An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News.

Iranian state media is reporting that flights have been suspended over several cities, according to Associated Press.

Iran has been on high alert after Israel said it would respond to an Iranian attack against it on Saturday night

  • @[email protected]
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    437 months ago

    The US is Israel’s shield… Israel can only afford to be a belligerent bully bombing embassies because nobody wants to get involved in a war with the US. The US is enabling Israel’s worst behaviors.

        • @TokenBoomer
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          217 months ago

          I’ll take a stab. The picture implies that the Durstley’s enabled the bullying of their son.

    • @DoomBot5
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      -87 months ago

      You’re right. Before this protection, they tried several times to wipe Israel off the map.

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        77 months ago

        Nope, they didn’t. Even the expression itself is the result of a deliberate mistranslation by pro-Israeli propagandists trying to bolster the completely bogus victim narrative of by far the most militarily powerful and active country in the region.

        • @DoomBot5
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          07 months ago

          Hmm, Iran calls for it constantly. Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan tried several times. You can’t just pretend history didn’t happen.

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            17 months ago

            Iran calls for it constantly

            Do you have a credible source on that? Because propagandists keep claiming that without backing it up with actual evidence that they’re not just making up whatever fits their narrative

            Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, and Jordan tried several times.

            None of them anywhere near successfully and none of them in this millennium.

            You can’t just pretend history didn’t happen.

            And you can’t just greatly exaggerate decades old events and pretend that they represent an imminent and existential threat.

            I mean, you obviously CAN, since you just did, but you really shouldn’t.

            • @DoomBot5
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              07 months ago

              Do you have a credible source on that? Because propagandists keep claiming that without backing it up with actual evidence that they’re not just making up whatever fits their narrative

              Turns out Wikipedia has a great article on it: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calls_for_the_destruction_of_Israel#:~:text=Ali Khamenei%2C Iran’s supreme leader,of Israel from the region”.

              I recommend checking the sources to verify it yourself.

              None of them anywhere near successfully and none of them in this millennium.

              Of course they were not successful, otherwise they would have wiped Israel off the map like their intended goal was. Also, your claim of not in this millennium is disingenuous. There are still plenty people alive to thought in those wars on both sides.

              And you can’t just greatly exaggerate decades old events and pretend that they represent an imminent and existential threat.

              I> mean, you obviously CAN, since you just did, but you really shouldn’t.

              I didn’t, that was you doing that. I was simply adding context to the person I was replying to.

              • @Viking_Hippie
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                Turns out Wikipedia has a great article on it:

                Do you have any idea how biased an article has to be for Wikipedia to put that banner at the top of the article itself rather than just a section or somewhere on the talk page?

                Also, your claim of not in this millennium is disingenuous. There are still plenty people alive to thought in those wars on both sides.

                What kind of nonsense is that? By that standard, the Balkan war is still ongoing 🤦

                I was simply adding context to the person I was replying

                If by “adding context” you mean “repeating deliberately misleading to downright fraudulent propaganda slogans”, sure.

                • @DoomBot5
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                  Any information that doesn’t follow your narrative is misinformation huh? That’s the tactic you’re going with to hide your own misinformation?

                  Those wars happened, those countries wanted to wipe Israel off the map. The US negotiated with them and gave most of them money to stop trying to destroy Israel. How about actually knowing history Instead of trying to come up with your own?

                  • @Viking_Hippie
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                    Any information that doesn’t follow your narrative is misinformation huh? That’s the tactic you’re going with to hide your own misinformation?

                    The projection is strong with this one 🤦

                    Those wars happened, those countries wanted to wipe Israel off the map.

                    That doesn’t allow Israel to slaughter Gazan civilians.

                    Just because I won’t shed a tear when the genocidal fascist Netanyahu dies doesn’t mean that he has a right to murder me, my family, all my neighbors and all the neighbors of my family.

                    The US negotiated with them and gave most of them money to stop trying to destroy Israel.

                    Bullshit. The US hasn’t negotiated in good faith with a Palestinian leader since the 90s at the latest.

                    And even if they had, it wouldn’t matter since it wouldn’t stop the apartheid conditions and constant bombing that give the terrorists influence and therefore power in the first place.

                    How about actually knowing history Instead of trying to come up with your own?

                    You first, genocide apologist.