(Ken Silva, Headline USA) The Justice Department announced Monday that Stephen Paul Edmund Sutton, 53, a United Kingdom citizen, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his participation in a fraud scheme.
Sutton is presumably already back on a plane to the UK. He was extradited to the U.S. and sentenced...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US has obtained new intelligence that suggests Israel is preparing to launch an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The report cited officials who said it was unclear if Israeli leaders had made a final decision, and the chances of an attack depend...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Congress on Tuesday that the US assesses the new al-Qaeda-linked Syrian government could collapse within weeks and that the country could descend into “full-scale civil war.”
Rubio made the comments at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, where he explained the...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Moshe Feiglin, a former member of the Israeli Knesset, declared in an appearance on Israeli TV on Tuesday that “every child, every baby in Gaza is an enemy” of Israel.
“The enemy is not Hamas, nor is it the military wing of Hamas, as our military commander...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Arkansas state government has thrown its weight behind Israel, investing millions and reinforcing a growing trend among U.S. states.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-AR, announced a plan to invest up to $50 million in Israel Bonds in the middle of May. According to the Arkansas...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump’s plan to develop a new massive missile defense system for the US, dubbed the “Golden Dome” or the “Iron Dome for America,” is expected to cost $500 billion over the next 20 years, CNN reported on Monday, citing an estimate from the Congressional Budget...
(José Niño, Headline USA) The Manhattan Institute once celebrated Glenn Loury’s ideas, until he criticized Israel.
Loury, one of the country’s most prominent black economists and public intellectuals, was fired from the Manhattan Institute after criticizing Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
The move has ignited a fierce debate about the boundaries of acceptable...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) US envoy Steve Witkoff said in an interview that aired Sunday that the US “cannot allow” Iran to maintain a civilian nuclear enrichment program, calling the issue a “red line” for the Trump administration.
“We have one very, very clear red line, and that is enrichment. We...
(José Niño, Headline USA) When Mossad began its campaign of targeted assassinations, relatively few knew how deeply Europe was involved.
While the operation has long been shrouded in tales of Mossad’s daring endeavors, new research by Dr. Aviva Guttmann, detailed in her forthcoming book Operation Wrath of God: The Secret...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio informed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that President Donald Trump has become “concerned” about the Palestinians in Gaza. In March, Tel Aviv imposed a total blockade on all goods and aid entering the Strip, leading to widespread starvation.
Axios reporter and IDF veteran...
(José Niño, Headline USA) A diplomatic gift from Qatar to the U.S. — a Boeing 747-8 jet — has sparked criticism from both foes and ostensible allies of President Donald Trump as he attempts to navigate an increasingly tumultuous political landscape in the Middle East.
On Monday, Trump announced plans...
(Kyle Anzalone, Antiwar.com) The Donald Trump administration is attempting to bribe one of the warring parties in Libya to accept 1 million Palestinians that Israel is attempting to cleanse from Gaza. Libya became a failed state after the US-led regime change war against longtime dictator Muammar Gaddafi in 2011.
According to...