Today, President-elect Biden named key members of his foreign policy team. First among them is Tony Blinken, a long-time aide, as Secretary of State. During the campaign, Blinken spoke frequently to Israel Lobby groups and reassured them that his boss would be an ardent supporter of Israel. Blinken never offered outreach to the Muslim-American community […]
As Russia Negotiates Separation of Forces in Syria, Netanyahu Threatens War Against Iran Over Yemeni Waterway
Just as Russia doused a potential conflagration over stationing of Iranian forces in the Syrian Golan, Bibi Netanyahu lit sparks in the south over a Houthi rocket attack on a Saudi oil tanker. For months, Israel has cajoled and threatened Russia into restraining Iran from stationing its forces in the Syrian Golan. As a result, […]
Israel Shoots Down Syrian Plane, Claiming It Violated Israeli Airspace, Which Isn’t Israeli
Today, Israel shot down a Syrian war plane (video) that was bombing ISIS positions inside Syria. A U.S.-made Patriot missile brought the plane down, killing the pilot. The downed plane was a Sukhoi Russian-made bomber. It strayed 1 mile into what Israeli claimed was its own territory in an alleged incursion lasting possibly one second or […]
U.S. Warns of Grave Consequences If Assad Retakes Southwestern Syria
The above video is my latest PressTV interview regarding Israeli minister’s claim that the Trump administration plans to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan in a matter of months. The U.S. has engaged in yet another extraordinary breach of all previous foreign policy norms by (not so) tacitly threatening Syria’s Pres. Assad with severe consequences if […]
