This is Jacobin Radio. I'm Susie Wiseman.

Late on June 21st, Trump joined Israel's war on Iran. Just two days after warning Iran,

it had two weeks to make a deal. Trump unleashed the raw

military might of 30,000-pound bunker busters delivered by B-2 bombers on Fordo, while Tomahawk

struck Natanz and Isfahan. With typical bombast, Trump bragged that Iran's nuclear sites were totally obliterated.

Iranian officials, however, claimed the facilities had been emptied of nuclear materials months ago.

I spoke to Yasmin Mather just before Trump started bombing to get her analysis of Israel's Operation Rising Lion, a unilateral military strike on Iran

marking a dangerous new escalation in an already volatile region.

The attack comes amid Israel's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza, accelerating dispossession of Palestinians

in the West Bank, pager bomb assassinations in Lebanon,

and land grabs in Syria. Netanyahu's war cabinet is committed to military solutions on all fronts,

now including Iran. Iran is retaliating deep inside Israeli territory. This is a first for Israel and it is dangerous in every way.

Although the U.S. was fully informed of Israel's intentions, Netanyahu defied Trump's public opposition to the strike.

Trump then flipped, backing Netanyahu's attack and warning Iran to make a deal or else.

Now we see the or else.

Was the strike aimed at sabotaging renewed nuclear diplomacy?

To deflect attention from Israel's failure to rescue hostages after 20 months of genocidal violence in Gaza?

Or is it a signal that the Netanyahu government rejects any

peaceful settlement with Iran? Israel is fast becoming a pariah state, waging war with impunity.

It's ironic that Iran, a pariah state for more than 45 years with a deeply unpopular and

repressive regime, is now attacked by Israel, whose destruction

and starvation of Gaza's political assassinations and military strikes are turning it into

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