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Footage Shows Moment Israeli Soldier Shot Seven-Month-Old Baby in the West Bank

9 June 2026 at 20:47
Footage released by the Israeli rights group B’Tselem shows the moment an Israeli soldier opened fire on a vehicle in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and killed a seven-month-old baby, Sam Abu Haikal. The killing occurred on Friday when Sam’s father, Fahd Abu Haikal, was driving home in the city of Hebron, when IDF soldiers appeared […]

Trump amenaza con represalias a Irán tras derribar un helicóptero de EEUU

9 June 2026 at 18:28
Donald Trump, presidente de EEUU, en una comparecencia en el Despacho Oval.

La tregua entre Estados Unidos e Irán podría estar a punto de saltar por los aires. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, ha dicho este martes que habrá represalias contra Irán por haber derribado un helicóptero estadounidense en el estrecho de Ormuz. El ataque no dejó víctimas. Tuvo lugar 100 días después del inicio de las hostilidades. Desde el 7 de abril está en vigor una tregua cada vez más frágil.

"Acabo de ser informado por nuestras Fuerzas Armadas de que los iraníes derribaron uno de nuestros helicópteros Apache de alta tecnología mientras patrullaba el estrecho de Ormuz", ha escritoTrump en su red Truth Social. "Dos pilotos estuvieron involucrados, ambos sanos y salvos. No obstante, Estados Unidos debe, necesariamente, responder a este ataque", ha añadido.

El helicóptero estadounidense cayó cerca de la costa de Omán, donde los dos soldados a bordo sobrevivieron, según informó este martes el Comando Central de las Fuerzas Armadas de Estados Unidos (Centcom). Fuerzas estadounidenses rescataron a los dos tripulantes del helicóptero AH-64 Apache, según informa la agencia Efe.

En el golfo de Omán, el Ejército estadounidense disparó a un buque petrolero por violar el bloqueo que Washington impone desde el 13 de abril contra embarcaciones que salen y llegan a puertos iraníes.

Discrepancias con Netanyahu

Estos hechos ocurren en medio de los nuevos enfrentamientos en la región, donde Irán e Israel han intercambiado ataques en los últimos días. Trump exigió el lunes a las dos partes que pararan. Las discrepancias con su aliado, el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, son cada vez más intensas. Netanyahu quiere seguir atacando el Líbano hasta reducir a su mínima expresión a Hizbulá. Pero la campaña militar contra Irán y sus aliados se ha revertido contra Israel y EEUU.

El presidente estadounidense aseguró que podría alcanzar un acuerdo con Irán en "dos o tres días", el enésimo plazo que plantea tras varias semanas de negociación con la República Islámica. Sin embargo, en cualquier momento puede decidir más ataques. Irán no se quedará de brazos cruzados y la escalada salpicará a toda la región.

Ben Gvir Says Israel Should Kidnap Women and Children in Lebanon

9 June 2026 at 19:29
Israeli media reported on Tuesday that Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir suggested at a security cabinet meeting that the Israeli military should kidnap women and children in Lebanon as a way to put pressure on Hezbollah. “Let’s start thinking outside the box about Hezbollah,” Ben Gvir said, according to The Jerusalem Post. “Also, […]

Parlamento condena mau tratamento de ministro israelita

9 June 2026 at 19:15
PS, Livre, IL e PSD estiveram entre os partidos que aprovaram votos contra a detenção de cidadãos portugueses e o comportamento do ministro israelita.

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Exodus From Lebanon’s Tyre as Israel Orders Locals Out of Christian Quarter

9 June 2026 at 18:55
For the first time since they invaded Lebanon in March, the Israeli military issued an explicit evacuation warning for the Christian quarter of the ancient city of Tyre, claiming there were Hezbollah secretly hiding amongst the Christians. What followed was an attempt by the remaining Christian population to flee northward, an effort that would’ve been […]

14 Killed, 31 Wounded in Latest Israeli Strikes Across Southern Lebanon

9 June 2026 at 18:41
The ceasefire in Lebanon seems as tenuous as ever, with Israeli troops carrying out a flurry of strikes across southern Lebanon, leaving at least 14 people dead and 31 others wounded, and bringing the overall death toll since the Israeli invasion began to 3,666 killed. The largest number of casualties reported were in the city […]

Iran is turning Lebanon into a veto point — and we are letting it happen

The U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding pairs the nuclear and Lebanon tracks, creating a situation where Hezbollah's rejection of the U.S.-brokered Lebanon ceasefire could halt nuclear diplomacy, as Iran has engineered the situation to use regional pressure as leverage in negotiations.

Iran is turning Lebanon into a veto point — and we are letting it happen

9 June 2026 at 18:00
The U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding pairs the nuclear and Lebanon tracks, creating a situation where Hezbollah's rejection of the U.S.-brokered Lebanon ceasefire could halt nuclear diplomacy, as Iran has engineered the situation to use regional pressure as leverage in negotiations.

Israeli attack on Tyre in Lebanon kills eight as evacuation ordered for Christian quarter

People flee historic district of ancient city after airstrikes hit residential areas and damage archaeological sites

Israel has bombed the city of Tyre, killing eight and injuring at least 32 people, and struck dozens of other villages in south Lebanon as it issued forced evacuation orders for the historic Christian quarter of the ancient city for the first time.

Israel struck the al-Masaken neighbourhood without warning on Tuesday morning, sending smoke plumes high above the city’s buildings and igniting fires. Further airstrikes were carried out across the city and a series of bombings hit Abbasieh, a village north of Tyre.

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Ranked: The world’s highest military burdens by GDP

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9 June 2026 at 16:49

Military expenditure as a share of GDP is a key stress test of national priorities. While the US and China lead in raw dollars, the ranking changes dramatically when adjusted for economic size. Here are the top 20 countries where defense takes the biggest bite out of the economy

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Netanyahu’s Bow to Trump’s Iran Pressure Spurs New Criticism

9 June 2026 at 14:23
Opponents attacked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for halting strikes against Iran after a call with President Trump, saying that he was letting the United States make Israel’s decisions.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, last week.

The rise of the Global South

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9 June 2026 at 15:47

By Chris HEDGES

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The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South.

The humiliating defeat of Israel and the United States in their war on Iran, along with the savagery of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, are ushering in a new world order.

This order is one where voices of reason and stability emanate not from the West — which spent tens of billions of dollars sustaining Israel’s genocide — but from the Global South, including China. It is an order where alliances are being rapidly reconfigured to protect countries from a rogue American state that lashes out like a wounded beast, as it spirals toward terminal decline.

The end of the U.S. Empire, led by an impetuous and clueless Donald Trump, is irreversible.

The U.S. has lost its sixth war in the Middle East in 25 years. Iran’s power has been enhanced not only because it — along with Oman — controls the Strait of Hormuz — where roughly 25 percent of the world’s seaborne oil and 20 percent of the world’s seaborne liquified natural gas pass through — but because it has delivered a stark message, with its drones and missiles, to U.S. allies and bases in the region, while sending the global economy into a tailspin.

Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who reportedly lured Trump into the war with Alice-in-Wonderland visions of easy regime change in Iran following the decapitation strikes against the country on Feb. 28, which included the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other political and military figures, along with 168 school children and their teachers — may strike Iran again.

They are desperate. But a renewed bombing of Iran will not work. Iran’s mosaic defense strategy ensures all political and military commanders are easily replaced.

Iran can strangle the world economy by closing the Strait of Hormuz. It can accelerate the pain by getting its Yemeni allies — Ansar Allah — to close the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Red Sea, just as they did to Israel-bound ships when defending Palestinians after Oct. 7.

This could result in a complete blockade. Saudi Arabia, with the Bab el-Mandeb Strait open, is able to bypass the Strait of Hormuz and export 5 million barrels a day through its pipeline to tankers in the Red Sea port of Yanbu.

Satellite photo of Bab-el-Mandeb, the strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. (WorldWind software/Wikimedia Commons/ Public Domain)

If a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is not reached soon, the global economy will crash, perhaps within weeks. The U.S. and its allies, such as Japan, have released some of their extensive strategic oil reserves, however they will not be able to cushion markets indefinitely.

Stockpiles in America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve are near their lowest in more than 40 years. Once these reserves are depleted, the price of fuel will skyrocket. If a barrel of oil shoots up to $200, the price at the pump could climb as high as $10 per gallon. This, coupled with shortages of other petroleum-based products, along with nitrogen fertilizer, aluminum and helium — an indispensable element in the production of MRI machines and semiconductors — are already shutting down vital industries and driving up prices on basic commodities.

The World Bank projects a 31 percent increase in the cost of nitrogen fertilizers alone — which are produced in the Persian Gulf and transit through the Strait of Hormuz — if the war continues. This will mean a steep rise in the price of food.

Trump is like a dog being pushed unwillingly into a crate. When it appears a deal with Iran is close, he snarls and barks, sabotaging the proposed 30-to-60-day ceasefire agreement. Netanyahu’s apoplectic fits about any agreement that would halt Israeli attacks against Lebanon, along with the potential release of some of Iran’s estimated $100 billion in frozen assets, spurs Trump’s momentary defiance.

But the clock is ticking. There is little time left. And the longer Trump waits, the worse it will get. Neither Trump, nor Netanyahu, are the masters of this game. Iran holds the cards.

Israel’s dream of formalizing its hegemony over the Middle East, codified in the Abraham Accords during Trump’s first term — which normalized relations between Israel and regional states — is dead. This war and the genocide in Gaza killed it.

Trump is attempting to revive them by inserting them into a deal to end the war on Iran. He has demanded states previously uninvolved with the Abraham Accords, such as Pakistan and eventually, Iran, sign up to normalize relations with Israel. Pakistan — the only state to publicly respond — rejected the invitation due to what it called a clash with the country’s “fundamental ideologies.” Every other state Trump appealed to reacted with bewildered silence.

Netanyahu, left, and Trump on Sept. 15, 2020, the signing ceremony day for the Abraham Accords among Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. (White House, Andrea Hanks)

Iran demands the removal of sanctions and an end to the naval blockade — which the Central Intelligence Agency concluded Iran can endure for months before it experiences severe economic hardship — in exchange for reopening the Strait of Hormuz. The proposed agreement makes no mention of Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal, which U.S. military and intelligence officials believe remains at 70 percent pre-war levels, according to The New York Times.

Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar — a lead negotiator with Hamas — are the new powerbrokers in the region.

Pakistan not only signed a mutual defense pact with Saudi Arabia in 2025, it deployed troops, jets and air defense systems to the Gulf dictatorship in April. It has also been hosting ceasefire talks between Trump’s Dumb and Dumber duo of lead negotiators — his feckless son-in-law Jared Kushner and fellow real estate developer and golfing partner, Steve Witkoff.

The war has enhanced the prestige and power of China, which compared to Washington is seen globally as embodying rational, prudent and stable leadership. Iran, in a sign of the new global order, permits Chinese and Pakistani tankers, along with other ships not allied with Israel and the U.S., to travel through the Strait.

The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf of Oman, left, with the Persian Gulf, right. The waterway also separates nation of Iran, bottom, from the Arabian Peninsula nations of Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, top left to right. (NASA Johnson / Flickr/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Israel, unable to convince the U.S. to do its dirty work of bombing Iran into a failed state, will, I expect, strike out with renewed fury against Gaza, perhaps occupying the remaining 30 percent of what is left of the besieged territory. It will continue its Gaza-like policy of turning every structure south of Lebanon’s Litani River into rubble, which it bombs daily despite Iran stating that attacks on Lebanon violate the current ceasefire agreement.

Trump’s savagery and bluster – he threatened to “blow up” Oman if it fails to “behave” after reports of Oman jointly charging tolls with Iran for ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz – cannot mask the impotence of the U.S.

The refusal by America’s allies to heed Trump’s call to help him reopen the Strait, along with the economic misery visited on nations struggling to cope with shortages and the rising costs of energy and fertilizer supplies, are stark evidence of Washington’s pariah status.

Empires, blinded by the myth of their own omnipotence and military superiority, blunder at the final stages into conflicts with little understanding of where they are headed. They alienate their allies. They stumble from one military fiasco to the next, as the U.S. has done for over two decades in the Middle East.

The British Empire in 1956, already in precipitous decline, was humiliated when it conspired with France and Israel to seize the Suez Canal, which Gamal Abdel Nasser had nationalized. The U.S. forced all three countries to halt the invasion. Britain’s pound sterling gave way to the petrodollar. It signaled the last chapter of the British Empire.

The war on Iran is Washington’s Suez Crisis.

This may not be the end of the American Empire, but it is the beginning of the end.

Original article:  consortiumnews.com

Why America should not ‘integrate’ its military with any foreign nation

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9 June 2026 at 15:41

By Ron PAUL

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Not since the notorious 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) provided for indefinite detention of American citizens, has the annual funding bill been as misused as this year. Embedded in the bill is an insult to every American who values our national sovereignty. The NDAA’s Section 224, the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative,” would “integrate” the Israeli military with our own, fusing technology, production, intelligence-sharing, and more.

As Ben Freeman wrote last week in Responsible Statecraft:

“The US and Israel already work together heavily on missile defense, but this provision would greatly expand coordination to seemingly every area of defense tech, including AI, quantum, autonomous systems, directed energy, cyber, biotech, and many more. It also proposes ‘network integration’ and ‘data fusion.’ In other words, the US military’s data could soon be the Israeli military’s data.”

It is hard to think of a more “America last” position than handing the keys to the Pentagon (and our intelligence community) to a foreign country.

The insanity of Section 224 is made even more clear with news over the weekend that the Pentagon has raised to “critical” the threat level of Israel spying on the United States and its officials!

We should not “integrate” our military with any foreign country or organization, but integrating with a country that is a “critical” espionage threat to our national security? How does this make any sense?

The “problem” for American lawmakers is that after the killing in Gaza and now Lebanon, the American people – particularly younger Americans – have turned sharply against the US relationship with Israel. This foreign entanglement has sucked billions from the US treasury over the decades, and it has sucked us into endless conflict in the Middle East, including the current US war on Iran.

Rather than listen to the will of their constituents, Congress has decided to defy the wishes of Americans in favor of the wishes of a foreign government. AIPAC largely controls our Congress and passing Section 224 would be a great victory for the foreign lobby.

It should come as no surprise that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorses Section 224. He may have written it for all we know!

Should Section 224 remain in the NDAA, it would essentially remove future Congresses from any role in determining what level of support, cooperation, and oversight should be included in the US relationship with Israel. It would be worse even than President Obama’s 10 year guaranteed US financial support for Israel. Funding would not only be on autopilot, but the US would be further drawn into Israel’s multiple wars with its neighbors. Worse even than backing up Israel in its regional wars, the wars themselves would become ours.

Americans must speak out against plans to integrate our military with any foreign country. What we should be doing is disentangling from these overseas obligations, whether they be NATO or support for Ukraine or backing Taiwan against China.

We already spend more than a trillion dollars a year on our own military and our national debt is nearing $40 trillion. Taking on the obligation to fight even more wars overseas will hasten our bankruptcy. Section 224 must be stricken from the NDAA and it is up to every American who cares about our sovereignty to demand that Congress do so.

Original article:  ronpaulinstitute.org

Leo XIV, the peacemaker

9 June 2026 at 14:58
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Spaniards are currently getting a close look at a pope the world still knows little about. He has gone from being a mystery, a man who seemed feeble, to becoming, in the space of two months, a startling revelation after he clashed with Donald Trump in mid-April and, two weeks ago, published a far-reaching encyclical; an argument against the techno-fascism of Silicon Valley. His visit to Spain will culminate in the definitive discovery of Prevost, since it is his first major trip to Europe and he will speak to the entire Western world. But what does this pope think and why has he been so disconcerting?

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Dos milenios de cristianismo amenazados por la ofensiva israelí en el Líbano

8 June 2026 at 23:03
Un soldado israelí coloca un cigarrillo en una estatua de la Virgen María en el sur del Libano

La escalada militar en el Líbano, llevada a cabo por Israel e intensificada en 2026, está provocando una crisis que amenaza con alterar irreversiblemente el mosaico demográfico y religioso de Oriente Próximo. Como consecuencia de los ataques se están desmantelando las comunidades cristianas del sur del país. Su presencia se remonta a los primeros años del cristianismo, con la ciudad de Tiro con la mayor afluencia en estos nuevos creyentes. El libro de los Hechos de los Apóstoles documenta cómo San Pablo encontró a una comunidad de cristianos ahí establecida.

Hoy, el Líbano posee el panorama religioso más diverso de Oriente Próximo, con 18 confesiones reconocidas oficialmente. La demografía se divide casi por la mitad entre musulmanes, con un 60% entre chiíes y suníes, y cristianos de mayoría maronita con un 30%.

Debido a esta situación, aunque el objetivo declarado por el Gobierno israelí es neutralizar la infraestructura militar del grupo chií Hizbulá, los bombardeos israelíes tienen un impacto devastador sobre la población cristiana de la región.

Bajo el fuego cruzado

En los últimos meses, el avance de las tropas israelíes más allá del río Litani ha arrastrado al frente de guerra a pueblos que intentan mantenerse al margen del conflicto. Localidades como Rmeish, Debel, Ain Ebel y Al-Qlayaa se han convertido en escenarios bélicos que ponen en riesgo a sus habitantes, como el caso de la familia Karam a principios de junio. El doctor James George Karam y sus dos hijos universitarios (Theodosia y Tony) fueron alcanzados por un ataque aéreo israelí cuando estaban en su vehículo cerca de Al-Qlayaa, muriendo los tres. Regresaban de Sidón, donde los jóvenes habían acudido a rendir sus exámenes académicos.

Hay casos más al norte, a las afueras de Sidón, concretamente en la localidad predominantemente cristiana de Maghdoucheh y la vecina Anqoun, la cual además albergaba a miles de desplazados de todas las confesiones. Estas sufrieron bombardeos masivos apenas unas horas después de recibir avisos de evacuación. A causa de estos ataques, el sur del país del cedro cada vez se ve más desprovisto de sus habitantes originarios, y sus respectivas confesiones. 

Templos en ruinas

A la par de la destrucción material, el liderazgo cristiano libanés ha denunciado un patrón de destrucción y faltas de respeto hacia los recintos sagrados. Las autoridades israelíes justifican sus ataques con el argumento de que los monasterios e iglesias alcanzados son usados por Hezbolá para sus intereses terroristas. Así, edificios de culto en pueblos como Deir Mimas y Yaroun recibieron daños severos de fuego de artillería pesada.

Restos del convento de las Hermanas Basilianas Salvatorianas en Yaroun.

En mayo, la difusión de imágenes que mostraban a soldados israelíes profanando estatuas de la Virgen María en la aldea de Debel y de Jesucristo en Yaroun encendió la opinión internacional. Aunque líderes religiosos judíos y sectores de la comunidad internacional condenaron de inmediato los actos tachándolos de vandalismo aislado, para los cristianos locales representó un mensaje de inequívoco desprecio hacia su arraigo en la región, una indignación recogida por asociaciones como Mission Network News.

Soldado de las IDF a martillazos con la estatua de un Jesús crucificado.

El temor a la desaparición

A diferencia de conflictos anteriores, como la ocupación de 1982-2000, donde las aldeas cristianas servían a menudo como zonas neutrales de refugio, la táctica actual de dispersión y bombardeo de saturación llevada a cabo por Israel no discrimina sectores. Ahora, desde las iglesias locales hasta el Vaticano han multiplicado sus llamamientos diplomáticos urgentes a que se finalicen las hostilidades, advirtiendo que la pérdida de la pluralidad religiosa en el Líbano despojaría al país de su identidad fundacional, además de extinguir a una de las comunidades religiosas más antiguas del mundo.

Netanyahu, el aliado incómodo de Trump que frustra los intentos de paz con Irán

8 June 2026 at 23:03
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, en una visita a la 36ª Brigada en el norte de Israel esta primavera.

Hace justo cien días que Estados Unidos e Israel atacaron Irán con el objetivo de derrocar al régimen de los ayatolás e impedir para siempre su carrera nuclear. Fue Benjamin Netanyahu quien convenció a Donald Trump de emprender la operación. Le aseguró que sería un éxito fácil de conseguir. Pero el régimen se mantiene en pie, aunque muchos de sus dirigentes han caído. Y ha descubierto que cuenta con cartas como el cierre del estrecho de Ormuz. Desde el 7 de abril está en vigor una tregua tambaleante. Trump está decidido a que sea el anticipo de un acuerdo con Teherán. Sin embargo, el primer ministro israelí insiste en seguir atacando el Líbano, para acabar con Hizbulá, aliado de Teherán.

Israel atacó Irán el domingo por primera vez desde el inicio de la tregua. El régimen de Teherán respondió, de modo que el temor a una escalada se hizo mayor. Sin embargo, el presidente de Estados Unidos dijo contundente, según el Financial Times: "Yo tomo las decisiones. No es él quien toma las decisiones". Y reafirmó que Netanyahu "no tendrá otra opción" que acepta un acuerdo con Irán, si finalmente se alcanza. En declaraciones a Axios, Trump decía el domingo que estaba "cerca". Pero lleva así semanas.

Tras los ataques del domingo y el lunes, Trump pidió a Netanyahu y al régimen de Teherán que pararan. Los dos parece que le han hecho caso. De momento.
"Las hostilidades en este frente cesaron, ya que tras los golpes que asestamos al régimen terrorista de Teherán, ha dejado de atacarnos", afirmó el primer ministro israelí Benjamin Netanyahu. Si Irán "comete el error de reanudar sus ataques", Israel responderá "con toda la fuerza", advirtió el primer ministro israelí. Irán insiste en que la tregua afecta al Líbano pero Netanyahu discrepa con el argumento de que Hizbulá sigue bombardeando territorio israelí.

Trump tiene prisa

Trump quiere llegar a un acuerdo con Irán lo antes posible ya que los efectos económicos del cierre de Ormuz y su pulso con los ayatolás le hace aparecer como un líder débil en pleno año electoral. En noviembre se celebran las legislativas de medio mandato y si los republicanos pierden escaños en la Cámara de Representantes y la mayoría en el Senado la capacidad de acción del presidente quedará limitada. Trump sabe que si Irán escala van a implicarse los hutíes, las milicias chiíes de Irak, y sus aliados en la región van a padecer las consecuencias.

"Estados Unidos e Irán se están testando mutuamente como parte del proceso en el que busca cómo construir confianza entre ellos. Washington y Teherán quieren que termine la guerra por distintas razones. Irán incluso está dispuesto a ofrecer algo que pueda vender Trump como victoria siempre que se levanten las sanciones económicas y no haya una renuncia total al desarrollo nuclear", ha dicho Ellie Geranmayeh, investigadora en el ECFR, en un encuentro con periodistas. "Israel, sin embargo, quiere la escalada. Netanyahu es quien está dispuesto a que descarrile el proceso".

Netanyahu también medirá su fuerza en las urnas este año. Si se muestra débil con Hizbulá, y con Irán, perderá apoyos. Pero tampoco puede arriesgarse a enfadar a su amigo americano. Israel sigue dependiendo en gran medida del armamento y los sistemas de defensa aérea de EEUU.

El dilema de Netanyahu

Como escribe Gideon Rachman en el Financial Times, "Netanyahu se enfrenta ahora a una decisión muy difícil. ¿Suspenderá los ataques contra Irán y Hizbulá, con el riesgo a parecer débil ante los ojos tanto del régimen iraní como de la opinión pública israelí? ¿O desafiará a Trump y pondrá en peligro su alianza con Estados Unidos?". Y añade: "El dilema es aún más agudo porque el acuerdo de paz en el que está trabajando Trump parece que dejará a Irán en una posición financiera más sólida, y aún con una capacidad nuclear residual".

Netanyahu lo sabe y por eso lo intenta torpedear. En realidad, es él quien falló en sus cálculos. Su plan era asestar un golpe final a su enemigo regional, con la ayuda de Estados Unidos. En lugar de conseguir un éxito propio y de paso facilitar un triunfo a Trump le ha llevado a un atolladero. Y además no facilita la salida.

"Al iniciar una guerra sin cuartel contra los enemigos de Israel, Netanyahu pretendía restaurar su propia reputación y asegurar su futuro político. La victoria sobre Irán estaba destinada a ser el logro culminante: el triunfo definitivo sobre el enemigo supremo, convenientemente conseguido en un año electoral. En cambio, es probable que Netanyahu se presente a las elecciones a finales de este año con los enemigos del país vivos y coleando, y con el apoyo a Israel cayendo en picado en todo Occidente e incluso en la Casa Blanca", apunta Rachman. Sentencia que su visión sobre la seguridad, y su desprecio por la diplomacia, ha fracasado. Cuanto antes lo reconozca antes podrá rectificar.

Según escribe Joshua Leiffer en Haaretz, "el primer ministro es un astuto actor político al que se ha dado por perdido en numerosas ocasiones, y aún podría encontrar la manera de recuperarse de la humillación que le ha infligido Trump y de la frustración de los israelíes, agotados por casi tres años de guerra. Pero Netanyahu tampoco se ha presentado nunca a unas elecciones con el telón de fondo de una debacle estratégica de esta magnitud. Su carta de presentación era que, al haber convertido a Israel en una potencia regional, su poderío militar hacía innecesarias las soluciones diplomáticas. Esa ilusión se ha hecho añicos, y el Israel de Netanyahu se ve obligado, con demasiado retraso, a reconocer los límites de su poder".

Trump prevê acordo entre Irã e Israel em poucos dias e fala em reabertura de Ormuz

Donald Trump declarou nesta terça-feira (9) que as negociações para encerrar o conflito entre Irã e Israel estão próximas de um desfecho. Segundo o presidente dos Estados Unidos, um entendimento entre as partes poderá ser concluído em até três dias, abrindo caminho para a retomada da circulação no Estreito de Ormuz e para novas garantias relacionadas ao programa nuclear iraniano.

Ao conversar com jornalistas após acompanhar as finais da NBA, Trump afirmou que as duas nações aceitaram interromper os ataques recentes após uma nova rodada de confrontos registrada nos últimos dias. De acordo com ele, os avanços ocorreram com participação direta da diplomacia americana.

Presidente dos EUA diz que acordo prevê reabertura do Estreito de Ormuz | Foto: Tom Williams/Getty Images

O republicano também declarou estar confiante de que as negociações caminham para um resultado positivo e disse não enxergar obstáculos significativos para a assinatura do acordo. Mesmo com o otimismo, destacou que as restrições impostas pelos Estados Unidos aos portos iranianos permanecem em vigor.

Um dos pontos centrais das conversas, segundo Trump, é impedir que o Irã desenvolva armamento nuclear. Ele afirmou que o eventual acordo incluirá mecanismos para evitar esse cenário e contribuirá para reduzir a instabilidade na região.

Apesar das declarações, o momento segue delicado. Irã e Israel suspenderam temporariamente as ofensivas mútuas após uma escalada recente de violência, mas autoridades iranianas já sinalizaram que novos ataques poderão ocorrer caso operações militares israelenses continuem no sul do Líbano.

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