Bibi Netanyahu's annual dog-and-pony show ambled into UN General Assembly today as he made yet another bombastic, hectoring speech assaulting Iran for its alleged sins of omission and commission. Like the shambling history professor his father was, he trots out audio-visual aids to reinforce his major argument and they invariably resemble the cartoon … [Read more...]
Trump’s Plan to Destroy the International Consensus Over Refugees and Israel-Palestine
NOTE: This is an expanded version of a piece published by Middle East Eye recently. Though Pres. Trump’s Middle East “deal of the century” hasn’t been publicly announced, elements of the plan have dribbled out via leaks in the media and from Palestinian leaders. In the latest bit of Chinese water torture, Pres. Mahmoud Abbas told a visiting Israeli Peace … [Read more...]
Twitter Relents
My thanks to the hundreds of Twitter supporters who tweeted in protest of the company blocking my account for the past five days. My special thanks to Ali Abunimah, who contacted the Twitter's media team inquiring about my situation. This morning the company restored my account and I'm back in business. Ali sprang me from Twitter jail! This proves what … [Read more...]
New Terror Campaign Against Iran as Giuliani Predicts Regime Change
After yesterday's terrorist attack in Iran-- targeting an Iranian Revolutionary Guard parade in which nearly 30 were killed including many civilians--the outline of a major new campaign against the country's government is taking shape. The campaign has a number of elements and is quite complex and brutal. One major component is the Trump administration's … [Read more...]
