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Saba Yemen
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Saba Yemen
Iranian Armed Forces Issue Warning to Zionist Channel 14
Tehran - (Saba): the Iranian Armed Forces issued a warning calling for the immediate evacuation of the building housing Zionist Channel 14, stating that it will be a legitimate target in the coming days. According to Mehr News Agency, the warning message stated that the Hebrew-language Channel 14, which supports Netanyahu's policies and serves as a hub for Zionist terrorism, will be targeted by the Iranian armed forces in the near future. Therefore, all personnel must leave the premises of this terrorist organization and never return. Whatsapp Telegram Email Print
Sky News AU
19 hours ago
- Politics
- Sky News AU
Iran threatens strike against Israeli TV news offices
Iran has issued an evacuation warning for Israel's Channel 14 news offices. It says it will target the offices in the coming days after the IDF struck Iran's state news channel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the Iranian regime "arch-terrorists" of the world as he visited a hospital in southern Israel, which was targeted by Iranian missiles.
New Statesman
2 days ago
- Politics
- New Statesman
The dangerous new neoconservatism
Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl / NurPhoto It is remarkable that many of those who swore never to repeat the mistakes of the Iraq invasion are now set on another misconceived adventure. Once again we are told that a Middle Eastern nation needs to be bombed so it can taste the fruit of freedom. Once again the propaganda machine is on overdrive. Once again it is said that the regime is days away from attacking not just Israel but all of its Western allies with weapons of mass destruction. This is a claim that, in the case of Iran, has been made since 1975, before the rise of Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini and the creation of his Islamic Republic. Once again we are told that Tehran will hand its nuclear weapons – nuclear weapons it does not have – to terrorist groups. The initial claim that Israel attacked Iran on 13 June to dismantle its nuclear programme did not last long. Two days later, Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview to Fox News saying that regime change was his real goal. He added that assassinating the Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was under consideration (Trump later said he was safe – for now). This was the same Netanyahu who in 2002 promised the American public that invading Iraq would create a new Middle East. An invasion, he argued then, 'will have, I guarantee you, enormous positive reverberations on the region'. You might think the results were calamitous, but from Netanyahu's perspective, the 2003 invasion was a resounding success. Iraq became a failed state, incapable of anything beyond surviving from day to day. Now Israel is able to exert considerable influence in its Kurdish statelet in the north. In 2003 we would have called this neoconservatism. But neoconservatism has evolved. It lost the thin veneer of idealism it once had and turned into a thoroughly nihilistic ideology, openly advocating brute force. Why be so coy as to carry out covert assassinations? If two decades ago neoconservatives envisioned a world made safe by the spread of Western democracy, today they opt for the multiplication of failed states and collapsed regimes. Bashar al-Assad's Syria, Lebanon, Pakistan, Egypt – all formed a geography of desolation. The impact Israel and Western democracies have had on the Middle East in recent decades can only be compared to the destruction brought about by the Soviet Union in Central Europe. That region recovered after 1989 but its glorious civilisation never did. The old bravado – 'We will return you to the Stone Age' is a cliché going back to the Vietnam War – has morphed into a programme to be interpreted literally. Israel's Channel 14 is now reporting that Netanyahu intends to implement the Dahiya Doctrine in Tehran: destruction of civilian infrastructure as a means of forcing Iranians to turn on the regime. Before Israel's attack, Donald Trump had increased demands on the regime for a deal, which would have stopped Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. (After the attack, these demands turned into threats.) Weakened by decades of sanctions, unpopular at home and unable to recover from setbacks suffered during its imperial adventures in Lebanon and Syria, Iran was out of options. Sensing an imminent deal, Netanyahu became convinced that his window to attack Iran was closing. 'When [Netanyahu] talks about a pre-emptive attack, I actually think he was pre-empting our negotiated solution as much as he was anything the Iranians were doing,' Beth Sanner, Trump's former deputy director of national intelligence, told CNN. Israel's subsequent attack was hardly a surprising development. As far back as last September, Netanyahu was saying that Iran would be 'liberated sooner than people think'. The same month Jared Kushner remarked: 'Moments like this come once in a generation, if they even come at all. The Middle East is too often a solid where little changes. Today, it is a liquid and the ability to reshape is unlimited. Do not squander this moment.' Trump hadn't yet won the election, though. Netanyahu was forced to wait, but after Israel weakened Hezbollah in Lebanon, he became fixated on how auspicious a final confrontation with Iran looked. His priority then became how to drag America into a war it refused to join from the start. American bunker busters are needed to wipe out Iran's nuclear programme, and perhaps US troops will be required, too, if the Khamenei regime is to be ousted. Trump is somewhat more difficult to manage than his bumbling predecessor — he has after all built much of political appeal on a critique of foreign intervention — but how long will even Trump be able to resist the call for a final battle between good and evil? Not long, I think. Trump knows how to capitalise on prevailing myths. He is not known for fighting them. Subscribe to The New Statesman today from only £8.99 per month Subscribe What was most astonishing after the initial Israeli attack was the European reaction. Europe has the most to lose from the return of neoconservatism. If the regime in Iran were to collapse and the region devolved into chaos, energy prices would spike, and a large wave of refugees would soon head to Turkey and then Europe. International terrorism would again be a threat. Under current conditions, renewed inflation, a deep economic crisis and an influx of refugees – potentially millions – would propel the far right to power across Europe. How did European leaders react to these very real possibilities? Some were muted, while others giddily applauded. Public opinion in Western democracies seems more cautious. No one has sympathy for the Iranian regime, but writing a blank cheque for Israel now feels risky. There is no point supporting the policy an imaginary Israel might choose because the existing Israel has shown it is capable of destroying, but not of building. It has shown this in Gaza, in the West Bank, in Lebanon and even in the new Syria. The only option it will accept is to create a desert and call it peace. [See also: Gaza diary: Amid the rubble] Related
Shafaq News
3 days ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Netanyahu: Israel "turned the tables" on Iran
Shafaq News/ On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the region is entering a new phase following continuous airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear-linked targets. Describing the operation as the opening of an 'aerial route to Iran, in an interview with Channel 14, Netanyahu stressed that Israel had 'turned the tables' within five days by targeting senior Iranian military figures and nuclear scientists, linking the timing of the offensive to Tehran's accelerated push toward developing nuclear weapons. 'We will soon see a Middle East we have not seen before,' he added. He also referred to Israeli intelligence assessments estimating that Iran had been preparing to manufacture 300 missiles per month, projecting a stockpile of 22,000 missiles over six years, arguing that the cumulative destructive capability would rival that of two nuclear bombs. Moreover, Netanyahu highlighted his earlier efforts to neutralize Iran's military and nuclear infrastructure, efforts he claimed were obstructed by internal resistance. 'I tried to dismantle Iran's capabilities, but I couldn't gain a majority,' he noted, referencing opposition within Israel's security establishment. The interview comes as the confrontation entered its sixth day, with missile, drone, and airstrikes exchanges continuing across multiple fronts. Despite ongoing international appeals for de-escalation, military operations have continued intensively.
Shafaq News
4 days ago
- Politics
- Shafaq News
Israeli death toll rises as Iran launches hundreds of missiles and drones
Shafaq News/ Iran has launched 370 missiles and over 100 drones at Israel since June 13 in retaliation for Operation Rising Lion, which targeted Iranian nuclear and military facilities, Israeli media reported on Monday. Channel 14 cited a police spokesperson calling the situation 'extremely difficult' amid continued cross-border strikes. According to Magen David Adom, Israel's national emergency medical service, four people—two men and two women in their 70s—were killed in rocket attacks overnight across four central Israeli locations. However, Israeli media suggest the true death toll is higher, with roughly 370 reported injured in Iranian strikes to date. Casualty update from rocket strike incidents at 4 sites in central Israel. MDA EMTs and paramedics pronounced the deaths of 4 people — 2 women and 2 men, all approximately 70 years old. So far, MDA teams have evacuated 87 casualties to hospitals. — Magen David Adom (@Mdais) June 16, 2025 Channel 12 reported that Israel's security and political cabinet reviewed 'shocking assessments' before greenlighting strikes on Iran, warning that Iranian retaliation could kill between 800 and 4,000 Israelis. Earlier today, Iranian missile attacks damaged the Haifa oil refinery—critical to European energy routes—and struck civilian areas in Petah Tikva and Bat Yam, causing additional casualties.
