Pres. Biden invited Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to the White a few months ago and both tried to turn over a new leaf in US-Israel relations after the horror show of eight years of bile between Obama and Netanyahu, and four years of turmoil during the Trump presidency. Bennett was hailed here as a […]
Israel, Iran, US: Playing with Fire Misguided rhetoric and delusional thinking could lead to regional disaster
As the date for renewed nuclear talks looms at month’s end, Israel and the US remain deeply divided on the approach they should take. Israeli senior officials ominously threaten a military attack while it’s covert operatives sabotage Iranian nuclear infrastructure. The US, on the other hand, pursues an increasingly unlikely diplomatic deal that would bring […]
Israel Tries Iran Bluff…Again Yet Another Israel Threat to Attack Iran
News reports from Israel feature army generals threatening Iran with imminent destruction if it refuses to return to the JCPOA nuclear deal which Donald Trump axed (though Iran itself never formally withdrew). The chief of staff threatened an attack and the latest news features a claim that the new budget will allocate $1.5-billion for an […]
Iran Will Elect a New Hardline President, We Have Only Ourselves to Blame
NOTE: Middle East Eye published my critique of the American Jewish leadership’s celebratory embrace of the new Israeli government. Please give it a read and boost it on social media. The next president of Iran will be a hardliner, Ebrahim Raisi. He heads the judiciary, a center of power for the clerical regime, and is […]
