The standard line of pro-Israel apologists since the days of Abba Eban, who invented this lie, is Palestinians have “never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” In fact, precisely the opposite is true. It is the Palestinians who’ve negotiated in good faith and been receptive to compromise after compromise, and the Israelis who have […]
Israel Desperately Wants to Deny Iran Nukes, Trump May Have Just Ensured It Gets Them
During the decades preceding Trump’s election, both Israeli and U.S. leaders swore that their greatest wish was to ensure Iran did not obtain nuclear weapons. There was an argument between the two countries about the best way to do this, with U.S. presidents Bush and Obama refusing to use military force; while Israel argued incessantly […]
Soleimani Assassination: Sowing the Wind, Reaping the Whirlwind
Our president is not a religious man. But it’s suitable to quote a verse from what his Christian allies call “the Scriptures:” For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind… I will send a fire upon his cities, And it will devour their castles. –Hosea Pres. Trump has made the single most […]
Pompeo: Israel’s Errand Boy
It’s difficult to plumb the pure hypocrisy of this tweet (see below) from Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He’s bitching about Iran breaking the JCPOA agreement limits on enriching uranium. This is an agreement which he and his boss themselves broke when they abandoned it earlier in his presidency saying it was one of the […]
