Russell Maynard

The most definitive White House statement purporting to justify the Israel-US war on Iran was its March 2, 2026 statement entitled "The Iranian Regime's Decades of Terrorism against American Citizens". whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/… After a brief editorial opening, the article lists 44 incidents with a total of 992 US deaths. The source of the data wasn't given. Where did it come from? Unlike the Iraq war or the Russia collusion allegation, the reporting didn't come from an intelligence assessment, flawed or otherwise. It turns out that the list was plagiarized by the White House from a June 19, 2025 list (fdd.org/analysis/2025/…) prepared by a former AIPAC employee (Tzvi Kahn) for a think tank (FDD) founded "to provide education to enhance Israel's image in North America". The think tank's original identity was "EMET (Hebrew for 'truth')". The June 19, 2025 publication was literally on the eve of the first US bombing of Iran on June 21, 2025. In this thread, I'll compare each and every item in the White House statement to the corresponding item in the original list by the former AIPAC employee. The list is virtually identical. Any slight changes are always in the change of ratcheting up the underlying allegation.

BREAKING: Switzerland blocks arms exports to the US over Iran war 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.news/gt5gwr?update=…

How low France had fallen 😢 Live from Tel Aviv, France's foreign minister condemns Hezbollah and Iran for their "aggressions against Israel" against which "Israel has obviously the right to defend itself." Literally framing Iran and Hezbollah as the aggressors here and Israel as the poor victim merely defending itself 🤦 All the more disgusting given the historical depth of France's links to Lebanon, which go back all the way to St. Louis in the 13th century, when France committed to protecting the Maronite nation in Mount Lebanon. France is betraying a 700-year relationship. Chirac was extremely close to Lebanon, so much so that after leaving office he spent the last decade of his life in an apartment owned by the Hariri family. When Chirac died in 2019, Saad Hariri said: "I felt a great sadness. The same sadness I felt when I lost my father" (thisisbeirut.com.lb/articles/13080…). And now, just as Israel is invading the place, destroying the South of the country like it did Gaza (according to Israel themselves who literally said "we are going to do what we did in Gaza": axios.com/2026/03/14/isr…) and displacing 1 million civilians, France is telling the Lebanese, from the territory of its aggressors: "too bad, Israel has every right to do this to you" 🤮

The Canadian Israel lobby deploys coordinated advocacy and messaging in their efforts to influence government policies, programs, votes in parliament, and in international forums like the United Nations. #ForeignInterference

🎙️Today I had the honour of sitting down w a friend and sometime I admire- @sarahblyth , Executive Director of @vancouverops . It’s a vital discussion-streaming next week on the podcast. ⚡️#vancouverpodcast