Regardless of how Trump extricates himself from the Iran mess, the biggest winner is Russia, with Bibi a close second.
Benjamin Netanyahu
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The War for Gulf State Capital
Saudi Arabia and its wealthy neighbors weren’t prepared for the consequences of their long campaign to captivate America and demonize Iran.
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Time to End the American-Israeli Alliance
Alliances are built on shared interests. Those do not exist here.
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Gavin Newsom—GAVIN NEWSOM!—Calls Israel ‘Sort of an Apartheid State’
And calls for stopping U.S. military aid to the nation.
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Whatever It Takes
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has gone to great lengths to cling to power.
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Iraq, Iran, Irate
Saddam Hussein and Iran’s ayatollahs were horrendous leaders who inflicted horrors on their subjects, but neither posed a threat to the United States, despite claims that both were developing nuclear weapons.
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Trump’s New Best Friend
His one-sided deal with MBS throws Bibi under the bus and gets nothing for the United States other than more wealth for the Trump family.
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Israel Considers Instituting a Death Penalty for Palestinians—but Not for Jews
The bill, which would impose a mandatory death penalty on Palestinians who kill Jewish Israelis, was introduced by the far-right Jewish Power party, and a sizable minority of Knesset members backed the legislation.
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Trump’s Peace Plan and Real Estate Deal
Even if a deal is struck, there are multiple ways for things to go off the rails before it becomes a durable settlement.
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Why the Gaza Peace Plan Is Basically a War Plan
Today on TAP: The Trump-Bibi plan continues to let Israel run amok unless Hamas signs on.