A cease fire deal seems to be NOT what any of these people want….
There ARE still hostages/POW’s being held….
People are still suffering and dying ….
Update…..
Biden/Harris admin ok’s another $20 Billion in military money TO Israel.…
Wars often result from a fundamental conflict of national interests. That’s part of what’s triggering this confrontation between Israel and Iran. But it’s also driven by intangible factors: Israel’s desire to restore deterrence and Iran’s determination to preserve its national dignity…..
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Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran calls it an “excessive request.”
The leaders of Britain, France and Germany in a joint statement Monday asked Iran and its allies to refrain from retaliation for the killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last month. Iran has blamed Israel.
The European leaders also endorsed the latest push by mediators from Qatar, Egypt and the United States to broker an agreement to end the Israel-Hamas war. Talks are expected to resume Thursday. And they called for the return of scores of hostages held by Hamas and the “unfettered” delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Mediators have spent months trying to get the sides to agree to a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the remaining hostages captured in its Oct. 7 attack in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel, and Israel would withdraw from Gaza….
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Iran sharply criticized three European leaders who had called for restraint in the crisis with Israel, saying Tehran reserved the right to defend its sovereignty. Nasser Kanaani, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, said in a statement on Tuesday that the they had ignored Israeli “crimes and terrorism” against Palestinians and in the Middle East. On Monday, the leaders of Britain, France and Germany had urged Iran and its allies not to retaliate for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Tehran because it could disrupt efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel assailed Itamar Ben-Gvir, his national security minister, on Tuesday after Mr. Ben-Gvir visited a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, along with dozens of other Jews who prayed there in violation of longstanding arrangements. Mr. Ben-Gvir was seen in videos singing songs and saying he supported Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount, the location of two ancient Jewish temples. The site is known to Muslims as the Aqsa Mosque compound and the place from which the Prophet Muhammad ascended to heaven. “It is the government and the prime minister who determine policy on the Temple Mount,” Mr. Netanyahu’s office said in a statement. For years, the government has quietly allowed Jews to pray at the site, but in the videos from Tuesday, dozens of Jewish visitors are seen fully prostrating themselves in prayer.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the president of the Palestinian Authority, met with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Tuesday, and Mr. Putin said Russia was doing “everything to support the Palestinian people.” Mr. Putin long projected friendly relations with Israel, but the war in Ukraine has strained ties, with Russia increasingly beholden to Israel’s enemy, Iran, a key weapons supplier. Mr. Abbas is in Moscow until Wednesday, and then is due to travel to Turkey. There, he is expected to give a rare address to the country’s Parliament, and to meet with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a harsh critic of Israel.
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Houthi authorities have been occupying the United Nations human rights office in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, since a raid earlier this month that flouted the organization’s diplomatic immunity, U.N. officials in Geneva said on Tuesday. The Iranian-backed rebels, who have attacked Israel and ships in the Red Sea in solidarity with the Palestinians, have also stepped up hostile actions against the United Nations and other international organizations. Houthi authorities seized control of equipment, files and vehicles in the Aug. 3 raid on the U.N. office. Days before, the U.N. rights chief, Volker Türk, suspended the office’s work over security fears after Houthi authorities accused some staff members of spying for Israeli and American intelligence agencies. The Houthis arrested 13 U.N. staff members in June and now hold 17, who are being held incommunicado……
Iran is likely trying to expand divisions within Israel and between Israel and the United States ahead of a possible Iranian drone and missile attack. Three anonymous senior Iranian officials speaking to Reuters on August 13 claimed that Iran and Lebanese Hezbollah would refrain from attacking Israel if it reached a ceasefire-hostage agreement with Hamas. One of the senior Iranian officials claimed that Iran and Hezbollah would attack Israel if ceasefire-hostage talks fail or if Israel delays negotiations….
Update….
It DOES appear that Iran IS trying to NOT launch the ‘MAJOR’ attack that everyone say’s is coming…But Has NOT….