The assassination of an Iranian scientist and the double-standards of American outrage
We’re bombarded with concern about Iranian state-sponsored terrorism, but why the silence when our friends do it?
We’re bombarded with concern about Iranian state-sponsored terrorism, but why the silence when our friends do it?
The Netanyahu government’s primary goal is to keep Iran forever ostracized, sanctioned, and loathed.
Defense Minister Benny Gantz was in Washington this week asking for an upgrade to maintain Israel’s regional military edge.
A loophole in the proposed fund, which the House passed in July, would allow Israeli settlers to reap most of the benefits.
A series of violent attacks, involving explosions and fires, has been hitting Iran. The incidents have been too frequent and intense to be random accidents. They are part of an organized effort.
As the Democratic Party continues to shift left on issues related to Israel and Palestine, will Joe Biden resist?
King Abdullah II has warned the United States that he fears that annexation could cause significant conflict within Jordan, as well as between Jordan and Israel.
Israel appears to be moving full steam ahead on its plans to annex large portions of the West Bank seemingly without much consideration of the consequences.
A recent peace proposal from the Palestinian prime minister raises questions about just who represents Palestinians and what they actually will accept.
Jordan’s reaction to Israel’s looming annexation of parts of the West Bank might redefine the kingdom’s relations with both Israel and the United States.
A common thread in Trump’s foreign policy is that the stated objectives are not real objectives.
Criticism of Donald Trump’s foreign policy often ignores the illiberal and undemocratic underbelly of Pax Americana.
If Israeli governments come to believe there is no price whatever to be paid by them for denying Palestinian statehood, they will never allow Palestinian statehood nor end their occupation.
Ankara fears the risks of a geopolitical situation emerging in the Middle East and North Africa whereby the UAE, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia — along with the Syrian government, Libya’s eastern administration, Greece, and Cyprus — form an anti-Turkish front.
Speaking in a web broadcast organized by the so-called Democratic Majority for Israel, Blinken stated bluntly that Biden “would not tie military assistance to Israel to any political decisions it makes, full stop.”
Back in 1977, the Likud Party’s platform called for “only Israeli sovereignty” over the land between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to survive his three corruption indictments are taking Israel down a very deep hole, one it may never exit.
No one believes for a moment that any plea for mercy, let alone a call for justice, for the Palestinians will be met with anything but mockery by the Trump administration. But it is possible to move Biden.
If there’s a silver lining to Israel’s impending annexation of the West Bank, it’s that it will force the world confront more directly the reality of what Israel has been doing in the occupied territories.
The American obsession with Iran has led to a series of policy failures throughout the past four decades. It’s time to change course.
Given that Israeli annexation of most of the West Bank is now a forgone conclusion, Washington is beginning to catch up to the idea that the two-state solution is no longer viable.