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Anyone can be Palestine Actionist. Don't need even need to videotape it or ask permission.

BREAKING: SpaceX Starship explodes during static fire test (BNOnews)

https://bsky.app/profile/bnonews.com/post/3lrwnpsmyys22

Israel literally used a tank to fire upon starving palestinians.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c74zj9kv2xjo

A local journalist and eyewitnesses said Israeli drones fired two missiles, followed shortly after by a shell from an Israeli tank positioned between 400 and 500m away from the crowd. The explosions caused many casualties.

And no one in power will give a shit. Just another fucking day here in the Empire.

Hell world

We really have reached the point where Tucker Carlson is the voice of reason, huh

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/18/ted-cruz-tucker-carlson-fight-00411980

At first, Carlson launched a softball at Cruz, asking how many people live in Iran. Cruz didn’t know the answer.

“You don’t know the population of the country you seek to topple?” Carlson asked, later pressing, “How could you not know that?”

Cruz sloughed off the interrogation, replying: “I don’t sit around memorizing population tables.”

But the interaction began to get heated as Carlson got increasingly frustrated by Cruz’s apparent lack of knowledge.

“Well it’s kind of relevant because you’re calling for the overthrow of the government,” Carlson shot back, before suggesting that Cruz doesn’t “know anything about the country.”

“I didn’t say I don’t know anything about the country,” Cruz said.

“Okay, what’s the ethnic mix of Iran?” Carlson asked, prompting a pause from the senator.

“They are Persians and predominantly Shia,” Cruz offered, getting defensive as Carlson cut in to ask “What percent?”

“You don’t know anything about Iran!” Carlson said, as the two men began yelling over each other. “You’re a senator who is calling for the overthrow of the government and you don’t know anything about the country!”

The Cradle: Pakistan breaks ranks, backs Iran in war with Israel

There's a lot in this article, so to summarize, it looks like Pakistan is rapidly aligning with Iran in a kinda informal way. Both the political class and the population generally support an alignment with Iran, which is surprising because earlier this year, Iran and Pakistan had done a little tit-for-tat, striking targets (extremist groups) within each other's countries. It seems like that exchange, amazingly, left them both fairly satisfied and happy with each other - or perhaps Pakistan's exchange with India earlier made them realize that they do need allies, and Iran can be counted on.

While Islamabad has offered no formal commitment of military aid to Tehran, Iranian media and parliament are now rallying around Pakistan with chants of “Pakistan Zindabad.”

Now, this part is insane:

Speaking to The Cradle, Abdullah Khan of the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) reveals that Israeli drone operators had recently attempted to sabotage Pakistan's nuclear facilities during the India–Pakistan crisis:

“Israeli drone operators were stationed in Indian operation rooms during the recent Pakistan–India conflict, trying to target Pakistan’s nuclear facilities. However, prompt action from Pakistan thwarted their efforts, preventing them from causing any damage to the nuclear assets of Pakistan.”

Death cult, indeed.

Anyway, I was initially skeptical of claims that Pakistan would nuke Israel if Israel nuked Iran, and I'm still a little skeptical that this would actually happen (as presumably, Pakistan would also get nuked by Israel in return, and then that just creates a whole shitload of issues to put it mildly), but a senior Iranian general basically confirmed that this was true, and I can't imagine that's a thing you just throw out there unless there's some rock-solid support or guarantee. Even Russia hesitated for a bit in giving Belarus access to Russia's nuclear umbrella (I believe waiting until Finland was de jure in NATO, though my timeline might be a little skewed), and Lukashenko has been unquestionably Putin's ally this entire time.

Also, I like this response by a Pakistani official to Iran's version of Guaido:

“If Iranian people are energized and motivated, according to you, show some balls and go back and lead them and remove the regime. Put your money where your arse is, bloody parasitical imperial whore.”

Naturally, this has all put Pakistan under pressure:

“The Pakistani security elite perceive that the US and its counter-proliferation regime are imposing penalties on Pakistan, although it was India that brought the nuclear issue to South Asia. “There exists a structural perception in Rawalpindi that the US, along with its allies India and Israel, is targeting Pakistan's nuclear program. Nonetheless, it remains uncertain how Pakistan will handle the situation. Certainly, increased investment in air defense systems, enhanced domestic intelligence capabilities, and strengthening the air force with next-generation J-35 stealth fighters are all essential to take on any possible Israeli actions."

Now, as noted previously in this thread, Munir has been summoned to the US - so either Pakistan will back down, or they'll flip the US the bird.

In a move that exposes Washington’s alarm, Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, was quietly summoned to the US Central Command headquarters in Florida. His absence from a key national parade in Islamabad has raised questions at home. While the Pakistani embassy remains tight-lipped, Dawn cited sources anticipating “uncomfortable conversations” in Washington. Whether Munir's US visit results in a recalibration or further consolidation of Islamabad's alignment with Tehran and Beijing remains uncertain. But one thing is clear: Pakistan is no longer sitting on the fence.

Israeli media: Kan Channel: There is a hint in Israel this evening that ultimately Trump will not decide to join the fight against Iran. It is no longer clear in Israel what Trump wants to do, and they are even using the word "puzzle"

tbh this makes me think they're about to start striking, feels like a feint

Pentagon’s chief Israel planner sacked after ‘death cult’ comments

https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/us-israel-planner-sacked-death-cult-cz8o38kk

My prediction: Iran just keeps bombing Tel Aviv with low cost drones.

1 hour later: And yup that was the exact reaction

There are close to 50 large oil tankers scrambling to leave the Strait of Hormuz right now. Looks like the oil industry is expecting the Strait to be blockaded in the coming days.

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CNN twists themselves into pretzels to avoid the words “Iran successfully strikes Israel”

Now all the Western satellites line up like good little dogs to issue statements commending the US and Israel for tearing the NPT and international law more generally to shreds.

Your "rules-based international order."

"My intelligence community is wrong"

Trump dismisses the assessment of his own intelligence community regarding Iran's nuclear capabilities, insisting that they are mistaken.

When confronted by a reporter who cites Tulsi Gabbard, his Director of National Intelligence, Trump simply states, "She's wrong."

@PressTV

Trump enforces mass Voice of America layoffs, 600 employees terminated

Kari Lake, who now leads USAGM, has floated plans to replace VOA's journalism with free programming from One America News Network (OANN), a right-wing pro-Trump outlet. The only part of USAGM left untouched is the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, where all 33 employees remain.

lmao they only left the anti-Cuba propagandists

Whatever happens now, remember, America must die

A Jewish activist was arrested today in Berlin, reportedly because the police said their Star of David contained the Hamas triangle

https://xcancel.com/derJamesJackson/status/1931039877363069360#m

Looks like multiple waves of ballistic missiles launched at Israel by Iran, 10 potential impact sites reported, so multiple direct hits.

A ballistic missile also hit Haifa despite there being no warning/alert for the region. This is because Iran's most advanced ballistic missiles can maneuver, making predicting the impact point at launch extremely difficult, updates have to be provided based on this.

Masih Alinejad, leading Iranian 'opposition' figure abroad: 'Israel ruined all of our plans. Netanyahu should have waited until the next mass protests and strikes began and then attacked in coordination with the opposition. Israel's military action sidelined the opposition and the overthrow the regime for at least 15 to 20 years. People have now mistakenly become supporters of the Islamic Republic.'

Chuck Schumer be like: TACO Trump will never nuke Iran

Petition to permanently ban the phrase "nothing ever happens"

Whirlwind of insane reports in the last hour. This shit is so exhausting.

-Israeli media is reporting that America entering the conflict is now more likely than ever, likely tonight

-Iranian state run media is claiming “there will be a surprise tonight that the world will remember for centuries”

-US forces across all Middle East bases placed on high alert

-Netanyahu holding talks with high ranking military officials/ministers, now on the phone with Trump

-Iran says it will mine the strait of Hormuz if the U.S. enters the conflict

God I wish we lived in precedented times

Funniest thing about Israeli interception rates falling dramatically is that it puts the United States in a damned if they do damned if they don’t situation.

Give the Zionist entity more anti-missile munitions and deplete your own difficult to replace stockpile at the cost of becoming basically defenseless against China

OR

Let Iran make the incredibly fragile Zionist entity unsustainable by not giving it the anti-missile munitions it needs and sending the settlers packing.

Mexico's President has 82.5 percent approval rating - Prensa Latina

Trump saying that Iran's nuclear sites have been "obliterated"

Also, that's a pretty tall order, to simply say something that can very easily be debunked such as that. Unless the preliminary info from Iran is totally bogus, this seems like a weird way to put it.

If Zohran Mamdani wins the mayoral election in NYC he must purge the comprador NYPD and appoint loyalists in addition to immediately pursuing the acquisition of nuclear deterrents to preserve the New York People’s’ Revolution.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DK7GqSzqWCH/

If anybody needs a bit of respite before the plunge, witness the cutest Donkey parade in Gaza to honor donkeys for helping them without electricity/gas.

10 days ago , Greta was Arrested from Gaza Freedom Flottila

The Israeli blackout really drives home how reliant we are on constant media reporting to determine the rate of success and draw conclusions about the relative strengths of Israel and Iran. With an Israeli media blackout, there's going to be a lot more people questioning (both legitimately and as propaganda online) whether Iranian capabilities are degraded or if we just can't see the strikes any more.

I guess for your average guy without much military knowledge like yours truly, there's increasingly not much more to do or say than to hope Iran knows how to fight wars, lol

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A most beautiful sight

So the israelis are just obscuring all military casualties from the Iranian strikes, right? It's completely unbelievable with the number of confirmed hits on IDF/related institutions that no military personnel have been killed.

Israeli gov is paranoid about meeting in one location.

⚡️ Enemy Media Reports:

• The government meeting will be held via secure video so that all ministers are not present in one location.

• The ministers will be divided into groups, and each group will access from a different location where there is a secure line. Netanyahu will also access the secure line. Amir Ettinger

I don't think Israel have the air superiority they pretend they have. I think Israeli impacts on Iran are mostly missiles. Their attempts to fly drones and jets in Iranian airspace is resulting in things being downed whereas the Iranian AD can't deal with missiles. Some drones are sneaking through too but that's just always going to be the case.

One thing that irks me is that when we've seen air superiority achieved in the past it's produced videos of lingering presence of jets. Iranian civilians aren't taking any videos showing the presence of jets at all as far as I can tell. They're loud as shit, you know when one is in your area. So if they have air superiority? Where's the evidence of this?

The obvious conclusion is that they don't have it.

I think the lack of impacts in eastern Iran aren't because they can't fly the air force there due to lack of air superiority, I think the lack of impacts there are caused by lack of range on the munitions they're successfully hitting western Iran with.

Iran has Juche Necromancy technology

Admiral Ali Shamkhani confirms survival after Israeli strike - Pakistan Minute Mirror

Earlier reports had falsely announced his death, but Press TV and several Iranian outlets have confirmed his current stable condition

PressTV -

"I am alive and ready for sacrifice"

Message from Admiral Shamkhani to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the people of Iran: I am alive and ready for sacrifice

Admiral Ali Shamkhani, the political advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, who was severely injured during a terrorist attack by the Israeli regime on his home in the early hours of June 13, has stabilized medically.

In a message addressed to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the people of Iran, he emphasized: The bright day of victory is near. The name of Iran will shine throughout history as it always has, and the smiles.

lmao

Iranian security forces arrested 3 members of Ukraine's intelligence services who were trying to attack a drone factory in Esfahan – Tasnim

Few days old news but Four senior executives at Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have been formally appointed lieutenant colonels in the US Army following the creation of a “special” unit created for rich Big Tech mavens seeking military leadership roles.

Iran's Foreign Minister is in Moscow today. It seems kind of ridiculous, but what if Iran joins the Union State and hosts Russian nukes? Per Dmitry Medvedev's implication.

"If someone is worried ... (then) it is very simple: join in the Union State of Belarus and Russia. That's all: there will be nuclear weapons for everyone."

• Lukashenko in 2023

Obviously the big question mark is what this would mean for the war in Ukraine.

if you have USA as an Ally you get 25 Air Tankers on the way to support you 3 days into your war X´th war of aggression , while doing genocide.

If you have china , i think its jasmine tea.

On Channel 13, an Israeli commentator joked about war with Turkey.

Stupidest move Israel could make.

Some Palestine Action activists have taken a couple of British air-to-air refuelling tankers out of action with a bit of red paint.

Security review launched after activists break into RAF base

A security review has been launched across UK military bases after pro-Palestinian activists broke into RAF Brize Norton and sprayed two military planes with red paint.

Another ballistic missile attack by Iran on Israel just concluded, 20-30 missiles launched, multiple direct hits. Same pattern since day 1 of the war, more than 20 missiles must be launched to guarantee direct hits, and the more that are launched, the more direct hits.

I'd guess daytime strikes are done using missiles launched from the east, where Israeli fighter jets can't reach. Probably dispersed from the missile cities and prepared the night before, but fired during the day.

I am very afraid for the people of Tehran

If they drop a nuke on Fordow they can claim whatever they want to claim about its success because nobody will be able to verify whether it actually damaged the facility via radiation monitoring.

Trump has left the G7 and is heading back to Washington DC, and posted these three things on Truth Social

More very public signalling towards Iran.

Lindsey Graham joins in

This is very serious. Anyone on here that lives in Iran, please take as much precautions as possible. Leave if possible.

Norway's Labour government will implement a national ban on trade with companies that facilitate Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land. This comes as a result of the socialist left party's negotiations on a revised state budget, and continuing pressure from the norwegian confederation of trade unions (LO).

Norway's massive sovereign wealth fund has continually dragged its feet on the issue of excluding companies that facilitate and profit from the occupation of Palestine from the wealth fund's portfolio (such as it did with Russia in 2022), even though finance minister (and former NATO chief) Jens Stoltenberg has admitted under oath that he has the power to do so at any moment.

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