Analysis: “A New Line Crossed”: The U.S. Provokes Iran

"It's not clear if Trump himself understands this, but everyone around him knows they did not verifiably destroy the nuclear program last night."

Re "actually impacting Iran’s capabilities, the strike was largely symbolic."

But "it's the first time we're bombing a state [with] the capacity to inflict serious harm on Americans in the region.”

~Harrison Mann, fmr US army major

dropsitenews.com/p/iran-united…

#US-IranWar #USPol #EuroPol #UKPol .

“A New Line Crossed”: The U.S. Provokes Iran With Attacks on Nuclear Sites

Iran has now been forced to decide how to respond to U.S. attacks on its sovereignty.

^{Murtaza Hussain (Drop Site News)}

Interview: "Stop the War on Iran": 1,000+ academics Sign Petition Saying Iran War Deflects Attention from Gaza

"After Trump’s attack on Iran over the weekend, civil society leaders are organizing to demand an end to the violence."

"What this is doing is immiserating further the lives of ordinary people" ~Iranian-American scholar Kaveh Ehsani, DePaul U, Chicago

democracynow.org/2025/6/23/ira…

#US-IranWar #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #AntiWarProtests .

Stop the War on Iran: 1,000+ Sign Petition Saying Iran War Deflects Attention from Gaza Genocide

After President Trump’s attack on Iran over the weekend, civil society leaders are organizing to demand an end to the violence.

^{Democracy Now!}

Interview: "Israel Seeks Chaos in Middle East"

Although UN inspectors & U.S. intelligence assessments say Iran was not building nuclear weapons, Netanyahu wanted to drag Trump into its war on Iran.

"The danger now is that, having brought the U.S. into this, Israel will seek to go further up the escalatory ladder. It wants the chaos.”

~Daniel Levy, fmr Israeli peace negotiator

democracynow.org/2025/6/23/isr…

#US-IranWar #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #Trump #Israel .

Ex-Israeli Peace Negotiator Slams U.S. Bombing of Iran, Says Israel Seeks Chaos in Middle East

“Netanyahu’s purpose was to drag Trump in,” Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator, says of the U.S. attack on Iran. Over the weekend, the U.S.

^{Democracy Now!}

Interview: "They Cooked Up Their Own Intelligence" Israel’s war on Iran

"The war on Iran feels eerily familiar – from justifications that hold no water to the uncritical reporting in the media."

Unpacking the unsettling parallels with the 2003 Iraq War:

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#Israel-IranWar #US #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #USImperialism #iraqWar #boughtMedia .

'They Cooked Up Their Own Intelligence' Chris Hedges on Israel’s war on Iran | The Listening Post

The war on Iran feels eerily familiar – from justifications that hold no water to the uncritical reporting in the media. Chris Hedges joins us to unpack the unsettling parallels with the 2003 Iraq War

^{Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)}

Netanyahu the opportunist

Netanyahu is living out the Zionists' (incl his daddy's) dream of expelling the Palestinians, wiping out all enemies, & fulfilling the "Greater Israel" project (see map ).

Zionists have been doing ethnic cleansing, slow genocide & stealing Palestinian land since imperial Britain gave them the go-ahead in the 1920s.

Pappé on Nakba
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#Zionism #Nakba #Netanyahu #GazaGenocide #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol #BDS #EthnicCleansing #USEnablement @palestine .

The European Parliament votes on its report about the planned expansion of surveillance powers for #Europol on Tuesday.

* It fails to protect migrants or reduce border deaths.
* Is a power grab by Europol.
* It criminalises migrants and solidarity organisers.

We call on MEPs to vote against!
protectnotsurveil.eu/
#ProtectNotSurveil

European Parliament LIBE committee votes on the #Europol report next week.

MEPs 👏 must 👏 vote 👏 against!

🐎 It is a Trojan horse for surveillance disguised as „anti-smuggling“
💰 It would expand the budget for a problematic agency

The EU must take responsibility for forcing migrants into life-threatening situations, change its hostile border & migration policies, and reject the expansion of Europol’s digital surveillance powers.

Share the #ProtectNotSurveil paper now:
protectnotsurveil.eu/

#ProtectNotSurveil position paper:
We demand the full rejection of the #Europol reform! 👎

Here’s why:

❌ Fails to protect migrants or reduce border deaths
👁 Power grab by Europol
🛑 Criminalisation of migrants and solidarity organisers

Read more:
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We will publish our position paper on the EU’s #Europol reform soon!
In the week leading up to the launch, we reflect on this controversial European police cooperation agency.

As Protect Not Surveil coalition, we challenge the use of digital technologies at different levels of EU policies and advocate for the ability of people to move and to seek safety and opportunity without risking harm, surveillance or discrimination.

Follow us, @edri and #ProtectNotSurveil to learn more!