2024-04-15: News Headlines

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-04-15). Iran Had Legal Right To Counter-Attack Israel In Self-Defense. popularresistance.org Iran launched a historic attack on April 13, hitting Israel with hundreds of drones and missiles. | Tehran invoked article 51 of the charter of the United Nations, which allowed it to act in self-defense in response to Israel's bombing of Iran's embassy in Syria on April 1. | The US, Canada, and European governments loudly condemned Iran's April 13 attack, portraying Tehran as the aggressor. However, Western officials failed to mention that Iran was acting in self-defense. | Before the Iranian counter-attack, the leading British think tank Chatham House published an article admitting that the "Israeli attack on I…

infobrics (2024-04-15). BRICS: China Trades Trillions of Yuan with 29 Countries. infobrics.org China is seeking to support local currency swaps with 29 developing countries worth a total of 4 trillion yuan, roughly equivalent to $553.49 billion…

Angela (2024-04-15). Tuesday 4/16: Virtual Event: No War With Iran: Codepink Congress Capitol Calling Party. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/cpc416

Angela (2024-04-15). Monday 4/22: Virtual Community Hour: The Missing Peace: Earth Day 2024. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/missingp422

Angela (2024-04-15). Wednesday 4/24: Virtual Meeting: Local Peace Economy. indybay.org Zoom | www.codepink.org/lpe424

Maria Calvo (2024-04-15). Tensión al Máximo. radiohc.cu Permítanme, queridos amigos, utilizar un recurso bastante manido en cierto tipo de literatura y decir que tras el ataque con cohetes y drones de Irán contra el régimen sionista de Israel, en el Oriente Medio la tensión escaló a niveles tan elevados que se puede cortar con un cuchillo.

newarab (2024-04-15). US to sanction Tehran, send aid to Israel after Iran attack. newarab.com Washington is set to impose more sanctions on Iran following The US House of Representatives will vote on more than a dozen draft laws seeking to slap new sanctions on Iran and Iranian-backed factions in the region in response to the hundreds of missiles and drones launc…

newarab (2024-04-15). Yale students hold hunger strike over Gaza war. newarab.com A group of around a dozen Yale students launched a hunger strike on Saturday in protest of Israel's war in Gaza and their university's weapons investments. | The hunger strike, which came about after months of pro-Palestinian student activists making multiple demands for the university to take steps to oppose

newarab (2024-04-15). Iranian notice of attack may have dampened escalation risks. newarab.com Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said on Sunday that Iran gave wide notice days before Most of the hundreds of drones and missiles launched by Iran in a

Larry Johnson (2024-04-15). Israel Suffers Major Blow As Iran Puts West on Notice. sonar21.com The United States and its pack of poodles in the rest of the G-7 spent the day down playing Iran's military strike on Israel as a nothing burger. That is not true. This attack was significant on both a tactical and strategic level and is a defiant warning to both Israel and the United States to keep their powder dry or run the risk of Iran launching a massive strike on Israel that it will not be able to defeat. | Iran made shrewd use of a limited swarm of drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles — all timed to arrive at roughly the same time — which overwhelmed Israel and other air defense…

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