With World's Eyes on Iran, Israel Locks Down the West Bank
The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestinians’ movement as settler violence ramps up.
The Israeli military has closed checkpoints around the West Bank, restricting Palestinians’ movement as settler violence ramps up.
Some Democrats are fighting to stop war with Iran, but party leaders are silently acquiescing or, worse, supporting an attack.
With Congress not reconvening until next week, there’s a chance the vote might come after attacks start.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth insists “the ceasefire is not over,” despite renewed combat between U.S. and Iranian forces.
Defense officials say his claims are “overblown” — and the intelligence community said Iran wasn’t building a bomb.
A War Powers Resolution would prohibit the “United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
“This tells any potential adversaries of the U.S.: Get nuclear weapons. Hedging is not a strategy.”
A military watchdog has been “inundated” with complaints that officials are using end-times Christian rhetoric to justify war.
By rallying behind process-based critiques, the Democrats are refusing to stand against the war on moral grounds.
Matt Duss, former foreign policy adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders, on how Democrats can win on an anti-war platform and bring about real change.
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