#U.S. and Israel

[thewellnessdailyjournal]

Trump Says U.S. Was Aware of Israeli Plans to Strike Iran

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has revealed that the United States was aware of Israel’s intention to strike Iran, stating that while there was no formal warning given, American officials were informed and tracking developments closely. In a conversation with The Wall Street Journal, Trump explained that the Israeli government did not provide a traditional “heads-up” prior to the operation,…

[nourasbasha]

My name is Laian, I’m 11 years old.

My dad rented us a home after we lived in a tent, and he sent me and my siblings to good schools so we can learn and dream.

Because of the war, everything is so expensive. That’s why my dad started this campaign — to help us keep going.

I made this drawing from my heart. Maybe it can help us hold on to hope 💛

You can donate directly through our campaign on GoFundMe, our campaign is verified @/gazavetters number #644 , I hope this post reaches people who don't know our story as well. This post tells our story and the challenges and difficulties we face as the war continues for the second year in the Gaza Strip.

Updated June 22, 2025

Tonight, Iran's nuclear reactors were bombed by America, the United States of America. This is not good. The war in Gaza will not end. It seems that we will remain like this until we die. The war is extending. Also, Israel has not stopped its genocidal massacres in Gaza, nor has the stifling siege, the lie about aid, and the trap of American-Israeli aid distribution points... they are death traps.

[remindertoclick]

Here's your daily reminder to click for Palestine!!!

U.S. residents, take 5 minutes and use this link to pressure your members of Congress to stop sending weapons to the Israeli military!!

(Letter variants you can copy/paste under the cut!!)

Original letter written by Jewish Voice for Peace:

I am writing as your constituent to ask that you do everything in your power to press the Biden administration to suspend all weapons shipments to the Israeli military, and oppose all future military funding to Israel. The Israeli government has vowed to push forward with a large-scale military operation in Rafah, even though President Biden has repeatedly said such an operation would be a "red line." On May 7, the Israeli military seized the Rafah border crossing, a crucial passage for humanitarian aid, and ordered 100,000 Palestinians in eastern Rafah to evacuate. The 1.3 million displaced Palestinians sheltering in Rafah will have nowhere to flee should a full invasion commence. Millions of Palestinian lives now hang in the balance. I urge you to do everything in your power to stop this unfolding catastrophe before it's too late. Thank you.

Slight variations I created (so that emails don't get marked as spam for being identical to each other)

Variation 1:

I'm writing to you as your constituent to ask you to do everything you can to pressure the Biden administration into suspending all weapons shipments to the Israeli military and opposing any and all future military funding to Israel! The Israeli government is pushing forward with a large-scale military operation in Rafah. President Biden has repeatedly said such an operation would be a "red line," yet his administration is still supporting this operation. On May 7th 2024, the Israeli military seized the Rafah border crossing, a crucial passage for humanitarian aid, and forced 100,000 Palestinians in eastern Rafah to abandon their homes. 1.3 million Palestinians have been displaced. Those sheltering in Rafah have nowhere to flee during a full invasion. Millions of Palestinian lives now hang in the balance. Their fate lies in the hands on Congress, in your hands. I urge you to do everything in your power to stop this unfolding catastrophe before it's too late. Thank you.

Variation 2:

I'm writing you today to ask that you do everything in your power to convince the Biden administration to stop funding Israel. We have to telk them to stop all shipments of weapons to the Israeli military and oppose all future military funding to Israel. The Israeli government has vowed to push forward with a large-scale military operation in Rafah... President Biden made it clear that such an operation would be a "red line," and yet he continues to fund them. On May 7th of this year, the Israeli military seized the Rafah border crossing, a crucial passage for humanitarian aid, and forced 100,000 Palestinians to flee their own home of Eastern Rafah. Should a full invasion commence, 1.3 million displaced Palestinians sheltering in Rafah will have nowhere safe to go. Millions of Palestinian lives now hang in the balance. I am begging you now, as your constituent, to do everything in your power to stop this unfolding catastrophe before it's too late... Thank you

[vague-humanoid]

Forty-six thousand Israeli businesses have been forced to shut as a result of the ongoing war and its devastating effect on the economy, Hebrew newspaper Maariv reported on 10 July, referring to Israel as a “country in collapse.” 

“This is a very high number that encompasses many sectors. About 77 percent of the businesses that have been closed since the beginning of the war, which make up about 35,000 businesses, are small businesses with up to five employees, and are the most vulnerable in the economy,” Yoel Amir, CEO of Israeli information services and credit risk management firm, CofaceBdi, told Maariv. 

The report adds that “the most vulnerable industries are the construction industry, and as a result also the entire ecosystem that operates around it: ceramics, air conditioning, aluminum, building materials, and more – All of these were significantly damaged,” according to CofaceBdi’s risk ratings.

The trade sector has also been severely affected. This includes the service sector and industries including fashion, furniture, housewares, entertainment, transport, and tourism. 

Israel is in a situation where “there is almost no foreign tourism,” the report said, adding that “damage to businesses is all over the country, and almost no sector has been spared.” 

This includes the agriculture sector, which is based mainly in the south and the north – both considered active combat zones due to the threat posed by the Palestinian resistance and Lebanon’s Hezbollah – whose support front against Israel has significantly contributed to the downfall of the economy. 

The CofaceBdi CEO estimates that 60,000 Israeli businesses are expected to be shut down by the end of 2024. 

Hezbollah’s attacks have severely affected local business and education in the north. Tens of thousands of settlers have been forced to evacuate. “Our goal of draining the enemy’s economy … has been achieved,” Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said on 10 July. 

The Yemeni army’s maritime operations have also contributed to the economy's downfall. Revenues at key ports, such as the southern port of Eilat, have fallen significantly.

In the final months of 2023, the Israeli GDP plummeted by nearly 20 percent.

The threat of escalation with Hezbollah has also posed fears in Israel that any full-scale war with the Lebanese resistance would plunge the economy much deeper into the abyss. Hezbollah has demonstrated through recent video warnings that it is capable of attacking energy infrastructure such as oil refineries and gas tanks.

@el-shab-hussein

[deadpresidents]

"Those who believe that bombing from the outside can save a country despite itself and against itself have always been wrong. It is absolutely essential that all strikes carried out on both sides, against energy, administrative and cultural infrastructure, and especially against civilians, must stop. Nothing justifies them and they are absolutely intolerable.

We do not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons or the develop its ballistic capabilities, but I believe the greatest mistake today would be to seek regime change in Iran by military means -- because that would bring chaos. No one can say what comes next...We never support actions of regional destabilization. Collectively didn't we see the consequences this had in the region and elsewhere? Does anyone think that what was done in Iraq in 2003 was a good idea? Does anyone think that what was done in Libya in the previous decade was a good idea? No! I'm also thinking of our friends in the region, in Iraq, Lebanon, and elsewhere. We must help them reduce everything that, indeed, threatens their security, but they need anything but chaos."

-- French President Emmanuel Macron, on the Israel-Iran War and potential calls for regime change via military action in Iran by Israel and the United States, while speaking to reporters at the G7 Summit, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 17, 2025.

[nando161mando]

U.S. corporate media is struggling…the kids have figured it out

[martyr-mayhem]

As you boycott major corporations, you may want to join a local “Buy Nothing” group--THE BEST THING SINCE SLICED BREAD.

[good-old-gossip]

Terrorist Pig Trump bombs Yemeni kids to quench his Zionist Bloodlust

[theivorybilledwoodpecker]

People are legit acting like Harris desperately wanted to help Palestinians but Biden wouldn't let her.

She's the fucking vice president! You can't pretend she's not a vital part of the Biden administration. She hasn't been locked in some room for 10 months, unable to speak her mind.

She may hold less power than Biden, but she has a voice and a platform that she has used to promote Israel's lies.

"It would have been risky to her career!"

So? As one of the most prominent politicians in the country, she does not have the right to place her career over human lives.

It is disrespectful and ignorant to believe that she was merely a puppet who has now broken free of her strings. She aided and abetted genocide because she wanted to do so.

[the-amazing-boop]

This is the first I'm hearing of this today so I'm waiting for news outlets to confirm his death so I'm still looking for more information.

Regardless, Aaron Bushnell, thank you for your sacrifice. Self immolation is the most severe form of protest. I'm sorry it came to this.

First, the man in Congo, now this. Every single day, I feel ill.

Edit: several reports confirm Aaron has passed. I don't know if I'll stop crying before I go to bed. I may need day to take a break and sit with this. We haven't seen this much self immolation protests documented so forwardly since Vietnam.

[nourasbasha]

The chosen ones are fleeing the “promised land” and going home all over the world! #satire #truth

[remindertoclick]

This is your reminder to Click for Palestine today!

And donate directly to UNRWA you have the means!

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[deadpresidents]

Motherfucker.

[girlactionfigure]

After posting earlier today about the THAAD Battery going to Israel, it’s surprising to me how many didn’t know about “Site 512” which is the only Permanent U.S. Military Installation in Israel. 

Site 512, which is operated by the 1st Space Brigade of the U.S. Army and sits atop Mount Har Qeren in Southern Israel, was opened in the Early 2000s by the Bush Administration as a Top Secret Radar Facility featuring less than 100 Soldiers; but since then the Base has received several Expansions, including one in 2017 and one 2023 which constructed enough Barracks Space to house roughly 1,000 Personnel.

 Currently around 300 American Service members are stationed at the Base, alongside a AN/TPY-2 Surveillance Transportable Radar and several Early-Warning Systems focused on Iran; in addition, there is believed to be a MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Battery and at least some of a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Battery located at the Site.

[good-old-gossip]

President Donald Trump's plan for the US to "take over" and take “ownership” of Palestine’s Gaza, removing its native Palestinians population to create the "Riviera of the Middle East," has drawn stark criticism globally as an overt attempt to forcibly displace the enclave’s indigenous Palestinian inhabitants.

Announcing his transformation prospects at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Trump said that, “The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it, too. We'll own it … level it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area."

"I think the potential in the Gaza Strip is unbelievable," he added.

Western media giants framed Trump’s Gaza takeover proposal as an “innovative” and “courageous” business opportunity, portraying the plan in a positive light, with many headlines omitting any mention of the Palestinian territory’s residents or the consequences for the two million Palestinians displaced inside the besieged enclave – namely, further displacement and eventual erasure.