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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early Thursday that it targeted a US airbase in Kuwait in response to an American aerial strike near Bandar Abbas Airport in southern Iran, Anadolu reports. According to Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency, the IRGC said the retaliatory strike came at 4.50 am (0120GMT), hours after what it described as a US assault on a point near the port city’s airport using aerial projectiles. “This response is a serious warning so that the enemy knows that aggression will not go unanswered, and if repeated, our response will be more decisive,” it said. Later, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said Thursday through US social media company X that Iran launched “a ballistic missile toward […]

The EU focus on sanctioning Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir tells only a fragment of the story. Ben Gvir may be the face of Israel’s colonial dehumanisation at the moment, but Israel is the structure in which colonial dehumanisation is embedded. In a letter sent to the European Council President Antonio Costa and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas last week, MEPs called upon the EU to institute a travel ban against Ben Gvir. “The recent horrifying video footage … represents a level of ruthlessness and inhumanity that the European Union can no longer ignore.” Ben Gvir’s actions in the context of the Global Sumud Flotilla activists are certainly degrading and despicable. However, […]

Pro-Israel donors linked to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) are reportedly using new, innocuous-sounding fundraising vehicles to direct money to favoured candidates in high-stakes Democratic primaries, as support for Israel becomes increasingly toxic in US politics. According to details reviewed by The Lever, a newly formed joint fundraising committee, Better Blue Fund is one of the groups using weakened campaign finance rules to act as a “one-stop shop” for contributions from some of the pro-Israel lobby’s largest longtime donors. More than $250,000 has been raised by the fund in under two months for Democratic candidates who have faced scrutiny over their support for military aid to Israel or past links to pro-Israel groups. The committee is currently supporting […]

Qatar Targeted: A New Front in Israel’s Rampage Israel Strikes Doha: The Silence That Betrays the WorldBy Sabir Esa, MuslimVoiceNetwork.com…