Novara Live Israel Claims It Hit Iran ‘Nuclear Site’
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Mar 12, 2026 Discussion of Israel's claim of striking an Iranian nuclear site and reports of civilian displacement and media blackouts. Examination of Pentagon findings on a girls' school strike and broader US troop injury reports. Analysis of regional attacks, oil disruptions and the geopolitics that make the Middle East a target. Political fallout over Mandelson files and Labour's electoral challenges are also raised.
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Nuclear Site Claim Used To Manufacture Consent
- Israel and the US framed strikes on Iran as hitting a nuclear site to manufacture public consent for war.
- Dalia Gebrial links this to classic pretexts like Iraq, noting no independently verified evidence Iran sought a bomb and the JCPOA was broken by the US.
Blocking Shipping Delivers Outsized Economic Leverage
- Iran is leveraging low-cost asymmetric tactics like striking shipping and the Straits to impose high economic costs.
- Helena (NoJusticeMTG) and Dalia point out oil price spikes and that blocking routes is cheap to do but expensive to counter, creating strategic leverage.
Gaza As The Laboratory For Mask Off Warfare
- Gaza has acted as a 'laboratory' for more explicit, mask-off warfare tactics now visible across the region.
- Dalia argues Israel and the US increasingly boast about violations rather than hiding them, widening the scope for impunity.