5 h. ago Iran is the enemy Netanyahu has always wanted to destroy. Even from their bomb shelters, most Israelis support his war | Aluf Benn

Within Israel, Iran is seen as the ultimate threat. The prime minister knows this is his chance to rewrite his bloodied legacy “It’s 1938 and Iran is Germany The Jewish people will not allow a second Holocaust.” Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, recited slogans like these incessantly for decades, urging action against the gravest threat to the Jewish state – a nuclear-armed Iran. He conveyed the message to successive US presidents. He presented a bomb cartoon at the UN. At countless Holocaust memorial events he described Iran’s nuclear ambitions as the present-day “final solution”.Netanyahu talked and talked about the pressing Iranian threat, but his listeners were not convinced. They dismissed him as an alarmist whose deadline Iran crossed year after year without deploying a nuclear weapon (it still hasn’t). Netanyahu’s critics at home taunted him as a chicken who would never dare to attack Iran’s nuclear installations – unlike his more decisive predecessors, who had ord...

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A CNN guest has claimed that House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senator Ted Cruz support Israel because they are “rapture preppers”.

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64 h. ago Starmer considers whether to support US if Trump joins Israel’s war on Iran

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2 d. ago DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer's strange response to Israel's bombing of Iran tells you everything. This is no moment for cowardice

On October 7 last year, on the first anniversary of the Hamas atrocities, Keir Starmer penned an article expressing his support for Israel. And explicitly, his support in the confrontation with Iran.

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3 d. ago How Netanyahu's war on Iran is bolstering his support in Israel despite rising death toll

Every night since last Friday, when Israel launched surprise military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities, I've gone to bed at night braced for the alert that will send me racing down to the shelter.

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3 d. ago Tehran radiation warning as Israel says it is on 'verge of destroying 10 nuclear sites' and Trump demands 'nothing less than complete surrender'

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Trump demands 'nothing less than complete surrender' and vows a 'real end' to nuclear program

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Trump wants a 'real end' to Iran's nuclear program as US forces 'prepare to join the war' and he storms out of G7

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Trump condemns 'foolish' Tehran as US forces 'prepare to join the war' and he abruptly leaves G7

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Trump's savage word to describe Tucker Carlson sends Marjorie Taylor Greene ballistic during MAGA war

Carlson has suggested Trump abandoned 'America First' principles to support Israel against the Iranians which has led to multiple responses from the president.

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4 d. ago Trump calls for 'immediate evacuation of Tehran' and brands Iran 'foolish' amid ceasefire calls

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Netanyahu REFUSES to rule out assassinating Supreme Leader and claims doing so would 'end the conflict'

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago In this Israeli city hit by an Iranian missile, many people still support their military's operation

In the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva, many people seem to be lining up to support the military operation against Iran — despite an Iranian missile hitting here days ago

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4 d. ago At least 37 Palestinians killed in Gaza food site shooting, local authorities say

Death toll is highest yet reported in near-daily shootings since US-backed group began aid operations in territoryMiddle East crisis – live updatesAt least 37 Palestinians were killed on Monday in new shootings in Gaza near food distribution centres run by private US contractors guarded by Israeli troops, local authorities said.Witnesses blamed the shootings on Israeli troops who opened fire early in the morning in an effort to control crowds of hungry Palestinians converging on two aid hubs managed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a private organisation that began operating recently in the devastated Palestinian territory with Israeli and US support. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Iranian state TV is bombed during live broadcast as Tehran's leaders show first signs of crumbling in wake of Israeli strikes amid radiation warning at targeted nuclear plants

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Iranian state TV is bombed during live broadcast as Tehran's leaders show first signs of crumbling in wake of Israeli strikes amid radiation warning at bombed nuclear plants

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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4 d. ago Blitz on Iran: Israel has 'full aerial superiority' over Tehran and has destroyed a third of its missile force as US aircraft carrier steams towards Middle East

Iranian missiles rained down on Israel in the early hours of Monday, damaging the US Embassy as Tehran called for its allies to support its fight against Israel.

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5 d. ago Watch: Israelis huddle in Tel Aviv bomb shelter before deadly Iran missile strike

Watch as Israelis huddle in bomb shelters in Tel Aviv as air raid sirens sound to warn residents of incoming Iranian missile strikes.

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Netanyahu describes Trump as Iran’s ‘enemy number one’

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spoken about the decision to send more RAF jets to the Middle East.

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