Mario Nawfal

🇮🇱🇺🇸 Netanyahu revealed the line he used on Trump about Israel. “You have one fighting ally in the world, only one: that’s Israel.” So in his view, out of every country in the world, Israel is the only one the U.S. can call a fighting ally. A fighting ally that also gets $3.8 billion in U.S. military aid every year. Writer: Daniyal t.co/pQhlJDu8C4

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran's war with America didn't begin in February. It began in 1979. I spoke with Clifford May, founder of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about whether the Middle East is heading toward another major escalation. May believes Washington has underestimated Iran's ability to recover from American and Israeli strikes. Missile launchers are being rebuilt, commercial ships are still being attacked near Hormuz, and Tehran appears unwilling to make the nuclear concessions Washington wants. But May rejects the argument that the U.S. should never have attacked. He sees Iran as part of a larger alignment with Russia, China and North Korea, all seeking to weaken American power. And he believes waiting another four or five years could have made confronting Tehran considerably more dangerous. The conversation became particularly interesting when I challenged him on Israel's conduct in Gaza and Lebanon, questioning whether military operations were creating the next generation of extremists. May defended Israel's military response, while Nawfal argued that the destruction risks perpetuating the very conflict Israel wants to end. The disagreement comes down to a difficult question: whether more military force can finally end this conflict, or whether it is making the next war inevitable. @CliffordDMay

🇫🇷 More and more people are reportedly showing up at Paris' Place de la République On top of that, France just announced a partial ban on protests in Paris tonight, after days of looting and riots. Huge crowds and a fresh protest ban on the same night, this could escalate fast. Writer: Daniyal t.co/DVQOGQa7Kd

🇮🇱🇺🇸 Netanyahu says U.S. presidents have tried to bring him down before. He says Clinton called him after his first win in 1996: “Congratulations, Bibi. You beat us. We tried everything to bring you down, and you beat us.” He claims other presidents did the same, just quietly, sending their campaign staff to Israel to try to defeat him. Perfect story to tell 8 days before Israelis vote. Writer: Daniyal t.co/HiIKnmw0u4

🇫🇷 This is making my blood boil! 😡 More local businesses are getting completely wrecked and looted for whatever goods thugs can grab! Barely a police officer in sight! It's unbelievable that these thieves walk away untouched. Writer: Bri t.co/1oYkRo3Dr3

🇮🇱🇪🇺 Netanyahu says Europe has lost the will to fight. He calls the continent “exhausted” and accuses its leaders of surrendering to pressure from Islamist constituencies and the woke left. His argument is that these two movements have formed an alliance that's weakening Europe from within. Quite a sweeping assessment of an entire continent from Israel's prime minister. Writer: Oliver t.co/7gmNstziXo

🚨🇫🇷 After VIOLENT street clashes, France is allowing PARTIAL protest bans in Paris. PM Sébastien Lecornu authorized local curfews and gathering bans, ruling out restrictions across the entire city. Marseille has already halted some public gatherings after more than 2,400 arrests over the weekend, as cost-of-living protests turned violent. The measures are temporary, but with France’s presidential election 6 months away, pressure on the government is mounting. Source: BBC / Writer: Lucas

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Netanyahu: "'Settler violence' is a blood libel." Sure, dude... Daily attacks on people in Gaza, with reporters and even ambassadors having rough times reporting what's going on, are just a "libel." Writer: Lucas t.co/bgMCtR93lH

🇫🇷 Hey... STOP being a right-wing extremist! We all know "students" need a ROLEX, and better if they get it by looting 🤡⌚ Writer: Lucas t.co/MD7owrrSks

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Netanyahu thinks young people in the West are being turned against Israel. “They’re trying to poison young American minds, young European minds against us.” He says it’s being done with bots, and that Israel will need to do a lot of AI work to deal with it. Young people don’t need bots to see what’s happening in Gaza, Bibi. Writer: Daniyal t.co/hBjvs6unsr

🇫🇷 Enjoying the romantic ambiance of France along the Seine River... Writer: Samuel t.co/3Zyvd1927P

🇮🇱🇫🇷 Netanyahu thinks these protests in France ARE PAVING THE WAY for a full change "I think the French people see what's happening in the streets of France and probably will, as it looks like it could foster a change in the political makeup of France." Macron has already condemned the destruction and promised accountability, but maybe the streets are saying "it's too late for that." Writer: Lucas t.co/tVUm5I1DCF

🇫🇷 Those priests were standing RIGHT THERE behind looters in Bordeaux who RAN from a store into that church and sorted the goods Bordeaux took some of the worst damage on Saturday, with dozens of shops cleaned out, the prefect’s residence sacked, and over 100 arrests. INSANE days in France. Writer: Lucas t.co/AGFDbOEgOa

🇮🇱🇫🇷 Netanyahu was asked if relations with Israel would improve if a right-wing government came to power in France. “I certainly do, because they understand that they’re under threat.” In his view, a common enemy is what brings the two sides together. He didn’t name the enemy, but he’s already shopping for new friends in France. Writer: Daniyal t.co/XTnSt0hAAz

🇲🇽 Protesters have set fire to the Government Palace in Guadalajara, Mexico. Thousands took to the streets yesterday demanding something as basic as clean drinking water. The main march was peaceful, but masked individuals later reportedly attacked government buildings, setting the palace's historic wooden doors ablaze. People wanted safe water from their taps. Instead, the night ended with flames climbing the doors of their own government. Writer: Oliver t.co/L1RWbSAoHG

🇫🇷🇪🇺 France's riots are a warning that Europe's economic model is starting to break down. I spoke with economist Richard Murphy about the unrest spreading across France and why he believes the anger runs much deeper than politics. His argument is that an entire generation has been promised a future it can no longer afford. Young people are graduating with debt, struggling to find decent jobs, and watching homeownership slip further out of reach. Murphy gave a striking example from Britain. When he qualified as an accountant, he could buy a three-bedroom flat for twice his annual salary. Today, he estimates the same property would cost more than twelve times the equivalent salary. Meanwhile, asset owners have grown wealthier, public services have deteriorated, and governments keep insisting there is no alternative. Murphy blames decades of economic policies that prioritized financial wealth over productive investment. But his warning extends beyond France. He sees a potential AI stock market crash, another financial crisis, persistent energy shortages and rising food costs converging in 2027. And he believes European governments are dangerously unprepared. His central point is that people aren't simply angry about what they've lost. They're angry because they've done everything they were told would lead to a better life, and the better life never arrived. @RichardJMurphy

🇮🇱🇺🇸 Netanyahu is now reminding voters that TRUMP ENDORSED HIM, while promising the two will eliminate the Iranian threat forever. Americans are already frustrated by the war and its economic fallout. Now Bibi is practically advertising the very relationship that's become a political headache for Trump ahead of the midterms. Bibi thinks he's doing his friend a favor. American voters might see it differently. Writer: Oliver t.co/IXasTUH0gc

🇵🇰🇮🇷 Pakistan’s top decision-maker, Field Marshal Munir is reportedly heading to Iran amid looming US-Iran escalation Neither government has confirmed the trip. Since hostilities broke out Pakistan has positioned itself as a mediator but has struggled to get concrete diplomatic breakthroughs. The visit would coincide with Iran ramping up vessel strikes in the Strait of Hormuz with Trump weighing expanded military strikes. Writer: Bri (Video is from April 2026) t.co/g5KKaAlCwJ

🇮🇱🇪🇺 Netanyahu says Hamas is now “on the streets of Paris.” Given what France has looked like this week, that is not a throwaway line. He is deliberately collapsing the distance between Gaza and Europe, arguing that the threat Israel says it is fighting is no longer confined to the Middle East. The claim is his. The message is broader: what starts over there does not necessarily stay over there. Writer: Oliver t.co/dqRQkwgbRC

🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRAN says American forces have struck its Konarak naval base on the SOUTHEASTERN COAST, wounding two Iranian soldiers. The reported target is particularly interesting. According to Iran's navy, the Americans fired just two light projectiles, apparently targeting a single 35mm cannon. Not a warship. One gun. Konarak sits on the Gulf of Oman, outside the Strait of Hormuz, making this a different location from the shipping chokepoint that has dominated much of the conflict. If Tehran's account is accurate, the strike appears unusually limited in scope. What remains unclear is why that particular weapon was targeted and whether it had been involved in any recent confrontation with American forces. Source: Al Jazeera / Writer: Oliver

🚨🇫🇷 French politician Marion Maréchal is calling for a sweeping CRACKDOWN in response to the riots of “unprecedented scale.” Maréchal is calling for: -prosecutions over alleged incitement to rebellion and armed gatherings -penalties for public officials who block high schools -the reinstatement of France's anti-hooliganism law to bar people deemed dangerous from demonstrations But her most far-reaching proposal: expand the circumstances in which dual nationals can be stripped of French citizenship for attacks on law enforcement. What do you think of her ideas? Writer: Samuel /// @MarionMarechal t.co/SyDgnAczFJ

🇫🇷 Rioters somehow appear to have discovered an infinite glass bottle supply. Police lines will keep getting showered with them. At some point you stop wondering who brought the bottles and start wondering who forgot to close the warehouse. Writer: Oliver t.co/yDzdQCo0AT

🇮🇹 Italy approves EMERGENCY DECREE following violent weekend riots across Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is rolling out sweeping security measures after clashes, looting, and street chaos rocked major cities including Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo, and Turin. The order targets "baby gangs" by detaining minors longer, banning repeat rioters from gather and they will deploy more military troops. Source: Sky News / Writer: Bri

🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel is reopening commercial shipments into Gaza after a dispute over Hamas demanding roughly $3,225 per truck. That's quite a price to put on bringing goods into a territory where much of the population depends on outside assistance. According to Israel, merchants reported that Hamas had withdrawn its demand for the payments, allowing shipments to resume. Hamas insists the money was a voluntary contribution from wealthier Gazans to support people in need. But there's a bigger issue. Israel controls whether commercial shipments enter Gaza. Hamas still has enough influence over local commerce for a dispute over its fees to interrupt those shipments. And ordinary Palestinians are caught between the two. Israel now plans to require documented bank transfers and exclude merchants found to have paid Hamas. The ceasefire may have reduced the fighting, but it clearly hasn't settled who controls Gaza's economy. Source: Reuters / Writer: Oliver

🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran’s FM Araghchi is REJECTING the idea of a CIVILIZATIONAL WAR with the U.S. He accused Washington and its European partners of using ancient history to justify the conflict. His pushback follows Rubio’s Athens speech, where he compared today’s threats to the ancient Persian invasion of Greece. Trump has used similar language about an Iranian civilization facing destruction. Araghchi is treating that as rhetoric meant to make this war look older and more inevitable than it is. Writer: Lucas t.co/UeBLaiMRo6

🇺🇸 MELANIA TRUMP IS PUSHING FOR AN OVERHAUL OF WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE Trump has signed an executive order led by the First Lady, establishing a new Women's Health Task Force and directing the NIH to create a dedicated Women's Health Division. Endometriosis. Heart disease. Infertility. Menopause. Autoimmune disorders. Chronic pain. Conditions that affect millions of women, many of whom spend years searching for a diagnosis, let alone effective treatment. The administration says it wants to move beyond funding studies and actually get scientific discoveries into doctors' offices. Because what good is another decade of medical research if the woman sitting in the examination room still can't get an answer? That's the real promise of this initiative. Now comes the harder part: delivering it. Source: The White House / Writer: Oliver t.co/MewIw4I6FZ

🇮🇷🇫🇷 Iran’s Foreign Minister Araghchi is taking a swipe at France over its riots. “The French openly declared their support for the war and wrote to Trump, stating that they would help him in the war against Iran.” Now, he says, France is blaming its troubles on a war it claims it had no part in. With France in its worst unrest in years, Tehran isn’t missing the chance to twist the knife. Writer: Daniyal t.co/2KHRUxGzWL

🇷🇺🇮🇷 Iran is now blaming Europe's leaders for the chaos in their own streets. Foreign Minister Araghchi says Europe's economic troubles and social unrest are the result of its own disastrous policies. “The Europeans must open their eyes to reality.” Europe blames Iran for destabilizing the Middle East. Tehran is now pointing straight back at Europe. Writer: Oliver t.co/AVbOuU0fuo

🇮🇷🇪🇺 Despite Europe’s attempts to STAY OUT of the Iran war, Tehran is still calling them partners with the U.S. Iran’s FM pointed to NATO chief Mark Rutte’s earlier comments that hundreds of U.S. aircraft, including from Italian bases, took off from Europe in support of the strikes. Rutte put the broader European total in the thousands. Italy’s Meloni pushed back at the time, saying only logistical and technical flights were authorized under existing agreements, not combat operations. The flights happened, and that's what Araghchi is pointing out. Writer: Lucas t.co/JMUOoJARHb

🇺🇸 For anyone eyeing kitchen vodka or bathtub bourbon, the Supreme Court will rule on whether a federal ban on distilling spirits in your home is constitutional… Federal law currently slaps home distillers with felony charges, up to five years in prison, and a $10,000 fine! But now challengers argue the Reconstruction-era law is an archaic overreach. Source: AP News / Writer: Bri