Biden-Bennett White House Meeting Offers ‘Plenty a Nuthin’ for Palestine and IranThere’s an Porgy and Bess number whose lyrics go: “I’ve got plenty a nuthin’ and nuthin’s plenty...
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Biden’s Betrayal of the Democratic LeftAs Joe Biden names his cabinet and appoints figures to his most senior administration posts, he has...
Online Panel: Toward a Progressive Middle East Policy in the Biden EraI’m organizing an online panel hosted by KBOO community radio in Portland (OR), Biden: Toward a Progressive...
Biden Names Blinken Secretary of State, Israel Lobby PleasedToday, President-elect Biden named key members of his foreign policy team. First among them is Tony Blinken,...
What to Expect from a President BidenNOTE: Middle East Eye just published my election piece, US elections 2020: With Biden set for a...
Mueller Investigated Former Lebanese Phalangist, Trump Advisor, for Ties to Egyptian DictatorThe ranks of Republican consultants are filled by hoaxsters, swindlers and crooks. In the era of Trump,...
Kushner and Netanyahu Conspired With Flynn in Rogue U.S. Foreign Policy OperationIt never ceases to amaze me how intrusive Israel’s penetration of U.S. foreign policy is. Until 2016,...
Adelson Buys U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem*Sheldon Adelson is onto something. Learning from the Brand Israel model, in which virtually everything is for...
Trump Strives to Undo 70 Years of Bipartisan U.S. Mideast ConsensusThere are alarming news reports about upcoming Trump cabinet appointments to fill key slots in the national...
Saudi’s New King: Establishing Legitimacy Through Murder, Hate and WarSince Saudi Arabia’s King Salman became monarch last year, he has taken steps to proclaim that he...
Guns: ‘Somethin’s Happnin’ Here, What It is Ain’t Exactly Clear’Another mass murder. Another gun assault. How many dead this time? Who did it? Was it terrorism?...
Israel in U.S. Presidential Politics and Foreign PolicyAs we come to the close of Pres. Obama’s second term and near the 2016 presidential election,...