Outgoing Mossad chief David Barnea said Israel should remain committed to toppling Iran’s ruling system.
Speaking at a retirement ceremony late Monday, Barnea said the Islamic Republic was at its weakest after the recent war and that Israel should “complete the job.”
“I believed, and I still believe, that a change in the reality in Iran by virtue of toppling the regime is a possible and achievable goal,” Barnea said.
He said such a goal would require “persistence, a cool head, and commitment to the mission.”
“This mission must remain as our top priority,” he added.
Iran was still reviewing the final text of a possible memorandum of understanding with the United States and has not yet sent a response, semi-official Mehr News reported on Tuesday, citing an informed source.
“America’s record of breaking commitments and historical mistrust have led Iran to take a very strict approach to the issue,” said the source, described as close to Iran’s negotiating team.
The source also said Iran was seeking “real benefit” based on past experience.
United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation reducing tariffs on some agricultural equipment, like combines and harvesters, from 25% to 15%.
The proclamation also expands the category of industrial equipment subject to a 15% tariff to include "mobile industrial equipment, like bulldozers and forklifts, when imported from trade deal countries that are entitled to such treatment." Additionally, it allows foreign companies to qualify for a 10% duty rate if their "capital equipment includes at least 85% US melted and poured or smelted and cast steel or aluminum by weight."
These tariff reductions will last until December 31, 2027, with the aim of spurring "near–term investments that will rebuild the Nation's industrial base," the White House said.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi told Al Jazeera that President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer Iran’s enriched uranium abroad was “difficult but not impossible” to implement.
Iran is estimated to possess around 440 kilograms of uranium enriched to about 60%, a level well above civilian requirements but below weapons-grade enrichment.
Grossi noted that transporting the material would be technically complex because it is stored in gaseous form and requires special handling.
“It's not easy, because this is in gas form, highly contaminant, and it's not an easy operation,” he said.
He added that alternatives under discussion include “downblending” the uranium into a less enriched form.
“All of these things are the things we have been discussing,” Grossi said.
A well-stocked anti-ICE coalition tent outside New Jersey’sembattled Delaney Hall immigration detention centerwas raided by federal authorities Monday — exposing what activists were keeping inside as mayhem continues to plague the area.
Eye-catching photos revealed cases of Spindrift seltzers, puzzles and games, plush toys, books, keffiyeh scarves and assorted signs stuffed into boxes or scattered around the Eyes of ICE mutual aid tent outside the Newark detention center.
A volunteer tent set up by an anti-ICE coalition was raided by federal authorities on Monday.Getty Images
Planters with wilting flowers were abandoned on foldable tables. Other boxes were overflowing with handwarmers and blankets, while some unused posters reflected Catholic imagery and references to the Virgin Mary.
Kathy O’Leary, president of the coalition, said her team is one of the few groups helping people reach detainees as detention centers impose more stringent visitation rules in response to the disastrous protests.
The president of Eyes of ICE said the tent provides supplies and legal aid to ICE detainees’ families.Kevin C. Downs for NY Post
O’Leary told the New Jersey Monitor that detainees’ families and loved ones visit the volunteer tent to receive food and connect with attorneys or social workers. She said that she hadn’t been able to reach the tent since police blocked the street off to pedestrians.
“The facility has never given accurate or complete information to the families about how things work,” she separately told Gothamist, scoffing at the idea of police escorts for visitors.
“People are not going to want to do it. They’re not going to be comfortable with it.”
The Post reached out to the FBI and Department of Homeland Security for more information on the raid.
Chaos engulfed the immigration detention facility over Memorial Day weekend after top Democratic officials, including New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill, raised concerns about inhumane conditions in the facility and the lack of visitation hours.
The demonstrations were sparked by ICE detainees’ purported hunger strike in protest against alleged deplorable living conditions at the 1,000-bed facility.
The Trump administration has countered that the standard of living at Delaney Hall is higher than most US prisons.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka instituted a 9 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew for the half-mile area around the detention center until further notice.
Newark’s mayor instituted a strict curfew for the area surrounding the contested detention center.Stephen Yang for NY Post
Protesters and residents alike caught violating the curfew will receive an initial warning before they’re removed — and could face legal action if they refuse to comply, Baraka said in a statement.
As the pandemonium continues, Sherrill brazenly announced an early win and claimed that officials bartered for the restoration of visitation rights — one of the grievances that incited the hunger strike.
