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Roya News
29-04-2025
- Politics
- Roya News
Trump allies accuse "Israeli" operatives for pushing US-Iran war
Prominent voices aligned with President Donald Trump are sounding the alarm about what they describe as a coordinated push for war with Iran, pointing fingers at alleged "Israeli" operatives, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported. In recent broadcasts, right-wing media figures including Tucker Carlson and Clayton Morris have accused unnamed pro-"Israel" actors — and even former Mossad agents — of trying to dismantle what they call the Trump administration's anti-war wing. On his show last week, Carlson interviewed Dan Caldwell, a senior Defense Department advisor who was recently dismissed. According to several outlets, Caldwell was accused of leaking classified material regarding Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of encrypted messaging apps. But Carlson offered a different narrative. 'You did make maybe one career mistake by giving on-the-record interviews describing your foreign policy views…that are out of the mainstream among warmongers in Washington,' Carlson said. 'Then I read all of a sudden that you are a traitor.' Meanwhile, Morris — a former Fox News anchor who now hosts the podcast Redacted — claimed that former "Israeli" intelligence agents are targeting key figures in Trump's Pentagon circle. 'We've learned here at Redacted that former Israeli Mossad agents are working overtime on social media and behind the scenes trying to discredit Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth,' Morris said, though he did not name any individuals involved. These claims highlight a growing rift within Trump's inner circle, where traditional foreign policy hawks like Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz are clashing with isolationist 'America First' figures such as White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. The recent firing of Caldwell and two other high-ranking Pentagon staffers has galvanized isolationist voices who view the moves as part of a broader effort to marginalize Trump's non-interventionist stance. Their rhetoric against pro-"Israel" figures marks a significant departure from the Republican Party's longstanding support for the Israeli Occupation. Some of that criticism has focused on Merav Ceren, who was recently nominated to a key national security role overseeing Iran and the Israeli Occupation. Ceren, born in Haifa and a former official in "Israel's" Ministry of Defence, drew fire on Morris's show. 'Neo-con Mike Waltz has now hired basically a dual citizen and former IDF official to work under him,' Morris said. The controversy comes amid shifting public attitudes toward "Israel", especially after the Oct. 7, 2023 events on southern "Israel" and the ensuing war in Gaza. A Pew survey from April showed that 53 percent of Americans now hold an unfavorable view of "Israel" — up sharply from 42 percent in 2022. The drop in support is especially pronounced among younger Republicans, many of whom follow alternative media outlets like those hosted by Morris and Carlson. The internal divisions come at a time when Trump is trying to strike a balance between his tough-on-Iran reputation and his vow to avoid new military entanglements in the Middle East. That balancing act has led to mixed messaging from his closest foreign policy aides. Earlier this month, Trump envoy Steve Witkoff suggested the US might tolerate low-level uranium enrichment in Iran. Following criticism from pro-"Israel" advocates, Witkoff reversed course, declaring that Iran must 'stop and eliminate' its enrichment activities entirely. Secretary Rubio offered a potential compromise this week, indicating the US could rejoin a deal allowing Iran to maintain a civilian nuclear program, provided it imports enriched uranium from abroad. Meanwhile, American and Iranian negotiators met for a third round of discussions in Oman on Saturday. On Monday, Trump sounded optimistic. 'A deal is going to be made there,' he told reporters. 'We'll have something without having to start dropping bombs all over the place.'
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The Callisto Protocol studio lays off more employees, but 'remains operational'
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Krafton has confirmed another round of layoffs at Callisto Protocol developer Striking Distance Studios, but says it remains operational and that the cuts will not impact any projects currently in the works. The layoffs were first reported late last week by multiple former employees on LinkedIn: One said "most of the devs were laid off," while another reported "lots of layoffs" at the studio and a third said "many other great colleagues" had been let go. Krafton, the parent company of Striking Distance Studios, declined to share specific numbers but confirmed in a statement provided to PC Gamer that layoffs had been made. "Striking Distance Studios has reduced the size of its team to remain agile, which creates a sustainable environment for the studio at its current stage of development," a representative said. "The studio remains operational, and these changes will not impact any planned ongoing support. No further changes are planned at this time." This is the second round of layoffs at Striking Distance, which put 32 people out of work in August 2023, not long after the release of The Callisto Protocol's first and only story expansion. Despite its pedigree—Striking Distance was headed up by Dead Space executive producer Glen Schofield—the survival horror game failed to make a big splash with players, and fell well short of Krafton's sales expectations. Schofield left Striking Distance in September 2023, a little over a month after the first round of layoffs. Striking Distance's follow-up game, the top-down shooter Redacted, landed with even less of an impact, amassing an all-time peak concurrent player count on Steam of just 169. The studio hasn't announced anything new since then, but as noted by 80lv, a handful of employees have said on LinkedIn that early work on something new has begun: Lead gameplay programmer George Coomber wrote that he's "leading a team of 12 gameplay engineers to prototype an action game in Unreal 5." The layoffs at Striking Distance follow recent cuts at Bossa Studios, Liquid Swords, Iron Galaxy, BioWare, and engine maker Unity, which themselves are merely the latest in a long line of devastating layoffs stretching back to at least the beginning of 2023. Announcing the cuts at Bossa, studio co-founder and co-CEO Henrique Olifiers said the industry-wide bloodshed is not a "phase" but instead the new normal: "A fundamental transformation of the games industry, a reshape of how games are made and by what kinds of teams."
