‘One-sided game’ in relations with West has ended – Putin

Western nations have supported separatism and terrorism as long as it is directed against Russia, the president has said

Russia will no longer play “one-sided” games with the West, President Vladimir Putin has told journalists on the sidelines of the summit of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in Minsk. Western nations have repeatedly betrayed Russia by not fulfilling their promises related to NATO expansion and resolving the Ukraine conflict, he stated at a press conference on Friday.

NATO is currently justifying its planned defense spending hike to 5% of its members’ GDP and military buildup in Europe by pointing to Russia’s “aggressiveness,” Putin said, adding that the bloc’s members are “turning everything upside down” when they make statements such as these.

“No one is saying a word about how we’ve come up to the Russian special military operation,” the president said, adding that the roots of the Ukraine conflict go back decades when Moscow was “blatantly lied to” about NATO expansion. “What followed was one expansion wave after another,” he stated.

Russia’s security concerns about the bloc’s activities have been consistently ignored and met with silence, according to Putin. “Isn’t it aggressive behavior? That is precisely aggressive behavior, which the West does not want to pay attention to.”

According to the president, Western nations have supported separatism and even terrorism as long as it is directed against Russia. Terrorist groups were outright ignored if they acted on Russian territory, he claimed. “Everything was good as long as it was against Russia. Haven’t we seen this? They [the West] saw it as well. Yet, they only talk about our aggressiveness.”

We are not aggressive. The Collective West is.

The president’s words came just days after the NATO summit in The Hague, where the bloc’s members made a commitment to hike defense spending to 5% of GDP annually by 2035. The decision was made “in the face of profound security threats and challenges, in particular the long-term threat posed by Russia to Euro-Atlantic security,” the summit’s statement said.

Russia has said it considers NATO expansion towards its borders to be a major national security threat, and cited Kiev’s ambitions to join the US-led bloc among the key reasons that led to the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.

https://www.rt.com/russia/620668-putin-west-one-sided-game/

Witnesses report seeing ‘fireball’ in the sky over multiple states in the Southeast

https://twitter.com/i/status/1938300175891530194

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SoftBank's Masayoshi Son "Ready To Hand Over Reins" As He Goes "All-In" On AI Superintelligence

Masayoshi Son is positioning SoftBank to become the "world's top platformer" for Artificial Superintelligence (ASI), aiming to control the core architecture, compute infrastructure, and strategic partnerships that will enable ASI. Yet even as Son charts SoftBank's course for the 2030s, the 67-year-old says he's preparing to hand over the reins—though he won't name a successor until the last minute.

Bloomberg reports SoftBank's Son is preparing to step aside and will hand over leadership to an internal successor…

"I'm mentally prepared for anything, and am ready to hand over the reins at any time," Son told shareholders at a meeting in Tokyo earlier today. He added that he won't name the individual until the last minute to avoid fostering arrogance. "It's a delicate balance."

He revealed that SoftBank now controls key AI chip architecture and plans to invest up to $30 billion in OpenAI. The group also recently acquired Graphcore and is in talks to buy Ampere Computing.

Son emphasized the importance of controlling AI infrastructure in a "winner-take-all" era, anchored by SoftBank's stake in chip designer Arm. He discussed plans to 'Make America Great Again' by establishing an Arizona hub modeled after China's Shenzhen, potentially in partnership with TSMC, which is investing heavily in the U.S.

"We want to become the world's top platformer for ASI," he said, adding, "I'm all in."

Son didn't disclose a specific reason or timeline for stepping down, but with SoftBank's ability to fund bold AI bets by heavily relying on Japanese retail investors, installing younger leadership ahead of the 2030s may be a strategic move to strengthen confidence and align with a new generation of investors.

https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/softbanks-masayoshi-son-ready-hand-over-reins-he-goes-all-ai

Graham Breaks With Trump Over Iran Strike Effectiveness: 'I Don't Know Where The Enriched Uranium Is'

President Trump is not going to like this. After getting out of a classified Senate briefing on Thursday, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham's first words to the press and to the American people were that he "didn’t want people to think the problem is over, because it’s not" - in reference to the Trump-ordered B-2 bomber strikes on Iran's main nuclear and enrichment facilities.

"The real question is, have we obliterated their desire to have a nuclear weapon," Graham questioned. "I don't want people to think that the site wasn't severely damaged or obliterated. It was. But having said that, I don't want people to think the problem is over, because it's not."

"I don’t know where the 900 pounds of enriched uranium exists, but it wasn't part of the target set for several years," Graham was quoted in the NY Times as saying.

He did try to voice acknowledgement of the official White House position, perhaps trying to keep the peace with Trump, saying "They are obliterated today but they can reconstitute."

The NY Times summarizes of where things stand, "There is confusion also about where the stockpile was originally. Mr. Trump has suggested it was at Fordo. Others have said some was at Natanz."

And further the Times writes, "The International Atomic Energy Agency has said the majority of the stockpile was at Isfahan, where Iran had reactors and other nuclear facilities that used the uranium. And some experts have suggested Iran has dispersed the stockpile."

Meanwhile, we recall President Trump's words given to our White House correspondent just one week ago…

"People have to be very careful with what they say, because their mouth can get them into a lot of trouble," he responded when asked about Graham and Pompeo being on the ground in Ukraine possibly sabotaging efforts at peace.

https://x.com/i/status/1938324549046599886

"I walk away from that briefing still under the belief that we have not obliterated the program," Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut told reporters. "The president was deliberately misleading the public when he said the program was obliterated. It is certain that there is still significant capability, significant equipment that remain."

"You cannot bomb knowledge out of existence — no matter how many scientists you kill," Murphy added. "There are still people in Iran who how to work centrifuges. And if they still have enriched uranium and they still have the ability to use centrifuges, then you're not setting back the program by years. You're setting back the program by months."

Israel claims to have assassinated at least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists during the nearly two-weeks of bombing and sabotage operations against the Islamic Republic.

Top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, said following the intel briefing, "Listen, I hope that is the final assessment. But if not, does that end up providing a false sense of comfort to the American people?"

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had this to say: "What was clear is that there was no coherent strategy, no end game, no plan, no specific, no detailed plan on how Iran does not attain a nuclear weapon."

Again, Trump isn't going to be happy to see Graham siding with the Democrats on this one. But Fox too has been very skeptical, as have other conservative as well as independent outlets.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/graham-breaks-trump-over-iran-strike-effectiveness-i-dont-know-where-enriched-uranium

RFK Jr. Axes All Funding For Bill Gates' Global 'Vaccine Alliance'

The United States will not provide money to a global vaccine organization called Gavi until the group changes the way it responds to vaccine safety issues, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a fundraiser for the organization on June 25.

“There’s much that I admire about Gavi, especially its commitment to making medicine affordable to all the world’s people. Gavi has done that part of its job very well,” Kennedy said in recorded remarks played at the summit.

“Unfortunately, in its zeal to promote universal vaccination, it has neglected the key issue of vaccine safety.”

The United States has provided $8 billion to Gavi since 2001. The United States is one of the organization’s largest funding sources.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1937986463510982869

Denver City Council Ends Car Theft Tracking System To Protect Illegal Immigrants

The Denver City Council has voted unanimously to shutter a highly successful anti-theft auto license plate tracking system. The system was not closed due to concerns about privacy or finances. It was shut down because Democratic members believed that ICE could use the data to deport illegals.

In May, the council refused to renew the $666,000 contract with Flock for camera monitors around 70 Denver intersections to screen for car theft. That system resulted in the recovery of 170 stolen cars and 300 arrests. It is also credited with key evidence in the investigation of hit-and-run and murder cases.

However, it could also be used to assist ICE, and that is all that matters. Councilman Kevin Flynn explained it is all about Trump’s election: “We know that it can help solve crime. But I think since maybe Jan. 20 of this year, those concerns are greatly heightened and have a new reality about them.”

Council member Sarah Parady added:

“We’re living in an era where just this last week, actually, an executive order came out instructing the Department of Justice and the FBI to look for reasons to prosecute local elected officials and activists who they believe are, quote, unquote, obstructing ICE enforcement. This kind of surveillance technology is a gift if you have that kind of ill intent, and the federal government has that ill intent right now.”

Mayor Mike Johnston also stated that they need to halt these arrests because “today’s environment is much different than when the pilot began in early 2024, and there are new community concerns surrounding this technology.”

The police are obviously not happy but car thieves are thrilled. If this seems utterly insane, keep in mind that this was a unanimous vote of the city council.

https://jonathanturley.org/2025/06/27/ice-ice-baby-denver-city-council-ends-car-theft-tracking-system-to-protect-illegal-immigrants/

Matt Gaetz Questions Israel’s Motives in Iran Conflict

Allegations of Regime Change and Greater Israel Ambitions

Israel committed to a ceasefire with Iran on June 23, 2025, brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, but suspicions persist about its underlying goals. Matt Gaetz alleges Israel aims for regime change, not merely denuclearization.

Despite damaged nuclear sites, Israel’s prior airstrikes suggest a broader agenda. With both sides accusing each other of violations, including an Iranian missile strike in Beersheba, the ceasefire’s stability is uncertain.

Will Israel’s pursuit of regime change undermine this truce?

Matt Gaetz: We’ve shared with you our view that Israel doesn’t want peace. They don’t merely want Iran to denuclearize. If Trump is right and key nuclear sites have been destroyed, what is Israel still fighting for?

Regime change, obviously. We told you that from the beginning. That’s what this is all about to Israel. And it isn’t regime change for the sake of turning Iran into a long nation-building exercise like Iraq.

Israeli elites believe they are better positioned in global markets if places like Dubai, Doha, Abu Dhabi, and Riyadh are smothered in tens of millions of war refugees.

They want these rich Muslim markets to look at skies full of missiles, not a future of opportunity. I think it’s that simple.

This is a gut-check moment for Israeli Prime Minister and perennial war advocate Bibi Netanyahu. Will he bend to Trump’s demands for peace? Or will he continue his air bombing campaign to decapitate the regime of Iran? Matt Gaetz, June 16, 2025

Gaetz’s claims of Israel’s regime change agenda gain traction, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a Likud Party leader, aligns with the party’s historical “Greater Israel” ideology envisioning expanded territorial control.

The ceasefire, tested by missile exchanges, remains fragile. American citizens question whether the Israel-Iran ceasefire will hold if Israel pursues regime change to advance such ambitions.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1938030133639856228

https://nationalfile.com/israel-iran-ceasefire/

Massie Warns AIPAC, Trump’s War Against Him Could Backfire

“The political calculus that both the president and AIPAC have to consider is, if they go after me and lose, they’ve lost a lot of credibility — both of them,” Massie told the Caller.

“I’m aware that foreign lobbyists have conducted a push poll and are trying to recruit another candidate to run against me, due to my opposition to foreign aid and forever wars,” Massie told the Caller in a statement.

Trump’s political allies are also gearing up to replace Massie, Axios reported, as the president attacked him for his positions on the Israel-Iran war and the “Big Beautiful Bill.”

Massie suggested, however, that such efforts might be in vain.

He noted that his team typically puts out a poll in his district regarding support for foreign aid for Israel. Over time, he explained, support for military and foreign aid for Israel has gone down.

“I think with the general public and outside polls I’ve seen bear this out nationwide, the appetite for foreign aid has gone down. I think what Israel is doing in Gaza has diminished their standing in the United States, especially among younger people in the district,” Massie said. “But I will say this — they still have a tight grip on Congress. So the disparity is growing between what Congress is doing and what the people are thinking.”

Massie alleged that AIPAC is trying to tamp down dissent in Congress so they can continue to threaten lawmakers with their own primary challenges if they stray from an aggressively pro-Israel line.

“AIPAC is motivated to attack me, largely in the same way the president is motivated to attack me, which is to say they don’t want any outliers, and the attacks and the threats of attacks are meant to keep my colleagues in line, not to change my positions.”

Speaker and Republican Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson and Republican Kentucky Rep. and Oversight Chairman James Comer have publicly been careful about offering their full support to Massie.

“I’m a leader of my party here, and the speaker leads the incumbent protection program. I got to make sure everybody gets re-elected,” Johnson told NBC News Tuesday, but added that he “certainly understands the president’s frustration about the colleague you named, and he and I talk about that quite a bit.”

“I try to get along with my colleagues, but I sure want to get along with the president,” Comer said.

But Massie said he’s been receiving private “fist bumps” and other signs of encouragement from many of his Republican colleagues in private.

“Just yesterday, I decided to start asking my colleagues for checks from their campaigns to help me, and they’ve been supportive — nobody’s turned me down,” he said.

Massie also scoffed at the idea that Johnson would have much, if any, influence in his district.

“The best way I describe the speaker’s influence in Kentucky is, whether he’s for me or against me, the result would be the same,” he explained.

Massie’s behind-the-scenes support comes as the president has ramped up his attacks on the six-term congressman. During Trump’s visit to the Republican conference on Capitol Hill in May, Massie says the president repeatedly went after him in front of his colleagues. The snipes include jokes comparing his hair to that of a fellow Kentuckian, Sen. Rand Paul — though Trump allegedly said he prefers Massie’s curls — and suggesting he has “better genetics” than Massie because he went to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School while Massie went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

“He said that in front of 200 members of Congress,” Massie told the Caller, adding that he hasn’t spoken to the president this week since Trump called for his ouster on Truth Social.

“There basically have been three attacks this year. And, you know, there are several volleys associated with each attack. And on the first attack, we raised $370,000, on the second attack, we raised $50,000, and the running total this week is $177,000,” he said.

“What’s ironic about that is usually the conventional wisdom is, if Trump is on the other side of you in a Republican primary, that will dry up your fundraising, the money will go to the person he endorses. But we’ve achieved a situation where each time he attacks me, it increases my fundraising,” Massie explained.

He continued, “It’s not Democrats who are sending me money. I’m as pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, reduce the size and scope of the federal government as you can get. So it’s actually mostly people who like Trump who are sending me money because they think that he’s misguided in his attack and they want to see me stay in Congress.”

https://dailycaller.com/2025/06/27/thomas-massie-aipac-donald-trump-primary-challenge-backfire-lose-credibility/

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The AI That Triggered A War: How Palantir And The IAEA Fueled Israel’s Strike On Iran==

A $50M software built for counterinsurgency now steers nuclear diplomacy… and may have lit the fuse for a regional war.

On June 12, 2025, Israel launched “Operation Rising Lion,” a sweeping air campaign that bombed Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility, scorched Esfahan, and attempted to breach the fortified Fordow bunker. Hundreds died—among them IRGC commander Hossein Salami, nuclear scientist Fereydoon Abbasi, and numerous civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a strike on “the heart” of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. President Donald Trump, backed by CENTCOM’s Gen. Michael Kurilla, warned of “brutal” consequences, citing a May 31 IAEA report that flagged 409kg of 60% enriched uranium—allegedly enough for nine bombs if refined.

“The IAEA resolution gave Israel a pretext to attack our facilities.” — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi

But what if the intelligence fueling this war came not from Mossad or Pentagon satellites but from a UN agency’s software? Since 2015, the IAEA has relied on Palantir’s Mosaic platform, a $50-million AI system that sifts 400 million data points—satellite imagery, social media, personnel logs—to predict nuclear threats. On June 12, Iran leaked documents it claimed showed IAEA chief Rafael Grossi shared Mosaic outputs with Israel, effectively turning the agency into a “tool for aggression.” The charge echoes a pattern: prior to 2025, Mosaic data helped shape sanctions and even UN aid decisions despite risks of bias.

Palantir, co-founded by Trump ally Peter Thiel, powers IDF targeting in Gaza and Ukraine’s battlefield AI. Its IAEA role, meant to ensure compliance, now teeters toward militarization. As Iran halts monitoring and threatens to expose Israel’s nuclear secrets at Soreq, the stakes are apocalyptic. This investigation asks how Mosaic became a war pretext, why Israel needed a cover story, and whether privatized AI now threatens global peace.

Palantir’s Quiet Integration into the IAEA

Since 2015, the IAEA has quietly used Palantir’s Mosaic platform to monitor nuclear activities across Iran. The software—originally built for U.S. counterinsurgency—ingests hundreds of millions of data points, including satellite imagery, social media, trade flows, and metadata, to map sites, identify personnel links, and infer nuclear “intent.” By 2018, Mosaic had processed more than 400 million discrete data objects and helped facilitate over 60 unannounced inspections of Iranian sites under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). These outputs were incorporated into formal IAEA safeguards reports and widely accepted by UN member states and nonproliferation regimes as credible, evidence-based assessments.

More

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/foreign-affairs/the-ai-that-triggered-a-war-how-palantir-and-the-iaea-fueled-israels-strike-on-iran

Israel is allowing this to happen - the control the body politic and CNN

CNN Airs Cringeworthy Video of Socialist NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Rapping Praise for Organization Found Guilty of Funding Hamas

Socialist NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani faced an awkward moment on CNN Thursday night when Erin Burnett shared a cringeworthy video of Mamdani performing as ‘Mr. Cardamom’ leaving the Muslim communist visibly embarrassed.

After sharing clips of Mamdani sharing his background, Burnett teased the video, “And before that, he was an aspiring rapper who performed under the name Mr. Cardamom. Listen.”

After the clip, Brunett quipped, “Once you do it, it’s out there….it never comes back, it’s there.”

A seemingly embarrassed Mamdani responded, “It’s there…didn’t think it was going to be on CNN.”

The video, from 2017, was uncovered by the antisemitism-fighting group Canary Mission, which shared a clip of the video on social media and has covered Mamdani’s disturbing background extensively.

Canary Mission noted, “Exclusive: In an unearthed rap song, NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani praised five convicted terror funders.”

– The five funneled $12M to Hamas

– Mamdani sent his “love” to them

– Track released in 2017, also called to tear down the U.S. border wall

In the song, “Salaam,” Mamdani sang the praises of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, singing, “My love to the Holy Land Five. You better look ’em up.”

In 2008, the Holy Land Foundation was found guilty of funneling over $12 million to Hamas.

Watch more from Canary Mission on Mamdani’s history of antisemitic, anti-American activism:

WATCH: Zohran Mamdani’s dangerous agenda exposed – his pro-Hamas stance, anti-American views, and policies pushing antisemitic violence & defunding police put NYC communities at risk.

See for yourself. NYC deserves better.

https://www.stationgossip.com/2025/06/cnn-airs-cringeworthy-video-of.html

ALL phones to blast out 'emergency alarm' in system test as the Government warns UK to prepare for war

The UK will test its emergency alarm system for the first time in two years, as the Government warns Britain to prepare for war.

All UK devices will blast out an alarm tone later this year in a new test of the 'Emergency Alert System'.

First launched in 2023, this system is designed to warn the public if there is a danger to life nearby.

This latest test comes as the Government's security strategy warns that the UK homeland could come under 'direct threat' in a 'wartime scenario'.

The renewed testing of the emergency system also comes at a time when escalating conflict in the Middle East has sparked concerns of a wider war between nuclear powers.

When it was first tested, the emergency system sent a message to phones which read: 'Severe Alert. This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby.

'In a real emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.

'Visit gov.uk/alerts for more information. This is a test. You do not need to take any action.'

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14853155/phones-emergency-alarm-test-uk.html

Skynet

Palantir just locked in a $100M deal to build the first AI-powered Nuclear Operating System.

Palantir just signed a $100 million contract with The Nuclear Company. The deal runs five years. The mission is to build NOS, a Nuclear Operating System. A real-time, AI-driven software platform designed to run the construction of nuclear reactors from the ground up.

The system will live on Palantir’s Foundry stack. It will track parts, weather, labor, permits, and regulatory filings. It will feed data from sensors on-site into a digital twin of the reactor. It will flag delays before they happen. It will reroute work crews when materials don’t arrive. It will scan thousands of compliance documents in seconds. It will do what no clipboard or spreadsheet ever could.

The Nuclear Company is based in Kentucky. The firm is under contract to deliver gigawatt-scale reactors across the United States. The goal is to break the cycle of delays and cost overruns that have plagued the nuclear sector for decades.

The timing is not random. President Trump signed executive orders in May calling for 400 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2050. That’s a tenfold increase. The orders also demand 10 large-scale reactors under construction by 2030. The demand is coming from AI. Data centers are pulling more power than the grid can handle. Nuclear is the only baseload source that scales.

Palantir’s Head of Defense, Mike Gallagher, called the deal a first. His words: “This partnership marks the first time Palantir’s software will be used to help power the next generation of nuclear energy infrastructure.”

The NOS platform is part of Palantir’s Warp Speed initiative. The company is embedding engineers directly into The Nuclear Company’s teams. The software will unify data across construction, supply chain, workforce, and safety systems.

The stakes are national. China is building 10 gigawatts of nuclear capacity per year. The United States has added just 2 gigawatts in the last 30 years. The Nuclear Company’s CEO, Jonathan Webb, said the NOS platform is how America avoids losing nuclear leadership the way it lost manufacturing.

https://www.thenuclearcompany.com/posts/palantir-and-the-nuclear-company-partner-to-launch-platform-to-rapidly-scale-nuclear-deployment

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/palantir-pltr-shares-climb-100m-135137698.html

https://insidehpc.com/2025/06/palantir-and-the-nuclear-company-partner-on-platform-to-scale-nuclear-deployment/

https://deepnewz.com/ai-products/palantir-lands-100-million-deal-to-build-ai-platform-u-s-nuclear-reactors-c41ca60e

https://www.investopedia.com/palantir-strikes-nuclear-deal-as-ai-power-demand-surges-11761610

The Medical Ventilator the EMT’s hooked George Floyd up to were not plugged in.

https://rumble.com/embed/v6t648x/?pub=4

Watch: Piers Morgan Turns On Israel!

https://youtu.be/h2lbakp3VLs

Code Pink threatens DataRepublican with lawsuit — so she releases damaging evidence on social media

The investigator posted evidence that the left-wing group is allegedly funded by the Chinese government.

The famous DataRepublican data analyst dropped damaging information she had gathered about Code Pink's connections to the communist Chinese government after the group threatened legal action against her.

The database kernel engineer, whose real name is Jennica Pounds, said Wednesday on social media that the group sent her a message accusing her of libel.

'I will share the facts without spin.'

"We are writing to formally address and correct the false and defamatory statements made in your recent social media posts regarding CODEPINK," the group reportedly wrote. "These claims — which falsely allege that our organization is funded by China, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or any foreign government or entity — are entirely baseless and constitute libel."

Pounds replied, "So, I will share the facts without spin."

She posted images from a Code Pink campaign called "China Is Not Our Enemy" and pointed out that the group was funded by a significant contribution from a businessman and social activist named Neville Singham. The billionaire is under congressional investigation for possibly violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act by possibly acting on behalf of the Chinese government.

Pounds went on to show how the propaganda pushed by the group served to promote "pro-China messaging, including denial of the Uyghur genocide, an atrocity affirmed by the U.S. Department of State."

She also posted an interview with Jodie Evans, the wife of Singham and co-founder of Code Pink, where she allegedly said that Uyghurs were terrorists, in order to justify their oppression by the Chinese government.

Code Pink has also opposed the U.S. attacks on the Houthi terrorist group. The group first gained fame by protesting against the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

https://www.theblaze.com/news/datarepublican-code-pink-china-funding

https://www.antiwar.com/

IDF confirms probe into killings near Gaza aid site, denies troops ordered to shoot civilians

Haaretz report says military looking into possible war crimes, cites soldiers’ testimonies describing a ‘killing field,’ with troops routinely using heavy live fire for crowd control

The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged on Friday that it was probing allegations that troops are using deadly fire on hungry aid-seeking Gazans, but vociferously denied that troops are being ordered by commanders to deliberately open fire on the Palestinian civilians.

The statement was issued after the Haaretz daily reported that the military launched a probe this week into potential war crimes committed by its troops and quoted unidentified soldiers as saying that the area was a “killing field” and that they were ordered to treat the aid seekers like combatants and using heavy live fire for crowd control.

The Haaretz report drew a first detailed response from the military regarding the near-daily deadly shootings around aid distribution sites. It also prompted a rare joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, accusing the left-wing newspaper of a “blood libel” against the IDF.

According to Haaretz, the mass-casualty incidents were discussed at a meeting earlier this week during which the Military Advocate General’s (MAG) Office directed the top-tier General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to investigate suspected war crimes that have largely taken place near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites.

The mechanism is an independent military body responsible for investigating unusual incidents amid the war.

Khan Younis' Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on June 17, 2025. (AFP)

The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged on Friday that it was probing allegations that troops are using deadly fire on hungry aid-seeking Gazans, but vociferously denied that troops are being ordered by commanders to deliberately open fire on the Palestinian civilians.

The statement was issued after the Haaretz daily reported that the military launched a probe this week into potential war crimes committed by its troops and quoted unidentified soldiers as saying that the area was a “killing field” and that they were ordered to treat the aid seekers like combatants and using heavy live fire for crowd control.

The Haaretz report drew a first detailed response from the military regarding the near-daily deadly shootings around aid distribution sites. It also prompted a rare joint statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, accusing the left-wing newspaper of a “blood libel” against the IDF.

According to Haaretz, the mass-casualty incidents were discussed at a meeting earlier this week during which the Military Advocate General’s (MAG) Office directed the top-tier General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism to investigate suspected war crimes that have largely taken place near Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution sites.

The mechanism is an independent military body responsible for investigating unusual incidents amid the war.

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During the meeting, officials in the MAG’s office expressed alarm over mounting global uproar over the killing of civilians en route to aid sites, Haaretz reported. Senior officers from the IDF’s Southern Command pushed back, claiming that the incidents have been isolated and that troops only fired at Palestinians who posed a threat.

Representatives from the MAG’s office disagreed, insisting that the Southern Command’s account doesn’t line up with the facts on the ground, according to a source who attended the meeting.

“The claim that these are isolated cases doesn’t align with incidents in which grenades were dropped from the air and mortars and artillery were fired at civilians,” a MAG representative is quoted as saying.

“This isn’t about a few people being killed — we’re talking about dozens of casualties every day,” the MAG official added.

The Hamas-run health ministry says549 people have been killed and 4,000 have been wounded trying to pick up aid from GHF sites or while waiting for UN food trucks since May 27, when GHF launched.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-confirms-probe-into-killings-near-gaza-aid-site-denies-troops-ordered-to-shoot-civilians/

IDF says it killed two Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon strikes

Army says separate strike Tuesday killed head of a currency exchange company involved in transferring funds from Iran to Hezbollah

The military said Thursday that it had eliminated two Hezbollah operatives in separate airstrikes in southern Lebanon in the span of two hours.

According to an Israel Defense Forces statement, one of the targets was a commander in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force, who was killed in an airstrike in the Baraachit area on Thursday.

Shortly afterward, a second strike targeted and killed a member of the group’s observation unit in the Beit Lif area.

In statements carried by the official National News Agency, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a man who was wounded “in an Israeli enemy drone strike targeting his bulldozer,” as well as another injured in a strike on a motorcycle, both died in the hospital.

The IDF also said that an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon on Tuesday killed the head of a currency exchange company, who the military said was involved in transferring funds from Iran to Hezbollah.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-says-it-killed-two-hezbollah-operatives-in-southern-lebanon-strikes/

Trump Spends $1M On Attack Ads Smearing Thomas Massie as Pro-Child Genital Mutilation Terrorist

AIPAC is recruiting a challenger to take on Thomas Massie and President Trump is already spending $1 million of his donors' money on smearing the America First congressman as a terrorist who wants to mutilate children's genitals.

I wrote on Sunday: "President Trump's plan to oust Massie is an exact copy of the plan the Republican Jewish Coalition announced earlier this year but he's going to spend his own 'MAGA' supporters' donation money on it instead of the Israel Lobby's millions!"

It's now happening exactly as I predicted.

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AIPAC is recruiting a challenger to take on Thomas Massie and President Trump is already spending $1 million of his donors' money on smearing the America First congressman as a terrorist who wants to mutilate children's genitals.

I wrote on Sunday: "President Trump's plan to oust Massie is an exact copy of the plan the Republican Jewish Coalition announced earlier this year but he's going to spend his own 'MAGA' supporters' donation money on it instead of the Israel Lobby's millions!"

It's now happening exactly as I predicted.

From The Daily Caller, "EXCLUSIVE: AIPAC Seeking Out Challengers To Unseat Rep. Thomas Massie":

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is looking to oust Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie in the upcoming 2026 midterm election.

AIPAC has been actively recruiting candidates to run in a primary against Massie, a source familiar told the Daily Caller.

“I’m aware that foreign lobbyists have conducted a push poll and are trying to recruit another candidate to run against me, due to my opposition to foreign aid and forever wars,” Massie said in a statement sent to the Caller.

From Jewish Insider, "New Trump-aligned super PAC begins $1M ad blitz against GOP Rep. Thomas Massie":

A new super PAC launched by aides to President Donald Trump aimed at unseating Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) placed its first ads in a $1 million blitz in Kentucky targeting the isolationist lawmaker for his refusal to support key parts of the president’s agenda, Jewish Insider has learned.

The Kentucky MAGA PAC was launched earlier this month by Chris LaCivita, who co-managed Trump’s 2024 campaign, and Tony Fabrizio, the president’s pollster, with the goal of defeating Massie in the GOP primary for his House seat next May. LaCivita told Axios at the time that the PAC would spend “whatever it takes” to defeat the Kentucky lawmaker.

Trump and those in his orbit have been discussing the idea of primarying Massie for months, as the congressman criticized the president’s reconciliation package and his approach to foreign policy. Most recently, Massie decried Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities as part of Israel’s military operation to destroy the regime’s nuclear program as unconstitutional.

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