Over a hundred dead in a blast in Iran. Not clear as to who is responsible, but just adds to building tensions.
Israel is really trying hard to stir-up an escalation. 
Fuck, it was the memorial service of the assassinated commander, it canât get more provocative than this.
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Donât forget: as long as war goes on, Netanyahou stays in power. As soons as it ends, heâll be finished. Thatâs why we shouldnât expect peace anytime soon. Israel will try to stir up as much shit as possible, for this single reason.
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Maybe. It isnât characteristic of what Israel has done in Iran in the past, not a particularly high value target, just provocative. There are other actors with an interest in fanning the flames.
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Thereâs no concrete evidence linking Israel to this.
Except for Israeli drones attacking Beruit.
There is no question around that one. Hell, a Likud member has even congratulated the government. But there are real questions around the Iran attack.
Ah. I missed the Iran attack and thought it was in reference to Beruit
The MO is definitely different than the usual Israel/US tactics. But, it doesnât mean that they canât change the modus operandi or act through a proxy. I remember the assassination of an Iranian scientist which also didnât fit the known MO of Israel/US.
I feel the attack was designed either to intimidate Iran by showing that Israel/US can hit deep inside Iran, or to infuiriate Iran into a reckless response. This attack, along with the assassinations of Sayyed Razi Mousavi and Saleh al-Arouri is making Iran and its allies look weak.
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Probable, but if US/ Israel did do the strike, they would have claimed it
A strike on a civilian gathering isnât that intimidating. An assassination inside Iran would be far more effective. I agree that the motivation is very likely to provoke an Iranian response.
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More fuel to the fire ?
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At the same time, UK Foreign Minister is threatening to hit Houthi facilities in Yemen.
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The entire Middle East is a fucking powder keg atm.
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if it wasnât for Jacques Cousteau, itâd just be a pile of sand not worth fighting over.
religious wars are the bane of humanity.
Care to elaborate? Iâve never heard anything about links between Cousteau and the Middle East conflict.
they touch on it in this documentary, obviously not wanting to spoil the legacy of the man who found the oil for Abu Dhabi
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Blinken on his fourth visit in three months. During this time things have only escalated or (for the Palestinians) deteriorated. He is visiting nine countries and aside from Israel none holds any ace to stop the crisis.
In other news, respiratory diseases and diarrhea is now widespread in Gaza.
Nasrallah said that all of Lebanon would be âexposedâ if there was no response from his group to the killing of Saleh al-Arouri
This is a marked change from his earlier speech on Wednesday.