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Middle East
Netanyahu: Don’t look here where we’re shooting children, look over there at Iran
Israel PM’s new dossier against Iran is just old news but the danger is that gullible Trump will be swayed into war on Iran
Why is Israel Summarily Expelling Tens of Thousands of African Refugees?
Last November Israel announced that it had arranged to relocate 38,000 Eritrean and Sudanese refugee claimants to an African nation
Saudi Crown Prince to Palestinians: Accept US/Israeli Apartheid Plan or Shut up
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman reportedly stated that Palestinian leadership would have no choice but to accept Donald Trump’s ‘peace’ proposal
Why is Pompeo Suddenly against Saudi Arabia’s War on Yemen?
According to a State Department leak to the New York Times, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, when he was in Riyadh on Saturday, pressured the Saudi government to wind up the war in Yemen. If this report is true, it is puzzling. In contrast, Secretary of Defense James Mattis has urged President Trump to stay […]
Iran to Pompeo: Seriously? You’re accusing *us* of destabilizing the Middle East?
Iran says the real problem is daily atrocities by Saudi Arabia on Yemenis
Why Are Palestinians in Gaza risking their Lives to Protest?
As Americans, we bear direct responsibility for the horrific reality in Gaza. Once again, the Israeli military has turned its guns on Gaza — this time on unarmed protestors, in a series of shootings over the last few weeks. Gaza’s already under-resourced hospitals are straining to care for the thousands of protesters who have been […]
Pompeo to Saudi Arabia: Mobilize against Iran and end Yemen War, Qatar Blockade
His program is full of ideologically-driven impracticalities
Qatar rejects Saudi demand it send Troops to Syria
Middle East Monitor | – – Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said that Saudi Arabia’s ultimatum over Doha sending troops to Syria or losing US support is not even worth responding to. “This statement [by the Saudi Foreign Ministry] is not worthy of an answer. Qatar refutes the brainwashing of the […]