(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Wednesday that the US was imposing sanctions on Francesca Albanese, a UN special rapporteur who is very critical of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and its genocidal war in Gaza.
The sanctions come after Albanese issued a report titled “From Economy...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In a stunning reversal, new polling shows Democrats now sympathize with Palestinians by a wide margin.
Harry Enten, CNN’s data expert, analyzed the latest Democratic Party polling on attitudes toward Israel and the Palestinians earlier this month during a morning segment on CNN's "News Central."
He expressed...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Pentagon on Wednesday and said that it was “an honor” to be a part of the war against Iran with Israel.
Before holding a private meeting, Hegseth and Netanyahu spoke to each other in front of...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) CNN has released audio of President Trump speaking to a private group of donors in 2024 and bragging that he threated to “bomb the Sh*t” out of Moscow and Beijing in conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping if they invaded Ukraine or Taiwan.
“With...
(José Niño, Headline USA) In this hard-hitting episode of Headline Geopolitics, José Niño talks with Conor Freeman, the Assistant Editor at the Libertarian Institute, about Trump’s failure to deliver on his “America First” promises.
From Iran and Gaza to Ukraine and Russia, Freeman outlines how Trump has enabled escalation, embraced militarism,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The US is poised to spend over $1 billion on building new air bases and various other types of military facilities, Haaretz reported on Tuesday, citing documents and presentations from the US Army Corps of Engineers.
The construction projects include building a facility to accommodate Israel’s new KC-46...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump said on Tuesday that he would be sending more weapons to Ukraine after his administration paused the shipment of certain munitions, including Patriot air defense missiles.
When asked if he would send more arms to Ukraine, the president said, “We have to. They have to be able...
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) A U.S. citizen arrested in central Mexico over the weekend with a number of guns, tactical equipment and a CIA identification is not a U.S. government employee and carried a fake ID, Mexico’s security chief said Tuesday.
The man was arrested Saturday in Atlacomulco, Mexico state,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, marking the Israeli leader’s third visit to Washington within six months. The private talks between the two leaders were expected to focus on the 12-day US-Israeli war against Iran and the potential Gaza...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the IDF to prepare a plan to establish a camp to concentrate the entire civilian population of Gaza on the ruins of the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
According to Haaretz, Katz said that once Palestinian civilians are pushed into what...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) Israel wants assurances from the US that if it agrees to a 60-day Gaza ceasefire deal, it could restart its genocidal war if it deems that its conditions are not met in negotiations with Hamas, Middle East Eye reported on Friday, citing Israeli media.
Under the potential deal,...
(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) After media reports said the US and Iran were expected to resume negotiations this week, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei threw cold water on the idea, citing public opinion within Iran.
“Public opinion is currently so angry that no one even dares to talk about negotiations and...