• givesomefucks@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 days ago

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for another wave of strikes on Iran after the U.S. elections, according to two regional officials and a third person familiar with the matter.

    A return to full-scale war with Iran could help Netanyahu form an emergency government after he and his far-right allies lost their parliamentary majority in last week’s elections. Trump has alternated between threatening major strikes and pushing for a deal with Iran.

    I thought they might do it right before to cancel, or right after so it didn’t hurt in midterms…

    But doing it on election day is the worst possible time.

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      3 days ago

      There is no canceling the midterms. They’re happening now. Millions of people have already voted.