=9Cyou will achieve your objectives without =
striking
us.=E2=80=9D The officials were among several who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss information gleaned from intercepted communications
and other intelligence.

Qatar did not secure a commitment from Iran, officials said. The sequence
that followed, however, indicated that the possibility of a tacit
understanding remained on track, at least temporarily.

Qatar closed Ras Laffan on the third day of the war as Iran launched
hundreds of missiles and armed drones at targets across the Gulf. At the
time, Qatar attributed the move to =E2=80=9Cmilitary attacks on ... operati=
ng
facilities.=E2=80=9D Satellite imagery later examined by The Washington Pos=
t showed
no evident damage at Ras Laffan.

Statements by Qatari officials amplified anxieties in global energy
markets, including a warning from the country=E2=80=99s energy minister tha=
t the
war would =E2=80=9Cbring down the economies of the world.=E2=80=9D

In response to questions from The Post, Qatar denied pursuing any secret
arrangement with Iran and said its decision to halt production at Ras
Laffan was driven solely by the threat of attacks and concern for workers
and infrastructure at a facility that is the lifeblood of the country=E2=80=
=99s
economy.

=E2=80=9CAny suggestion that operational decisions relating to energy produ=
ction
were =E2=80=94 or have ever been =E2=80=94 made in coordination with Iran, =
for Iran=E2=80=99s
benefit, or to influence the course of the war is categorically false,=E2=
=80=9D
Qatar=E2=80=99s international media office said in a written statement.

Qatar described the allegation as an effort =E2=80=9Cto sabotage ongoing ef=
forts to
mediate an end to the conflict, damage Qatar=E2=80=99s reputation and under=
mine the
strategic partnership between Qatar and the United States.=E2=80=9D

Qatar=E2=80=99s alleged back-channel effort, which has not been reported
previously, provides a glimpse into what security officials described as
the ways that Gulf states have sought to spare themselves amid the region=
=E2=80=99s
worst war in a generation. Qatar, a tiny emirate that juts out into the
Gulf, is more vulnerable than most but also has levers to pull on both
sides of the conflict.Ask The Post AIDive deeper

Qatar maintains close contacts with leaders in Iran as part of its role as
a regional mediator. It allows leaders of the Iranian-backed militant group
Hamas to maintain a presence in Doha, and shares access to the world=E2=80=
=99s
largest field of natural gas deposits with Iran.

At the same time, Qatar has fostered deep ties to the United States. Its
al-Udeid Air Base is the largest U.S. military compound in the region. Much
of Qatar=E2=80=99s energy infrastructure is jointly owned and operated with
ExxonMobil and other U.S. companies. After President Donald Trump was
reelected, Doha presented a $400 million Boeing 747 as a =E2=80=9Cgift=E2=
=80=9D that is now
being refurbished as an upgrade to Air Force One.

Qatar=E2=80=99s alleged outreach to Iran also underscores the extent to whi=
ch Gulf
countries viewed their sway over energy supplies as leverage from the war=
=E2=80=99s
outset =E2=80=94 though it has been Iran, through its stranglehold on the S=
trait of
Hormuz, that has proven most adept at taking maximum advantage.

U.S. officials said the CIA and senior Trump administration officials were
aware of the foreign intelligence on Qatar=E2=80=99s outreach to Iran, a mo=
ve that
might be perceived as undermining U.S.-Israeli objectives in their military
campaign.

But there has been no indication of a rupture in Doha=E2=80=99s relationshi=
p with
Washington. In a social media post last month, Trump said he had opted
against resuming strikes on Iran after appeals from Gulf monarchs he listed
by name, starting with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

Qatar has remained involved in peace talks with Iran =E2=80=94 sending a de=
legation
to Tehran as recently as this week =E2=80=94 even after relinquishing its r=
ole as
lead mediator to Pakistan. Ask The Post AIDive deeper

The facility that security officials said Qatar sought to safeguard is a
sprawling industrial complex nearly twice the size of Washington, D.C. The
natural gas that it produces is used for everything from kitchen stoves to
electricity-generating power plants in Asia and Europe.

QatarEnergy, the state-run company that operates Ras Laffan, has for years
been regarded as the world=E2=80=99s most reliable source of liquefied natu=
ral gas,
or LNG, having never previously missed a significant shipment, according to
Qatari officials and energy analysts.

That uninterrupted run ended March 2, however, delivering one of the war=E2=
=80=99s
early shocks to energy markets. The halt at Ras Laffan came before Saudi
Arabia, Kuwait or other Gulf states had taken comparable steps, and before
it was clear that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed for months to tanker
traffic.Ask The Post AIDive deeper

Qatar=E2=80=99s outreach to Tehran was captured through monitoring of the
communications of Iranian leaders, security officials said. The officials
declined to identify those involved in the talks, citing the need to
protect intelligence capabilities.

Several officials said the intelligence made clear that Doha was prepared
to protect Ras Laffan regardless of any consequences for U.S.-Israeli
interests, even if doing so bolstered Iran=E2=80=99s survival strategy of s=
owing
economic chaos.

Qatar=E2=80=99s main motivation seemed to be =E2=80=9Cto avoid damage that =
would probably
take 10 years to recover,=E2=80=9D a regional security official said, addin=
g that
it was part of a broader pattern of quiet maneuvering by Iran=E2=80=99s nei=
ghbors.
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other countries also sought ways to curb Iran=E2=
=80=99s
retaliatory campaign, officials said, but Qatar=E2=80=99s attempt was perce=
ived as
more explicit.

Doha=E2=80=99s alleged outreach, the official said, was an example =E2=80=
=9Cof how hedging
works behind the scenes with Gulf states and their communications with
Iran.=E2=80=9D

A Qatari official disputed these characterizations, acknowledging that Doha
had =E2=80=9Curged Iran not to attack in general=E2=80=9D but denying any e=
ffort to seek
special protection for Ras Laffan or signal a willingness to manipulate
energy markets.

Doing so would set =E2=80=9Ca very dangerous precedent,=E2=80=9D the offici=
al said,
creating an expectation that =E2=80=9Cwhenever Iran is angry we should shut=
 down
operations. We would legitimize taking an economic hit whenever Iran has a
geopolitical issue.=E2=80=9D

Qatar is seen by some Western and regional officials as having an incentive
to preserve the status quo in Iran because Doha has benefited
disproportionately from the two countries=E2=80=99 shared access to the Sou=
th
Pars-North Dome gas field =E2=80=94 in part because Iran=E2=80=99s ability =
to exploit its
side of the site for years has been hobbled by Western sanctions.

The Qatari official denied that Doha sees advantage in the survival of
Iran=E2=80=99s theocratic government. =E2=80=9CFor us, Iran has always been=
 a threat, even
before the Islamic revolution,=E2=80=9D the official said. The war, he said=
, is a
=E2=80=9Cnightmare scenario.=E2=80=9D

After facing blockades by Gulf neighbors in recent years and Israeli strike=
s
against Hamas leaders in Doha, Qatar has developed an instinct for
self-preservation that could account for any outreach to Iran, according to
current and former U.S. and Western officials.

=E2=80=9CLast year they were attacked by Israel; this year they are being a=
ttacked
by Iran,=E2=80=9D said Timmy Davis, who served as U.S. ambassador to Qatar =
from
2022 until last year. =E2=80=9CThere is a survival mode that Qatar has had =
to adopt
for many years but especially since Gaza =E2=80=94 and is in now.=E2=80=9D

Davis said he doubted Qatar would approach Tehran with an explicit quid pro
quo, but wouldn=E2=80=99t hesitate to highlight how Doha=E2=80=99s continge=
ncy plans =E2=80=9Cmight
be positive for Iran and would shorten the conflict.=E2=80=9D

If Qatar succeeded in securing protection for Ras Laffan, it proved
fleeting.

After a barrage of U.S.-Israeli strikes on the war=E2=80=99s first day =E2=
=80=94 killing
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and much of his inner circle =E2=80=94 Iran responde=
d March
2 by launching a blizzard of missiles and drones at its Gulf neighbors.

As they shuttered Ras Laffan, Qatari officials sent conflicting signals
about what happened at the facility.

=E2=80=9CWe don=E2=80=99t yet know the extent of the damage,=E2=80=9D Saad =
al-Kaabi, the energy
minister, said in an interview published March 6 in the Financial Times.
=E2=80=9CIt is not clear yet how long it will take to repair,=E2=80=9D al-K=
aabi said,
adding that the war would =E2=80=9Cbring down=E2=80=9D global economies.

The country=E2=80=99s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, sa=
id in a
separate interview that Ras Laffan had come under a =E2=80=9Cmajor attack=
=E2=80=9D but
=E2=80=9Cthrough a miracle=E2=80=9D sustained minimal damage. The fallout w=
ould go beyond
LNG supplies, Thani said, disrupting production of synthetic fertilizer and
other products, threatening =E2=80=9Cthe food security of many countries.=
=E2=80=9D

A Washington Post review of satellite imagery showed no obvious damage
during this period at Ras Laffan or other sites that Qatar said had been
targeted. The Post compared imagery captured on Feb. 27 and March 6 of Ras
Laffan Industrial City.

Feb. 27

March 6

Ras Laffan

No visible damage

Ras Laffan Industrial City had no obvious damage on March 6. (Planet)

The Qatari official said that a concrete slab at Ras Laffan had been hit,
but by a drone with such a small munition that neither the impact nor
ensuing damage would be visible in satellite images.

In its statement to The Post, Qatar=E2=80=99s media office described as =E2=
=80=9Cbaseless=E2=80=9D
any suggestion that Doha had =E2=80=9Cexaggerated or fabricated damage to t=
he Ras
Laffan LNG facility as a pretext for its closure.=E2=80=9D The decision fol=
lowed
=E2=80=9Cthreat assessments by Qatar=E2=80=99s military, which identified a=
 credible risk
to human life at energy facilities,=E2=80=9D the statement said.

A little more than two weeks later, on March 18, Qatar=E2=80=99s fears were
realized when Iran delivered a series of damaging blows after Iran=E2=80=99=
s own
natural gas infrastructure was crippled by Israeli airstrikes =E2=80=94 an =
attack
that prompted Trump to rebuke Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

March 26

Damaged facility

500 FT

Ras Laffan sustained visible damage on March 18 at one of its liquid
natural gas facilities. (Airbus)

Ensuing statements from Qatari officials were more detailed than those that
accompanied the Ras Laffan shutdown. The attack destroyed critical
infrastructure that accounted for nearly 20 percent of Qatar=E2=80=99s LNG =
exports,
Al-Kaabi, the energy minister, said.

The damage would =E2=80=9Ctake between three to five years to repair,=E2=80=
=9D he said, and
cause years-long disruptions in deliveries to China, South Korea and
Belgium. The strikes =E2=80=9Cweren=E2=80=99t just an attack on the State o=
f Qatar,=E2=80=9D he
said, but =E2=80=9Con global energy security and stability.=E2=80=9D

*Jarrett Ley in Washington contributed to this report.*
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ass=3D"gmail-PJLV" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box">By=C2=A0</span><a class=
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body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p cl=
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font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;l=
ine-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">The missile attack that Iran launched aga=
inst Qatar in mid-March sent plumes of smoke rising from the largest natura=
l-gas production facility in the world.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c=
-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;ma=
x-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-cs=
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rder-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;p=
adding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">It destroyed sections=
 of a plant that provides nearly a fifth of the globe=E2=80=99s gas supply,=
 imperiled multibillion-dollar contracts with China and other clients, and =
damaged the prospects of finding an earlier end to the war by dragging Qata=
r, a key mediator between the United States and Iran, into the fight.</p></=
div></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-tex=
t" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c=
-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy"=
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,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font=
-size:1.25rem">There was an additional, hidden consequence. The strike also=
 dashed secret efforts by Qatar to keep its gas complex, known as Ras Laffa=
n, off Iran=E2=80=99s target list, according to Middle Eastern security off=
icials and Western officials briefed on the intelligence.</p></div><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true gm=
ail-article-body gmail-type-inline-ad gmail-subtype-desktop gmail-preceding=
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in-right:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds=
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14px;display:flex;float:right"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-=
article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640p=
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m:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Seeking to protect its economic c=
rown jewel, these officials said, Qatar approached Tehran at the start of t=
he war to present a mutually beneficial arrangement: Iran would refrain fro=
m hitting Ras Laffan, and Qatar would halt gas production unilaterally =E2=
=80=94 a move that would send energy prices soaring and put economic pressu=
re on the United States and Israel to shorten the war.</p></div><div class=
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man&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Qata=
r presented what amounted to a =E2=80=9Csecret deal,=E2=80=9D said a senior=
 regional security official, vowing to use leverage over gas supplies to he=
lp bring the war to a swift end while seeking Iran=E2=80=99s commitment on =
=E2=80=9Cone condition: you are not going to attack us.=E2=80=9D</p></div><=
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s New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25r=
em">A second official with access to the same intelligence said that Qatar=
=E2=80=99s message to Iran was that =E2=80=9Cyou will achieve your objectiv=
es without striking us.=E2=80=9D The officials were among several who spoke=
 on the condition of anonymity to discuss information gleaned from intercep=
ted communications and other intelligence.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpd=
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lass=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-=
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atar did not secure a commitment from Iran, officials said. The sequence th=
at followed, however, indicated that the possibility of a tacit understandi=
ng remained on track, at least temporarily.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wp=
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if;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Qatar closed Ras =
Laffan on the third day of the war as Iran launched hundreds of missiles an=
d armed drones at targets across the Gulf. At the time,<span style=3D"box-s=
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te imagery later examined by The Washington Post showed no evident damage a=
t Ras Laffan.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-bH=
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f;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Statements by Qata=
ri officials<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0=
</span>amplified anxieties in global<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;fo=
nt-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>energy markets, including a warning from the=
 country=E2=80=99s energy minister that the war would =E2=80=9Cbring down t=
he economies of the world.=E2=80=9D</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJL=
V gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-wi=
dth:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gm=
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ng-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">In response to questions =
from The Post, Qatar denied pursuing any secret arrangement with Iran and s=
aid its decision to halt production at Ras Laffan was driven solely by the =
threat of attacks and concern for workers and infrastructure at a facility =
that is the lifeblood of the country=E2=80=99s economy.</p></div><div class=
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FNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" di=
r=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&q=
uot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-si=
ze:1.25rem">=E2=80=9CAny suggestion that operational decisions relating to =
energy production were =E2=80=94 or have ever been =E2=80=94 made in coordi=
nation with Iran, for Iran=E2=80=99s benefit, or to influence the course of=
 the war is categorically false,=E2=80=9D Qatar=E2=80=99s international med=
ia office said in a written statement.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-=
PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max=
-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css=
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dding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Qatar described the al=
legation as an effort =E2=80=9Cto sabotage ongoing efforts to mediate an en=
d to the conflict, damage Qatar=E2=80=99s reputation and undermine the stra=
tegic partnership between Qatar and the United States.=E2=80=9D</p></div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text gmail-subt=
ype-atp-questions" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=
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;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem"><span class=
=3D"gmail-wpds-c-cEkrQs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;display:inline">Qat=
ar=E2=80=99s alleged back-channel effort, which has not been reported previ=
ously, provides a glimpse into what security officials described<span style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>as the ways that=
 Gulf states have sought to spare themselves amid the region=E2=80=99s wors=
t war in a generation. Qatar, a tiny emirate that juts out into the Gulf, i=
s more vulnerable than most but also has levers to pull on both sides of th=
e conflict.</span><button type=3D"button" aria-haspopup=3D"dialog" aria-exp=
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s-c-kWzNnS" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;display:flex"><span class=3D"gma=
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te-space:nowrap;width:1px;height:1px;overflow:hidden;color:currentcolor">As=
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deeper</span></button></p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-=
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rue gmail-article-body gmail-type-inline-ad gmail-subtype-mobile" style=3D"=
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:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-typ=
e-rail-ad gmail-subtype-rail" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:inhe=
rit;margin:0px 50px;width:300px;height:662px;display:flex;float:right"></di=
v><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF =
gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"=
null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;T=
imes New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.=
25rem">Qatar maintains close contacts with leaders in Iran as part of its r=
ole as a regional mediator. It allows leaders of the Iranian-backed militan=
t group Hamas to maintain a presence in Doha, and shares access to the worl=
d=E2=80=99s largest field of natural gas deposits with Iran.</p></div><div =
class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box=
-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-w=
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At the same time, Qatar has fostered deep ties to the United States. Its al=
-Udeid Air Base is the largest U.S. military compound in the region. Much o=
f Qatar=E2=80=99s energy infrastructure is jointly owned and operated with =
ExxonMobil and other U.S. companies. After President Donald Trump was reele=
cted, Doha presented a $400 million Boeing 747 as a =E2=80=9Cgift=E2=80=9D =
that is now being refurbished as an upgrade to Air Force One.</p></div><div=
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x-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-=
wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times N=
ew Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem"=
>Qatar=E2=80=99s alleged outreach to Iran also underscores the extent to wh=
ich Gulf countries viewed their sway over energy supplies as leverage from =
the war=E2=80=99s outset =E2=80=94 though it has been Iran, through its str=
anglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, that has proven most adept at taking max=
imum advantage.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-=
bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true gmail-article-body gmail-type-inline-ad gmai=
l-subtype-mobile" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:0px;max-width=
:none;margin-left:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV g=
mail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width=
:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail=
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x;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-=
bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">U.S. officials said the CIA =
and senior Trump administration officials were aware of the foreign intelli=
gence on Qatar=E2=80=99s outreach to Iran, a move that might be perceived a=
s undermining U.S.-Israeli objectives in their military campaign.</p></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd=
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none;margin-left:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gm=
ail-article-body gmail-type-rail-ad gmail-subtype-rail" style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;max-width:inherit;margin:0px 50px;width:300px;height:750px;disp=
lay:flex;float:right"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-b=
ody gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p cla=
ss=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyle=
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ne-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">But there<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>has been no indication of a rupture in=
 Doha=E2=80=99s relationship with Washington. In a social media post last m=
onth, Trump said he had opted against resuming strikes on Iran after appeal=
s from Gulf monarchs he listed by name, starting with Qatari Emir Tamim bin=
 Hamad Al Thani.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-bod=
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ox;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-dxBimu gmail-overrideStyles gm=
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t-size:1.25rem"><span class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-cEkrQs" style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;display:inline">Qatar has remained involved in peace talks with Ira=
n =E2=80=94<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0<=
/span>sending a delegation to Tehran as recently as this week<span style=3D=
"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>=E2=80=94 even afte=
r relinquishing its role as lead mediator to Pakistan.=C2=A0</span><button =
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t;vertical-align:middle"><span class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-kWzNnS" style=3D"box-s=
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height:1px;overflow:hidden;color:currentcolor">Ask The Post AI</span></span=
><span class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-hSyDQc" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-si=
ze:14px;font-weight:300;white-space:nowrap">Dive deeper</span></button></p>=
</div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heF=
NVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=
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ot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-siz=
e:1.25rem">The facility that security officials said Qatar sought to safegu=
ard is a sprawling industrial complex nearly twice the size of Washington, =
D.C. The natural gas that it produces is used for everything from kitchen s=
toves to electricity-generating power plants in Asia and Europe.</p></div><=
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h:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-ty=
pe-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-=
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eorgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.=
6;font-size:1.25rem">QatarEnergy, the state-run company that operates Ras L=
affan, has for years been regarded as the world=E2=80=99s most reliable sou=
rce of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, having never previously missed a sign=
ificant shipment, according to Qatari officials and energy analysts.</p></d=
iv><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text gmail=
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lass=3D"gmail-wpds-c-cEkrQs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;display:inline"=
>That uninterrupted run ended March 2, however, delivering one of the war=
=E2=80=99s early shocks to energy markets. The halt at Ras Laffan came befo=
re Saudi Arabia, Kuwait or other Gulf states had taken comparable steps, an=
d before it was clear that the Strait of Hormuz would be closed for months =
to tanker traffic.</span><button type=3D"button" aria-haspopup=3D"dialog" a=
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rit;color:rgb(17,17,17);height:24px;border-radius:9999px;border-width:mediu=
m;min-height:unset;min-width:unset;vertical-align:middle"><span class=3D"gm=
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=3D"gmail-wpds-c-iSKIAI" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;border:0px;padding:=
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lor">Ask The Post AI</span></span><span class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-hSyDQc" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-size:14px;font-weight:300;white-space:nowrap=
">Dive deeper</span></button></p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmai=
l-wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true gmail-article-body gmail-type-=
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:0px 50px;width:300px;height:989.5px;display:flex;float:right"></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wp=
ds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New=
 Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Q=
atar=E2=80=99s outreach to Tehran was captured through monitoring of the co=
mmunications of Iranian leaders, security officials said. The officials dec=
lined to identify those involved in the talks, citing the need to protect i=
ntelligence capabilities.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wp=
ds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true gmail-article-body gmail-type-inli=
ne-ad gmail-subtype-mobile" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:0px=
;max-width:none;margin-left:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpd=
s-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV=
-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,seri=
f;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Several officials =
said the intelligence made clear that Doha was prepared to protect Ras Laff=
an regardless of any consequences for U.S.-Israeli interests, even if doing=
 so bolstered Iran=E2=80=99s survival strategy of sowing economic chaos.</p=
></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-he=
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uot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-si=
ze:1.25rem">Qatar=E2=80=99s main motivation seemed to be =E2=80=9Cto avoid =
damage that would probably take 10 years to recover,=E2=80=9D a regional se=
curity official said, adding that it was part of a broader pattern of quiet=
 maneuvering by Iran=E2=80=99s neighbors. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and other co=
untries also sought ways to curb<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-w=
eight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>Iran=E2=80=99s retaliatory campaign, officials s=
aid, but Qatar=E2=80=99s attempt was perceived as more explicit.</p><p clas=
s=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles=
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e-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem"><span style=3D"font-size:1.25rem">Doha=E2=
=80=99s alleged outreach, the official said, was an example =E2=80=9Cof how=
 hedging works behind the scenes with Gulf states and their communications =
with Iran.=E2=80=9D</span></p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-a=
rticle-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px=
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in:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom=
:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">A Qatari official disputed these c=
haracterizations, acknowledging that Doha had =E2=80=9Curged Iran not to at=
tack in general=E2=80=9D but denying any effort to seek special protection =
for Ras Laffan or signal a willingness to manipulate energy markets.</p></d=
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px;height:750px;display:flex;float:right"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-=
PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max=
-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css=
 gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;pa=
dding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Doing so would set =E2=
=80=9Ca very dangerous precedent,=E2=80=9D the official said, creating an e=
xpectation that =E2=80=9Cwhenever Iran is angry we should shut down operati=
ons. We would legitimize taking an economic hit whenever Iran has a geopoli=
tical issue.=E2=80=9D</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-articl=
e-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p =
class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideSt=
yles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0p=
x;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px=
;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Qatar is seen by some Western and regio=
nal officials<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=
=A0</span>as having an incentive to preserve the status quo in Iran because=
 Doha has benefited disproportionately from the two countries=E2=80=99 shar=
ed access to the South Pars-North Dome gas field =E2=80=94 in part because =
Iran=E2=80=99s ability to exploit its side of the site for years has been h=
obbled by Western sanctions.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail=
-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640=
px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-ove=
rrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;ma=
rgin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bott=
om:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">The Qatari official denied that =
Doha sees advantage in the survival of Iran=E2=80=99s theocratic government=
. =E2=80=9CFor us, Iran has always been a threat, even before the Islamic r=
evolution,=E2=80=9D the official said. The war, he said, is a =E2=80=9Cnigh=
tmare scenario.=E2=80=9D</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpd=
s-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true gmail-article-body gmail-type-inlin=
e-ad gmail-subtype-mobile" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:0px;=
max-width:none;margin-left:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds=
-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;=
max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-=
css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:=
border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif=
;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">After facing blocka=
des by Gulf neighbors in recent years and<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>Israeli<span style=3D"box-sizing:border=
-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>strikes against Hamas leaders in Doha=
, Qatar has developed an instinct for self-preservation that could account =
for any outreach to Iran, according to current and former U.S. and Western =
officials.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmai=
l-type-text gmail-subtype-from-the-source" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;m=
ax-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-c=
ss gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;=
padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">=E2=80=9CLast year t=
hey were attacked by Israel; this year they are being attacked by Iran,=E2=
=80=9D said Timmy Davis, who served as U.S. ambassador to Qatar from 2022 u=
ntil last year. =E2=80=9CThere is a survival mode that Qatar has had to ado=
pt for many years but especially since Gaza =E2=80=94 and is in now.=E2=80=
=9D</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isSta=
ndardLayoutAd-true gmail-article-body gmail-type-inline-ad gmail-subtype-de=
sktop gmail-preceding-anchor" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:0=
px;max-width:none;margin-left:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"gmail-w=
pds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-rail-ad gmail-subtype-rail" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:inherit;margin:0px 50px;width:300px;hei=
ght:auto;display:flex;float:right"></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gm=
ail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:=
640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-=
overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box=
;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-b=
ottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Davis said he doubted Qatar w=
ould approach Tehran with an explicit quid pro quo, but wouldn=E2=80=99t he=
sitate to highlight how Doha=E2=80=99s contingency plans =E2=80=9Cmight be =
positive for Iran and would shorten the conflict.=E2=80=9D</p></div><div cl=
ass=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-s=
izing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpd=
s-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" sty=
le=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New =
Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">If=
 Qatar succeeded in securing protection for Ras Laffan, it proved fleeting.=
</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-tex=
t" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c=
-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy"=
 dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia=
,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font=
-size:1.25rem">After a barrage of U.S.-Israeli strikes on the war=E2=80=99s=
 first day =E2=80=94 killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and much of his inner c=
ircle =E2=80=94 Iran responded March 2 by launching a blizzard of missiles =
and drones at its Gulf neighbors.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV =
gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-bHCGeL-isStandardLayoutAd-true gmail-article-body gmail-t=
ype-inline-ad gmail-subtype-mobile" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-r=
ight:0px;max-width:none;margin-left:0px;width:2048px"></div><div class=3D"g=
mail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:bo=
rder-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFN=
VF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&qu=
ot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">As they sh=
uttered Ras Laffan, Qatari officials sent conflicting signals about what ha=
ppened at the facility.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-arti=
cle-body gmail-type-text gmail-subtype-from-the-source" style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-h=
eFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D=
"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman=
&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">=E2=80=
=9CWe don=E2=80=99t yet know the extent of the damage,=E2=80=9D Saad al-Kaa=
bi, the energy minister, said in an interview published March 6 in the Fina=
ncial Times. =E2=80=9CIt is not clear yet how long it will take to repair,=
=E2=80=9D al-Kaabi said, adding that the war would =E2=80=9Cbring down=E2=
=80=9D global economies.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-art=
icle-body gmail-type-text gmail-subtype-from-the-source" style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-=
heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Ro=
man&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">The =
country=E2=80=99s prime minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said i=
n a separate interview that Ras Laffan had come under a =E2=80=9Cmajor atta=
ck=E2=80=9D but =E2=80=9Cthrough a miracle=E2=80=9D sustained minimal damag=
e. The fallout would go beyond LNG supplies, Thani said, disrupting product=
ion of synthetic fertilizer and other products, threatening<span style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">=C2=A0</span>=E2=80=9Cthe food sec=
urity of many countries.=E2=80=9D</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV =
gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-widt=
h:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmai=
l-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-b=
ox;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding=
-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">A Washington Post review of=
 satellite imagery showed no obvious damage during this period at Ras Laffa=
n or other sites that Qatar said had been targeted. The Post compared image=
ry captured on Feb. 27 and March 6 of Ras Laffan Industrial City.</p></div>=
<div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-raw_html gmai=
l-subtype-graphic" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:auto;max-wid=
th:1200px;margin-left:auto;width:1200px"><div class=3D"gmail-" style=3D"box=
-sizing:border-box"><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-jFcdfr gmail-wpds-c-jFcdfr-i=
PJLV-css" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;background-image:none;background-p=
osition:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-orig=
in:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;margin-bottom:24px"><div style=3D=
"box-sizing:border-box"><div class=3D"gmail-pg-graphic gmail-fallback-avail=
able" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box"><div id=3D"gmail-g-Ras-Laffan-box" cl=
ass=3D"gmail-ai2html" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto"><div =
id=3D"gmail-g-Ras-Laffan-medium" class=3D"gmail-g-artboard" style=3D"box-si=
zing:border-box;overflow:hidden;margin:0px auto;width:640px;height:492.389p=
x"><img id=3D"gmail-g-Ras-Laffan-medium-img" class=3D"gmail-g-aiImg gmail-g=
-aiAbs" alt=3D"" src=3D"https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2h=
tml/lasraffancompare/3AEV2KWB3VB3BN6OJN22H6TSTY/Ras-Laffan-medium.jpg?v=3D2=
" style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; width: 640px;"><div id=
=3D"gmail-g-ai1-1" class=3D"gmail-g-content gmail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;width:98px"><p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle0" style=3D"box-sizing=
:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Franklin,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font=
-weight:700;font-size:16px;line-height:19px;opacity:1;padding-top:0px;lette=
r-spacing:0em;text-align:right;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-bottom:0px;mi=
x-blend-mode:normal;height:auto">Feb. 27</p></div><div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-2"=
 class=3D"gmail-g-content gmail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;wid=
th:98px"><p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle0" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin=
:0px;font-family:Franklin,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-s=
ize:16px;line-height:19px;opacity:1;padding-top:0px;letter-spacing:0em;text=
-align:right;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:norma=
l;height:auto">March 6</p></div><div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-3" class=3D"gmail-g-=
textshadow-black gmail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:105px"=
><p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle1" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;fon=
t-family:Franklin,FranklinITCStdLight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:=
16px;line-height:19px;opacity:1;padding-top:0px;letter-spacing:0em;color:rg=
b(255,255,255);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:normal;height:auto">Ras La=
ffan</p></div><div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-4" class=3D"gmail-g-textshadow-black g=
mail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:106px"><p class=3D"gmail=
-g-pstyle2" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Franklin,=
Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:20px;line-height:24px;=
opacity:1;padding-top:0px;letter-spacing:0em;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding=
-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:normal;height:auto">No visible damage</p></div><=
div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-5" class=3D"gmail-g-Template gmail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"=
box-sizing:border-box;width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle3" style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Franklin,FranklinITCStdLight,Hel=
vetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:16px;opacity:1;padding-t=
op:10px;letter-spacing:0em;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mo=
de:normal;height:auto">Ras Laffan Industrial City had no obvious damage on =
March 6. (Planet)</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div c=
lass=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wp=
ds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" st=
yle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New=
 Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">T=
he Qatari official said that a concrete slab at Ras Laffan had been hit, bu=
t by a drone with such a small munition that neither the impact nor ensuing=
 damage would be visible in satellite images.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-=
wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iP=
JLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,s=
erif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">In its statemen=
t to The Post, Qatar=E2=80=99s media office described as =E2=80=9Cbaseless=
=E2=80=9D any suggestion that Doha had =E2=80=9Cexaggerated or fabricated d=
amage to the Ras Laffan LNG facility as a pretext for its closure.=E2=80=9D=
 The decision followed =E2=80=9Cthreat assessments by Qatar=E2=80=99s milit=
ary, which identified a credible risk to human life at energy facilities,=
=E2=80=9D the statement said.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmai=
l-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;max-width:64=
0px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css gmail-ov=
errideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;m=
argin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif;padding-bot=
tom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">A little more than two weeks la=
ter, on March 18, Qatar=E2=80=99s fears were realized when Iran delivered a=
 series of damaging blows after Iran=E2=80=99s own natural gas infrastructu=
re was crippled by Israeli airstrikes =E2=80=94 an attack that prompted Tru=
mp to rebuke Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.</p></div><div class=
=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-raw_html gmail-subtype-=
graphic" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin-right:auto;max-width:1200px;=
margin-left:auto;width:1200px"><div class=3D"gmail-" style=3D"box-sizing:bo=
rder-box"><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-jFcdfr gmail-wpds-c-jFcdfr-iPJLV-css" =
style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;background-image:none;background-position:0%=
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-box;background-clip:border-box;margin-bottom:24px"><div style=3D"box-sizin=
g:border-box"><div class=3D"gmail-pg-graphic gmail-fallback-available" styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box"><div id=3D"gmail-g-damage-box" class=3D"gmail-a=
i2html" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto"><div id=3D"gmail-g-=
damage-medium" class=3D"gmail-g-artboard" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;ov=
erflow:hidden;margin:0px auto;width:640px;height:415.777px"><img id=3D"gmai=
l-g-damage-medium-img" class=3D"gmail-g-aiImg gmail-g-aiAbs" alt=3D"" src=
=3D"https://gfx-data.news-engineering.aws.wapo.pub/ai2html/raslaffandamage/=
3AEV2KWB3VB3BN6OJN22H6TSTY/damage-medium.jpg?v=3D3" style=3D"box-sizing: bo=
rder-box; display: block; width: 640px;"><div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-1" class=3D=
"gmail-g-content gmail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:98px">=
<p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle0" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font=
-family:Franklin,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:16px;=
line-height:19px;height:auto;opacity:1;padding-top:0px;letter-spacing:0em;t=
ext-align:right;color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:no=
rmal">March 26</p></div><div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-2" class=3D"gmail-g-textshad=
ow-black gmail-g-aiAbs" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:115px"><p clas=
s=3D"gmail-g-pstyle1" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family=
:Franklin,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:700;font-size:20px;line-he=
ight:24px;height:auto;opacity:1;padding-top:0px;letter-spacing:0em;color:rg=
b(255,255,255);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:normal">Damaged facility</=
p></div><div id=3D"gmail-g-ai1-3" class=3D"gmail-g-content gmail-g-aiAbs" s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:66px"><p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle2" styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Franklin,FranklinITCStdLi=
ght,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;height:auto;=
opacity:1;padding-top:0px;letter-spacing:0em;text-align:center;color:rgb(25=
5,255,255);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:normal">500 FT</p></div><div i=
d=3D"gmail-g-ai1-4" class=3D"gmail-g-_Layer_ gmail-g-aiAbs gmail-g-aiPointT=
ext" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:592px"><p class=3D"gmail-g-pstyle=
3" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;white-space:nowrap;font-family=
:Franklin,FranklinITCStdLight,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;lin=
e-height:16px;height:16px;opacity:1;padding-top:10px;letter-spacing:0em;col=
or:rgb(0,0,0);padding-bottom:0px;mix-blend-mode:normal">Ras Laffan sustaine=
d visible damage on March 18 at one of its liquid natural gas facilities. (=
Airbus)</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=3D"gm=
ail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-article-body gmail-type-text" style=3D"box-sizing:bor=
der-box;max-width:640px"><p class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-heFNVF gmail-wpds-c-heFNV=
F-iPJLV-css gmail-overrideStyles gmail-font-copy" dir=3D"null" style=3D"box=
-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:georgia,&quot;Times New Roman&quo=
t;,serif;padding-bottom:24px;line-height:1.6;font-size:1.25rem">Ensuing sta=
tements from Qatari officials were more detailed than those that accompanie=
d the Ras Laffan shutdown. The attack destroyed critical infrastructure tha=
t accounted for nearly 20 percent of Qatar=E2=80=99s LNG exports, Al-Kaabi,=
 the energy minister, said.</p></div><div class=3D"gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-=
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*https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260612-fifa-under-fire-for-silence-on-=
targeting-of-palestinian-athletes/
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260612-fifa-under-fire-for-silence-on-=
targeting-of-palestinian-athletes/>*

*FIFA under fire for silence on targeting of Palestinian athletes*
[image: The FIFA logo is seen at the FIFA headquarters following the FIFA
World Cup 26 play-off tournament draws in Zurich, Switzerland on November
20, 2025. [Mustafa Yal=C3=A7=C4=B1n - Anadolu Agency]]

*The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel
(PACBI) has criticised what it described as the silence of the
international football governing body, FIFA, over the killing of
Palestinian athletes and the targeting of sports facilities during the war
in Gaza.*

*According to figures published by the campaign, more than 1,000
Palestinian athletes have been killed since the start of the Israeli war on
the Gaza Strip. It also said Lebanese athletes had been killed in Israeli
air strikes on cities and towns in Lebanon.*

*PACBI said 1,007 Palestinian athletes had been killed, including 566
football players =E2=80=94 the equivalent of 25 full teams. It also reporte=
d the
destruction of 265 sports facilities.*

*READ: Israel has become world=E2=80=99s most boycotted state: Report
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260611-israel-has-become-worlds-most-b=
oycotted-state-report/>*

*The campaign criticised FIFA for not taking action against Israel or
issuing clear statements regarding the deaths of athletes and the
destruction of sports infrastructure in Gaza and Lebanon. It said the lack
of action has raised increasing questions about the standards applied in
dealing with conflicts.*

*PACBI said the targeting of athletes in their homes or during the
conflict, combined with the absence of official positions from
international sports institutions, amounted to ignoring the suffering of
victims and worsening the humanitarian impact of the war.*

*PACBI is the academic and cultural arm of the Boycott, Divestment and
Sanctions (BDS) movement, which advocates boycotts, divestment and
sanctions against Israel.*

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=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><b><a hr=
ef=3D"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260612-fifa-under-fire-for-silenc=
e-on-targeting-of-palestinian-athletes/" target=3D"_blank">https://www.midd=
leeastmonitor.com/20260612-fifa-under-fire-for-silence-on-targeting-of-pale=
stinian-athletes/</a><br></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"=
><b><br></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><h1 style=3D"lin=
e-height:1.2141em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;color:r=
gb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><font size=3D"4"><i>F=
IFA under fire for silence on targeting of Palestinian athletes</i></font><=
/h1><div style=3D"max-width:100%;margin-bottom:1.15em;line-height:1.5em;fon=
t-family:-apple-system-font;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65)"><img src=3D"https://i0.=
wp.com/www.middleeastmonitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/AA-20251120-397=
62284-39762271-FIFA_WORLD_CUP_26_PLAYOFFS_DRAWS.jpg?fit=3D920%2C613&amp;ssl=
=3D1" alt=3D"The FIFA logo is seen at the FIFA headquarters following the F=
IFA World Cup 26 play-off tournament draws in Zurich, Switzerland on Novemb=
er 20, 2025. [Mustafa Yal=C3=A7=C4=B1n - Anadolu Agency]" style=3D"margin:a=
uto 0px auto auto;display:block;clear:both" width=3D"412" height=3D"275"></=
div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times =
New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>The Palestinian Campaign=
 for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has criticised wha=
t it described as the silence of the international football governing body,=
 FIFA, over the killing of Palestinian athletes and the targeting of sports=
 facilities during the war in Gaza.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100=
%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><b>According to figures published by the campaign, more=
 than 1,000 Palestinian athletes have been killed since the start of the Is=
raeli war on the Gaza Strip. It also said Lebanese athletes had been killed=
 in Israeli air strikes on cities and towns in Lebanon.</b></span></p><p st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman=
&quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>PACBI said 1,007 Palestinian athl=
etes had been killed, including 566 football players =E2=80=94 the equivale=
nt of 25 full teams. It also reported the destruction of 265 sports facilit=
ies.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-fami=
ly:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>READ:=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260611-israel-has-become-=
worlds-most-boycotted-state-report/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rg=
b(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Israel has become world=E2=
=80=99s most boycotted state: Report</a></b></span></p><p style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%"><b>The campaign criticised FIFA for not taking acti=
on against Israel or issuing clear statements regarding the deaths of athle=
tes and the destruction of sports infrastructure in Gaza and Lebanon. It sa=
id the lack of action has raised increasing questions about the standards a=
pplied in dealing with conflicts.</b></span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;=
color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D=
"max-width:100%"><b>PACBI said the targeting of athletes in their homes or =
during the conflict, combined with the absence of official positions from i=
nternational sports institutions, amounted to ignoring the suffering of vic=
tims and worsening the humanitarian impact of the war.</b></span></p><p sty=
le=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&=
quot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b>PACBI is the academic and cultural=
 arm of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which advocat=
es boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel.</b></span></p><p styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&q=
uot;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><br></b></span></p></div></div>
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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260611-israel-has-become-worlds-most-bo=
ycotted-state-report/

Israel has become world=E2=80=99s most boycotted state: Report

   - June 11, 2026

[image: Hundreds of demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held signs
calling for a boycott of Israel during a rally organized by the
EuroPalestine collective in Paris, France on 27 September 2025. [=C3=9Cmit
D=C3=B6nmez - Anadolu Agency]]

Hundreds of demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held signs calling
for a boycott of Israel during a rally organized by the EuroPalestine
collective in Paris, France on 27 September 2025. [=C3=9Cmit D=C3=B6nmez =
=E2=80=93 Anadolu
Agency]


Israel has become the country most exposed to boycotts worldwide, facing a
sweeping wave of international sanctions targeting government officials,
occupiers and official institutions, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth said
Thursday.


Under the headline =E2=80=9CHow Israel became the most boycotted nation in =
the
world,=E2=80=9D the newspaper said Israel has faced =E2=80=9Ca tsunami of i=
nternational
sanctions targeting Israeli government officials, occupiers and
institutions, escalating pressure from multiple countries and long-standing
pro-BDS organizations.=E2=80=9D


It said France recently barred Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich
from entering the country, after previously imposing a similar ban on
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

According to the newspaper, the French move came in response to the two
ministers=E2=80=99 =E2=80=9Cactive promotion of West Bank annexation, new s=
ettlements and
policies perceived as undermining the Palestinian Authority.=E2=80=9D

The United Nations considers the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,
occupied Palestinian territory, and its annexation to Israel would
effectively eliminate the possibility of establishing an independent
Palestinian state envisioned in international resolutions.

READ: France bans Israeli Cabinet Minister Ben-Gvir over treatment of Gaza
flotilla activists
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260523-france-bans-israeli-cabinet-min=
ister-ben-gvir-over-treatment-of-gaza-flotilla-activists/>

Growing momentum

Yedioth Ahronoth said until Oct. 7, 2023, Israel had managed to limit the
impact of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns.

=E2=80=9CEconomic sanctions had little effect because Israel=E2=80=99s stro=
ng economy
discouraged divestment, while academic and cultural boycotts were largely
symbolic,=E2=80=9D it added.

However, the phenomenon has intensified, with BDS achieving successes in
multiple fields,=E2=80=9D the daily said.

=E2=80=9CThe movement has damaged Israel=E2=80=99s reputation international=
ly, evident in
public opinion surveys showing growing negative perceptions.=E2=80=9D

The report cited several examples, including artists refusing to perform in
Israel, authors refusing Hebrew translations of their work and campaigns
removing Israel from events like Eurovision or FIFA competitions.

It also pointed to growing efforts to withdraw foreign investments,
=E2=80=9Cincluding the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund divesting from Israe=
li
companies.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=9CThe UN Human Rights Council blacklist targets Israeli and internat=
ional
companies operating beyond the Green Line,=E2=80=9D the paper said, referri=
ng to
illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.

=E2=80=9CReports and videos from the West Bank showing occupiers engaging i=
n
violent behavior against Palestinians and property damage have further
fueled the sanctions,=E2=80=9D the report said.

=E2=80=9CPublic statements and actions by ministers, especially Ben-Gvir=E2=
=80=99s widely
circulated video humiliating flotilla participants bound for Gaza, drew
condemnation from multiple countries as crossing a red line.=E2=80=9D

READ: Most people in 36 countries hold unfavorable views of Israel: Poll
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260604-most-people-in-36-countries-hol=
d-unfavorable-views-of-israel-poll/>

Western sanctions

Referring to France=E2=80=99s decision to bar Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, the ne=
wspaper
said Paris had joined Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand and Norway in restricting entry for Israeli ministers.

=E2=80=9CFrance, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Nor=
way=E2=80=94have
coordinated sanctions against occupiers and organizations promoting
violence in the West Bank,=E2=80=9D it said.

France has also restricted the entry of four illegal settlement leaders and
21 occupiers, according to the report.

The UK launched =E2=80=9Ca plan of action=E2=80=9D targeting networks that =
finance and
support occupiers=E2=80=99 attacks, =E2=80=9Curging businesses to avoid ope=
rations in West
Bank settlements.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=9CCanada imposed entry bans and financial restrictions on two citize=
ns and
five organizations, while Australia sanctioned three citizens and six
outposts,=E2=80=9D the newspaper said.

New Zealand also barred three Israelis, adding them to a blacklist of 35
individuals that includes Ben-Gvir, Smotrich and illegal settlement figures
such as Daniela Weiss, Ze=E2=80=99ev Haber, Elisha Yered, Noam Federman, Ba=
ruch
Marzel and Bentzi Gopstein.

=E2=80=9CIn addition to sanctions, France has opened investigations into al=
leged
torture and war crimes linked to the flotilla incident and Italy announced
an inquiry into Ben-Gvir for humiliating Italian civilians,=E2=80=9D the re=
port
added.

=E2=80=9CEU discussions are ongoing regarding personal sanctions against Is=
raeli
ministers,=E2=80=9D the paper said.

=E2=80=9CGermany reportedly opposes measures against Smotrich but may suppo=
rt
restrictions on Ben-Gvir, though a Czech veto could prevent action,=E2=80=
=9D it
added.

Analysts cited by the newspaper said broad economic sanctions against
Israel =E2=80=9Care unlikely in the short term, but personal sanctions agai=
nst
ministers are expected to remain under consideration.=E2=80=9D

They argued that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu=E2=80=99s government has=
 failed
to effectively respond to these developments, mobilize friendly countries
or engage with global Jewish communities in confronting the boycott
movement.

Netanyahu has been wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since
2024 on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed against
Palestinians in Gaza, where nearly 73,000 people have been killed and over
173,000 others in a genocidal war since October 2023.

Israel is also facing a case before the International Court of Justice
(ICJ) brought by South Africa and supported by several countries, accusing
it of committing genocide in the Palestinian enclave.

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><br><div><br></div><div><div class=3D"gmail-row gmail-memo-single-top-row"=
 style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0=
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236)"><div class=3D"gmail-col-sm-12" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:1=
280px;max-width:100%;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;margin-top:0px"><=
div class=3D"gmail-memo-single-news-top-wrap" style=3D"box-sizing:border-bo=
x;float:left;width:1240px"><div class=3D"gmail-memo-news-single-title" styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:border-box;float:left;width:1240px"><h1 style=3D"box-sizing=
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padding:0px;font-family:&quot;Playfair Display&quot;,serif;float:left;width=
:1240px">Israel has become world=E2=80=99s most boycotted state: Report</h1=
><h3 class=3D"gmail-memo-news-subtitle" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;marg=
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r-box"><span style=3D"font-size:14px;font-weight:700">June 11, 2026=C2=A0</=
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r,sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(254,245,236)"><div class=
=3D"gmail-col-sm-12" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:1280px;max-width:=
100%;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;margin-top:0px"><div class=3D"gma=
il-memo-single-news-featured-img" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;float:left=
;width:1240px;overflow:hidden"><img src=3D"https://i0.wp.com/www.middleeast=
monitor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/AA-20250927-39244776-39244764-HUNDRE=
DS_RALLY_IN_PARIS_IN_SUPPORT_OF_GAZA_AND_THE_SUMUD_FLOTILLA.jpg?fit=3D920%2=
C613&amp;ssl=3D1" alt=3D"Hundreds of demonstrators waved Palestinian flags =
and held signs calling for a boycott of Israel during a rally organized by =
the EuroPalestine collective in Paris, France on 27 September 2025. [=C3=9C=
mit D=C3=B6nmez - Anadolu Agency]" style=3D"box-sizing: border-box; vertica=
l-align: middle; height: auto; width: 1240px; float: left;"></div><div clas=
s=3D"gmail-memo-img-caption" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;float:left;widt=
h:1240px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:40px"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-=
box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px">Hund=
reds of demonstrators waved Palestinian flags and held signs calling for a =
boycott of Israel during a rally organized by the EuroPalestine collective =
in Paris, France on 27 September 2025. [=C3=9Cmit D=C3=B6nmez =E2=80=93 Ana=
dolu Agency]</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;pad=
ding:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px"><b=
r></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;paddin=
g:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px">Israe=
l has become the country most exposed to boycotts worldwide, facing a sweep=
ing wave of international sanctions targeting government officials, occupie=
rs and official institutions, the daily Yedioth Ahronoth said Thursday.</sp=
an></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px;=
line-height:20px;font-size:14px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px"><br></span>=
</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px;lin=
e-height:20px;font-size:14px"><span style=3D"font-size:18px">Under the head=
line =E2=80=9CHow Israel became the most boycotted nation in the world,=E2=
=80=9D the newspaper said Israel has faced =E2=80=9Ca tsunami of internatio=
nal sanctions targeting Israeli government officials, occupiers and institu=
tions, escalating pressure from multiple countries and long-standing pro-BD=
S organizations.=E2=80=9D</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margi=
n:0px;border:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px"><span style=
=3D"font-size:18px"><br></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin=
:0px;border:0px;padding:0px;line-height:20px;font-size:14px"><span style=3D=
"font-size:18px">It said France recently barred Israeli Finance Minister Be=
zalel Smotrich from entering the country, after previously imposing a simil=
ar ban on National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.</span></p></div></div=
></div><div class=3D"gmail-row gmail-memo-single-content-row" style=3D"box-=
sizing:border-box;display:flex;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:=
Inter,sans-serif;font-size:18px;background-color:rgb(254,245,236)"><div cla=
ss=3D"gmail-col-sm-9" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;width:960px;max-width:=
100%;padding-right:20px;padding-left:20px;margin-top:0px"><div class=3D"gma=
il-memo-single-news-content gmail-0" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;float:l=
eft;width:920px;margin-top:20px"><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0=
px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">According to the newsp=
aper, the French move came in response to the two ministers=E2=80=99 =E2=80=
=9Cactive promotion of West Bank annexation, new settlements and policies p=
erceived as undermining the Palestinian Authority.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"=
box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-heigh=
t:28px">The United Nations considers the West Bank, including East Jerusale=
m, occupied Palestinian territory, and its annexation to Israel would effec=
tively eliminate the possibility of establishing an independent Palestinian=
 state envisioned in international resolutions.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:b=
order-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px;text-=
align:center"><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">READ=
:=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260523-france-bans-is=
raeli-cabinet-minister-ben-gvir-over-treatment-of-gaza-flotilla-activists/"=
 style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(203,0,0);text-decoration:none;out=
line:none">France bans Israeli Cabinet Minister Ben-Gvir over treatment of =
Gaza flotilla activists</a></span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;mar=
gin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px"><span style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Growing momentum</span></p><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-h=
eight:28px">Yedioth Ahronoth said until Oct. 7, 2023, Israel had managed to=
 limit the impact of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) campaigns.</p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15p=
x;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CEconomic sanctions had little effect because I=
srael=E2=80=99s strong economy discouraged divestment, while academic and c=
ultural boycotts were largely symbolic,=E2=80=9D it added.</p><p style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height=
:28px">However, the phenomenon has intensified, with BDS achieving successe=
s in multiple fields,=E2=80=9D the daily said.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:bo=
rder-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=
=80=9CThe movement has damaged Israel=E2=80=99s reputation internationally,=
 evident in public opinion surveys showing growing negative perceptions.=E2=
=80=9D</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0=
px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">The report cited several examples, including =
artists refusing to perform in Israel, authors refusing Hebrew translations=
 of their work and campaigns removing Israel from events like Eurovision or=
 FIFA competitions.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:=
0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">It also pointed to growing effor=
ts to withdraw foreign investments, =E2=80=9Cincluding the Norwegian sovere=
ign wealth fund divesting from Israeli companies.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"b=
ox-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height=
:28px">=E2=80=9CThe UN Human Rights Council blacklist targets Israeli and i=
nternational companies operating beyond the Green Line,=E2=80=9D the paper =
said, referring to illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and East J=
erusalem.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;paddin=
g:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CReports and videos from the West =
Bank showing occupiers engaging in violent behavior against Palestinians an=
d property damage have further fueled the sanctions,=E2=80=9D the report sa=
id.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px =
0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CPublic statements and actions by minist=
ers, especially Ben-Gvir=E2=80=99s widely circulated video humiliating flot=
illa participants bound for Gaza, drew condemnation from multiple countries=
 as crossing a red line.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;marg=
in:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px;text-align:center">=
<span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">READ:=C2=A0<a href=
=3D"https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260604-most-people-in-36-countries-=
hold-unfavorable-views-of-israel-poll/" style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;colo=
r:rgb(203,0,0);text-decoration:none;outline:none">Most people in 36 countri=
es hold unfavorable views of Israel: Poll</a></span></p><p style=3D"box-siz=
ing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px"=
><span style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Western sanctions=
</span></p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:=
0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">Referring to France=E2=80=99s decision to ba=
r Smotrich and Ben-Gvir, the newspaper said Paris had joined Ireland, the U=
nited Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway in restricting ent=
ry for Israeli ministers.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;b=
order:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CFrance, the Unite=
d Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway=E2=80=94have coordinat=
ed sanctions against occupiers and organizations promoting violence in the =
West Bank,=E2=80=9D it said.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0p=
x;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">France has also restric=
ted the entry of four illegal settlement leaders and 21 occupiers, accordin=
g to the report.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px=
;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">The UK launched =E2=80=9Ca plan of =
action=E2=80=9D targeting networks that finance and support occupiers=E2=80=
=99 attacks, =E2=80=9Curging businesses to avoid operations in West Bank se=
ttlements.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:=
0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CCanada imposed entry ba=
ns and financial restrictions on two citizens and five organizations, while=
 Australia sanctioned three citizens and six outposts,=E2=80=9D the newspap=
er said.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding=
:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">New Zealand also barred three Israelis, add=
ing them to a blacklist of 35 individuals that includes Ben-Gvir, Smotrich =
and illegal settlement figures such as Daniela Weiss, Ze=E2=80=99ev Haber, =
Elisha Yered, Noam Federman, Baruch Marzel and Bentzi Gopstein.</p><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-h=
eight:28px">=E2=80=9CIn addition to sanctions, France has opened investigat=
ions into alleged torture and war crimes linked to the flotilla incident an=
d Italy announced an inquiry into Ben-Gvir for humiliating Italian civilian=
s,=E2=80=9D the report added.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0=
px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CEU discussion=
s are ongoing regarding personal sanctions against Israeli ministers,=E2=80=
=9D the paper said.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:=
0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">=E2=80=9CGermany reportedly oppo=
ses measures against Smotrich but may support restrictions on Ben-Gvir, tho=
ugh a Czech veto could prevent action,=E2=80=9D it added.</p><p style=3D"bo=
x-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:=
28px">Analysts cited by the newspaper said broad economic sanctions against=
 Israel =E2=80=9Care unlikely in the short term, but personal sanctions aga=
inst ministers are expected to remain under consideration.=E2=80=9D</p><p s=
tyle=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;li=
ne-height:28px">They argued that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu=E2=80=99=
s government has failed to effectively respond to these developments, mobil=
ize friendly countries or engage with global Jewish communities in confront=
ing the boycott movement.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;b=
order:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">Netanyahu has been wanted =
by the International Criminal Court (ICC) since 2024 on charges of war crim=
es and crimes against humanity committed against Palestinians in Gaza, wher=
e nearly 73,000 people have been killed and over 173,000 others in a genoci=
dal war since October 2023.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px=
;border:0px;padding:0px 0px 15px;line-height:28px">Israel is also facing a =
case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by South Afric=
a and supported by several countries, accusing it of committing genocide in=
 the Palestinian enclave.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

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Where Musk Is King
June 12, 2026
[image: A collage of houses topped by a building with the SpaceX logo.]

By Amy Gamerman

Photo Illustrations by Tam Stockton

Ms. Gamerman spent seven months documenting the rise of Starbase. She
interviewed residents, teachers, lawyers, real estate workers, bartenders,
community advocates and Cameron County officials.
Mr. Stockton assembled collages using photos he took in Brownsville and
Starbase, Texas.

The gleaming new city checks every box: school, medical center,
recreational center, sushi bar. There=E2=80=99s even a dog park with hoops =
and
climbing toys. But you and your dog are not welcome; =E2=80=9CPrivate=E2=80=
=9D warns the
sign at its entrance. And don=E2=80=99t even think of stopping by for a tun=
a roll:
The streets of black-and-white houses are blocked off by electronic access
gates that encircle the city like a medieval moat. I watched a man who made
the mistake of wandering inside the minimart get escorted out by armed
guards in tactical gear.

In this town, almost every communal space is private property. A company
controlled by the world=E2=80=99s richest man owns nearly all of it. He sha=
pes its
future.

This is Starbase, Texas, the city that Elon Musk built on America=E2=80=99s=
 ragged
hem at the southern border as the home for SpaceX, his aerospace and
artificial intelligence company. Locals describe a highly secretive
environment overseen by a company-affiliated city commission
<https://www.starbase.texas.gov/city-commission-and-staff> that
rubber-stamps Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s vision, a place where even kindergartners =
are
guided by his philosophies. Starbase is the newest manifestation of Mr.
Musk=E2=80=99s political power. It is a beta test for a rising oligarchy th=
at seems
intent on transforming America from the inside out.

Soon, there may be more spaceport cities just like it, thanks to the huge
infusion of cash that will flood SpaceX=E2=80=99s coffers when it makes its=
 debut
as a publicly traded company on Friday. SpaceX, which aims to raise a
record-shattering $75 billion, says it=E2=80=99s worth $1.75 trillion.
[image: Construction equipment and gantries for rockets amid arid land.]

That valuation makes sense only through rapid growth. On May 12, Mr. Musk
announced on social media that =E2=80=9CSpaceX is considering several locat=
ions
domestically and internationally to build the world=E2=80=99s most advanced
spaceports!=E2=80=9D His announcement came on the heels of reports that a l=
arge
parcel of land in coastal Louisiana may have been acquired by an anonymous
aerospace company, widely rumored to be SpaceX.

These spaceports will allow Mr. Musk to create his own reality for other
people to live in. He doesn=E2=80=99t need Mars. Mr. Musk has already built=
 a
colony of his own.

*Mr. Musk often cites =E2=80=9CStar Trek=E2=80=9D* as inspiration for found=
ing SpaceX. =E2=80=9CWe
want to make =E2=80=98Star Trek=E2=80=99 real, OK?=E2=80=9D he said in Janu=
ary. But Starbase bears
less similarity to the enlightened wonderland depicted in that 1960s
television show than it does to the autocratic company towns of the 19th
and early 20th centuries. Like Mr. Musk, the industrial titans of that era
built their own private fiefs, not only to cement control over workers, but
to realize their vision of an ideal society.

Perhaps the most grandiose company town of them all was Fordlandia, the
sprawling city that Henry Ford built in the Brazilian rainforest to grow
rubber trees. Fordlandia was Ford=E2=80=99s personal Utopia
<https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/americas/deep-in-brazils-amazon-e=
xploring-the-ruins-of-fords-fantasyland.html>,
an expression of his social views, his personal predilections and even his
vegetarianism. Workers were forced to subsist on a diet heavy on brown
rice, oatmeal and canned peaches, as detailed in Greg Grandin=E2=80=99s
=E2=80=9CFordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford=E2=80=99s Forgotten Ju=
ngle City.=E2=80=9D For
amusement, there was square dancing =E2=80=94 Ford loved square dancing =E2=
=80=94 and
poetry readings.

Fordlandia=E2=80=99s ghost haunts Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s colony. Corporate cont=
rol is so
all-encompassing at Starbase that a warning on the menu at its Astropub
restaurant alerts diners to the =E2=80=9Cconfidentiality and proprietary na=
ture=E2=80=9D of
the fare. Students at its private Ad Astra school are guided on =E2=80=9Cha=
nds-on
experiential missions.=E2=80=9D The interplanetary mission is even written =
into the
job description for a facilities supervisor overseeing waste management and
janitorial needs.

Fordlandia was a hierarchical microcosm in which Brazilians did hard manual
labor in punishing conditions, overseen by American managers who lived in
their own community with Cape Cod-style bungalows. Starbase rolls out
amenities to attract the highly skilled engineers, technicians and welders
SpaceX needs. It=E2=80=99s another story for the longtime residents who don=
=E2=80=99t work
for SpaceX or the third-party contractors who are building out Starbase at
breakneck speed. The residents I spoke with do not feel welcome there.

There is one important difference between Fordlandia and Starbase, and
that=E2=80=99s the sheer scale of the money involved and the speed with whi=
ch it=E2=80=99s
been transmuted into political power. Henry Ford=E2=80=99s net worth in tod=
ay=E2=80=99s
dollars would be equivalent to about $200 billion. Mr. Musk is on track to
become the world=E2=80=99s first trillionaire, if the I.P.O. delivers. Over=
 more
than a decade, he has used his riches to lobby Texas=E2=80=99 governor and
lawmakers and to elect judges, who have granted him near-total control over
his spaceport city =E2=80=94 and any new spaceports to come.

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On the surface, Starbase resembles other small Texas towns. It is run by a
city commission headed by a mayor who was voted into office to serve a
one-year term in May 2025. At their monthly meetings, the mayor and two
elected commissioners conduct garden-variety municipal business, like
voting to approve ordinances and starting the process to hire a police
chief.

But this American town functions very differently than most. From what I
can tell, every conclusion the commission reaches seems to be a foregone
conclusion, and every measure it enacts seems to benefit SpaceX. To date,
all votes the commission has taken since the city was incorporated have
been unanimous.

Mr. Musk, who serves as SpaceX=E2=80=99s chairman, chief executive, chief e=
ngineer
and chief technology officer, does not hold elected office in Starbase. I
can=E2=80=99t see why he=E2=80=99d bother. The mayor and one commissioner a=
re SpaceX
executives; the other commissioner, a SpaceX spouse. The city election
scheduled for last month was canceled because no one stepped up to
challenge the current town officials.

*In 2011, Mr. Musk* went shopping for an oceanside site for a new launch
facility. Brownsville, on the Gulf of Mexico, fit the bill. Over the years
that followed, he bought out longtime residents and hundreds of acres of
undeveloped land in and around Boca Chica, an unincorporated community
surrounded by a wildlife refuge, through SpaceX and its limited liability
company.

The village of Boca Chica got a multimillion-dollar glow-up. Its rundown
streets were landscaped, the dilapidated ranch houses were remodeled in
glossy SpaceX black and white and E.V. chargers were installed for the
Tesla Cybertrucks that now fill Starbase=E2=80=99s roads. At the same time,=
 Mr.
Musk contributed millions of dollars to PACs that support conservative
candidates for Texas=E2=80=99 legislature and courts. He dispatched a dozen
lobbyists to the State Capitol and cultivated a close relationship with the
Texas governor, Greg Abbott.

Starbase became a Texas city in May 2025, after an electorate made up
overwhelmingly of SpaceX employees and their significant others voted 212
to 6 to incorporate. In June, electronic gates went up on every road
leading into the village, barring the public from (technically public)
streets.

One new Texas law makes interfering with Starbase=E2=80=99s operations pote=
ntially
punishable with jail time. Another allows the company to shut down the
highway into town and to the beach at the mayor=E2=80=99s discretion. Anoth=
er
shields SpaceX, and by extension Starbase, from lawsuits by neighbors over
nuisance caused by its rockets. The laws are so protective of Starbase that
critics fear they could be wielded to criminalize any protests near it.
(Louisiana lawmakers just enacted
<https://www.1012industryreport.com/economic-development/multi-bill-aerospa=
ce-incentive-package-sails-through-legislature/>
a
package of similar aerospace incentives and tax breaks in a charm offensive
aimed at Mr. Musk.)

>From a certain angle, life within Starbase=E2=80=99s gates looks pretty awe=
some. A
YouTube video =E2=80=94 since removed =E2=80=94 shows Starbasers rocking ou=
t at a dance
party as D.J.s spin tunes in the shadow of its Rocket Garden. There are
farmers=E2=80=99 markets and concerts in the beer garden, and Starbase bart=
enders
are rumored to make a mean old-fashioned, to take the edge off those long
days spent working out the kinks of humanity=E2=80=99s multiplanetary futur=
e. Many
employees have received stock and stock options as part of their
compensation over the years; some will become millionaires when the company
goes public.

Starbase=E2=80=99s darker realities are confided in whispers. Injury rates =
there
far exceed the space industry average, according to a 2024 Reuters report
<https://www.reuters.com/technology/injury-rates-musks-spacex-exceed-indust=
ry-average-second-year-2024-04-22/>.
On May 15, Jose Luis Bautista Jr., a 25-year-old construction worker
employed by an outside contractor, was killed in a dawn accident at the
site where its Gigabay Starship assembly building is being erected.
Brownsville=E2=80=99s fire chief told The San Antonio Express-News
<https://www.expressnews.com/business/article/spacex-starbase-texas-worker-=
osha-death-accident-22264633.php>
that
an ambulance was dispatched to Starbase but turned around after SpaceX
officials said their own emergency medical services were handling the
accident. The incident is under investigation by the Occupational Safety
and Health Administration, which looks into workplace fatalities.

At Starbase, 12-hour workdays are common. A real estate agent told me a
prime motivation for SpaceX employees to move to Starbase was to spend what
little free time they have with their families instead of commuting. One of
his clients had to be hospitalized for chugging too many energy drinks to
stay alert after working 38 days straight.

SpaceX, which owns nearly all the real property within city limits, is
building hundreds of townhouses and apartments for its booming population,
which is projected to grow to over a thousand residents this year, from 582
in the fall of 2025. These homes are not for sale. They are almost all
rentals, available only to SpaceX employees. A former SpaceX worker told
Rolling Stone
<https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/elon-musk-space-x-st=
arbase-texas-1235357637/>
that
when employees were fired, they were evicted in short order.

Those who live outside the gates of Starbase Village =E2=80=94 the town=E2=
=80=99s center,
where most of its amenities are =E2=80=94 often feel shut out. Amber Pompa =
said her
father, Homer Pompa, a disabled veteran who lives near Starbase Village,
has no access to the restaurants or any other buildings there. And as
Starbase expands, new gates have gone up in other parts of town. =E2=80=9CT=
here=E2=80=99s a
huge building that=E2=80=99s supposed to have a market and a restaurant and=
 Rio
Grande River views right by my dad=E2=80=99s =E2=80=94 they built it and th=
en they put up a
gate,=E2=80=9D Ms. Pompa said.

There are a handful of non-SpaceX employees, including Mr. Pompa, who cling
to their homes inside Starbase but outside the village. One longtime
resident described how SpaceX bulldozers and heavy machinery have torn up
the road to his home and made it hard to get to his property. But he hasn=
=E2=80=99t
complained to the city. SpaceX=E2=80=99s people are in control, he said. If=
 he
speaks out against SpaceX, he fears the city could pass an ordinance that
would create havoc for him. It=E2=80=99s like living in a dictatorship, he =
said.
(SpaceX and Starbase=E2=80=99s city commission did not respond to requests =
for
comment.)

I thought of him as I wandered through Starbase before a recent public
meeting =E2=80=94 the only time when the electronic gates retract to let in=
 hoi
polloi.

City commission sessions, held in a SpaceX facility, seem choreographed, a
Kabuki performance by actors who wear Starbase baseball caps instead of
kumadori face paint. At the meetings I attended, the mayor and two
commissioners sat on a stage with a black-and-white honeycomb backdrop
modeled on the hexagonal heat-shield tiles for SpaceX=E2=80=99s Starship ro=
cket.
They didn=E2=80=99t answer questions from members of the public, nor spend =
much
time discussing the measures before them.

The city also serves as a useful stage for Mr. Musk, whose wealth was
founded in no small part by the cultivation of a large fan base via social
media. The YouTube celebrity MrBeast, who has 499 million subscribers,
swung by in December to declare the Starship factory =E2=80=9Carguably the =
coolest
thing humanity has ever built.=E2=80=9D A month later, Secretary of Defense=
 Pete
Hegseth paid a visit. SpaceX holds billions of dollars in government
contracts with NASA and the Department of Defense. During a joint event,
Mr. Musk described his goal to send =E2=80=9Cepic futuristic spaceships=E2=
=80=9D to distant
galaxies =E2=80=9Cwhere we may meet aliens,=E2=80=9D and Mr. Hegseth respon=
ded with a =E2=80=9CStar
Trek=E2=80=9D Vulcan =E2=80=9CV=E2=80=9D salute.

*If the SpaceX I.P.O. delivers* Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s trillion-dollar payday, =
it will
validate the alternative reality that he has created at the tip of Texas
and empower him to replicate it at scale. But here=E2=80=99s the thing abou=
t titans
of industry who try to bend the world to their will =E2=80=94 sooner or lat=
er, the
world snaps back. Witness the blowback of Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s adventures in
Washington on the reputation of his company Tesla. What works in deep-red
Texas may not fly elsewhere.

Fed up with yet another meal of brown rice and other frustrations,
Fordlandia=E2=80=99s workers staged a lunchtime revolt in 1930 that blossom=
ed into
a full-blown uprising. They smashed time clocks, destroyed trucks and
equipment, set fire to the machine shop. Ford=E2=80=99s managers and their =
families
fled by boat, or sought refuge in the jungle. Eventually order was
restored. Then the rubber trees died. Planted too closely together, they
were killed by pests and blight. Fordlandia was abandoned.

Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s bid for planetary reach is about to be turbocharged with
billions of dollars of rocket fuel. Who will suffer the fallout if it all
blows up?

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s.com/2026/06/12/opinion/elon-musk-spacex-starbase-texas.html</a></div><div=
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dding:inherit;margin:inherit"><div><div><br></div><div id=3D"m_868817631074=
8522503article" role=3D"article"><div><h1>Where Musk Is King</h1><div>June =
12, 2026</div><div><div><div><div><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><img alt=3D"A=
 collage of houses topped by a building with the SpaceX logo." src=3D"https=
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iv></div><div><div><div><div><div><p>By=C2=A0Amy Gamerman</p><p>Photo Illus=
trations by=C2=A0Tam Stockton</p><div><div><p>Ms. Gamerman spent seven mont=
hs documenting the rise of Starbase. She interviewed residents, teachers, l=
awyers, real estate workers, bartenders, community advocates and Cameron Co=
unty officials.<br>Mr. Stockton assembled collages using photos he took in =
Brownsville and Starbase, Texas.</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></d=
iv></div><div><div><p>The gleaming new city checks every box: school, medic=
al center, recreational center, sushi bar. There=E2=80=99s even a dog park =
with hoops and climbing toys. But you and your dog are not welcome; =E2=80=
=9CPrivate=E2=80=9D warns the sign at its entrance. And don=E2=80=99t even =
think of stopping by for a tuna roll: The streets of black-and-white houses=
 are blocked off by electronic access gates that encircle the city like a m=
edieval moat. I watched a man who made the mistake of wandering inside the =
minimart get escorted out by armed guards in tactical gear.</p><p>In this t=
own, almost every communal space is private property. A company controlled =
by the world=E2=80=99s richest man owns nearly all of it. He shapes its fut=
ure.</p><p>This is Starbase, Texas, the city that Elon Musk built on Americ=
a=E2=80=99s ragged hem at the southern border as the home for SpaceX, his a=
erospace and artificial intelligence company. Locals describe a highly secr=
etive environment overseen by a company-affiliated=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://=
www.starbase.texas.gov/city-commission-and-staff" title=3D"" rel=3D"noopene=
r noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">city commission</a>=C2=A0that rubber-stamps=
 Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s vision, a place where even kindergartners are guided by=
 his philosophies. Starbase is the newest manifestation of Mr. Musk=E2=80=
=99s political power. It is a beta test for a rising oligarchy that seems i=
ntent on transforming America from the inside out.</p></div></div><div><div=
><p>Soon, there may be more spaceport cities just like it, thanks to the hu=
ge infusion of cash that will flood SpaceX=E2=80=99s coffers when it makes =
its debut as a publicly traded company on Friday. SpaceX, which aims to rai=
se a record-shattering $75 billion, says it=E2=80=99s worth $1.75 trillion.=
</p></div></div><div><div><div><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u><img alt=3D"Cons=
truction equipment and gantries for rockets amid arid land." src=3D"https:/=
/static01.nyt.com/images/2026/06/10/multimedia/10gamerman-intro-mqbv/10game=
rman-intro-mqbv-articleLarge-v2.jpg?quality=3D75&amp;auto=3Dwebp&amp;disabl=
e=3Dupscale" width=3D"600" height=3D"480" class=3D"gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" =
tabindex=3D"0" style=3D"cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><u></u></div></div>=
</div><div><div><p>That valuation makes sense only through rapid growth. On=
 May 12, Mr. Musk announced on social media that =E2=80=9CSpaceX is conside=
ring several locations domestically and internationally to build the world=
=E2=80=99s most advanced spaceports!=E2=80=9D His announcement came on the =
heels of reports that a large parcel of land in coastal Louisiana may have =
been acquired by an anonymous aerospace company, widely rumored to be Space=
X.</p><p>These spaceports will allow Mr. Musk to create his own reality for=
 other people to live in. He doesn=E2=80=99t need Mars. Mr. Musk has alread=
y built a colony of his own.</p><p><strong>Mr. Musk often cites =E2=80=9CSt=
ar Trek=E2=80=9D</strong>=C2=A0as inspiration for founding SpaceX. =E2=80=
=9CWe want to make =E2=80=98Star Trek=E2=80=99 real, OK?=E2=80=9D he said i=
n January. But Starbase bears less similarity to the enlightened wonderland=
 depicted in that 1960s television show than it does to the autocratic comp=
any towns of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Like Mr. Musk, the industri=
al titans of that era built their own private fiefs, not only to cement con=
trol over workers, but to realize their vision of an ideal society.</p><p>P=
erhaps the most grandiose company town of them all was Fordlandia, the spra=
wling city that Henry Ford built in the Brazilian rainforest to grow rubber=
 trees.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/americas/d=
eep-in-brazils-amazon-exploring-the-ruins-of-fords-fantasyland.html" title=
=3D"" target=3D"_blank">Fordlandia was Ford=E2=80=99s personal Utopia</a>, =
an expression of his social views, his personal predilections and even his =
vegetarianism. Workers were forced to subsist on a diet heavy on brown rice=
, oatmeal and canned peaches, as detailed in Greg Grandin=E2=80=99s =E2=80=
=9CFordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford=E2=80=99s Forgotten Jungle C=
ity.=E2=80=9D For amusement, there was square dancing =E2=80=94 Ford loved =
square dancing =E2=80=94 and poetry readings.</p></div></div><div><div><p>F=
ordlandia=E2=80=99s ghost haunts Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s colony. Corporate contr=
ol is so all-encompassing at Starbase that a warning on the menu at its Ast=
ropub restaurant alerts diners to the =E2=80=9Cconfidentiality and propriet=
ary nature=E2=80=9D of the fare. Students at its private Ad Astra school ar=
e guided on =E2=80=9Chands-on experiential missions.=E2=80=9D The interplan=
etary mission is even written into the job description for a facilities sup=
ervisor overseeing waste management and janitorial needs.</p></div></div><d=
iv><div><p>Fordlandia was a hierarchical microcosm in which Brazilians did =
hard manual labor in punishing conditions, overseen by American managers wh=
o lived in their own community with Cape Cod-style bungalows. Starbase roll=
s out amenities to attract the highly skilled engineers, technicians and we=
lders SpaceX needs. It=E2=80=99s another story for the longtime residents w=
ho don=E2=80=99t work for SpaceX or the third-party contractors who are bui=
lding out Starbase at breakneck speed. The residents I spoke with do not fe=
el welcome there.</p><p>There is one important difference between Fordlandi=
a and Starbase, and that=E2=80=99s the sheer scale of the money involved an=
d the speed with which it=E2=80=99s been transmuted into political power. H=
enry Ford=E2=80=99s net worth in today=E2=80=99s dollars would be equivalen=
t to about $200 billion. Mr. Musk is on track to become the world=E2=80=99s=
 first trillionaire, if the I.P.O. delivers. Over more than a decade, he ha=
s used his riches to lobby Texas=E2=80=99 governor and lawmakers and to ele=
ct judges, who have granted him near-total control over his spaceport city =
=E2=80=94 and any new spaceports to come.</p><div><div><div><div><div><div>=
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iv></div></div><p>On the surface, Starbase resembles other small Texas town=
s. It is run by a city commission headed by a mayor who was voted into offi=
ce to serve a one-year term in May 2025. At their monthly meetings, the may=
or and two elected commissioners conduct garden-variety municipal business,=
 like voting to approve ordinances and starting the process to hire a polic=
e chief.</p></div></div><div><div><p>But this American town functions very =
differently than most. From what I can tell, every conclusion the commissio=
n reaches seems to be a foregone conclusion, and every measure it enacts se=
ems to benefit SpaceX. To date, all votes the commission has taken since th=
e city was incorporated have been unanimous.</p><p>Mr. Musk, who serves as =
SpaceX=E2=80=99s chairman, chief executive, chief engineer and chief techno=
logy officer, does not hold elected office in Starbase. I can=E2=80=99t see=
 why he=E2=80=99d bother. The mayor and one commissioner are SpaceX executi=
ves; the other commissioner, a SpaceX spouse. The city election scheduled f=
or last month was canceled because no one stepped up to challenge the curre=
nt town officials.</p><p><strong>In 2011, Mr. Musk</strong>=C2=A0went shopp=
ing for an oceanside site for a new launch facility. Brownsville, on the Gu=
lf of Mexico, fit the bill. Over the years that followed, he bought out lon=
gtime residents and hundreds of acres of undeveloped land in and around Boc=
a Chica, an unincorporated community surrounded by a wildlife refuge, throu=
gh SpaceX and its limited liability company.</p><p>The village of Boca Chic=
a got a multimillion-dollar glow-up. Its rundown streets were landscaped, t=
he dilapidated ranch houses were remodeled in glossy SpaceX black and white=
 and E.V. chargers were installed for the Tesla Cybertrucks that now fill S=
tarbase=E2=80=99s roads. At the same time, Mr. Musk contributed millions of=
 dollars to PACs that support conservative candidates for Texas=E2=80=99 le=
gislature and courts. He dispatched a dozen lobbyists to the State Capitol =
and cultivated a close relationship with the Texas governor, Greg Abbott.</=
p></div></div><div><div><p>Starbase became a Texas city in May 2025, after =
an electorate made up overwhelmingly of SpaceX employees and their signific=
ant others voted 212 to 6 to incorporate. In June, electronic gates went up=
 on every road leading into the village, barring the public from (technical=
ly public) streets.</p><p>One new Texas law makes interfering with Starbase=
=E2=80=99s operations potentially punishable with jail time. Another allows=
 the company to shut down the highway into town and to the beach at the may=
or=E2=80=99s discretion. Another shields SpaceX, and by extension Starbase,=
 from lawsuits by neighbors over nuisance caused by its rockets. The laws a=
re so protective of Starbase that critics fear they could be wielded to cri=
minalize any protests near it. (Louisiana lawmakers just=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.1012industryreport.com/economic-development/multi-bill-aerospace-=
incentive-package-sails-through-legislature/" title=3D"" rel=3D"noopener no=
referrer" target=3D"_blank">enacted</a>=C2=A0a package of similar aerospace=
 incentives and tax breaks in a charm offensive aimed at Mr. Musk.)</p><p>F=
rom a certain angle, life within Starbase=E2=80=99s gates looks pretty awes=
ome. A YouTube video =E2=80=94 since removed =E2=80=94 shows Starbasers roc=
king out at a dance party as D.J.s spin tunes in the shadow of its Rocket G=
arden. There are farmers=E2=80=99 markets and concerts in the beer garden, =
and Starbase bartenders are rumored to make a mean old-fashioned, to take t=
he edge off those long days spent working out the kinks of humanity=E2=80=
=99s multiplanetary future. Many employees have received stock and stock op=
tions as part of their compensation over the years; some will become millio=
naires when the company goes public.</p></div></div><div><div><p>Starbase=
=E2=80=99s darker realities are confided in whispers. Injury rates there fa=
r exceed the space industry average, according to a 2024 Reuters=C2=A0<a hr=
ef=3D"https://www.reuters.com/technology/injury-rates-musks-spacex-exceed-i=
ndustry-average-second-year-2024-04-22/" title=3D"" rel=3D"noopener norefer=
rer" target=3D"_blank">report</a>. On May 15, Jose Luis Bautista Jr., a 25-=
year-old construction worker employed by an outside contractor, was killed =
in a dawn accident at the site where its Gigabay Starship assembly building=
 is being erected. Brownsville=E2=80=99s fire chief=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:/=
/www.expressnews.com/business/article/spacex-starbase-texas-worker-osha-dea=
th-accident-22264633.php" title=3D"" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" target=3D"=
_blank">told The San Antonio Express-News</a>=C2=A0that an ambulance was di=
spatched to Starbase but turned around after SpaceX officials said their ow=
n emergency medical services were handling the accident. The incident is un=
der investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, whi=
ch looks into workplace fatalities.</p></div></div><div><div><p>At Starbase=
, 12-hour workdays are common. A real estate agent told me a prime motivati=
on for SpaceX employees to move to Starbase was to spend what little free t=
ime they have with their families instead of commuting. One of his clients =
had to be hospitalized for chugging too many energy drinks to stay alert af=
ter working 38 days straight.</p><p>SpaceX, which owns nearly all the real =
property within city limits, is building hundreds of townhouses and apartme=
nts for its booming population, which is projected to grow to over a thousa=
nd residents this year, from 582 in the fall of 2025. These homes are not f=
or sale. They are almost all rentals, available only to SpaceX employees. A=
 former SpaceX worker=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/=
culture-features/elon-musk-space-x-starbase-texas-1235357637/" title=3D"" r=
el=3D"noopener noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">told Rolling Stone</a>=C2=A0th=
at when employees were fired, they were evicted in short order.</p></div></=
div><div><div><p>Those who live outside the gates of Starbase Village =E2=
=80=94 the town=E2=80=99s center, where most of its amenities are =E2=80=94=
 often feel shut out. Amber Pompa said her father, Homer Pompa, a disabled =
veteran who lives near Starbase Village, has no access to the restaurants o=
r any other buildings there. And as Starbase expands, new gates have gone u=
p in other parts of town. =E2=80=9CThere=E2=80=99s a huge building that=E2=
=80=99s supposed to have a market and a restaurant and Rio Grande River vie=
ws right by my dad=E2=80=99s =E2=80=94 they built it and then they put up a=
 gate,=E2=80=9D Ms. Pompa said.</p><p>There are a handful of non-SpaceX emp=
loyees, including Mr. Pompa, who cling to their homes inside Starbase but o=
utside the village. One longtime resident described how SpaceX bulldozers a=
nd heavy machinery have torn up the road to his home and made it hard to ge=
t to his property. But he hasn=E2=80=99t complained to the city. SpaceX=E2=
=80=99s people are in control, he said. If he speaks out against SpaceX, he=
 fears the city could pass an ordinance that would create havoc for him. It=
=E2=80=99s like living in a dictatorship, he said. (SpaceX and Starbase=E2=
=80=99s city commission did not respond to requests for comment.)</p></div>=
</div><div><div><p>I thought of him as I wandered through Starbase before a=
 recent public meeting =E2=80=94 the only time when the electronic gates re=
tract to let in hoi polloi.</p><p>City commission sessions, held in a Space=
X facility, seem choreographed, a Kabuki performance by actors who wear Sta=
rbase baseball caps instead of kumadori face paint. At the meetings I atten=
ded, the mayor and two commissioners sat on a stage with a black-and-white =
honeycomb backdrop modeled on the hexagonal heat-shield tiles for SpaceX=E2=
=80=99s Starship rocket. They didn=E2=80=99t answer questions from members =
of the public, nor spend much time discussing the measures before them.</p>=
</div></div><div><div><p>The city also serves as a useful stage for Mr. Mus=
k, whose wealth was founded in no small part by the cultivation of a large =
fan base via social media. The YouTube celebrity MrBeast, who has 499 milli=
on subscribers, swung by in December to declare the Starship factory =E2=80=
=9Carguably the coolest thing humanity has ever built.=E2=80=9D A month lat=
er, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth paid a visit. SpaceX holds billions o=
f dollars in government contracts with NASA and the Department of Defense. =
During a joint event, Mr. Musk described his goal to send =E2=80=9Cepic fut=
uristic spaceships=E2=80=9D to distant galaxies =E2=80=9Cwhere we may meet =
aliens,=E2=80=9D and Mr. Hegseth responded with a =E2=80=9CStar Trek=E2=80=
=9D Vulcan =E2=80=9CV=E2=80=9D salute.</p><p><strong>If the SpaceX I.P.O. d=
elivers</strong>=C2=A0Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s trillion-dollar payday, it will va=
lidate the alternative reality that he has created at the tip of Texas and =
empower him to replicate it at scale. But here=E2=80=99s the thing about ti=
tans of industry who try to bend the world to their will =E2=80=94 sooner o=
r later, the world snaps back. Witness the blowback of Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s a=
dventures in Washington on the reputation of his company Tesla. What works =
in deep-red Texas may not fly elsewhere.</p></div></div><div><div><p>Fed up=
 with yet another meal of brown rice and other frustrations, Fordlandia=E2=
=80=99s workers staged a lunchtime revolt in 1930 that blossomed into a ful=
l-blown uprising. They smashed time clocks, destroyed trucks and equipment,=
 set fire to the machine shop. Ford=E2=80=99s managers and their families f=
led by boat, or sought refuge in the jungle. Eventually order was restored.=
 Then the rubber trees died. Planted too closely together, they were killed=
 by pests and blight. Fordlandia was abandoned.</p><p>Mr. Musk=E2=80=99s bi=
d for planetary reach is about to be turbocharged with billions of dollars =
of rocket fuel. Who will suffer the fallout if it all blows up?</p></div></=
div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div>

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*Trump Backs Down Again After Blustery Raid of Little Consequence*
*Simplicius* <https://substack.com/@simplicius76>   6/12/26

*Hostilities between Iran and the US resumed once more after the downing of
a $50M US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, allegedly by way of
Iranian =E2=80=98drone=E2=80=99. But the dust-up was quelled just as quickl=
y, as Trump
predictably chickened out from excessively angering Iran and causing it to
wreak economic havoc on the fragile region, and world for that matter. *

*Trump=E2=80=99s intention was clearly to: *

   1.

   *Save face for the downing of the chopper*
   2.

   *Use a small bit of =E2=80=9Ckinetic leverage=E2=80=9D to see if he can =
frighten Iran
   into moving faster toward a deal favorable to the US*

*The chopper itself, it must be noted, was downed because it was
participating in the =E2=80=9Cstealth missions=E2=80=9D to =E2=80=9Csecretl=
y=E2=80=9D slip some oil out of
the strait. Trump bleated about this triumph just yesterday in a totally
fabulated story about =E2=80=9C100 million barrels of oil=E2=80=9D getting =
through:*
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*Note that no where does he mention whose oil this even was=E2=80=94because=
 it
certainly is not Iranian oil that the US profits from. It=E2=80=99s oil fro=
m
US-aligned Arab states whose destination is mostly China. But facilitating
the transfer of any such oil is a major =E2=80=9Cwin=E2=80=9D for Trump sim=
ply because it
stabilizes markets and keeps his campaign from crashing
<https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2064742749383918019/video/1> and burning due
to skyrocketing prices and economic collapse. *

*Even heavily pro-American commentators were hip to this fact: *
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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2F6138203f-a0b2-47ca-99fd-406cb04ac7a9_1099x255.png>

*Trump intentionally mystifies the process because he wants people to
believe the US is somehow already taking Iranian oil and profiting from it,
akin to the canard he used in Venezuela. After all, just yesterday he
boasted that the US would keep =E2=80=9C50% of Iranian oil=E2=80=9D after t=
he war=E2=80=99s end.*
<https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qkam!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre=
ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
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mages%2F725a6831-7bf8-4cb4-96ff-05eba4fa7f5c_1075x938.jpeg>

*But Trump has never before lied so brazenly and openly, detached so
completely from reality as he is doing now. The reason is that his
disastrous failures are mounting to the point where he=E2=80=99s forced to
dangerously tilt to dig himself out. His low-impulse control has made him
unable to deal with Iran=E2=80=99s iron strategic patience, and is leading =
to the
US burying itself in an increasingly deeper hole. *

*Just listen to how unhinged and detached from reality he sounds in the
latest soundbite, wherein he espouses the view that Iran is =E2=80=9Cso def=
eated=E2=80=9D
that merely a few US soldiers could march into the country and take total
charge of it right now: *

*But in a separate interview on the same day, Trump seemed to signal the
complete opposite, stating that he=E2=80=99d love to take Kharg Island and =
steal
Iran=E2=80=99s oil, but that Americans =E2=80=9Cwouldn=E2=80=99t have the s=
tomach for it=E2=80=9D: *

*The stomach for what, precisely, one might ask? It=E2=80=99s not that Amer=
icans
wouldn=E2=80=99t have the stomach for a lightning fast successful operation=
=E2=80=94no one
ever complains about those. No, implicit in his intentionally vague
statement appears to be the understanding that the US would suffer high
losses in such an operation, and that the public would revolt against
this. *

*Soon after Trump=E2=80=99s meager attacks on Iran, Trump appeared to TACO =
out
again and fraudulently claim another deal was =E2=80=9Cclose to being signe=
d=E2=80=9D which
Iran vehemently denied. *





*BREAKING: Iran directly rejects Trump=E2=80=99s new claim that he reached =
an
agreement to =E2=80=9Ccancel tonight=E2=80=99s strikes=E2=80=9D on Iran as =
=E2=80=9Cbaseless,=E2=80=9D saying no
agreement has been approved at all, and all of Trump=E2=80=99s words should=
 be
disregarded like all his previous =E2=80=9C38 times=E2=80=9D deal-imminent =
announcements
over two months, per Tasnim.A senior Israeli official also tells Channel 12
they are =E2=80=9Cnot aware of any agreement being reached,=E2=80=9D per N1=
2.*

*One of the going theories for why the US so suddenly backed out of
prolonging strikes was that in its response, Iran immediately deleted one
of the US=E2=80=99s last remaining powerful early warning radars in the reg=
ion. *

*A suspected Iranian ballistic missile slammed into the defenseless AR-327
radar site in Bahrain at 26.0380222, 50.5420750 geolocation. Look carefully
below at the red-highlighted rectangle matching the long distance shot of
the burning installation to a stock photo of the exact mountain:*
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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2Fcd1924f6-395c-460d-8f8d-f8c8ce390ed1_1280x1280.jpeg>

*For those who missed it, look closer at the yellow circle showing the edge
of the radome as compared to the map:*
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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2F42f42583-ed9f-4daf-befd-a81b2bd49fd4_1250x1007.png>

*In Bahrain, the Iranian military said it struck communications antennas
and radar facilities associated with the U.S. Fifth Fleet=E2=80=99s Patriot=
 air
defense network. Open-source analysts have geolocated images of the strike
to the Jabal al-Dukhan (translated as the "Mountain of=F0=9F=93=8DConfirmed=
 hit at
Jabal al-Dukhan Long Range Radar site, Bahrain. *found a photo of the hill
on a hiking website, matches the cropped image of smoke on the mountain.
https://t.co/AlmT2Tdxhc1:42 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11,
2026 =C2=B7 78.1K Views------------------------------5 Replies =C2=B7 116
Reposts =C2=B7 390 Likes*
<https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2065127514146807900>

*During all this time, the Iranian air force reportedly continued to
function in full, with a video even emerging allegedly showing an Iranian
F-14 Tomcat landing
<https://x.com/Archer83Able/status/2064843798039974330> in one of Iran=E2=
=80=99s
Isfahan airbases.*

*AMK Mapping =F0=9F=87=B3=F0=9F=87=BF@AMK_Mapping_The Iranian Air Force car=
ried out another
patrol over western Iran, near the border with Iraq, a few hours ago. This
continues to be a regular, almost daily, occurrence for them. But I must
say, they are doing surprisingly well for an Air Force supposedly
=E2=80=9Ccompletely destroyed10:50 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11,
2026 =C2=B7 8.12K Views------------------------------12 Replies =C2=B7 22
Reposts =C2=B7 240 Likes*
<https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/2065265556929089711>

*This is all from an airforce Trump had sworn was =E2=80=9Ccompletely destr=
oyed=E2=80=9D,
along with the Iranian Navy, which had just staged a massive show of force
of an unprecedented ~80+ fast attack boats in formation patrolling the
Strait of Hormuz a day or two ago: *

*Around 80 IRGC Navy fast boats spotted in the strait of HormuzMoloMonitor
=F0=9F=87=AE=F0=9F=87=B9 @MoloWarMonitorAround 80 IRGC Navy speedboats were=
 seen patrolling the
Strait of Hormuz on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, 06/06/2026. Coordinates:
26.73572, 56.774684:01 PM =C2=B7 Jun 6,
2026 =C2=B7 78K Views------------------------------28 Replies =C2=B7 238 Re=
posts
=C2=B7 1.92K Likes*
<https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2063350703901245848>

*You know, the same strait CENTCOM just claimed was totally =E2=80=9Copen=
=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94with a
=E2=80=9Cstrait=E2=80=9D face, no pun intended:*

*U.S. Central Command@CENTCOMThe Strait of Hormuz remains open for
transit. 12:03 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11,
2026 =C2=B7 768K Views------------------------------1.49K Replies =C2=B7 2.=
39K
Reposts =C2=B7 11.4K Likes*
<https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2065102542791401782>

*Who believes that one?*

*By the way, the attack on US=E2=80=99s Bahrain radar installation was just=
 the
only one that was relatively verified via the geolocation photos. Iran had
claimed it hit many other sensitive sites, including F-35 and F-16 storage
sites, which even a prominent anti-Iranian war analyst appeared to confirm:=
*

*Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch@BabakTaghvaee1BREAKING: As a result of
the ballistic missile strike of the IRGC Aerospace Force at Muwaffaq
Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan, at least three F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon
fighter jets of the Royal Jordanian Air Force have been damaged or
destroyed. One of the ballistic missiles hit the 4:09 AM =C2=B7 Jun 11,
2026 =C2=B7 57.8K Views------------------------------14 Replies =C2=B7 158
Reposts =C2=B7 805 Likes*
<https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2064983293049638984>

*Now, despite the US=E2=80=99s military humiliation there still remain two
competing ways of viewing the ensuing results of this conflict. The first
is that the current global-economic disruptions are heading toward
worst-ever scenarios, according to doomsaying experts: *
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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2F10699300-ba19-4860-9d10-f6c84aeb19ab_1200x833.jpeg>

*The second is that despite the =E2=80=9Cbungled=E2=80=9D nature of Trump=
=E2=80=99s reckless policy
cartwheels in regard to Venezuela and Iran, the US has still somehow
emerged as a seeming =E2=80=9Cwinner=E2=80=9D when it comes to energy domin=
ance: *
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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2Fb544f075-6078-4a7d-b7e4-2f7ce855fb5f_1200x423.jpeg>
*https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/once-an-arab-oil-embargo-victim-us=
-becomes-worlds-top-oil-exporter-2026-06-11/*
<https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/once-an-arab-oil-embargo-victim-us=
-becomes-worlds-top-oil-exporter-2026-06-11/>

*HOUSTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The United States has become the world=E2=80=
=99s
largest oil exporter, upending a decades-old order long dominated by Saudi
Arabia and Russia, a shift that tightens American companies=E2=80=99 grip o=
n energy
markets as Washington=E2=80=99s war with Iran reshapes global energy trade.=
*

*America=E2=80=99s ascendancy to the top spot marks a stunning reversal for=
 a
country that was dependent on Middle Eastern oil for decades and =E2=80=8Cs=
uffered
from an oil embargo imposed by some OPEC members in 1973 to retaliate
against U.S. support for Israel.*

*What to many looks like =E2=80=9Cmadness=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94the wayward Ukra=
ine war policies, et
al=E2=80=94appears in retrospect to perhaps have had some =E2=80=9Cmethod=
=E2=80=9D to it, after
all. *

*Of course, much of this had been long in the making, since the shale booms
of early 2010s, and is not just a consequence of Trump=E2=80=99s putatively
=E2=80=98genius=E2=80=99 actions of late. But all of Trump=E2=80=99s schizo=
 foreign policy
initiatives do seem to have one binding ligature=E2=80=94from Greenland to
Venezuela to Iran, to Ukraine and the North and South China Sea=E2=80=94the=
 control
of global energy choke points; a plan now being duly facilitated by the
US=E2=80=99s happy European vassals who continue to move forward with plans=
 on
detaining=E2=80=94or outright sabotaging=E2=80=94Russian =E2=80=9Cshadow fl=
eet=E2=80=9D oil tankers. *

*The question is, how much of this is merely illusory short term gain in
exchange for long-term strategic losses via second and third-order
consequences? After all, becoming leading oil exporter at the expense of
the people who underwrote your petrodollar is not necessarily a
strategically sound long-term maneuver. In becoming number one, the US also
had to significantly draw down its SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), which
now sits at historically low levels:*

*=E2=80=9CJune 5, 2026, the SPR dropped to 349.2 million barrels, levels no=
t seen
since 1983.=E2=80=9D*

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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2F38297e86-3bb5-431f-853a-be8add34b0f8_861x384.png>
*https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-depleted-low=
est-level-since-reagan/*
<https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-depleted-low=
est-level-since-reagan/>
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ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2F99ccb50e-6017-4697-bb5e-282f564e2a40_1122x665.png>

*That=E2=80=99s not to mention that US=E2=80=99s desperate draw downs of th=
e SPR and export
of oil seemed to do little to bring down pump prices domestically, but is
sure making a killing for big oil companies, as always. *


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top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif" size=3D"4"><i>Trump Backs Down Again After Blustery Rai=
d of Little Consequence</i></font></h1><div style=3D"margin-bottom:1.45em;m=
ax-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substack.com/@simplic=
ius76" style=3D"text-decoration:none;margin:0px;color:rgb(27,27,27);max-wid=
th:100%;display:inline" target=3D"_blank"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">=
Simplicius</font></b></a>=C2=A0 =C2=A06/12/26</div><p style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max=
-width:100%">Hostilities between Iran and the US resumed once more after th=
e downing of a $50M US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, allegedly=
 by way of Iranian =E2=80=98drone=E2=80=99. But the dust-up was quelled jus=
t as quickly, as Trump predictably chickened out from<span>=C2=A0</span></s=
pan><em style=3D"max-width:100%">excessively</em><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%"><span>=C2=A0</span>angering Iran and causing it to wreak economic havo=
c on the fragile region, and world for that matter.<span>=C2=A0</span></spa=
n></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font f=
ace=3D"georgia, serif">Trump=E2=80=99s intention was clearly to:<span>=C2=
=A0</span></font></b></p><ol style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><=
li style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif">Save face for the downing of the chopper</font></b></p></li><=
li style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif">Use a small bit of =E2=80=9Ckinetic leverage=E2=80=9D to see =
if he can frighten Iran into moving faster toward a deal favorable to the U=
S</font></b></p></li></ol><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><=
b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The chopper itself, it must be noted, was d=
owned because it was participating in the =E2=80=9Cstealth missions=E2=80=
=9D to =E2=80=9Csecretly=E2=80=9D slip some oil out of the strait. Trump bl=
eated about this triumph just yesterday in a totally fabulated story about =
=E2=80=9C100 million barrels of oil=E2=80=9D getting through:</font></b></p=
><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://subst=
ackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BkZt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/ht=
tps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ec391=
9e-e0bc-4e69-bcc2-6c428930e180_1080x909.jpeg" style=3D"text-decoration:none=
;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-=
width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"=
><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BkZt!,w_1456,c_limit,f=
_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3=
.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7ec3919e-e0bc-4e69-bcc2-6c428930e180_108=
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max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/imag=
e/fetch/$s_!j6IH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsub=
stack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1cb16cb6-ccbe-407f-bb=
2c-9732779f7d13_1080x1179.jpeg" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,=
110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><s=
pan style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"h=
ttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j6IH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:g=
ood,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com=
%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1cb16cb6-ccbe-407f-bb2c-9732779f7d13_1080x1179.jpeg" w=
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isplay:block"></font></b></span></div></a></div><div style=3D"max-width:100=
%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!V=
tBb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-me=
dia.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8434f5a0-0906-408c-9130-6d35f7434f=
c5_1115x368.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-wi=
dth:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substack=
cdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VtBb!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progress=
ive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fima=
ges%2F8434f5a0-0906-408c-9130-6d35f7434fc5_1115x368.png" width=3D"412" heig=
ht=3D"136" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></f=
ont></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,2=
7)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">Note th=
at no where does he mention whose oil this even was=E2=80=94because it cert=
ainly is not Iranian oil that the US profits from. It=E2=80=99s oil from US=
-aligned Arab states whose destination is mostly China. But facilitating th=
e transfer of any such oil is a major =E2=80=9Cwin=E2=80=9D for Trump<span>=
=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><a href=3D"https://x.com=
/FoxNews/status/2064742749383918019/video/1" style=3D"text-decoration:none;=
color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">simply because it s=
tabilizes markets and keeps his campaign from crashing</a></span><span styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>and burning due to skyrocketing pri=
ces and economic collapse.<span>=C2=A0</span></span></font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Ev=
en heavily pro-American commentators were hip to this fact:<span>=C2=A0</sp=
an></font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=
=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0wvc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pro=
gressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%=
2Fimages%2F6138203f-a0b2-47ca-99fd-406cb04ac7a9_1099x255.png" style=3D"text=
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iv style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D=
"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0wvc!,=
w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubsta=
ck-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6138203f-a0b2-47ca-99fd-=
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rgin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></font></b></span></div></a></div>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif">Trump intentionally mystifies the process because he wants people to =
believe the US is somehow already taking Iranian oil and profiting from it,=
 akin to the canard he used in Venezuela. After all, just yesterday he boas=
ted that the US would keep =E2=80=9C50% of Iranian oil=E2=80=9D after the w=
ar=E2=80=99s end.</font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,2=
7,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qkam!,f_auto,q_au=
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=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b=
><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fe=
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=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></font></b></span=
></div></a></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=
=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0iSr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_pro=
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=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0iS=
r!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsub=
stack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F725a6831-7bf8-4cb4-96=
ff-05eba4fa7f5c_1075x938.jpeg" width=3D"412" height=3D"359" alt=3D"" style=
=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></font></b></span></div></a>=
</div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"geor=
gia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">But Trump has never before lied =
so brazenly and openly, detached so completely from reality as he is doing =
now. The reason is that his disastrous failures are mounting to the point w=
here he=E2=80=99s forced to dangerously<span>=C2=A0</span></span><em style=
=3D"max-width:100%">tilt</em><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</s=
pan>to dig himself out. His low-impulse control has made him unable to deal=
 with Iran=E2=80=99s iron strategic patience, and is leading to the US bury=
ing itself in an increasingly deeper hole.<span>=C2=A0</span></span></font>=
</b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif">Just listen to how unhinged and detached from reality he soun=
ds in the latest soundbite, wherein he espouses the view that Iran is =E2=
=80=9Cso defeated=E2=80=9D that merely a few US soldiers could march into t=
he country and take total charge of it right now:<span>=C2=A0</span></font>=
</b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif">But in a separate interview on the same day, Trump seemed to =
signal the complete opposite, stating that he=E2=80=99d love to take Kharg =
Island and steal Iran=E2=80=99s oil, but that Americans =E2=80=9Cwouldn=E2=
=80=99t have the stomach for it=E2=80=9D:<span>=C2=A0</span></font></b></p>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">The stomach for<span>=C2=A0</span></sp=
an><em style=3D"max-width:100%">what</em><span style=3D"max-width:100%">, p=
recisely, one might ask? It=E2=80=99s not that Americans wouldn=E2=80=99t h=
ave the stomach for a lightning fast successful operation=E2=80=94no one ev=
er complains about those. No, implicit in his intentionally vague statement=
 appears to be the understanding that the US would<span>=C2=A0</span></span=
><em style=3D"max-width:100%">suffer high losses</em><span style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>in such an operation, and that the public would=
 revolt against this.<span>=C2=A0</span></span></font></b></p><p style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Soon af=
ter Trump=E2=80=99s meager attacks on Iran, Trump appeared to TACO out agai=
n and fraudulently claim another deal was =E2=80=9Cclose to being signed=E2=
=80=9D which Iran vehemently denied.<span>=C2=A0</span></font></b></p><bloc=
kquote style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65);margin-left:2px;margin-right:6px;pad=
ding-left:16px;border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-co=
lor:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><em style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%">BREAKING: Iran directly rejects Trump=E2=80=99s new claim that he =
reached an agreement to =E2=80=9Ccancel tonight=E2=80=99s strikes=E2=80=9D =
on Iran as =E2=80=9Cbaseless,=E2=80=9D saying no agreement has been approve=
d at all, and all of Trump=E2=80=99s words should be disregarded like all h=
is previous =E2=80=9C38 times=E2=80=9D deal-imminent announcements over two=
 months, per Tasnim.</span><br style=3D"max-width:100%"><br><br style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><br><span style=3D"max-width:100%">A senior Israeli official =
also tells Channel 12 they are =E2=80=9Cnot aware of any agreement being re=
ached,=E2=80=9D per N12.</span></font></b></em></p></blockquote><p style=3D=
"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">One o=
f the going theories for why the US so suddenly backed out of prolonging st=
rikes was that in its response, Iran immediately deleted one of the US=E2=
=80=99s last remaining powerful early warning radars in the region.<span>=
=C2=A0</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"=
><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">A suspecte=
d Iranian ballistic missile slammed into the defenseless AR-327 radar site =
in Bahrain at<span>=C2=A0</span></span><em style=3D"max-width:100%"><span s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%">26.0380222, 50.5420750</span></em><span style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>geolocation. Look carefully below at the r=
ed-highlighted rectangle matching the long distance shot of the burning ins=
tallation to a stock photo of the exact mountain:</span></font></b></p><div=
 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcd=
n.com/image/fetch/$s_!7aj2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3=
A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1924f6-39=
5c-460d-8f8d-f8c8ce390ed1_1280x1280.jpeg" style=3D"text-decoration:none;col=
or:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><im=
g src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7aj2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_aut=
o,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.ama=
zonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1924f6-395c-460d-8f8d-f8c8ce390ed1_1280x12=
80.jpeg" width=3D"412" height=3D"412" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.=
5em auto;display:block"></font></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">For those w=
ho missed it, look closer at the yellow circle showing the edge of the rado=
me as compared to the map:</font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color=
:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vdaI!,f_=
auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.=
amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42f42583-ed9f-4daf-befd-a81b2bd49fd4_1250=
x1007.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:10=
0%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.co=
m/image/fetch/$s_!vdaI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:st=
eep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F=
42f42583-ed9f-4daf-befd-a81b2bd49fd4_1250x1007.png" width=3D"412" height=3D=
"332" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></font><=
/b></span></div></a></div><a href=3D"https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2065=
127514146807900" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;=
color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><p style=3D"max-width:100%">In =
Bahrain, the Iranian military said it struck communications antennas and ra=
dar facilities associated with the U.S. Fifth Fleet=E2=80=99s Patriot air d=
efense network. Open-source analysts have geolocated images of the strike t=
o the Jabal al-Dukhan (translated as the &quot;Mountain of</p><div style=3D=
"max-width:100%"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%">=
=F0=9F=93=8DConfirmed hit at Jabal al-Dukhan Long Range Radar site, Bahrain=
. *found a photo of the hill on a hiking website, matches the cropped image=
 of smoke on the mountain. https://t.co/AlmT2Tdxhc</p></div></div><div styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%">1:42 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span=
>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%=
">78.1K<span>=C2=A0</span>Views</span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"></p><=
hr style=3D"height:0.5px;border:0px;max-width:100%"><p></p><p style=3D"max-=
width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">5<span>=C2=A0</span>Replies</spa=
n><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</spa=
n></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">116<span>=C2=A0</span>Reposts</span=
><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span=
></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">390<span>=C2=A0</span>Likes</span></=
p></div></font></b></div></a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)=
"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">During al=
l this time, the Iranian air force reportedly continued to function in full=
, with<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><a href=3D"h=
ttps://x.com/Archer83Able/status/2064843798039974330" style=3D"text-decorat=
ion:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">a video ev=
en emerging allegedly showing an Iranian F-14 Tomcat landing</a></span><spa=
n style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>in one of Iran=E2=80=99s Isfa=
han airbases.</span></font></b></p><a href=3D"https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/st=
atus/2065265556929089711" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decorat=
ion:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><div style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">AMK Mapp=
ing =F0=9F=87=B3=F0=9F=87=BF</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">@AMK_Mapp=
ing_</span></p></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%">The Iranian Air Force carr=
ied out another patrol over western Iran, near the border with Iraq, a few =
hours ago. This continues to be a regular, almost daily, occurrence for the=
m. But I must say, they are doing surprisingly well for an Air Force suppos=
edly =E2=80=9Ccompletely destroyed</p><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">10:50 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11,=
 2026</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=
=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">8.12K<span>=C2=A0</span>=
Views</span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"></p><hr style=3D"height:0.5px;b=
order:0px;max-width:100%"><p></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D=
"max-width:100%">12<span>=C2=A0</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%">22<span>=C2=A0</span>Reposts</span><span style=3D"max-width:=
100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max=
-width:100%">240<span>=C2=A0</span>Likes</span></p></div></font></b></div><=
/a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif">This is all from an airforce Trump had sworn was =E2=80=9Ccomplete=
ly destroyed=E2=80=9D, along with the Iranian Navy, which had just staged a=
 massive show of force of an unprecedented ~80+ fast attack boats in format=
ion patrolling the Strait of Hormuz a day or two ago:<span>=C2=A0</span></f=
ont></b></p><a href=3D"https://x.com/MenchOsint/status/2063350703901245848"=
 rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110=
,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><f=
ont face=3D"georgia, serif"><p style=3D"max-width:100%">Around 80 IRGC Navy=
 fast boats spotted in the strait of Hormuz</p><div style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">MoloMonitor =F0=9F=87=AE=F0=
=9F=87=B9</span><span>=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">@MoloWarM=
onitor</span></p></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%">Around 80 IRGC Navy spee=
dboats were seen patrolling the Strait of Hormuz on Sentinel-2 satellite im=
agery, 06/06/2026. Coordinates: 26.73572, 56.77468</p></div></div><div styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%">4:01 PM =C2=B7 Jun 6, 2026</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=
=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"=
>78K<span>=C2=A0</span>Views</span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"></p><hr =
style=3D"height:0.5px;border:0px;max-width:100%"><p></p><p style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">28<span>=C2=A0</span>Replies</span>=
<span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span>=
</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">238<span>=C2=A0</span>Reposts</span><=
span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span><=
/span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">1.92K<span>=C2=A0</span>Likes</span></=
p></div></font></b></div></a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)=
"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">You know, the same strait CENTCOM just c=
laimed was totally =E2=80=9Copen=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94with a =E2=80=9Cstrait=E2=
=80=9D face, no pun intended:</font></b></p><a href=3D"https://x.com/CENTCO=
M/status/2065102542791401782" rel=3D"noopener noreferrer" style=3D"text-dec=
oration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><div style=3D"max-=
width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">U.S.=
 Central Command</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">@CENTCOM</span></p></=
div><p style=3D"max-width:100%">The Strait of Hormuz remains open for trans=
it.<span>=C2=A0</span></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">12:03 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span>=
<span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span>=
</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">768K<span>=C2=A0</span>Views</span></=
p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"></p><hr style=3D"height:0.5px;border:0px;max-=
width:100%"><p></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100=
%">1.49K<span>=C2=A0</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><sp=
an>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:10=
0%">2.39K<span>=C2=A0</span>Reposts</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><s=
pan>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%">11.4K<span>=C2=A0</span>Likes</span></p></div></font></b></div></a><p =
style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, seri=
f">Who believes that one?</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rg=
b(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">By the way, the attack on US=
=E2=80=99s Bahrain radar installation was just the only one that was relati=
vely verified via the geolocation photos. Iran had claimed it hit many othe=
r sensitive sites, including F-35 and F-16 storage sites, which even a prom=
inent anti-Iranian war analyst appeared to confirm:</font></b></p><a href=
=3D"https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2064983293049638984" rel=3D"noopene=
r noreferrer" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width=
:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"geo=
rgia, serif"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><spa=
n style=3D"max-width:100%">Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch</span><span st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%">@BabakTaghvaee1</span></p></div><p style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%">BREAKING: As a result of the ballistic missile strike of the IRGC A=
erospace Force at Muwaffaq Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan, at least three F-16=
AM/BM Fighting Falcon fighter jets of the Royal Jordanian Air Force have be=
en damaged or destroyed. One of the ballistic missiles hit the<span>=C2=A0<=
/span></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%">4:09 AM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span><span style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%">57.8K<span>=C2=A0</span>Views</span></p><p style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"></p><hr style=3D"height:0.5px;border:0px;max-width:100%"><p><=
/p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">14<span>=C2=
=A0</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=
=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">158<span>=C2=
=A0</span>Reposts</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><span>=C2=A0</span>=
=C2=B7<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">805<span>=C2=
=A0</span>Likes</span></p></div></font></b></div></a><p style=3D"max-width:=
100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Now, despite the=
 US=E2=80=99s military humiliation there still remain two competing ways of=
 viewing the ensuing results of this conflict. The first is that the curren=
t global-economic disruptions are heading toward worst-ever scenarios, acco=
rding to doomsaying experts:<span>=C2=A0</span></font></b></p><div style=3D=
"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/ima=
ge/fetch/$s_!7Nuq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu=
bstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10699300-ba19-4860-9=
d10-f6c84aeb19ab_1200x833.jpeg" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,=
110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><s=
pan style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"h=
ttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Nuq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:g=
ood,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com=
%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10699300-ba19-4860-9d10-f6c84aeb19ab_1200x833.jpeg" wi=
dth=3D"412" height=3D"286" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;di=
splay:block"></font></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;c=
olor:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The second is that des=
pite the =E2=80=9Cbungled=E2=80=9D nature of Trump=E2=80=99s reckless polic=
y cartwheels in regard to Venezuela and Iran, the US has still somehow emer=
ged as a seeming =E2=80=9Cwinner=E2=80=9D when it comes to energy dominance=
:<span>=C2=A0</span></font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(2=
7,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C2-X!,f_auto,q=
_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazon=
aws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb544f075-6078-4a7d-b7e4-2f7ce855fb5f_1200x423.j=
peg" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" ta=
rget=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/imag=
e/fetch/$s_!C2-X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/ht=
tps%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb544f0=
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alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></font></b></s=
pan></div></a><a href=3D"https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/once-an-ar=
ab-oil-embargo-victim-us-becomes-worlds-top-oil-exporter-2026-06-11/" style=
=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;margin-top:0.=
25em;margin-bottom:0.25em" target=3D"_blank"><b><font face=3D"georgia, seri=
f">https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/once-an-arab-oil-embargo-victim-=
us-becomes-worlds-top-oil-exporter-2026-06-11/</font></b></a></div><blockqu=
ote style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65);margin-left:2px;margin-right:6px;paddin=
g-left:16px;border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color=
:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><em style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:10=
0%">HOUSTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The United States has become the world=E2=
=80=99s largest oil exporter, upending a decades-old order long dominated b=
y Saudi Arabia and Russia</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%">, a shift th=
at tightens American companies=E2=80=99 grip on energy markets as Washingto=
n=E2=80=99s war with Iran reshapes global energy trade.</span></font></b></=
em></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><em style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font fa=
ce=3D"georgia, serif">America=E2=80=99s ascendancy to the top spot marks a =
stunning reversal for a country that was dependent on Middle Eastern oil fo=
r decades and =E2=80=8Csuffered from an oil embargo imposed by some OPEC me=
mbers in 1973 to retaliate against U.S. support for Israel.</font></b></em>=
</p></blockquote><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font f=
ace=3D"georgia, serif">What to many looks like =E2=80=9Cmadness=E2=80=9D=E2=
=80=94the wayward Ukraine war policies, et al=E2=80=94appears in retrospect=
 to perhaps have had some =E2=80=9Cmethod=E2=80=9D to it, after all.<span>=
=C2=A0</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"=
><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Of course, much of this had been long in =
the making, since the shale booms of early 2010s, and is not just a consequ=
ence of Trump=E2=80=99s putatively =E2=80=98genius=E2=80=99 actions of late=
. But all of Trump=E2=80=99s schizo foreign policy initiatives do seem to h=
ave one binding ligature=E2=80=94from Greenland to Venezuela to Iran, to Uk=
raine and the North and South China Sea=E2=80=94the control of global energ=
y choke points; a plan now being duly facilitated by the US=E2=80=99s happy=
 European vassals who continue to move forward with plans on detaining=E2=
=80=94or outright sabotaging=E2=80=94Russian =E2=80=9Cshadow fleet=E2=80=9D=
 oil tankers.<span>=C2=A0</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;c=
olor:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The question is, how m=
uch of this is merely illusory short term gain in exchange for long-term st=
rategic losses via second and third-order consequences? After all, becoming=
 leading oil exporter at the expense of the people who underwrote your petr=
odollar is not necessarily a strategically sound long-term maneuver. In bec=
oming number one, the US also had to significantly draw down its SPR (Strat=
egic Petroleum Reserve), which now sits at historically low levels:</font><=
/b></p><blockquote style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65);margin-left:2px;margin-r=
ight:6px;padding-left:16px;border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;bo=
rder-left-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);max-width:100%"><p style=3D"max-width:100%"=
><em style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif">=E2=80=9CJune 5, 2026, the SPR dropped to 349.2 million=
 barrels, levels not seen since 1983.=E2=80=9D</font></b></span></em></p></=
blockquote><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"htt=
ps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yTv3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressiv=
e:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimage=
s%2F38297e86-3bb5-431f-853a-be8add34b0f8_861x384.png" style=3D"text-decorat=
ion:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yTv3!,w_1456,c=
_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-=
media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38297e86-3bb5-431f-853a-be8add34=
b0f8_861x384.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"184" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5=
em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block"></font></b></span></div></a><a href=3D"htt=
ps://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-depleted-lowest-=
level-since-reagan/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);ma=
x-width:100%;margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.25em" target=3D"_blank"><b><=
font face=3D"georgia, serif">https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-pe=
troleum-reserve-depleted-lowest-level-since-reagan/</font></b></a></div><di=
v style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><a href=3D"https://substackc=
dn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sDYn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%=
3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99ccb50e-6=
017-4697-bb5e-282f564e2a40_1122x665.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;colo=
r:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><div style=3D"max-width=
:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img=
 src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sDYn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto=
,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz=
onaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99ccb50e-6017-4697-bb5e-282f564e2a40_1122x665=
.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"244" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em=
 auto;display:block"></font></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">That=E2=80=99s=
 not to mention that US=E2=80=99s desperate draw downs of the SPR and expor=
t of oil seemed to do little to bring down pump prices domestically, but is=
 sure making a killing for big oil companies, as always.<span>=C2=A0</span>=
</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><br></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;=
color:rgb(27,27,27)"><em style=3D"max-width:100%"><b><font face=3D"georgia,=
 serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"></span></font></b></em></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"></p><hr style=3D"height:0.5px;borde=
r:0px;max-width:100%"><p style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)"></p><p style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><br></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(2=
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bying

[image: President Trump Signs His "Big, Beautiful Bill" Into Law And
Celebrates Independence Day At The White House]

US President Donald Trump, joined by Republican lawmakers, signs the
so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law at the White House in
Washington, DC on July 4, 2025.
 (Photo by Eric Lee/Getty Images)
88 Corporations That Paid No US Federal Income Tax in 2025 Spent $852
Million on Recent Lobbying, Elections
=E2=80=9CThe result,=E2=80=9D said the author of a new Public Citizen analy=
sis, =E2=80=9Cis a
self-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays
cash back.=E2=80=9D
Brett Wilkins <https://www.commondreams.org/author/brett-wilkins>
Jun 11, 2026

Eighty-eight corporations that paid no federal income tax last year spent
roughly $852 million on US campaign contributions and lobbying during
recent election cycles, a report published Thursday revealed.

The report, =E2=80=9CThe Current Price of Zero,
<https://www.citizen.org/article/the-current-price-of-zero/>=E2=80=9D was a=
uthored
by Eileen O=E2=80=99Grady, a researcher at Public Citizen=E2=80=99s Congres=
s Watch
division. The publication draws upon an analysis
<https://itep.org/88-profitable-corporations-paid-zero-income-tax-in-2025/>
published
in April by the Institute on Taxation
<https://www.commondreams.org/tag/taxation> and Economic Policy (ITEP)
showing <https://www.commondreams.org/news/88-companies-no-income-tax> that
at least 88 of the nation=E2=80=99s largest companies paid no federal corpo=
rate
income tax in fiscal year 2025, despite reporting combined US pretax income
of around $105 billion.

=E2=80=9CUsing data from OpenSecrets, which compiles and publishes campaign=
 finance
<https://www.commondreams.org/tag/campaign-finance> and lobbying data, we
found that from the 2020 election cycle through the 2024 cycle, these 88
companies have spent nearly $852 million on lobbying and campaign
contributions,=E2=80=9D O=E2=80=99Grady wrote
<https://www.citizen.org/article/the-current-price-of-zero/#_ftn1>. =E2=80=
=9CWe
highlight the companies that spent the most money on lobbying, hired the
most lobbyists, lobbied specifically on tax issues, and contributed the
most cash to political campaigns.=E2=80=9D

The federal corporate income tax rate is 21%, indicating that the 88
companies in the report dodged a combined $22.1 billion in taxes last year.
Additionally, they received $4.7 billion in tax rebates, bringing their
total tax breaks to approximately $26.7 billion.

=E2=80=9CThe largest and richest corporations in the country are paying zer=
o in
federal income tax, and that is a slap in the face to the American
taxpayers who are struggling to afford necessities like groceries and
healthcare,=E2=80=9D O=E2=80=99Grady said in a statement
<https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/corporate-tax-dodgers-lobbying-and-p=
olitical-spending-records-reveal-self-reinforcing-loop>
.

*=E2=80=9C*Meanwhile, these companies are spending money that could have go=
ne to
the public good on lobbying for even more special advantages and tax
breaks,=E2=80=9D she added. =E2=80=9CIn this backwards, cash-fueled system,=
 the deck is
being stacked ever higher in favor of corporations, and against working
people.=E2=80=9D

The report=E2=80=99s key findings include:

   - The 88 corporations that paid no federal corporate income tax in 2025
   spent $712 million on lobbying and $140 million on campaign contribution=
s
   over the last three election cycles;
   - Comparing the taxes the corporations saved against the cost of their
   political spending, they collectively made a 3,000% return on investment=
;
   - Coinbase Global spent the most of any company=E2=80=94$89 million=E2=
=80=94followed by
   CVS Health ($66 million), Honeywell International ($56 million), America=
n
   Electric Power ($47 million), and Duke Energy ($35 million);
   - On average each year, these companies together have sent 1,119
   lobbyists to influence the federal government, including on tax issues a=
nd
   legislation that changed the tax code in favor of corporate giveaways; a=
nd
   - Since the beginning of 2025, these companies have collectively laid
   off at least 21,200 workers <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/workers> a=
nd
   announced plans to lay off thousands more.

"Our findings suggest that while Republicans
<https://www.commondreams.org/tag/republicans> lawmakers rewrote the tax
code to enshrine massive giveaways to wealthy corporations, those same
corporate tax dodgers poured millions into lobbying and political campaigns
that yielded further tax breaks, which in turn has bankrolled even more
political influence," O'Grady wrote. "The result is a self-reinforcing loop
where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash back."

The report singles out two related pieces of legislation=E2=80=94President =
Donald
Trump=E2=80=99s 2017 Tax Cuts <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/tax-cuts> a=
nd Jobs
Act, and the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law
by Trump last July 4=E2=80=94which enabled =E2=80=9Cseveral common strategi=
es the companies
used to get tax breaks and rebates.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=9CThe most commonly used corporate tax giveaway, accelerated depreci=
ation,
enabled more than half of the companies to collectively avoid $11.4 billion
in taxes by allowing them to write off capital investments immediately,=E2=
=80=9D
O=E2=80=99Grady noted.

=E2=80=9CIn addition, a tax break supercharged under the Big Ugly Law allow=
ed more
than 30 companies to immediately write off research and development
expenses, which alone netted them at least $4.4 billion in savings,=E2=80=
=9D she
added, using a common liberal epithet for the OBBBA.

Since the US Supreme Court=E2=80=99s 2010 *Citizens United v. Federal Elect=
ion
Commission <https://www.oyez.org/cases/2008/08-205>* ruling=E2=80=94which a=
ffirmed
that political spending by corporations, nonprofit organizations, labor
unions <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/unions>, and other groups is a
form of free speech <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/free-speech> protecte=
d
by the First Amendment=E2=80=94nearly $20 billion has been spent on US pres=
idential
elections and more than $53 billion on congressional races, according to
<https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/cost-of-election> data
compiled by OpenSecrets. Spending on 2024 congressional races was double
2010 levels, while presidential campaign contributions were more than 50%
higher in 2024 than in 2008, the last election before *Citizens United
<https://www.commondreams.org/tag/citizens-united>*.

Ultrawealthy and corporate megadonors played a critical role
<https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/fifteen-years-late=
r-citizens-united-defined-2024-election>
in
Trump=E2=80=99s 2024 victory. Fossil fuel interests spent more than $445 mi=
llion
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/big-oil-donations-trump> during the 2024
election <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/2024-election> cycle on campaign
donations, lobbying, and other efforts to elect Trump and his Republican
allies, plus pass policies that benefit their climate-wrecking
businesses. Artificial
intelligence <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/artificial-intelligence> and
cryptocurrency are fast emerging as some of the most prolific lobbyists.
Trump and Republicans in Congress have promoted
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ai-framework-criticism> policies
and legislation boosting these sectors and shielding them from government
regulation.

Elon Musk=E2=80=94the CEO of Tesla <https://www.commondreams.org/tag/tesla>=
 and
SpaceX and majority owner of X who could soon become the world=E2=80=99s fi=
rst
trillionaire <https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-trillionaire>=E2=
=80=94is
the most prominent of the numerous Trump donors who have been rewarded
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/public-citizen-trump-cabinet-picks>with
Cabinet nominations and other key appointments
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-elizabeth-warren-doge> in =E2=
=80=9Can
administration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests,=E2=80=9D =
as
Americans for Tax Fairness executive director David Kass described
<https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-inauguration-oligarchy> it.

O=E2=80=99Grady wrote that =E2=80=9Ccorporate tax dodgers spend lavishly on=
 lobbying and
campaign contributions that feed into more tax breaks, which in turn fund
even more political spending on policies that serve to pad corporate
profits=E2=80=94and the cycle continues.=E2=80=9D

To remedy this, the report asserts: =E2=80=9CIt is imperative that Congress=
 undo
the Republican tax giveaways to corporations like bonus depreciation and
research and development write-offs. In addition, the corporate rate must
be increased to at least the 35% rate that stood before the 2017 law.=E2=80=
=9D

=E2=80=9CCorporations should not be able to deduct multimillion-dollar bonu=
ses. And
Congress must prevent multinational corporations from avoiding taxes by
booking profits in offshore subsidiaries by equalizing the domestic and
international tax rates,=E2=80=9D the publication concludes. =E2=80=9CWith =
these and other
reforms to our tax code, our nation could have more than enough revenue to
breinvest in American communities and make life more affordable for
everyone. It=E2=80=99s time to finally put people over corporate profits.=
=E2=80=9D

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ail-sm-mt-1" style=3D"zoom:1;margin-bottom:10px"><div class=3D"gmail-body g=
mail-js-expandable gmail-clearfix gmail-js-listicle-body gmail-css-listicle=
-body-2677029481" style=3D"zoom:1;margin-top:0px;max-width:680px"><div clas=
s=3D"gmail-body-description" style=3D"font-size:20px;line-height:30px;color=
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yer-iframe-wrapper" style=3D"min-height:80px;width:680px;padding:0px;clear:=
both"></div><p>Eighty-eight corporations that paid no federal income tax la=
st year spent roughly $852 million on US campaign contributions and lobbyin=
g during recent election cycles, a report published Thursday revealed.</p><=
p>The report, =E2=80=9C<a href=3D"https://www.citizen.org/article/the-curre=
nt-price-of-zero/" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=
=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">The Current Price of Zero,</a>=E2=80=9D was authored =
by Eileen O=E2=80=99Grady, a researcher at Public Citizen=E2=80=99s Congres=
s Watch division. The publication draws upon an=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://ite=
p.org/88-profitable-corporations-paid-zero-income-tax-in-2025/" target=3D"_=
blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">analysis=
</a>=C2=A0published in April by the Institute on=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://ww=
w.commondreams.org/tag/taxation" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"=
color:rgb(0,0,0)">Taxation</a>=C2=A0and Economic Policy (ITEP)=C2=A0<a href=
=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/88-companies-no-income-tax" target=3D=
"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">showin=
g</a>=C2=A0that at least 88 of the nation=E2=80=99s largest companies paid =
no federal corporate income tax in fiscal year 2025, despite reporting comb=
ined US pretax income of around $105 billion.</p><p>=E2=80=9CUsing data fro=
m OpenSecrets, which compiles and publishes=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.com=
mondreams.org/tag/campaign-finance" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=
=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">campaign finance</a>=C2=A0and lobbying data, we found=
 that from the 2020 election cycle through the 2024 cycle, these 88 compani=
es have spent nearly $852 million on lobbying and campaign contributions,=
=E2=80=9D O=E2=80=99Grady=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.citizen.org/article/t=
he-current-price-of-zero/#_ftn1" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-=
tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">wrote</a>. =E2=80=9CWe highlight the co=
mpanies that spent the most money on lobbying, hired the most lobbyists, lo=
bbied specifically on tax issues, and contributed the most cash to politica=
l campaigns.=E2=80=9D</p><p>The federal corporate income tax rate is 21%, i=
ndicating that the 88 companies in the report dodged a combined $22.1 billi=
on in taxes last year. Additionally, they received $4.7 billion in tax reba=
tes, bringing their total tax breaks to approximately $26.7 billion.</p><p>=
=E2=80=9CThe largest and richest corporations in the country are paying zer=
o in federal income tax, and that is a slap in the face to the American tax=
payers who are struggling to afford necessities like groceries and healthca=
re,=E2=80=9D<strong style=3D"font-weight:bold">=C2=A0</strong>O=E2=80=99Gra=
dy said in a=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/corporat=
e-tax-dodgers-lobbying-and-political-spending-records-reveal-self-reinforci=
ng-loop" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:=
rgb(0,0,0)">statement</a>.</p><p><strong style=3D"font-weight:bold">=E2=80=
=9C</strong>Meanwhile, these companies are spending money that could have g=
one to the public good on lobbying for even more special advantages and tax=
 breaks,=E2=80=9D she added. =E2=80=9CIn this backwards, cash-fueled system=
, the deck is being stacked ever higher in favor of corporations, and again=
st working people.=E2=80=9D</p><p>The report=E2=80=99s key findings include=
:</p><ul class=3D"ee-ul" style=3D"margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px">=
<li>The 88 corporations that paid no federal corporate income tax in 2025 s=
pent $712 million on lobbying and $140 million on campaign contributions ov=
er the last three election cycles;</li><li>Comparing the taxes the corporat=
ions saved against the cost of their political spending, they collectively =
made a 3,000% return on investment;</li><li>Coinbase Global spent the most =
of any company=E2=80=94$89 million=E2=80=94followed by CVS Health ($66 mill=
ion), Honeywell International ($56 million), American Electric Power ($47 m=
illion), and Duke Energy ($35 million);</li><li>On average each year, these=
 companies together have sent 1,119 lobbyists to influence the federal gove=
rnment, including on tax issues and legislation that changed the tax code i=
n favor of corporate giveaways; and</li><li>Since the beginning of 2025, th=
ese companies have collectively laid off at least 21,200=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht=
tps://www.commondreams.org/tag/workers" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">workers</a>=C2=A0and announced plans to lay off th=
ousands more.</li></ul><div>&quot;Our findings suggest that while=C2=A0<a h=
ref=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/tag/republicans" class=3D"gmail-rm-stat=
s-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Republicans</a>=C2=A0lawmakers rewrot=
e the tax code to enshrine massive giveaways to wealthy corporations, those=
 same corporate tax dodgers poured millions into lobbying and political cam=
paigns that yielded further tax breaks, which in turn has bankrolled even m=
ore political influence,&quot; O&#39;Grady wrote. &quot;The result is a sel=
f-reinforcing loop where corporate cash buys policy, and policy pays cash b=
ack.&quot;</div><div><p>The report singles out two related pieces of legisl=
ation=E2=80=94President Donald Trump=E2=80=99s 2017=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:/=
/www.commondreams.org/tag/tax-cuts" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=
=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Tax Cuts</a>=C2=A0and Jobs Act, and the so-called One=
 Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), signed into law by Trump last July 4=E2=80=
=94which enabled =E2=80=9Cseveral common strategies the companies used to g=
et tax breaks and rebates.=E2=80=9D</p><p>=E2=80=9CThe most commonly used c=
orporate tax giveaway, accelerated depreciation, enabled more than half of =
the companies to collectively avoid $11.4 billion in taxes by allowing them=
 to write off capital investments immediately,=E2=80=9D O=E2=80=99Grady not=
ed.</p><p>=E2=80=9CIn addition, a tax break supercharged under the Big Ugly=
 Law allowed more than 30 companies to immediately write off research and d=
evelopment expenses, which alone netted them at least $4.4 billion in savin=
gs,=E2=80=9D she added, using a common liberal epithet for the OBBBA.</p><p=
>Since the US Supreme Court=E2=80=99s 2010=C2=A0<em><a href=3D"https://www.=
oyez.org/cases/2008/08-205" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-track=
ed" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Citizens United v. Federal Election Commissi=
on</a></em>=C2=A0ruling=E2=80=94which affirmed that political spending by c=
orporations, nonprofit organizations, labor=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.com=
mondreams.org/tag/unions" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:r=
gb(0,0,0)">unions</a>, and other groups is a form of=C2=A0<a href=3D"https:=
//www.commondreams.org/tag/free-speech" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">free speech</a>=C2=A0protected by the First Amendm=
ent=E2=80=94nearly $20 billion has been spent on US presidential elections =
and more than $53 billion on congressional races,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://w=
ww.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/cost-of-election" target=3D"_blank" c=
lass=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">according to</a>=
=C2=A0data compiled by OpenSecrets. Spending on 2024 congressional races wa=
s double 2010 levels, while presidential campaign contributions were more t=
han 50% higher in 2024 than in 2008, the last election before=C2=A0<em><a h=
ref=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/tag/citizens-united" class=3D"gmail-rm-=
stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Citizens United</a></em>.</p><p>U=
ltrawealthy and corporate megadonors=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.brennancen=
ter.org/our-work/research-reports/fifteen-years-later-citizens-united-defin=
ed-2024-election" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=
=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">played a critical role</a>=C2=A0in Trump=E2=80=99s 20=
24 victory. Fossil fuel interests=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.=
org/news/big-oil-donations-trump" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats=
-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">spent more than $445 million</a>=C2=A0=
during the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/tag/2024-election" =
class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">2024 election</=
a>=C2=A0cycle on campaign donations, lobbying, and other efforts to elect T=
rump and his Republican allies, plus pass policies that benefit their clima=
te-wrecking businesses.=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/tag/ar=
tificial-intelligence" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(=
0,0,0)">Artificial intelligence</a>=C2=A0and cryptocurrency are fast emergi=
ng as some of the most prolific lobbyists. Trump and Republicans in Congres=
s have=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-ai-framework=
-criticism" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"col=
or:rgb(0,0,0)">promoted</a>=C2=A0policies and legislation boosting these se=
ctors and shielding them from government regulation.</p><div><p>Elon Musk=
=E2=80=94the CEO of=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/tag/tesla"=
 class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">Tesla</a>=C2=
=A0and SpaceX and majority owner of X who could soon become the=C2=A0<a hre=
f=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-trillionaire" target=3D"_b=
lank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">world=E2=
=80=99s first trillionaire</a>=E2=80=94is the most prominent of the numerou=
s Trump donors who have been=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/n=
ews/public-citizen-trump-cabinet-picks" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm=
-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">rewarded=C2=A0</a>with Cabinet n=
ominations and=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.commondreams.org/news/elon-musk-=
elizabeth-warren-doge" target=3D"_blank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" s=
tyle=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">other key appointments</a>=C2=A0in =E2=80=9Can ad=
ministration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests,=E2=80=9D as=
 Americans for Tax Fairness executive director David Kass=C2=A0<a href=3D"h=
ttps://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-inauguration-oligarchy" target=3D"_b=
lank" class=3D"gmail-rm-stats-tracked" style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0)">described=
</a>=C2=A0it.</p></div><p>O=E2=80=99Grady wrote that =E2=80=9Ccorporate tax=
 dodgers spend lavishly on lobbying and campaign contributions that feed in=
to more tax breaks, which in turn fund even more political spending on poli=
cies that serve to pad corporate profits=E2=80=94and the cycle continues.=
=E2=80=9D</p><p>To remedy this, the report asserts: =E2=80=9CIt is imperati=
ve that Congress undo the Republican tax giveaways to corporations like bon=
us depreciation and research and development write-offs. In addition, the c=
orporate rate must be increased to at least the 35% rate that stood before =
the 2017 law.=E2=80=9D</p><p>=E2=80=9CCorporations should not be able to de=
duct multimillion-dollar bonuses. And Congress must prevent multinational c=
orporations from avoiding taxes by booking profits in offshore subsidiaries=
 by equalizing the domestic and international tax rates,=E2=80=9D the publi=
cation concludes. =E2=80=9CWith these and other reforms to our tax code, ou=
r nation could have more than enough revenue to breinvest in American commu=
nities and make life more affordable for everyone. It=E2=80=99s time to fin=
ally put people over corporate profits.=E2=80=9D</p></div></div></div></div=
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*Oxfam report: The loss of life in the West Bank has passed the last 17
years*

*Harici.com.tr <https://harici.com.tr/author/hariciadmin/>
<https://x.com/haricitr>12.06.2026 15:27Author*
Oxfam announced that the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army
and Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank since 2023 has exceeded the
sum of the previous 17 years. In the report based on the data of the United
Nations, it was stated that at least 1244 Palestinians, including 268
children, have lost their lives in the region in the last two years.

*International aid organization Oxfam announced
<https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-palestinians-killed-israeli-m=
ilitary-and-settlers-across-occupied-west-bank?utm>that
the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army and Jewish settlers
in the occupied West Bank since 2023, when the developments related to the
Gaza war began, have left the sum of the previous 17 years.*

*According to the report based on United Nations (UN) data, children are
one out of every five Palestinians who have lost their lives in the region
in the last two decades.*

*In the 17-year period between 2006 and 2022, the report stated that a
total of 1036 Palestinians, including 225 children, were killed by Israeli
soldiers or armed Jewish settlers.*

*On the other hand, the information that at least 1244 Palestinians,
including 268 children, lost their lives in the two-year period from 2023
to last year was shared.*

*It was noted that the military operation launched by Israel against the
Gaza Strip after Hamas's operation on October 7, 2023 and described as a
"genocide" by UN experts and human rights organizations, also raised the
spiral of violence in the West Bank to an unprecedented level.*

*The report emphasized that the systematic destruction of refugee camps by
the Israeli army, the organization of raids, the armed and encouragement of
Jewish settlers and the heavy restrictions on the Palestinians' freedom of
movement deepened the crisis in the region.*

*The number of displaced Palestinians is increasing*

*Oxfam and other human rights organizations describe the Israeli army's
intensified operations and settler violence as =E2=80=9Cethnic cleansing=E2=
=80=9D.*

*Oxfam Humanitarian Aid Policies Expert B=C3=BC=C5=9Fra Halidi said in a st=
atement on
the subject, "The increasing civilian deaths in the West Bank are tragic
and terrifying. While the eyes of the world are turned to Gaza, the attacks
in the West Bank continue to climb unabated," he said.*

*According to the data in the report, about 46 thousand Palestinians in the
West Bank in the last three years have been displaced by Israeli army
operations, destruction, settler violence and access restrictions.*

*It was stated that this number points to a picture well above the 13
thousand people who were exposed to forced migration in the previous 14
years.*

*It was stated that the groups most affected by this situation were the
nomadic Bedouin communities, and that the UN data documented that at least
5,900 Bedouins were forcibly removed from their lands.*

*Record increase in military checkpoints*

*It was reported that the people of the region faced not only the
destruction of their homes, but also the systematic destruction of vital
civilian infrastructure, including pipelines.*

*Oxfam said the number of military checkpoints and barricades that
permanently or intermittently hindered freedom of movement of 3 million
Palestinians across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has reached a
record high to 925.*

*It was noted that this figure means an increase of 43 percent over the 647
restriction point, which is the annual average of the previous 20 years.*

*Stating that it continues to deliver humanitarian aid to vulnerable
communities despite this process in the occupied territories, the aid
organization called on the international community and stressed that
Israel's illegal occupation in East Jerusalem and West Bank and attempts to
annex the territories should be stopped immediately.*

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dding:0px;max-width:100%;display:inline"></span>12.06.2026 15:27Author</fon=
t></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:-apple-system-font;max-width:100%;mar=
gin-bottom:1.15em;line-height:1.5em"><img src=3D"https://harici.com.tr/wp-c=
ontent/uploads/2026/06/Bati-Seria.jpeg" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:auto 0px a=
uto auto;display:block;clear:both" width=3D"412" height=3D"275"></div><h5 s=
tyle=3D"margin:1em 0px;max-width:100%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><font=
 size=3D"2" color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif">Oxfam announced that =
the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army and Jewish settlers i=
n the occupied West Bank since 2023 has exceeded the sum of the previous 17=
 years. In the report based on the data of the United Nations, it was state=
d that at least 1244 Palestinians, including 268 children, have lost their =
lives in the region in the last two years.</font></span></h5><p style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>Internatio=
nal aid organization Oxfam<span>=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%"=
><a href=3D"https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/more-palestinians-kille=
d-israeli-military-and-settlers-across-occupied-west-bank?utm" rel=3D"noope=
ner noreferrer nofollow" style=3D"text-decoration:none;max-width:100%" targ=
et=3D"_blank">announced<span>=C2=A0</span></a></span>that the number of Pal=
estinians killed by the Israeli army and Jewish settlers in the occupied We=
st Bank since 2023, when the developments related to the Gaza war began, ha=
ve left the sum of the previous 17 years.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>According to th=
e report based on United Nations (UN) data, children are one out of every f=
ive Palestinians who have lost their lives in the region in the last two de=
cades.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" fa=
ce=3D"georgia, serif"><b>In the 17-year period between 2006 and 2022, the r=
eport stated that a total of 1036 Palestinians, including 225 children, wer=
e killed by Israeli soldiers or armed Jewish settlers.</b></font></p><p sty=
le=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>On=
 the other hand, the information that at least 1244 Palestinians, including=
 268 children, lost their lives in the two-year period from 2023 to last ye=
ar was shared.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#00=
0000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>It was noted that the military operation l=
aunched by Israel against the Gaza Strip after Hamas&#39;s operation on Oct=
ober 7, 2023 and described as a &quot;genocide&quot; by UN experts and huma=
n rights organizations, also raised the spiral of violence in the West Bank=
 to an unprecedented level.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font=
 color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>The report emphasized that th=
e systematic destruction of refugee camps by the Israeli army, the organiza=
tion of raids, the armed and encouragement of Jewish settlers and the heavy=
 restrictions on the Palestinians&#39; freedom of movement deepened the cri=
sis in the region.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><span style=3D=
"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>The num=
ber of displaced Palestinians is increasing</b></font></span></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>Oxfa=
m and other human rights organizations describe the Israeli army&#39;s inte=
nsified operations and settler violence as =E2=80=9Cethnic cleansing=E2=80=
=9D.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=
=3D"georgia, serif"><b>Oxfam Humanitarian Aid Policies Expert B=C3=BC=C5=9F=
ra Halidi said in a statement on the subject, &quot;The increasing civilian=
 deaths in the West Bank are tragic and terrifying. While the eyes of the w=
orld are turned to Gaza, the attacks in the West Bank continue to climb una=
bated,&quot; he said.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=
=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>According to the data in the report=
, about 46 thousand Palestinians in the West Bank in the last three years h=
ave been displaced by Israeli army operations, destruction, settler violenc=
e and access restrictions.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font =
color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>It was stated that this number=
 points to a picture well above the 13 thousand people who were exposed to =
forced migration in the previous 14 years.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>It was stated =
that the groups most affected by this situation were the nomadic Bedouin co=
mmunities, and that the UN data documented that at least 5,900 Bedouins wer=
e forcibly removed from their lands.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:10=
0%"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia,=
 serif"><b>Record increase in military checkpoints</b></font></span></p><p =
style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b=
>It was reported that the people of the region faced not only the destructi=
on of their homes, but also the systematic destruction of vital civilian in=
frastructure, including pipelines.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%=
"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>Oxfam said the number =
of military checkpoints and barricades that permanently or intermittently h=
indered freedom of movement of 3 million Palestinians across the West Bank,=
 including East Jerusalem, has reached a record high to 925.</b></font></p>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D"georgia, serif"=
><b>It was noted that this figure means an increase of 43 percent over the =
647 restriction point, which is the annual average of the previous 20 years=
.</b></font></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000" face=3D=
"georgia, serif"><b>Stating that it continues to deliver humanitarian aid t=
o vulnerable communities despite this process in the occupied territories, =
the aid organization called on the international community and stressed tha=
t Israel&#39;s illegal occupation in East Jerusalem and West Bank and attem=
pts to annex the territories should be stopped immediately.</b></font></p><=
/div></div></div>
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How to Help Kill Millions of Poor People
DENNIS JETT <https://substack.com/@dcjett>
JUN 11, 2026
Have you ever wanted to help kill millions of poor people, incite
anti-immigrant violence, and destroy America=E2=80=99s image around the wor=
ld? If
so, now is your chance.
All you have to do is buy a Tesla, sign up for Starlink, or even just use
Twitter. Or you could also jump on SpaceX=E2=80=99s $1.75 trillion IPO that=
 is
happening tomorrow.
By adding to the fortune of the world=E2=80=99s richest man you would be ai=
ding and
abetting him as he spreads his racist, xenophobic vision for the world and
his definition of =E2=80=9Ccivilization.=E2=80=9D
How is he killing millions? By taking advantage of the way our government
under Trump makes policy decisions today. Musk heard a Joe Rogan podcast
where Mike Benz, a rightwing influencer known for promulgating the idea
that Taylor Swift is a secret NATO asset, made accusations about USAID that
any sane person would have immediately laughed off.
Musk used the social media cesspool that he owns to promote Benz=E2=80=99s
absurdities more than 160 times. President Trump, who is most influenced by
what he sees on Fox News, reads on X, or the person he talked to last,
began parroting Musk=E2=80=99s claim that the agency was staffed by radical
lunatics. And then he gave Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency
the power to destroy it and dismantle its programs.
With the cooperation of the most spineless secretary of state in history,
who claims no one has died as a result, that dismantling was swiftly and
chaotically carried out. It=E2=80=99s all documented in Nick Enrich=E2=80=
=99s new book
=E2=80=9CInto the Wood Chipper=E2=80=9D which every American should read.
Before Congress, Marco Rubio has asserted that taking food, water,
healthcare, and anti-AIDS medicine away from the world=E2=80=99s poorest pe=
ople
would never kill anyone. A *study*
<https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump=
-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths>
by
the widely respected medical journal The Lancet, however, estimates that 14
million people could die by 2030 because USAID was abolished. This after
the agency saved over 90 million lives in the last two decades. And the
Lancet assessment is one of several that arrive at similar conclusions.
Instead of programs to save lives and promote economic development in the
world=E2=80=99s poorest countries, American aid programs now consist of
extortionary agreements. In them a country has to hand over access to its
minerals and health data on its population in exchange for funds that it
cannot effectively administer.
Musk has moved on after the destruction of USAID to other pet projects. He
uses X to promote *riots*
<https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/10/world/europe/belfast-attack-riots-north=
ern-ireland.html>
in
reaction to incidents where an immigrant is involved in a violent attack on
a white person as happened in Northern Ireland earlier this week. It=E2=80=
=99s just
part of his effort to spread the Great Replacement conspiracy theory - the
idea that Western civilization is under assault due to the demographic
erasure of white people.
So, one can easily imagine the image of America that is growing around the
world thanks to the Musk, Trump and Rubio. And when people no longer see
America as a force for good, it will be the few diplomats left abroad who
get the blame because they did not sell a product that no one is going to
want to buy.

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Have you ever wanted to help kill millions of poor people, incite anti-immi=
grant violence, and destroy America=E2=80=99s image around the world? If so=
, now is your chance.</div>
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witter. Or you could also jump on SpaceX=E2=80=99s $1.75 trillion IPO that =
is happening tomorrow.</div>
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ding and abetting him as he spreads his racist, xenophobic vision for the w=
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How is he killing millions? By taking advantage of the way our government u=
nder Trump makes policy decisions today. Musk heard a Joe Rogan podcast whe=
re Mike Benz, a rightwing influencer known for promulgating the idea that T=
aylor Swift is a secret NATO asset,
 made accusations about USAID that any sane person would have immediately l=
aughed off.</div>
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absurdities more than 160 times. President Trump, who is most influenced by=
 what he sees on Fox News, reads on X, or the person he talked to last, beg=
an parroting Musk=E2=80=99s claim that the agency
 was staffed by radical lunatics. And then he gave Musk and his Department =
of Government Efficiency the power to destroy it and dismantle its programs=
.</div>
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ho claims no one has died as a result, that dismantling was swiftly and cha=
otically carried out. It=E2=80=99s all documented in Nick Enrich=E2=80=99s =
new book =E2=80=9CInto the Wood Chipper=E2=80=9D which every American
 should read.</div>
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re, and anti-AIDS medicine away from the world=E2=80=99s poorest people wou=
ld never kill anyone. A=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-=
and-soda/2025/07/01/nx-s1-5452513/trump-usaid-foreign-aid-deaths" id=3D"m_2=
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 the widely respected medical journal The Lancet, however, estimates that 1=
4 million people could die by 2030 because USAID was abolished. This after =
the agency saved over 90 million lives in the last two decades. And the Lan=
cet assessment is one of several
 that arrive at similar conclusions.</div>
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orld=E2=80=99s poorest countries, American aid programs now consist of exto=
rtionary agreements. In them a country has to hand over access to its miner=
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 exchange for funds that it cannot effectively administer.</div>
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 reaction to incidents where an immigrant is involved in a violent attack o=
n a white person as happened in Northern Ireland earlier this week. It=E2=
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theory - the idea that Western civilization
 is under assault due to the demographic erasure of white people.</div>
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world thanks to the Musk, Trump and Rubio. And when people no longer see Am=
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*https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?e=3Dda149fc84b&u=3Dd3bceadb340d6af4daf1=
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6/12/26

*Netanyahu orders IDF to stay ready to strike Iran even if U.S. deal is
reached*
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*Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that he and PM Netanyahu have
instructed the Israeli military to remain alert for possible strikes on
Iran, even if Washington and Tehran reach a deal. "We will have the ability
to act independently to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons," Katz
wrote in a social media post, adding that "Israel will not withdraw from
the security zones in Lebanon, Syria and Gaza."Pakistan's prime minister
announced on Friday that a final draft of a peace agreement between the
U.S. and Iran has been reached, with a Western source telling
Reuters earlier Friday
<https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-06-12/ty-article/.premi=
um/u-s-iran-deal-could-be-signed-on-sunday-in-geneva-source-says/0000019e-b=
b4f-d13d-a7bf-fbdf95650000>that
the memorandum could be signed as soon as Sunday. According to the source,
the text is still being finalized, and Iran continues to insist that any
agreement also include an end to the fighting in Lebanon, where Israel has
been battling Hezbollah.Curbs on fighting in Lebanon could be difficult to
accept for Israel, which started the war alongside the U.S. in February but
has not been included in peace negotiations. Netanyahu's office said in a
statement on Friday that Israel was not a party to any memorandum of
understanding with Iran.Meanwhile, Hezbollah remains confident that Iran
will ensure Lebanon is included in any agreement with the U.S., a senior
Hezbollah politician said in a televised speech on Friday. "If the
agreement happens, we have complete confidence in the Islamic Republic," he
said. At the same time, drone attacks targeted northern Israel on Friday,
while the IDF ordered residents of three villages in southern Lebanon to
evacuate ahead of planned strikes.The Iranian regime is signaling that its
self-confidence has not been impacted, even after the latest American
attacks. Three and a half months after the war started, the impression is
that the new Iranian leadership (after the assassination of most of its
previous figures) is more extreme, and perhaps more determined, than in the
past, writes
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-06-12/ty-article/=
.premium/trump-flip-flops-on-iran-again-as-israel-and-netanyahu-can-only-wa=
tch-from-afar/0000019e-b829-d335-adbe-f9bbb0740000>
Amos
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><a hre=
f=3D"https://us18.campaign-archive.com/?e=3Dda149fc84b&amp;u=3Dd3bceadb340d=
6af4daf1de00d&amp;id=3D97f3913a7d" target=3D"_blank">https://us18.campaign-=
archive.com/?e=3Dda149fc84b&amp;u=3Dd3bceadb340d6af4daf1de00d&amp;id=3D97f3=
913a7d</a></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><br></div><div di=
r=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">6/12/26</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><b><br></b></d=
iv><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><h1 style=3D"line-height:1.2141=
em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;"><font size=3D"4" color=3D"#000000"><i>Netanyahu orders I=
DF to stay ready to strike Iran even if U.S. deal is reached</i></font></h1=
><div style=3D"max-width:100%;margin-bottom:1.15em;line-height:1.5em;font-f=
amily:-apple-system-font;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65)"><img alt=3D"=D7=98=D7=99=
=D7=9C=D7=99=D7=9D =D7=91=D7=90=D7=99=D7=A8=D7=90=D7=9F" src=3D"https://img=
.haarets.co.il/bs/0000019e-b6fe-da29-a79e-ffffdcd00000/e8/a7/f896fe8de2e1a0=
3e27e524fb9db4/4181008237.jpg?precrop=3D2034,1180,x7,y100&amp;width=3D756&a=
mp;height=3D444&amp;isHdpr" style=3D"margin:auto 0px auto auto;display:bloc=
k;clear:both" width=3D"412" height=3D"242"></div><b><span style=3D"color:rg=
b(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Israeli Defense Minist=
er Israel Katz said that<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:=
100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">he and PM=
 Netanyahu have instructed the Israeli military to remain alert for possibl=
e strikes on Iran, even if Washington and Tehran reach a deal.<span>=C2=A0<=
/span></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New=
 Roman&quot;">&quot;We will have the ability to act independently to preven=
t Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons,&quot; Katz wrote in a social media p=
ost, adding that &quot;Israel will not withdraw from the security zones in =
Lebanon, Syria and Gaza.&quot;</span><br style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(=
27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><br style=3D"max-width:1=
00%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&q=
uot;">Pakistan&#39;s prime minister announced on Friday that a final draft =
of a peace agreement between the U.S. and Iran has been reached,<span>=C2=
=A0</span></span><span style=3D"color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times=
 New Roman&quot;">with a Western source telling Reuters<span>=C2=A0</span><=
/span><a href=3D"https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/iran/2026-06-12/t=
y-article/.premium/u-s-iran-deal-could-be-signed-on-sunday-in-geneva-source=
-says/0000019e-bb4f-d13d-a7bf-fbdf95650000" style=3D"text-decoration:none;c=
olor:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;=
" target=3D"_blank">earlier Friday<span>=C2=A0</span></a><span style=3D"col=
or:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">that the memorand=
um could be signed as soon as Sunday. According to the source, the text is =
still being finalized, and<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Iran co=
ntinues to insist that any agreement also include an end to the fighting in=
 Lebanon</span><span style=3D"color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times N=
ew Roman&quot;">, where Israel has been battling Hezbollah.</span><br style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&qu=
ot;"><br style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;">Curbs on fighting in Lebanon could be difficult to acce=
pt for Israel, which started the war alongside the U.S. in February but has=
 not been included in peace negotiations.<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman=
&quot;">Netanyahu&#39;s office said in a statement on Friday that Israel wa=
s not a party to any memorandum of understanding with Iran.</span><br style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&qu=
ot;"><br style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;"><span style=3D"color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Tim=
es New Roman&quot;">Meanwhile,<span>=C2=A0</span></span><span style=3D"max-=
width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">Hez=
bollah remains confident that Iran will ensure Lebanon is included in any a=
greement with the U.S., a senior Hezbollah politician said</span><span styl=
e=3D"color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span>=C2=
=A0</span>in a televised speech on Friday. &quot;If the agreement happens, =
we have complete confidence in the Islamic Republic,&quot; he said. At the =
same time, drone attacks targeted northern Israel on Friday, while the IDF =
ordered residents of three villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate ahead o=
f planned strikes.</span><br style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);fo=
nt-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><br style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rg=
b(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><i style=3D"max-width:=
100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;">The Irani=
an regime is signaling that its self-confidence has not been impacted, even=
 after the latest American attacks. Three and a half months after the war s=
tarted, the impression is that the new Iranian leadership (after the assass=
ination of most of its previous figures) is more extreme, and perhaps more =
determined, than in the past,<span>=C2=A0</span></i><a href=3D"https://www.=
haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-06-12/ty-article/.premium/trum=
p-flip-flops-on-iran-again-as-israel-and-netanyahu-can-only-watch-from-afar=
/0000019e-b829-d335-adbe-f9bbb0740000" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:=
rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;" tar=
get=3D"_blank"><i style=3D"max-width:100%">writes</i></a><i style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><span=
>=C2=A0</span>Amos Harel</i><br></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:georgia=
,serif;font-size:small"><br></div></div>
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*President Donald Trump cancels
<https://substack.com/redirect/555e9e5a-bcf9-4425-9cea-2c79f53d6115?j=3DeyJ=
1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
planned strikes on Iran, again. Details of a potential deal emerge, though
Iran stresses
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
no deal has been reached yet. Israel says Trump assured
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his demands would be met. Iran fires
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
on non-compliant tanker. UAE and Iran hold
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security talks. Iran restores
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water service to facilities attacked by the U.S. Israel=E2=80=99s war on Le=
banon
continues
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>.
Two Malaysian UNIFIL peacekeepers wounded
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near hospital, forced displacement in Al-Maghazi refugee camp. One Red
Crescent medic still missing
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>.
Hamas says
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Cairo talks moving forward =E2=80=9Cpositively.=E2=80=9D Hamas co-founder f=
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from Israeli prison. Israel refuses
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entry to French journalist over critical coverage. Trump swaps Bill Pulte
for Manhattan U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for DNI post. Section 702
surveillance authority lapses
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>.
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Trump to reopen medical corridor for cancer patients in Gaza. U.S. Postal
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rule allowing it to withhold mail ballot delivery in states that refuse to
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Cuba=E2=80=99s state-owned oil and gas company. American Axle workers reach
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tentative deal after strike to raise starting wages from $22 to $30 an hour
by 2030. Two former Utah court clerks face
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federal charges for helping immigrants evade ICE arrest. Musk becomes
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world=E2=80=99s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO. Rapid Support Forces d=
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kill at least 16 in overnight strikes on Sudan=E2=80=99s El Obeid. Afghanis=
tan=E2=80=99s
Taliban forces open fire
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drone strikes. U.S. to scale back
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Iran and Ceasefire

   -

   *Trump cancels planned strikes on Iran: *President Donald Trump called
   off
   <https://substack.com/redirect/555e9e5a-bcf9-4425-9cea-2c79f53d6115?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   a third straight night of planned airstrikes on Iran Thursday, claiming
   talks with Tehran were close to producing a deal.
   -

      =E2=80=9CBased on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic=
 of Iran
      have been brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and
approved,
      I have, as President of the United States of America, cancelled the
      scheduled strikes and bombings against Iran this evening. Discussions=
 and
      final points have been, in both concept and great detail, approved by=
 all
      parties involved,=E2=80=9D Trump wrote on Truth Social. Hours earlier=
, Trump had
      threatened to escalate the conflict by targeting Kharg Island
and other oil
      facilities.
      -

      Trump later told
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=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      reporters at the White House: =E2=80=9CWe just made a great settlemen=
t of the war
      with Iran=E2=80=A6The strait will officially open as soon as we sign,=
 which could
      be soon, very soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe,=E2=80=9D Trump =
said.
      -

      Trump has made claims of an imminent deal nearly 40 times since the
      initial ceasefire deal was signed on April 7.
      -

   *Iran stresses no deal has been reached yet: *Iran said that, while
   progress has been made on the text of a proposed memorandum of
   understanding with the United States, Tehran has not reached a final
   decision.
   -

      =E2=80=9CThe text has almost been finalized in its major parts,=E2=80=
=9D Foreign
      Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei said
      <https://substack.com/redirect/ab4f6193-f6a5-4c00-af35-4f88aec509ac?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      Thursday. =E2=80=9CThe problem is that the contradictory positions of=
 the United
      States have always caused turbulence and disruption in this process.=
=E2=80=9D
      -

      =E2=80=9CWhile they speak of diplomacy and negotiations, they simulta=
neously
      resort to force, illegal actions, and criminal behavior,=E2=80=9D he =
added. =E2=80=9CThe
      decision-making process in our country is completely clear. The relev=
ant
      authorities must review every detail of the text. As soon as we reach=
 a
      final conclusion that serves the interests of the Iranian nation, it =
will
      be officially announced.=E2=80=9D
      -

   *Details of a potential deal emerge: *A number of terms in the
   memorandum of understanding (MOU) have been reported on by Iranian state
   media, although the details have yet to be finalized and have not been
   officially confirmed by Tehran or Washington. They include:
   -

      A permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including
      Lebanon.
      -

      Lifting of the U.S. naval blockade within 30 days.
      -

      Commitments from the U.S. not to expand its military presence in the
      region.
      -

      Sixty days of negotiations to reach a final agreement =E2=80=9Cbased =
on
      nuclear issues and the complete lifting of=E2=80=9D sanctions.
      -

      Reopening the strait of Hormuz within 30 days =E2=80=9Cwith Iranian
      arrangements.=E2=80=9D
      -

      Final negotiations will not begin before the release of half of
      Iran=E2=80=99s frozen funds, the suspension of oil sanctions and the
lifting of the
      naval blockade. =E2=80=9CDiscussions about Iran=E2=80=99s missile pro=
gram and support for
      resistance groups have been definitively removed from the agenda,=E2=
=80=9D IRNA
      reported.
      -

      The 60-day period will address three issues left unresolved in the
      current MOU: the continuation of Iran=E2=80=99s peaceful nuclear prog=
ram, the
      lifting of sanctions, and a mechanism for compensating Iran for
its losses.
      -

      =E2=80=9CIf Tehran decides to sign the memorandum, some of its frozen=
 funds
      will be released immediately, and the rest gradually,=E2=80=9D IRNA r=
eported.
      -

      The question of U.S. sanctions will reportedly
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=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      be adjudicated during the 60-day negotiating period.
      -

      The memorandum contains no Iranian commitments
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=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      on the nuclear issue and no U.S. commitment to lift sanctions.
      -

   *Iran clarifies Hormuz control in light of the deal: *Iran=E2=80=99s off=
icial
   state news agency released a statement stressing that =E2=80=9Ccontrary =
to what is
   being circulated by Western media, Iran will not commit to relinquishing
   control of the Strait of Hormuz.=E2=80=9D (More details in IRNA.
   <https://substack.com/redirect/193123ac-e526-47f3-99be-4392a8ed8ffe?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   )
   -

   *Trump lashes out over leaked deal terms:* As details of the potential
   deal merged in Iranian state media, President Donald Trump lashed out on
   Friday and said they were inaccurate. =E2=80=9CThe terms that Iran leake=
d out to
   the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that were agreed to, in
   writing,=E2=80=9D Trump wrote
   <https://substack.com/redirect/7033d81a-d4c5-4a6d-96d9-2c6d3bb430d8?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   on Truth Social. =E2=80=9CWhat they said, including their weak and pathe=
tic
   statement on having a deal, bears no relation to the truth. Very
   dishonorable people to deal with. With them, there is no such thing as
   dealing in good faith.=E2=80=9D
   -

   *Israel says Trump assured Netanyahu that his demands would be met in
   deal: *A Thursday evening statement from the Israeli Prime Minister=E2=
=80=99s
   office claimed
   <https://substack.com/redirect/43ab1c42-624e-4d00-82f0-6cc21f9d1b14?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   that, though Israel is not a party to the MOU touted by Trump, the U.S.
   president had assured his Israeli counterpart that its hardline demands
   would be met. The deal will include, according to the statement, =E2=80=
=9Cthe
   removal of enriched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructu=
re,
   limits on missile production,=E2=80=9D and the =E2=80=9Ccessation of Ira=
n=E2=80=99s support=E2=80=9D for
   its regional proxies.
   -

      The Prime Minister=E2=80=99s office made
      <https://substack.com/redirect/acadb80a-0305-4680-b5e1-ef2c89d5d998?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      another statement to this effect on Friday, saying that =E2=80=9Cas l=
ong as=E2=80=9D
      Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister of Israel, =E2=80=9CIran will no=
t
have nuclear
      weapons.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CPresident Trump and I are in full agreemen=
t on this
issue,=E2=80=9D the
      statement read.
      -

   *Hezbollah lawmaker asserts that Lebanon should be covered by the
deal: *Hezbollah
   lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said
   <https://substack.com/redirect/9925a5f2-61cd-41e8-b8d4-dd191a0aab3d?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   Friday that any peace agreement between Iran and the United States would
   encompass Lebanon, whether the Lebanese government accepts it or not, wh=
ile
   sharply criticizing Beirut=E2=80=99s direct negotiations with Israel. =
=E2=80=9CWe do not
   trust a political administration that makes concession after concession =
at
   the country=E2=80=99s expense, especially when no viable or discussable =
political
   option has been presented to us,=E2=80=9D he said at a memorial ceremony=
 in Beirut.
   -

   *Iran threatens =E2=80=9Cmore severe response than before=E2=80=9D to U.=
S. strikes: *Before
   Trump announced that he had canceled his plans to strike Iran on Thursda=
y,
   Iran=E2=80=99s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters warned
   <https://substack.com/redirect/83e266dd-da0f-4d52-9439-309ac84d9d57?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   that any further American strikes would occasion a =E2=80=9Cmore severe =
response
   than before.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9COn the one hand, America talks about agre=
ements and
   negotiations,=E2=80=9D the statement read, =E2=80=9Cand on the other han=
d, it commits evil
   acts.=E2=80=9D Khatam cautioned the U.S. that =E2=80=9Ceither oil and ga=
s exports are for
   everyone, or they will be impossible for everyone.=E2=80=9D
   -

   *Iran fires on non-compliant tanker: *IRGC forces opened fire
   <https://substack.com/redirect/98a4a730-1f5f-49ff-b073-3e90166fea7f?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   on an oil tanker trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, an
   Iranian military source told state broadcaster IRIB. Explosions heard in
   Sirik county were reportedly linked to the confrontation.
   -

   *Iran condemns U.S. strikes on tanker that killed three Indian citizens:
   *Baghaei, of Iran=E2=80=99s Foreign Ministry, condemned
   <https://substack.com/redirect/e2b66435-64cf-454d-ab7f-e63e3cd2b8b1?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   on Friday a series of strikes on commercial tankers manned by Indian cre=
ws
   in the Strait of Oman that killed three Indian nationals, calling them
   =E2=80=9Carmed robbery and piracy=E2=80=9D that threaten global shipping=
 and freedom of
   navigation.
   -

   *Iran strikes Kuwait airport radar: *Kuwait=E2=80=99s Civil Aviation Aut=
hority
   confirmed
   <https://substack.com/redirect/1b015c08-e19d-4810-b9c2-340409936fcf?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   Friday that an Iranian strike on Kuwait International Airport damaged ra=
dar
   and air traffic management equipment and caused injuries.
   -

   *UAE and Iran hold first direct security talks since war began: *Senior
   national security officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met i=
n
   person this week, Bloomberg reported
   <https://substack.com/redirect/80f966d8-379d-4de8-b726-24bca2859c6c?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>.
   The outlet described the unannounced talks as a deliberate de-escalation
   effort initiated by Abu Dhabi after it concluded that Iran=E2=80=99s gov=
ernment was
   unlikely to fall. The UAE is seeking to shield its major economic
   priorities (including its expanding AI and energy investments), while Ir=
an
   seeks to maintain a working relationship with the UAE, which was one of =
its
   largest trading partners and a key channel for sanctioned oil exports
   before the war.
   -

   *Iran restores water service within 12 hours after attacks on
   facilities: *Crews restored
   <https://substack.com/redirect/ba7e680c-6abf-496b-b760-70817e9d6dc1?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   full service to two badly damaged reservoirs within 12 hours, after a U.=
S.
   strike on water storage and distribution facilities in Sirik County,
   according to the WANA news agency. The reservoirs served 20,000 resident=
s
   in the city of Kouhestak and the Bamani district.

Lebanon

   -

   *Israeli strikes continue across southern Lebanon: *Israel=E2=80=99s ass=
ault
   <https://substack.com/redirect/2df12363-24ee-41a5-ac98-8dbef4631396?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   across Lebanon killed at least 12 people on Thursday in a wave of
   airstrikes, drone attacks and artillery fire across the south and the Be=
kaa
   Valley. Israel also said it had taken =E2=80=9Coperational control=E2=80=
=9D of northern
   Wadi Slouki, a strategic valley in southern Lebanon it accused Hezbollah=
 of
   using to launch drones and projectiles.
   -

      Two people were killed in Israeli strikes in Mashghara in western
      Bekaa, while another person was killed in nearby Sohmor, according to
      L=E2=80=99Orient Today.
      -

      Israeli strikes also killed one person each in Qatraneh, Ain al-Tineh
      and Nahleh in the Bekaa Valley.
      -

      In southern Lebanon, one person was killed in a motorcycle strike in
      Jwayya, another in Abbassieh; two people were killed in Deir Qanoun
      al-Nahr, and one person was killed in a strike on Habboush.
      -

   *Hezbollah continues operations against Israel: *Hezbollah claimed its
   fighters carried out a wave of attacks against Israeli forces and milita=
ry
   positions in southern Lebanon on Thursday. The reported operations stret=
ch
   from the Mediterranean coast near Naqoura to the districts of Bint Jbeil=
,
   Marjayoun and Nabatieh, where Israeli forces have expanded their ground
   operations in recent days. Hezbollah said it engaged two Israeli Hermes =
450
   drones, shooting one and forcing another to retreat, while further claim=
ing
   its fighters carried out an ambush against an advancing Israeli force
   moving toward Wadi Hassan.
   -

   *Two Malaysian UNIFIL peacekeepers wounded in Lebanon: *Two Malaysian UN
   peacekeepers were lightly injured
   <https://substack.com/redirect/1dc2c38e-072b-49b0-8594-1b1f276a7997?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   in an attack on a logistics convoy near the village of Harris in souther=
n
   Lebanon, a UN spokesperson said Friday, describing their condition as
   stable. No responsible party was identified in his statement. Dujarric a=
lso
   said an Israeli military tank fired near a separate UN convoy close to B=
int
   Jbeil, forcing it to detour, and that UNIFIL peacekeepers observed
   significant drone activity in the Biyyada area on Wednesday.

Palestine

   -

   *Israeli airstrikes near hospital, forced displacement in
Al-Maghazi:* Israel
   carried out an airstrike
   <https://substack.com/redirect/41a5a909-0853-41b3-8a53-36b4c80addbf?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   Thursday evening targeting a house near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir
   al-Balah, central Gaza.
   -

      The Israeli military issued
      <https://substack.com/redirect/b7018389-7f3a-417c-a3d5-d6e1dc8c4edd?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      new forced displacement orders for several areas of Al-Maghazi refuge=
e
      camp. The orders covered key civilian facilities, including schools, =
a
      kindergarten, a rehabilitation center, the municipality building, and=
 the
      camp=E2=80=99s main source of fresh water. Hours later, Maghazi came =
under heavy
      bombardment, and an Israeli strike destroyed a home that had
been among the
      buildings threatened with evacuation.
      -

   *One Red Crescent medic still missing: *One of the two Palestinian Red
   Crescent Society medics forcibly disappeared on Wednesday was released
   <https://substack.com/redirect/59769728-ec13-445b-96db-74f95713a466?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   Thursday, according to a statement from the group, though the other rema=
ins
   unaccounted for=E2=80=94presumably still held by armed militias operatin=
g under
   Israeli protection. The Society urged the international community to sec=
ure
   his release and to protect medical personnel, and held Israel responsibl=
e
   for his kidnapping.
   -

   *Hamas says Cairo talks moving forward =E2=80=9Cpositively=E2=80=9D: *Ha=
mas said
   <https://substack.com/redirect/70ae5874-1cdc-40a1-968d-415f04af8c9d?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   that talks between the Palestinian factions in Cairo were proceeding in =
a
   =E2=80=9Cpositive and constructive manner,=E2=80=9D and that the faction=
s are potentially
   advancing to an agreement concerning the implementation of the second ph=
ase
   of Trump=E2=80=99s Gaza peace plan. =E2=80=9CWe are also continuing our =
meetings with the
   mediators in a positive and responsible spirit, with the aim of ensuring
   the success of the current round, protecting our Palestinian people, and
   thwarting the objectives and plans of the occupation,=E2=80=9D a member =
of the
   movement=E2=80=99s Political Bureau and its negotiating delegation said =
in a
   statement.
   -

   *Hamas co-founder freed from Israeli prison: *Hassan Yousef, a
   co-founder and senior leader of Hamas in the occupied West Bank, was
   released
   <https://substack.com/redirect/57107f7a-d47c-4720-98e8-15de71097a1f?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   from Israeli prison on Thursday. The 71-year-old was held for more than =
two
   years without trial, as part of Israel=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cadministrative=
 detention=E2=80=9D system,
   which allows authorities to hold Palestinians for renewable six-month te=
rms
   without charges or a trial. Upon release, Yousef was taken immediately t=
o a
   hospital, as his health significantly deteriorated in Israeli custody.
   -

   *Global Sumud Flotilla participants will remain in detention in Libya: *=
Ten
   participants in the Global Sumud Flotilla who were detained in eastern
   Libya by an armed group claiming affiliation with Khalifa Haftar=E2=80=
=99s ruling
   militia in late May will remain in detention
   <https://substack.com/redirect/b12948b4-4e39-4aaf-a183-8e08da180201?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   in Benghazi for at least 30 more days. The detainees, who were part of a
   land mission en route to Gaza, include doctors, humanitarian workers, a
   filmmaker, and a journalist.
   -

   *Israel refuses entry to French journalist over critical coverage: *Isra=
eli
   authorities refused
   <https://substack.com/redirect/c209cbdd-709c-4fb7-9994-843cf9bf1ae2?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   entry to French journalist Alice Froussard this week, according to AP.
   Israeli media reported that authorities recommended denying Froussard en=
try
   over reporting for Radio France Internationale critical of Israeli actio=
ns
   in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, including her use of the term
   =E2=80=9Capartheid=E2=80=9D to describe policies toward Palestinians. Pa=
lestinian officials
   condemned
   <https://substack.com/redirect/a083c24d-ff54-4662-9bb5-5d40373a96d8?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   the move as an attempt to obstruct journalists from =E2=80=9Cconveying t=
he truth=E2=80=9D
   about events in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel has continu=
ed
   to refuse entry of foreign reporters to Gaza since October 2023, and has
   killed at least 260 Palestinian media workers and journalists in the Str=
ip.

U.S. News

*By Julian Andreone, with Ryan Grim. Have a tip on Capitol Hill? Email
Andreone at Julian@dropsitenews.com
<https://substack.com/redirect/ea4caf47-036c-4ee0-811b-be38f76d2c72?j=3DeyJ=
1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>.*

   -

   *Trump swaps Bill Pulte for Manhattan U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for DNI
   post: *Trump is nominating *Jay Clayton*, the U.S. attorney for the
   Southern District of New York and former Securities and Exchange Commiss=
ion
   chairman, as Director of National Intelligence, following a bipartisan
   congressional revolt over his interim appointment of housing official *B=
ill
   Pulte*. Clayton, 59, was recommended by CIA Director* John Ratcliffe; *h=
is
   Senate confirmation hearing is scheduled for June 17. Clayton oversaw mu=
ch
   of the document review related to the *Jeffrey Epstein *case and
   directed the office that brought a case against the kidnapped president =
of
   Venezuela, *Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro*.
   -

   *Trump administration moves to deport migrants to Central African
   Republic: *The Trump administration is preparing
   <https://substack.com/redirect/22461784-7cbf-4103-ab2b-6ae00969914e?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   to deport roughly 20 migrants, including nationals from Iran, Afghanista=
n,
   Syria, and Turkey, to the Central African Republic, a country to which n=
one
   have personal ties and which the U.S. State Department designates a =E2=
=80=9CDo Not
   Travel=E2=80=9D zone due to armed conflict, crime, and severe human righ=
ts abuses,
   the New York Times reports. Among those facing removal are two Iranian
   women with no criminal records whom judges found were likely to be
   prosecuted or tortured upon return.
   -

   *Section 702 surveillance authority lapses: *The House voted
   <https://substack.com/redirect/575f7666-d2ca-4157-9aef-c112d0192626?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   198-218 on Thursday to reject a three-week extension of Section 702 of t=
he
   Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the provision that allows for
   warrantless surveillance of Americans outside of the U.S. The authority
   lapsed at midnight. The vast majority of Democratic representatives join=
ed
   a bloc of conservative Republicans to sink the measure, with Democrats
   having refused to back any extension unless President Donald Trump rever=
sed
   his decision to install Bill Pulte as acting director of national
   intelligence (Trump announced a new DNI choice this morning, see above).
   -

   *Sixty-one congressional Democrats urge Trump to reopen medical corridor
   for cancer patients in Gaza: *61 Democratic representatives signed
   <https://substack.com/redirect/4c2be92d-5a0a-4ab4-90c0-9d097ab31039?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   onto a letter to Secretary of State *Marco Rubio*, urging the U.S. to
   reestablish a medical corridor out of Gaza, which Israel has refused to
   reopen since 2023.
   -

      =E2=80=9CCancer diagnoses have become a death sentence,=E2=80=9D the =
letter reads,
      citing the nearly 18,500 Palestinians in need of urgent medical
care in the
      Gaza Strip, and the nearly 11,000 cancer patients. Rep. *James
      McGovern* authored the letter alongside Sens. *Ed Markey* and *Chris
      Van Hollen*, and Reps. *Madeleine Dean* and *Maxine Dexter*; McGovern
      noted the case of a six-year-old boy with leukemia who died waiting f=
or
      Israel to approve his evacuation.
      -

   *U.S. Postal Service proposes rule allowing it to withhold mail ballot
   delivery in states that refuse to share voter rolls: *The U.S. Postal
   Service has proposed
   <https://substack.com/redirect/d52603cb-6c21-480b-a597-64a75116d33a?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   a rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states t=
hat
   do not turn over voter registration data to the federal government.
   Democrats and voting rights groups say the rule amounts to an
   unconstitutional federal intrusion into elections, which the Constitutio=
n
   reserves to the states.
   -

   *Supreme Court blocks Alabama nitrogen gas execution:* The Supreme Court
   blocked
   <https://substack.com/redirect/e56383ca-dc3f-4a37-93e3-cb683b0f2ac9?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   Alabama from executing *Jeffery Lee*, 49, on Thursday night, rejecting
   the state=E2=80=99s emergency appeal after the U.S. Court of Appeals for=
 the 11th
   Circuit upheld a district court ruling that nitrogen hypoxia was =E2=80=
=9Clikely
   unconstitutional=E2=80=9D in his case. The unusually late intervention b=
y the court
   drew dissents from Justices *Clarence Thomas*, *Samuel Alito*, and *Neil
   Gorsuch* Witnesses to prior Alabama nitrogen gas executions have
   described convulsions, violent shaking, and prolonged gasping.
   -

   *Former intelligence chief Avril Haines to lead Carnegie Endowment:
   Avril Haines*, who served as director of national intelligence under
   President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025, will become
   <https://substack.com/redirect/2c78c061-2f41-453d-aa03-0d8678028c72?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Haines serv=
ed
   as Biden=E2=80=99s DNI during the first 15 months of Israel=E2=80=99s ge=
nocide in Gaza and
   was among the senior officials responsible for assessing whether Israel =
was
   using American weapons in compliance with U.S. and international law.
   Haines also drew condemnation from civil rights groups in July 2024 afte=
r
   she described U.S. campus protesters against the war as potential target=
s
   of Iranian influence operations.
   -

   *U.S. sanctions Cuba=E2=80=99s state oil company: *The United States is
   sanctioning
   <https://substack.com/redirect/bc9cd502-7dca-41e0-898e-a8f24179e1ea?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   Cuba=E2=80=99s state-owned oil and gas company, *Cuba Petr=C3=B3leo Unio=
n*, further
   imperiling the island nation, which has been suffering from blackouts an=
d
   fuel shortages since the United States escalated its sanctions regime
   earlier this year. Secretary of State *Marco* *Rubio* accused the
   company of =E2=80=9Cunlawfully=E2=80=9D expropriating assets from Americ=
an owners =E2=80=9Cyears
   ago.=E2=80=9D He also asserted, without evidence, that Cuban leaders are=
 profiting
   off of selling oil barrels on the secondary market and rationing energy
   supplies as a =E2=80=9Ctool of social control.=E2=80=9D Foreign Minister=
 *Bruno
   Rodr=C3=ADguez* rebutted his claims, saying that Rubio, =E2=80=9Cdriven =
by ambitions
   of conquest=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cpresidential aspirations=E2=80=9D was =
resorting to =E2=80=9Cvulgar lies=E2=80=9D
   to justify the measure.
   -

      Separately on Thursday, Miami-Dade County revoked
      <https://substack.com/redirect/c39b4625-7ad4-49cd-9d8a-41f5fc868d95?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
*Vanguard
      Energy*=E2=80=98s Local Business Tax Receipt, which is functionally a=
 license
      to do business in the county, citing the company=E2=80=99s dealings w=
ith Cuba=E2=80=99s
      state-owned oil company, claiming that these dealings violate U.S.
      sanctions on the island nation.
      -

   *American Axle workers reach tentative deal after 10-day strike, raising
   starting pay from $22 to $30 an hour by 2030: *Some 1,000 United Auto
   Workers members at American Axle=E2=80=99s Three Rivers, Michigan plant =
reached
   <https://substack.com/redirect/ddc8d104-30a3-47d3-b2ea-3c1e9720f0ca?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   a tentative agreement Wednesday that sets $22 as the new-hire starting
   wage, formerly the ceiling, and puts all workers on a path to $30 an hou=
r
   by 2030. Workers also won additional paid days off and beat back propose=
d
   health care concessions, with legacy employees jumping immediately to $3=
0
   under the deal, which UAW Local 2093 President *Pete Adams* said sets a
   pay record for the union=E2=80=99s Independents, Parts and Suppliers Dep=
artment.
   The strike had 98% authorization. Workers are continuing to picket ahead=
 of
   a ratification vote Sunday, with leverage bolstered by GM=E2=80=99s dwin=
dling
   two-week supply of axles needed to build its most profitable heavy-duty
   trucks, a supply that the strike nearly exhausted. Read more about the
   strike at Labor Notes, here
   <https://substack.com/redirect/ddc8d104-30a3-47d3-b2ea-3c1e9720f0ca?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   .
   -

   *Two former Utah court clerks face federal charges for helping
   immigrants evade ICE arrest*: *Jennifer Joma*, 27, and *Lauren Kelsey
   Morrow*, 26, former clerks at the Logan Justice Court in Utah, were
   indicted
   <https://substack.com/redirect/6d31b0cd-f618-435a-8f8e-52bccadaf33a?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   June 3 on federal charges, including conspiracy to harbor and transport
   undocumented immigrants and obstruction of agency proceedings, after
   authorities say they helped several people slip out a back door to avoid
   detention. The Justice Department alleges that when an ICE officer arriv=
ed
   on April 9 with an administrative warrant and waited outside in his
   vehicle, the two clerks misused court databases to identify people witho=
ut
   permanent legal status among those scheduled to appear, escorted them
   through a secure area to a rear exit, and that Joma then left the
   courthouse with three people in her car before returning alone.
   -

   *Musk becomes world=E2=80=99s first trillionaire after SpaceX IPO:* *Elo=
n Musk*
   became the world=E2=80=99s first trillionaire (on paper) after his rocke=
t,
   satellite, and AI company SpaceX made its Wall Street debut on Friday wi=
th
   an initial public offering of $135 a share. The IPO puts the valuation o=
f
   SpaceX at around $1.77 trillion, making it one of the most valuable
   companies in the world despite not being profitable. Most of Musk=E2=80=
=99s wealth
   rests with SpaceX, where =E2=81=A0he holds a stake worth roughly $866 bi=
llion.
   =E2=80=9CAlong with Tesla and the rest of his properties, his net worth =
will exceed
   $1.1 trillion when the stock begins trading Friday,=E2=80=9D according t=
o Reuters.
   -

      Sen. *Elizabeth Warren* (D-Mass.) wrote
      <https://substack.com/redirect/7cbc5344-9fdb-4de9-9e45-85aff6551581?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      to the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission Paul Atkins on
      Wednesday asking for the agency to investigate the SpaceX stock sale.
      Warren said that SpaceX=E2=80=99s valuation has little precedent and =
=E2=80=9Crequires
      numerous leaps of faith=E2=80=9D to justify. She added that =E2=80=9C=
a non-traditional
      governance structure=E2=80=9D int he company gives Musk =E2=80=9Can
unprecedented level of
      power.=E2=80=9D

Other International News

   -

   *RSF drones kill at least 16 in overnight strikes on El Obeid: *Rapid
   Support Forces drones killed
   <https://substack.com/redirect/5974aa78-c024-4ce5-b355-7f577e352ac5?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   at least 16 people and wounded dozens more in early morning strikes
   Thursday on multiple neighborhoods in El Obeid, North Kordofan, accordin=
g
   to Sudan Tribune. This is one of the deadliest bombardments to hit El Ob=
eid
   since Sudan=E2=80=99s civil war began, according to residents of the cit=
y. Recent
   intelligence reports suggest an unprecedented buildup of RSF fighters
   around El Obeid, raising fears of a large-scale ground offensive to seiz=
e
   the city.
   -

      Separately on Thursday, a Sudanese army drone strike killed
      <https://substack.com/redirect/697605dc-a1f9-4365-a82d-419c251b7a45?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
      at least one civilian and wounded another in the North Kordofan state=
=E2=80=99s
      Sodari locality, the Emergency Lawyers rights group said. Roughly 38
      civilians have been killed in the region over the past 10 days. The
      Sudanese military has intensified drone operations over the past
two weeks
      in the Sodari and Hamrat al-Sheikh localities, areas bordering Darfur
      currently controlled by the RSF.
      -

   *Taliban forces open fire on Herat protest: *Taliban forces shot at
   <https://substack.com/redirect/5393c3d5-80f3-4c8a-a90c-3a0fd402ea0e?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>and
   beat demonstrators Tuesday in the western Afghan city of Herat, where 70=
 to
   150 men and women had gathered, chanting =E2=80=9Ceducation, work, and f=
reedom=E2=80=9D to
   protest the arrest of women over hijab violations, according to the AP. =
The
   UN said Taliban morality police had detained roughly 30 women and girls =
in
   Herat in recent days.
   -

   *South Sudanese anti-corruption whistleblower abducted in Nairobi and
   taken to Juba, wife says: *Athorbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit, a South Sudanese
   whistleblower and Kenyan citizen who had shared allegations of high-leve=
l
   corruption in South Sudan with journalists and diplomats, was seized
   <https://substack.com/redirect/0b9cc2ef-114e-4eca-a61f-2ca5903aeded?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>
   by armed, masked individuals in Nairobi early Tuesday morning and
   transported to Juba, according to a police report filed by his wife,
   reported on by Reuters. =E2=80=9CI have no idea where he is currently be=
ing held in
   Juba, and I am very worried about his health and the conditions that he =
is
   being kept in,=E2=80=9D she said. Amnesty International warned that his =
deportation
   to South Sudan posed =E2=80=9Ca serious and urgent threat to his life.=
=E2=80=9D
   -

   *Turkey conducts large-scale naval exercises*: Turkey is conducting a
   major naval exercise across the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Eastern
   Mediterranean, and Sea of Marmara, in its largest such drill in years. T=
he
   operation, known as DEN=C4=B0ZKURDU-II (Sea Wolf II), includes live-fire=
 missile
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UI Symbol&#39;;font-weight:400"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,=
55,55);line-height:26px;font-size:16px;margin-top:0"><em><span>President Do=
nald Trump </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/555e9e5a-bcf9-44=
25-9cea-2c79f53d6115?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcF=
EiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank=
">cancels</a><span> planned strikes on Iran, again. Details of a potential =
deal emerge, though Iran </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/ab=
4f6193-f6a5-4c00-af35-4f88aec509ac?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLC=
o3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">stresses</a><span> no deal has been reached yet. Israel say=
s Trump </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/43ab1c42-624e-4d00-=
82f0-6cc21f9d1b14?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiX=
YqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">a=
ssured</a><span> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu his demands would be met=
. Iran </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/98a4a730-1f5f-49ff-b=
073-3e90166fea7f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXY=
qlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">fi=
res</a><span> on non-compliant tanker. UAE and Iran </span><a href=3D"https=
://substack.com/redirect/80f966d8-379d-4de8-b726-24bca2859c6c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM=
WVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#0005=
8c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">hold</a><span> security talks. I=
ran </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/ba7e680c-6abf-496b-b760=
-70817e9d6dc1?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZ=
txvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">resto=
res</a><span> water service to facilities attacked by the U.S. Israel=E2=80=
=99s war on Lebanon </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/2df1236=
3-24ee-41a5-ac98-8dbef4631396?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGM=
YZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=
=3D"_blank">continues</a><span>. Two Malaysian UNIFIL peacekeepers </span><=
a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/1dc2c38e-072b-49b0-8594-1b1f276a799=
7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=
=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">wounded</a><span>=
. Israeli </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/41a5a909-0853-41b=
3-8a53-36b4c80addbf?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFE=
iXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"=
>airstrikes</a><span> near hospital, forced displacement in Al-Maghazi refu=
gee camp. One Red Crescent medic </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/red=
irect/59769728-ec13-445b-96db-74f95713a466?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaT=
bu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:=
none" target=3D"_blank">still missing</a><span>. Hamas </span><a href=3D"ht=
tps://substack.com/redirect/70ae5874-1cdc-40a1-968d-415f04af8c9d?j=3DeyJ1Ij=
oiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#0=
0058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">says</a><span> Cairo talks mo=
ving forward =E2=80=9Cpositively.=E2=80=9D Hamas co-founder </span><a href=
=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/57107f7a-d47c-4720-98e8-15de71097a1f?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"co=
lor:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">freed</a><span> from Is=
raeli prison. Israel </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/c209cb=
dd-709c-4fb7-9994-843cf9bf1ae2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fG=
MYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=
=3D"_blank">refuses</a><span> entry to French journalist over critical cove=
rage. Trump swaps Bill Pulte for Manhattan U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for DN=
I post. Section 702 surveillance authority </span><a href=3D"https://substa=
ck.com/redirect/575f7666-d2ca-4157-9aef-c112d0192626?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ=
.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-d=
ecoration:none" target=3D"_blank">lapses</a><span>. Sixty-one congressional=
 Democrats </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/4c2be92d-5a0a-4a=
b4-90c0-9d097ab31039?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcF=
EiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank=
">urge</a><span> Trump to reopen medical corridor for cancer patients in Ga=
za. U.S. Postal Service </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/d52=
603cb-6c21-480b-a597-64a75116d33a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo=
3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" tar=
get=3D"_blank">proposes</a><span> rule allowing it to withhold mail ballot =
delivery in states that refuse to share voter rolls. U.S. </span><a href=3D=
"https://substack.com/redirect/bc9cd502-7dca-41e0-898e-a8f24179e1ea?j=3DeyJ=
1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color=
:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">sanctions</a><span> Cuba=
=E2=80=99s state-owned oil and gas company. American Axle workers </span><a=
 href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/ddc8d104-30a3-47d3-b2ea-3c1e9720f0ca=
?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=
=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">reach</a><span> t=
entative deal after strike to raise starting wages from $22 to $30 an hour =
by 2030. Two former Utah court clerks </span><a href=3D"https://substack.co=
m/redirect/6d31b0cd-f618-435a-8f8e-52bccadaf33a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZ=
ISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decora=
tion:none" target=3D"_blank">face</a><span> federal charges for helping imm=
igrants evade ICE arrest. Musk </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redir=
ect/7cbc5344-9fdb-4de9-9e45-85aff6551581?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu=
7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:no=
ne" target=3D"_blank">becomes</a><span> world=E2=80=99s first trillionaire =
after SpaceX IPO. Rapid Support Forces </span><a href=3D"https://substack.c=
om/redirect/5974aa78-c024-4ce5-b355-7f577e352ac5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.Jil=
ZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decor=
ation:none" target=3D"_blank">drones</a><span> kill at least 16 in overnigh=
t strikes on Sudan=E2=80=99s El Obeid. Afghanistan=E2=80=99s Taliban forces=
 </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/5393c3d5-80f3-4c8a-a90c-3a=
0fd402ea0e?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxv=
Oc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">open fir=
e</a><span> on Herat protest. South Sudanese anti-corruption whistleblower =
</span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/0b9cc2ef-114e-4eca-a61f-2ca=
5903aeded?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvO=
c" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">abducted<=
/a><span> in Nairobi, wife says. Ukraine and Russia </span><a href=3D"https=
://substack.com/redirect/e82fe4c9-3b42-49bc-b917-919d0f73e0ea?j=3DeyJ1IjoiM=
WVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#0005=
8c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">exchange</a><span> drone strikes=
. U.S. to </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/8b19a891-3b81-4e5=
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le:none;font-size:16px;line-height:26px;text-align:center;border-radius:4px=
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ne:none;white-space:nowrap;text-decoration:none!important;border:1px solid =
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bed</span></a></div></div><h1 style=3D"font-family:&#39;SF Pro Display&#39;=
,-apple-system-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&#39;Seg=
oe UI&#39;,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,&#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;,&#=
39;Segoe UI Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;;font-weight:bold;margin:1e=
m 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:calc(2em*1)"=
>Iran and Ceasefire</h1><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"m=
argin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-=
height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-siz=
e:16px"><strong>Trump cancels planned strikes on Iran: </strong><span>Presi=
dent Donald Trump </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/555e9e5a-=
bcf9-4425-9cea-2c79f53d6115?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ=
8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D=
"_blank">called off</a><span> a third straight night of planned airstrikes =
on Iran Thursday, claiming talks with Tehran were close to producing a deal=
.</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 =
0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;bo=
x-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">=E2=80=9CBase=
d on the fact that discussions with the Islamic Republic of Iran have been =
brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved, I have, as=
 President of the United States of America, cancelled the scheduled strikes=
 and bombings against Iran this evening. Discussions and final points have =
been, in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved,=
=E2=80=9D Trump wrote on Truth Social. Hours earlier, Trump had threatened =
to escalate the conflict by targeting Kharg Island and other oil facilities=
.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55)=
;line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;fo=
nt-size:16px;margin:0"><span>Trump later </span><a href=3D"https://substack=
.com/redirect/2454dc38-c328-47d3-a3d2-fd81af33eb2f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.J=
ilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-dec=
oration:none" target=3D"_blank">told</a><span> reporters at the White House=
: =E2=80=9CWe just made a great settlement of the war with Iran=E2=80=A6The=
 strait will officially open as soon as we sign, which could be soon, very =
soon, maybe over the weekend in Europe,=E2=80=9D Trump said.</span></p></li=
><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-hei=
ght:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:1=
6px;margin:0">Trump has made claims of an imminent deal nearly 40 times sin=
ce the initial ceasefire deal was signed on April 7.</p></li></ul></li><li =
style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55=
,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4p=
x;font-size:16px"><strong>Iran stresses no deal has been reached yet: </str=
ong><span>Iran said that, while progress has been made on the text of a pro=
posed memorandum of understanding with the United States, Tehran has not re=
ached a final decision.</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li =
style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:2=
6px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;m=
argin:0"><span>=E2=80=9CThe text has almost been finalized in its major par=
ts,=E2=80=9D Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei </span><a href=3D"ht=
tps://substack.com/redirect/ab4f6193-f6a5-4c00-af35-4f88aec509ac?j=3DeyJ1Ij=
oiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#0=
0058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">said</a><span> Thursday.  =E2=
=80=9CThe problem is that the contradictory positions of the United States =
have always caused turbulence and disruption in this process.=E2=80=9D</spa=
n></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55=
);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;f=
ont-size:16px;margin:0">=E2=80=9CWhile they speak of diplomacy and negotiat=
ions, they simultaneously resort to force, illegal actions, and criminal be=
havior,=E2=80=9D he added. =E2=80=9CThe decision-making process in our coun=
try is completely clear. The relevant authorities must review every detail =
of the text. As soon as we reach a final conclusion that serves the interes=
ts of the Iranian nation, it will be officially announced.=E2=80=9D</p></li=
></ul></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;=
color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;=
padding-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>Details of a potential deal emerge=
: </strong><span>A number of terms in the memorandum of understanding (MOU)=
 have been reported on by Iranian state media, although the details have ye=
t to be finalized and have not been officially confirmed by Tehran or Washi=
ngton. They include:</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li sty=
le=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px=
;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;marg=
in:0">A permanent and immediate cessation of war on all fronts, including L=
ebanon.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,=
55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:=
4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">Lifting of the U.S. naval blockade within 30 d=
ays.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,=
55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px=
;font-size:16px;margin:0">Commitments from the U.S. not to expand its milit=
ary presence in the region.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p st=
yle=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:bord=
er-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">Sixty days of negotiations=
 to reach a final agreement =E2=80=9Cbased on nuclear issues and the comple=
te lifting of=E2=80=9D sanctions.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"=
><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizin=
g:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">Reopening the strait=
 of Hormuz within 30 days =E2=80=9Cwith Iranian arrangements.=E2=80=9D</p><=
/li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-=
height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-siz=
e:16px;margin:0">Final negotiations will not begin before the release of ha=
lf of Iran=E2=80=99s frozen funds, the suspension of oil sanctions and the =
lifting of the naval blockade. =E2=80=9CDiscussions about Iran=E2=80=99s mi=
ssile program and support for resistance groups have been definitively remo=
ved from the agenda,=E2=80=9D IRNA reported.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8p=
x 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:=
0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">The 60-da=
y period will address three issues left unresolved in the current MOU: the =
continuation of Iran=E2=80=99s peaceful nuclear program, the lifting of san=
ctions, and a mechanism for compensating Iran for its losses.</p></li><li s=
tyle=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26=
px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;ma=
rgin:0">=E2=80=9CIf Tehran decides to sign the memorandum, some of its froz=
en funds will be released immediately, and the rest gradually,=E2=80=9D IRN=
A reported.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb=
(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-l=
eft:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><span>The question of U.S. sanctions will =
</span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/572ea987-7d26-4d30-ac87-835=
6bdc9ac93?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvO=
c" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">reportedl=
y</a><span> be adjudicated during the 60-day negotiating period.</span></p>=
</li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line=
-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-si=
ze:16px;margin:0"><span>The memorandum contains no Iranian </span><a href=
=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/572ea987-7d26-4d30-ac87-8356bdc9ac93?j=3D=
eyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"co=
lor:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">commitments</a><span> o=
n the nuclear issue and no U.S. commitment to lift sanctions.</span></p></l=
i></ul></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,5=
5);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;=
font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Iran clarifies Hormuz control in light of =
the deal: </strong><span>Iran=E2=80=99s official state news agency released=
 a statement stressing that =E2=80=9Ccontrary to what is being circulated b=
y Western media, Iran will not commit to relinquishing control of the Strai=
t of Hormuz.=E2=80=9D (</span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/1931=
23ac-e526-47f3-99be-4392a8ed8ffe?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3=
fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" targ=
et=3D"_blank">More details in IRNA.</a><span>)</span></p></li><li style=3D"=
margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margi=
n-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">=
<strong>Trump lashes out over leaked deal terms:</strong><span> As details =
of the potential deal merged in Iranian state media, President Donald Trump=
 lashed out on Friday and said they were inaccurate. =E2=80=9CThe terms tha=
t Iran leaked out to the Fake News have NOTHING to do with the terms that w=
ere agreed to, in writing,=E2=80=9D Trump </span><a href=3D"https://substac=
k.com/redirect/7033d81a-d4c5-4a6d-96d9-2c6d3bb430d8?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.=
JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-de=
coration:none" target=3D"_blank">wrote</a><span> on Truth Social. =E2=80=9C=
What they said, including their weak and pathetic statement on having a dea=
l, bears no relation to the truth. Very dishonorable people to deal with. W=
ith them, there is no such thing as dealing in good faith.=E2=80=9D</span><=
/p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;col=
or:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;pad=
ding-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>Israel says Trump assured Netanyahu t=
hat his demands would be met in deal: </strong><span>A Thursday evening sta=
tement from the Israeli Prime Minister=E2=80=99s office </span><a href=3D"h=
ttps://substack.com/redirect/43ab1c42-624e-4d00-82f0-6cc21f9d1b14?j=3DeyJ1I=
joiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#=
00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">claimed</a><span> that, thou=
gh Israel is not a party to the MOU touted by Trump, the U.S. president had=
 assured his Israeli counterpart that its hardline demands would be met. Th=
e deal will include, according to the statement, =E2=80=9Cthe removal of en=
riched material, the dismantling of enrichment infrastructure, limits on mi=
ssile production,=E2=80=9D and the =E2=80=9Ccessation of Iran=E2=80=99s sup=
port=E2=80=9D for its regional proxies.</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0=
;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,5=
5);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;=
font-size:16px;margin:0"><span>The Prime Minister=E2=80=99s office </span><=
a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/acadb80a-0305-4680-b5e1-ef2c89d5d99=
8?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=
=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">made</a><span> an=
other statement to this effect on Friday, saying that =E2=80=9Cas long as=
=E2=80=9D Benjamin Netanyahu is prime minister of Israel, =E2=80=9CIran wil=
l not have nuclear weapons.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9CPresident Trump and I are in =
full agreement on this issue,=E2=80=9D the statement read.</span></p></li><=
/ul></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);=
line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;fon=
t-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Hezbollah lawmaker asserts that Lebanon shoul=
d be covered by the deal: </strong><span>Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlalla=
h </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/9925a5f2-61cd-41e8-b8d4-d=
d191a0aab3d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtx=
vOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">said</a=
><span> Friday that any peace agreement between Iran and the United States =
would encompass Lebanon, whether the Lebanese government accepts it or not,=
 while sharply criticizing Beirut=E2=80=99s direct negotiations with Israel=
. =E2=80=9CWe do not trust a political administration that makes concession=
 after concession at the country=E2=80=99s expense, especially when no viab=
le or discussable political option has been presented to us,=E2=80=9D he sa=
id at a memorial ceremony in Beirut.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px=
 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0=
;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Ir=
an threatens =E2=80=9Cmore severe response than before=E2=80=9D to U.S. str=
ikes: </strong><span>Before Trump announced that he had canceled his plans =
to strike Iran on Thursday, Iran=E2=80=99s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headqua=
rters </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/83e266dd-da0f-4d52-94=
39-309ac84d9d57?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYq=
lZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">war=
ned</a><span> that any further American strikes would occasion a =E2=80=9Cm=
ore severe response than before.=E2=80=9D =E2=80=9COn the one hand, America=
 talks about agreements and negotiations,=E2=80=9D the statement read, =E2=
=80=9Cand on the other hand, it commits evil acts.=E2=80=9D Khatam cautione=
d the U.S. that =E2=80=9Ceither oil and gas exports are for everyone, or th=
ey will be impossible for everyone.=E2=80=9D</span></p></li><li style=3D"ma=
rgin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-=
bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><s=
trong>Iran fires on non-compliant tanker: </strong><span>IRGC forces </span=
><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/98a4a730-1f5f-49ff-b073-3e90166fe=
a7f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" sty=
le=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">opened fire</a>=
<span> on an oil tanker trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a=
n Iranian military source told state broadcaster IRIB. Explosions heard in =
Sirik county were reportedly linked to the confrontation.</span></p></li><l=
i style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height=
:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px=
;margin:0"><strong>Iran condemns U.S. strikes on tanker that killed three I=
ndian citizens: </strong><span>Baghaei, of Iran=E2=80=99s Foreign Ministry,=
 </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/e2b66435-64cf-454d-ab7f-e6=
3e3cd2b8b1?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxv=
Oc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">condemne=
d</a><span> on Friday a series of strikes on commercial tankers manned by I=
ndian crews in the Strait of Oman that killed three Indian nationals, calli=
ng them =E2=80=9Carmed robbery and piracy=E2=80=9D that threaten global shi=
pping and freedom of navigation.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0=
 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box=
-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Iran s=
trikes Kuwait airport radar: </strong><span>Kuwait=E2=80=99s Civil Aviation=
 Authority </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/1b015c08-e19d-48=
10-b9c2-340409936fcf?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcF=
EiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank=
">confirmed</a><span> Friday that an Iranian strike on Kuwait International=
 Airport damaged radar and air traffic management equipment and caused inju=
ries.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rg=
b(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-=
left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>UAE and Iran hold first direct se=
curity talks since war began: </strong><span>Senior national security offic=
ials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met in person this week, Bloomb=
erg </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/80f966d8-379d-4de8-b726=
-24bca2859c6c?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZ=
txvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">repor=
ted</a><span>. The outlet described the unannounced talks as a deliberate d=
e-escalation effort initiated by Abu Dhabi after it concluded that Iran=E2=
=80=99s government was unlikely to fall. The UAE is seeking to shield its m=
ajor economic priorities (including its expanding AI and energy investments=
), while Iran seeks to maintain a working relationship with the UAE, which =
was one of its largest trading partners and a key channel for sanctioned oi=
l exports before the war.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px">=
<p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing=
:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Iran restores=
 water service within 12 hours after attacks on facilities: </strong><span>=
Crews </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/ba7e680c-6abf-496b-b7=
60-70817e9d6dc1?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYq=
lZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">res=
tored</a><span> full service to two badly damaged reservoirs within 12 hour=
s, after a U.S. strike on water storage and distribution facilities in Siri=
k County, according to the WANA news agency. The reservoirs served 20,000 r=
esidents in the city of Kouhestak and the Bamani district.</span></p></li><=
/ul><h1 style=3D"font-family:&#39;SF Pro Display&#39;,-apple-system-headlin=
e,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&#39;Segoe UI&#39;,Roboto,Helv=
etica,Arial,sans-serif,&#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe UI Emoji&#39;=
,&#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;;font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rg=
b(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:calc(2em*1)">Lebanon</h1><ul style=
=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-s=
izing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>Israeli strikes c=
ontinue across southern Lebanon: </strong><span>Israel=E2=80=99s </span><a =
href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/2df12363-24ee-41a5-ac98-8dbef4631396?=
j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=
=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">assault</a><span>=
 across Lebanon killed at least 12 people on Thursday  in a wave of airstri=
kes, drone attacks and artillery fire across the south and the Bekaa Valley=
. Israel also said it had taken =E2=80=9Coperational control=E2=80=9D of no=
rthern Wadi Slouki, a strategic valley in southern Lebanon it accused Hezbo=
llah of using to launch drones and projectiles.</span></p><ul style=3D"marg=
in-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb=
(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-l=
eft:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">Two people were killed in Israeli strikes =
in Mashghara in western Bekaa, while another person was killed in nearby So=
hmor, according to L=E2=80=99Orient Today.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px =
0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;=
box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">Israeli str=
ikes also killed one person each in Qatraneh, Ain al-Tineh and Nahleh in th=
e Bekaa Valley.</p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color=
:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;paddi=
ng-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0">In southern Lebanon, one person was ki=
lled in a motorcycle strike in Jwayya, another in Abbassieh; two people wer=
e killed in Deir Qanoun al-Nahr, and one person was killed in a strike on H=
abboush.</p></li></ul></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"co=
lor:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;pa=
dding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Hezbollah continues operati=
ons against Israel: </strong><span>Hezbollah claimed its fighters carried o=
ut a wave of attacks against Israeli forces and military positions in south=
ern Lebanon on Thursday. The reported operations stretch from the Mediterra=
nean coast near Naqoura to the districts of Bint Jbeil, Marjayoun and Nabat=
ieh, where Israeli forces have expanded their ground operations in recent d=
ays. Hezbollah said it engaged two Israeli Hermes 450 drones, shooting one =
and forcing another to retreat, while further claiming its fighters carried=
 out an ambush against an advancing Israeli force moving toward Wadi Hassan=
.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54=
,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left=
:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Two Malaysian UNIFIL peacekeepers wou=
nded in Lebanon: </strong><span>Two Malaysian UN peacekeepers were lightly =
</span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/1dc2c38e-072b-49b0-8594-1b1=
f276a7997?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvO=
c" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">injured</=
a><span> in an attack on a logistics convoy near the village of Harris in s=
outhern Lebanon, a UN spokesperson said Friday, describing their condition =
as stable. No responsible party was identified in his statement. Dujarric a=
lso said an Israeli military tank fired near a separate UN convoy close to =
Bint Jbeil, forcing it to detour, and that UNIFIL peacekeepers observed sig=
nificant drone activity in the Biyyada area on Wednesday.</span></p></li></=
ul><h1 style=3D"font-family:&#39;SF Pro Display&#39;,-apple-system-headline=
,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&#39;Segoe UI&#39;,Roboto,Helve=
tica,Arial,sans-serif,&#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe UI Emoji&#39;,=
&#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;;font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625em 0;color:rgb=
(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:calc(2em*1)">Palestine</h1><ul styl=
e=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"=
margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-=
sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>Israeli airstrik=
es near hospital, forced displacement in Al-Maghazi:</strong><em><strong> <=
/strong></em><span>Israel carried out an </span><a href=3D"https://substack=
.com/redirect/41a5a909-0853-41b3-8a53-36b4c80addbf?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.J=
ilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-dec=
oration:none" target=3D"_blank">airstrike</a><span> Thursday evening target=
ing a house near Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.</=
span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 3=
2px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-s=
izing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><span>The Israel=
i military </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/b7018389-7f3a-41=
7c-a3d5-d6e1dc8c4edd?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcF=
EiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank=
">issued</a><span> new forced displacement orders for several areas of Al-M=
aghazi refugee camp. The orders covered key civilian facilities, including =
schools, a kindergarten, a rehabilitation center, the municipality building=
, and the camp=E2=80=99s main source of fresh water. Hours later, Maghazi c=
ame under heavy bombardment, and an Israeli strike destroyed a home that ha=
d been among the buildings threatened with evacuation.</span></p></li></ul>=
</li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line=
-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-si=
ze:16px;margin:0"><strong>One Red Crescent medic still missing: </strong><s=
pan>One of the two Palestinian Red Crescent Society medics forcibly disappe=
ared on Wednesday was </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/59769=
728-ec13-445b-96db-74f95713a466?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3f=
GMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" targe=
t=3D"_blank">released</a><span> Thursday, according to a statement from the=
 group, though the other remains unaccounted for=E2=80=94presumably still h=
eld by armed militias operating under Israeli protection. The Society urged=
 the international community to secure his release and to protect medical p=
ersonnel, and held Israel responsible for his kidnapping.</span></p></li><l=
i style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height=
:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px=
;margin:0"><strong>Hamas says Cairo talks moving forward =E2=80=9Cpositivel=
y=E2=80=9D: </strong><span>Hamas </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/red=
irect/70ae5874-1cdc-40a1-968d-415f04af8c9d?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaT=
bu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:=
none" target=3D"_blank">said</a><span> that talks between the Palestinian f=
actions in Cairo were proceeding in a =E2=80=9Cpositive and constructive ma=
nner,=E2=80=9D and that the factions are potentially advancing to an agreem=
ent concerning the implementation of the second phase of Trump=E2=80=99s Ga=
za peace plan. =E2=80=9CWe are also continuing our meetings with the mediat=
ors in a positive and responsible spirit, with the aim of ensuring the succ=
ess of the current round, protecting our Palestinian people, and thwarting =
the objectives and plans of the occupation,=E2=80=9D a member of the moveme=
nt=E2=80=99s Political Bureau and its negotiating delegation said in a stat=
ement.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:r=
gb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding=
-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Hamas co-founder freed from Isra=
eli prison: </strong><span>Hassan Yousef, a co-founder and senior leader of=
 Hamas in the occupied West Bank, was </span><a href=3D"https://substack.co=
m/redirect/57107f7a-d47c-4720-98e8-15de71097a1f?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZ=
ISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decora=
tion:none" target=3D"_blank">released</a><span> from Israeli prison on Thur=
sday. The 71-year-old was held for more than two years without trial, as pa=
rt of Israel=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cadministrative detention=E2=80=9D system, w=
hich allows authorities to hold Palestinians for renewable six-month terms =
without charges or a trial. Upon release, Yousef was taken immediately to a=
 hospital, as his health significantly deteriorated in Israeli custody.</sp=
an></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,5=
5);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;=
font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Global Sumud Flotilla participants will re=
main in detention in Libya: </strong><span>Ten participants in the Global S=
umud Flotilla who were detained in eastern Libya by an armed group claiming=
 affiliation with Khalifa Haftar=E2=80=99s ruling militia in late May will =
</span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/b12948b4-4e39-4aaf-a183-8e0=
8da180201?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvO=
c" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">remain in=
 detention</a><span> in Benghazi for at least 30 more days. The detainees, =
who were part of a land mission en route to Gaza, include doctors, humanita=
rian workers, a filmmaker, and a journalist.</span></p></li><li style=3D"ma=
rgin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-=
bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><s=
trong>Israel refuses entry to French journalist over critical coverage: </s=
trong><span>Israeli authorities </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redi=
rect/c209cbdd-709c-4fb7-9994-843cf9bf1ae2?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTb=
u7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:n=
one" target=3D"_blank">refused</a><span> entry to French journalist Alice F=
roussard this week, according to AP. Israeli media reported that authoritie=
s recommended denying Froussard entry over reporting for Radio France Inter=
nationale critical of Israeli actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, i=
ncluding her use of the term =E2=80=9Capartheid=E2=80=9D to describe polici=
es toward Palestinians. Palestinian officials </span><a href=3D"https://sub=
stack.com/redirect/a083c24d-ff54-4662-9bb5-5d40373a96d8?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2I=
ifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;tex=
t-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">condemned</a><span> the move as an att=
empt to obstruct journalists from =E2=80=9Cconveying the truth=E2=80=9D abo=
ut events in the occupied Palestinian territories. Israel has continued to =
refuse entry of foreign reporters to Gaza since October 2023, and has kille=
d at least 260 Palestinian media workers and journalists in the Strip.</spa=
n></p></li></ul><h1 style=3D"font-family:&#39;SF Pro Display&#39;,-apple-sy=
stem-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&#39;Segoe UI&#39;=
,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,&#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe U=
I Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;;font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625e=
m 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:calc(2em*1)">U.S. News=
</h1><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;fon=
t-size:16px"><em><span>By Julian Andreone, with Ryan Grim. Have a tip on Ca=
pitol Hill? Email Andreone at </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redire=
ct/ea4caf47-036c-4ee0-811b-be38f76d2c72?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7=
B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:non=
e" target=3D"_blank">Julian@dropsitenews.com</a><span>.</span></em></p><ul =
style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=
=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-=
box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Trump swaps Bill Pult=
e for Manhattan U.S. attorney Jay Clayton for DNI post: </strong><span>Trum=
p is nominating </span><strong>Jay Clayton</strong><span>, the U.S. attorne=
y for the Southern District of New York and former Securities and Exchange =
Commission chairman, as Director of National Intelligence, following a bipa=
rtisan congressional revolt over his interim appointment of housing officia=
l </span><strong>Bill Pulte</strong><span>. Clayton, 59, was recommended by=
 CIA Director</span><strong> John Ratcliffe; </strong><span>his Senate  con=
firmation hearing is scheduled for June 17. Clayton oversaw much of the doc=
ument review related to the </span><strong>Jeffrey Epstein </strong><span>c=
ase and directed the office that brought a case against the kidnapped presi=
dent of Venezuela, </span><strong>Nicol=C3=A1s Maduro</strong><span>.</span=
></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55)=
;line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;fo=
nt-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Trump administration moves to deport migrant=
s to Central African Republic: </strong><span>The Trump administration is <=
/span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/22461784-7cbf-4103-ab2b-6ae0=
0969914e?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc=
" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">preparing<=
/a><span> to deport roughly 20 migrants, including nationals from Iran, Afg=
hanistan, Syria, and Turkey, to the Central African Republic, a country to =
which none have personal ties and which the U.S. State Department designate=
s a =E2=80=9CDo Not Travel=E2=80=9D zone due to armed conflict, crime, and =
severe human rights abuses, the New York Times reports. Among those facing =
removal are two Iranian women with no criminal records whom judges found we=
re likely to be prosecuted or tortured upon return.</span></p></li><li styl=
e=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;=
margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margi=
n:0"><strong>Section 702 surveillance authority lapses: </strong><span>The =
House </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/575f7666-d2ca-4157-9a=
ef-c112d0192626?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYq=
lZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">vot=
ed</a><span> 198-218 on Thursday to reject a three-week extension of Sectio=
n 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the provision that allo=
ws for warrantless surveillance of Americans outside of the U.S. The author=
ity lapsed at midnight. The vast majority of Democratic representatives joi=
ned a bloc of conservative Republicans to sink the measure, with Democrats =
having refused to back any extension unless President Donald Trump reversed=
 his decision to install Bill Pulte as acting director of national intellig=
ence (Trump announced a new DNI choice this morning, see above).</span></p>=
</li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:=
rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;paddin=
g-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>Sixty-one congressional Democrats urge T=
rump to reopen medical corridor for cancer patients in Gaza: </strong><span=
>61 Democratic representatives </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redir=
ect/4c2be92d-5a0a-4ab4-90c0-9d097ab31039?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu=
7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:no=
ne" target=3D"_blank">signed</a><span> onto a letter to Secretary of State =
</span><strong>Marco Rubio</strong><span>, urging the U.S. to reestablish a=
 medical corridor out of Gaza, which Israel has refused to reopen since 202=
3.</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0=
 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;b=
ox-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><span>=E2=80=
=9CCancer diagnoses have become a death sentence,=E2=80=9D the letter reads=
, citing the nearly 18,500 Palestinians in need of urgent medical care in t=
he Gaza Strip, and the nearly 11,000 cancer patients. Rep. </span><strong>J=
ames McGovern</strong><span> authored the letter alongside Sens. </span><st=
rong>Ed Markey</strong><span> and </span><strong>Chris Van Hollen</strong><=
span>, and Reps. </span><strong>Madeleine Dean</strong><span> and </span><s=
trong>Maxine Dexter</strong><span>; McGovern noted the case of a six-year-o=
ld boy with leukemia who died waiting for Israel to approve his evacuation.=
</span></p></li></ul></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"col=
or:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;pad=
ding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>U.S. Postal Service proposes=
 rule allowing it to withhold mail ballot delivery in states that refuse to=
 share voter rolls: </strong><span>The U.S. Postal Service has </span><a hr=
ef=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/d52603cb-6c21-480b-a597-64a75116d33a?j=
=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D=
"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">proposed</a><span> a=
 rule that would allow it to refuse to deliver mail ballots in states that =
do not turn over voter registration data to the federal government. Democra=
ts and voting rights groups say the rule amounts to an unconstitutional fed=
eral intrusion into elections, which the Constitution reserves to the state=
s.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(5=
4,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-lef=
t:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Supreme Court blocks Alabama nitroge=
n gas execution:</strong><span> The Supreme Court </span><a href=3D"https:/=
/substack.com/redirect/e56383ca-dc3f-4a37-93e3-cb683b0f2ac9?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWV=
vZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c=
;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">blocked</a><span> Alabama from exe=
cuting </span><strong>Jeffery Lee</strong><span>, 49, on Thursday night, re=
jecting the state=E2=80=99s emergency appeal after the U.S. Court of Appeal=
s for the 11th Circuit upheld a district court ruling that nitrogen hypoxia=
 was =E2=80=9Clikely unconstitutional=E2=80=9D in his case. The unusually l=
ate intervention by the court drew dissents from Justices </span><strong>Cl=
arence Thomas</strong><span>, </span><strong>Samuel Alito</strong><span>, a=
nd </span><strong>Neil Gorsuch</strong><span>  Witnesses to prior Alabama n=
itrogen gas executions have described convulsions, violent shaking, and pro=
longed gasping.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=
=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-=
box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Former intelligence c=
hief Avril Haines to lead Carnegie Endowment: Avril Haines</strong><span>, =
who served as director of national intelligence under President Joe Biden f=
rom 2021 to 2025, will </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/2c78=
c061-2f41-453d-aa03-0d8678028c72?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3=
fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" targ=
et=3D"_blank">become</a><span> president of the Carnegie Endowment for Inte=
rnational Peace. Haines served as Biden=E2=80=99s DNI during the first 15 m=
onths of Israel=E2=80=99s genocide in Gaza and was among the senior officia=
ls responsible for assessing whether Israel was using American weapons in c=
ompliance with U.S. and international law. Haines also drew condemnation fr=
om civil rights groups in July 2024 after she described U.S. campus protest=
ers against the war as potential targets of Iranian influence operations.</=
span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px=
 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-b=
ox;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>U.S. sanctions Cuba=E2=80=99s s=
tate oil company: </strong><span>The United States is </span><a href=3D"htt=
ps://substack.com/redirect/bc9cd502-7dca-41e0-898e-a8f24179e1ea?j=3DeyJ1Ijo=
iMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00=
058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">sanctioning</a><span> Cuba=E2=
=80=99s state-owned oil and gas company, </span><strong>Cuba Petr=C3=B3leo =
Union</strong><span>, further imperiling the island nation, which has been =
suffering from blackouts and fuel shortages since the United States escalat=
ed its sanctions regime earlier this year. Secretary of State </span><stron=
g>Marco</strong><span> </span><strong>Rubio</strong><span> accused the comp=
any of =E2=80=9Cunlawfully=E2=80=9D expropriating assets from American owne=
rs =E2=80=9Cyears ago.=E2=80=9D He also asserted, without evidence, that Cu=
ban leaders are profiting off of selling oil barrels on the secondary marke=
t and rationing energy supplies as a =E2=80=9Ctool of social control.=E2=80=
=9D Foreign Minister </span><strong>Bruno Rodr=C3=ADguez</strong><span> reb=
utted his claims, saying that Rubio, =E2=80=9Cdriven by ambitions of conque=
st=E2=80=9D and =E2=80=9Cpresidential aspirations=E2=80=9D was resorting to=
 =E2=80=9Cvulgar lies=E2=80=9D to justify the measure.</span></p><ul style=
=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"c=
olor:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;p=
adding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><span>Separately on Thursday,</spa=
n><strong> </strong><span>Miami-Dade County </span><a href=3D"https://subst=
ack.com/redirect/c39b4625-7ad4-49cd-9d8a-41f5fc868d95?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2Iif=
Q.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-=
decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">revoked</a><span> </span><strong>Vanguar=
d Energy</strong><span>=E2=80=98s Local Business Tax Receipt, which is func=
tionally a license to do business in the county, citing the company=E2=80=
=99s dealings with Cuba=E2=80=99s state-owned oil company, claiming that th=
ese dealings violate U.S. sanctions on the island nation.</span></p></li></=
ul></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);l=
ine-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font=
-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>American Axle workers reach tentative deal aft=
er 10-day strike, raising starting pay from $22 to $30 an hour by 2030: </s=
trong><span>Some 1,000 United Auto Workers members at American Axle=E2=80=
=99s Three Rivers, Michigan plant </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/re=
direct/ddc8d104-30a3-47d3-b2ea-3c1e9720f0ca?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJa=
Tbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration=
:none" target=3D"_blank">reached</a><span> a tentative agreement Wednesday =
that sets $22 as the new-hire starting wage, formerly the ceiling, and puts=
 all workers on a path to $30 an hour by 2030. Workers also won additional =
paid days off and beat back proposed health care concessions, with legacy e=
mployees jumping immediately to $30 under the deal, which UAW Local 2093 Pr=
esident </span><strong>Pete Adams</strong><span> said sets a pay record for=
 the union=E2=80=99s Independents, Parts and Suppliers Department.  The str=
ike had 98% authorization. Workers are continuing to picket ahead of a rati=
fication vote Sunday, with leverage bolstered by GM=E2=80=99s dwindling two=
-week supply of axles needed to build its most profitable heavy-duty trucks=
, a supply that the strike nearly exhausted. Read more about the strike at =
Labor Notes, </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/ddc8d104-30a3-=
47d3-b2ea-3c1e9720f0ca?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454l=
cFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_bla=
nk">here</a><span>.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p sty=
le=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:borde=
r-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Two former Utah cou=
rt clerks face federal charges for helping immigrants evade ICE arrest</str=
ong><span>: </span><strong>Jennifer Joma</strong><span>, 27, and </span><st=
rong>Lauren Kelsey Morrow</strong><span>, 26, former clerks at the Logan Ju=
stice Court in Utah, were </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/6=
d31b0cd-f618-435a-8f8e-52bccadaf33a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wL=
Co3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" t=
arget=3D"_blank">indicted</a><span> June 3 on federal charges, including co=
nspiracy to harbor and transport undocumented immigrants and obstruction of=
 agency proceedings, after authorities say they helped several people slip =
out a back door to avoid detention. The Justice Department alleges that whe=
n an ICE officer arrived on April 9 with an administrative warrant and wait=
ed outside in his vehicle, the two clerks misused court databases to identi=
fy people without permanent legal status among those scheduled to appear, e=
scorted them through a secure area to a rear exit, and that Joma then left =
the courthouse with three people in her car before returning alone.</span><=
/p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;col=
or:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;pad=
ding-left:4px;font-size:16px"><strong>Musk becomes world=E2=80=99s first tr=
illionaire after SpaceX IPO:</strong><span> </span><strong>Elon Musk</stron=
g><span> became the world=E2=80=99s first trillionaire (on paper) after his=
 rocket, satellite, and AI company SpaceX made its Wall Street debut on Fri=
day with an initial public offering of $135 a share. The IPO puts the valua=
tion of SpaceX at around $1.77 trillion, making it one of the most valuable=
 companies in the world despite not being profitable. Most of Musk=E2=80=99=
s wealth rests with SpaceX, where =E2=81=A0he holds a stake worth roughly $=
866 billion. =E2=80=9CAlong with Tesla and the rest of his properties, his =
net worth will exceed $1.1 trillion when the stock begins trading Friday,=
=E2=80=9D according to Reuters.</span></p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding=
:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-=
height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-siz=
e:16px;margin:0"><span>Sen. </span><strong>Elizabeth Warren</strong><span> =
(D-Mass.) </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/7cbc5344-9fdb-4de=
9-9e45-85aff6551581?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFE=
iXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"=
>wrote</a><span> to the Chairman of Securities and Exchange Commission Paul=
 Atkins on Wednesday asking for the agency to investigate the SpaceX stock =
sale. Warren said that SpaceX=E2=80=99s valuation has little precedent and =
=E2=80=9Crequires numerous leaps of faith=E2=80=9D to justify. She added th=
at =E2=80=9Ca non-traditional governance structure=E2=80=9D int he company =
gives Musk =E2=80=9Can unprecedented level of power.=E2=80=9D</span></p></l=
i></ul></li></ul><h1 style=3D"font-family:&#39;SF Pro Display&#39;,-apple-s=
ystem-headline,system-ui,-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,&#39;Segoe UI&#39=
;,Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,&#39;Apple Color Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe =
UI Emoji&#39;,&#39;Segoe UI Symbol&#39;;font-weight:bold;margin:1em 0 0.625=
em 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:1.16em;font-size:calc(2em*1)">Other In=
ternational News</h1><ul style=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"marg=
in:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20px 0;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-hei=
ght:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:1=
6px"><strong>RSF drones kill at least 16 in overnight strikes on El Obeid: =
</strong><span>Rapid Support Forces drones </span><a href=3D"https://substa=
ck.com/redirect/5974aa78-c024-4ce5-b355-7f577e352ac5?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ=
.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-d=
ecoration:none" target=3D"_blank">killed</a><span> at least 16 people and w=
ounded dozens more in early morning strikes Thursday on multiple neighborho=
ods in El Obeid, North Kordofan, according to Sudan Tribune. This is one of=
 the deadliest bombardments to hit El Obeid since Sudan=E2=80=99s civil war=
 began, according to residents of the city. Recent intelligence reports sug=
gest an unprecedented buildup of RSF fighters around El Obeid, raising fear=
s of a large-scale ground offensive to seize the city.</span></p><ul style=
=3D"margin-top:0;padding:0"><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"c=
olor:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;p=
adding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><span>Separately on Thursday, a Su=
danese army drone strike </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/69=
7605dc-a1f9-4365-a82d-419c251b7a45?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLC=
o3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">killed</a><span> at least one civilian and wounded another =
in the North Kordofan state=E2=80=99s Sodari locality, the Emergency Lawyer=
s rights group said. Roughly 38 civilians have been killed in the region ov=
er the past 10 days. The Sudanese military has intensified drone operations=
 over the past two weeks in the Sodari and Hamrat al-Sheikh localities, are=
as bordering Darfur currently controlled by the RSF.</span></p></li></ul></=
li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-h=
eight:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size=
:16px;margin:0"><strong>Taliban forces open fire on Herat protest: </strong=
><span>Taliban forces </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/5393c=
3d5-80f3-4c8a-a90c-3a0fd402ea0e?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3f=
GMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" targe=
t=3D"_blank">shot at </a><span>and beat demonstrators Tuesday in the wester=
n Afghan city of Herat, where 70 to 150 men and women had gathered, chantin=
g =E2=80=9Ceducation, work, and freedom=E2=80=9D to protest the arrest of w=
omen over hijab violations, according to the AP. The UN said Taliban morali=
ty police had detained roughly 30 women and girls in Herat in recent days.<=
/span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,5=
5,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4=
px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>South Sudanese anti-corruption whistleb=
lower abducted in Nairobi and taken to Juba, wife says: </strong><span>Atho=
rbey Al-Gaddhaffy-Dit, a South Sudanese whistleblower and Kenyan citizen wh=
o had shared allegations of high-level corruption in South Sudan with journ=
alists and diplomats, was </span><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/0=
b9cc2ef-114e-4eca-a61f-2ca5903aeded?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wL=
Co3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" t=
arget=3D"_blank">seized</a><span> by armed, masked individuals in Nairobi e=
arly Tuesday morning and transported to Juba, according to a police report =
filed by his wife, reported on by Reuters. =E2=80=9CI have no idea where he=
 is currently being held in Juba, and I am very worried about his health an=
d the conditions that he is being kept in,=E2=80=9D she said. Amnesty Inter=
national warned that his deportation to South Sudan posed =E2=80=9Ca seriou=
s and urgent threat to his life.=E2=80=9D</span></p></li><li style=3D"margi=
n:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bot=
tom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><stro=
ng>Turkey conducts large-scale naval exercises</strong><span>: Turkey is co=
nducting a major naval exercise across the Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Eastern M=
editerranean, and Sea of Marmara, in its largest such drill in years. The o=
peration, known as DEN=C4=B0ZKURDU-II (Sea Wolf II), includes live-fire mis=
sile tests, submarine operations and amphibious warfare training. The exerc=
ise comes amid ongoing maritime tensions with Greece and Cyprus in the East=
ern Mediterranean and increased strategic coordination between these states=
 and the Israeli government.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32p=
x"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-siz=
ing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>Ukraine an=
d Russia exchange drone strikes: </strong><span>Ukraine and Russia </span><=
a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/e82fe4c9-3b42-49bc-b917-919d0f73e0e=
a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=
=3D"color:#00058c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">traded</a><span> =
drone strikes overnight into Friday. Ukraine hit two oil refineries in Tata=
rstan, including Tatneft=E2=80=99s TANECO facility in Nizhnekamsk, one of R=
ussia=E2=80=99s largest, as well as a synthetic rubber plant used in solid =
missile fuel production. Russia struck railway stations, electrical signali=
ng posts, and substations in Ukraine=E2=80=99s Sumy region, killing at leas=
t one railway worker. Additional casualties were reported in Russia=E2=80=
=99s Bryansk border region, where two people were killed and 10 injured in =
a Ukrainian attack, and in Ukraine=E2=80=99s southern city of Mykolaiv, whe=
re three people were wounded and 14 buildings damaged.</span></p></li><li s=
tyle=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26=
px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-left:4px;font-size:16px;ma=
rgin:0"><strong>U.S. to scale back military assets assigned to NATO</strong=
><span>: The Trump administration plans to sharply </span><a href=3D"https:=
//substack.com/redirect/8b19a891-3b81-4e57-a0d7-cb188fee93c7?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMW=
VvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" style=3D"color:#00058=
c;text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank">reduce</a><span> the U.S. militar=
y capabilities earmarked for NATO operations in Europe, according to report=
ing by The New York Times. The proposed changes would cut the number of Ame=
rican fighter jets, refueling tankers and radar equipment tasked with defen=
ding Europe, as well as naval assets including aircraft carriers and submar=
ines.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color:rg=
b(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;padding-=
left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>China detains U.S. scholar on esp=
ionage allegations: </strong><span>Chinese authorities have confirmed the a=
rrest of U Min Zin, a U.S.-Myanmar dual citizen and prominent Myanmar schol=
ar, on suspicion of espionage and endangering national security. The Chines=
e Foreign Ministry stated that Min Zin had been placed under criminal deten=
tion and that the U.S. Consulate General in Guangzhou had been formally not=
ified. Chinese officials have not detailed the evidence underlying the accu=
sations.</span></p></li><li style=3D"margin:8px 0 0 32px"><p style=3D"color=
:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px;margin-bottom:0;box-sizing:border-box;paddi=
ng-left:4px;font-size:16px;margin:0"><strong>South Korean court sentences e=
x-president Yoon to 30 years over Pyongyang drone operation: </strong><span=
>A Seoul court has sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to=
 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of orchestrating a 2024 milita=
ry drone incursion into North Korea that prosecutors said was designed to p=
rovoke a security crisis and pave the way for his later declaration of mart=
ial law. The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Yoon had conspired in =
the operation =E2=80=9Cfrom the outset,=E2=80=9D convicting him of aiding t=
he enemy and abuse of power.</span></p></li></ul><p style=3D"margin:0 0 20p=
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(Dobbs) The Last Straw For Me
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0400&utm_source=3Dpost-email-title&utm_campaign=3Demail-post-title&isFreema=
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Trump=E2=80=99s
ego is such a driving force that eventually it will sink him.

Greg Dobbs <https://substack.com/@gregdobbs>
Jun 12
<https://substack.com/@gregdobbs>






There are too many bursts from this guy=E2=80=99s unquenchable ego to even =
count.

His face on the pass to enter a national park. His name on the program to
obtain prescription drugs. His malevolent mug on a to-be-created $250 bill.
His fingers on almost every long-revered icon in the nation=E2=80=99s capit=
al. Even
his ego-fueled claim again yesterday in the Iran war, completely defying
reality, that =E2=80=9Ca deal is near.=E2=80=9C As CNN pointed out, it was =
the 39th time he
has made that promise. It puts his =E2=80=9Cart of the deal=E2=80=9C in a w=
hole new light.

But there is something called =E2=80=9Cthe last straw.=E2=80=9D Each of us =
might reach it
at a different pace or come to it in a different place. Today, I found mine=
.

His appointed board of obedient trustees at Washington DC=E2=80=99s Kennedy=
 Center
says they will fight last week=E2=80=99s order by a federal judge to remove=
 his
name from the institution and return it to what it had been and always
should be since the assassination of our 35th President, John Fitzgerald
Kennedy: the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The name of our 47th president is supposed to come off by the end of today.
That is the deadline the judge set when he ruled that because Congress had
not mandated it, renaming it last December as =E2=80=9CThe Donald J. Trump =
and the
John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts=E2=80=9D was illega=
l.

Undoubtedly acting at the command of the president, the trustees have
argued that removing his name will do =E2=80=9Cirreparable harm=E2=80=9C to=
 the place
because fundraising has been built around it.

It=E2=80=99s an empty argument because ever since Trump carried off his cou=
p,
artists have canceled performances there left and right, and he already had
put the Kennedy Center on the road to financial failure.

There was a glimmer of hope earlier this month when the judge issued his
original order. Not because the president saw the errors of his ways=E2=80=
=94 he
doesn=E2=80=99t even know what that means =E2=80=94 but because, like a cry=
ing little
grammar school brat, he said that he was just going to wipe his hands of
any further involvement in the center, including not just its imagery but
its physical renovation, unless he could be =E2=80=9Cfree to do what I do b=
etter
than anyone else.=E2=80=9D

The judge said that he=E2=80=99s not. But his loyalists are fighting that. =
Which
makes his vow to back away yet another in his countless cascade of lies.
Share

What makes it the last straw for me is that with all the threats to the
lives and the livelihoods of Americans and citizens around the world right
now, many of them a direct result of this president=E2=80=99s policies, his
ignorance, and his corruption, he and his petty people are bothering with
this.Leave a comment

The only relief is, the latest polls show that his approval rating has sunk
to an abysmal new low: just 33%. In other words, only one out of three
Americans now seem to think that Trump is doing a good job. And even that
is inexplicable. But whether it=E2=80=99s about war and peace or installing=
 his
name on a treasure that was never his, his ego is such a driving force that
eventually it will sink him. And put his name at the top of the list of
history=E2=80=99s worst presidents.

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 mandated it, renaming it last December as =E2=80=9CThe Donald J. Trump and=
 the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts=E2=80=9D was i=
llegal.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:=
26px">Undoubtedly acting at the command of the president, the trustees have=
 argued that removing his name will do =E2=80=9Cirreparable harm=E2=80=9C t=
o the place because fundraising has been built around it.</p><p style=3D"ma=
rgin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">It=E2=80=99s an emp=
ty argument because ever since Trump carried off his coup, artists have can=
celed performances there left and right, and he already had put the Kennedy=
 Center on the road to financial failure.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20p=
x;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">There was a glimmer of hope earlier=
 this month when the judge issued his original order. Not because the presi=
dent saw the errors of his ways=E2=80=94 he doesn=E2=80=99t even know what =
that means =E2=80=94 but because, like a crying little grammar school brat,=
 he said that he was just going to wipe his hands of any further involvemen=
t in the center, including not just its imagery but its physical renovation=
, unless he could be =E2=80=9Cfree to do what I do better than anyone else.=
=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-heigh=
t:26px">The judge said that he=E2=80=99s not. But his loyalists are fightin=
g that. Which makes his vow to back away yet another in his countless casca=
de of lies.<span style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center">Share</=
span></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26=
px"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26p=
x">What makes it the last straw for me is that with all the threats to the =
lives and the livelihoods of Americans and citizens around the world right =
now, many of them a direct result of this president=E2=80=99s policies, his=
 ignorance, and his corruption, he and his petty people are bothering with =
this.<span style=3D"color:rgb(255,255,255);text-align:center">Leave a comme=
nt</span></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-heigh=
t:26px"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height=
:26px">The only relief is, the latest polls show that his approval rating h=
as sunk to an abysmal new low: just 33%. In other words, only one out of th=
ree Americans now seem to think that Trump is doing a good job. And even th=
at is inexplicable. But whether it=E2=80=99s about war and peace or install=
ing his name on a treasure that was never his, his ego is such a driving fo=
rce that eventually it will sink him. And put his name at the top of the li=
st of history=E2=80=99s worst presidents.</p></div></div></div>

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https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/12/iran-war-us-china-taiwan-missile-defen=
se-radar-interceptors/?tpcc=3Deditors_picks

*[In fact, missile defense did not work against Iran.  Military censorship
and information warfare have concealed reality.]*
Missile Defense Worked Against Iran. It Might Not Work Against China.
The ongoing war has revealed vulnerabilities that could prove far more
dangerous in a conflict over Taiwan.
By Decker Eveleth <https://foreignpolicy.com/author/decker-eveleth/>, an
associate research analyst at CNA, a nonprofit research and analysis
organization based in Washington.
[image: A rocket is seen from a great distance, flying through a deep blue
sky during military drills. Several parallel plumes of smoke are seen
alongside the rocket's path.]A rocket is seen from a great distance, flying
through a deep blue sky during military drills. Several parallel plumes of
smoke are seen alongside the rocket's path.Chinese People=E2=80=99s Liberat=
ion Army
soldiers fire a rocket into the air during military drills on Pingtan
Island, in eastern China=E2=80=99s Fujian province, the closest point to Ta=
iwan, on
Dec. 30, 2025. Adek Berry / AFP via Getty Images
June 12, 2026

The United States=E2=80=99 tactical successes in its war with Iran=E2=80=94=
notably, the
destruction of a portion of Iran=E2=80=99s missile arsenal and the intercep=
tion of
the vast majority of incoming missiles and drones=E2=80=94have prompted a
reevaluation of missile and drone threats in other theaters. Carter
Malkasian, a professor at the National War College, argued
<https://www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/iran-wars-real-lessons-china> in *Fore=
ign
Affairs* that these successes may give pause to other U.S. adversaries,
including China, which might have hoped to use long-range precision strikes
to carry out a war of aggression over Taiwan. After all, if U.S. air and
missile defenses can significantly blunt Iranian missile barrages, why not
Chinese ones over Taiwan or the wider Pacific?
Iran War
<https://foreignpolicy.com/projects/iran-israel-conflict-news-nuclear-sites=
-proxies/>
Analysis and news.
<https://foreignpolicy.com/projects/iran-israel-conflict-news-nuclear-sites=
-proxies/>

Even optimists such as Malkasian note the limits of Iran=E2=80=99s missile =
force.
Iranian strikes have damaged
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-sat=
ellite-images/>
 an estimated <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2yl7r8r2o> 20 U.S.
military sites across the region, yet they have failed to seriously disrupt
combat operations because Iranian missiles, while destructive, lack the
precision needed for serious counterforce operations. This, combined with
successful missile interception, have rendered them nowhere near as
effective as initially feared.

But China is a different beast entirely, and the comparison breaks down
when one considers how Beijing actually plans to fight and win a war in
East Asia. China possesses far more sophisticated targeting capabilities
and a much more advanced missile force, both of which shape the country=E2=
=80=99s
doctrine and operational planning. China will not wage war the way that
Iran has, just as the United States would not approach a conflict over
Taiwan the way that it has the Middle East. These differences make lessons
from the Iran war difficult to apply to East Asia.

The Iran conflict has also revealed a critical vulnerability in U.S.
missile defense: radar infrastructure. By destroying some of the United
States=E2=80=99 most valuable radar systems, Iran was able to punch holes i=
n its
missile defense network. Crucially, China has spent years investing in
systems designed specifically for this mission, including hypersonic glide
vehicles and maneuvering cruise missiles.

Without functioning radar, the entire missile defense architecture comes
crashing down=E2=80=94and the U.S. defense of Taiwan
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/11/trump-asia-strategy-rethink/> becomes
a far more daunting task.

After the initial decapitation strikes against Iranian leadership
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/28/ayatollah-ali-khamenei-death-obituary=
-iran-war/>
on
Feb. 28, Iran retaliated against the United States and its allies with
waves of missile and drone attacks on military and civilian sites
throughout the region, using around 20 to 30 missiles per day
<https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-ballistic-missiles-us-israel/33721304.html>.
Because Iranian missiles generally are not precise enough to target
specific pieces of small infrastructure=E2=80=94for example, individual air=
craft or
aircraft shelters=E2=80=94aircraft losses on the ground appear to have been
limited. Iran successfully struck larger facilities
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-sat=
ellite-images/>,
such as fuel bladders and storage tanks, but it could not undertake
consistent counterforce targeting, especially with missile defenses
intercepting a portion of incoming barrages.

Recognizing these limitations, Iranian leaders used a different strategy
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/iran-drone-missiles-middle-east-unite=
d-states-israel-war/>.
Rather than betting on any sort of outright military defeat of U.S. forces,
they have focused on cost imposition=E2=80=94raising the economic and polit=
ical
costs of the allied military campaign in the hopes of outlasting
Washington=E2=80=99s willingness to continue the fight.

Iran has pursued this strategy in various ways, including drone strikes on
housing portions of U.S. airbases and the use of cluster munitions
<https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/middleeast/iran-cluster-munition-israel-def=
enses-intl-cmd>
on
Israeli civilian populations, slowly eroding the United States=E2=80=99 inv=
entory
of interceptors. A combination of poor ballistic missile accuracy,
effective allied missile defenses, the relocation of critical assets, and
dumb luck limited the effectiveness of these attacks. U.S. troop casualties
remained relatively low, with only 13 confirmed fatalities
<https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/conflictCasualties/oefu/byCategory>.

Where Iran achieved more significant successes was in its campaign against
radar systems. Using cheap, one-way attack drones followed by more powerful
missiles, Iran appears to have damaged or destroyed
<https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/radar-bases-us-missile-defense-i=
ran-war-intl-invs>
advanced
AN/TPY-2 and AN/FPS-132 radar systems in Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and
the United Arab Emirates. If Iran had managed to destroy all enemy radar
assets, then the United States and its allies would have lost the ability
to reliably detect and track incoming missile attacks, as well as clarity
on when to launch interceptors to defend against them.

China, by contrast, will not be satisfied with cost imposition. In a
conflict over Taiwan, Beijing would seek an outright military victory over
U.S. and allied forces in the region and the seizure of Taiwanese
territory. It has spent decades preparing
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/04/china-war-military-taiwan-us-asia-xi-=
escalation-crisis/>
for
precisely this contingency. Since at least the 1990s, China has modernized
its aerospace forces around a joint campaign to take Taiwan, building large
numbers of ballistic missiles as well as drones, both large
<https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-stations-jets-turned-drones-base=
s-near-taiwan-strait-report-says-2026-03-27/>
and
small.

The most technically challenging of these new systems are the DF-17, DF-27,
and YJ-17 hypersonic glide vehicle missiles, whose ability to maneuver
during descent makes them extremely difficult to intercept, and the YJ-19
hypersonic cruise missile, which can approach at high speed and low
altitude to evade radar detection.

These systems are explicitly designed in part to destroy allied missile
defenses on land and at sea early in a conflict. As one frequently quoted
Chinese military commentator put it
<https://news.qq.com/rain/a/20250903A05YA900>, =E2=80=9CNo matter how formi=
dable a
fighter is, how can they possibly fight if their eyes have been gouged out?=
=E2=80=9D

Given the sophistication of China=E2=80=99s missile systems, combined with
electronic warfare capabilities that Iran could never hope to match,
Chinese attacks on U.S. forces would likely be much more precise than
anything Iran has mustered. If Iran can destroy multiple advanced radar
installations with a handful of cheap drones, then China could almost
certainly do so on a much larger scale given its much more advanced
technology base and broader array of capabilities.

This means that large sections of U.S. and allied air defense grids could
be rendered inoperable very early in a conflict. If China succeeds in
destroying these outright, questions about interceptor inventories and
interception rates become irrelevant; there would be no way of knowing when
missile defenses should launch interceptors if they cannot detect and track
incoming threats in the first place.

There is also a broader operational problem. The United States would have
to deal with these missile threats while simultaneously confronting attacks
from Chinese sea and air forces. The operating environment in the Middle
East is comparatively simple: U.S. forces only have to contend with Iran=E2=
=80=99s
missile and drone arsenal. In East Asia, they would also face hundreds
<https://media.defense.gov/2025/Dec/23/2003849070/-1/-1/1/ANNUAL-REPORT-TO-=
CONGRESS-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-=
OF-CHINA-2025.PDF>
of
fighter and bomber aircraft located in southern China, plus helicopters,
surface naval forces, aircraft carriers, and submarines. Once air defenses
are degraded, these forces would be far more capable of moving in and
destroying ground forces than Iran=E2=80=99s inaccurate missile barrages ev=
er were.

Malkasian calls for a rethink in U.S. operational planning that takes into
account the United States=E2=80=99 successes in the Middle East: =E2=80=9CI=
ncorporating
real-world performance metrics=E2=80=94such as interceptor hit and expendit=
ure
rates=E2=80=94from the war in Iran into U.S. modeling, war-gaming, and quan=
titative
calculations could change expected outcomes in a potential conflict with
China, which could help the U.S. military refine its operational plans.=E2=
=80=9D

But as the above analysis demonstrates, these interception metrics were
created under circumstances that are unique to the Iranian threat. Applying
them to East Asia risks overlooking this essential context=E2=80=94and, cru=
cially,
underestimating China=E2=80=99s ability to degrade missile defenses by
systematically targeting the infrastructure that enables them and
exploiting the resulting gaps with air and sea forces.

It also risks overlooking the critical U.S. vulnerabilities
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/08/trump-israel-lebanon-iran-netanyahu-c=
ease-fire-peace-negotiations/>
that
the war has exposed. Rather than being deterred, it is possible that
Chinese President Xi Jinping may conclude that his country=E2=80=99s conven=
tional
forces, properly utilized, would have a good chance of defeating the United
States in the field and on the oceans.

All wars have lessons. But there is a danger in applying a perceived lesson
from one war or theater to another where it does not apply. History is full
of such lessons; one that comes to mind is the story of German commander
Gerd von Rundstedt, who based his planned defense against the Allied
invasion of Normandy on lessons that he learned fighting against the
Soviets.

Over the objections of his subordinate Erwin Rommel, who had direct
experience fighting against Allied tactical airpower, Rundstedt decided to
hold most of his armored forces in reserve so that they could maintain
maneuverability and counterattack Allied forces, as he had done with
success against Soviet formations. This, as Rommel predicted, would prove
disastrous: The Allies=E2=80=99 excellence in tactical interdiction prevent=
ed many
of the armored formations that Rundstedt held in reserve from ever making
it to the front.

The United States is now at risk of making a similar mistake. China=E2=80=
=99s
military technology is miles ahead of anything that Iran possesses, and
China can use these forces to great effect in East Asia in ways that make
any lesson learned in the Middle East irrelevant. Overconfidence against
China based on experience in Iran could lead to catastrophic misplanning
that would expose U.S. forces to unnecessary risks.

A better way forward is to break down the U.S. military=E2=80=99s performan=
ce in
Iran, identify key failures=E2=80=94the defense of radar, especially=E2=80=
=94and think
critically about how these individual problems could scale in a fight
against China.

The United States cannot afford to be overconfident when walking into a
potential conflict with China=E2=80=94it must assume the worst and prepare
accordingly.

Decker Eveleth is an associate research analyst at CNA, a nonprofit
research and analysis organization based in Washington. He studies foreign
nuclear postures utilizing satellite imagery. He holds a master=E2=80=99s d=
egree
from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and a
bachelor=E2=80=99s degree from Reed College.

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t, missile defense did not work against Iran.=C2=A0 Military censorship and=
 information=C2=A0warfare have concealed reality.]</i><br><div><span style=
=3D"font-size:2.6em;letter-spacing:-0.5px;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:t=
iempos,georgia,serif">Missile Defense Worked Against Iran. It Might Not Wor=
k Against China.</span></div><div><h2 class=3D"gmail-dek-heading" style=3D"=
box-sizing:inherit;font-size:1.1em;font-weight:200;line-height:1.25em;color=
:rgb(17,17,17);margin:0.25em 0px 1em;font-family:&quot;Tiempos Headline&quo=
t;,georgia,serif">The ongoing war has revealed vulnerabilities that could p=
rove far more dangerous in a conflict over Taiwan.</h2><div class=3D"gmail-=
author-bio" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;display:flex;font-family:Solido,san=
s-serif;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-siz=
e:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-cl=
ip:initial;font-size:0.7em;line-height:1.25em;color:rgb(0,0,0);padding:0.1e=
m 0px;margin:0px 0px 1.75em"><div class=3D"gmail-author-bio-text" style=3D"=
box-sizing:inherit">By=C2=A0<a rel=3D"author" href=3D"https://foreignpolicy=
.com/author/decker-eveleth/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:t=
ransparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)"><span style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-weig=
ht:bolder">Decker Eveleth</span></a>, an associate research analyst at CNA,=
 a nonprofit research and analysis organization based in Washington.</div><=
/div><span class=3D"gmail-image-attachment gmail--ratioscale gmail-horizont=
al-orientation gmail-no-background-color" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;displ=
ay:block;width:796.725px;background:transparent;height:0px;overflow:hidden;=
padding-bottom:531.15px"><img width=3D"1024" height=3D"683" alt=3D"A rocket=
 is seen from a great distance, flying through a deep blue sky during milit=
ary drills. Several parallel plumes of smoke are seen alongside the rocket&=
#39;s path." class=3D"gmail-image gmail--fit gmail-horizontal-orientation g=
mail-lazy-image-loaded" src=3D"https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads=
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x-sizing: inherit; border-style: none; contain-intrinsic-size: 3000px 1500p=
x; block-size: auto; height: auto; opacity: 1; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: =
796.725px;"></span>A rocket is seen from a great distance, flying through a=
 deep blue sky during military drills. Several parallel plumes of smoke are=
 seen alongside the rocket&#39;s path.<span class=3D"gmail-caption" style=
=3D"box-sizing:inherit;border-bottom:1px solid rgb(102,102,102);padding:1em=
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ht:1.25em;opacity:0.75;display:block;max-width:none;font-size:0.7rem">Chine=
se People=E2=80=99s Liberation Army soldiers fire a rocket into the air dur=
ing military drills on Pingtan Island, in eastern China=E2=80=99s Fujian pr=
ovince, the closest point to Taiwan, on Dec. 30, 2025.=C2=A0<span class=3D"=
gmail-attribution" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.75em;padding-lef=
t:0.25em;text-transform:uppercase">Adek Berry / AFP via Getty Images</span>=
</span><div class=3D"gmail-post-content-main" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;c=
olor:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:tiempos,georgia,serif;font-size:20px"><div clas=
s=3D"gmail-fp-audio-embed gmail-fp-audio-embed--default-position gmail-fp-a=
udio-embed--no-bg gmail-fp-audio-embed--noa" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;ba=
ckground:transparent;display:flex;margin-bottom:0px"></div><div class=3D"gm=
ail-meta-data" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;border:0px;font-family:solido,ar=
ial,sans-serif;font-size:0.7em;line-height:1.35em;margin-bottom:1.5em;paddi=
ng:0px;text-transform:uppercase;display:flex">June 12, 2026</div><p style=
=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">The United States=E2=80=99 tactical=
 successes in its war with Iran=E2=80=94notably, the destruction of a porti=
on of Iran=E2=80=99s missile arsenal and the interception of the vast major=
ity of incoming missiles and drones=E2=80=94have prompted a reevaluation of=
 missile and drone threats in other theaters. Carter Malkasian, a professor=
 at the National War College,=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.foreignaffairs.co=
m/iran/iran-wars-real-lessons-china" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background=
-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">argued</a>=C2=A0in=C2=A0<em style=
=3D"box-sizing:inherit">Foreign Affairs</em>=C2=A0that these successes may =
give pause to other U.S. adversaries, including China, which might have hop=
ed to use long-range precision strikes to carry out a war of aggression ove=
r Taiwan. After all, if U.S. air and missile defenses can significantly blu=
nt Iranian missile barrages, why not Chinese ones over Taiwan or the wider =
Pacific?</p><div class=3D"gmail-inset-box gmail-inset-box--header-text-url =
gmail-inset-box--tag-iran-us" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-image:=
initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repe=
at:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border:1px sol=
id rgb(102,102,102);padding:1.5em 1.5em 1.25em;float:right;margin:0.25em 0p=
x 0.75em 1.5em;max-width:360px"><div class=3D"gmail-header" style=3D"box-si=
zing:inherit;max-width:100%;width:135.887px;font-family:&quot;Tiempos Headl=
ine&quot;,georgia,serif;font-size:18px;margin:0px 0px 0.25em"><a href=3D"ht=
tps://foreignpolicy.com/projects/iran-israel-conflict-news-nuclear-sites-pr=
oxies/" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:tran=
sparent;color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:solido,arial,sans-serif;margin:0px;=
font-size:1rem"><h3 style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;font-family:&quo=
t;Tiempos Headline&quot;,georgia,serif;font-size:1.35em;line-height:1.15em"=
>Iran War</h3></a></div><div class=3D"gmail-body-text" style=3D"box-sizing:=
inherit;max-width:100%;width:135.887px;font-size:18px;font-family:solido,ar=
ial,sans-serif;margin:0px auto"><a href=3D"https://foreignpolicy.com/projec=
ts/iran-israel-conflict-news-nuclear-sites-proxies/" class=3D"gmail-no-unde=
rline" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:trans=
parent;color:rgb(17,17,17);margin:0px"><span style=3D"box-sizing:inherit">A=
nalysis and news.</span></a></div></div><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font=
-size:0.9em">Even optimists such as Malkasian note the limits of Iran=E2=80=
=99s missile force. Iranian strikes have=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.washin=
gtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/" sty=
le=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">=
damaged</a>=C2=A0an=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2l2y=
l7r8r2o" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb=
(17,17,17)">estimated</a>=C2=A020 U.S. military sites across the region, ye=
t they have failed to seriously disrupt combat operations because Iranian m=
issiles, while destructive, lack the precision needed for serious counterfo=
rce operations. This, combined with successful missile interception, have r=
endered them nowhere near as effective as initially feared.</p><p style=3D"=
box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">But China is a different beast entirely=
, and the comparison breaks down when one considers how Beijing actually pl=
ans to fight and win a war in East Asia. China possesses far more sophistic=
ated targeting capabilities and a much more advanced missile force, both of=
 which shape the country=E2=80=99s doctrine and operational planning. China=
 will not wage war the way that Iran has, just as the United States would n=
ot approach a conflict over Taiwan the way that it has the Middle East. The=
se differences make lessons from the Iran war difficult to apply to East As=
ia.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">The Iran conflict ha=
s also revealed a critical vulnerability in U.S. missile defense: radar inf=
rastructure. By destroying some of the United States=E2=80=99 most valuable=
 radar systems, Iran was able to punch holes in its missile defense network=
. Crucially, China has spent years investing in systems designed specifical=
ly for this mission, including hypersonic glide vehicles and maneuvering cr=
uise missiles.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">Without f=
unctioning radar, the entire missile defense architecture comes crashing do=
wn=E2=80=94and the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/11/tru=
mp-asia-strategy-rethink/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:tra=
nsparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">U.S. defense of Taiwan</a>=C2=A0becomes a far=
 more daunting task.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em"><sp=
an class=3D"gmail-section-break-text" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-weig=
ht:700;text-transform:uppercase">After the initial</span>=C2=A0decapitation=
 strikes=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/28/ayatollah-ali=
-khamenei-death-obituary-iran-war/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-=
color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">against Iranian leadership</a>=C2=A0=
on Feb. 28, Iran retaliated against the United States and its allies with w=
aves of missile and drone attacks on military and civilian sites throughout=
 the region, using around 20 to 30 missiles=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.rfe=
rl.org/a/iran-ballistic-missiles-us-israel/33721304.html" style=3D"box-sizi=
ng:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">per day</a>. B=
ecause Iranian missiles generally are not precise enough to target specific=
 pieces of small infrastructure=E2=80=94for example, individual aircraft or=
 aircraft shelters=E2=80=94aircraft losses on the ground appear to have bee=
n limited. Iran successfully struck=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.washingtonp=
ost.com/investigations/2026/05/06/iran-us-bases-satellite-images/" style=3D=
"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">large=
r facilities</a>, such as fuel bladders and storage tanks, but it could not=
 undertake consistent counterforce targeting, especially with missile defen=
ses intercepting a portion of incoming barrages.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:=
inherit;font-size:0.9em">Recognizing these limitations, Iranian leaders=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/iran-drone-missiles-midd=
le-east-united-states-israel-war/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-c=
olor:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">used a different strategy</a>. Rather=
 than betting on any sort of outright military defeat of U.S. forces, they =
have focused on cost imposition=E2=80=94raising the economic and political =
costs of the allied military campaign in the hopes of outlasting Washington=
=E2=80=99s willingness to continue the fight.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inh=
erit;font-size:0.9em">Iran has pursued this strategy in various ways, inclu=
ding drone strikes on housing portions of U.S. airbases and the use of=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/12/middleeast/iran-cluster-muniti=
on-israel-defenses-intl-cmd" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:t=
ransparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">cluster munitions</a>=C2=A0on Israeli civil=
ian populations, slowly eroding the United States=E2=80=99 inventory of int=
erceptors. A combination of poor ballistic missile accuracy, effective alli=
ed missile defenses, the relocation of critical assets, and dumb luck limit=
ed the effectiveness of these attacks. U.S. troop casualties remained relat=
ively low, with only=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/con=
flictCasualties/oefu/byCategory" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-col=
or:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">13 confirmed fatalities</a>.</p><p styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">Where Iran achieved more significa=
nt successes was in its campaign against radar systems. Using cheap, one-wa=
y attack drones followed by more powerful missiles, Iran appears to have da=
maged or=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/middleeast/radar-ba=
ses-us-missile-defense-iran-war-intl-invs" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;back=
ground-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">destroyed</a>=C2=A0advanced A=
N/TPY-2 and AN/FPS-132 radar systems in Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and th=
e United Arab Emirates. If Iran had managed to destroy all enemy radar asse=
ts, then the United States and its allies would have lost the ability to re=
liably detect and track incoming missile attacks, as well as clarity on whe=
n to launch interceptors to defend against them.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:=
inherit;font-size:0.9em">China, by contrast, will not be satisfied with cos=
t imposition. In a conflict over Taiwan, Beijing would seek an outright mil=
itary victory over U.S. and allied forces in the region and the seizure of =
Taiwanese territory. It has=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/=
02/04/china-war-military-taiwan-us-asia-xi-escalation-crisis/" style=3D"box=
-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">spent dec=
ades preparing</a>=C2=A0for precisely this contingency. Since at least the =
1990s, China has modernized its aerospace forces around a joint campaign to=
 take Taiwan, building large numbers of ballistic missiles as well as drone=
s, both=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-stations-=
jets-turned-drones-bases-near-taiwan-strait-report-says-2026-03-27/" style=
=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,17)">la=
rge</a>=C2=A0and small.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">=
The most technically challenging of these new systems are the DF-17, DF-27,=
 and YJ-17 hypersonic glide vehicle missiles, whose ability to maneuver dur=
ing descent makes them extremely difficult to intercept, and the YJ-19 hype=
rsonic cruise missile, which can approach at high speed and low altitude to=
 evade radar detection.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">=
These systems are explicitly designed in part to destroy allied missile def=
enses on land and at sea early in a conflict. As one frequently quoted Chin=
ese military commentator=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://news.qq.com/rain/a/2025090=
3A05YA900" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:r=
gb(17,17,17)">put it</a>, =E2=80=9CNo matter how formidable a fighter is, h=
ow can they possibly fight if their eyes have been gouged out?=E2=80=9D</p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">Given the sophistication of=
 China=E2=80=99s missile systems, combined with electronic warfare capabili=
ties that Iran could never hope to match, Chinese attacks on U.S. forces wo=
uld likely be much more precise than anything Iran has mustered. If Iran ca=
n destroy multiple advanced radar installations with a handful of cheap dro=
nes, then China could almost certainly do so on a much larger scale given i=
ts much more advanced technology base and broader array of capabilities.</p=
><div id=3D"gmail-adPlaceholder-1" class=3D"gmail-in-article-dynamic-ad" ar=
ia-hidden=3D"true" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;text-align:center"></div><p =
style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">This means that large sections=
 of U.S. and allied air defense grids could be rendered inoperable very ear=
ly in a conflict. If China succeeds in destroying these outright, questions=
 about interceptor inventories and interception rates become irrelevant; th=
ere would be no way of knowing when missile defenses should launch intercep=
tors if they cannot detect and track incoming threats in the first place.</=
p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">There is also a broader o=
perational problem. The United States would have to deal with these missile=
 threats while simultaneously confronting attacks from Chinese sea and air =
forces. The operating environment in the Middle East is comparatively simpl=
e: U.S. forces only have to contend with Iran=E2=80=99s missile and drone a=
rsenal. In East Asia, they would also face=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://media.de=
fense.gov/2025/Dec/23/2003849070/-1/-1/1/ANNUAL-REPORT-TO-CONGRESS-MILITARY=
-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA-2025.PDF=
" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(17,17,=
17)">hundreds</a>=C2=A0of fighter and bomber aircraft located in southern C=
hina, plus helicopters, surface naval forces, aircraft carriers, and submar=
ines. Once air defenses are degraded, these forces would be far more capabl=
e of moving in and destroying ground forces than Iran=E2=80=99s inaccurate =
missile barrages ever were.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9=
em"><span class=3D"gmail-section-break-text" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;fo=
nt-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase">Malkasian calls for</span>=C2=A0a r=
ethink in U.S. operational planning that takes into account the United Stat=
es=E2=80=99 successes in the Middle East: =E2=80=9CIncorporating real-world=
 performance metrics=E2=80=94such as interceptor hit and expenditure rates=
=E2=80=94from the war in Iran into U.S. modeling, war-gaming, and quantitat=
ive calculations could change expected outcomes in a potential conflict wit=
h China, which could help the U.S. military refine its operational plans.=
=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">But as the abo=
ve analysis demonstrates, these interception metrics were created under cir=
cumstances that are unique to the Iranian threat. Applying them to East Asi=
a risks overlooking this essential context=E2=80=94and, crucially, underest=
imating China=E2=80=99s ability to degrade missile defenses by systematical=
ly targeting the infrastructure that enables them and exploiting the result=
ing gaps with air and sea forces.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-si=
ze:0.9em">It also risks overlooking the=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://foreignpoli=
cy.com/2026/06/08/trump-israel-lebanon-iran-netanyahu-cease-fire-peace-nego=
tiations/" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;background-color:transparent;color:r=
gb(17,17,17)">critical U.S. vulnerabilities</a>=C2=A0that the war has expos=
ed. Rather than being deterred, it is possible that Chinese President Xi Ji=
nping may conclude that his country=E2=80=99s conventional forces, properly=
 utilized, would have a good chance of defeating the United States in the f=
ield and on the oceans.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">=
All wars have lessons. But there is a danger in applying a perceived lesson=
 from one war or theater to another where it does not apply. History is ful=
l of such lessons; one that comes to mind is the story of German commander =
Gerd von Rundstedt, who based his planned defense against the Allied invasi=
on of Normandy on lessons that he learned fighting against the Soviets.</p>=
<p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">Over the objections of his =
subordinate Erwin Rommel, who had direct experience fighting against Allied=
 tactical airpower, Rundstedt decided to hold most of his armored forces in=
 reserve so that they could maintain maneuverability and counterattack Alli=
ed forces, as he had done with success against Soviet formations. This, as =
Rommel predicted, would prove disastrous: The Allies=E2=80=99 excellence in=
 tactical interdiction prevented many of the armored formations that Rundst=
edt held in reserve from ever making it to the front.</p><p style=3D"box-si=
zing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">The United States is now at risk of making a =
similar mistake. China=E2=80=99s military technology is miles ahead of anyt=
hing that Iran possesses, and China can use these forces to great effect in=
 East Asia in ways that make any lesson learned in the Middle East irreleva=
nt. Overconfidence against China based on experience in Iran could lead to =
catastrophic misplanning that would expose U.S. forces to unnecessary risks=
.</p><div id=3D"gmail-adPlaceholder-2" class=3D"gmail-in-article-dynamic-ad=
" aria-hidden=3D"true" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;text-align:center"></div=
><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">A better way forward is to=
 break down the U.S. military=E2=80=99s performance in Iran, identify key f=
ailures=E2=80=94the defense of radar, especially=E2=80=94and think critical=
ly about how these individual problems could scale in a fight against China=
.</p><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-size:0.9em">The United States cann=
ot afford to be overconfident when walking into a potential conflict with C=
hina=E2=80=94it must assume the worst and prepare accordingly.</p><div styl=
e=3D"box-sizing:inherit"></div><div class=3D"gmail-article-end gmail-conten=
t-gated" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.8);font-family:soli=
do,arial,sans-serif;line-height:1.65em;font-size:0.9em"><div class=3D"gmail=
-article-end__tag-content" style=3D"box-sizing:inherit;font-family:tiempos,=
georgia,serif"><p style=3D"box-sizing:inherit"><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0=
,0);font-size:0.7em;box-sizing:inherit;font-weight:bolder">Decker Eveleth</=
span><span style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:0.7em">=C2=A0is an associate=
 research analyst at CNA, a nonprofit research and analysis organization ba=
sed in Washington. He studies foreign nuclear postures utilizing satellite =
imagery. He holds a master=E2=80=99s degree from the Middlebury Institute o=
f International Studies at Monterey and a bachelor=E2=80=99s degree from Re=
ed College.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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 https://x.com/GenXGirl1994/status/2065511516133003737 Jeremy Scahill from =
@DropSiteNews tells @BreakingPointsN that the Iranian negotiation team adde=
d senior psychologists to review draft communications to Trump because they=
 legitimately believe Trump is suffering from mental illness. Other countri=
es are also concerned.
     On Friday, June 12, 2026 at 08:08:17 PM GMT+5, Chas Freeman via Salon =
<salon@listserve.com> wrote: =20
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Trump Backs Down Again After Blustery Raid of Little Consequence
Simplicius=C2=A0 =C2=A06/12/26
Hostilities between Iran and the US resumed once more after the downing of =
a $50M US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, allegedly by way of Ir=
anian =E2=80=98drone=E2=80=99. But the dust-up was quelled just as quickly,=
 as Trump predictably chickened out from=C2=A0excessively=C2=A0angering Ira=
n and causing it to wreak economic havoc on the fragile region, and world f=
or that matter.=C2=A0

Trump=E2=80=99s intention was clearly to:=C2=A0
  =20
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Save face for the downing of the chopper

   -   =20
Use a small bit of =E2=80=9Ckinetic leverage=E2=80=9D to see if he can frig=
hten Iran into moving faster toward a deal favorable to the US


The chopper itself, it must be noted, was downed because it was participati=
ng in the =E2=80=9Cstealth missions=E2=80=9D to =E2=80=9Csecretly=E2=80=9D =
slip some oil out of the strait. Trump bleated about this triumph just yest=
erday in a totally fabulated story about =E2=80=9C100 million barrels of oi=
l=E2=80=9D getting through:

Note that no where does he mention whose oil this even was=E2=80=94because =
it certainly is not Iranian oil that the US profits from. It=E2=80=99s oil =
from US-aligned Arab states whose destination is mostly China. But facilita=
ting the transfer of any such oil is a major =E2=80=9Cwin=E2=80=9D for Trum=
p=C2=A0simply because it stabilizes markets and keeps his campaign from cra=
shing=C2=A0and burning due to skyrocketing prices and economic collapse.=C2=
=A0

Even heavily pro-American commentators were hip to this fact:=C2=A0

Trump intentionally mystifies the process because he wants people to believ=
e the US is somehow already taking Iranian oil and profiting from it, akin =
to the canard he used in Venezuela. After all, just yesterday he boasted th=
at the US would keep =E2=80=9C50% of Iranian oil=E2=80=9D after the war=E2=
=80=99s end.

But Trump has never before lied so brazenly and openly, detached so complet=
ely from reality as he is doing now. The reason is that his disastrous fail=
ures are mounting to the point where he=E2=80=99s forced to dangerously=C2=
=A0tilt=C2=A0to dig himself out. His low-impulse control has made him unabl=
e to deal with Iran=E2=80=99s iron strategic patience, and is leading to th=
e US burying itself in an increasingly deeper hole.=C2=A0

Just listen to how unhinged and detached from reality he sounds in the late=
st soundbite, wherein he espouses the view that Iran is =E2=80=9Cso defeate=
d=E2=80=9D that merely a few US soldiers could march into the country and t=
ake total charge of it right now:=C2=A0

But in a separate interview on the same day, Trump seemed to signal the com=
plete opposite, stating that he=E2=80=99d love to take Kharg Island and ste=
al Iran=E2=80=99s oil, but that Americans =E2=80=9Cwouldn=E2=80=99t have th=
e stomach for it=E2=80=9D:=C2=A0

The stomach for=C2=A0what, precisely, one might ask? It=E2=80=99s not that =
Americans wouldn=E2=80=99t have the stomach for a lightning fast successful=
 operation=E2=80=94no one ever complains about those. No, implicit in his i=
ntentionally vague statement appears to be the understanding that the US wo=
uld=C2=A0suffer high losses=C2=A0in such an operation, and that the public =
would revolt against this.=C2=A0

Soon after Trump=E2=80=99s meager attacks on Iran, Trump appeared to TACO o=
ut again and fraudulently claim another deal was =E2=80=9Cclose to being si=
gned=E2=80=9D which Iran vehemently denied.=C2=A0


BREAKING: Iran directly rejects Trump=E2=80=99s new claim that he reached a=
n agreement to =E2=80=9Ccancel tonight=E2=80=99s strikes=E2=80=9D on Iran a=
s =E2=80=9Cbaseless,=E2=80=9D saying no agreement has been approved at all,=
 and all of Trump=E2=80=99s words should be disregarded like all his previo=
us =E2=80=9C38 times=E2=80=9D deal-imminent announcements over two months, =
per Tasnim.



A senior Israeli official also tells Channel 12 they are =E2=80=9Cnot aware=
 of any agreement being reached,=E2=80=9D per N12.


One of the going theories for why the US so suddenly backed out of prolongi=
ng strikes was that in its response, Iran immediately deleted one of the US=
=E2=80=99s last remaining powerful early warning radars in the region.=C2=
=A0

A suspected Iranian ballistic missile slammed into the defenseless AR-327 r=
adar site in Bahrain at=C2=A026.0380222, 50.5420750=C2=A0geolocation. Look =
carefully below at the red-highlighted rectangle matching the long distance=
 shot of the burning installation to a stock photo of the exact mountain:

For those who missed it, look closer at the yellow circle showing the edge =
of the radome as compared to the map:

In Bahrain, the Iranian military said it struck communications antennas and=
 radar facilities associated with the U.S. Fifth Fleet=E2=80=99s Patriot ai=
r defense network. Open-source analysts have geolocated images of the strik=
e to the Jabal al-Dukhan (translated as the "Mountain of

=F0=9F=93=8DConfirmed hit at Jabal al-Dukhan Long Range Radar site, Bahrain=
. *found a photo of the hill on a hiking website, matches the cropped image=
 of smoke on the mountain. https://t.co/AlmT2Tdxhc

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During all this time, the Iranian air force reportedly continued to functio=
n in full, with=C2=A0a video even emerging allegedly showing an Iranian F-1=
4 Tomcat landing=C2=A0in one of Iran=E2=80=99s Isfahan airbases.

AMK Mapping =F0=9F=87=B3=F0=9F=87=BF@AMK_Mapping_

The Iranian Air Force carried out another patrol over western Iran, near th=
e border with Iraq, a few hours ago. This continues to be a regular, almost=
 daily, occurrence for them. But I must say, they are doing surprisingly we=
ll for an Air Force supposedly =E2=80=9Ccompletely destroyed

10:50 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026=C2=A0=C2=B7=C2=A08.12K=C2=A0Views





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This is all from an airforce Trump had sworn was =E2=80=9Ccompletely destro=
yed=E2=80=9D, along with the Iranian Navy, which had just staged a massive =
show of force of an unprecedented ~80+ fast attack boats in formation patro=
lling the Strait of Hormuz a day or two ago:=C2=A0

Around 80 IRGC Navy fast boats spotted in the strait of Hormuz

MoloMonitor =F0=9F=87=AE=F0=9F=87=B9=C2=A0@MoloWarMonitor

Around 80 IRGC Navy speedboats were seen patrolling the Strait of Hormuz on=
 Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, 06/06/2026. Coordinates: 26.73572, 56.77468

4:01 PM =C2=B7 Jun 6, 2026=C2=A0=C2=B7=C2=A078K=C2=A0Views





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You know, the same strait CENTCOM just claimed was totally =E2=80=9Copen=E2=
=80=9D=E2=80=94with a =E2=80=9Cstrait=E2=80=9D face, no pun intended:

U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM

The Strait of Hormuz remains open for transit.=C2=A0

12:03 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026=C2=A0=C2=B7=C2=A0768K=C2=A0Views





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Who believes that one?

By the way, the attack on US=E2=80=99s Bahrain radar installation was just =
the only one that was relatively verified via the geolocation photos. Iran =
had claimed it hit many other sensitive sites, including F-35 and F-16 stor=
age sites, which even a prominent anti-Iranian war analyst appeared to conf=
irm:

Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch@BabakTaghvaee1

BREAKING: As a result of the ballistic missile strike of the IRGC Aerospace=
 Force at Muwaffaq Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan, at least three F-16AM/BM Fi=
ghting Falcon fighter jets of the Royal Jordanian Air Force have been damag=
ed or destroyed. One of the ballistic missiles hit the=C2=A0

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Now, despite the US=E2=80=99s military humiliation there still remain two c=
ompeting ways of viewing the ensuing results of this conflict. The first is=
 that the current global-economic disruptions are heading toward worst-ever=
 scenarios, according to doomsaying experts:=C2=A0

The second is that despite the =E2=80=9Cbungled=E2=80=9D nature of Trump=E2=
=80=99s reckless policy cartwheels in regard to Venezuela and Iran, the US =
has still somehow emerged as a seeming =E2=80=9Cwinner=E2=80=9D when it com=
es to energy dominance:=C2=A0
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/once-an-arab-oil-embargo-victim-us-=
becomes-worlds-top-oil-exporter-2026-06-11/

HOUSTON, June 11 (Reuters) - The United States has become the world=E2=80=
=99s largest oil exporter, upending a decades-old order long dominated by S=
audi Arabia and Russia, a shift that tightens American companies=E2=80=99 g=
rip on energy markets as Washington=E2=80=99s war with Iran reshapes global=
 energy trade.

America=E2=80=99s ascendancy to the top spot marks a stunning reversal for =
a country that was dependent on Middle Eastern oil for decades and =E2=80=
=8Csuffered from an oil embargo imposed by some OPEC members in 1973 to ret=
aliate against U.S. support for Israel.


What to many looks like =E2=80=9Cmadness=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94the wayward Ukrai=
ne war policies, et al=E2=80=94appears in retrospect to perhaps have had so=
me =E2=80=9Cmethod=E2=80=9D to it, after all.=C2=A0

Of course, much of this had been long in the making, since the shale booms =
of early 2010s, and is not just a consequence of Trump=E2=80=99s putatively=
 =E2=80=98genius=E2=80=99 actions of late. But all of Trump=E2=80=99s schiz=
o foreign policy initiatives do seem to have one binding ligature=E2=80=94f=
rom Greenland to Venezuela to Iran, to Ukraine and the North and South Chin=
a Sea=E2=80=94the control of global energy choke points; a plan now being d=
uly facilitated by the US=E2=80=99s happy European vassals who continue to =
move forward with plans on detaining=E2=80=94or outright sabotaging=E2=80=
=94Russian =E2=80=9Cshadow fleet=E2=80=9D oil tankers.=C2=A0

The question is, how much of this is merely illusory short term gain in exc=
hange for long-term strategic losses via second and third-order consequence=
s? After all, becoming leading oil exporter at the expense of the people wh=
o underwrote your petrodollar is not necessarily a strategically sound long=
-term maneuver. In becoming number one, the US also had to significantly dr=
aw down its SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve), which now sits at historical=
ly low levels:


=E2=80=9CJune 5, 2026, the SPR dropped to 349.2 million barrels, levels not=
 seen since 1983.=E2=80=9D

https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-depleted-lowe=
st-level-since-reagan/
That=E2=80=99s not to mention that US=E2=80=99s desperate draw downs of the=
 SPR and export of oil seemed to do little to bring down pump prices domest=
ically, but is sure making a killing for big oil companies, as always.=C2=
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><br></font></b></div=
><div><h1 style=3D"line-height:1.2141em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;=
max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><font face=3D"georgia, serif" size=3D"=
4"><i>Trump Backs Down Again After Blustery Raid of Little Consequence</i><=
/font></h1><div style=3D"margin-bottom:1.45em;max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,2=
7,27);"><a href=3D"https://substack.com/@simplicius76" style=3D"text-decora=
tion:none;margin:0px;color:rgb(27,27,27);max-width:100%;display:inline;" ta=
rget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif=
">Simplicius</font></b></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;6/12/26</div><p style=3D"max-width:=
100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"=
max-width:100%;">Hostilities between Iran and the US resumed once more afte=
r the downing of a $50M US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, alleg=
edly by way of Iranian =E2=80=98drone=E2=80=99. But the dust-up was quelled=
 just as quickly, as Trump predictably chickened out from<span>&nbsp;</span=
></span><em style=3D"max-width:100%;">excessively</em><span style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>angering Iran and causing it to wreak economi=
c havoc on the fragile region, and world for that matter.<span>&nbsp;</span=
></span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b>=
<font face=3D"georgia, serif">Trump=E2=80=99s intention was clearly to:<spa=
n>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p><ol style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,2=
7);"><li style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font fa=
ce=3D"georgia, serif">Save face for the downing of the chopper</font></b></=
p></li><li style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font =
face=3D"georgia, serif">Use a small bit of =E2=80=9Ckinetic leverage=E2=80=
=9D to see if he can frighten Iran into moving faster toward a deal favorab=
le to the US</font></b></p></li></ol><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(2=
7,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The chopper itself, it must be =
noted, was downed because it was participating in the =E2=80=9Cstealth miss=
ions=E2=80=9D to =E2=80=9Csecretly=E2=80=9D slip some oil out of the strait=
. Trump bleated about this triumph just yesterday in a totally fabulated st=
ory about =E2=80=9C100 million barrels of oil=E2=80=9D getting through:</fo=
nt></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"ht=
tps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BkZt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi=
ve:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimag=
es%2F7ec3919e-e0bc-4e69-bcc2-6c428930e180_1080x909.jpeg" style=3D"text-deco=
ration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D=
"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.=
com/image/fetch/$s_!BkZt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:=
steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%=
2F7ec3919e-e0bc-4e69-bcc2-6c428930e180_1080x909.jpeg" width=3D"412" height=
=3D"347" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></fo=
nt></b></span></div></a></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27);"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j6IH!,f_auto,q_aut=
o:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.=
com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1cb16cb6-ccbe-407f-bb2c-9732779f7d13_1080x1179.jpeg=
" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" targ=
et=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><s=
pan style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"=
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!j6IH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:=
good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.co=
m%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1cb16cb6-ccbe-407f-bb2c-9732779f7d13_1080x1179.jpeg" =
width=3D"377" height=3D"412" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;=
display:block;"></font></b></span></div></a></div><div style=3D"max-width:1=
00%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s=
_!VtBb!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post=
-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8434f5a0-0906-408c-9130-6d35f74=
34fc5_1115x368.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max=
-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VtBb!,w_1456,c_li=
mit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-med=
ia.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8434f5a0-0906-408c-9130-6d35f7434fc=
5_1115x368.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"136" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em=
 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></font></b></span></div></a></div><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><=
span style=3D"max-width:100%;">Note that no where does he mention whose oil=
 this even was=E2=80=94because it certainly is not Iranian oil that the US =
profits from. It=E2=80=99s oil from US-aligned Arab states whose destinatio=
n is mostly China. But facilitating the transfer of any such oil is a major=
 =E2=80=9Cwin=E2=80=9D for Trump<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%;"><a href=3D"https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2064742749383918019/=
video/1" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%=
;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">simply because it stabiliz=
es markets and keeps his campaign from crashing</a></span><span style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>and burning due to skyrocketing prices an=
d economic collapse.<span>&nbsp;</span></span></font></b></p><p style=3D"ma=
x-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Even he=
avily pro-American commentators were hip to this fact:<span>&nbsp;</span></=
font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"=
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0wvc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progres=
sive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fim=
ages%2F6138203f-a0b2-47ca-99fd-406cb04ac7a9_1099x255.png" style=3D"text-dec=
oration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-=
width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackc=
dn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0wvc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi=
ve:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimag=
es%2F6138203f-a0b2-47ca-99fd-406cb04ac7a9_1099x255.png" width=3D"412" heigh=
t=3D"96" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></fo=
nt></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27=
);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Trump intentionally mystifies the proc=
ess because he wants people to believe the US is somehow already taking Ira=
nian oil and profiting from it, akin to the canard he used in Venezuela. Af=
ter all, just yesterday he boasted that the US would keep =E2=80=9C50% of I=
ranian oil=E2=80=9D after the war=E2=80=99s end.</font></b></p><div style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com=
/image/fetch/$s_!Qkam!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%=
2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcee3d61e-2b9a-44=
e7-9b17-f460d89ac582_1125x699.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(=
65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">=
<div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font fac=
e=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Qk=
am!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsu=
bstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcee3d61e-2b9a-44e7-9=
b17-f460d89ac582_1125x699.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"256" alt=3D"" style=
=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></font></b></span></div></a=
></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"https:=
//substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0iSr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:s=
teep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2=
F725a6831-7bf8-4cb4-96ff-05eba4fa7f5c_1075x938.jpeg" style=3D"text-decorati=
on:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nor=
eferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/=
image/fetch/$s_!0iSr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:stee=
p/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F72=
5a6831-7bf8-4cb4-96ff-05eba4fa7f5c_1075x938.jpeg" width=3D"412" height=3D"3=
59" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></font></=
b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><=
b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">But Trump h=
as never before lied so brazenly and openly, detached so completely from re=
ality as he is doing now. The reason is that his disastrous failures are mo=
unting to the point where he=E2=80=99s forced to dangerously<span>&nbsp;</s=
pan></span><em style=3D"max-width:100%;">tilt</em><span style=3D"max-width:=
100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>to dig himself out. His low-impulse control has m=
ade him unable to deal with Iran=E2=80=99s iron strategic patience, and is =
leading to the US burying itself in an increasingly deeper hole.<span>&nbsp=
;</span></span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27=
);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Just listen to how unhinged and detach=
ed from reality he sounds in the latest soundbite, wherein he espouses the =
view that Iran is =E2=80=9Cso defeated=E2=80=9D that merely a few US soldie=
rs could march into the country and take total charge of it right now:<span=
>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)=
;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">But in a separate interview on the same=
 day, Trump seemed to signal the complete opposite, stating that he=E2=80=
=99d love to take Kharg Island and steal Iran=E2=80=99s oil, but that Ameri=
cans =E2=80=9Cwouldn=E2=80=99t have the stomach for it=E2=80=9D:<span>&nbsp=
;</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b>=
<font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">The stomach f=
or<span>&nbsp;</span></span><em style=3D"max-width:100%;">what</em><span st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;">, precisely, one might ask? It=E2=80=99s not that A=
mericans wouldn=E2=80=99t have the stomach for a lightning fast successful =
operation=E2=80=94no one ever complains about those. No, implicit in his in=
tentionally vague statement appears to be the understanding that the US wou=
ld<span>&nbsp;</span></span><em style=3D"max-width:100%;">suffer high losse=
s</em><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>in such an operati=
on, and that the public would revolt against this.<span>&nbsp;</span></span=
></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font f=
ace=3D"georgia, serif">Soon after Trump=E2=80=99s meager attacks on Iran, T=
rump appeared to TACO out again and fraudulently claim another deal was =E2=
=80=9Cclose to being signed=E2=80=9D which Iran vehemently denied.<span>&nb=
sp;</span></font></b></p><blockquote style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65);margin=
-left:2px;margin-right:6px;padding-left:16px;border-left-width:3px;border-l=
eft-style:solid;border-left-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);max-width:100%;"><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;"><em style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">BREAKING: Iran directly rejects Tr=
ump=E2=80=99s new claim that he reached an agreement to =E2=80=9Ccancel ton=
ight=E2=80=99s strikes=E2=80=9D on Iran as =E2=80=9Cbaseless,=E2=80=9D sayi=
ng no agreement has been approved at all, and all of Trump=E2=80=99s words =
should be disregarded like all his previous =E2=80=9C38 times=E2=80=9D deal=
-imminent announcements over two months, per Tasnim.</span><br style=3D"max=
-width:100%;"><br><br style=3D"max-width:100%;"><br><span style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;">A senior Israeli official also tells Channel 12 they are =E2=80=9C=
not aware of any agreement being reached,=E2=80=9D per N12.</span></font></=
b></em></p></blockquote><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b=
><font face=3D"georgia, serif">One of the going theories for why the US so =
suddenly backed out of prolonging strikes was that in its response, Iran im=
mediately deleted one of the US=E2=80=99s last remaining powerful early war=
ning radars in the region.<span>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;">A suspected Iranian ballistic missile slammed into =
the defenseless AR-327 radar site in Bahrain at<span>&nbsp;</span></span><e=
m style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">26.0380222, 50.=
5420750</span></em><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>geolo=
cation. Look carefully below at the red-highlighted rectangle matching the =
long distance shot of the burning installation to a stock photo of the exac=
t mountain:</span></font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,=
27,27);"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7aj2!,f_auto,q_=
auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazona=
ws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1924f6-395c-460d-8f8d-f8c8ce390ed1_1280x1280.j=
peg" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" t=
arget=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"=
><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=
=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7aj2!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_a=
uto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaw=
s.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1924f6-395c-460d-8f8d-f8c8ce390ed1_1280x1280.jp=
eg" width=3D"412" height=3D"412" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em a=
uto;display:block;"></font></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-width=
:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">For those who =
missed it, look closer at the yellow circle showing the edge of the radome =
as compared to the map:</font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rg=
b(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vdaI!,f_au=
to,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.am=
azonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42f42583-ed9f-4daf-befd-a81b2bd49fd4_1250x1=
007.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%=
;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img =
src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vdaI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,=
q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazo=
naws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42f42583-ed9f-4daf-befd-a81b2bd49fd4_1250x1007=
.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"332" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em=
 auto;display:block;"></font></b></span></div></a></div><a href=3D"https://=
x.com/DropSiteNews/status/2065127514146807900" style=3D"text-decoration:non=
e;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferre=
r noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"=
><p style=3D"max-width:100%;">In Bahrain, the Iranian military said it stru=
ck communications antennas and radar facilities associated with the U.S. Fi=
fth Fleet=E2=80=99s Patriot air defense network. Open-source analysts have =
geolocated images of the strike to the Jabal al-Dukhan (translated as the "=
Mountain of</p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;=
"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;">=F0=9F=93=8DConfirmed hit at Jabal al-Dukhan=
 Long Range Radar site, Bahrain. *found a photo of the hill on a hiking web=
site, matches the cropped image of smoke on the mountain. https://t.co/AlmT=
2Tdxhc</p></div></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:=
100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">1:42 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span><s=
pan style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span><=
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idth:100%;">5<span>&nbsp;</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%=
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a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">During all this time, the Iranian =
air force reportedly continued to function in full, with<span>&nbsp;</span>=
</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><a href=3D"https://x.com/Archer83Abl=
e/status/2064843798039974330" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,11=
0,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener">a vid=
eo even emerging allegedly showing an Iranian F-14 Tomcat landing</a></span=
><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>in one of Iran=E2=80=99=
s Isfahan airbases.</span></font></b></p><a href=3D"https://x.com/AMK_Mappi=
ng_/status/2065265556929089711" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,=
110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><di=
v style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><div style=3D"=
max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%=
;">AMK Mapping =F0=9F=87=B3=F0=9F=87=BF</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%=
;">@AMK_Mapping_</span></p></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;">The Iranian A=
ir Force carried out another patrol over western Iran, near the border with=
 Iraq, a few hours ago. This continues to be a regular, almost daily, occur=
rence for them. But I must say, they are doing surprisingly well for an Air=
 Force supposedly =E2=80=9Ccompletely destroyed</p><div style=3D"max-width:=
100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">10:50 P=
M =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</s=
pan>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">8.12K<s=
pan>&nbsp;</span>Views</span></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"></p><hr style=
=3D"min-height:0.5px;border:0px;max-width:100%;"><p></p><p style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">12<span>&nbsp;</span>Replies</spa=
n><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</sp=
an></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">22<span>&nbsp;</span>Reposts</spa=
n><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</sp=
an></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">240<span>&nbsp;</span>Likes</span=
></p></div></font></b></div></a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">This is all from an airforce Trump h=
ad sworn was =E2=80=9Ccompletely destroyed=E2=80=9D, along with the Iranian=
 Navy, which had just staged a massive show of force of an unprecedented ~8=
0+ fast attack boats in formation patrolling the Strait of Hormuz a day or =
two ago:<span>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p><a href=3D"https://x.com/MenchOsi=
nt/status/2063350703901245848" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,1=
10,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div=
 style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%;">Around 80 IRGC Navy fast boats spotted in the strait of Hormu=
z</p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><div sty=
le=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;">MoloMonitor =F0=9F=87=AE=F0=9F=87=B9</span><span>&nbsp;</span><spa=
n style=3D"max-width:100%;">@MoloWarMonitor</span></p></div><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%;">Around 80 IRGC Navy speedboats were seen patrolling the Strai=
t of Hormuz on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, 06/06/2026. Coordinates: 26.73=
572, 56.77468</p></div></div><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">4:01 PM =C2=B7 Jun 6, 2026</s=
pan><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</=
span></span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">78K<span>&nbsp;</span>Views</sp=
an></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"></p><hr style=3D"min-height:0.5px;borde=
r:0px;max-width:100%;"><p></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;">28<span>&nbsp;</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-width=
:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;">238<span>&nbsp;</span>Reposts</span><span style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"=
max-width:100%;">1.92K<span>&nbsp;</span>Likes</span></p></div></font></b><=
/div></a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"=
georgia, serif">You know, the same strait CENTCOM just claimed was totally =
=E2=80=9Copen=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94with a =E2=80=9Cstrait=E2=80=9D face, no pun=
 intended:</font></b></p><a href=3D"https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2065102542=
791401782" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:10=
0%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:=
100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">U.S. Central Comma=
nd</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">@CENTCOM</span></p></div><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;">The Strait of Hormuz remains open for transit.<span>&n=
bsp;</span></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;">=
<span style=3D"max-width:100%;">12:03 PM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span><span st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span>=
<span style=3D"max-width:100%;">768K<span>&nbsp;</span>Views</span></p><p s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%;"></p><hr style=3D"min-height:0.5px;border:0px;max-w=
idth:100%;"><p></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;">1.49K<span>&nbsp;</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">=
<span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"max-width=
:100%;">2.39K<span>&nbsp;</span>Reposts</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%=
;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%;">11.4K<span>&nbsp;</span>Likes</span></p></div></font></b></div><=
/a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgi=
a, serif">Who believes that one?</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;c=
olor:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">By the way, the attac=
k on US=E2=80=99s Bahrain radar installation was just the only one that was=
 relatively verified via the geolocation photos. Iran had claimed it hit ma=
ny other sensitive sites, including F-35 and F-16 storage sites, which even=
 a prominent anti-Iranian war analyst appeared to confirm:</font></b></p><a=
 href=3D"https://x.com/BabakTaghvaee1/status/2064983293049638984" style=3D"=
text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blan=
k" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch</spa=
n><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">@BabakTaghvaee1</span></p></div><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;">BREAKING: As a result of the ballistic missile strike =
of the IRGC Aerospace Force at Muwaffaq Al-Salti Air Base in Jordan, at lea=
st three F-16AM/BM Fighting Falcon fighter jets of the Royal Jordanian Air =
Force have been damaged or destroyed. One of the ballistic missiles hit the=
<span>&nbsp;</span></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width=
:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">4:09 AM =C2=B7 Jun 11, 2026</span><=
span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span>=
</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">57.8K<span>&nbsp;</span>Views</span>=
</p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"></p><hr style=3D"min-height:0.5px;border:0=
px;max-width:100%;"><p></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-=
width:100%;">14<span>&nbsp;</span>Replies</span><span style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"max-=
width:100%;">158<span>&nbsp;</span>Reposts</span><span style=3D"max-width:1=
00%;"><span>&nbsp;</span>=C2=B7<span>&nbsp;</span></span><span style=3D"max=
-width:100%;">805<span>&nbsp;</span>Likes</span></p></div></font></b></div>=
</a><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georg=
ia, serif">Now, despite the US=E2=80=99s military humiliation there still r=
emain two competing ways of viewing the ensuing results of this conflict. T=
he first is that the current global-economic disruptions are heading toward=
 worst-ever scenarios, according to doomsaying experts:<span>&nbsp;</span><=
/font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D=
"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Nuq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre=
ssive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fi=
mages%2F10699300-ba19-4860-9d10-f6c84aeb19ab_1200x833.jpeg" style=3D"text-d=
ecoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-=
width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackc=
dn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7Nuq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressi=
ve:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimag=
es%2F10699300-ba19-4860-9d10-f6c84aeb19ab_1200x833.jpeg" width=3D"412" heig=
ht=3D"286" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></=
font></b></span></div></a></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The second is that despite the =E2=
=80=9Cbungled=E2=80=9D nature of Trump=E2=80=99s reckless policy cartwheels=
 in regard to Venezuela and Iran, the US has still somehow emerged as a see=
ming =E2=80=9Cwinner=E2=80=9D when it comes to energy dominance:<span>&nbsp=
;</span></font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><=
a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C2-X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,=
fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fp=
ublic%2Fimages%2Fb544f075-6078-4a7d-b7e4-2f7ce855fb5f_1200x423.jpeg" style=
=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_=
blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span sty=
le=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https:/=
/substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!C2-X!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl=
_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpub=
lic%2Fimages%2Fb544f075-6078-4a7d-b7e4-2f7ce855fb5f_1200x423.jpeg" width=3D=
"412" height=3D"145" alt=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:=
block;"></font></b></span></div></a><a href=3D"https://www.reuters.com/busi=
ness/energy/once-an-arab-oil-embargo-victim-us-becomes-worlds-top-oil-expor=
ter-2026-06-11/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-wi=
dth:100%;margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.25em;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"=
noreferrer noopener"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">https://www.reuters.c=
om/business/energy/once-an-arab-oil-embargo-victim-us-becomes-worlds-top-oi=
l-exporter-2026-06-11/</font></b></a></div><blockquote style=3D"color:rgba(=
0,0,0,0.65);margin-left:2px;margin-right:6px;padding-left:16px;border-left-=
width:3px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);max-wid=
th:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><em style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><fo=
nt face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">HOUSTON, June 11=
 (Reuters) - The United States has become the world=E2=80=99s largest oil e=
xporter, upending a decades-old order long dominated by Saudi Arabia and Ru=
ssia</span><span style=3D"max-width:100%;">, a shift that tightens American=
 companies=E2=80=99 grip on energy markets as Washington=E2=80=99s war with=
 Iran reshapes global energy trade.</span></font></b></em></p><p style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;"><em style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia, ser=
if">America=E2=80=99s ascendancy to the top spot marks a stunning reversal =
for a country that was dependent on Middle Eastern oil for decades and =E2=
=80=8Csuffered from an oil embargo imposed by some OPEC members in 1973 to =
retaliate against U.S. support for Israel.</font></b></em></p></blockquote>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, =
serif">What to many looks like =E2=80=9Cmadness=E2=80=9D=E2=80=94the waywar=
d Ukraine war policies, et al=E2=80=94appears in retrospect to perhaps have=
 had some =E2=80=9Cmethod=E2=80=9D to it, after all.<span>&nbsp;</span></fo=
nt></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif">Of course, much of this had been long in the making, si=
nce the shale booms of early 2010s, and is not just a consequence of Trump=
=E2=80=99s putatively =E2=80=98genius=E2=80=99 actions of late. But all of =
Trump=E2=80=99s schizo foreign policy initiatives do seem to have one bindi=
ng ligature=E2=80=94from Greenland to Venezuela to Iran, to Ukraine and the=
 North and South China Sea=E2=80=94the control of global energy choke point=
s; a plan now being duly facilitated by the US=E2=80=99s happy European vas=
sals who continue to move forward with plans on detaining=E2=80=94or outrig=
ht sabotaging=E2=80=94Russian =E2=80=9Cshadow fleet=E2=80=9D oil tankers.<s=
pan>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The question is, how much of this is=
 merely illusory short term gain in exchange for long-term strategic losses=
 via second and third-order consequences? After all, becoming leading oil e=
xporter at the expense of the people who underwrote your petrodollar is not=
 necessarily a strategically sound long-term maneuver. In becoming number o=
ne, the US also had to significantly draw down its SPR (Strategic Petroleum=
 Reserve), which now sits at historically low levels:</font></b></p><blockq=
uote style=3D"color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65);margin-left:2px;margin-right:6px;paddi=
ng-left:16px;border-left-width:3px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-colo=
r:rgba(0,0,0,0.1);max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;"><em style=
=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georg=
ia, serif">=E2=80=9CJune 5, 2026, the SPR dropped to 349.2 million barrels,=
 levels not seen since 1983.=E2=80=9D</font></b></span></em></p></blockquot=
e><div style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"https://sub=
stackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yTv3!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/=
https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3829=
7e86-3bb5-431f-853a-be8add34b0f8_861x384.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none=
;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer=
 noopener"><div style=3D"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><=
b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/f=
etch/$s_!yTv3!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https=
%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F38297e86-=
3bb5-431f-853a-be8add34b0f8_861x384.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"184" alt=
=3D"" style=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></font></b></spa=
n></div></a><a href=3D"https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-petroleu=
m-reserve-depleted-lowest-level-since-reagan/" style=3D"text-decoration:non=
e;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%;margin-top:0.25em;margin-bottom:0.25=
em;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif">https://fortune.com/2026/06/10/us-strategic-petroleum-reserve-depl=
eted-lowest-level-since-reagan/</font></b></a></div><div style=3D"max-width=
:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><a href=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/=
$s_!sDYn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po=
st-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99ccb50e-6017-4697-bb5e-282f5=
64e2a40_1122x665.png" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);m=
ax-width:100%;" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer noopener"><div style=3D=
"max-width:100%;"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><font face=3D"georgia,=
 serif"><img src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sDYn!,w_1456,c_=
limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-m=
edia.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99ccb50e-6017-4697-bb5e-282f564e2=
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em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block;"></font></b></span></div></a></div><p styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">=
That=E2=80=99s not to mention that US=E2=80=99s desperate draw downs of the=
 SPR and export of oil seemed to do little to bring down pump prices domest=
ically, but is sure making a killing for big oil companies, as always.<span=
>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)=
;"></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><br></p><p style=3D=
"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27);"><em style=3D"max-width:100%;"><b><fon=
t face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%;"></span></font></b=
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"min-height:0.5px;border:0px;max-width:100%;"><p style=3D"color:rgb(0,0,0);=
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As the United States retreated from its attempt to add new provisions to
the draft agreement, Donald Trump simultaneously escalated his threats on
social media and launched a campaign to portray Iran as having surrendered
under military pressure. According to sources familiar with the
negotiations, that narrative does not reflect what occurred in the talks.

Approximately two weeks ago, negotiators had nearly completed a draft
agreement. The text had been largely agreed upon by both sides and was
awaiting final approval in Tehran and Washington. During the review
process, however, Trump reportedly reversed course and demanded the
addition of several new provisions, despite the fact that American
negotiators had already accepted the Iranian draft.

Iran rejected the revised proposal and refused to consider the new
additions, effectively disregarding the American response.

Negotiations were then further disrupted by separate incidents in the
Strait of Hormuz, developments in southern Iran, and a strike on Beirut=E2=
=80=99s
southern suburbs, which collectively froze the diplomatic process.

According to the same sources, Qatari mediators re-entered the process on
Wednesday and informed Tehran that Washington had withdrawn its new demands
and returned to the original draft text. That version remains under review
by Iranian authorities.

At the same time that Washington abandoned its proposed changes, Trump
intensified his public rhetoric, attempting to create the impression that
Iran had backed down under the threat of military action. The reality,
according to these accounts, is that Iran has not yet delivered a final
response, while the United States has returned to the position it held two
weeks earlier.
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(*In the headline video, President Trump says the war with Iran is
officially over and that a peace deal will be signed in Europe. President
Trump spoke with the leaders of Qatar, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia as part of
the negotiations. Benjamin Netanyahu was kept out of the discussions:*

*=E2=80=9CWe just made a great settlement of the war with Iran,=E2=80=9D Mr=
. Trump said.
=E2=80=9CAnd we=E2=80=99re going to be subject to finalization of documents=
, we should get
done over the next few days. Probably have a signing, maybe in Europe. And
it=E2=80=99s a great thing. Stock market=E2=80=99s up 1,000 points. That me=
ans they like
the deal.=E2=80=9D)*
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1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ8454lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc>

As Professor Mohammad Marandi stated:

=E2=80=9CWhile the United States made a significant concession in the text =
of the
agreement on Wednesday and presented it to Iran through Qatari mediation,
it simultaneously launched a media and intimidation campaign designed to
suggest that Iran had retreated under the threat of bombardment.

In reality, Trump backed down, accepted the same text that was on the table
two weeks ago, and is now waiting for final approval from Iranian
officials.=E2=80=9D

Meanwhile, reports claiming that a final draft agreement between Iran and
the United States has already been completed have been rejected by Iranian
media and officials.

According to Tasnim News Agency, reports by a British media outlet alleging
that a final agreement had been reached are inaccurate. No finalized text
has been approved.

Trump has publicly suggested that an agreement is close and claimed that
Iranian officials contacted him directly to request a halt to military
strikes. He also warned that military options remain available if Tehran
rejects Washington=E2=80=99s proposal.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) rejected those claims. In a
statement issued Thursday, the IRGC described Trump=E2=80=99s remarks as =
=E2=80=9Ca cover
to escape war.=E2=80=9D
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(*Iran Embassy UK: Trump has stated 55 times that he defeated Iran. Trump
has stated 35 times that Iran is destroyed. Trump has stated 38 times that
a deal is imminent. Trump has stated 25 times that the Strait of Hormuz is
open.)*

Iranian news agencies, citing security sources, likewise dismissed the
claims as false. Those sources described the reports as an =E2=80=9Cabsolut=
e lie=E2=80=9D
and stated that Iran would deliver a =E2=80=9Ccrushing response=E2=80=9D to=
 what they
characterized as the latest act of American military aggression.

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word;margin-bottom:16px"><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55=
);line-height:26px">As the United States retreated from its attempt to add =
new provisions to the draft agreement, Donald Trump simultaneously escalate=
d his threats on social media and launched a campaign to portray Iran as ha=
ving surrendered under military pressure. According to sources familiar wit=
h the negotiations, that narrative does not reflect what occurred in the ta=
lks.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26p=
x">Approximately two weeks ago, negotiators had nearly completed a draft ag=
reement. The text had been largely agreed upon by both sides and was awaiti=
ng final approval in Tehran and Washington. During the review process, howe=
ver, Trump reportedly reversed course and demanded the addition of several =
new provisions, despite the fact that American negotiators had already acce=
pted the Iranian draft.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,=
55);line-height:26px">Iran rejected the revised proposal and refused to con=
sider the new additions, effectively disregarding the American response.</p=
><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">Nego=
tiations were then further disrupted by separate incidents in the Strait of=
 Hormuz, developments in southern Iran, and a strike on Beirut=E2=80=99s so=
uthern suburbs, which collectively froze the diplomatic process.</p><p styl=
e=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">According to=
 the same sources, Qatari mediators re-entered the process on Wednesday and=
 informed Tehran that Washington had withdrawn its new demands and returned=
 to the original draft text. That version remains under review by Iranian a=
uthorities.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-hei=
ght:26px">At the same time that Washington abandoned its proposed changes, =
Trump intensified his public rhetoric, attempting to create the impression =
that Iran had backed down under the threat of military action. The reality,=
 according to these accounts, is that Iran has not yet delivered a final re=
sponse, while the United States has returned to the position it held two we=
eks earlier.</p><div style=3D"line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table wid=
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/td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54=
,55,55);line-height:26px">(<em>In the headline video, President Trump says =
the war with Iran is officially over and that a peace deal will be signed i=
n Europe. President Trump spoke with the leaders of Qatar, the UAE, and Sau=
di Arabia as part of the negotiations. Benjamin Netanyahu was kept out of t=
he discussions:</em></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55)=
;line-height:26px"><em>=E2=80=9CWe just made a great settlement of the war =
with Iran,=E2=80=9D Mr. Trump said. =E2=80=9CAnd we=E2=80=99re going to be =
subject to finalization of documents, we should get done over the next few =
days. Probably have a signing, maybe in Europe. And it=E2=80=99s a great th=
ing. Stock market=E2=80=99s up 1,000 points. That means they like the deal.=
=E2=80=9D)</em></p><div style=3D"line-height:26px;margin:32px auto"><table =
width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0"><tbody><tr>=
<td style=3D"text-align:center"></td><td align=3D"left" width=3D"640" style=
=3D"text-align:center"><a href=3D"https://substack.com/redirect/1416c9b4-62=
7c-4ec3-8740-23fbfe44578a?j=3DeyJ1IjoiMWVvZ2IifQ.JilZISJaTbu7B2wLCo3fGMYZ84=
54lcFEiXYqlZtxvOc" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"padding:0px;width:auto;height=
:auto;border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;text-=
decoration:none;display:block;margin:0px"><img alt=3D"" width=3D"550" heigh=
t=3D"309.375" src=3D"https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8ThP!,w_1100,c=
_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-=
media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35def7bf-cfb1-40c8-b33d-ecda85e4=
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display: block; height: auto; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 100%; border-wid=
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nitial; width: auto;"></a></td><td style=3D"text-align:center"></td></tr></=
tbody></table></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);lin=
e-height:26px">As Professor Mohammad Marandi stated:</p><p style=3D"margin:=
0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">=E2=80=9CWhile the Unite=
d States made a significant concession in the text of the agreement on Wedn=
esday and presented it to Iran through Qatari mediation, it simultaneously =
launched a media and intimidation campaign designed to suggest that Iran ha=
d retreated under the threat of bombardment.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px =
20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">In reality, Trump backed down, a=
ccepted the same text that was on the table two weeks ago, and is now waiti=
ng for final approval from Iranian officials.=E2=80=9D</p><p style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">Meanwhile, reports cla=
iming that a final draft agreement between Iran and the United States has a=
lready been completed have been rejected by Iranian media and officials.</p=
><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">Acco=
rding to Tasnim News Agency, reports by a British media outlet alleging tha=
t a final agreement had been reached are inaccurate. No finalized text has =
been approved.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-=
height:26px">Trump has publicly suggested that an agreement is close and cl=
aimed that Iranian officials contacted him directly to request a halt to mi=
litary strikes. He also warned that military options remain available if Te=
hran rejects Washington=E2=80=99s proposal.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 2=
0px;color:rgb(54,55,55);line-height:26px">The Islamic Revolutionary Guard C=
orps (IRGC) rejected those claims. In a statement issued Thursday, the IRGC=
 described Trump=E2=80=99s remarks as =E2=80=9Ca cover to escape war.=E2=80=
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*Palestine Action activists sentenced as terrorists*

*A British  <https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk>judge has sentenced
four Palestine Action protesters as terrorists, handing them custodial
sentences ranging from four to eight years.*

*The unprecedented ruling came despite jurors convicting them of criminal
charges not connected to terrorism during the prosecution.*

*Last month, jurors convicted Leona Kamio, Samuel Corner, Fatema Rajwani,
and Charlotte Head of criminal damage in connection with a raid on an Elbit
Systems UK plant near Bristol on 6 August 2024.*

*Two other activists, Jordan Devlin and Zoe Rogers, were cleared of the
charges.*

*Elbit Systems is an Israeli arms manufacturer whose UK headquarters are
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*On Friday, the presiding judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, added a =E2=80=9Ct=
errorism
connection=E2=80=9D to their offences.*

*In a preliminary ruling in March 2025, Johnson found an "appearance" of a
terrorism connection in the case, as he said the activists were attempting
to influence the Israeli government by restricting their access to weapons.
This information was withheld from the jury who convicted them.*

*This marks the first time in British legal history that the designation
has been applied to direct action protesters who were not convicted of
terrorist offences or of causing intentional violence.*

*Johnson said in his ruling that the determination was made on the basis
that the defendants caused "serious property damage", with the intention of
influencing the UK government and "intimidating a section of the public".*

*He added that those convicted acted "for the purpose of advancing a
political and/or ideological cause".*

*Johnson said of his finding of the terrorism connection under section 69
of the Sentencing Act that he is "sure that each defendant=E2=80=99s offenc=
e of
criminal damage involved serious damage to property, was designed to
intimidate the UK government and a section of the public [Elbit employees
and those of other businesses linked to Elbit] and was for the purpose of
advancing a political or ideological cause".*
Sentencing

*Head and Kamio were handed six-year custodial sentences, Rajwani five
years and eight months, and Corner a total sentence of eight years and
eight months.*

*Defendants' families and supporters looked on tearfully from the gallery,
cheering and banging on the glass partition as the defendants left the
dock. As she was led out, Kamio quoted a line from Palestinian poet Marwan
Makhoul: "To hear the birds, the drones must be silent."*

*The court heard that, days before the hearing, the prosecution submitted
evidence that factored into the judge=E2=80=99s assessment of the extent of=
 the
damage caused.*

*This evidence consisted of a report by an independent forensic consultant,
which put the cost of damage caused by the defendants at just over =C2=A31.=
2m. *

*The report detailed damage to the =E2=80=9Cbuilding infrastructure, IT sys=
tems,
operational equipment, and ancillary assets=E2=80=9D. This included around =
40
"significant military assets".*

*Defence lawyers questioned the timing of the report=E2=80=99s submission, =
saying
it was submitted at the =E2=80=9C59th minute of the 11th hour=E2=80=9D, not=
ing that it
postdated Elbit=E2=80=99s insurance claim, which was finalised in March.*

*Chief defence counsel Rajiv Menon KC questioned why =E2=80=9Cthe court has
received no explanation as to why there has been such delay".*

*"Why has the prosecution served it some 20 months after the action?=E2=80=
=9D he
asked. He noted that the timing gave the defence =E2=80=9Cno time to consid=
er the
statement and respond to it=E2=80=9D.*

*He dismissed the report as being =E2=80=9Cfull of hearsay and opinion=E2=
=80=9D, noting
that some of the costs it detailed related to damage done to parts of the
factory that the defendants had not entered.*

*Menon said it would be =E2=80=9Cwholly wrong and unfair=E2=80=9D for the j=
udge to rely on
this =E2=80=9Chighly contentious evidence=E2=80=9D when determining the val=
ue of the damage
caused.*

*Menon added that it would be "wholly unfair" for the court to reach any
conclusions based on the defendants' motivations for the raid, given that
the defendants were not allowed to rely on this as evidence during the
trial.*

*"The Crown cannot have their cake and eat it," Menon said. "It can't
exclude evidence on the one hand and somehow bring it through the back door
for sentencing," adding that the move constituted an "aggregious breach of
their right to a fair trial".*

*Meanwhile, hundreds of protestors gathered outside the court, with police
reporting that over 100 people had been arrested for displaying signs in
support of the proscribed group, Palestine Action.*

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=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><font =
color=3D"#000000"><a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/judge-sente=
nces-palestine-action-protestors-terrorists" target=3D"_blank">https://www.=
middleeasteye.net/news/judge-sentences-palestine-action-protestors-terroris=
ts</a></font></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><b><font color=3D"#000000"><br></fo=
nt></b></div><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><h1 style=3D"line-hei=
ght:1.2141em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;font-family:=
&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"4"><i>Palestin=
e Action activists sentenced as terrorists</i></font></h1><div style=3D"max=
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m-font"><img alt=3D"" style=3D"max-width:none;margin:auto;display:block;hei=
ght:auto;clear:both;width:1024px"></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-fam=
ily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">A<span>=C2=A0</=
span><a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/uk" style=3D"text-d=
ecoration:none;max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">British<span>=C2=A0</span>=
</a>judge has sentenced four Palestine Action protesters as terrorists, han=
ding them custodial sentences ranging from four to eight years.</font></b><=
/p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><=
font color=3D"#000000">The unprecedented ruling came despite jurors convict=
ing them of criminal charges not connected to terrorism during the prosecut=
ion.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New R=
oman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Last month, jurors convicted Leona K=
amio, Samuel Corner, Fatema Rajwani, and Charlotte Head of criminal damage =
in connection with a raid on an Elbit Systems UK plant near Bristol on 6 Au=
gust 2024.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times=
 New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Two other activists, Jordan De=
vlin and Zoe Rogers, were cleared of the charges.</font></b></p><p style=3D=
"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"=
#000000">Elbit Systems is an Israeli arms manufacturer whose UK headquarter=
s are based in Bristol.</font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%;font-fam=
ily:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><h4 style=3D=
"margin:1em 0px;max-width:100%"><font color=3D"#000000"><span style=3D"max-=
width:100%">Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on<span>=C2=A0<=
/span></span>Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE news=
letters</font></h4></div></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot=
;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">On Friday, the presiding=
 judge, Justice Jeremy Johnson, added a =E2=80=9Cterrorism connection=E2=80=
=9D to their offences.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family=
:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">In a preliminary r=
uling in March 2025, Johnson found an &quot;appearance&quot; of a terrorism=
 connection in the case, as he said the activists were attempting to influe=
nce the Israeli government by restricting their access to weapons. This inf=
ormation was withheld from the jury who convicted them.</font></b></p><p st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font col=
or=3D"#000000">This marks the first time in British legal history that the =
designation has been applied to direct action protesters who were not convi=
cted of terrorist offences or of causing intentional violence.</font></b></=
p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><f=
ont color=3D"#000000">Johnson said in his ruling that the determination was=
 made on the basis that the defendants caused &quot;serious property damage=
&quot;, with the intention of influencing the UK government and &quot;intim=
idating a section of the public&quot;.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:=
100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">He=
 added that those convicted acted &quot;for the purpose of advancing a poli=
tical and/or ideological cause&quot;.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:1=
00%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Joh=
nson said of his finding of the terrorism connection under section 69 of th=
e Sentencing Act that he is &quot;sure that each defendant=E2=80=99s offenc=
e of criminal damage involved serious damage to property, was designed to i=
ntimidate the UK government and a section of the public [Elbit employees an=
d those of other businesses linked to Elbit] and was for the purpose of adv=
ancing a political or ideological cause&quot;.</font></b></p><h3 style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><font size=3D"2" col=
or=3D"#000000">Sentencing</font></h3><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family=
:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Head and Kamio wer=
e handed six-year custodial sentences, Rajwani five years and eight months,=
 and Corner a total sentence of eight years and eight months.</font></b></p=
><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><fo=
nt color=3D"#000000">Defendants&#39; families and supporters looked on tear=
fully from the gallery, cheering and banging on the glass partition as the =
defendants left the dock. As she was led out, Kamio quoted a line from Pale=
stinian poet Marwan Makhoul: &quot;To hear the birds, the drones must be si=
lent.&quot;</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Time=
s New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">The court heard that, days be=
fore the hearing, the prosecution submitted evidence that factored into the=
 judge=E2=80=99s assessment of the extent of the damage caused.</font></b><=
/p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><=
font color=3D"#000000">This evidence consisted of a report by an independen=
t forensic consultant, which put the cost of damage caused by the defendant=
s at just over =C2=A31.2m.=C2=A0</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;f=
ont-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">The repo=
rt detailed damage to the =E2=80=9Cbuilding infrastructure, IT systems, ope=
rational equipment, and ancillary assets=E2=80=9D. This included around 40 =
&quot;significant military assets&quot;.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">=
Defence lawyers questioned the timing of the report=E2=80=99s submission, s=
aying it was submitted at the =E2=80=9C59th minute of the 11th hour=E2=80=
=9D, noting that it postdated Elbit=E2=80=99s insurance claim, which was fi=
nalised in March.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quo=
t;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Chief defence counsel R=
ajiv Menon KC questioned why =E2=80=9Cthe court has received no explanation=
 as to why there has been such delay&quot;.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font color=3D"#00000=
0">&quot;Why has the prosecution served it some 20 months after the action?=
=E2=80=9D he asked. He noted that the timing gave the defence =E2=80=9Cno t=
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style=3D"max-width:100%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;"><b><font c=
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and opinion=E2=80=9D, noting that some of the costs it detailed related to =
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ot;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Menon said it would be =E2=80=9Cwholly wron=
g and unfair=E2=80=9D for the judge to rely on this =E2=80=9Chighly content=
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t;"><b><font color=3D"#000000">Menon added that it would be &quot;wholly un=
fair&quot; for the court to reach any conclusions based on the defendants&#=
39; motivations for the raid, given that the defendants were not allowed to=
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0">&quot;The Crown cannot have their cake and eat it,&quot; Menon said. &qu=
ot;It can&#39;t exclude evidence on the one hand and somehow bring it throu=
gh the back door for sentencing,&quot; adding that the move constituted an =
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splaying signs in support of the proscribed group, Palestine Action.</font>=
</b></p></div></div>
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*6/10/26*

*Suez Canal traffic soars as Hormuz disruptions reroute energy trade*The
canal generated $419 million in revenue in April, up 27% year over year.
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*Ships sail along Egypt's Suez Canal near Ismailia on April 16, 2025. =E2=
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near Ismailia on April 16, 2025. =E2=80=94 KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Ima=
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*The Suez Canal has seen oil tanker traffic surge by almost a third in
April, driving revenue to its highest level since early 2024, as
the US-Israel-Iran war
<https://www.al-monitor.com/newsletter/2026-06-10/trump-says-iran-will-pay-=
price-dragging-out-talks>
and
the disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz reroute global energy flows.*

*What happened: Some 529 tankers transited the Suez Canal in April, up 28%
from a year earlier, according to data from Egypt's state statistics
agency, CAPMAS. Overall traffic also increased, with 1,182 vessels of all
types passing through the waterway during the month, a 14% increase
compared with April 2025.*

*The canal generated $419 million in revenue in April, up 27% year over
year and its highest monthly total since early 2024, before Iran-backed
Houthi rebels in Yemen stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the Red
Sea
<https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/01/egypts-suez-canal-chief-optim=
istic-about-red-sea-attacks-die-down>
in
response to the Gaza war, prompting many shipping companies to reroute
ships away from the Suez Canal and dealing a major blow to revenues.*

*Why it matters: The rise in traffic through the Suez Canal
<https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/02/shipping-giant-maersk-diverts=
-suez-route-amid-iran-us-tension>
highlights
how the US-Israel-Iran war, which began on Feb. 28, has reshaped global
trade flows. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway separating Iran from
Oman and linking the Gulf to the Arabian Sea, typically carries about a
fifth of global oil and LNG shipments. However, the conflict has led to a
near-total shutdown of the waterway amid attacks on commercial vessels by
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a US blockade of Iranian
ports, forcing energy exporters to seek alternative routes.*

*Gulf producers, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have increasingly
relied on pipeline networks that bypass the Strait of Hormuz and connect to
export terminals on the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman. The disruption has also
reshaped global trade patterns, forcing buyers and sellers to reroute
cargoes through alternative shipping corridors, including those connected
to the Red Sea.*

*The rebound in Suez Canal traffic is also significant for Egypt, as the
waterway remains one of the country's most important sources of foreign
currency, generating around $4 billion a year. Cairo has spent the past
several years trying to recover from an economic crisis triggered by the
COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which
fueled inflation, depleted foreign currency reserves and saw the Egyptian
pound lose more than half its value against the dollar. While the economy
has stabilized following an IMF-backed reform program, Gulf investment and
financial support from international lenders, the additional hard-currency
revenue is providing a welcome boost as Egypt looks to consolidate recent
economic gains.*

*The rebound in traffic comes as the Suez Canal Authority moves to increase
transit surcharges for the first time in three years. The new fees, which
take effect July 15, will apply across most vessel categories and could
alter the economics of transiting the waterway if traffic remains
elevated. *

*The fees will vary by vessel type, with crude oil and product tankers
facing some of the steepest increases. The surcharge on those vessels will
rise from 25% to 37%, while ballast vessels will see fees increase from 15%
to 27%.*

*Surcharges for LNG and chemical carriers will increase from 20% to 32%,
while fees for LPG carriers will rise from 7% to 19%. Dry bulk cargo
vessels will see their surcharge more than double, from 10% to 22%.
Container ships will continue to pay a 12% surcharge. Meanwhile, fees for
general cargo, heavy-lift and roll-on/roll-off vessels will increase from
14% to 26%, while car carriers will face a 26% surcharge on northbound
voyages and 12% on southbound trips.*

*Know more: On Tuesday, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie announced
that the giant container ship CMA CGM Vendome transited the waterway on its
maiden voyage as part of a northbound convoy traveling from Malaysia to
France. The 400-meter vessel is among the largest container ships in
operation, with a gross tonnage of 244,000 tons and a capacity of up to
24,000 20-foot equivalent units, according to a statement by Rabie.*

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><a href=3D"h=
ttps://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/06/suez-canal-traffic-soars-hormuz=
-disruptions-reroute-energy-trade" target=3D"_blank">https://www.al-monitor=
.com/originals/2026/06/suez-canal-traffic-soars-hormuz-disruptions-reroute-=
energy-trade</a></font></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b><=
br></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b>6/10/26</b></div><div=
 dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><b><fo=
nt face=3D"georgia, serif"><br></font></b></div><div><h1 style=3D"line-heig=
ht:1.2141em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,=
27,27)"><font size=3D"4" face=3D"georgia, serif"><i>Suez Canal traffic soar=
s as Hormuz disruptions reroute energy trade</i></font></h1><h2 style=3D"li=
ne-height:1.27275em;max-width:100%"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif=
" color=3D"#000000">The canal generated $419 million in revenue in April, u=
p 27% year over year.</font></h2><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><div style=
=3D"max-width:100%"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><span width=3D"1280" heig=
ht=3D"720" style=3D"max-width:100%"><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><img src=
=3D"cid:ii_mq8vtpdm0" alt=3D"image.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"232" style=
=3D"margin-right:0px"><b><img alt=3D"KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images" s=
tyle=3D"margin:0.5em 0px 0.5em auto;display:block" width=3D"0" height=3D"0"=
></b></font></span></div></div></div><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><b>Ships=
 sail along Egypt&#39;s Suez Canal near Ismailia on April 16, 2025. =E2=80=
=94 KHALED DESOUKI/AFP via Getty Images</b><b>Ships sail along Egypt&#39;s =
Suez Canal near Ismailia on April 16, 2025. =E2=80=94 KHALED DESOUKI/AFP vi=
a Getty Images</b></font><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b=
><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The Suez Canal has seen oil tanker traffic s=
urge by almost a third in April, driving revenue to its highest level since=
 early 2024, as the<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.al-monitor.com=
/newsletter/2026-06-10/trump-says-iran-will-pay-price-dragging-out-talks" s=
tyle=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=
=3D"_blank">US-Israel-Iran war</a><span>=C2=A0</span>and the disruptions in=
 the Strait of Hormuz reroute global energy flows.</font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><s=
pan style=3D"max-width:100%">What happened:=C2=A0</span>Some 529 tankers tr=
ansited the Suez Canal in April, up 28% from a year earlier, according to d=
ata from Egypt&#39;s state statistics agency, CAPMAS. Overall traffic also =
increased, with 1,182 vessels of all types passing through the waterway dur=
ing the month, a 14% increase compared with April 2025.</font></b></p><p st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"=
>The canal generated $419 million in revenue in April, up 27% year over yea=
r and its highest monthly total since early 2024, before Iran-backed Houthi=
 rebels in Yemen stepped up attacks on commercial vessels in the<span>=C2=
=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2025/01/egypts-su=
ez-canal-chief-optimistic-about-red-sea-attacks-die-down" style=3D"text-dec=
oration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Red Se=
a</a><span>=C2=A0</span>in response to the Gaza war, prompting many shippin=
g companies to reroute ships away from the Suez Canal and dealing a major b=
low to revenues.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,2=
7)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">Why it =
matters:=C2=A0</span>The rise in traffic through the<span>=C2=A0</span><a h=
ref=3D"https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/02/shipping-giant-maersk-d=
iverts-suez-route-amid-iran-us-tension" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color=
:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Suez Canal</a><span>=C2=
=A0</span>highlights how the US-Israel-Iran war, which began on Feb. 28, ha=
s reshaped global trade flows. The Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway sepa=
rating Iran from Oman and linking the Gulf to the Arabian Sea, typically ca=
rries about a fifth of global oil and LNG shipments. However, the conflict =
has led to a near-total shutdown of the waterway amid attacks on commercial=
 vessels by Iran&#39;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and a US blockade =
of Iranian ports, forcing energy exporters to seek alternative routes.</fon=
t></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"=
georgia, serif">Gulf producers, particularly Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have=
 increasingly relied on pipeline networks that bypass the Strait of Hormuz =
and connect to export terminals on the Red Sea and Gulf of Oman. The disrup=
tion has also reshaped global trade patterns, forcing buyers and sellers to=
 reroute cargoes through alternative shipping corridors, including those co=
nnected to the Red Sea.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(=
27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The rebound in Suez Canal traff=
ic is also significant for Egypt, as the waterway remains one of the countr=
y&#39;s most important sources of foreign currency, generating around $4 bi=
llion a year. Cairo has spent the past several years trying to recover from=
 an economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from=
 Russia&#39;s invasion of Ukraine, which fueled inflation, depleted foreign=
 currency reserves and saw the Egyptian pound lose more than half its value=
 against the dollar. While the economy has stabilized following an IMF-back=
ed reform program, Gulf investment and financial support from international=
 lenders, the additional hard-currency revenue is providing a welcome boost=
 as Egypt looks to consolidate recent economic gains.</font></b></p><p styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">T=
he rebound in traffic comes as the Suez Canal Authority moves to increase t=
ransit surcharges for the first time in three years. The new fees, which ta=
ke effect July 15, will apply across most vessel categories and could alter=
 the economics of transiting the waterway if traffic remains elevated.=C2=
=A0</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font =
face=3D"georgia, serif">The fees will vary by vessel type, with crude oil a=
nd product tankers facing some of the steepest increases. The surcharge on =
those vessels will rise from 25% to 37%, while ballast vessels will see fee=
s increase from 15% to 27%.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:=
rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Surcharges for LNG and chem=
ical carriers will increase from 20% to 32%, while fees for LPG carriers wi=
ll rise from 7% to 19%. Dry bulk cargo vessels will see their surcharge mor=
e than double, from 10% to 22%. Container ships will continue to pay a 12% =
surcharge. Meanwhile, fees for general cargo, heavy-lift and roll-on/roll-o=
ff vessels will increase from 14% to 26%, while car carriers will face a 26=
% surcharge on northbound voyages and 12% on southbound trips.</font></b></=
p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia,=
 serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%">Know more:<span>=C2=A0</span></span>=
On Tuesday, Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie announced that the gi=
ant container ship CMA CGM Vendome transited the waterway on its maiden voy=
age as part of a northbound convoy traveling from Malaysia to France. The 4=
00-meter vessel is among the largest container ships in operation, with a g=
ross tonnage of 244,000 tons and a capacity of up to 24,000 20-foot equival=
ent units, according to a statement by Rabie.</font></b></p></div></div>
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*https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/illegal-and-immoral-how-luxembourg-beca=
me-eu-hub-israeli-war-bonds
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/illegal-and-immoral-how-luxembourg-beca=
me-eu-hub-israeli-war-bonds>*

6/12/26

*=E2=80=98Illegal and immoral=E2=80=99: How Luxembourg became the EU hub fo=
r Israeli war
bonds*

*On 1 September 2025, a little-noticed administrative decision by the
financial regulator of one of Europe's smallest countries set off a legal
storm that is still building.*

*The regulator, Luxembourg's Commission de Surveillance du Secteur
Financier (CSSF), approved a prospectus for Israel's
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel> diaspora bond programme
allowing it to sell its "Israel Bonds" to retail investors across the
European Union.*

*These bonds were explicitly marketed with the slogan "Stand with Israel.
Israel is at War" =E2=80=93 and the opportunity for Luxembourg to approve t=
hem came
about due to growing outrage and accusations of genocide faced by Israel
over its actions in Gaza
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza>.*

*For years, the bond programme had been anchored in Ireland, with its
central bank serving as its regulatory home. But sustained parliamentary
and civil society opposition in Dublin - linking the bond sales to the
financing of military operations in Gaza - created enough pressure that the
issuer of the bond, the US
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/united-states>-based Development
Corporation for Israel (DCI), sought a transfer.*

*Under EU regulation, an issuer can request that "approval competence" for
a specific prospectus be delegated to the regulator of another member
state.*
*Luxembourg agreed to receive it, with the CSSF as the regulator.*

*What happened next was highly irregular given the political controversy
surrounding these bonds: the CSSF did not consult Luxembourg's Ministry of
Foreign and European Affairs before approving the prospectus.*

*Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian
territories, was unsparing in her assessment of the arrangement when she
spoke at a conference in Luxembourg
<https://www.independent.ie/business/morally-and-legally-wrong-un-expert-cr=
iticises-luxembourg-approval-of-israeli-bonds/a/152122599.html>
last
month, organised by Amnesty International, to examine the country's legal
exposure to Israel.*

*"The sale of these bonds is illegal under international law because it
goes directly to funding the genocide," she said.*

*"International law [demands] that all financial actors have to abstain
from directly being linked to human rights crimes. And those who have
authorised the sale of bonds are implicated. It is morally and legally
wrong to sell these bonds."*

*Governments issue bonds to raise money for public spending or to repay
debts. For Israel, those bond sales have been crucial
<https://www.ftm.eu/articles/israel-gaza-war-funding-western-banks-insurers=
?share=3D2EZzpPnXpg1%2BZCALkIS5%2BaHQKP8VWdMyTw6%2FH%2Fb6qFg83RbiWWkV8KSRbX=
fEW1I%3D>
to
the financing of its wars in Gaza
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza>, Lebanon
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/lebanon> and Iran
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran>.*
Bonds marketed for war

*To understand why legal scholars and parliamentarians are now calling
Luxembourg's approval a potential breach of international law, it helps to
understand what DCI=E2=80=99s Israel Bonds actually are.*

*Unlike standard Israeli government bonds sold to institutional investors
(as covered by Middle East Eye
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-aviva-investors-bought-108m-i=
sraeli-bonds-january-sale>),
Israel Bonds are marketed directly at retail investors, religious
organisations, and municipal funds - often through diaspora networks and
appeals to solidarity.*

*DCI's own promotional material at the time of the Luxembourg approval left
little ambiguity about their purpose: supporting Israel=E2=80=99s wartime b=
udget.*

*Since 7 October 2023, Israel Bonds have raised $7.7bn for the Israeli
government, according to DCI=E2=80=99s website
<https://israelbonds.com/> and Instagram page
<https://www.instagram.com/israelbonds?igsh=3DMWRmZmdkdnFrdmlsMQ=3D=3D>.*

*Proceeds from these bond sales flow as unrestricted general financing into
Israel's treasury at a moment when military expenditure has surged from
roughly 20 percent to over 30 percent of total government consumption.*
[image: Israel Bonds Instagram posts]
*Israel Bonds posts on Instagram promoting support for Israel's military
(Instagram)*

*A detailed report
<https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1sneImdZtGlP0-i36p99fDByk0D2v_Jxa>
released
last month - prepared by a team of legal scholars, economists, and
financial regulation specialists and presented at Amnesty
International=E2=80=99s conference in Luxembourg
<https://www.independent.ie/business/morally-and-legally-wrong-un-expert-cr=
iticises-luxembourg-approval-of-israeli-bonds/a/152122599.html>
-
lays out the risks posed by Israel Bonds to the grand duchy, and to
investors as well.*

*DCI=E2=80=99s marketing strategy, the report argues, leverages political a=
nd
emotional sentiment that obscures numerous financial and legal issues.*

*Even as Israel's own official financial filings in the US warn of severe
economic contraction, DCI assures buyers of a "resilient" economy poised to
outperform other developed nations.*

*The report calls this a "patriotic premium" - the idea that buyers,
motivated by solidarity rather than financial calculation, accept returns
far below what the risk actually warrants.*

*An investor lending money to Ukraine for a year, for example, would demand
a return of around 25 percent; for Russia, around 15 percent. In short,
lending money to countries at war usually means high returns for investors.=
*

*But Israel Bonds are yielding around four percent despite the country
being at war and running a deficit of nearly seven percent of GDP.*

*The gap, the authors argue, is being filled not by sound economics but by
sentiment - and retail investors are carrying risks they have never been
properly told about.*
Is Luxembourg ignoring international law?

*The report's legal framework centres on three provisional measures orders
issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2024, each affirming
the plausibility that Israel is committing genocide, although the case
against Israel at the ICJ is ongoing.*

*It also cites the ICJ Advisory Opinion of July 2024, which imposed
obligations of non-assistance and non-cooperation on all states with
respect to Israel's unlawful occupation.*

*"The processing of Israel Bonds in EU markets is undeniably a grave
violation of international law," Shahd Hammouri of Law for Palestine, one
of the conference's keynote speakers, told MEE.*

*"This act cannot be justified with reference to financial or bureaucratic
considerations."*

*She went further, arguing that Luxembourg's financial regulator had
possessed - and failed to use - the tools to refuse.*

*"Luxembourg did have discretionary authority under the prospectus
regulation to refuse the approval whenever there are systematic risks to
public interest, peace, and the maintenance of an unlawful regime. To fail
to exercise this discretion when the risk of complicity is serious is
indeed a clear breach of their duties."*

*Most strikingly, Hammouri argued that personal criminal liability may
follow.*

*"By facilitating the processing of fungible proceeds from Israel Bonds,
Luxembourg is aiding and abetting according to the standards of
facilitation... and those who made the decision to approve the prospectus
are indeed at personal criminal responsibility for facilitating acts of
genocide."*

[image: image.png]


[image: Israel Bonds have been marketed as an opportunity for investors to
show their support for the country's military campaigns (Screengrab/X)]
*Israel Bonds have been marketed as an opportunity for investors to show
their support for the country's military campaigns (Screengrab/X)*

*The report draws an explicit historical parallel with Luxembourg's own
past.*

*Between 1967 and 1975, Kredietbank Luxembourg extended approximately $625m
in loans to apartheid South Africa, while European loans to the regime were
booked on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.*

*The international response eventually culminated in the US Comprehensive
Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, which explicitly prohibited the purchase of
South African government debt.*

*"Today's framework is materially stronger," the report notes, "anchored in
binding ICJ findings rather than accumulated political pressure."*

*The contradiction is sharpened by the fact that Luxembourg formally
recognised the State of Palestine on 22 September 2025 - just three weeks
after the CSSF approved the bond prospectus.*
=E2=80=98Inaction is not an option=E2=80=99

*Amnesty=E2=80=99s conference in Luxembourg on 18 May 2026 brought together=
 more
than 200 people, including Albanese, political economist Shir Hever, Irish
senator Alice-Mary Higgins, and several Luxembourgish parliamentarians.*

*It generated five concrete calls for action, to be implemented within six
to 12 months.*

*The most urgent is the September 2026 deadline, the point at which bond
prospectuses are renewed annually.*

*Senator Higgins, one of the politicians who helped to force the original
transfer out of Ireland, made clear that neither Dublin nor Luxembourg
should facilitate the next one.*

*"These authorities have tools which they should be using to ensure that
these bonds are not renewed in September," she said.*

*If that happened, and no other country within the bloc agreed to approve
the bonds then they could no longer be sold in the EU, she added.*

*Higgins also took direct aim at the tendency of governments to hide behind
their regulators' independence.*

*"The government would like to create deniability by saying the
independence of the competent authority means 'there's nothing we can do',"
she said. "That is not an acceptable position."*

*Franz Fayot, a Luxembourgish MP from the centre-left LSAP party, told the
conference that his team had now published two legal opinions - one from
scholars at the University of Luxembourg, another from Utrecht University
in the Netherlands - both of which concluded that the gravity of Israel's
violations of international law was beyond question, and that Luxembourg's
inaction was not an option.*

*"It is also very clearly stated that Luxembourg even now has possibilities
to act economically through sanctions, but also to take action through its
financial sector. That is the big leverage that we have."*

*Fayot pledged that a parliamentary debate - which he was organising
together with the Greens and the Lenk (Left) party - would result in
concrete proposals.*

*"We will undoubtedly propose certain initiatives, motions, and possibly
draft bills in order to improve the existing framework and truly hold the
government to account."*
Political side-stepping

*Luxembourg's centre-right coalition government has so far responded to the
pressure with a carefully constructed evasion.*

*When questioned in parliament in late May 2026, ministers declined to say
whether the CSSF's September 2025 approval had engaged Luxembourg's
international responsibility - citing the regulator's independence.*

*Asked whether the government intended to intervene to prevent a repeat,
ministers said the same thing: the CSSF acts with full independence and
autonomy, and the government cannot intervene in its decision-making.*

*On the street, the response has been no different.*

*When activists from the newly launched Stop Israel Bonds
<https://stopisraelbonds.com/> campaign protested outside the finance
ministry, Finance Minister Gilles Roth's office issued a statement saying
only that "the CSSF is the competent authority".*
[image: Luxembourgish Prime Minster Luc Frieden]
*Luxembourg's Prime Minster Luc Frieden addresses the UN in September 2025
after his country's recognition of Palestinian statehood (Government of
Luxembourg)*

*It was the same line given by ministers to journalists in February 2026.*

*The CSSF itself has maintained that its role is purely technical - limited
to determining whether the information in the Israel Bonds prospectus was
complete, consistent, and comprehensible.*

*It has stressed that approval does not constitute a judgment on the
economic or financial merits of the transaction, nor on the quality or
solvency of the issuer.*

*Critics argue this position is legally untenable.*

*Speaking to MEE, Anas Obeidat, a Luxembourg-based activist and one of the
report's co-authors, put it directly: "Hiding behind technicality does not
remove responsibility. Legal and financial distancing mechanisms cannot be
used as a shield against accountability for what is happening in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories and [Luxembourg=E2=80=99s role in facilita=
ting the
financing behind war crimes]."*
ESG capital of Europe

*There is one more dimension to the controversy that Luxembourg's financial
sector may find uncomfortable.*

*The grand duchy has invested heavily in positioning itself as Europe's
leading hub for sustainable finance and ESG (Environmental, Social, and
Governance) investment.*

*The Norway Government Pension Fund - whose exclusion list functions as a
benchmark for the ESG community globally - has already divested from
companies linked to the unlawful occupation, alongside a string of other
<https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-activists-pushed-uk-largest-pension=
-megafund-divest-israel>
European
financial institutions.*

*Luxembourg's own public pension fund, the Fonds de Compensation, however,
remains invested in several companies listed on a United Nations database
of business enterprises supporting Israeli settlements.*

*"Luxembourg is Europe's largest ESG hub," the report notes, and the CSSF's
approval of the Israel Bonds prospectus "places this positioning under
significant reputational and political strain."*

*Hammouri offered a broader vision of what action by Luxembourg could mean:
"A political movement in Luxembourg regulating the financial sector in a
way that makes it impossible to contribute to or benefit from serious
violations in contexts of war would be revolutionary for the global
economy."*
Looming deadline

*A lawsuit is reportedly being prepared in Luxembourg against the CSSF,
based on its alleged failure to protect investors from risks the prospectus
did not adequately disclose - mirroring a case filed in Dublin against the
Central Bank of Ireland before the transfer.*

*The Stop Israel Bonds campaign, launched at the May conference, is
coordinating civil society pressure across Luxembourg, Ireland, and the
wider EU, with the explicit goal of preventing the bonds from simply moving
to Germany or another willing host if Luxembourg ultimately declines
renewal.*

*The September deadline looms large. The question now is whether
Luxembourg's government will continue to insist that its hands are tied -
or whether its parliament, its civil society, and the accumulating weight
of international legal opinion will force a different answer before the
Israel Bonds prospectus comes up for renewal.*

*As Martina Patone, another co-author of the report, tells MEE: "What is
written in this report is not unknown to our European governments. But
keeping it on the page will remind the future of what was done, and
hopefully expose, in the present, those who chose not to act."*

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><b style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><a hre=
f=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/illegal-and-immoral-how-luxembourg-=
became-eu-hub-israeli-war-bonds" target=3D"_blank">https://www.middleeastey=
e.net/news/illegal-and-immoral-how-luxembourg-became-eu-hub-israeli-war-bon=
ds</a></b></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir=3D=
"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">6/12/26</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><=
div dir=3D"ltr"><div style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif"><b><br></b></div><=
div><h1 style=3D"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;line-height:1.2141=
em;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><=
font size=3D"4"><i>=E2=80=98Illegal and immoral=E2=80=99: How Luxembourg be=
came the EU hub for Israeli war bonds</i></font></h1><div style=3D"font-fam=
ily:-apple-system-font;max-width:100%;margin-bottom:1.15em;line-height:1.5e=
m;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.65)"><img alt=3D"" style=3D"max-width:none;margin:auto=
;display:block;height:auto;clear:both;width:1050px"></div><p style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">On 1 Septem=
ber 2025, a little-noticed administrative decision by the financial regulat=
or of one of Europe&#39;s smallest countries set off a legal storm that is =
still building.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27=
)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The regulator, Luxembourg&#39;s Commiss=
ion de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF), approved a prospectus for<=
span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel=
" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" targe=
t=3D"_blank">Israel&#39;s</a><span>=C2=A0</span>diaspora bond programme all=
owing it to sell its &quot;Israel Bonds&quot; to retail investors across th=
e European Union.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">These bonds were explicitly marketed =
with the slogan &quot;Stand with Israel. Israel is at War&quot; =E2=80=93 a=
nd the opportunity for Luxembourg to approve them came about due to growing=
 outrage and accusations of genocide faced by Israel over its actions in<sp=
an>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-=
gaza" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" t=
arget=3D"_blank">Gaza</a>.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:r=
gb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">For years, the bond programm=
e had been anchored in Ireland, with its central bank serving as its regula=
tory home. But sustained parliamentary and civil society opposition in Dubl=
in - linking the bond sales to the financing of military operations in Gaza=
 - created enough pressure that the issuer of the bond, the<span>=C2=A0</sp=
an><a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/united-states" style=
=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_b=
lank">US</a>-based Development Corporation for Israel (DCI), sought a trans=
fer.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font=
 face=3D"georgia, serif">Under EU regulation, an issuer can request that &q=
uot;approval competence&quot; for a specific prospectus be delegated to the=
 regulator of another member state.</font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:1=
00%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><h2 style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%"><b style=3D"font-size:small"><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Luxembo=
urg agreed to receive it, with the CSSF as the regulator.</font></b></h2></=
div></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"=
georgia, serif">What happened next was highly irregular given the political=
 controversy surrounding these bonds: the CSSF did not consult Luxembourg&#=
39;s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs before approving the prospect=
us.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font =
face=3D"georgia, serif">Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on th=
e occupied Palestinian territories, was unsparing in her assessment of the =
arrangement when she spoke at a<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.in=
dependent.ie/business/morally-and-legally-wrong-un-expert-criticises-luxemb=
ourg-approval-of-israeli-bonds/a/152122599.html" style=3D"text-decoration:n=
one;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">conference in L=
uxembourg</a><span>=C2=A0</span>last month, organised by Amnesty Internatio=
nal, to examine the country&#39;s legal exposure to Israel.</font></b></p><=
p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, se=
rif">&quot;The sale of these bonds is illegal under international law becau=
se it goes directly to funding the genocide,&quot; she said.</font></b></p>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif">&quot;International law [demands] that all financial actors have to a=
bstain from directly being linked to human rights crimes. And those who hav=
e authorised the sale of bonds are implicated. It is morally and legally wr=
ong to sell these bonds.&quot;</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;col=
or:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Governments issue bonds =
to raise money for public spending or to repay debts. For Israel, those bon=
d sales have been<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.ftm.eu/articles/=
israel-gaza-war-funding-western-banks-insurers?share=3D2EZzpPnXpg1%2BZCALkI=
S5%2BaHQKP8VWdMyTw6%2FH%2Fb6qFg83RbiWWkV8KSRbXfEW1I%3D" style=3D"text-decor=
ation:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">crucial<=
/a><span>=C2=A0</span>to the financing of its wars in<span>=C2=A0</span><a =
href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-war-gaza" style=3D"text=
-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Ga=
za</a>,<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/countrie=
s/lebanon" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:10=
0%" target=3D"_blank">Lebanon</a><span>=C2=A0</span>and<span>=C2=A0</span><=
a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" style=3D"text-decor=
ation:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Iran</a>=
.</font></b></p><h3 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><font size=
=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif">Bonds marketed for war</font></h3><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">To=
 understand why legal scholars and parliamentarians are now calling Luxembo=
urg&#39;s approval a potential breach of international law, it helps to und=
erstand what DCI=E2=80=99s Israel Bonds actually are.</font></b></p><p styl=
e=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">U=
nlike standard Israeli government bonds sold to institutional investors (as=
<a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-aviva-investors-bou=
ght-108m-israeli-bonds-january-sale" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rg=
b(65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank"><span>=C2=A0</span>covered =
by Middle East Eye</a>), Israel Bonds are marketed directly at retail inves=
tors, religious organisations, and municipal funds - often through diaspora=
 networks and appeals to solidarity.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:10=
0%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">DCI&#39;s own prom=
otional material at the time of the Luxembourg approval left little ambigui=
ty about their purpose: supporting Israel=E2=80=99s wartime budget.</font><=
/b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"geo=
rgia, serif">Since 7 October 2023, Israel Bonds have raised $7.7bn for the =
Israeli government, according to DCI=E2=80=99s<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D=
"https://israelbonds.com/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,2=
10);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">website</a><span>=C2=A0</span>and<spa=
n>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.instagram.com/israelbonds?igsh=3DMWRm=
ZmdkdnFrdmlsMQ=3D=3D" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110,210);m=
ax-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Instagram page</a>.</font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Pr=
oceeds from these bond sales flow as unrestricted general financing into Is=
rael&#39;s treasury at a moment when military expenditure has surged from r=
oughly 20 percent to over 30 percent of total government consumption.</font=
></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><div alt=3D"Israel Bonds Instagram p=
osts" style=3D"max-width:100%"><img width=3D"981" height=3D"552" alt=3D"Isr=
ael Bonds Instagram posts" style=3D"max-width:100%;margin:0.5em auto;displa=
y:block;height:auto"></div><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Israel Bonds po=
sts on Instagram promoting support for Israel&#39;s military (Instagram)</f=
ont></b></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"></span></font></b></p><p=
 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, ser=
if">A<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1=
sneImdZtGlP0-i36p99fDByk0D2v_Jxa" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6=
5,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">detailed report</a><span>=C2=
=A0</span>released last month - prepared by a team of legal scholars, econo=
mists, and financial regulation specialists and presented at Amnesty Intern=
ational=E2=80=99s<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"https://www.independent.ie/b=
usiness/morally-and-legally-wrong-un-expert-criticises-luxembourg-approval-=
of-israeli-bonds/a/152122599.html" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(=
65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">conference in Luxembourg</a><=
span>=C2=A0</span>- lays out the risks posed by Israel Bonds to the grand d=
uchy, and to investors as well.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;co=
lor:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">DCI=E2=80=99s marketing=
 strategy, the report argues, leverages political and emotional sentiment t=
hat obscures numerous financial and legal issues.</font></b></p><p style=3D=
"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Even =
as Israel&#39;s own official financial filings in the US warn of severe eco=
nomic contraction, DCI assures buyers of a &quot;resilient&quot; economy po=
ised to outperform other developed nations.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The report =
calls this a &quot;patriotic premium&quot; - the idea that buyers, motivate=
d by solidarity rather than financial calculation, accept returns far below=
 what the risk actually warrants.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;=
color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">An investor lending m=
oney to Ukraine for a year, for example, would demand a return of around 25=
 percent; for Russia, around 15 percent. In short, lending money to countri=
es at war usually means high returns for investors.</font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Bu=
t Israel Bonds are yielding around four percent despite the country being a=
t war and running a deficit of nearly seven percent of GDP.</font></b></p><=
p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, se=
rif">The gap, the authors argue, is being filled not by sound economics but=
 by sentiment - and retail investors are carrying risks they have never bee=
n properly told about.</font></b></p><h3 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(=
27,27,27)"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif">Is Luxembourg ignoring =
international law?</font></h3><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27=
)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The report&#39;s legal framework centre=
s on three provisional measures orders issued by the International Court of=
 Justice (ICJ) in 2024, each affirming the plausibility that Israel is comm=
itting genocide, although the case against Israel at the ICJ is ongoing.</f=
ont></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif">It also cites the ICJ Advisory Opinion of July 2024, wh=
ich imposed obligations of non-assistance and non-cooperation on all states=
 with respect to Israel&#39;s unlawful occupation.</font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&q=
uot;The processing of Israel Bonds in EU markets is undeniably a grave viol=
ation of international law,&quot; Shahd Hammouri of Law for Palestine, one =
of the conference&#39;s keynote speakers, told MEE.</font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&q=
uot;This act cannot be justified with reference to financial or bureaucrati=
c considerations.&quot;</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(=
27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">She went further, arguing that =
Luxembourg&#39;s financial regulator had possessed - and failed to use - th=
e tools to refuse.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27=
,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;Luxembourg did have discretion=
ary authority under the prospectus regulation to refuse the approval whenev=
er there are systematic risks to public interest, peace, and the maintenanc=
e of an unlawful regime. To fail to exercise this discretion when the risk =
of complicity is serious is indeed a clear breach of their duties.&quot;</f=
ont></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif">Most strikingly, Hammouri argued that personal criminal=
 liability may follow.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(2=
7,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;By facilitating the proces=
sing of fungible proceeds from Israel Bonds, Luxembourg is aiding and abett=
ing according to the standards of facilitation... and those who made the de=
cision to approve the prospectus are indeed at personal criminal responsibi=
lity for facilitating acts of genocide.&quot;</font></b></p><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"></p><img src=3D"cid:ii_mqat1wzb0" alt=3D"i=
mage.png" width=3D"412" height=3D"232"><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb=
(27,27,27)"><br></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%"><div alt=3D"Israel Bonds =
have been marketed as an opportunity for investors to show their support fo=
r the country&#39;s military campaigns (Screengrab/X)" style=3D"max-width:1=
00%"><img width=3D"1221" height=3D"687" alt=3D"Israel Bonds have been marke=
ted as an opportunity for investors to show their support for the country&#=
39;s military campaigns (Screengrab/X)" style=3D"max-width:none;margin:0.5e=
m auto;display:block;height:auto;width:1050px"></div><b><font face=3D"georg=
ia, serif">Israel Bonds have been marketed as an opportunity for investors =
to show their support for the country&#39;s military campaigns (Screengrab/=
X)</font></b></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font=
 face=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"></span></font></b><=
/p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif">The report draws an explicit historical parallel with Luxembourg&#=
39;s own past.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)=
"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Between 1967 and 1975, Kredietbank Luxem=
bourg extended approximately $625m in loans to apartheid South Africa, whil=
e European loans to the regime were booked on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange=
.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font fa=
ce=3D"georgia, serif">The international response eventually culminated in t=
he US Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986, which explicitly prohibited=
 the purchase of South African government debt.</font></b></p><p style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;T=
oday&#39;s framework is materially stronger,&quot; the report notes, &quot;=
anchored in binding ICJ findings rather than accumulated political pressure=
.&quot;</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><f=
ont face=3D"georgia, serif">The contradiction is sharpened by the fact that=
 Luxembourg formally recognised the State of Palestine on 22 September 2025=
 - just three weeks after the CSSF approved the bond prospectus.</font></b>=
</p><h3 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><font size=3D"2" face=
=3D"georgia, serif">=E2=80=98Inaction is not an option=E2=80=99</font></h3>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif">Amnesty=E2=80=99s conference in Luxembourg on 18 May 2026 brought tog=
ether more than 200 people, including Albanese, political economist Shir He=
ver, Irish senator Alice-Mary Higgins, and several Luxembourgish parliament=
arians.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><f=
ont face=3D"georgia, serif">It generated five concrete calls for action, to=
 be implemented within six to 12 months.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-widt=
h:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The most urgen=
t is the September 2026 deadline, the point at which bond prospectuses are =
renewed annually.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Senator Higgins, one of the politicia=
ns who helped to force the original transfer out of Ireland, made clear tha=
t neither Dublin nor Luxembourg should facilitate the next one.</font></b><=
/p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia=
, serif">&quot;These authorities have tools which they should be using to e=
nsure that these bonds are not renewed in September,&quot; she said.</font>=
</b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"ge=
orgia, serif">If that happened, and no other country within the bloc agreed=
 to approve the bonds then they could no longer be sold in the EU, she adde=
d.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font f=
ace=3D"georgia, serif">Higgins also took direct aim at the tendency of gove=
rnments to hide behind their regulators&#39; independence.</font></b></p><p=
 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, ser=
if">&quot;The government would like to create deniability by saying the ind=
ependence of the competent authority means &#39;there&#39;s nothing we can =
do&#39;,&quot; she said. &quot;That is not an acceptable position.&quot;</f=
ont></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=
=3D"georgia, serif">Franz Fayot, a Luxembourgish MP from the centre-left LS=
AP party, told the conference that his team had now published two legal opi=
nions - one from scholars at the University of Luxembourg, another from Utr=
echt University in the Netherlands - both of which concluded that the gravi=
ty of Israel&#39;s violations of international law was beyond question, and=
 that Luxembourg&#39;s inaction was not an option.</font></b></p><p style=
=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&q=
uot;It is also very clearly stated that Luxembourg even now has possibiliti=
es to act economically through sanctions, but also to take action through i=
ts financial sector. That is the big leverage that we have.&quot;</font></b=
></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georg=
ia, serif">Fayot pledged that a parliamentary debate - which he was organis=
ing together with the Greens and the Lenk (Left) party - would result in co=
ncrete proposals.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,=
27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;We will undoubtedly propose cer=
tain initiatives, motions, and possibly draft bills in order to improve the=
 existing framework and truly hold the government to account.&quot;</font><=
/b></p><h3 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><font size=3D"2" fa=
ce=3D"georgia, serif">Political side-stepping</font></h3><p style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Luxembourg&#=
39;s centre-right coalition government has so far responded to the pressure=
 with a carefully constructed evasion.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:=
100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">When questioned =
in parliament in late May 2026, ministers declined to say whether the CSSF&=
#39;s September 2025 approval had engaged Luxembourg&#39;s international re=
sponsibility - citing the regulator&#39;s independence.</font></b></p><p st=
yle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif"=
>Asked whether the government intended to intervene to prevent a repeat, mi=
nisters said the same thing: the CSSF acts with full independence and auton=
omy, and the government cannot intervene in its decision-making.</font></b>=
</p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgi=
a, serif">On the street, the response has been no different.</font></b></p>=
<p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, s=
erif">When activists from the newly launched<span>=C2=A0</span><a href=3D"h=
ttps://stopisraelbonds.com/" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(65,110=
,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">Stop Israel Bonds</a><span>=C2=A0</=
span>campaign protested outside the finance ministry, Finance Minister Gill=
es Roth&#39;s office issued a statement saying only that &quot;the CSSF is =
the competent authority&quot;.</font></b></p><div style=3D"max-width:100%">=
<div alt=3D"Luxembourgish Prime Minster Luc Frieden" style=3D"max-width:100=
%"><img width=3D"1808" height=3D"1017" alt=3D"Luxembourgish Prime Minster L=
uc Frieden" style=3D"max-width:none;margin:0.5em auto;display:block;height:=
auto;width:1050px"></div><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Luxembourg&#39;s =
Prime Minster Luc Frieden addresses the UN in September 2025 after his coun=
try&#39;s recognition of Palestinian statehood (Government of Luxembourg)</=
font></b></div><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font fac=
e=3D"georgia, serif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"></span></font></b></p><=
p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, se=
rif"><span style=3D"max-width:100%"></span></font></b></p><p style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">It was the =
same line given by ministers to journalists in February 2026.</font></b></p=
><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, =
serif">The CSSF itself has maintained that its role is purely technical - l=
imited to determining whether the information in the Israel Bonds prospectu=
s was complete, consistent, and comprehensible.</font></b></p><p style=3D"m=
ax-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">It has =
stressed that approval does not constitute a judgment on the economic or fi=
nancial merits of the transaction, nor on the quality or solvency of the is=
suer.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><fon=
t face=3D"georgia, serif">Critics argue this position is legally untenable.=
</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font fac=
e=3D"georgia, serif">Speaking to MEE, Anas Obeidat, a Luxembourg-based acti=
vist and one of the report&#39;s co-authors, put it directly: &quot;Hiding =
behind technicality does not remove responsibility. Legal and financial dis=
tancing mechanisms cannot be used as a shield against accountability for wh=
at is happening in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and [Luxembourg=E2=
=80=99s role in facilitating the financing behind war crimes].&quot;</font>=
</b></p><h3 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><font size=3D"2" f=
ace=3D"georgia, serif">ESG capital of Europe</font></h3><p style=3D"max-wid=
th:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">There is one =
more dimension to the controversy that Luxembourg&#39;s financial sector ma=
y find uncomfortable.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27=
,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The grand duchy has invested heav=
ily in positioning itself as Europe&#39;s leading hub for sustainable finan=
ce and ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investment.</font></b></=
p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia,=
 serif">The Norway Government Pension Fund - whose exclusion list functions=
 as a benchmark for the ESG community globally - has already divested from =
companies linked to the unlawful occupation, alongside a<span>=C2=A0</span>=
<a href=3D"https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/how-activists-pushed-uk-large=
st-pension-megafund-divest-israel" style=3D"text-decoration:none;color:rgb(=
65,110,210);max-width:100%" target=3D"_blank">string of other</a><span>=C2=
=A0</span>European financial institutions.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-wi=
dth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">Luxembourg&#=
39;s own public pension fund, the Fonds de Compensation, however, remains i=
nvested in several companies listed on a United Nations database of busines=
s enterprises supporting Israeli settlements.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max=
-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">&quot;Lux=
embourg is Europe&#39;s largest ESG hub,&quot; the report notes, and the CS=
SF&#39;s approval of the Israel Bonds prospectus &quot;places this position=
ing under significant reputational and political strain.&quot;</font></b></=
p><p style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia,=
 serif">Hammouri offered a broader vision of what action by Luxembourg coul=
d mean: &quot;A political movement in Luxembourg regulating the financial s=
ector in a way that makes it impossible to contribute to or benefit from se=
rious violations in contexts of war would be revolutionary for the global e=
conomy.&quot;</font></b></p><h3 style=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)=
"><font size=3D"2" face=3D"georgia, serif">Looming deadline</font></h3><p s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif=
">A lawsuit is reportedly being prepared in Luxembourg against the CSSF, ba=
sed on its alleged failure to protect investors from risks the prospectus d=
id not adequately disclose - mirroring a case filed in Dublin against the C=
entral Bank of Ireland before the transfer.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-w=
idth:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">The Stop Is=
rael Bonds campaign, launched at the May conference, is coordinating civil =
society pressure across Luxembourg, Ireland, and the wider EU, with the exp=
licit goal of preventing the bonds from simply moving to Germany or another=
 willing host if Luxembourg ultimately declines renewal.</font></b></p><p s=
tyle=3D"max-width:100%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif=
">The September deadline looms large. The question now is whether Luxembour=
g&#39;s government will continue to insist that its hands are tied - or whe=
ther its parliament, its civil society, and the accumulating weight of inte=
rnational legal opinion will force a different answer before the Israel Bon=
ds prospectus comes up for renewal.</font></b></p><p style=3D"max-width:100=
%;color:rgb(27,27,27)"><b><font face=3D"georgia, serif">As Martina Patone, =
another co-author of the report, tells MEE: &quot;What is written in this r=
eport is not unknown to our European governments. But keeping it on the pag=
e will remind the future of what was done, and hopefully expose, in the pre=
sent, those who chose not to act.&quot;</font></b></p></div></div>
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ed-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-linked-bunker-resort.html

A New Epstein Island in Albania? Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump=E2=80=99s
Zionist-Mafia-Linked Bunker Resort
<https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/a-new-epstein-island-in-albania-ja=
red-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-linked-bunker-resort.html>
Posted on June 10, 2026
<https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/a-new-epstein-island-in-albania-ja=
red-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-linked-bunker-resort.html>
 by Conor Gallagher <https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/author/conor-gallagher=
>

Protests in Albania continued on Tuesday following last week=E2=80=99s news=
 that
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were planning on developing the country=E2=
=80=99s
largest island and surrounding area into what=E2=80=99s being billed as a l=
uxury
250-hectare tourism destination.

Sazan Island and parts of the nearby Narta-Zvernec wetland and lagoon
ecosystem are a strategically important location between the Strait of
Otranto and the mouth of the Bay of Vlor=C3=AB, marking the border between =
the
Adriatic and Ionian seas that then flows into the Mediterranean.

The shady deal has stirred up anger in Albania over the country=E2=80=99s e=
conomic
model, corruption, environmental destruction, and status as an EU doormat.
On June 1, Albania=E2=80=99s Special Structure Against Corruption and Organ=
ized
Crime confirmed it is conducting an investigation into the project, which
is also backed by Qatari billionaire brothers, a businessman accused of
ties to the Italian mafia, a corrupt judge, and one of Albania=E2=80=99s mo=
st
powerful oligarchs.

What else can we piece together about Ivanka and Jared=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cr=
esort=E2=80=9D?

Another Epstein Island? Another Epstein?

Let=E2=80=99s first place the resort=E2=80=99s location and characters in c=
ontext. Prime
Minister Rama remains committed and says the development would align with
Albania=E2=80=99s ambition to become a major luxury global tourism destinat=
ion. And
tourism has indeed grown exponentially in the country in recent years. At
the same time, Albania remains a global hub of human trafficking
<https://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2023/New_publications/Pu=
blication_Albania_EN_v1.0.pdf>
where
women and minors are exploited for sex, and with the tourism boom, Albania
has transformed
<https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251004-i-found-hell-the-women-ensn=
ared-in-albania-s-global-sex-trade>
from
a trafficking gateway into Europe to more of a trafficking destination
country.

In Albania, it is largely controlled by powerful organized crime networks
there that sprang up after the collapse of Yugoslavia and during the
ensuing Balkan Wars and NATO bombings. (Coincidentally, Kushner and his
partners also have plans to transform the former Serbia ministry of defense
building in Belgrade into a luxury hotel. It has been empty for decades
after being bombed by NATO in 1999.)

While Albania=E2=80=99s Strategic Investment Committee =E2=80=94 led by Pri=
me Minister Edi
Rama =E2=80=94 granted Kushner the right to move ahead with accelerated Saz=
an
negotiations back in January of 2025, the Albanian mafia also reportedly
played a key role:

So there=E2=80=99s that.

Jared and Ivanka also happened to =E2=80=9Cfind=E2=80=9D Sazan when they we=
re on Nat
Rothschild=E2=80=99s luxury yacht. Kushner said he was encouraged to invest=
 in
Albania by Richard Grenell, former director of national intelligence and
currently the Special Presidential Envoy for Special Missions (a position
established at the beginning of Trump 2.0).

Kushner met Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama aboard Nat Rothschild=E2=80=99=
s yacht
in a meeting arranged by Nat, and that, according to Jared, got the ball
rolling on the $4-billion dollar luxury bunker project.

As critical as Nat appears to this tale, he=E2=80=99s also well-represented=
 in
another: the Epstein files. From The Guardian
<https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/03/epstein-mandelson-devious=
-lobbied-bank-mining-project>
:

Jeffrey Epstein described Peter Mandelson as =E2=80=9Cdevious=E2=80=9D afte=
r lobbying a
bank to underwrite a mining project launched by their mutual friend Nat
Rothschild.

And the Rothschild dynasty lurks throughout the Epstein-Maxwell story:

It=E2=80=99s impossible to say that Kushner Island would become an Epstein
replacement, but the coincidences of characters and opportune location,
along with Jared=E2=80=99s own background help lead to speculation that he =
might be
playing a role that opened up with the =E2=80=9Csuicide=E2=80=9D of Epstein=
:

Sazan Island is home to at least 3,600 Soviet-style nuclear bunkers built
during the Cold War, which fits with the trend of billionaires destroying
the planet under the illusion they=E2=80=99ll continue living in comfort in=
 their
underground lairs
<https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/02/the-apocalyptic-delusions-of-t=
he-silicon-valley-elite>.
Delusion, tastefully done, of course:

There are also at least ten miles of underground tunnels, which could prove
useful.

Israel on the Adriatic

Kushner has been clear about his goal to help expand Israel=E2=80=99s spher=
e of
influence.

Yet he=E2=80=99s following rather than leading. Albania has for years now b=
een
closely aligned with the US and Israel and has only deepened its ties
during the US-Israel genocide in Gaza. From Untold Mag
<https://untoldmag.org/albania-israel-relations/>:

Over the past two years, Albania and Israel have signed numerous agreements
<https://embassies.gov.il/albania/en/the-embassy/bilateral-relations>,
covering sectors such as agriculture, education, energy, culture, tourism,
defense, and drone technology. Trade between the two countries has also
grown quickly. According to Albania=E2=80=99s Institute of Statistics, Isra=
eli
exports to Albania increased by over 150% between May 2023 and May 2024.

Israeli investment in Albania is expanding, especially in finance. In early
2025, reports indicated that investors associated with Israel=E2=80=99s One=
 Zero
Digital Bank were considering entering the Albanian banking market
<https://www.hashtag.al/en/index.php/2025/07/28/investitore-nga-izraeli-shf=
aqin-interes-per-te-hyre-ne-tregun-bankar-shqiptar/>.
Later that year, JET Bank, the country=E2=80=99s first fully digital bank, =
was
established and is owned by British-Israeli businessman Idan Avishai. Other
figures of Israeli origin in its leadership include Oliver Hemmer and Rami
Solomon.

Meanwhile, Albania has come under scrutiny from human rights researchers.
Reports tracking global <https://docs.datadesk.eco/public/oil-to-israel/> f=
uel
shipments to Israel during the war in Gaza list Albania
<https://nyje.al/70000-ton-nafte-nga-shqiperia-per-avionet-qe-bombardojne-g=
azan/>
as
one of 11 countries supplying fuel
<https://oilchange.org/publications/behind-the-barrel-new-insights-into-the=
-countries-and-companies-behind-israels-fuel-supply/>
.

=E2=80=A6There has also been an increase in military cooperation between Al=
bania
and Israel. In late 2025, Albania signed
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-11-12/ty-articl=
e/.premium/israel-albania-strengthen-ties-as-elbit-to-provide-it-with-artil=
lery-mortars-and-drones/0000019a-78d7-d326-a3ff-fcdf3d180000>
a
multimillion-euro arms deal with Israeli defense companies, including Elbit
Systems. The agreement includes artillery systems, mortars, and tactical
drones, as well as plans to develop domestic production in partnership with
KAYO, Albania=E2=80=99s state-owned company.

Since June 2023, the two countries have officially cooperated in cybersecur=
ity
and training
<https://www.mod.gov.al/eng/newsroom/1566-peleshi-in-israel-the-memorandum-=
of-understanding-in-the-field-of-defense-and-security-was-signed>
=E2=80=A6

Also in May 2026, Elbit registered its Albanian branch with the National
Business Center, which will carry out the same activity as in Israel.
Earlier in 2025, Elbit and KAYO agreed to reopen the Albanian aviation
academy
<https://www.mod.gov.al/eng/newsroom/1895-agreement-signed-with-israeli-com=
pany-to-reopen-the-aviation-academy-in-vlora-minister-vengu-an-investment-i=
n-human-capital>
to
train military and civilian pilots.

Political ties have deepened as well. In November 2025, Albania established
<https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-873313> an =E2=80=9CIsrael Allies C=
aucus=E2=80=9D
in its parliament as part of an international network linked to the Israel
Allies Foundation. The group is co-chaired by representatives from both
major parties, reflecting broad political support for closer relations with
Israel.

All the close cooperation culminated in Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama=E2=
=80=99s
January visit to Jerusalem to meet with Netanyahu who faces an arrest
warrant from the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity
in Gaza.

But Israel isn=E2=80=99t the only Middle East state with interest in Albani=
a.

Kushner=E2=80=99s Qatari Billionaires (Or Is It Qatari Billionaires=E2=80=
=99 Kushner?)

Another of the key players in the Albanian bunker resort are the Khayyat
brothers. Moutaz, Ramez, and Mohamad al-Khayyat are Syrian born but Qatari
citizen billionaires. Their Power International Holding has a reported $12
billion in Syrian reconstruction contracts that were frozen under US
sanctions, but they will now be using some of that money to help fund
Kushner Island. From AJ Jaff
<https://x.com/aj_geo_analysis/status/2062747219933938038>:

Three Syrian-born Qatari billionaires with a $12 billion Syrian
reconstruction portfolio sat behind a US sanctions wall called the Caesar
Act for six years waiting patiently for the right moment. This Act served
as a wall that blocked access to their financing and sanctioned nearly ALL
their wealth. They lobbied and partnered with president Trump=E2=80=99s son=
-in-law
(Jared Kushner) on a $4 billion Albanian resort. Kushner through convinced
his father-in-law POTUS Donald Trump to sign the law that brought the wall
down by removing all the sanctions on Syria. Six months later, the resort
broke ground. The brothers=E2=80=99 Syrian reconstruction portfolio became
financeable. The Trump family took a position. The Albanian government
rolled out the carpet.

So Kushner=E2=80=99s Gulf-backed Affinity Partners is leading the deal with=
 an
apparent assist from US spooks:

EU Sacrifice Zone

Kushner Island is just one of many projects the Albanian government has
promoted as part of a strategy to attract foreign capital and expand the
country=E2=80=99s luxury tourism sector.

Coastal resorts are one of the more visible examples of the numerous ways
the country and its resources are being strip mined.

Like much the rest of the Balkan nations, Albania is still on the wait list
for EU membership. In the meantime it is treated as a =E2=80=9Cjungle=E2=80=
=9D sacrifice
zone for the EU =E2=80=9Cgarden,=E2=80=9D including:

Cheap labor. From Intellinews:
<https://www.intellinews.com/italy-pushes-for-investments-into-western-balk=
an-strategic-sectors-268365/>

Elsewhere in the region, Albania=E2=80=99s clothing and textile industry is=
 largely
geared to importing materials that are then turned into partially or fully
finished garments or shoes and re-exported, a process dubbed =E2=80=98facon=
=E2=80=99. The
industry developed thanks to Albania=E2=80=99s low costs =E2=80=93 this is =
a
labour-intensive sector and Albania has the lowest minimum wage in Europe =
=E2=80=93
and its proximity to Italy, one of the world=E2=80=99s leading fashion coun=
tries.

According to industry insiders, typically, clothes and shoes are exported
almost complete to Italy, where Italian workers add the final touches and
packaging, allowing the products to go out to the shops with the
prestigious =E2=80=98Made in Italy=E2=80=99 label.

Power generation. The EU is working
<https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/06/the-eu-looks-to-jungle-sacrifice-z=
ones-to-help-it-out-of-energy-crisis.html>
on
building 3.5 billion euros worth of gas-fired power plants, pipelines, and
liquefied natural gas terminals in the Western Balkans that will largely
transfer power into the garden.

Resources. In the works is a $1 billion project to build an undersea water
pipeline
<https://pamfleti.net/english/aktualitet/ujesjellesi-nen-adriatik-rikthehet=
-ne-tryeze-projekti-shqiperi-itali-i321625>
that
would annually send 150 million cubic meters of water to the parched
southeastern heel of the Italian boot. The plan could be incredibly
shortsighted on Albania=E2=80=99s part. The country has historically been b=
lessed
with an abundance of freshwater and relies on hydropower to meet much of
its energy needs. But it was also forced
<https://www.reuters.com/article/power-crisis-albania-idAFL5N2VO30R> to
ration electricity in recent years because of drought and the effect on its
hydropower stations, and the problem is only expected to worsen with
ongoing climate change.

Refugee dumping ground. Italy is now rerouting undesirable asylum seekers
from Italy to cages in Albania in a move that EU Commission President
Ursula von der Leyen has called =E2=80=9Cout-of-the-box thinking.=E2=80=9D =
That=E2=80=99s one way
of putting it. Despite its decade-plus candidacy, Albania is still not an
EU member state, and the automatic detention migrants are likely to face
there is in breach
<https://www.amnesty.eu/news/italys-arbitrary-albania-detention-deal-will-h=
arm-eu/>
of
Italian and EU law.* Yet *Von der Leyen=E2=80=99s EU sees Italy=E2=80=99s A=
lbania plan as a
template
<https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-02-22/the-eu-is-watching-alb=
anias-deal-to-hold-asylum-seekers-for-italy-rights-activists-are-worried.ht=
ml>
for
the bloc and is now looking to do the same
<https://sg.news.yahoo.com/eu-tightens-migration-rules-eyes-153106783.html>
across
the Balkans.

It would appear the Albanian people have had enough.

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><a href=3D"https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/a-new-e=
pstein-island-in-albania-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-link=
ed-bunker-resort.html">https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/a-new-epstei=
n-island-in-albania-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-linked-bu=
nker-resort.html</a><br><div><br></div><div><h1 class=3D"entry-title gmail-=
single-post-title" style=3D"font-size:22px;margin:0px;line-height:27px;colo=
r:rgb(232,101,48)"><a href=3D"https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/a-new=
-epstein-island-in-albania-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-li=
nked-bunker-resort.html" class=3D"gmail-nc-orange" style=3D"background-colo=
r:transparent;text-decoration:inherit;color:rgb(232,101,48)">A New Epstein =
Island in Albania? Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump=E2=80=99s Zionist-Mafia-L=
inked Bunker Resort</a></h1><div class=3D"gmail-single-title-meta" style=3D=
"margin-bottom:18px"><span class=3D"gmail-sep">Posted on</span>=C2=A0<a hre=
f=3D"https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2026/06/a-new-epstein-island-in-albani=
a-jared-kushner-and-ivanka-trumps-zionist-mafia-linked-bunker-resort.html" =
title=3D"A New Epstein Island in Albania? Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump=E2=
=80=99s Zionist-Mafia-Linked Bunker Resort" rel=3D"bookmark" style=3D"backg=
round-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">June=
 10, 2026</a>=C2=A0<span class=3D"gmail-sep">by=C2=A0</span><span class=3D"=
gmail-author gmail-vcard"><a class=3D"gmail-url gmail-fn gmail-n" href=3D"h=
ttps://www.nakedcapitalism.com/author/conor-gallagher" title=3D"Conor Galla=
gher" rel=3D"author" style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,10=
1,48);text-decoration:inherit">Conor Gallagher</a></span></div><div class=
=3D"entry-content" style=3D"color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Optima,sans-ser=
if;font-size:14px"><div class=3D"gmail-pf-content"><p style=3D"margin:0px 0=
px 18px">Protests in Albania continued on Tuesday following last week=E2=80=
=99s news that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were planning on developing t=
he country=E2=80=99s largest island and surrounding area into what=E2=80=99=
s being billed as a luxury 250-hectare tourism destination.</p><div id=3D"g=
mail-IC_d_3x6_1"></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Sazan Island and pa=
rts of the nearby Narta-Zvernec wetland and lagoon ecosystem are a strategi=
cally important location between the Strait of Otranto and the mouth of the=
 Bay of Vlor=C3=AB, marking the border between the Adriatic and Ionian seas=
 that then flows into the Mediterranean.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px=
"><img class=3D"gmail-aligncenter gmail-size-large gmail-wp-image-311516" s=
rc=3D"https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot=
-2026-06-09-at-7.15.11%E2%80%AFAM-1024x574.png" alt=3D"" width=3D"600" heig=
ht=3D"337" style=3D"height: auto; max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(20=
4, 204, 204); clear: both; display: block; margin: 0px auto 18px; padding: =
4px; text-align: center;"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">The shady de=
al has stirred up anger in Albania over the country=E2=80=99s economic mode=
l, corruption, environmental destruction, and status as an EU doormat. On J=
une 1, Albania=E2=80=99s Special Structure Against Corruption and Organized=
 Crime confirmed it is conducting an investigation into the project, which =
is also backed by Qatari billionaire brothers, a businessman accused of tie=
s to the Italian mafia, a corrupt judge, and one of Albania=E2=80=99s most =
powerful oligarchs.</p><div id=3D"gmail-IC_d_3x7_1"></div><p style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 18px">What else can we piece together about Ivanka and Jared=E2=
=80=99s =E2=80=9Cresort=E2=80=9D?</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"><span=
 style=3D"font-weight:700">Another Epstein Island? Another Epstein?</span><=
span style=3D"font-weight:700"></span></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">=
Let=E2=80=99s first place the resort=E2=80=99s location and characters in c=
ontext. Prime Minister Rama remains committed and says the development woul=
d align with Albania=E2=80=99s ambition to become a major luxury global tou=
rism destination. And tourism has indeed grown exponentially in the country=
 in recent years. At the same time, Albania remains a=C2=A0<a href=3D"https=
://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/2023/New_publications/Publicat=
ion_Albania_EN_v1.0.pdf" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"backgr=
ound-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">globa=
l hub of human trafficking</a>=C2=A0where women and minors are exploited fo=
r sex, and with the tourism boom, Albania has=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.f=
rance24.com/en/live-news/20251004-i-found-hell-the-women-ensnared-in-albani=
a-s-global-sex-trade" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"backgroun=
d-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">transfor=
med</a>=C2=A0from a trafficking gateway into Europe to more of a traffickin=
g destination country.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">In Albania, it i=
s largely controlled by powerful organized crime networks there that sprang=
 up after the collapse of Yugoslavia and during the ensuing Balkan Wars and=
 NATO bombings. (Coincidentally, Kushner and his partners also have plans t=
o transform the former Serbia ministry of defense building in Belgrade into=
 a luxury hotel. It has been empty for decades after being bombed by NATO i=
n 1999.)</p><div id=3D"gmail-IC_d_3x8_1"></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 1=
8px">While Albania=E2=80=99s Strategic Investment Committee =E2=80=94 led b=
y Prime Minister Edi Rama =E2=80=94 granted Kushner the right to move ahead=
 with accelerated Sazan negotiations back in January of 2025, the Albanian =
mafia also reportedly played a key role:</p><div class=3D"gmail-twitter-twe=
et gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style=3D"display:flex;max-width:550px;widt=
h:550px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 18px"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">So there=E2=80=99s that.</p><p=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Jared and Ivanka also happened to =E2=80=9Cf=
ind=E2=80=9D Sazan when they were on Nat Rothschild=E2=80=99s luxury yacht.=
 Kushner said he was encouraged to invest in Albania by Richard Grenell, fo=
rmer director of national intelligence and currently the Special Presidenti=
al Envoy for Special Missions (a position established at the beginning of T=
rump 2.0).</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Kushner met Albanian Prime M=
inister Edi Rama aboard Nat Rothschild=E2=80=99s yacht in a meeting arrange=
d by Nat, and that, according to Jared, got the ball rolling on the $4-bill=
ion dollar luxury bunker project.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">As cr=
itical as Nat appears to this tale, he=E2=80=99s also well-represented in a=
nother: the Epstein files. From=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.theguardian.com=
/politics/2026/feb/03/epstein-mandelson-devious-lobbied-bank-mining-project=
" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;=
color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">The Guardian</a>:</p><blockq=
uote style=3D"margin:0px 30px 18px"><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Jeffre=
y Epstein described Peter Mandelson as =E2=80=9Cdevious=E2=80=9D after lobb=
ying a bank to underwrite a mining project launched by their mutual friend =
Nat Rothschild.=C2=A0<i></i></p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18p=
x">And the Rothschild dynasty lurks throughout the Epstein-Maxwell story:</=
p><div class=3D"gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style=3D"=
display:flex;max-width:550px;width:550px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px=
"></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18p=
x">It=E2=80=99s impossible to say that Kushner Island would become an Epste=
in replacement, but the coincidences of characters and opportune location, =
along with Jared=E2=80=99s own background help lead to speculation that he =
might be playing a role that opened up with the =E2=80=9Csuicide=E2=80=9D o=
f Epstein:</p><div class=3D"gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendere=
d" style=3D"display:flex;max-width:550px;width:550px;margin-top:10px;margin=
-bottom:10px"></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"></p><p style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 18px">Sazan Island is home to at least 3,600 Soviet-style nuclear =
bunkers built during the Cold War, which fits with the=C2=A0<a href=3D"http=
s://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/02/the-apocalyptic-delusions-of-the-si=
licon-valley-elite" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-=
color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">trend of b=
illionaires destroying the planet under the illusion they=E2=80=99ll contin=
ue living in comfort in their underground lairs</a>. Delusion, tastefully d=
one, of course:</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"><img class=3D"gmail-ali=
gncenter gmail-size-large gmail-wp-image-311517" src=3D"https://www.nakedca=
pitalism.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-09-at-7.34.39%E2=
%80%AFAM-1024x678.png" alt=3D"" width=3D"600" height=3D"397" style=3D"heigh=
t: auto; max-width: 100%; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); clear: both=
; display: block; margin: 0px auto 18px; padding: 4px; text-align: center;"=
></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">There are also at least ten miles of =
underground tunnels, which could prove useful.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0p=
x 18px"><span style=3D"font-weight:700">Israel on the Adriatic=C2=A0</span>=
<span style=3D"font-weight:700"></span></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"=
>Kushner has been clear about his goal to help expand Israel=E2=80=99s sphe=
re of influence.</p><div class=3D"gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-r=
endered" style=3D"display:flex;max-width:550px;width:550px;margin-top:10px;=
margin-bottom:10px"></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"></p><p style=3D"=
margin:0px 0px 18px">Yet he=E2=80=99s following rather than leading. Albani=
a has for years now been closely aligned with the US and Israel and has onl=
y deepened its ties during the US-Israel genocide in Gaza. From=C2=A0<a hre=
f=3D"https://untoldmag.org/albania-israel-relations/" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);t=
ext-decoration:inherit">Untold Mag</a>:</p><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px =
30px 18px"><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Over the past two years, Albani=
a and Israel have signed<a href=3D"https://embassies.gov.il/albania/en/the-=
embassy/bilateral-relations" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"ba=
ckground-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">=
=C2=A0numerous agreements</a>, covering sectors such as agriculture, educat=
ion, energy, culture, tourism, defense, and drone technology. Trade between=
 the two countries has also grown quickly. According to Albania=E2=80=99s I=
nstitute of Statistics, Israeli exports to Albania increased by over 150% b=
etween May 2023 and May 2024.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Israeli i=
nvestment in Albania is expanding, especially in finance. In early 2025, re=
ports indicated that investors associated with Israel=E2=80=99s One Zero Di=
gital Bank were=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.hashtag.al/en/index.php/2025/07=
/28/investitore-nga-izraeli-shfaqin-interes-per-te-hyre-ne-tregun-bankar-sh=
qiptar/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:trans=
parent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">considering entering =
the Albanian banking market</a>. Later that year, JET Bank, the country=E2=
=80=99s first fully digital bank, was established and is owned by British-I=
sraeli businessman Idan Avishai. Other figures of Israeli origin in its lea=
dership include Oliver Hemmer and Rami Solomon.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0=
px 18px">Meanwhile, Albania has come under scrutiny from human rights resea=
rchers. Reports=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://docs.datadesk.eco/public/oil-to-isr=
ael/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transpar=
ent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">tracking global</a>=C2=
=A0fuel shipments to Israel during the war in Gaza list=C2=A0<a href=3D"htt=
ps://nyje.al/70000-ton-nafte-nga-shqiperia-per-avionet-qe-bombardojne-gazan=
/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent=
;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">Albania</a>=C2=A0as one of =
11 countries=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://oilchange.org/publications/behind-the-=
barrel-new-insights-into-the-countries-and-companies-behind-israels-fuel-su=
pply/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transpa=
rent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">supplying fuel</a>.</p>=
<p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">=E2=80=A6There has also been an increase i=
n military cooperation between Albania and Israel. In late 2025, Albania=C2=
=A0<a href=3D"https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2025-11=
-12/ty-article/.premium/israel-albania-strengthen-ties-as-elbit-to-provide-=
it-with-artillery-mortars-and-drones/0000019a-78d7-d326-a3ff-fcdf3d180000" =
target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;co=
lor:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">signed</a>=C2=A0a multimillion=
-euro arms deal with Israeli defense companies, including Elbit Systems. Th=
e agreement includes artillery systems, mortars, and tactical drones, as we=
ll as plans to develop domestic production in partnership with KAYO, Albani=
a=E2=80=99s state-owned company.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Since =
June 2023, the two countries have officially cooperated in=C2=A0<a href=3D"=
https://www.mod.gov.al/eng/newsroom/1566-peleshi-in-israel-the-memorandum-o=
f-understanding-in-the-field-of-defense-and-security-was-signed" target=3D"=
_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(23=
2,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">cybersecurity and training</a>=E2=80=A6<=
/p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Also in May 2026, Elbit registered its =
Albanian branch with the National Business Center, which will carry out the=
 same activity as in Israel. Earlier in 2025, Elbit and KAYO agreed to<a hr=
ef=3D"https://www.mod.gov.al/eng/newsroom/1895-agreement-signed-with-israel=
i-company-to-reopen-the-aviation-academy-in-vlora-minister-vengu-an-investm=
ent-in-human-capital" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"backgroun=
d-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">=C2=A0re=
open the Albanian aviation academy</a>=C2=A0to train military and civilian =
pilots.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Political ties have deepened as=
 well. In November 2025, Albania=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.jpost.com/dias=
pora/article-873313" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background=
-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">establish=
ed</a>=C2=A0an =E2=80=9CIsrael Allies Caucus=E2=80=9D in its parliament as =
part of an international network linked to the Israel Allies Foundation. Th=
e group is co-chaired by representatives from both major parties, reflectin=
g broad political support for closer relations with Israel.<i></i></p></blo=
ckquote><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">All the close cooperation culminat=
ed in Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama=E2=80=99s January visit to Jerusalem=
 to meet with Netanyahu who faces an arrest warrant from the International =
Criminal Court for crimes against humanity in Gaza.</p><p style=3D"margin:0=
px 0px 18px">But Israel isn=E2=80=99t the only Middle East state with inter=
est in Albania.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"><span style=3D"font-wei=
ght:700">Kushner=E2=80=99s Qatari Billionaires (Or Is It Qatari Billionaire=
s=E2=80=99 Kushner?)=C2=A0</span><span style=3D"font-weight:700"></span></p=
><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Another of the key players in the Albania=
n bunker resort are the Khayyat brothers. Moutaz, Ramez, and Mohamad al-Kha=
yyat are Syrian born but Qatari citizen billionaires. Their Power Internati=
onal Holding has a reported $12 billion in Syrian reconstruction contracts =
that were frozen under US sanctions, but they will now be using some of tha=
t money to help fund Kushner Island. From=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://x.com/aj_=
geo_analysis/status/2062747219933938038" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow"=
 style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoratio=
n:inherit">AJ Jaff</a>:</p><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 30px 18px"><p st=
yle=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Three Syrian-born Qatari billionaires with a $1=
2 billion Syrian reconstruction portfolio sat behind a US sanctions wall ca=
lled the Caesar Act for six years waiting patiently for the right moment. T=
his Act served as a wall that blocked access to their financing and sanctio=
ned nearly ALL their wealth. They lobbied and partnered with president Trum=
p=E2=80=99s son-in-law (Jared Kushner) on a $4 billion Albanian resort. Kus=
hner through convinced his father-in-law POTUS Donald Trump to sign the law=
 that brought the wall down by removing all the sanctions on Syria. Six mon=
ths later, the resort broke ground. The brothers=E2=80=99 Syrian reconstruc=
tion portfolio became financeable. The Trump family took a position. The Al=
banian government rolled out the carpet.</p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 18px">So Kushner=E2=80=99s Gulf-backed Affinity Partners is leadin=
g the deal with an apparent assist from US spooks:</p><div class=3D"gmail-t=
witter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style=3D"display:flex;max-width:=
550px;width:550px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"></div><p style=3D"mar=
gin:0px 0px 18px"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"><span style=3D"font-=
weight:700">EU Sacrifice Zone</span><span style=3D"font-weight:700"></span>=
</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Kushner Island is just one of many pro=
jects the Albanian government has promoted as part of a strategy to attract=
 foreign capital and expand the country=E2=80=99s luxury tourism sector.</p=
><div class=3D"gmail-twitter-tweet gmail-twitter-tweet-rendered" style=3D"d=
isplay:flex;max-width:550px;width:550px;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px"=
></div><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"></p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px=
">Coastal resorts are one of the more visible examples of the numerous ways=
 the country and its resources are being strip mined.</p><p style=3D"margin=
:0px 0px 18px">Like much the rest of the Balkan nations, Albania is still o=
n the wait list for EU membership. In the meantime it is treated as a =E2=
=80=9Cjungle=E2=80=9D sacrifice zone for the EU =E2=80=9Cgarden,=E2=80=9D i=
ncluding:</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"><span style=3D"font-weight:70=
0">Cheap labor.</span>=C2=A0From=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.intellinews.co=
m/italy-pushes-for-investments-into-western-balkan-strategic-sectors-268365=
/" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent=
;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">Intellinews:</a></p><blockq=
uote style=3D"margin:0px 30px 18px"><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">Elsewh=
ere in the region, Albania=E2=80=99s clothing and textile industry is large=
ly geared to importing materials that are then turned into partially or ful=
ly finished garments or shoes and re-exported, a process dubbed =E2=80=98fa=
con=E2=80=99. The industry developed thanks to Albania=E2=80=99s low costs =
=E2=80=93 this is a labour-intensive sector and Albania has the lowest mini=
mum wage in Europe =E2=80=93 and its proximity to Italy, one of the world=
=E2=80=99s leading fashion countries.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">A=
ccording to industry insiders, typically, clothes and shoes are exported al=
most complete to Italy, where Italian workers add the final touches and pac=
kaging, allowing the products to go out to the shops with the prestigious =
=E2=80=98Made in Italy=E2=80=99 label.</p></blockquote><p style=3D"margin:0=
px 0px 18px"><span style=3D"font-weight:700">Power generation.</span>=C2=A0=
The EU is=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/06/the-eu-lo=
oks-to-jungle-sacrifice-zones-to-help-it-out-of-energy-crisis.html" style=
=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inhe=
rit">working</a>=C2=A0on building 3.5 billion euros worth of gas-fired powe=
r plants, pipelines, and liquefied natural gas terminals in the Western Bal=
kans that will largely transfer power into the garden.</p><p style=3D"margi=
n:0px 0px 18px"><span style=3D"font-weight:700">Resources.</span>=C2=A0In t=
he works is a $1 billion project to=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://pamfleti.net/en=
glish/aktualitet/ujesjellesi-nen-adriatik-rikthehet-ne-tryeze-projekti-shqi=
peri-itali-i321625" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-=
color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">build an u=
ndersea water pipeline</a>=C2=A0that would annually send 150 million cubic =
meters of water to the parched southeastern heel of the Italian boot. The p=
lan could be incredibly shortsighted on Albania=E2=80=99s part. The country=
 has historically been blessed with an abundance of freshwater and relies o=
n hydropower to meet much of its energy needs. But it was also=C2=A0<a href=
=3D"https://www.reuters.com/article/power-crisis-albania-idAFL5N2VO30R" tar=
get=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;color=
:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">forced</a>=C2=A0to ration electri=
city in recent years because of drought and the effect on its hydropower st=
ations, and the problem is only expected to worsen with ongoing climate cha=
nge.</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px"><span style=3D"font-weight:700">Re=
fugee dumping ground.</span>=C2=A0Italy is now rerouting undesirable asylum=
 seekers from Italy to cages in Albania in a move that EU Commission Presid=
ent Ursula von der Leyen has called =E2=80=9Cout-of-the-box thinking.=E2=80=
=9D That=E2=80=99s one way of putting it. Despite its decade-plus candidacy=
, Albania is still not an EU member state, and the automatic detention migr=
ants are likely to face there=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://www.amnesty.eu/news/i=
talys-arbitrary-albania-detention-deal-will-harm-eu/" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);t=
ext-decoration:inherit">is in breach</a>=C2=A0of Italian and EU law.<i>=C2=
=A0Yet=C2=A0</i>Von der Leyen=E2=80=99s EU sees Italy=E2=80=99s Albania pla=
n as a=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-02-22/=
the-eu-is-watching-albanias-deal-to-hold-asylum-seekers-for-italy-rights-ac=
tivists-are-worried.html" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"nofollow" style=3D"backg=
round-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);text-decoration:inherit">temp=
late</a>=C2=A0for the bloc and is now=C2=A0<a href=3D"https://sg.news.yahoo=
.com/eu-tightens-migration-rules-eyes-153106783.html" target=3D"_blank" rel=
=3D"nofollow" style=3D"background-color:transparent;color:rgb(232,101,48);t=
ext-decoration:inherit">looking to do the same</a>=C2=A0across the Balkans.=
</p><p style=3D"margin:0px 0px 18px">It would appear the Albanian people ha=
ve had enough.</p></div></div></div></div>

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