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[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

BREAKING: The House Rules Committee has cleared the NDAA for a floor vote tomorrow; with Section 219 still intact.

The provision would dramatically integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries across weapons development, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data sharing, and defense procurement.

Congress is now one vote closer to permanently binding America’s military infrastructure to another country’s.

[Kevin Gordon @KevRGordon]

Number of ships crossing Strait of Hormuz back to levels consistent with pre-MOU average

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Videos show Israeli settlers attacking the Palestinian village of al Tuwani in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, setting homes, vehicles and a mosque on fire. According to Palestinian media, Israeli forces provided protection for the settlers during the assault.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

We have seen a major escalation between the US and Iran over the past 24 hours, but it is likely only a prelude to what appears to be coming next week.

Trump appears to have concluded that Tehran’s hard line in the negotiations stemmed from the United States not hitting Iran hard enough during the 38-day war. Seemingly indifferent to the costs for the GCC states, the global economy, inflation and the American cost of living—not to mention the risk to U.S. troops—he is gambling that a few more weeks of war will degrade Iran’s ability to close the Strait and force Tehran into a more accommodating negotiating position.

It is, at best, a perilous gamble. Tehran has grown increasingly convinced that while Trump is unconventional enough to pursue diplomacy with Iran, he lacks the discipline and strategic patience to see negotiations through.

Herein lies the paradox of Trump: his willingness to break with convention makes him open to pursuing peace with Iran—a possibility previous presidents scarcely entertained. Yet that same disregard for convention leads him to dismiss the discipline, protocols and methods that successful diplomacy requires.

Read the full analysis here: https://t.co/AUERqARuBh

[Sean Padraig McCarthy @SeanMcCarthyCom]

Well US soldiers are dying for Israel and we've slaughtered hundreds of innocent Iranian children but at least it made gas and food way more expensive

[Murtaza Hussain @MazMHussain]

From the first day of the war which included the attack on the girls elementary school in Minab and a girls volleyball practice in Lamerd the U.S. has been conducting the Iran war as a total war against the civilian population.

[Drop Site @DropSiteNews]

🚨Breaking: U.S. Strike Hits Desalination and Power Facilities Near Jask, Cutting Water to Villages

Iranian officials said U.S. forces struck power infrastructure and desalination plants at the port of Bonji village near Jask at 4:44 a.m., cutting off water supplies to several surrounding villages.

Hormozgan’s deputy governor for political and security affairs said several missiles hit the facilities. Authorities said further details would be released after an initial assessment.

Source: Khabar Fouri

[cooper @KahoeC]

@barbarismcrit She can’t even accept a clearly factual statement made begrudgingly by a guest if it correctly identifies Israel as starving civilians without inserting her own commentary. Politics aside, Bash is not a journalist.

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

This bill would be a death sentence for thousands of Palestinians who depend on UNRWA services.

What's really going on here: using the false claim that "UNRWA=Hamas" to advance the Israeli right's goal of removing the Palestinian refugee issue from the agenda.

[Samira Mohyeddin سمیرا @SMohyeddin]

Israel is maniacally bombing Palestinians in tattered tents again tonight. Every. Single. Day. Not a single shot from Hamas for more than 10 months & Israel has killed more than a thousand Palestinians since — including more than 200 children.

[Trita Parsi @tparsi]

The White House believes military action will soften Iran and compel it to give up its leverage (the Strait)

In reality, the more the US is willing to bomb Iran to control the Strait, the more it convinces Iran that it must control the Strait to defeat American military plans.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

🚨House Democrats just voted 103-98, with 10 voting "present," to eliminate all aid to Israel.

Proposing this a few years ago would practically have gotten you censured. Cutting off all aid to Israel is now the majority position inside the House Democratic caucus.

Nearly every Republican voted with Israel, making the final vote 314 - 104 in favor of Israel (with 10 present).

[Andrey X @the_andrey_x]

Israeli ethnic cleansing Area C of the West Bank is almost complete, and now the settlers and the IDF are moving on to Area A, in flagrant violation of the Oslo Accords

📍 Tayyasir, West Bank 🇵🇸

[Warfare Analysis @warfareanalysis]

⚡️Gaza sources:

The Israeli army is blowing up what remains of homes west of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.

[Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده @RamAbdu]

Palestinian children and women break down in tears as they watch Israeli occupation forces demolish their home in Khirbet al-Deirat, Masafer Yatta, in the occupied West Bank.

[Joe Kent @joekent16jan19]

As the war in Iran escalates, it’s critical to remember the role Israel played in drawing us into this mess: Israel convinced Trump that assassinating the Ayatollah would result in a swift U.S. victory, similar to the removal of Maduro from Venezuela.

Now, despite the obvious and concerning security and sovereignty implications, our own Congress is trying to merge our military w/ Israel:

https://t.co/9rdvpWiheu

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Hakeem Jeffries tells his Democratic caucus in a letter he is against the Massie Amendment, put forward with @RoKhanna, which would block Israeli military aid

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

US Central Command has published a video it says shows three Corsair unmanned surface vessels striking an Iranian ship maintenance facility and submarine, marking the US military's first combat use of sea drones.

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Trump has formally restarted the war with Iran, in a letter sent to congress on Friday July 10th.

Trump said minutes ago the US will hit Iran "hard" tonight and tomorrow, adding "the MOU was only a test for Iran."

Trump also announced he will address the nation on Thursday evening at 9 PM ET.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

BREAKING: US Central Command (CENTCOM) says it has began a fresh round of strikes on Iran, saying the action is aimed at “degrading” Tehran’s ability to disrupt commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/Wh4l6oLu1k