teleSUR | June 23, 2026
On Monday, several Chilean organizations delivered more than 80,000 signatures to the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, demanding Israel’s expulsion from the organization for war crimes committed in the Gaza Strip.
The collection was led by the Lawyers for Palestine association and the Sign for Palestine campaign, with collection points in various countries. The signatures were presented at the United Nations headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
“Israel is the country that most intentionally tramples on international law, resolutions, and the international order. Now they are taking that policy to Lebanon, where there are already more than 5,500 victims,” said Nelson Hadad, a member of Lawyers for Palestine. … continue
MEMO | June 23, 2026
Israel is not part of the negotiations between the US and Iran and will continue its offensive on Lebanon until Hezbollah is “fully dismantled,” not just disarmed, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said.
Smotrich, a far-right extremist member of Israel’s security cabinet, made the remarks Tuesday morning in an interview with Israeli Army Radio.
“Israel is not part of the negotiating talks with Iran by choice,” he said, adding: “We will not hold talks with the devil.”
“We are not a party to the negotiations between the United States and Iran, and they do not concern us at all,” Smotrich said.
“We will continue operating in Lebanon fully,” he added. … continue
Al Mayadeen | June 23, 2026
Two people were killed and a third was injured on Tuesday by gunfire from Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, according to the official National News Agency (NNA).
In detail, the NNA reported that two young men were martyred and a third was wounded when Israeli army soldiers opened machine-gun fire toward them near a bulldozer working to open a road in the Deir neighborhood of the town of al-Nabatieh al-Fawqa.
This marks the first Israeli violation of the ceasefire that results in casualties since it was announced on Sunday, amid the memorandum of understanding between Iran and the US, with Article 1 explicitly stipulating an end to Israeli attacks on Lebanon and the full withdrawal of Israeli troops.
Separately, Israeli occupation forces carried out a drone strike on the town of Kfar Tibnit in the Nabatieh district, while also dropping sound bombs over the town, according to local sources.
In the Bint Jbeil district, an Israeli drone dropped two sound bombs in the towns of Baraachit and Ayta al-Jabal, while in the town of Hadatha, Israeli forces set fires at its outskirts before withdrawing toward the town square. … continue
Press TV – June 23, 2026
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the United States has an obligation to remove all economic sanctions illegally imposed on Iran under a memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington.
“The obligations of the US are clear: Lifting primary, secondary, UN Security Council, and IAEA-related sanctions,” the official said, addressing a weekly press conference on Tuesday.
The comments concerned Clause Seven of the Pakistan-mediated memorandum of understanding that was recently signed between the two sides.
As part of the provision, all sanctions against Iran must be lifted, with the United States being obliged to remove the Security Council’s coercive measures and to resolve the relevant issues with its own allies.
Baghaei noted an earlier license issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury providing sanctions relief for Iran’s oil, petrochemical, and derivative sectors for a period of 60 days.
“Other sanctions will be discussed over the 60-day period,” he stated. … Full article
By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | June 23, 2026
While the US certainly suffered some reputational damage and significant economic costs from its unprovoked attack on Iran, the United Arab Emirates may really be the big loser. Let’s focus on Dubai. … continue
By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | June 22, 2026
The former Israeli intelligence official turned whistleblower, Ari Ben-Menashe made some explosive claims to journalist Afshin Rattansi in the latest episode of his Going Underground TV Show, alleging that then president Bill Clinton made a deal with then Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, but then Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, a known close associate of Jeffery Epstein, used blackmail about Clinton’s known connection with Jeffery Epstein and his trafficking operation of underage girls, to end the deal. … continue
After Being Defeated In Iran, Israel Targets Türkiye.
By Justin K.P. – The Dissident – June 22, 2026
The idea of Israel going to war with Türkiye- a NATO member- potentially triggering World War III seems insane.
And yet Israel is using their war rhetoric towards Türkiye.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry put out a post seemingly laying the groundwork for an Israeli war, claiming that “Hamas terrorists based in Turkey are directing attacks against Israelis, funding terrorism, and recruiting operatives. The network is exposed. The facts are clear.” … continue
By Michelle Witte | The Grayzone | June 22, 2026
A wave of strange property attacks targeting Jewish sites in Canada is attributed to apolitical youth paid in crypto. The violence follows the same playbook seen in Australia and the UK. While Iran and Palestine solidarity campaigners are blamed, Israel exploits the tension.
Canada is the latest in a string of nations to attribute a wave of high-profile but mostly low-consequence attacks to a mysterious online “gun-for-hire” plot. If Canada follows the pattern set in Australia, Europe and the UK, the “foreign entity” its government is already blaming for orchestrating the petty violence will be identified as Iran.
According to the Toronto Star, “Police believe that several young people have been hired to carry out shootings throughout the city and the wider GTA, including the U.S. consulate shooting, shootings at synagogues and Jewish schools, as well as shootings targeting the waste management company GFL Environmental.”
But there’s another nation with a history of hiring locals to perpetrate crimes, employing low-level violence to poison third-party bilateral relationships, fanning anti-semitism to justify its own carnage, and using local Jewish populations as pawns.
It is Israel, which happens to be the only nation to have extracted any political benefit for the growing wave of pay-for-play attacks on Jewish targets in the West. … continue
RT | June 22, 2026
The Ukrainian military will bomb Belarusian communication towers along the 1,000-kilometer border unless President Alexander Lukashenko takes them offline and “proves” to Kiev that he is not aiding Moscow, Vladimir Zelensky said on Sunday.
Belarus, a close Russian ally, has largely stayed out of the Ukraine conflict since 2022, while calling on Moscow and Kiev to engage in dialogue. However, over the past few weeks, Zelensky has been ramping up his rhetoric about an allegedly growing threat posed by Belarus – and has threatened it with a preemptive strike.
“At the intelligence and military levels, Belarus received a message: stop helping the Russians. The issue with the relay stations has been ongoing for a long time,” Zelensky said in a post on X on Sunday, reiterating his claim that the communication towers are being used by Russia to coordinate drone strikes.
Lukashenko has repeatedly said that Belarus has no intention of waging war against any nation and “is not threatening anyone,” but Zelensky said his words have “meant nothing since the first day of the war.”
“If he does not remove them, we will remove everything ourselves. Similarly, we’re sending a message: please stop supplying fuel to the Russian army,” he added, insisting that it was not a “threat,” but a statement of fact. … Full article
International Solidarity Movement | June 22, 2026
Since June 9, residents of Deir Abu Mishal maintained a continuous presence on the village’s lands in order to prevent settlers from taking them over, despite ongoing attacks by soldiers and settlers, who are trying to establish a new outpost in Area B, on the villages land.
On June 8, settlers erected a tent on Palestinian-owned land near Deir Abu Mishal, marking the beginning of an effort to establish a permanent presence in the area. Residents subsequently organized daily activities to protect the land and oppose the expansion of the outpost.
On Thursday, June 11, Israeli forces fired live ammunition and tear gas during confrontations in the area. Local youths attempting to maintain a presence near the site of the outpost were beaten and pepper-sprayed after being surrounded by a group of settlers.
On Friday, June 12, a group of young residents succeeded in removing an Israeli flag that had been placed on top of the hill the settlers were seeking to take over. Israeli military and police forces present at the scene responded with extensive use of live ammunition and tear gas. Ten people were detained during the incident and later released. One resident of the village was injured after being struck in the head by a tear gas canister and required medical treatment. … Full article
MEMO | June 22, 2026
Palestinian detainee Saber Al-Amital from the Negev region has reportedly died in Israeli custody, Palestinian rights groups announced on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death.
According to family members, Al-Amital had no known pre-existing medical conditions before his arrest earlier this month.
Al-Amital was detained by Israeli authorities on 4June and was interrogated by Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, according to Palestinian sources.
The sources said he was denied access to legal counsel during his detention.
According to information provided by his family, Al-Amital appeared before a court the day after his arrest and told the judge that he was in good health.
The court subsequently approved extending his detention until June 11 on the basis of what it described as reasonable suspicions.
No official Israeli statement regarding the cause of death was immediately available. … Full article
MEMO | June 22, 2026
Israeli forces raided church-owned land belonging to the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque on Monday, in the latest move targeting Palestinian religious properties in occupied East Jerusalem, Anadolu reports.
In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate said personnel from Israel’s so-called “Nature Authority” raided the church-owned land and forced the official in charge of overseeing the property to leave the site.
The governorate said the land, owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem, covers around 11 dunams (2.72 acres) and is located near the Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan.
According to the statement, Israeli authorities seized the land on June 15 and surrounded it with fences and gates, prompting the Patriarchate to file a lawsuit demanding the restoration of the land and the removal of Israeli control over the property.
An Israeli court has postponed a ruling in the case until Thursday after the Patriarchate submitted documents proving its ownership and continued use and maintenance of the land before its seizure.
According to Jerusalem-based institutions, the move is part of escalating Israeli measures targeting Palestinian land and religious properties in occupied East Jerusalem, particularly in neighborhoods surrounding Al-Aqsa Mosque. … Full article
IMEMC – June 22, 2026
At least three Israeli strikes hit a busy street in Gaza City in broad daylight on Monday, killing a Palestinian schoolgirl on her wayfrom final exams, in the latest Israeli violation of the US-backed ceasefire.
Raghad Ashour, a high-school student who was her family’s only child and whose father had previously been killed by Israeli forces, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City after returning from taking her final secondary school examination.
Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a civilian vehicle in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of paramedic Maisara Al Khawaja and the injury of three others. … Full article
MEMO | June 22, 2026
Despite months of attempts by Israel to support local armed groups in the Gaza Strip as an alternative to Hamas, growing Israeli media reports indicate that the experiment has failed to achieve its objectives, amid widespread public rejection of these groups and accusations that their members have committed abuses against civilians.
In this context, the Hebrew news website Zman Yisrael published a lengthy report concluding that more than 99 per cent of Gaza’s residents still live under Hamas rule, while the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continues to rely on armed militias that cooperate with the Israeli military despite their limited influence on the ground.
The report said these groups had failed to pose a genuine challenge to Hamas’s continued rule in the enclave. It added that their operational objectives remain vague and unclear even to observers closely following developments in Gaza.
According to the report, the practical impact of these militias is almost non-existent, apart from what it described as counterproductive outcomes that have harmed Israeli interests and weakened prospects of building trust between Gaza’s residents and those supporting the groups.
The website quoted residents from different parts of Gaza as saying they do not support the armed groups, arguing that they do not represent them or their national interests. Instead, they are widely viewed as tools linked to the Israeli project in the territory.
Press TV – June 22, 2026
The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Tehran will continue its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under existing procedures and in accordance with parliamentary legislation and decisions by the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).
Esmaeil Baghaei, who serves as spokesperson for the Iranian negotiating team, said on Monday that “Iran’s engagement with the Agency, in fulfillment of its obligations under safeguard agreements, will continue within the existing framework and in line with the resolutions of the Majlis (parliament) and the decisions of the Supreme National Security Council.”
The remarks came after US Vice President JD Vance said during a press conference at the Bürgenstock hotel that Iran had agreed to invite IAEA inspectors back into the country.
Sources familiar with Saturday’s talks in Switzerland said Tehran did not negotiate over its nuclear program during the 18-hour discussions and did not agree to any new commitments, IRNA reported.
Meanwhile, Fars News Agency quoted an informed source as saying that Vance’s claim was “false”.
Under the “Law Requiring the Government to Suspend Cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” enacted on June 25, 2025, Tehran has invited IAEA inspectors to visit its active nuclear facilities on a case-by-case basis, subject to approval by the SNSC. … continue
Iran could recover up to 1.6 million barrels per day within four to eight weeks, independent political analyst Faisal Alshammeri told Sputnik commenting on Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi’s recent announcement that oil and petrochemical export restrictions against the Islamic Republic have been lifted.
Iran returning “sustainably to the pre-war range of about 1.9 million barrels per day may require a full quarter,” Alshammeri pointed out.
The analyst pointed to “the uncertainty surrounding the political and legal framework” as Iran’s “primary challenge” in terms of durable oil exports.
“Sustainable normalization will depend on banking, insurance, shipping security and, above all, the durability of the political agreement” between Iran and the US, Alshammeri underscored.
He was echoed by energy economist Kazi Sohag of Saint Petersburg University who didn’t rule out a substantial increase in Iran’s oil output already in July.
“Iran can recover a good chunk of exports relatively quickly if the US waivers are implemented and the Strait of Hormuz is kept open,” Sohag noted.
As for potential first-wave buyers, China is expected to be the initial and largest importer of revived Iranian crude, the analysts predicted. They added that India could form the second wave, while Türkiye may also return relatively early. South Korea, Japan, and eventually EU member states could follow suit in the future.
By Junaid S. Ahmad | MEMO | June 22, 2026
In Switzerland, amid the alpine calm where empires go to perfume panic as diplomacy, Iran delivered another masterclass in the ancient art of refusing to kneel.
The Americans arrived with the usual imperial luggage: threats, ultimatums, sanctions theology, and that peculiar Washington habit of mistaking obedience for “peace.” Iran arrived with something far less fashionable and far more effective: leverage. Not the decorative leverage of think-tank seminars and cable-news generals, but the real kind — the kind that closes straits, terrifies markets, freezes war rooms, and forces the self-appointed masters of the universe to rediscover geography.
The spectacle would be hilarious if it were not so historically obscene. … continue
Al-Manar | June 22, 2026
The supply chain constraints affecting US missile production are structural in nature; they cannot be solved merely by throwing money at them, The National Interest website introduced its article written by by Harrison Kass and titled “Why Can’t America Make More Interceptor Missiles?”.
The article maintained that one of the sharpest conflicts stemming from America’s wars in the Middle East is the rapid depletion of its anti-air interceptor missile inventory, adding that months of operations in the Middle East during the Trump administration—first Operation Rough Rider against the Houthis in Yemen, then the far more expansive Operation Epic Fury against Iran, alongside consistent support for Israeli air defenses in the post-October 7 period—have consumed advanced interceptor missiles at a pace far faster than America’s existing defense industrial base can replace them. … continue
By Ron Paul | June 22, 2026
Against the odds, the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the US and Iran appears to be holding, after threats and counter-threats. It may collapse, but it has survived a first round of talks between the two sides in Switzerland over the weekend.
President Trump started a war on Iran against all sober guidance and in violation of the US Constitution’s requirement that only Congress can declare war. There must be a reckoning for our elected leaders who violate their oath of office, the Constitution, and simple common sense.
However, what is more telling is the reaction when President Trump finally took the correct move and attempted to end the war. The neocons who had hailed him as a great leader – Levin, Bolton, Pompeo, etc. – suddenly turned against him when he turned against further escalation of the war.
Even Trump’s top funder, Miriam Adelson, attacked Trump in her newspaper Israel Hayom. “You could have been the greatest president of all, but you failed,” the newspaper wrote in an editorial.
Not much gratitude from the Israel-first crowd, even if the war was started to benefit Israel.
And more telling even than this was the reaction of the “opposition” party in Congress, the Democrats. … continue
Al Mayadeen | June 22, 2026
Following the conclusion of the first round of the Iran-US talks in Switzerland on Monday, the media committee of the Iranian negotiating delegation issued a statement outlining the main points and understandings reached during the talks.
The Bürgenstock talks outline a phased framework linking security arrangements, financial measures, and sanctions relief to conditional implementation steps.
Key developments include a Lebanon ceasefire monitoring mechanism, structured communication over the Strait of Hormuz, coordinated asset release arrangements, and temporary sanctions relief measures tied to energy exports. … continue
An Essay on the Disease That Began in 1819
Lies are Unbekoming | June 22, 2026
The poor did not get hay fever.
In the 1820s, when John Bostock first documented the condition in London, every case he could find was in the middle or upper classes. He inquired at the dispensaries and across the country and found, in his own words, no unequivocal case occurring among the poor.¹ Twenty years earlier, a new medical procedure had been introduced in England. The disease appeared in the class that received the procedure. Those who had not received it remained free of it. The procedure was Edward Jenner’s vaccination, the insertion of material from cowpox lesions into incisions in the human arm. The material’s origin was the cow.²
Hay fever did not exist in the medical literature before this. The first cases appeared in the population that had received the procedure. The mechanism by which injection of foreign protein produces sensitization to bystander substances was discovered before the end of the century, demonstrated in animal models repeatedly since, and conceded by establishment investigators in at least one specific case. The condition that tens of millions experience as a feature of biology is an artifact of the syringe. … continue
By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | June 18, 2026
A federal advisory committee today unanimously voted to endorse Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine — just months after rejecting the company’s application on the basis that Moderna had not performed an “adequate and well-controlled” clinical trial.
The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), which reviews scientific data on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines and other therapeutics on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), voted 9-0 in dual votes to recommend approval of the vaccine for the 50-64 and 65-plus age groups.
Today’s votes took place after several hours of presentations based on the findings of Moderna’s Phase 4 clinical trial data for its mRNA-1010 vaccine. The trial compared the efficacy of mRNA-1010 to that of a conventional, non-mRNA flu vaccine.
Daniel O’Connor, founder and CEO of TrialSite News, told The Defender today’s favorable votes “may reflect the committee’s view that the benefit-risk profile is acceptable.” However, the vote “does not erase the fundamental concerns surrounding this application.” … continue
By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | June 18, 2026
A pharmaceutical regulatory expert says Merck failed to adequately warn the public that its Gardasil HPV vaccine could be linked to postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) and other autoimmune-related conditions, according to a public court filing.
The expert report, released after Merck settled hundreds of Gardasil lawsuits, alleges the company had sufficient evidence to strengthen the vaccine‘s safety warnings years earlier but chose not to do so.
Since Merck’s highly profitable Gardasil vaccine first came on the market in 2006, the list of side effects on the label has grown.
Over time, Merck added reports of dizziness, fatigue, fainting and other conditions. And eventually, the label noted that there had been postmarketing reports of autoimmune diseases, motor neuron disease, transverse myelitis and other conditions.
The collection of symptoms — along with evidence from animal studies, Merck’s own clinical trials, case reports submitted to the company and published scientific literature — all indicated that Gardasil could cause autoimmune disorders and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) in some individuals.
Yet the company never warned the public about these risks, according to regulatory affairs specialist Stephen Amato, Ph.D., a professor and department chair of Graduate Regulatory Affairs and Life Science at Northeastern University and former U.S. Food and Drug Administration consultant with decades of experience in pharmaceutical regulation.
Amato concluded that Merck should have added stronger warnings about possible autoimmune-related adverse events, including POTS, to the Gardasil label. […]
Amato also criticized aspects of Merck’s clinical trial design, postmarketing surveillance practices and its marketing of the vaccine.
Amato contends that Merck’s marketing materials overstated the vaccine’s benefits and that the company’s pharmacovigilance efforts prioritized protecting the product’s reputation rather than fully investigating potential safety concerns. – Full article
By Cindy Harper | Reclaim The Net | June 21, 2026
Britain’s communications regulator is pressing Telegram to find ways of seeing what its users say to one another in private. Ofcom has begun questioning the messaging app about how it detects and prevents illegal incitement, following the conviction of a Ukrainian man for arson attacks on a car and properties connected to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Roman Lavrynovych, 22, was reportedly drawn in through a public Telegram channel that advertised money to post and print leaflets, and that channel broke no laws. It offered legal work and told anyone interested to “contact in private messages.” The real offers, first for the poster work and later for the arson, reportedly moved into one-to-one chats away from public view.
A spokesperson for Ofcom said it had contacted the app “to seek further clarification” because the arsonist had been directed on Telegram by a handler linked to Russia.
The regulator frames this as a preliminary stage ahead of any formal investigation, though the questions point in one direction. If nothing illegal appeared in the open channel, the only place left to look is inside the private conversations between individual users.
That request carries a cost the regulator has not spelled out. Telegram cannot scan private messages for signs of incitement without reading private messages, all of them, belonging to everyone, not the handful that turn out to involve a crime.
The arson plot stayed hidden in personal chats precisely because that is where people expect to speak without an audience. Asking Telegram to surface that content means asking it to treat ordinary private conversation as something to be inspected by default. … continue
Press TV – June 21, 2026
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla has condemned US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s claim that there is no oil blockade imposed by the United States on Cuba.
In a post published on X on Sunday, Rodríguez wrote: “When [Rubio] talks about incompetence in Cuba, he should be asked why he lies chronically and contradicts the US president and his spokeswoman by denying the existence of the total fuel blockade that the White House acknowledges.”
“There is no oil blockade on Cuba, per se,” Rubio claimed on Saturday while guest-hosting the daily White House press briefing.
Rodríguez stated that Rubio’s references to the situation in Cuba are consistently framed in a way that avoids responsibility and self-accountability, describing it as “an attempt to present himself as a savior.”
The Cuban foreign minister also denounced the “economic suffocation plan” against his country, saying it prevents foreign companies from selling parts and technology needed for the island’s thermoelectric plants.
The plan “prevents any company in the world from selling oil to our country” and also targets CUPET, the Cuban company responsible for fuel logistics and energy infrastructure, he explained. … continue
IMEMC – June 20, 2026
As people around the world celebrate the global football competition known as the World Cup, pro-Palestine activists have called out FIFA for its complicity in Israeli apartheid, and called on the global football operation to drop its ties with Sentrycs, and Israeli anti-drone technology company.
According to the Israeli news site Globes, “As part of its acquisition spree in Israel, US company Ondas (Nasdaq: ONDS) last November bought Sentrycs, which develops and produces anti-drone technologies. Sentrycs technology has been chosen to provide security against drones during the World Cup this summer in the US, Canada and Mexico.”
Quds News reports that Sentrycs, the company securing World Cup matches, is an Israeli company founded in Tel Aviv under the supervision of individuals who worked and trained in Unit 8200, the intelligence unit of the Israeli army. The company’s products are also used by the Israeli army and by weapons manufacturers affiliated with the Israeli government, such as Rafael.
According to Quds News, this role makes Sentrycs complicit in the genocide in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, and its technologies have contributed to the commission of war crimes. Sentrycs’ participation in securing World Cup matches is a reward for the company despite its crimes against humanity, instead of subjecting it to boycott and accountability.
IMEMC – June 20, 2026
On Saturday, illegal colonizers, with the support of Israeli soldiers, injured at least six Palestinians in the Hebron and Salfit governorates. Settlers demolished a barn in the town of Arraba, southwest of Jenin, while soldiers and settlers harassed farmers and prevented them from accessing their land.
Media sources reported that a group of Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal “Beit Ein” colony stormed Palestinian lands in the “Al-Quraynat” area in the town of Surif, northwest of Hebron in the southern occupied West Bank.
Occupation soldiers, providing protection for the illegal settlers, opened fire with live rounds towards Palestinians who resisted the incursion.
Two Palestinians, a father (57) and his son (27), sustained live gunshot injuries, while another young man (31) suffered a fractured jaw and bruising, after settlers assaulted him with batons.
Another group of colonizers assaulted Palestinians while they were picking sage in the village of Iskaka, northeast of Salfit in the central West Bank.
The settlers injured the citizens Bashar Lami, Aisha Lami, and Fawzia Lami after assaulting them; they were transported to the hospital for treatment. … Full article
The Cradle | June 21, 2026
Al-Jazeera Media Network condemned on 20 June Israel’s “deliberate killing” of one of its journalists in Gaza, Ahmad Washah, while calling on the international community to punish Israeli officials for this and other crimes against its media workers.
Ahmad Washah, a cameraman for Al-Jazeera Mubasher, was killed by an Israeli drone strike on a house in Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday.
He is the 12th Al-Jazeera media worker to be killed in Gaza since Israel began its genocide of Palestinians in October 2023.
The network called on “the international community and legal institutions to take urgent, practical measures to hold the Israeli officials involved in these appalling crimes accountable,” the statement added.
Washah’s brother, Mohammad, was killed in an Israeli strike just two months earlier, in April, also while working as a correspondent for Al-Jazeera Mubasher. Before Mohammed’s death, the brothers worked together as a team, with Ahmad filming for Mohammad. … continue
MEMO | June 21, 2026
Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed and several others injured in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in the latest violations of a ceasefire in effect since Oct. 10, 2025, a medical source said, Anadolu reports.
An Israeli strike targeted a group of civilians near Dream Hall west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, killing the two and injuring others, the source said.
Another Palestinian was critically wounded after an Israeli airstrike hit a tent at Ibn Sina School in the Al-Nasr neighborhood northwest of Gaza City, the source added.
Both locations targeted by the Israeli military lie outside areas where Israeli forces are deployed under the terms of the ceasefire agreement, witnesses told Anadolu Agency. … Full article
Palestinian Information Center – June 21, 2026
DAMASCUS – The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out an incursion into Syrian territory early Sunday morning, reaching the village of Abdin in the Yarmouk Basin area of the western Daraa countryside.
The Syrian Arab News Agency reported that more than 10 military vehicles carrying troops advanced into the area between Ma’ariya and Abdin, eventually reaching the outskirts of Abdin.
The IOF reportedly searched several homes in the village of Abdin, sparking panic among local residents.
Southern Syrian areas, in particular, witness near-daily Israeli violations taking multiple forms, including airstrikes, incursions, the establishment of military checkpoints, as well as home raids and the detention of civilians, among them children and shepherds.
Al Mayadeen | June 21, 2026
The Israeli military said on Friday that the commander of the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Armored Brigade was killed in southern Lebanon, an announcement that has renewed attention on the same unit previously linked to the harrowing killing of six-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza, Anadolu Agency reported.
The army stated that Lt. Col. Dor Gedalia Ben Simhon, 32, from Beit HaShita and commander of the 52nd Battalion of the 401st Brigade, was killed alongside three soldiers after their tank was struck by Hezbollah during confrontations in South Lebanon.
Ben Simhon is the fourth commander of the 52nd Battalion to be killed or wounded since the beginning of the Israeli war in Gaza and Lebanon, as per Israeli media.
The 52nd Battalion has come under international scrutiny over its involvement in the killing of six-year-old Hind Rajab. … Full article
Press TV – June 21, 2026
Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Movahedi Azad says the judiciary has launched hundreds of criminal and civil cases related to acts of aggression by the United States and Israel against the Iranian nation.
Speaking during a televised interview on Saturday, Movahedi Azad said the judiciary began legal proceedings immediately after the 12-day war in June 2025.
Legal authorities, he said, have since filed criminal complaints against those responsible and opened multiple cases at the Tehran Prosecutor’s Office.
According to him, more than 200 criminal cases have been referred to special investigative branches and are currently under review.
Several rulings, including compensation judgments against Washington and countries allied with it, had already been issued, with some entering the enforcement stage, he added.
In parallel, special civil courts staffed by judges with relevant expertise have been established to handle compensation claims arising from the aggression against the Islamic Republic. … continue
Al Mayadeen | June 21, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz will not be reopened until a ceasefire in Lebanon is properly put into practice and oil wavers are issued, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported on Sunday.
Citing a source close to the negotiating team, the news outlet reported that the waterway would remain closed until these conditions were met.
Iran reimposed its blockade on the Strait of Hormuz following continued Israeli attacks on Lebanese territory, with the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters stating that the Israeli aggressions violate the memorandum of understanding signed with the US. … Full article
The Iranian delegation to talks with the United States has raised objections directly with the American side over President Donald Trump’s latest threat of further military strikes, and is now weighing its next steps, a source told Press TV.
“The Iranian delegation has raised its objections to the American side and is currently assessing the conditions to give a proper response to Trump’s verbal threats,” the source said on Sunday.
Trump on Sunday threatened to restart war with Iran, warning Tehran to rein in its allies in Lebanon or face renewed and more powerful US military strikes.
“Iran must immediately stop their highly paid PROXIES in Lebanon from causing trouble. If they don’t, we’ll hit Iran very hard again, just like we did last week, only harder!!!” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform, referring to US war against the Islamic Republic, which started late February.
The threat was made as Iranian and American delegations were engaged in critical negotiations, mediated by Pakistan and Qatar, at the Bürgenstock resort in central Switzerland, where they are working to implement a 14-point memorandum of understanding.
The talks were the first to be held under the terms of the Islamabad MoU agreed a week ago.
Trump’s threat of further military action against Iran is a direct contravention of US commitments under the interim deal, whose clause 1 commits both parties “not to initiate any war or any military operation against each other, and to refrain from the threat or use of force against each other.”
A source close to Iran’s negotiating team later told Tasnim news agency that the Iranian delegation left the venue of talks with the United States in protest over Trump’s latest threat.
Palestinian Information Center – June 21, 2026
BEIRUT – Seven people, including two Palestinians, were martyred following Israeli airstrikes on areas in southern Lebanon, the National News Agency (NNA) reported on Sunday morning.
According to the Lebanese health ministry, five citizens, including a woman and a child, were martyred in Israeli airstrikes targeting the town of Sohmor in the Western Beqaa district.
Two Palestinians were also martyred in an airstrike that targeted the Rashidiyah refugee camp in the Tyre district.
These Israeli attacks come despite reports by Hebrew media outlets saying that the Israeli leadership issued strict directives for a complete ceasefire in southern Lebanon, the second such order in less than 24 hours.
The new Israeli instructions reportedly followed American pressure after Iran reclosed the Strait of Hormuz in response to violations of the ceasefire agreement, which mandates a permanent end to the war on all fronts, including Lebanon.
Al Mayadeen | June 21, 2026
Al Mayadeen’s Geneva Bureau chief reported on Sunday that various bilateral and trilateral meetings have begun at the Bürgenstock resort as preparations continue ahead of the first official session of Iran-US talks.
He added that the opening session is scheduled to take place at 2:30 PM al-Quds time.
The first file to be discussed after the inaugural session was the implementation of the first clause, which relates to ending the war, particularly on Lebanon, he further added.
Al Mayadeen’s Geneva bureau chief later reported that the Iranian delegation held talks with the Qatari delegation in Geneva to discuss the ceasefire in Lebanon, adding that the negotiations are scheduled to conclude later today, in line with the agreed agenda.
He also reported that, following a meeting with the Iranian delegation, Pakistani Prime Minister and Chief of Army Staff are holding talks with the US delegation, headed by Vice President JD Vance.
Sources had similarly told CNN earlier today that the talks will begin with an emergency session on Lebanon.
On a related note, an Iranian official had told CNN on Saturday that ending the Israeli war on Lebanon is “the most important item on the Iranian delegation’s agenda.”
Before departing for Switzerland, US Vice President JD Vance said that one of the top concerns included in the talks would be to make progress towards a ceasefire in Lebanon. … Full article
By Janna Kadri | Al Mayadeen | June 21, 2026
After every wave of strikes on Lebanon, the Israeli army claims striking Hezbollah, in response to what it insolently calls “the group’s repeated violations of the ceasefire,” listing fighters, command centers, rocket launch sites, and military infrastructure among the “targets”.
Yet the aftermath on the ground looks nothing like a battlefield of command centers and launch sites. It resembles more destroyed homes, grieving families, and children pulled from beneath the rubble.
By the end of June 19, Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health said Israeli attacks had killed 83 people and wounded 141 others across more than 30 towns and villages, many of them women and children. Images from the targeted areas showed destroyed homes, devastated residential neighborhoods, grieving families, and civilians being pulled from beneath the rubble, directly challenging “Israel’s” attempt to frame the assault as precise operations against “Hezbollah infrastructure”. […]
Despite “Israel’s” assertion that it was striking “Hezbollah infrastructure”, publicly available images from the targeted areas largely show damage to civilian neighborhoods and homes, with no sign whatsoever of military installations in any of the images.
While “Israel” claims its military operations are a “response to Hezbollah attacks and violations” of the ceasefire, Hezbollah announces that its operations are carried out in response to continued Israeli military advances and incursions into Lebanese territory, arguing that resistance against occupation forces constitutes self-defense enshrined in international law rather than a breach of the truce. … Read full article
Press TV – June 21, 2026
Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrich says the occupation’s forces will stay in Lebanon even if the United States demands their withdrawal.
In an interview with an Israeli newspaper published over the weekend, Smotrich was asked if the regime’s army would remain in Lebanon for years.
He replied, “Yes, and I say this as someone who is currently holding negotiations over the management of the army budget for the next decade.”
Asked if Israel should be forming military posts and bases in Lebanon, he said, “Everything, definitely.”
“But of course, until [the Lebanese resistance group] Hezbollah disarms, we aren’t moving a millimeter. This is the stance of the prime minister and the minister of military affairs, and mine too, and we are determined to stick to it,” the extremist minister added.
Smotrich also claimed the regime’s military won’t withdraw from Lebanon even in the face of an explicit US demand to do so.
He said he estimates that no such American demand will come, because “they understand our red lines.” … Full article
By Samuel Geddes | Al Mayadeen | June 21, 2026
After a week where it seemed the US-“Israel” and Iran were inevitably sliding back into open war, President Trump finally decided to cut his losses and snatch defeat from the jaws of catastrophe. The terms of his submission to Iran, aptly signed in the Palace of Versailles, enter the historical record as among the most humiliating articles of surrender ever accepted, not least by a supposed global hegemon.
On the sidelines of the G7 summit in Switzerland, no less than Trump himself admitted that his decision to accede to almost all of Iran’s demands was meant to forestall an imminent economic depression triggered by the Hormuz blockade. Still more jarringly, all of the many systemic concessions given by Washington; the ending of the US naval blockade, the immediate suspension of US sanctions against Tehran, the handing over of Iran’s sovereign assets frozen around the world, the muzzling of “Israel” from continuing its pyromaniacal rampage of the last three years- all of this was given by Washington in exchange for the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz (open before the war) and Iran’s willingness to negotiate the status of its nuclear program later on.
Of the agreed conditions, the most jaw-dropping article, which many found exceedingly difficult to take seriously, was the establishment of a fund for the reconstruction and economic development of Iran, amounting to $300 billion. The most up-to-date estimates of the damages caused to the Iranian economy by the US-Israeli aggression totaled $270 billion, a figure likely to be preliminary rather than final. Alongside this eye-watering sum, Tehran has already begun exporting its energy and petrochemical products free from the constraints of US primary and secondary sanctions, something almost certain to become permanent, while its $100 to $150 billions of international assets will bring in an added infusion of economic activity. … continue
By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | June 21, 2026
… The US Military has blown through its jet fuel reserves. The problem is compounded becuase Diesel reserves are at 25 year low. Diesel and Jet Fuel are critical Distillates. So the Trump administration must make a choice: support the military jets with jet fuel, or support the trucking Fleet with enough diesel fuel, to provide food and products to US consumers. Trump can’t wage war and keep the economy going at the current rate because diesel and jet fuel compete with each other when comes to production. So the question is, do you want to wage war or do you wanna save the economy and keep the trucks moving on the road? This is the main reason Trump signed the MoU with Iran. … Read full article
RT | June 17, 2026
Spy agencies in the EU and the US are spending millions of taxpayers’ money to access commercially available personal data, according to findings published on Tuesday by Interface, a European think tank that gathered evidence from 11 intelligence watchdogs.
The practice, known as advertising-based intelligence, or AdInt, involves using personal data collected by the advertising industry for intelligence and surveillance purposes. The report said commercially available personal data has become a primary surveillance tool for the agencies as they increasingly obtain information from technology companies and data brokers.
“Via commercial vendors, national security agencies typically purchase access to a constantly updated stream of bulk data. That data contains information on mobile devices’ unique IDs, their precise location over time, as well as granular profile data of individual app users linked to these devices,” said Thorsten Wetzling, one of the study’s authors.
The data can reveal a person’s location, age, gender, political preferences, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and communication patterns. It is often collected through online advertising auctions, software embedded in mobile apps, social media platforms and internet-connected devices, then aggregated and sold by data brokers. … Full article
Lies are Unbekoming – June 16, 2026
Herbert Shelton supervised more than thirty thousand fasts at his Natural Hygiene centers across four decades of clinical practice. What he documented across those decades has no place in conventional oncology and is therefore not discussed in oncology offices. When a person stops eating, the body selectively dismantles its own tissue, and it begins with the tissue it does not need. Fat reserves are consumed first. The body then begins to clear what it has been carrying without anatomical purpose: cysts, fibroids, tumors, arterial deposits, scar accumulations. Vital organs are protected until the very end. The body, given no food, performs surgery on itself, and the surgery is more precise than any external scalpel because the body knows what to keep.¹
Shelton called the process autolysis, meaning enzymatic self-digestion under conditions of voluntary food abstention. He observed fibroid tumors dissolve while the uterus housing them remained intact. He watched arthritic deposits clear while bone and muscle stayed strong. He documented hearts that grew stronger, not weaker, across fasts of two and three weeks. The dismantling was not indiscriminate. It followed a sequence that made anatomical sense, sparing what was useful and clearing what was not.
This is the most paradigm-coherent fact in the entire cancer literature, and almost no patient diagnosed with cancer is ever told about it.
The implications run in one direction. If the body, given no food, dissolves diseased tissue and protects healthy tissue, then the body is not the cause of its own disease but the agent of its own repair. What is needed is an intervention that creates the conditions under which that intelligence can operate, not one that overrides it. Fasting creates those conditions more completely than any other modality available. … continue
By Senator Ron Johnson | June 17, 2026
On April 29, 2026, as Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, I held a hearing and released a report titled “Unmasked: How Biden Health Officials Purposely Turned a Blind Eye Toward COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Signals.” There has not been a bigger government scandal during my lifetime, and yet even now that we have documented proof of corruption, most of the legacy media refuses to report on it.
My report details how in March 2021, Peter Marks — director of the FDA center that approves vaccines and is responsible for safety surveillance (CBER) — was briefed that the algorithm they were using to analyze the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) would mask or hide COVID-19 vaccine adverse event safety signals. Twenty-six days later, using an updated algorithm, senior FDA officials were shown 25 safety signals, including sudden cardiac death, pulmonary infarction, cerebral artery occlusion, basal ganglia stroke, agonal rhythm, and Bell’s palsy.
For the next three months, they received updates showing more serious safety signals. Instead of warning or informing the public, they ordered the data analyst to “cease and desist” and then lied to the American public that “they weren’t seeing safety signals” and that any adverse events were “rare and mild.” The whole point of using sophisticated algorithms to analyze VAERS is to find needles in the haystack — nonobvious potential harms that doctors and patients should be alerted to. … continue
By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | June 17, 2026
Controversy over a BMJ paper examining excess mortality trends during the COVID-19 pandemic remains unresolved more than two years after publication, Steve Kirsch reported on Substack.
Dutch researcher Saskia Mostert, M.D., Ph.D., led the study, which was published in BMJ Public Health in May 2024.
Mostert’s team analyzed excess mortality data from 47 Western countries and reported that elevated death rates persisted through 2022 and 2023 despite the end of pandemic restrictions and the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
The authors argued that the findings warranted further investigation into potential contributing factors, including pandemic-era policies, healthcare disruptions and mass vaccination programs.
The paper was attacked on PubPeer and Retraction Watch, two platforms that have become the driving force behind many recent retractions of peer-reviewed scientific papers whose findings challenge the mainstream narrative on vaccines, COVID-19 treatments and aluminum, among others.
Critics did not dispute the paper’s core findings that excess mortality was high and remained elevated in many Western countries during the study period. Instead, they criticized the paper’s discussion of the COVID-19 vaccines, saying it implied there was a causal link between the shots and excess death and encouraged readers to infer causation.
Several critics called for the paper to be retracted. … continue
Since they can’t win on the merits, they’ve resorted to other tactics
By Aaron Siri | Injecting Freedom | June 18, 2026
A journalist from The Guardian recently contacted me for a comment on vaccine-related studies I have previously cited in my work. The publishers of these studies have decided—years after publication—that these studies were so flawed and “dangerous to public health” that they needed to be retracted or investigated. The journalist wanted to know if I would amend my book and my recent ACIP presentation now that these studies were under attack.
My response:
“I welcome the media noting the targeted assassination of articles that do not fit the religious belief of vaccine proponents; this is also exemplified by the media’s lack of interest in the hundreds of other articles, reviews, and trial documents from my book and ACIP presentation which make plain that the claim vaccines are ‘safe and effective’ is not supported by the available evidence.”
So which studies are under fire? You won’t be surprised that they are on some of the biggest hot-button topics when it comes to vaccine injury… continue
Press TV – June 20, 2026
Iran’s deputy foreign minister has warned Australia against imposing costs on doctors and medical professionals over criticizing Israel’s war crimes in Gaza and Lebanon.
In a post on X, Kazem Gharibabadi said that there is a clear distinction between hate speech and defending Palestinian and Lebanese children who have been killed by the Israeli regime.
He said imposing “professional costs such as bans and restrictions against doctors critical of the Zionist regime’s crimes constitute an attack on professional freedom of expression and medical conscience.”
“Hate speech is one thing; defending murdered children and bombed hospitals is another,” he added.
The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) on Wednesday announced it had adopted the so-called International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of what it describes as antisemitism for its regulatory work.
Ahpra chief executive Justin Untersteiner said the agency is committed to working with the Special Envoy for Antisemitism and partners to eliminate anti-Israel remarks from the health system. … Full article
RT | June 20, 2026
Social media platform X has declined to remove a post by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for the destruction of Lebanon, despite its rules prohibiting threats and incitement targeting people on the basis of ethnicity, national origin or religion.
Published on Friday, the call came amid fragile efforts to halt fighting in the region. Despite a US-Iran-brokered ceasefire intended to cover all fronts, including Lebanon, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to withdraw forces from its northern neighbor, prompting Tehran to delay follow-up peace talks in Switzerland.
Reuters reported later in the day that Hezbollah and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire after mediation by the US and Qatar, although neither side officially confirmed the deal and open-source intelligence monitors said Israeli strikes in Lebanon continued after the truce was announced.
“All of Lebanon should burn!” Ben-Gvir wrote in the controversial post on X. … Full article
Press TV – June 20, 2026
The EU leaders have welcomed the Islamabad memorandum of understanding signed between Iran and the US, but critics say they did nothing to try to prevent the illegal war against the Islamic Republic and may have even encouraged it.
In January, for example, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz claimed that Iran’s government was in its “final days and weeks”. That prediction didn’t age well.
International law experts widely agree that the war was illegal, yet the EU remains unwilling to acknowledge this.
Analysts argue that is because Israel enjoys extraordinary influence over EU decision-making.
Countries such as Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Slovenia, and Luxembourg want to punish Israel by curtailing economic ties, but the bloc’s powerhouse, Germany, won’t have it. … Full article
RT | June 20, 2026
Albania is preparing for the biggest anti-government protest in weeks on Saturday night, with tens of thousands from all over country, as well as diaspora representatives from abroad, arriving in the capital Tirana, according to local media reports. The Balkan country has seen three weeks of demonstrations against a controversial luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump.
What began as a local campaign has evolved into a nationwide movement dubbed the “Flamingo Revolution” by local and international media, after the wading birds that inhabit the area targeted for development.
The slogan “Albania is not for sale” has become the movement’s rallying cry, reflecting concerns about foreign investment and transparency. […]
The government granted the project “Strategic Investor” status in December 2024, giving it access to accelerated administrative procedures. The decision followed a February 2024 amendment to Albania’s protected areas legislation that critics said made the development possible.
The Special Anti-Corruption Structure (SPAK) has opened investigations into legislative changes, land-status decisions and administrative procedures connected to the development following complaints from opposition lawmakers and environmental groups.
Albania’s leading conservation group PPNEA told The Guardian there had been “no public consultation” and a “total lack of transparency.” – Full article
Palestinian Information Center – June 20, 2026
GAZA – The association of water desalination stations in the Gaza Strip has warned of an imminent humanitarian catastrophe as several desalination plants have shut down due to severe fuel shortages.
In a statement addressed to official authorities and international organizations on Saturday, the association affirmed that some desalination stations had already shut down over the past two days after running completely out of fuel, threatening the supply of drinking water for hundreds of thousands of citizens.
The association said that a UNICEF representative informed owners of the desalination stations last Thursday that the agency was unable to secure the diesel fuel needed to operate their water facilities. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | June 20, 2026
An Israeli airstrike killed four people, members of the same family, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, in the latest violence to shatter a fragile ceasefire that has done little to stem bloodshed across the Palestinian enclave.
An overnight Israeli strike on an apartment building in the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City killed four members of the al-Safadi family, a husband, wife, and their two daughters, according to the Civil Defense agency. The strike also injured 12 others, the agency said.
Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital confirmed it received the bodies of four al-Safadi family members, including two children.
In separate incidents reported Saturday, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said Israeli aircraft struck the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City, killing at least one person and wounding several others near Ahmed Pharmacy on the neighborhood’s Third Street.
In southern Gaza, an Israeli drone strike west of Khan Younis killed one person, while a separate air raid on a vehicle in the same city left at least 10 others wounded, according to the correspondent.
The Israeli military also carried out a demolition operation northeast of Gaza City, the latest in a series of systematic destructions of residential and civilian infrastructure in the area, Palestinian sources said. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | June 20, 2026
Israeli allegations that Hezbollah violated a ceasefire agreement are “completely baseless”, Hezbollah’s Media Relations Office stated, describing them as part of ongoing attempts to mislead public opinion and a strained effort to sabotage the agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America.
It added that the total number of Israeli violations and breaches since dawn on Friday has exceeded 300 documented violations and attacks, including airstrikes carried out by warplanes and drones, artillery shelling of various calibers, and the firing of phosphorus shells, targeting more than 25 towns and villages, including the city of Nabatieh. These assaults resulted in more than 111 citizens martyred and 176 others wounded, with initial information also indicating the enemy’s use of internationally prohibited cluster bombs.
Furthermore, “the total number of violations and attacks since this morning until now has reached no fewer than 180 attacks, resulting in more than 28 martyrs, including three members of the Lebanese Army, and 35 wounded,” the statement added.
The Media Office stressed that “Israel” has never adhered to the terms of any ceasefire agreements, not on 27-11-2024, nor on 08-04-2026, nor after the announcement of the Iran–US memorandum of understanding on 14-06-2026, nor even on Friday 19-06-2026. Instead, it has, according to the Office, continued its violations of Lebanese sovereignty through aerial assaults, shelling, destruction of homes, intimidation of civilians, and killing of civilians. … Full article
Who asked for Doug Feith’s opinion anyway?
By Jim Lobe | Responsible Statecraft | June 18, 2026
Assume, for the sake of argument, that you think the U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) just signed by President Donald Trump in Versailles is a disaster for both the United States and especially for Israel. Who would you want to be in the forefront of the campaign to persuade American public opinion that it should be abandoned or killed off altogether?
There are any number of candidates, but I, for one, would NOT choose anyone who bore major responsibility for the debacles in Afghanistan and Iraq.
So, it was with great surprise that I found today that Douglas Feith, a key architect of both disasters ab initio, emerged from near-total obscurity at the hardline neoconservative Hudson Institute to publish an op-ed in the Washington Post assailing Vice President J.D. Vance (and indirectly Trump) for dangerous naivete in dealing with Iran. … continue
Israel’s goals of territorial expansion conflict with the goals of the US president
By Harrison Berger | The American Conservative | June 19, 2026
After President Donald Trump signed a preliminary Iran peace deal on Wednesday, Israel’s occupation and bombing of Lebanon presents the central obstacle to a final agreement and lasting peace. Securing and upholding the final peace deal will require the kind of confrontation with Israel that Trump has avoided for most of his presidency, given Iran’s leverage over the Strait of Hormuz and global energy flows. … continue
Press TV – June 20, 2026
Iran says its negotiating delegation has departed for Switzerland to press the United States to fulfill its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), particularly its obligation to ensure Israel stops attacking Lebanon, stressing that talks on a final agreement cannot begin until key commitments are implemented.
In a televised address on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the visit should not be viewed as a second phase of negotiations, explaining that it was originally scheduled for Friday and was intended primarily for the signing of the memorandum.
However, the memorandum was ultimately signed digitally by the presidents of the two countries, eliminating the need for an immediate meeting, he said.
“This trip is essentially aimed at demanding the fulfillment of the other party’s commitments,” Baghaei said in a televised interview. “Any understanding or agreement is ultimately tested during the implementation phase.”
Baghaei said Iran’s objective in Switzerland is to assess how the other side intends to carry out its obligations and to seek assurances regarding implementation.
According to the spokesman, negotiations on a final agreement can begin only after the implementation of commitments outlined in Clauses 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11 of the memorandum has started and is sustained.
“Unfortunately, we are not witnessing that situation at present,” he said.
Baghaei further warned that violations of the Lebanon ceasefire by Israel have placed the entire memorandum of understanding between Tehran and Washington at risk, noting that the US has failed to uphold its commitment to restrain Israel. … Full article
Al Mayadeen | June 20, 2026
The Strait of Hormuz is shut down in response to ongoing Israeli aggression on southern Lebanon, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters announced, deeming Israeli actions a violation of Iran’s agreement with the US.
In a statement carried by Iranian state television, the Khatam HQ accused the United States of breaching its obligations under a memorandum of understanding related to ending the war, and also cited continued Israeli military actions in southern Lebanon, including ceasefire violations, killings, forced displacement of civilians, and failure to withdraw from Lebanese territory. It added that the measure reflects a response to the deterioration of compliance by the opposing parties and the persistence of hostilities on the ground.
“In light of the United States’ blatant violation of its commitments and breach of the provisions of Article One of the memorandum of understanding to end the war and in response to the ongoing and continuous violation of the ceasefire by the Israeli entity in southern Lebanon, the continued brutal killing and forcible displacement of the Lebanese people, and its failure to withdraw from southern Lebanon, it is hereby announced that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed to maritime navigation,” the statement read. … continue
By Kit Klarenberg | Al Mayadeen | June 20, 2026
On June 15th, two young Ukrainian men were found guilty in London of conspiring to carry out arson attacks on two homes and a car intimately connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Little-reported, curious details of the trial, and a post-conviction propaganda blitz led by the BBC blaming Russian intelligence actors for inspiring and directing the pair’s incendiary crimes, raise a number of ominous questions about precisely what happened, why, and for whom the alleged perpetrators were truly working. … continue
Sputnik – 20.06.2026
US-funded research into disease-causing properties of anthrax, plague, tularemia Marburg, and Ebola was about developing biological agents “tailored to specific genetic profiles,” ex-CIA intelligence officer Larry Johnson tells Sputnik.
The US has been running a covert military-biological program right on Russia’s doorstep to study pathogens “that could be used as weapons,” says Johnson, commenting fresh evidence obtained by the Russian MoD exposing the dangerous biolab research in Ukraine.
The Russian intel and US declassified documents confirm that labs built by contractors like Metabiota, Black & Veatch, and CH2M Hill and financed from the US state budget had a specific agenda, says the pundit:
“This was a deliberate effort to target Russia with a possible biological weapon.”
Johnson reminds that Russia’s warnings about this threat to its national security have been dismissed as “disinformation” by the West and the WHO, which is “simply just another tool of the US.”
Its high time Russia started enforcing consequences on the US for being “an active aggressor in this war against Russia,” he emphasizes, adding:
“They need to be put on notice that this stops, and it stops now.”
RT | June 20, 2026
Three people have been killed in attacks by Kiev’s drones in Russian regions bordering Ukraine, the authorities have said.
The Ukrainian military used UAVs to drop mines on a busy highway in Russia’s Lugansk People Republic (LPR) overnight, Governor Leonid Pasechnik wrote on Telegram on Saturday morning.
“One of the residents found a suspicious device and attempted to remove it on his own. This resulted in an explosion. Unfortunately, two people were killed,” he said.
The governor stressed that people should not approach mines or drone debris, but instead immediately inform the authorities of their discovery.
“The Kiev regime is continuing its terror campaign against civilians,” Padeschik said.
Earlier in the day, the acting governor of Bryansk Region, Egor Kovalchuk, said that Kiev’s FPV-drones, which are remotely controlled by operators in real-time, targeted the village of Suzemka near Russia’s border with Ukraine.
A man was killed in the attack, while a woman suffered injuries and required hospitalization, Kovalchuk wrote on Telegram.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that at least 187 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by air defenses overnight. … Full article
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- Ukraine as a laboratory of ‘techno-fascism’
- Desperate Starmer choosing piracy as distraction over UK crime crisis – Putin envoy
- Albanian villagers say Jared Kushner’s projects developed on disputed land
- Exposing The Great Acid Reflux Scam
- The Dutch Covid Inquiry Is Not Looking for the Truth
- ‘Vigilante Science’: How Anonymous Critics Are Trying to Silence Peer-Reviewed Vaccine Research
- DHS docs: Govt bracing for nationwide anti-AI riots, preparing to crack down on dissent
- UK judge sentences Palestine Action activists to over 20 years in prison
- Palestinian Football Association chief denied US visa to attend World Cup 2026
- Colonizers Invade Homes, Target Service Crews Across West Bank
- Sick Palestinian American university student detained without charge
- Israeli army kills Palestinian municipality worker in central Gaza
- India signals rethink over West Asia
- Trump agreed to release $24B in frozen Iranian assets without formal announcement: Report
- Israeli Ex-Navy Chief admits massive damage from Iran missiles
- The strategic arsenal US lost in war against Iran – and why replenishment will take years
- No return to pre-war status for Strait of Hormuz – Iran’s top diplomat
- Ex-South Korean President sentenced for trying to provoke conflict with Pyongyang
- Documents Suggest Fauci Knew COVID Was Created in Wuhan Lab, and mRNA Vaccines Wouldn’t Work
- US publishes docs on ‘dangerous’ Ukrainian biolabs
- Trump’s ERAM cruise missiles for Ukraine blow up his peace overtures to Russia
- Four civilians killed by Ukrainian attacks on Russia
- EU state lifts arms embargo on Israel after spy scandal
- French watchdog reveals Israeli propaganda firm meddled in New York, Scottish, African elections
- Trump State Department Moves to Deport Trita Parsi
- UK judge brands Palestine Action activists ‘terrorists’ for storming Israeli weapons company
- Israel killed more Palestinians in occupied West Bank since 2023 than prior 17 years combined: Report
- Report: US military building new base near Gaza border to support post-war plan
- Hamas: Israeli shift of Gaza’s “Yellow Line” constitutes blatant ceasefire violation
- Text of Iran-US deal ‘reached’, Pakistan working to ‘finalize next steps’: PM Sharif
- Former Israeli minister warns US–Iran deal is ‘bad for Israel’
- The Kharg gamble could backfire on America
- Israel launches fresh aggression on southern Lebanon, violating April ceasefire
- Syria’s al-Sharaa pours cold water on US claims of willingness to ‘enter’ Lebanon
- Iran is not the one using Lebanon as its bargaining chip
- Egypt and Turkey launch joint air force exercises
- West Asian state ‘blocked’ Israel from using airspace to attack Iran despite past cooperation: Report
- Iranian media reveal details of potential Iran-US draft MoU
- Iranian Media Publishes 14-Point Iran-US Deal Draft, Revealing Tehran’s Key Conditions
- Canada’s Bill C-34 Would Require ID or Face Scan to Use Social Media
- Insult protection for German politicians proves unpopular
- Merz Using Anti-Russia Rhetoric to Hide Nord Stream Probe Failures – AfD Leader
- EU court adviser delivers another ‘Pfizergate’ blow to von der Leyen
- London’s ‘Kosher’ Property Fair: Or How to Sell a War Crime with Canapés
- Israel deports French journalist over criticism of Gaza genocide
- 88 attacks against Palestinian Christians recorded since start of year
- Palestinian killed, others wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza
- Palestinian factions submit response to mediators, reject disarmament proposal
- Secretary of War Crimes
- Iran files war crimes case over US strike on water reservoirs
- US ‘limited war’ strategy against Iran deepens its strategic quagmire as Tehran’s deterrence grows
- Arab Powers Mull Regional Security Alliance – Jordan’s Ex-Minister
- Israeli aggression hits South Lebanon, Bekaa; casualties reported
- Israeli occupation troops abduct two Lebanese municipal workers
- A New Economic Front: Yemen’s Entrance to Regional War against US-Israeli Alliance
- Three missing Indian sailors confirmed dead in US strike on tanker in Sea of Oman
- Three civilians injured by Ukrainian attack on southern Russian city
- Will Trump Break JFK’s Agreement on Cuba?
- UK court grants Allianz permission to sue pro-Palestine activists for nearly $400,000
- Eight Killed in Gaza as Israeli Forces Intensify Attacks
- Israeli police demolish home in Beit Hanina, displacing ten Palestinian family members
- B’Tselem releases video showing Israeli soldier shooting Palestinian baby in West Bank
- 18 year old Palestinian shepherd Hussein Bsharat abducted by occupation forces
- Army Injures Two Palestinians in Nablus and Jenin
- Settlers, sanctions and impunity
- Christian village in occupied West Bank goes up in flames after large-scale attack by Israeli settlers
- Christian leaders in Lebanon’s Tyre urge international intervention after Israeli evacuation warning
- India summons US diplomat, lodges ‘strong protest’ after tanker strike off Oman leaves crewmembers missing
- Iran, Russia, China reject IAEA resolution as politically driven
- Nuking Iran: Why Israel and the US gain nothing from crossing the ultimate red line
- Trump’s renewed threats against Iran reek of desperation as his political clock rapidly runs out
- Iranian missiles pierced US defense systems, hit 70% of targets: Fars
- US strikes cut drinking water to 20,000 in Iran’s Hormozgan province
- Pakistan says Israel derailed US–Iran peace deal described as ‘inches away’: Report
- Why Iran’s Retaliation for Israel’s Attack on Beirut is a Regional Game Changer
- Araghchi warns Washington: Iran will not leave any attack unanswered
- Iran launches concerted retaliatory strikes against American military targets after fresh US aggression
- Ukraine must compensate Germany for blowing up Nord Stream – AfD co-leader
- Bulgaria to stop supplying arms to Ukraine
- France-Germany fighter jet project collapses amid disputes
- US Leads Nuclear Spending Surge as Global Arsenal Costs Hit Record $119 Billion
- The Possibility Of Bari Weiss Being Installed As Head Of CNN Is Part Of Israel’s Information War
- Israel Hires Hollywood Producers To Propagandize Americans
- Congress Moves to Institutionalize US-Israeli Relationship
- Israeli army assaults 4 children after new incursion in Syria’s Quneitra countryside
- Gaza and its people may not survive this phase of ceasefire
- Israeli forces kidnap Red Crescent paramedics in Gaza
- Hamas: Iran seeking end to war on all fronts, including Gaza
- Israel’s Ben-Gvir calls for abduction of Lebanese women to pressure Hezbollah
- Israeli attacks on Tyre kill 9, injure dozens of others
- Lebanese Parliament speaker demands full Israeli withdrawal as Hezbollah exposes Trump’s false claims
- Israel used Jordanian airspace to bomb Iran: Report
- How Successful Were Iran’s Retaliatory Strikes on Israel? Israeli Military Censors Don’t Want You To Know.
- The Disappearing Aid Check: The Future of US–Israel Defense Support
- Six killed, others injured in Israeli attacks in Gaza
- ‘Instead of trying to control the whole world’, pro-Israel advocates can control AI, AJC told
- Election observers pressured during controversial Armenia vote – official
- OSCE Mission Calls Out Pashinyan for Threats Against Opposition Ahead of Armenia’s Elections
- Russia warns against US push to pass anti-Iran resolution at IAEA
- New IAEA draft resolution recycles Iran ‘non-compliance’ myth while ignoring two imposed wars
- Next 72 hrs will tell us whether Israel plans to kill Trump peace
- ‘Israel’ fails to achieve any strategic objective in Lebanon: Haaretz
- Massie Takes To House Floor To Call For The Truth About The USS Liberty
- Inside the Lamerd carnage: How new US PrSM missiles were tested on children during 40-day war
- Iran denies attacking Saudi Arabia, warns of Israeli false-flag
- Abraham Accords: Why Trump’s “mandatory” deal collapsed
- Iran halts retaliation against ‘Israel’, warns against aggression
- IRGC hits Haifa industrial sites after Mahshahr petrochemical plant attacked
- Israel Crosses Iran’s Redline in a Mission to Prevent Trump from Signing a Peace Deal with Iran
- French jets down mystery drone over Latvia
- Ukrainian drone hits Moscow-Crimea passenger train – governor
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