Israel’s threat to attack Iran has been made so many times that it has lost much of its danger to shock — but it would be a huge mistake to dismiss the Israelis’ statements. Even if Bennett is bluffing again, the supercharged atmosphere in the region raises the danger of a terrible accident. What’s more, Israel continues its violent sabotage program against Iran.

The New Yorker just reported that Trump nearly attacked Iran after he lost the election. But the threat was obvious, why wasn’t it reported back then?

Sec’y of State Mike Pompeo tries to incite a conflict with Iran in last days of Trump administration. He claims a link between al-Qaeda and Iran so as to poison possibility of Biden returning to Iran deal, and grease his own run for White House in 2024.

You can watch the cable news networks for hours without stumbling across a single report about Iran. Which means that if the U.S. and Israel do attack before 12 noon on January 20, or if a tragic accident amid the tightened tensions in the regions triggers an outbreak of violence, the American public will have no idea of what just happened.

“The operation that killed Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was a dazzling piece of covert work,” the Washington Post says, in a grotesque glorification of Israel’s murder of Iranian scientist. While the NYT suggests using unnamed sources that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program, when US intelligence reported otherwise.

The dominant message on US cables is that Iran has pursued a nuclear weapon, thereby justifying the Israeli assassination. This is dishonest. And when Tom Friedman rationalized Israeli assassination by saying that Iran is the regional aggressor, he was promptly eviscerated by commenters in his own paper.

A nuclear scientist was just assassinated inside Iran, probably by Israel with Trump administration connivance — but, so far, the New York Times is distorting the news.

The New York Times is publishing a misleading report on its front page that further raises the risk that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu could provoke a conflict with Iran during the Trump administration’s final 66 days.

The New York Times buries the report that Defense Department officials worry that Trump might order American troops to fire weapons at Iran. While Elliott Abrams is in the Mideast, pushing for a “flood” of new sanctions on Iran.

The New York Times is downplaying the Trump administration’s efforts to provoke conflict with Iran — and when it does report on the danger it relies on the Israel lobby for spin.