U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman, who earned his position due to saving Donald Trump's ass from bankruptcy a number of times, is Trump's envoy to Settler Israel. The poor soul has gotten himself into hot water recently for visiting a settler NGO and posing with a picture of the city of Jerusalem in which the Haram al Sharif had been obliterated and … [Read more...]
Dead in the Water: Trump Middle East Peace Plan and Pompeo’s Iran Plan B
Trump's new motto should be: if at first you don't succeed, fail, fail again. And since he has no sense of pride about these matters, he'll repeatedly state the same nonsense ad nauseam, even though no one believes him; and he'll repeatedly put forward the same policy notions which he's tried and failed to implement in the past. Exhibits A and B are what I … [Read more...]
Israel Once Bought Oil from ISIS and Iran, Now It Secretly Buys Oil from Libyan Dictator
ישראל קונה נפט בסתר מהאיש החזק במזרח לוב, הגנראל ח'ליפה חפתר اسرائيل تشتري النفط من الرجل القوي في شرق ليبيا، المشير خليفة حفتر LIBYAN OIL FINDS ITS WAY INTO ISRAEL Please note that we decided to withhold the name of the vessel along with the dates for the time being. We have however all the AIS data and satellite imagery to support this report. #OOTT … [Read more...]
Pew Report: Democratic Support for Israel Nose-Dives
NOTE: Middle East Eye published my latest story about the Gaza massacre and embassy dedication. Please read and share on social media. It was also republished by CommonDreams. I'm going to say something somewhat radical, but I frankly don't care much about what the new Pew Report says about Republican support for Israel. Although I think that the Democrats … [Read more...]
