"By way of deception, thou shalt do war." -- Motto of the Mossad
by Jason Ditz, antiwar.com
Wednesday saw Israel continuing to attack towns and villages across southern Lebanon, wounding several people in strikes on Mansouri, Beit Yahoun, and Zawtar al-Sharqiyeh. Such strikes are effectively a daily occurrence in those areas.
by Michael Snyder, themostimportantnews.com
By RYAN J. FOLEY, ap.com
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers may soon be outfitted with gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks intended to gain compliance from combative individuals.
by Tyler Durden
Ukraine's President Zelensky has in fresh remarks warned North Korea against its deepening involvement with Russian in executing the war against Ukraine.
Zelensky's late Monday words alleged that Russia recently received additional ballistic missiles from Pyongyang and is preparing to deploy more North Korean troops, after already sending thousands to fight on the Russian side.
BY Elis Gjevori, middleeasteye.net
Giora Eiland says Palestinian despair serves Israel and demands permanent control beyond the Yellow Line,
By Tara Reade. rt contributor
less to hope for at home
Published 5 Aug, 2026 12:09 | Updated 5 Aug, 2026 13:10
In the early 2000s, I worked with domestic violence victims in Seattle, Washington.
by Pepe Escobar, strategic culture via lewrockwell.com
Washington all but declared that the Iran-U.S. MoU was a dead cat. Not in a coma: it had gone to meet its maker.
Yet now we may be witnessing the Mother of All Dead Cat Bounces – as the organizing framework of Iran’s post-war foreign policy.
Tehran for all practical purposes is now presenting what was also previously known as the Islamabad Memorandum as the foundation of its future external relations – and demanding that Washington comply with the MoU commitments it signed via POTUS.
by Andrew Day, theamericanconservative.com
If not for Israel’s veto power over U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, the Trump administration might have secured peace in Gaza, stabilized relations with Iran, and clinched a deal with Saudi Arabia to help build a nuclear program for the kingdom.
By Andrew Napolitano
The war in Iran is unlawful and unconstitutional, but in post-World War II America, it is normal. Here is the backstory.
When President Donald Trump decided to begin bombing Iran last June, he did not state a coherent or lawful reason for doing so. His director of national intelligence and his own CIA had publicly told him that Iran did not possess a nuclear weapon and had ceased building one in 2005.
by Jason Ditz, antiwar.com
War is heating back up as US-brokered talks adjourn for the month.
While the US-brokered Israel-Lebanon talks didn’t actually wrap up until Thursday, Israel was already scaling the war back up substantially on Wednesday, giving the impression that the relative reduction in violence of recent weeks is coming to an end.