Robert Inlakesh

Robert Inlakesh is a political analyst, journalist and documentary filmmaker currently based in London, UK. He has reported from and lived in the occupied Palestinian territories and hosts the show ‘Palestine Files’. Director of ‘Steal of the Century: Trump’s Palestine-Israel Catastrophe’. Follow him on Twitter @falasteen47

The Think Tank Behind Project 2025 Just Published Trump’s Iran War Plan

A new policy brief from Trump’s most trusted think tank lays out what looks a lot like a roadmap to war — but almost no one noticed.

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By Robert Inlakesh
Donald Trump speaking at a Heritage Foundation event in 2017, the think tank behind Project 2025 and recent proposals for U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.

Flying under the media radar, the Heritage Foundation—a think tank widely viewed as the intellectual engine behind the Trump administration’s foreign policy agenda—has published a brief that appears to map out the president’s prospective approach to Iran. The six-page document advocates ending nuclear negotiations and pursuing joint U.S.-Israeli

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Staging for a Strike? US Quietly Moves Bombers as Israel Prepares to Hit Iran

US forces are being positioned, red lines drawn, and the targets selected. As Israel threatens Iran, Washington may already be backing the play.

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By Robert Inlakesh

As threats of an Israeli strike on Iran grow louder, the United States is making quiet but unmistakable moves of its own. Over the past month, Washington has quietly repositioned strategic bombers and fighter squadrons to Diego Garcia, a remote U.S. military outpost in the Indian Ocean, squarely within striking distance of Tehran. The official

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Microsoft’s Role in Gaza Goes Way Beyond the ICC Email Lockout

The tech giant didn’t just lock an ICC prosecutor out of his email. It’s been building tools for Israel’s wars while silencing dissent at home.

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By Robert Inlakesh
Israeli soldier tests Microsoft HoloLens augmented reality headset for battlefield use

Last week, headlines lit up with a staggering development: Microsoft locked the world’s top war crimes prosecutor out of his email. Karim Khan, chief of the International Criminal Court (ICC), had dared to go after Israeli officials for war crimes and was instantly digitally silenced. His accounts were frozen. His name smeared. His power

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Weaponized Aid: Wall Street, Zionists, and Ex-CIA Operatives Take Over Gaza Relief

“They told us to accept working with them or leave. They’re coming to take over, weaponising aid.” — Jens Laerke, UN OCHA

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By Robert Inlakesh
Malnourished Palestinian child held by mother in Gaza shelter during famine, May 2025

With over half a million people in Gaza on the brink of starvation and aid groups warning of an “imminent famine,” Israel has agreed to allow a token number of relief trucks into the besieged enclave. But what’s entering Gaza now isn’t humanitarian aid, it’s a Trojan horse. A new, U.S.-backed private aid scheme staffed by former CIA operatives,

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The Battle for the ‘Woke Right’: How Israel Is Dividing MAGA

Israel, censorship, and identity politics: the right is eating itself over who’s really “woke.”

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By Robert Inlakesh
Trump supporter wearing yarmulke at campaign rally in Atglen, Pennsylvania, Oct. 27, 2020

A war has erupted among right-wing commentators, with the term “woke right” emerging as the weapon of choice. At the center of this MAGA movement schism is the issue of Israel and a growing conservative backlash over the refusal of self-described opponents of cancel culture to stand up for the free speech rights of Americans who oppose Tel Aviv’s

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Zionist Militant Group Responsible for ICE Arrest of Pro-Palestine Former Student

A Massachusetts court found that the ICE detention of a former UMass student was likely politically motivated, after a complaint from the Zionist organization Betar appeared to trigger his arrest.

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By Robert Inlakesh
A rally attended by Betar members in Paris, February 9, 2025: Cesar Vilette | Ola News | Sipa via AP Images

A Massachusetts court ruled that the detention of a former student who expressed pro-Palestine views was unconstitutional and that it was a punitive measure triggered almost solely by a complaint from the Zionist militant group Betar. Late last week, a judge ruled that a former student at the University of Massachusetts (UMass), detained

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Trump to Meet Former ISIS Leader in Saudi Arabia as Syria Moves to Appease Israel

Ahmed al-Sharaa, once a founding member of ISIS, is now Syria’s president and set to meet Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia. The summit comes as Damascus cracks down on Palestinian leaders and Gaza solidarity networks in a bid to appease Israel and win American support.

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By Robert Inlakesh
Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa with France’s Emmanuel Macron at Elysee Palace in Paris, May 7, 2025

Ahmed al-Sharaa, a founding member of ISIS and former commander of Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate, is now being welcomed as a head of state. This week, the longtime militant—better known as Abu Mohammad al-Julani—is expected to meet with former U.S. President Donald Trump in Saudi Arabia. According to multiple reports, the two are negotiating a deal

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