Steve Bannon is on the warpath. That's not surprising since on leaving the White House he proclaimed that he was locked and loaded for bear (Democrats and recalcitrant Republicans, that is). In a NY Times interview he proclaimed a new foreign policy bête noire for the Breitbart/Tea Party alt-right: China. It is the new bogeyman to replace devils of yore … [Read more...]
Trump Trashes Two-States…and 30 Years of U.S. Policy on Israel-Palestine
NOTE: I published a new piece in Middle East Eye last week on the shady Israeli cyberarms company, the NSO Group, which recently came quite close to sealing a deal with Blackstone Group valuing the company at $1-billion. I hope you'll give it a read and promote it via social media. As Jared Kushner traveled to the Mideast this week for meetings with Bibi … [Read more...]
Charlottesville: O Bibi, Where Art Thou?
In light of the events in Charlottesville I ask, paraphrasing the words of the immortal Coen Brothers: "O Bibi, Where Are Thou?" After France and its Jewish community suffered Islamist terror attacks, you were a veritable Lion of Judah. You hopped the first flight to Paris to stand courageously with your Diaspora brothers and sisters in … [Read more...]
Bibi: “This is the End, My Friend”
The ominous strains of The Doors, The End, should be playing through the halls of the prime minister's office in Jerusalem. He is beset by four concurrent criminal investigations, any one of which could bring him down, should it result in an indictment. The event that marked the beginning of the end of Netanyahu's nearly forty-year political career was … [Read more...]