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‘They Don’t Know What the F—k They’re Doing’: Trump Blasts Israel, Iran Over Ceasefire Breach
US President Donald Trump speaks to media ahead of boarding Marine One to depart to attend the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 24, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
US President Donald Trump blasted Israel on Tuesday for violating a newly brokered ceasefire with Iran, warning Jerusalem against further escalation and saying the two sides had “been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f—k they’re doing.”
Israeli officials said the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out only a limited strike on Iranian radar infrastructure — a move meant to signal deterrence while complying with Trump’s demand to avoid broader retaliation.
The scaled-down response followed what US and Israeli sources described as a tense phone call between the two leaders. According to Axios, Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stand down after Iran launched a missile at Israel less than ten minutes into the truce. Netanyahu reportedly replied that canceling the strike outright was not an option, but ultimately agreed to confine the operation to a single symbolic target.
“ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS! IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!” Trump posted on Truth Social shortly afterward, but later added that Israeli jets had turned back “while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran.”
The ceasefire, which went into effect at 7:00 am Israel time, was broken within minutes by Tehran. Israeli officials later said that three Iranian missiles were launched within the first three hours of the truce. The first came just six minutes in, with two more following shortly after 10:00 am. All were either intercepted or landed in open areas. In response, Israeli warplanes struck a single radar installation north of Tehran, a strike Netanyahu’s office described as a proportional reply to Iran’s violations of the agreement.
But as Israeli jets fired, an incensed Trump told reporters on the White House lawn: “I’m not happy that Israel’s going out now.”
“There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard [by Iran]. It was after the time limit, and it missed its target. And now Israel’s going out,” Trump said. “These guys gotta calm down. Ridiculous.”
Israel also launched a major offensive deep inside Tehran in the hours before the ceasefire took hold, targeting regime infrastructure and reportedly killing hundreds of members of the Basij and other internal security forces.
Iran retaliated with a missile barrage shortly before the ceasefire took effect. The southern Israeli city of Beersheba was hit in the strike, killing four Israelis and wounding two dozen others. Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited the site on Tuesday, describing the weapon used as one of the heaviest in Iran’s arsenal. “That missile, which is way above 400 kilos, landed here specifically to kill women, children, the elderly — people living ordinary lives,” Herzog said.
Twenty-eight Israelis have been killed in missile strikes so far in the 12-day war, along with more than 3,200 wounded. Of those, 23 remain in serious condition and 111 were classified as moderate. Officials said 15,000 homes were destroyed nationwide.
While Netanyahu hailed the ceasefire as a success that prevented further bloodshed, some senior Israeli officials voiced concern that the deal came too soon. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir praised the military achievements but said the campaign should have continued. “We should have continued for a few more days, overthrowing the Iranian regime and eliminating the source of oxygen for Hamas and Hezbollah once and for all,” he said.
Others also warned of long-term strategic risks. The Ynet news outlet cited Dennis Citrinowicz, former head of the Iran desk at Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate, as saying that the absence of a formal agreement leaves Iran free to rebuild its nuclear and missile programs. “There is no mechanism that prevents them from getting stronger again,” he told Ynet. “Without a political agreement, we’ll be dragged into a war of attrition — one far more costly than anything we’ve faced in Lebanon or Gaza.”
Security officials also raised concerns that Iran may attempt to bypass nuclear restrictions by procuring weapons from abroad, or by deepening cooperation with Russia or China. “The success of the operation depends not just on what we destroyed,” the site cited one intelligence official as saying, “but on our ability to stay ahead of their next move.”
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren said that moving forward, Israel must maintain “a constant and credible military threat on the table.”
“Israel has to act to ensure that Iran can never rebuild [its nuclear program]. And they will try all the time. They’ll start today,” he told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday afternoon.
He noted that for most of Israel’s 77-year history, tactical victories had effectively served as its strategic doctrine, but said that approach was now beginning to shift.
“Every couple of years our enemies try to destroy us, and we have to turn around and remind them that attempts to destroy us are not a good idea,” he said. “But now, for the first time, that pattern can change. The tactic won’t be the strategy; the strategy will be the strategy. And that strategy is changing the nature of this conflict entirely. But it requires vision, it requires statecraft, and it requires courage from our leaders.”
Meanwhile, families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza are calling on the government to expand the ceasefire framework to include a broader deal that would end the war and bring their loved ones home. “The ceasefire agreement must expand to include Gaza,” a statement from the families read. “We call on the government to engage in urgent negotiations that will bring home all the hostages and end the war. Those who can achieve a ceasefire with Iran can also end the war in Gaza.”
Some political sources say Hamas may be more amenable to a deal now that Iranian support appears to have faltered. “Hamas expected a different kind of backing,” one official told Ynet. “With Tehran under pressure and Hezbollah deterred, they may now be open to serious talks on a prisoner exchange.”
Oren, for his part, expressed his hope that the hostages would be part of a deal. “It is my hope that at that negotiating table, the Americans would say to the Iranians, you want sanctions relief? We’ll give you sanctions relief, but every single one of the hostages has to be released in one hour, and Hamas leaders have to get on a boat and go somewhere,” he said.
“I personally would like to send them to Ireland,” he quipped.
The military campaign delivered a clear victory, but a greater challenge now lies in the diplomatic front, Oren said.
“Militarily, Israel and the United States have won the war. Now, diplomatically, we together must win the peace,” he said.
“Iran’s nuclear program must end — no more enrichment, no more warhead and delivery systems — but so, too, must its support for terror and campaign to destroy Israel and America. Lebanon and Syria must be independent and free to make peace with us. Gaza must be demilitarized, Hamas dismantled, and every last of our hostages redeemed.”
“This is one of history’s greatest inflection points,” he told The Algemeiner. “We must not miss it.”
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Columbia University Newspaper Endorses Mamdani for New York City Mayor
Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a Democratic New York City mayoral primary debate, June 4, 2025, in New York, US. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/Pool via REUTERS
Columbia University’s flagship newspaper, The Columbia Daily Spectator, has endorsed a far-left New York City mayoral candidate who has been accused of antisemitism and made anti-Israel activism a cornerstone of his political career.
The Spectator’s editorial board issued the endorsement of Zohran Mamdani, a representative in the New York State Assembly, in a rare moment of summer activity, as most of the university’s student body is on holiday. It comes as the university’s leadership is reportedly taking steps to deal with a surge of campus antisemitism that captured national attention and led the Trump administration to pull federal funding over the school’s alleged failure to combat the crisis.
“Our endorsements reflect the consensus opinion of the editorial board, but we recognize that voters may weigh these issues differently,” the paper said on Tuesday. “As Spectator‘s editorial board, we endorse Zohran Mamdani as our top choice for New York City Mayor. Currently ranked second in most polls, the New York State Assembly member and his campaign have resonated with New Yorkers who have been repeatedly disappointed by the current administration.”
It added, “The Democratic Socialist has grounded his campaign in bread-and-butter issues such as universal child care, free public transportation, and affordable housing, echoing Sen. Bernie Sanders’ brand of economic populism.”
The paper’s choice of Mamdani prompted a slew of responses on social media. A native of Uganda born to parents from India, one of whom is an Oscar nominated filmmaker, Mamdani has refused to recognize the Jewish state of Israel, advocated adoption of the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, and suggested that New York City — home to the world’s largest Jewish community outside of Israel — will divest from the country if he is elected.
Earlier this month, he refused to distance himself from the phrase “globalize the intifada,” a slogan that is believed to have inspired a wave of anti-Jewish violence which culminated in the murder of two young Israeli diplomats outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC in May. The Democratic mayoral candidate went as far as comparing the phrase to the motivations behind the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, prompting a rebuke from the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
“I think what’s difficult is that the very word has been used by the Holocaust Museum when translating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising into Arabic, because it’s a word that means struggle,” Mamdani said on the Bulwark podcast. “And as a Muslim man who grew up post-9/11, I’m too familiar in the way in which Arabic words can be twisted, can be distorted, can be used to justify any kind of meaning.”
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was an effort by Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland to fight back as they were set to be deported to concentration camps and killed during the Holocaust. In contrast, the slogan “globalize the intifada” references previous periods of sustained Palestinian terrorism against Jews and Israels known as intifadas, or uprisings.
On another occasion, years before he emerged as a candidate for mayor, Mamdani appeared to threaten that a “third intifada” was forthcoming.
Following the Spectator’s declaration of support for his campaign, Columbia University professor Shai Davidai charged that the paper had violated laws which prevent nonprofit entities, such as the Spectator, from entering the fray of electoral politics.
“The Columbia Spectator has just breached its non-profit status by endorsing a political candidate,” Davidai said. “Please join me in filing a formal complaint with the IRS against the Spectator Publishing Company. It’s time to make our colleges a partisan-free space for education.”
Elisha Baker, who studies Middle East History at Columbia University, said in a statement shared with The Algemeiner and other outlets that the Spectator is essentially throwing its support behind a surge of antisemitic violence called for by anti-Zionists of Mamdani’s mold.
“Zohran Mamdani is a threat to Jews in NYC and Americans everywhere. He marches with the antisemitic and anti-American mob,” Baker said. “A vote for Mamdani is a vote for antisemitism and continued pro-terror chaos on our streets. Especially since the tragic attacks in DC and Boulder, a vote for Mamdani is nothing short of a vote for Jews to stay inside.”
New York City will ultimately determine the merit of the case against the mayoral candidate, who would be the favorite to win the November general election if he prevails over his Democratic opponents, including former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, during Tuesday’s primary.
During the campaign, Cuomo criticized Mamdani’s links to the anti-Zionist movement.
“Yesterday when Zohran Mamdani was asked a direct question about what he thought of the phrase ‘globalize the intifada,’ he dismissed it as ‘language’ ‘that is subject to interpretation,’ Cuomo said in a statement earlier this month. “That is not only wrong – it is dangerous. At a time when we are seeing antisemitism on the rise and in fact witnessing once again violence against Jews resulting in their deaths in Washington DC or their burning in Denver – we know all too well that words matter. They fuel hate. They fuel murder. As the US Holocaust Museum so aptly said, all leaders or those running for office must condemn the use of this battle cry. There are no two sides here.”
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Calls for UN to Condemn Attacks on Aid Workers, Collaborate Amid Mass ‘Disinformation’
Palestinians collect aid supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 9, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has called on the United Nations to publicly condemn the killing of aid workers in Gaza and to collaborate in order to provide relief to the enclave’s population, accusing the UN of perpetuating a “vast disinformation campaign” aimed at tarnishing the US- and Israel-backed foundation’s image.
In a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday, GHF executive chairman Rev. Johnnie Moore defended the foundation’s efforts to distribute aid to the civilians of Gaza, the Palestinian enclave that has been ruled by the Hamas terrorist group for nearly two decades.
“Nearly 40 million meals have been distributed in our first month of operations from our Secure Distribution Sites,” Moore wrote, adding that the program has successfully distributed emergency aid to Palestinians in “desperate need” despite constantly operating “under grave threat.”
Moore also criticized the UN, saying that the GHF has “shared our data and our logistical approach” with the global body in hopes of forging a collaboration effort between the two entities. He lamented that the UN has “neither partnered with GHF nor even acknowledged our operational successes.”
“Our work has continued with normal operations amidst an expanding regional conflict, and also a vast disinformation campaign which has sought to stop us from feeding people from the moment we started,” Moore continued. “We regret that your own office has been a victim of this disinformation campaign which has only threatened to further harm the Gazan people.”
The GHF was created because Hamas routinely steals humanitarian aid, leaving civilians facing severe shortages. Documents released by the Israeli military earlier this month showed that Hamas operatives violently took control of approximately 25 percent of incoming aid shipments, which they then resold to civilians at inflated prices.
The GHF operates independently from UN-backed mechanisms, which Hamas has sought to reinstate, arguing that these frameworks are more neutral. Israeli and American officials have rejected those calls, saying Hamas previously exploited UN-run systems to siphon aid for its war effort. The UN has denied those allegations while expressing concerns that the GHF’s approach forces civilians to risk their safety by traveling long distances across active conflict zones to reach food distribution points.
Since the GHF launched operations in late May, there have been reports of Palestinians being shot near distribution sites. In specific cases, Israel has acknowledged targeting what it believed to be armed Hamas operatives using civilians as cover.
In his letter, Moore also criticized the UN for staying “absolutely silent in the wake of a targeted killing of GHF personnel nearly two weeks ago.”
“Their murder was not only a violation of international law, it was an affront to the very principles the UN purports to defend,” the GHF chairman added. He called on the UN to “publicly condemn the targeting of humanitarian workers in Gaza, and to denounce the obstruction of aid by Hamas and other armed factions.”
Moore’s letter came about two weeks after the GHF said that, on the night of June 11, several of its aid workers were killed when Hamas gunmen attacked a bus transporting local staffers.
The group said the vehicle was targeted as it carried more than 20 workers to a distribution site near the city of Khan Younis. In a statement Thursday, GHF said that at least people people were killed and several more were injured.
The bus attack followed days of threats from Hamas directed at the foundation and its workers.
According to Moore, the UN can help the humanitarian crisis in Gaza by working directly with GHD to help distribute aid “at scale” to needy civilians while bypassing “intermediaries.”
“The only credible response to food insecurity is food delivery. Anything less is a deferral of responsibility. We are ready to work with other humanitarian providers to deliver food straight to the Palestinian people and restore order to a system plagued by desperation and disorder,” Moore wrote.
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Netanyahu Declares Historic Win, Says Israel Removed Iran’s Nuclear Threat in 12-Day War
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference, in Jerusalem, May 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/Pool
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel in its 12 days of war with Iran had removed the threat of nuclear annihilation and was determined to thwart any attempt by Tehran to revive its program.
“We have removed two immediate existential threats to us – the threat of nuclear annihilation and the threat of annihilation by 20,000 ballistic missiles,” he said in video remarks issued by his office.
“If anyone in Iran tries to revive this project, we will work with the same determination and strength to thwart any such attempt. I repeat, Iran will not have nuclear weapons.”
Netanyahu called it a historic victory that would stand for generations.
He said Israel never had a better friend in the White House than President Donald Trump, whose US military had dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s underground nuclear sites in an attack over the weekend.
“Our friend President Trump has rallied to our side in an unprecedented way. Under his direction, the United States military destroyed the underground enrichment site at Fordow,” Netanyahu said.
He spoke hours after Trump directed stinging criticism at Israel over the scale of strikes Trump said had violated a truce with Iran negotiated by Washington, Israel‘s closest ally.
Netanyahu said Israel‘s work was unfinished. He cited the war against Iran’s ally Hamas in Gaza, where 50 hostages remain in captivity since the Palestinian terrorist group carried out a surprise attack on October 7, 2023.
About 20 are believed to be alive.
“We must complete the campaign against the Iranian axis, defeat Hamas, and bring about the release of all the hostages, both living and dead,” he said.
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