Shibley Telhami

Ghost of Epstein-Netanyahu-Trump War of Choice 'Threatens Global Economy':

IDF officials admit military struggling to intercept Hezbollah drones So Far, the IDF Is Sticking With Its Initial Decision Not to Order Evacuations, but Army Officials Noted That the IDF's Success With Interceptions Has Been 'Very Partial,' and That a 'Long War' Is Lik...

"IDF Officials Admit Military Struggling to Intercept Hezbollah Drones From Lebanon" www.haaretz.com/middle-east-...

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows

Evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children: U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/w...

The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.

WSJ: 'The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us: Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s threatening the global economy and sending oil prices soaring nearly 60%' www.wsj.com/world/middle...

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch: The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

Lebanon: Israel Unlawfully Using White Phosphorus The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor.

Human Rights Watch: The Israeli military unlawfully used artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over homes on March 3, 2026, in the southern Lebanese town of Yohmor
www.hrw.org/news/2026/03...

IMF's Georgieva warns Middle East conflict could push global inflation higher IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva ​on Monday warned ‌of inflation risks from the Middle East conflict, ​saying a 10% ​increase in oil prices, ⁠if persistent through ​most of the year, ​would ...

IMF Managing Director warns ‌of inflation risks from the Middle East conflict, ​saying a 10% ​increase in oil prices, ⁠if persistent, ​would result in a 40-basis-point increase in global inflation.
www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Oil prices surge 20% as expanding US-Israeli war with Iran cuts supplies from Mideast www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Trump to Times of Israel: It’ll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends US president, in phone interview, clarifies that he'll make final call to end operation 'at right time'; says he and PM ‘worked together' against Islamic Republic: 'We’ve destroyed a country that woul...

Trump to Times of Israel: ‘We’ve destroyed a country that would have destroyed Israel’
www.timesofisrael.com/trump-to-tim...

Oil prices top $100 per barrel as big Middle East producers cut output amid Iran war Gulf Arab oil producers are cutting production as they run out of storage space because they can't export through the Strait of Hormuz

Oil prices top $100 per barrel
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Iraqi oil production collapses with Strait of Hormuz blocked by conflict, sources say A ​drop in ⁠Iraq's oil production and exports is set to strain the country’s already fragile finances, as the state relies on crude sales for nearly all public spending and more than ⁠90% ​of its inco...

"Iraqi oil production collapses" with Strait of Hormuz blocked by conflict www.reuters.com/business/ene...

War with Iran spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets The conflict has hit Europe and Asia harder than the United States, with rising shipping costs and energy prices.

War with Iran has "disrupted the flow of commerce through one of the global economy’s most critical hubs, paralyzing much of the ocean and air traffic that carries goods between Asia and Europe while punishing investors in faraway financial markets." wapo.st/4cuZ5DH

Khamenei's son, Mojtaba Khamenei is the new Iranian Supreme Leader. In addition to losing his father, he also lost his mother, wife, and son in the Israeli bombing.

Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel strikes, sources say The U.S. message to Israel was "WTF."

"Israel's strikes on 30 Iranian fuel depots went far beyond what US expected when Israel notified it in advance, sparking first significant disagreement between the allies." Not clear how big a rift this is, but Israeli and US interests aren't identical. www.axios.com/2026/03/08/u...

AJArabic reports an Iranian military claim: "We targeted and destroyed 4 radars of the U.S. THAAD system in the past hours." There are a maximum of four Thaad systems in the ME now, so this would seem extraordinary. Anyone with insight?

Iran Is Hitting the Radars That Underpin U.S. Missile Defenses Tehran is carrying out many of the strikes with one-way attack drones.

"Iran is targeting the radar systems that serve as the eyes of the air defenses in the Middle East, hitting several in recent days and degrading the ability of the U.S. and its allies to track incoming missiles."
www.wsj.com/world/iran-i... via @wsj.com

A man with psychopathic symptoms, wielding more destructive power than any human ever has, is wreaking unjustified death and ruination across an expanding chunk of the globe - all in our name, as we watch helplessly in horror and despair.

Live Updates: U.S.-Israeli Strikes Grow as Fuel Depots Burn in Tehran

Partnering with a state that half of Americans say committed genocide, to use a superpower's ruinous might to kill hundreds, including children, and bring suffering to millions, unprovoked - with some invoking the name Jesus whose core message was love & compassion.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Israeli Health Ministry: 1,836 wounded evacuated to hospitals since the beginning of the war (via Haaretz)

Hegseth should contemplate the words of Archbishop of Chicago: "Real war with real death and real suffering being treated like a video game — it’s sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made fatal mistake of going to school"

Live Updates: U.S.-Israeli Strikes Grow as Fuel Depots Burn in Tehran

Partnering with a state that half of Americans say committed genocide, to use a superpower's ruinous might to kill hundreds, including children, and bring suffering to millions, unprovoked - with some invoking the name Jesus whose core message was love & compassion.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

"A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it’s a video game — it’s sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day. Six U.S. soldiers have been killed."

The kind of 'freedom' that Netanyahu has bestowed upon the Palestinians who have been under Israeli domination for nearly six decades?

Source: Israel urging allies to sever diplomatic ties with Iran Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar Allegedly Asked World Leaders to Shutter Diplomatic Presence in Tehran. Meanwhile, a Diplomatic Source Says Israel Struck A...

Makes sense: Given that Israel and the US jointly attacked Iran unprovoked, other states should now cut diplomatic relations with Iran. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Kuwait declares force majeure, cuts crude oil output due to Middle East conflict The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation cited explicit threats by Iran against the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, attacks by Iran ​on Kuwait and the "almost ​total absence" within the Gu...

Kuwait Petroleum Corp began cutting oil output on Saturday and declared force majeure, adding to earlier oil and gas reductions from Iraq and Qatar as the U.S.- Israel war on Iran blocked shipments from the Middle East ​for the eighth consecutive day.
www.reuters.com/business/ene...

What decent human on earth would condone treating oneself to what belongs to others simply because one has a bigger gun? What parent would teach their kids to live by this rule? What normal person would brag about it to boot?

Lindsey Graham’s Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran Few others in the president’s ear argued for the attack as effectively as South Carolina’s senior senator.

Netanyahu's American sidekick on Iran: "Few people lobbied Trump to undertake the riskiest gambit of his presidency as effectively as the hawkish and persistent Graham." www.wsj.com/politics/pol... via @WSJ

A man with psychopathic symptoms, wielding more destructive power than any human ever has, is wreaking unjustified death and ruination across an expanding chunk of the globe - all in our name, as we watch helplessly in horror and despair.

Senator @vanhollen.senate.gov: “Netanyahu said the other day that he's been waiting 40 years to get to this point. It took him 40 years to find an American president who is stupid enough to drag America into this war.”

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Madness!