Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan

"Which country in the Middle East has nuclear weapons? It's not Iran, it's Israel... Which country in the Middle East attacked six countries last year? It wasn't Iran, it was Israel." From my Piers Morgan debate with Israeli spokesman Doron Spielman. Full show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkk1...

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"Prominent Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Detained in Kuwait as Gulf Cracks Down on Free Speech During Iran War" Shihab-Eldin, who is a US citizen and long-standing critic of Israel, has been imprisoned for six weeks.

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"according to two sources familiar with the situation...officials at the Pentagon... were quietly given a new directive that came straight from the Trump White House. The message: ramp up your preparations for possible military operations against Cuba." Have you subscribed to our First Draft email?

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"9 Times Trump Has Ridiculously Insulted Christians" Sharing an image depicting himself as Jesus is just one of many ways the US president has denigrated the people who put him in the White House.

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"Orbán’s Hungary has been the model for the global fascist assault on democracy. Maybe it can also serve as a model for its defeat." Important piece from Jason Stanley for Zeteo on the big story of the day:

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"‘I’ll Die Here in My House’: In Southern Lebanon, Many Simply Can't or Refuse to Flee" Zeteo speaks to several families who are risking their lives to stay in the area as Israel escalates its bombing and ground invasion.

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"I Watched Right-Wing Journalists Try to Shame Abdul El-Sayed and Hasan Piker" As the Senate candidate and Twitch streamer drew huge crowds in Michigan, the national media was focused on tearing them down, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:

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"'No Doubt War Will Resume': Skeptical Iranians Say It's Too Early to Celebrate" Zeteo reports from the ground in Tehran to hear how some ordinary Iranians are feeling about the two-week ceasefire announcement.

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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Did Iran Just Win This War? Instead of trying to wipe out Iran’s ‘civilization,’ Trump will negotiate an end to the war using Iran’s 10-point framework in a pretty huge humiliation for both the US and its ally Israel. Read Zeteo’s First Draft newsletter this morning:

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Just wanted to remind folks, especially the GOP and the FDD, that Barack Obama’s 2015 nuclear deal didn’t give Iran control of the Strait of Hormuz or allow it to keep 60% enriched uranium. It sent $1.7 billion to Iran versus the tens of billions Iran will now make from tolls. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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I'll be live on YouTube and Substack at 8pm Eastern with guests Trita Parsi, Harrison Mann and Asawin Suebsaeng to discuss the latest on the Iran war and Trump pulling back from his 8pm ET deadline. What does this all mean? What happens next? Join us! youtube.com/@zeteo

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Read this lede from the NYT - Netanyahu in the Situation Room, Trump not sitting at the head of the table, etc - & then tell me again how antisemitic it is to dare suggest that Israel has undue influence over our government & helped push us into this war of choice. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

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