Official Israel Vs. Iran 2025 thread: Updates on first post! UN meeting ended. AIPAC funded politicians activate. Trump says doing things is "Hard".
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Israel’s missile system ‘overwhelmed’
The Washington Post reports, citing an unnamed source, that Israel may maintain its missile defence for 10 to 20 days only without new supplies of interceptors from the US.
“They will need to select what they want to intercept,” the source said. “The system is already overwhelmed.”
US suggests it will respond to attacks on Israeli civilians
Echoing an earlier statement by Trump, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said: “The president has made it clear that if Americans are hurt, or, in this case, a missile [is] shot at civilians or American soldiers, that there would be a repercussion.”
Israel has targeted several residential buildings across Iran, killing dozens of civilians, since the start of the attacks.
45m ago
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Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says the Houthis will come to the aid of any Arab or Muslim nation under attack.
“We will intervene to support Tehran against Zionist aggressions as we supported our brothers in Gaza,” al-Bukhaiti said.
The Houthis have been carrying out drone and missile attacks against Israel in a campaign that they say aims to pressure the country to end its war on Gaza.
Over the past days, Houthi missiles have coincided with Iranian launches against Israel.
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Houthi official says Yemeni group will intervene in support of Iran
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says the Houthis will come to the aid of any Arab or Muslim nation under attack.
“We will intervene to support Tehran against Zionist aggressions as we supported our brothers in Gaza,” al-Bukhaiti said.
The Houthis have been carrying out drone and missile attacks against Israel in a campaign that they say aims to pressure the country to end its war on Gaza.
Over the past days, Houthi missiles have coincided with Iranian launches against Israel.
42m ago
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Russia has condemned ongoing Israeli strikes on Iran, calling them illegal and urging a diplomatic resolution to concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
In a statement posted on Telegram, Russia’s Foreign Ministry highlighted Iran’s “clear statements” affirming its commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and its stated readiness to engage in dialogue with the US.
Moscow said it is awaiting an “unvarnished analysis” from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on whether Israeli strikes have damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran remains a signatory to the NPT and has allowed IAEA inspections of its nuclear sites, while Israel has never signed the treaty and is widely believed to possess a nuclear arsenal.
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Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Iran as illegal
Russia has condemned ongoing Israeli strikes on Iran, calling them illegal and urging a diplomatic resolution to concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme.
In a statement posted on Telegram, Russia’s Foreign Ministry highlighted Iran’s “clear statements” affirming its commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and its stated readiness to engage in dialogue with the US.
Moscow said it is awaiting an “unvarnished analysis” from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on whether Israeli strikes have damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran remains a signatory to the NPT and has allowed IAEA inspections of its nuclear sites, while Israel has never signed the treaty and is widely believed to possess a nuclear arsenal.
US senator calls for ending ‘terrible chapter’ of Iranian government
Republican lawmaker Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk and Trump ally, suggests the US should push to overthrow the governing system in Iran.
“It is now time to end this terrible chapter in the Middle East and start a new chapter. One of freedom for the Iranian people, economic integration for the region, working in peace and harmony, allowing all boats to rise,” Graham wrote in a social media post.
22m ago
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The White House put out 40 different examples of where the US president on the campaign trail said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, as well as 15 different times that he has said it since coming into office.
But what can also be noted is that in recent weeks, Trump also suggested that Iran may be able to have a nuclear programme for civilian purposes – and when the two sides were very close to sort of inking that deal, then the goal posts moved and the president went back to his refrain that they cannot have a nuclear weapon.
So there has been contradictory messaging.
This has also been evident in the form of the US president essentially ignoring the director of his national intelligence who has testified in the US Senate that in fact, Iran was not close to weaponising its enrichment programme.
(20:40 GMT)
‘Contradictory messaging’ from Trump administration on Iran’s nuclear programme
Reporting from the White House, US
The White House put out 40 different examples of where the US president on the campaign trail said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, as well as 15 different times that he has said it since coming into office.
But what can also be noted is that in recent weeks, Trump also suggested that Iran may be able to have a nuclear programme for civilian purposes – and when the two sides were very close to sort of inking that deal, then the goal posts moved and the president went back to his refrain that they cannot have a nuclear weapon.
So there has been contradictory messaging.
This has also been evident in the form of the US president essentially ignoring the director of his national intelligence who has testified in the US Senate that in fact, Iran was not close to weaponising its enrichment programme.
JamesJabdi
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Vietnam war was unpopular, the Iraq and afghanistan war was unpopular....but atleast with those they had a storyline like 9/11 and the cold war to get peoples support....if Trump garbage ass decides to help israel it will be over....nobody wants American intervention in iran.
I am also tired of these politicians saying "Netanyahu war"....no bytch, its Israel war....israel is founded on white zionist supremacist ideas.
I am also tired of these politicians saying "Netanyahu war"....no bytch, its Israel war....israel is founded on white zionist supremacist ideas.
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With Iraq an ally of Iran and a strategic partner of the United States, Baghdad may struggle to avoid the fighting spreading to its territory, an analyst warns.
“There is a sizeable risk of a spillover escalation in Iraq,” said political analyst Sajad Jiyad. “Iraqis have a right to be worried.”
Jiyad said if the US supports Israel’s attacks, it “may lead to pro-Iran elements inside Iraq targeting US troops” or other American interests such as the embassy in Baghdad or the consulate in Erbil.
This could lead to the US and Israel taking retaliatory actions within Iraq, he added. Israel’s use of Iraq’s airspace to attack Iran has angered pro-Tehran groups, who accused US forces of allowing it.
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Iraq faces threat of spillover conflict amid US-Iran-Israel dynamics
With Iraq an ally of Iran and a strategic partner of the United States, Baghdad may struggle to avoid the fighting spreading to its territory, an analyst warns.
“There is a sizeable risk of a spillover escalation in Iraq,” said political analyst Sajad Jiyad. “Iraqis have a right to be worried.”
Jiyad said if the US supports Israel’s attacks, it “may lead to pro-Iran elements inside Iraq targeting US troops” or other American interests such as the embassy in Baghdad or the consulate in Erbil.
This could lead to the US and Israel taking retaliatory actions within Iraq, he added. Israel’s use of Iraq’s airspace to attack Iran has angered pro-Tehran groups, who accused US forces of allowing it.
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Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a think-tank that promotes diplomacy, says Trump’s rejection of the US intelligence community’s assessment that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon shows that the war is his choice.
“Is Netanyahu now calling the shots and giving the president intelligence that he values over the United States’s intelligence? That’s why that that remark is so shocking,” Abdi told Al Jazeera.
“I mean, at least when George W Bush started his endless war, he had the dignity to lie to us about WMDs. Trump is just saying: ‘I don’t care what the facts are. We’re just doing this anyway because I say so’.”
Bush authorised the invasion of Iraq in 2013 based on false accusations that the country had weapons of mass destruction.
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At least Bush had ‘the dignity to lie’, says advocate
Reporting from Washington, DC
Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a think-tank that promotes diplomacy, says Trump’s rejection of the US intelligence community’s assessment that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon shows that the war is his choice.
“Is Netanyahu now calling the shots and giving the president intelligence that he values over the United States’s intelligence? That’s why that that remark is so shocking,” Abdi told Al Jazeera.
“I mean, at least when George W Bush started his endless war, he had the dignity to lie to us about WMDs. Trump is just saying: ‘I don’t care what the facts are. We’re just doing this anyway because I say so’.”
Bush authorised the invasion of Iraq in 2013 based on false accusations that the country had weapons of mass destruction.
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Days into Israel’s attacks on Iran and its nuclear program, senior Israeli officials are waiting to learn whether US President Donald Trump will help them finish the job.
“We are waiting for the decision of the president,” a senior Israeli official told CNN.
US and Israeli officials have been in frequent communication over the progress of Israeli military operations in Iran and the possibility of US involvement.
But two Israeli officials said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not explicitly urging Trump to approve US strikes on Fordow, the Iranian nuclear facility that lies beneath a mountain.
Netanyahu, like other Israeli officials, is hoping Trump reaches that decision himself, without feeling like he has been pressured into it by his Israeli counterpart.
“The whole operation is premised on the fact that the US will join at some point,” a third Israeli official said.
Israeli officials insist that Israel has other options to destroy or at least temporarily disable the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow, but none are likely to be as effective as a strike from US strategic bombers using 30,000 pound bunker-busting bombs.
Israel waiting to see whether the US will help in attacking Iran, senior Israeli official says
From CNN’s Jeremy DiamondDays into Israel’s attacks on Iran and its nuclear program, senior Israeli officials are waiting to learn whether US President Donald Trump will help them finish the job.
“We are waiting for the decision of the president,” a senior Israeli official told CNN.
US and Israeli officials have been in frequent communication over the progress of Israeli military operations in Iran and the possibility of US involvement.
But two Israeli officials said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not explicitly urging Trump to approve US strikes on Fordow, the Iranian nuclear facility that lies beneath a mountain.
Netanyahu, like other Israeli officials, is hoping Trump reaches that decision himself, without feeling like he has been pressured into it by his Israeli counterpart.
“The whole operation is premised on the fact that the US will join at some point,” a third Israeli official said.
Israeli officials insist that Israel has other options to destroy or at least temporarily disable the Iranian nuclear facility at Fordow, but none are likely to be as effective as a strike from US strategic bombers using 30,000 pound bunker-busting bombs.
Because the plan was probably for Israel to be the opening salvo to soften up defenses and the US brings the necessary firepower in the second round. The B-2 is the only aircraft that’s capable of launching the munitions, a 14 ton bomb, necessary to penetration the underground nuclear facilities in Iran. Even with that said we truly don’t know if it will full destroy the facilities.
And all of that is based in the fact that some dude said God was talking to him and to trust him over all the other dudes that God talked to. It is the same for virtually every religion there is.
Nkrumah Was Right
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Ah Graham. Never saw a war he didn’t like.
We lost too many troops during the first year of Bush's war. We have an even worse admin than that.
To the point where people are openly talking about using nukes. I dunno if it would go very long. Someone will get impatient and say fukk it.
Then the world changes yet again (since Covid).
