Israel Launches Overnight Attacks on South Syrian Army Camps

Joe Kent Makes Genuine Plea To Trump: "Address The Israeli Issue" Recently-resigned director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent told antiwar.com editor Scott Horton that a narrow window for de-escalation still exists, but only if Donald Trump is willing to confront what Kent repeatedly described as the core constraint on U.S. strategy: Israel. “I think he's got to address the Israeli issue first and foremost… and demand and force them to stop going on the offense.” Kent addressed Trump’s recent public comments urging restraint, specifically that Israel halt strikes on...

In an interview with Israel’s Channel 7 TV, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich reported that his son has asked him not to finish destroying Lebanon before he has the opportunity to get involved and do some destroying of his own. The hawkish Smotrich said he told his son not to worry and that there would […]