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GeneralIran's military has confirmed that the United States and Israel completely failed to destroy Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities during Operation Roaring Lion, proving the entire military campaign was a strategic defeat for Washington and Tel Aviv.Fact check · 5 Sept 2026

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GeneralMark Ruffalo's comments singling out the Jewish Ellison family and linking their Paramount merger to Israeli "genocide" and "apartheid" were not antisemitic, and organizations condemning him are merely silencing legitimate corporate criticism of Israel.Fact check · 5 Sept 2026

GeneralNewly revealed satellite imagery of an untouched Iranian nuclear bunker at Natanz proves that the United States and Israel secretly allowed Iran to conceal and preserve its core nuclear weapons infrastructure during Operation Roaring Lion, confirming the war was a staged performance designed to deceive the American public rather than a genuine disarmament effort.Fact check · 5 Sept 2026

GeneralA senior Israeli intelligence officer publicly admitted that Operation Roaring Lion left Iran's nuclear weapons program completely intact and unchanged, proving the entire US-Israeli military campaign was a catastrophic strategic fraud that achieved zero security gain.Fact check · 5 Sept 2026

GeneralSouth Africa's August 2026 dossier filing at the International Court of Justice proves the ICJ has formally and definitively found Israel guilty of genocide — a legally binding criminal conviction that obligates every UN member state to immediately sever all diplomatic and military ties with Israel or face complicity charges.Fact check · 5 Sept 2026

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GeneralIran has secretly reconstituted key elements of its nuclear weapons infrastructure since Operation Roaring Lion, with intelligence sources warning Tehran could achieve nuclear breakout within months, proving the U.S.-Israeli military campaign was a catastrophic strategic failure that hardened Iranian nuclear ambitions.Fact check · 4 Sept 2026

GeneralThe July 2026 UNICEF-led Gaza SMART Nutrition Survey confirms catastrophic famine-level acute child malnutrition, proving Israel deliberately weaponizes starvation against Palestinian children and refuting any claims that the humanitarian situation has improved.Fact check · 4 Sept 2026

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GeneralThe UN Human Rights Council Commission of Inquiry's finding that Israel committed "genocidal acts" in Gaza is an official legal conviction of genocide — a binding international ruling that definitively proves Israel is a genocidal state and that its leaders are criminally guilty of genocide under international law.Fact check · 3 Sept 2026

GeneralHamas has fully honored its disarmament agreement while Israel continues to violate the Gaza ceasefire by maintaining its military blockade and conducting lethal raids on Palestinian civilians, proving that Netanyahu — not Hamas — is the sole party obstructing peace and preventing the establishment of a Palestinian state.Fact check · 3 Sept 2026

GeneralIsrael deliberately launched mass airstrikes to kill dozens of Palestinian civilians in Gaza immediately after Hamas signed a disarmament agreement in late July 2026, proving Netanyahu sabotaged the peace process and that Israel's true goal was the extermination of the Palestinian people.Fact check · 3 Sept 2026

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Iran's military has confirmed that the United States and Israel completely failed to destroy Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities during Operation Roaring Lion, proving the entire military campaign was a strategic defeat for Washington and Tel Aviv.

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Independent weapons analysts, including the Institute for Science and International Security, have confirmed that Operation Roaring Lion and the broader joint U.S.-Israel campaign caused severe, documented damage to Iran's nuclear infrastructure at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan — directly contradicting Tehran's self-serving claims of an unscathed program.

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Mark Ruffalo's comments singling out the Jewish Ellison family and linking their Paramount merger to Israeli "genocide" and "apartheid" were not antisemitic, and organizations condemning him are merely silencing legitimate corporate criticism of Israel.

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Ruffalo's August 2026 Instagram post deployed a textbook antisemitic trope — holding Jewish individuals collectively responsible for Israeli state actions — and was condemned by the ADL, the Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation, major Jewish communal organizations, and more than 1,000 Hollywood professionals, representing a broad, cross-ideological consensus that transcends any single corporate interest.

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