Advertisements It is a bizarre sight to see the Biden administration chase Saudi-Israeli normalization like a dog chasing an electric rabbit around a track. But it’s more than just Washington wanting this deal far more than either Israel or Saudi Arabia does. The price tag for the U.S. to getContinue Reading
Advertisements Yesterday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken addressed AIPAC and made it clearer than ever that the #Biden administration is committed to blocking #Palestinian rights and promoting regional conflict. Spinning a web of fanatastical non-realities and impossible scenarios, Blinken pandered to the worst tendencies of the Democratic portions of AIPACContinue Reading
Advertisements Joe Biden’s policy failures in the Middle East are not limited to Palestine and Israel. He has arguably been even worse on Iran, where he has intentionally missed opportunities to restore some sanity to U.S. policy in the wake of Donald Trump’s madness. Instead, he has doubled down onContinue Reading
Advertisements If you don’t know who Jeffrey Yass is, you should. He is a Republican mega-donor and one of the primary funders of the far-right Kohelet Forum in Israel, which has proven very effective at moving Israel even farther to the extreme right. But now, this far-right figure is gettingContinue Reading
Advertisements If one thing has characterized the Biden administration’s policy toward Palestine and Israel, it has been the minimal departure from the policies of Donald Trump. Outside of partially restoring some of the paltry aid we give the Palestinians, precious little has changed materially, despite some threadbare rhetoric to theContinue Reading
