Explains a lot. x.com/johnarmstrong5…

NEW: Israel conducted retaliatory airstrikes targeting an Artesh Air Force base in Esfahan City, Esfahan Province, Iran, on April 18 in response to Iran’s April 13 drone and missile attack targeting Israel. (🧵1/5)

Israel found a creative way to restore deterrence on the one hand, and avoid escalation on the other (all the while reinforcing the coalition).
According to foreign reports 3 missiles managed to do more damage to Iran than Iran did to Israel, with 300 projectiles.

There is little that needs to be said except that the implosion of UK's institutions is happening before our eyes. Hostile states don't need to bother trying to weaken our security services. We've adopted a DIY self-destruction model ourselves.

On #Israel vs. #Palestinians :
The essence of this conflict is one of the oldest in human history. Both nations; the Israelis and the Palestinian Arabs, believe they rightfully claim the same territory. They're willing to kill and die for that belief. Until one side's will to

The Met leadership and whoever is in charge of this account needs to resign asap. You have done untold damage to the reputation of the Met. x.com/metpoliceuk/st…

It's quite clear there is no longer any form of serious leadership at the top of the Metropolitan Police. This situation cannot continue.

EITHER The Met is saying it is essentially against the law to be visibly Jewish in central London, or its saying that these anti-Israel marches pose such a threat to the safety of Jews in central London that they should not be going ahead, and either option are so damning that

The Oxford Handbook of Political Philosophy covers many views: classical liberalism, social contractarianism, left-libertarianism, Marxism & socialism. Also chapters on race and gender.

Nothing on conservatism. The word doesn’t even appear in the index.

Unserious discipline.

Just when you thought the Met couldn't stoop any lower.... x.com/metpoliceuk/st…

It looks like #Israel 's strikes on #Iran overnight likely involved the use of 'Blue Sparrow' air-launched ballistic target missiles.

What appears to be a Sparrow booster (which separates, as standard) was found near #Baghdad .

#NEW Three missiles were fired from an Israeli fighter aircraft outside of #Iran in this morning’s very limited strike, according to a senior US official quoted by ABC.

Per ABC: The Israelis were targeting an air defense radar site near Isfahan that’s part of the protection of

Interesting analysis on last night. Still a lot of unknowns.
jpost.com/middle-east/ir…

19 APRIL 1775 – BATTLES OF LEXINGTON & CONCORD

At Lexington and Concord, the embers of colonial discontent caught light on 19 APR 1775, igniting a full-blown revolt; the “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” fired that day marked the first engagement of the Revolutionary War.
#USArmy

The Iranian 'spy ship' BEHSHAD (9167289), which had a hand in the Red Sea Crisis by assisting Houthis in launching attacks against commercial and naval vessels over the past several months, has now returned to Iran after a 3-year deployment. We were able to verify her in

Public services are ultimately underpinned by defence and deterrence. It’s important that those of us in the UK never forget that.

Kyiv Post sources in military #intelligence confirm that it destroyed a Russian #TU -22M3 bomber using an S-200 air #defensemissile , its first successful destruction of a strategic bomber in the air.

kyivpost.com/post/31356

A few observations on overnight strikes in #Iran :
- targeted a military installation, no civilian casualties reported
- Tehran leadership will note that air defenses not effective
- all of the questioning about HOW this strike was executed reinforces #Israel deterrence
- no

Not a good week for the Iranians. x.com/FDD/status/178…

In a recent speech, Kemi Badenoch stated that it “worries me when I hear people talk about wealth and success in the UK as being down to colonialism or imperialism or white privilege or whatever”. How accurate is her claim, and did slavery make Britain rich?