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Marco Rubio, Michel Issa, Nada Hamadeh, Moawad, Yechiel Leiter
Middle East

Lebanon talks: Farce disguised as something more sinister

What Israel and the US seek is not a peace deal but an agreement to turn the government in Beirut into something like the Palestinian Authority

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Military Industrial Complex

Watching US grip on global weapons market slowly slip away

This is actually a plus for American security over the long-term. Here's why.

Jamal Khashoggi George Kollitides
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New DoD leader was on board of firm that trained Khashoggi’s killers

Dep Sec Feinberg’s brought Cerberus, Tier 1 Group ties to the Pentagon

Israel says Thunberg more influential ‘antisemite’ than Fuentes
Middle East

Israel says Thunberg more influential ‘antisemite’ than Fuentes

The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs released an analysis of 10 'prominent influencers in the global anti-semitic and anti-Zionist arena'

Trump, Masoud Pezeshkian
Middle East

Is this the grand bargain that could end the Iran war?

The blockades are bad but consider them points of leverage for an actual negotiation. Here is what a positive outcome — for both sides — might look like.

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Middle East

6 weeks of war have pushed millions of Iranians into poverty

But Washington should not assume that economic pressure alone can force the nation and its regime into submission