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THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE - Iran War Enters 33rd Day: Trump Says No Ceasefire until Hormuz Reopened

State of the Union: The president said the U.S. is bombing Iran “back to the Stone Ages” as Tehran denies it requested a ceasefire. The post Iran War Enters 33rd Day: Trump Says No Ceasefire until Hormuz Reopened appeared first on The American Conservative .

The Iran War entered its 33rd day on Wednesday as President Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s president had requested a ceasefire but said the U.S. would not consider it unless the Strait of Hormuz was reopened, declaring in a Truth Social post: “Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages!!!”  On Tuesday afternoon, Bloomberg News had reported , citing IRNA news, that Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian had signaled a desire to end the war, running the headline “Iran President Says Ready to End War, Seeks Guarantees: IRNA.” Subsequent statements from Iranian officials contradicted those reports, with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi telling Al Jazeera Tuesday evening that…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Hagai El-Ad) - The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms

American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The post The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs The Emptiness of ‘Concern’ Over West Bank Pogroms American and Israeli officials may make noises about the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, but there’s precious little action. The brutality—and frequency—of violent attacks on Palestinian communities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank has become so appalling that even U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently expressed “concern” over it.  “That is a topic we follow very closely,” he said . “I think you’ll see the government there do something about it.” Not only Rubio appears to have been moved to say—if not actually do—“something…Open