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The world’s eyes will be on Lionel Messi on Wednesday night, as Argentina face England in the World Cup semi-final. The diminutive superstar has gained a massive following across the planet, not least in Israel, thanks to his numerous business and security connections with the Apartheid State. From being the face of an Israeli A.I. company led and run by Israeli spies, entrusting his private security to a team of Israel secret agents, MintPress explores the reasons why Benjamin Netanyahu considers him to be his favorite football player. by Alan MacLeod Part 1 - Palling Up With Ex-Israeli Spooks  As the world’s foremost football star, Lionel Messi is understandably protective of his image. The Argentinian forward carefully picks and chooses whom he is associated with, and has signed lucrative long-term deals with enormous global brands, such as Adidas, Pepsi, and Mastercard. That is why many were surprised when, in 2020, he announced a partnership with OrCam, a relatively small...

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BREAKING: Israeli settlers are burning Palestinian homes and farmland in the village of Susya, occupied West Bank — in the middle of the night. Families are watching their homes burn. This is organized terror. Pure and simple. pic.twitter.com/xhz21SHD5a — sarah (@sahouraxo) July 16, 2026    

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal reports back from Iran, where he covered the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, documented US-Israeli war crimes and interviewed officials and others about the shattered MOU and the latest phase of war.    He also discuss his political harassment at the hands of the Trump administration, which ordered Customs and Border Patrol agents to interrogate him on his return to the US and seize his electronic devices. Former US Rep. Dennis Kucinich also joins The Grayzone to discuss the dangerous congressional bill that will effectively merge the US military with Israel's, cementing the so-called special relationship at a time when the American public is turning on Israel.

Breaking Points Krystal and Saagar discuss Trump bringing back the blockade of Iran while saying the US will charge a 20% fee for protecting the Strait of Hormuz.  Related: US empire insists on permanent war until regime change in Iran

by Alan MacLeod Part 1 PragerU is trying to take over American schools. The right-wing, pseudo-educational group is now an official educational partner in at least ten states, and blitzes children with highly questionable messaging on race, history, and politics. Even more concerning, PragerU is led by former Israeli spy, Marissa Streit, who has stated she uses the tactics and techniques honed by IDF military intelligence on the American people. Streit’s company is involved in a big-money operation targeting children with neoconservative, pro-war, pro-business, pro-Israel messaging, attempting to indoctrinate them at their youngest and most impressionable age. MintPress explores this increasingly powerful group, with ambitions to completely overhaul the American educational system. Source, links: https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-israeli-spy-behind-pragerus-plan-to-rewrite-american-education-to-indoctrinate-children/291039/

The Grayzone   The Grayzone 's Max Blumenthal meets top Iranian analyst and journalist Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm in Tehran on July 9, moments after the US resumed airstrikes on Iran, and as the funeral procession for the assassinated Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proceeded through Iraq. Blumenthal asks Khoshcheshm what the red flags of revenge seen throughout the funeral procession signify, and whether the many public calls for targeting the US president and his inner circle as retaliation for Khamenei's assassination, and the killings of other top Iranian leaders, are to be taken seriously.   Khoshcheshm explains why he sees a massive regional war over the horizon, and why this war may eventually reach the United States due to Trump's reckless behavior and "betrayal" of his own regional allies. Seyed Mostafa Khoshcheshm has taught at a number of Iranian universities and academic centers, including the International Relations Faculty of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. 

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Successive United Nations investigations have documented Israel's genocide, yet western regimes still refuse to name it or deliver the accountability their own institutions demand by Hossam Shaker Part 3 - The margins, not the centre Those faltering positions gave the strong impression that they were conferring moral immunity on the perpetrator, namely the Israeli leadership and its regular army. Prevailing European and western criticism was limited to only two reckless ministers from the Israeli government, which amounts to little, since Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are already constantly criticised within Israeli circles. Meanwhile, the government and the political leadership more broadly continue to escape direct criticism, even after the accumulation of filmed atrocities and the issuance of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu himself. This evasion becomes even clearer when criticism, along with some sanctions of limited e...