Israel
Trump stages visit to Iraq amid mounting crisis over Syria troop...
By Bill Van Auken
27 December 2018
US President Donald Trump staged a surprise visit to an American airbase in western Iraq Wednesday in what...
Israel’s airstrikes on Syria threatened 2 civilian flights landing in Beirut...
26 Dec, 2018
Russia’s Defense Ministry has said Israel carried out airstrikes on Syrian targets as two civilian flights were landing in Beirut and...
Saudi-Israel Backchannel Takes Hit After Officials Dismissed Over Khashoggi Murder, Report...
Two of MBS' close aides allegedly led covert efforts to improve ties between Jerusalem and Riyadh, but sources tell WSJ their involvement in killing...
U.S. Starts Withdrawing Troops From Syria but Campaign Not Over, White...
Decision on pullout follows Trump's talk with Erdogan - All State Department personnel to evacuate in next 24 hours - Netanyahu informed by Trump...
Trump says he ordered withdrawal of US troops from Syria. Does...
US to withdraw forces out of Syria as Trump declares victory over ISIL
19/12/2018
The United States has begun withdrawing its forces from Syria, according...
Israeli PM Set to Attend Inauguration of Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Highlighting Likud...
European and American ethno-nationalists in recent years have combined anti-Semitic rhetoric with fervent support for Israel’s apartheid policies and efforts to fortify its status...
What Foreign Threats? The Biggest Threats to America Come From its...
By Philip Giraldi
December 4, 2018
One of the local Washington television stations was doing a typical early morning honoring our soldiers schtick just before Thanksgiving....
The Unraveling of the Netanyahu Project for the Middle East
By Alastair Crooke
05.11.2018
Nahum Barnea, a leading Israeli commentator, writing in Yedioth Ahronoth in May (in Hebrew), set out, unambiguously, the ‘deal’ behind Trump’s Middle East policy:...
Israel rolls out the welcome mat for Europe’s neo-fascists
14 December 2018
The two-day visit of Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini to Israel this week is only the latest episode in the increasingly open...
How ‘lonely little’ George H.W. Bush changed the US-Israel relationship
The 41st president beat AIPAC, but lost 24% of his Jewish backing after confronting Israel over the settlements; it’s a lesson US leaders since...