War Archives - Attention to the Unseen

Trump’s grip on the GOP leaves Netanyahu with few places to turn

From elsewhere — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:37:49 +0000

The Washington Post reports: When previous U.S. presidents sought to tie the hands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli leader often exploited rifts in U.S. politics to find a friendlier ear in Washington and wriggle free from constraints placed on him. But Netanyahu is finding that there is no higher court of appeals in his face-off with President Donald Trump, who has a viselike grip over his party — at a time when Democrats have little or no sympathy...

Read More Read More

The post Trump’s grip on the GOP leaves Netanyahu with few places to turn appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

With waning influence, Trump struggles to rein in Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran and Lebanon

From elsewhere — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:37:25 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports: As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu weighed how to respond to waves of Iranian missile attacks Sunday night, President Trump called with a message: Stand down. But as it became clear the Israeli leader wouldn’t ignore a direct attack, Trump shifted his tone. Keep it limited, and don’t let it escalate, he said according to people familiar with the conversation. Trump had hoped to contain the flare-up in fighting to keep it from disrupting work...

Read More Read More

The post With waning influence, Trump struggles to rein in Netanyahu’s strikes on Iran and Lebanon appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Israeli aggression threatens to fray its financial and diplomatic lifeline to the United States

From elsewhere — Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:37:09 +0000

Megan K. Stack writes: Emboldened by unstinting U.S. support during its devastation of Gaza, and with American forces by its side in attacking Iran, Israel is moving with disorienting speed on multiple fronts. Mr. Netanyahu attributes his country’s aggression to the bloody lessons of Oct. 7, which he insists was an attack not just by Hamas but “by the Iran axis, to try to annihilate us through a noose of death.” “I said, ‘We’re going to change the Middle East,’”...

Read More Read More

The post Israeli aggression threatens to fray its financial and diplomatic lifeline to the United States appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Trump urges Netanyahu not to escalate latest round of attacks Israel started with strikes on Beirut

From elsewhere — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:35:50 +0000

Axios reports: President Trump will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate for Iran’s missile attack, Trump tells Axios. “I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate. Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike, and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one,” Trump said. Why it matters: The ceasefire in the Middle East is teetering after Israel struck Beirut and Iran fired multiple waves of missiles in response. Trump...

Read More Read More

The post Trump urges Netanyahu not to escalate latest round of attacks Israel started with strikes on Beirut appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Ukraine’s technological advances could mark a change in the nature of warfare

From elsewhere — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:35:08 +0000

Anne Applebaum writes: In a field outside of Kyiv last weekend, a van was parked discreetly behind some trees. Inside the van there were no passenger seats, just a long desk, two office chairs, two laptops, extra screens. Outside appearances to the contrary, this was a mobile drone-interceptor base, one of hundreds of similar vehicles now scattered around Ukraine. It’s also part of something much bigger: a set of technological advances that have changed the war with Russia, and maybe...

Read More Read More

The post Ukraine’s technological advances could mark a change in the nature of warfare appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Pentagon sees Israel as critical counterintelligence threat to the U.S.

From elsewhere — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:46:45 +0000

The New York Times reports: Recent U.S. intelligence reports have raised concerns about Israeli spy agencies eavesdropping on American negotiators working on a peace deal with Iran, amid rising concern over a more general counterintelligence threat by Israel. Israel and the United States have long known, and tolerated, that each was spying on the other. But an intensified Israeli effort to learn about U.S. positions in talks with Iran has crossed a line, according to some American officials. The reports...

Read More Read More

The post Pentagon sees Israel as critical counterintelligence threat to the U.S. appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Iran demands cash for peace, presenting a political minefield for Trump

From elsewhere — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:46:29 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports: The U.S. and Iran have spent weeks struggling to forge a preliminary deal to end the war. One major reason why they are stuck: Tehran wants early access to cold, hard cash, and it is politically hazardous for President Trump to agree. For Trump, a decision to free Iran’s assets upfront would inevitably generate comparisons to his own attacks on the Obama administration for flying cash into Tehran in the hours after the nuclear accord...

Read More Read More

The post Iran demands cash for peace, presenting a political minefield for Trump appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Hezbollah’s fiber-optic drones expose weakness in Israeli defenses

From elsewhere — Sun, 07 Jun 2026 00:46:05 +0000

The New York Times reports: An explosive drone snaked between the hills of southern Lebanon before striking an Israeli armored personnel carrier. Two days later, another slammed into a tank. Three days after that, a third pounded into a missile-defense system. Each day, multiple drones attack Israeli forces, the Israeli military has said, and with lethal effect. In the past week alone, they have killed three soldiers. The relentless drone attacks by Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, have exposed...

Read More Read More

The post Hezbollah’s fiber-optic drones expose weakness in Israeli defenses appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Iran will not give up in negotiations what could not be taken from it in war

From elsewhere — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:35:33 +0000

Thomas Wright writes: A U.S. official told Axios that on Monday that Donald Trump read Benjamin Netanyahu the riot act for wanting to launch strikes on Beirut, which could collapse American negotiations with Iran. The message, the official said, was “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.” Later that evening, the official White House account posted “TRUST IN TRUMP. ‘Just sit...

Read More Read More

The post Iran will not give up in negotiations what could not be taken from it in war appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.

Russia’s elite is souring on the war, but Putin doesn’t seem to care

From elsewhere — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 23:34:44 +0000

The Wall Street Journal reports: Russia’s inability to break through the stalemate in Ukraine is becoming so evident that significant voices in the Russian establishment have publicly started to call for an end to the conflict. The big question is whether President Vladimir Putin will acknowledge this reality and abandon his aspiration to extinguish Ukrainian independence. So far, there is no sign that, in the fifth year of Europe’s bloodiest conflict in generations, he is ready to climb down from...

Read More Read More

The post Russia’s elite is souring on the war, but Putin doesn’t seem to care appeared first on Attention to the Unseen.