- On Thursday, April 16, 2026, the U.S. House narrowly defeated Rep. Gregory Meeks's war-powers resolution, 213-214, failing to restrict President Donald Trump's military campaign in Iran without explicit congressional authorization.https://ground.news/article/house-republicans-narrowly-reject-effort-to-end-trumps-war-with-iran_59f2a0 Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., supported the measure, while Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, voted against it alongside Republicans
- April 28 deadline requires congressional approval for continued hostilities. So far the war has cost 14 U.S. service members lives and daily costs of $2 billion
- Seven Myths About the Iran War https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/seven-myths-iran-war-michael-doran
Can you spot an audio deepfake? Take the quizz https://newsguard-reality-check.github.io/newsguard-quiz/index2.html
On Sunday night, Rachel Goldberg-Polin will be interviewed by Anderson Cooper on CBS’s “60 Minutes” ahead of the release on Tuesday of her new book, When We See You Again, about grieving the death of her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, in Hamas captivity.
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EUROPE
The Czech Republic stands with Israel https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/04/13/as-the-west-morally-rots-we-stand-with-israel/On Holocaust Remembrance Day. Polish MP Konrad Berkowicz compares Israel’s defensive war to the Third Reich and displays an Israeli flag with a swastika. See Among Neighbors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8vv4UOQJEA
A war crimes complaint has been filed at the International Criminal Court in The Hague against the Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez. At the origin of this initiative is Shurat HaDin, which accuses Spain of indirectly supporting Tehran through the supply of dual-use components. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/israeli-law-ngo-moves-icc-against-spanish-pm-s%C3%A1nchez-over-exports-related-to-explosives-to-iran/ar-AA20VcuhIRAQ
U.S. offers $10M reward for Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades leader* - The United States has revealed the identity of Ahmed al-Hamidawi, leader of the Iran-backed Iraqi Hezbollah Brigades, placing a $10 million reward for information leading to him.
LEBANON
IDF reservist killed and 3 wounded by Hezbollah bomb in southern Lebanon after ceasefire Lebanon shouldn't require Israel to do its dirty work Hezbollah Emerged from Iran’s Revolution, Not “Resistance” to IsraelHezbollah disguised army bases in southern Lebanon as civilian towns https://idfclub.org/hezbollah-disguised-army-bases-in-southern-lebanon-as-civilian-towns/PALESTINIANS/HAMAS/PA
Hamas Signals No Retreat: The US Fantasy of Disarmament and PeaceU.S. officials, led by Aryeh Lightstone, have joined disarmament talks with Hamas in Cairo. https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/us-officials-join-direct-talks-with-hamas-in-cairo-cnnKill an Israeli, become a Fatah leader – Fatah's new terror policy https://palwatch.org/page/42066 The Palestinian Authority extradited to France a man accused of coordinating a deadly 1982 terror attack on a Jewish restaurant in Paris’ Le Marais districtSaudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is reinforcing its geopolitical alliances by providing Pakistan with $3 billion in fresh financing and extending a separate $5 billion deposit, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-15/pakistan-secures-3-billion-in-saudi-funding-to-bolster-reserves
UN
UN reports child marriages surge in Gaza. Activist slammed objecting to calling it marriage when girls in Gaza are being sold into sexual slavery https://www.un.org/unispal/document/unfpa-child-marriages-surge-in-gaza-as-war-tightens-grip-on-girls-futures/The World Bank has removed Francesca Albanese's pro-Hamas husband, Massimiliano Cali, from a senior position after UN Watch exposed his litany of social media posts that legitimize Hamas terrorism, promote Holocaust inversion, and incite hatred against America, the West, and Jews. https://unwatch.org/world-bank-economist-husband-of-uns-francesca-albanese-says-israel-invents-terror-attacks/USA
FLORIDA watch this race --Bilzerian registered this week to run in the Republican primary against the Jewish far-right anti-Islamic firebrand Rep. Randy Fine in Florida’s sixth district. Bilzerian hates Jews, supports murdering all Israelis (and Jews), and promotes conspiracy theories. https://www.timesofisrael.com/dan-bilzerian-who-says-judaism-is-terrible-and-wants-to-kill-israelis-runs-for-congress/ see also. https://x.com/i/status/2044923123418431942NEW YORK NAVI K-12 Extremism Tracker, "NYC Educators for Palestine Plan 2nd Children's Teach-In," April 18, 2026: https://navik12tracker.substack.com/p/nyc-educators-for-palestine-planSupporters of Shia Army that Killed Hundreds of U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Distribute Food in Nation’s Capital https://www.meforum.org/fwi/fwi-opinion-interview/supporters-of-shia-army-that-killed-hundreds-of-u-s-soldiers-in-iraq-distribute-food-in-nations-capitalSEIU pulls endorsement from candidate, Amir Makled, over “new information.” The new information was antisemitism and support for Hezbollah. Makled opened El-Sayed and Hasan Piker's rally at the University of Michigan last weekZohran Mamdani’s video chief lauded Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar On Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is slated to campaign with Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner, who earlier this week was revealed to have praised a deadly 2014 Hamas attack on an Israeli military base.ON CAMPUS
Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania: Students at anti-American/pro-Palestine demonstration at the campus chanted, "Iran, Iran, you make us proud! Take another soldier out! Hezbollah, you make us proud! Take another soldier out!". The Roots of Harvard's Jewish Problem https://www.investigativeproject.org/9447/the-roots-of-harvard-jewish-problem see also https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/14/antisemitism-report/At Yale University, anti American antisemite Hasan Piker who said America deserved 9/11 was welcomed at the Yale political Union with a roaring cheer.MEDIA
MSNOWNews claims “more than 80% of markets are no longer functioning” across all of Lebanon. Reuters makes clear that figure applies only to southern Lebanon. This is how facts get distorted and narratives get built.Anthropic's AI, Claude, Is Citing Iranian State Media. It Doesn't Know Why. Sky News blurrs the line between journalism and propaganda https://honestreporting.com/embarrassing-sky-news-journalists-double-down-over-hezbollah-funeral-backlash/Sky News admits error on Lebanon death toll, but won’t correct on-air https://www.camera.org/article/sky-news-admits-error-on-lebanon-death-toll-but-wont-correct-on-air/Haviv Rettig Gur responds to the NYTimes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQi4Fn5_EhY SEE ALSO https://thedispatch.com/newsletter/gfile/piker-omar-democrats-israel-antisemitism/ AND https://www.commentary.org/articles/john-podhoretz/antisemitism-hasan-piker-ezra-klein/Photo Bias: World Press Photo contest does more than recognize powerful images. It also plays a role in shaping how those images are understood. https://honestreporting.com/from-description-to-declaration-how-world-press-photo-frames-gaza-differently/BBC distortions: >Hezbollah is firing at Israeli cities, towns and villages. Why are you calling them "settlements"? Is Haifa a settlement to you now?
https://x.com/mishtal/status/2044743032872808828?s=20 - clip of recording on BBC
>BBC Radio 4 Today interviewed both Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and and the Spokesman for the Israeli Embassy. The Iranian was lobbed softball questions. The Israeli was villified.
