Advertisements I will absolutely admit that Joe Biden has far exceeded my expectations in his domestic policies, and only justified some of my fears. But on foreign policy, it’s a very different matter. Prioritizing his domestic agenda is understandable, but it’s extremely dangerous and short-sighted. Biden’s clear concern that foreignContinue Reading
Advertisements When Jamaal Bowman defeated Eliot Engel in a NY primary last year, there was some hope that the leading Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee might be less hawkish on Israel-Palestine. Unfortunately, Gregory Meeks, Engel’s successor as chair of the HFAC, has made statements and taken positions thatContinue Reading
Advertisements On Monday, Donald Trump announced that he was accepting a $335 million payoff from the government of Sudan in a successful extortion scheme where Trump would not remove Sudan from the state sponsors of terrorism list kept by the State Department. That’s not the way it’s been reported, ofContinue Reading
Lebanon has frequently paid for decisions made not only by Hezbollah but also in Riyadh, Tehran, Jerusalem, and Washington. Right now, the quiet in the country has mostly held for over a decade. Lebanon deserves the chance to preserve that. The United States needs to do everything it can to help them do that.Continue Reading
Advertisements When the history of pro-Israel lobbying in Washington is fully written, it may well be that the push for confrontation with Iran will be seen as a major turning point. On Monday, a consistently hawkish, pro-Israel Democrat, Robert Menendez (D-NJ), withdrew the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s docket. MenendezContinue Reading
