Joe Cirincione, Mary KaszynskiTrump’s closest allies (and business partners) in the region—Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel—urge military attacks. (Photo: DoD photo by EJ Hersom)
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Jonathan CookShortly before April’s election, the Trump administration offered Netanyahu a campaign fillip by recognising Israel’s illegal annexation of the Golan Heights, territory Israel seized from Syria in 1967. (Photo: Mark A. Wilson)
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James ZogbyIt was disturbing how few of the candidates appear to have given the matter any serious thought. (Photo: Gage Skidmore via Flickr)
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Shortly after the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) intervened on behalf of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions leader Omar Barghouti, the organization has now come to the rescue of another of Israel's enemies, Palestine Liberation Organization...
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Rugby star Israel Folau said his resolve to fight his sacking for homophobic comments had “only been hardened” by criticism as a crowdfunding campaign for his legal fees was shut down on Monday. Super Rugby’s most prolific...
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Last week, the news broke in Israeli media that Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs (MSA) had launched a “stealthy campaign” that resulted in the shuttering of some 30 bank accounts affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions...
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Trump advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner has spent years working on a plan to untangle the Israel and Palestine conflict. His general idea seems to be that economic investment will fix the conflict, not political negotiation. Unsurprisingly, the...
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In Jerusalem, where he's meeting with Israeli and Russian security officials, the national security advisor says the U.S. military is "ready to go" as he warns Iran against seeking a nuclear weapon.(Image credit: Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
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History, Middle East
They did the world a really big favor.
In the late 1970s, it became clear to the international community that Iraq, under the despotic leadership of Saddam Hussein, was attempting to acquire nuclear...
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TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has welcomed Washington’s intentions to impose additional sanctions on Iran.
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According to the representatives, the only solution to the ongoing Palestinian-Israeli conflict is for Israel to leave Palestinians to themselves and remove all obstacles to their existence and trade. The entirety of the US peace plan for the Middle...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US National Security Adviser John Bolton will travel to Israel on Sunday for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Task and Purpose
Technology,
Friendship never ends?
Scary, Sport, Baby, and Ginger are back and ready to bomb unsuspecting targets back to the Stone Age.
Well, sort of. Israeli defense firm Rafael just unveiled the latest version of its precision...
Land, property theft & destruction / Ethnic cleansing
Palestinians warned of accelerated demolitions in Jerusalem
IMEMC/Agencies 18 June — The Jerusalem Center of Socio and Economic Rights, Monday, warned of the escalation of Israeli...
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The Trump administration is expected to unveil a much-anticipated Mideast peace agreement this year, which will likely rule out a two-state solution. The release of the agreement was delayed until September in the wake of political uncertainty in...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Chief of the Japan Self-Defence Forces (SDF) General Koji Yamazaki paid a historic visit to Israel, a first since the two nations established diplomatic relations in the 1950s, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Friday.
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As tensions rise between Iran and the United States, members of the international community, including Iraq, Israel and Germany, are reacting to the situation.
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A note on a music podcast, plus stories about Israel.
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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has pledged $20 million to establish a foundation that will fight anti-Semitism and BDS (the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement). Kraft made the announcement while in Israel accepting The Genesis...
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The Celebrity Religious Leader & Gospel Musician Denies Owing Five Figures For Car Loan
The Rev. Israel Houghton has denied his former bank’s allegations that he stopped paying down a more than $40,000 debt for...
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