Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has gone to great lengths to cling to power.
Benjamin Netanyahu
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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.
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The Idiocy (Both Moral and Strategic) of the Democratic National Committee
Today on TAP: At its meeting this week, the DNC opposed a ban on U.S. provision of offensive weapons to Israel.
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The Mystery of Continuing Democratic Support for Offensive Arms to Israel
Today on TAP: Last week, 27 Democratic senators voted to ban such sales. But 17 voted to let them continue.
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Israel’s Endgame Is Obliterating Palestine
Gaza is being deliberately starved. The West Bank is next.
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As Hegemons Go, Israel Isn’t All That Benign
Today On TAP: Under Bibi, its Middle Eastern supremacy is one of blood and iron.
