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Breaking News - Israel

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CareerChange24 · 13/06/2025 01:31

Wow things are escalating to levels I don’t know if we are prepared for. But Mossad are no fools so must be confident in their actions.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14808013/Explosions-sounding-Tehran-US-warned-Israel-planning-hit-Irans-nukes.html

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DaphneduM · 13/06/2025 05:25

TheAutumnCrow · 13/06/2025 05:18

Seems that there’s two schools of analysis emerging this morning:

  1. Netanyahu is headstrong and untameable, and has broken ranks with Trump
  2. The strikes on Iran reflect a convergence of Trump’s and Netanyahu’s interests

Succinctly put - I certainly agree with your number 1. Netanyahu is headstrong and untameable and has broken ranks with Trump.

It seems no-one can rein him in. I see the Head of the UN has criticised his actions, but its just words.

Fitasafiddle1 · 13/06/2025 05:25

FOJN · 13/06/2025 05:04

If Israel were intending to hit Iran's nukes why are there, what look like, residential buildings being hit? Are the nukes using Iranians as human shields?

Israel seem to be targeting military commanders as well.

Fitasafiddle1 · 13/06/2025 05:27

DaphneduM · 13/06/2025 05:25

Succinctly put - I certainly agree with your number 1. Netanyahu is headstrong and untameable and has broken ranks with Trump.

It seems no-one can rein him in. I see the Head of the UN has criticised his actions, but its just words.

Isreal is not a wild cat striking out randomly. No.

alikelylass · 13/06/2025 05:49

Israel has been fighting a proxy war with Iran for years.
Iran bankrolls Hamas, Hezbollah and Isis. All Israel has done is bring it out into the open

@Fitasafiddle1 Isreal is not a wild cat striking out randomly.

I agree. Israel has a plan, and will see it through.

FixTheBone · 13/06/2025 05:54

TheMel · 13/06/2025 02:55

Bla bla bla Iran has declared war against Israel by funding it's proxy terror groups. It seems Israel doesn't want to roll over and take it up the arse.

That was the excuse al qaeda used when they attacked the US.

Guess it's game on then.

Snowstorming · 13/06/2025 06:42

Israel will always be a terrorist state that bombs innocent civilians and thinks it is immune to any morality or legality. It commits war crimes in Gaza every day, this was only a matter of time.

one day, when Israel reaches the UK (directly or indirectly) and it is us who have to shelter our children and families from bombs and missiles (which is a real possibility) then I do wonder how many people will still be justifying Israel’s war crimes and arrogance.

DeSoleil · 13/06/2025 06:48

Iran are Islamic terror supporting extremists who have little regard for human life. And they hate the West. We do not want them having nuclear weapons.

❤️🇮🇱❤️

alikelylass · 13/06/2025 06:51

Snowstorming · 13/06/2025 06:42

Israel will always be a terrorist state that bombs innocent civilians and thinks it is immune to any morality or legality. It commits war crimes in Gaza every day, this was only a matter of time.

one day, when Israel reaches the UK (directly or indirectly) and it is us who have to shelter our children and families from bombs and missiles (which is a real possibility) then I do wonder how many people will still be justifying Israel’s war crimes and arrogance.

one day, when Israel reaches the UK

What ARE you talking about??

BeFirmHedgehog · 13/06/2025 06:57

The same Israel that are starving children to death and bombing families sheltering in tents? No thanks

JustGoClickLikeALightSwitch · 13/06/2025 07:00

one day, when Israel reaches the UK (directly or indirectly) and it is us who have to shelter our children and families from bombs and missiles (which is a real possibility) then I do wonder how many people will still be justifying Israel’s war crimes and arrogance.

Um, on behalf of every Jew in England - no.

Figcherry · 13/06/2025 07:01

Snowstorming · 13/06/2025 06:42

Israel will always be a terrorist state that bombs innocent civilians and thinks it is immune to any morality or legality. It commits war crimes in Gaza every day, this was only a matter of time.

one day, when Israel reaches the UK (directly or indirectly) and it is us who have to shelter our children and families from bombs and missiles (which is a real possibility) then I do wonder how many people will still be justifying Israel’s war crimes and arrogance.

You really think Israel will bomb the UK?

Are you ok?

Letstheriveranswer · 13/06/2025 07:07

Snowstorming · 13/06/2025 06:42

Israel will always be a terrorist state that bombs innocent civilians and thinks it is immune to any morality or legality. It commits war crimes in Gaza every day, this was only a matter of time.

one day, when Israel reaches the UK (directly or indirectly) and it is us who have to shelter our children and families from bombs and missiles (which is a real possibility) then I do wonder how many people will still be justifying Israel’s war crimes and arrogance.

Time to lay off the drugs I think. Also, look at a map.....do you actually realise how tiny Israel is. They aren't done massive colonising power spreading across the world and eradicating religious minorities in the same way as, say, political Islam is.

FOJN · 13/06/2025 07:13

TheAutumnCrow · 13/06/2025 05:15

Apparently Israel is targeting scientists as well as military and nuclear installations. Perhaps this means, by hitting their houses/homes? Neighbourhoods?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/13/israel-strikes-iran-nuclear-program-netanyahu

I was being sarcastic about 'human shields', it seems to be the go to justification for many of the atrocities carried out by Israel.

Thegreyhound · 13/06/2025 07:19

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Letstheriveranswer · 13/06/2025 07:20

CharlieRight · 13/06/2025 02:23

@CareerChange24
we all knew it was coming, its very bold but as you say they don't do things without thinking about it at least a bit. Presumably the Israelis judge that attempts to bring Iran in from the cold with a new deal both ties their (Iran's) hands and closes the window for violence - so its a great time to do this sort of thing

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Trump knew it was coming. His attempts to negotiate had failed.

The UN announced this week, for the first time in 20 years, that Iran is not adhering to restrictions on what they could use nuclear development for.

There was sufficient intelligence to show they were in fact starting to build nuclear weapons.

Much of their IRGC air force was destroyed in the last attack so better to do it now before they rebuild them.

I'm really not delighted that Netanyahu has taken on Iran but to be honest Israel has little choice with Iran funding Hamas, Hezbullah, Houthis etc etc. Strike, or wait to have 9 million people nuked.

To Iranian /Persians in the west, I hope your families in Iran are safe. And that the people of Iran and especially it's strong women, will soon be free.

Letstheriveranswer · 13/06/2025 07:21

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hairbearbunches · 13/06/2025 07:45

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Netanyahu does not represent every Jew, and not every Jew is cheering him on. Similarly, not everyone who isn't a Jew, calling him out for war crimes, is anti semitic. Making it out to be a black and white situation where there are only two positions, either with or against, is having swallowed the kool-aid yourself.

MistressoftheDarkSide · 13/06/2025 07:50

Some of the drivers of this unholy mess are fundamentalist nut jobs on 3 sides - including the "Christians" in the US who have the ears of Congress.

So wars bring economic advantages via the industrial military complex which will be cynically exploited, because the non-believers don't give a hoot if their money comes from deranged believers.

People in general don't want to believe that what's going on is heavily underpinned by people acting for their particular Sky Daddy, because we've science our way out of that, right?

There's a very interesting Al Jazeera documentary on YouTube called "Praying for Armageddon". It covers all of this very succinctly. Some influential people believe it's their divine duty to bring about the second coming of Jesus, some have the red heifer thing going on, a scary number are wrapped up in End Times scripture.

The economic and religious factions are involved in a massive circle jerk that suits them both.

Honestly I don't give a shit why who is doing what, but in this day and age, wholesale slaughter of anybody for any reason should be off the table. As ever, average Jo and Joanna and their kids end up collateral damage while people protected by bunkers and money get off on their delusional self righteousness.

Nothing new under the sun.

Thegreyhound · 13/06/2025 08:13

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If you’re calling me an antisemite because I hate Netanyahu and his murderous government then you’ve twisted the word out of all meaning.

Abhannmor · 13/06/2025 08:24

Gotta keep the war going somehow. Bibi's get out of jail card. It does makes the US look powerless and stupid. Trump wants a Nobel Peace Prize apparently and this prospect is receding. Sadly , the moral of this story is : if you are a neighbour of Israel you had better get a nuclear weapon pronto.

Dangermoo · 13/06/2025 09:19

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ODFO. As for the poster saying Israel will come for the UK - no that won't be Israel doing that. Wake up.

Dangermoo · 13/06/2025 09:20

Fitasafiddle1 · 13/06/2025 05:25

Israel seem to be targeting military commanders as well.

Excellent.

Thegreyhound · 13/06/2025 09:31

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Dangermoo · 13/06/2025 09:39

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You have a problem with the attack on a region, which launched rockets at Israel for killing Hamas and Hezbollah leaders?