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So much for Spring Fever; it’s now spring allergies that have me all stuffed up and kept me inside, unable to enjoy the sunshine. In fact, we planned to go...

The Biden administration resets America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia
Biden Administration / Middle-East

The Biden administration resets America’s relationship with Saudi Arabia

FIVE YEARS ago Barack Obama delivered a bracing message to Saudi Arabia. “The competition between the Saudis and the Iranians,” he warned, “has helped to feed proxy wars and chaos…

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    02/06/2021
    Kakistocrat Kushner for the Nobel?
    Middle-East

    Kakistocrat Kushner for the Nobel?

    Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his deputy, Avi Berkowitz, have been nominated for the Nobel peace prize for their role in negotiating four normalisation deals between Israel and Arab nations known…

  • Post author:Great Gazoo
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    02/01/2021
    COVID: Israel Vaccinates While Palestinians Wait
    Coronavirus / Middle-East

    COVID: Israel Vaccinates While Palestinians Wait

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18wAj8E9Hf4 Israel's Health Minister gives unconvincing reasons for non-vaccinations of Palestinians....The short interview starts at 43:00 and lasts a couple of minutes. While Israel has sprinted ahead in vaccinating its…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    01/25/2021
    Mixed Messages:  US defense officials divided over potential for Iranian attack on eve of grim anniversary
    Middle-East / Updates

    Mixed Messages: US defense officials divided over potential for Iranian attack on eve of grim anniversary

    The US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday in the latest show of force meant to deter Iran, as defense officials remain divided over the risk posed by the…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    12/31/2020
    ‘Our blood is cheaper than water’: Iraqis’ anger over Trump pardons
    Middle-East / Updates

    ‘Our blood is cheaper than water’: Iraqis’ anger over Trump pardons

    A burnt-out car at the site where Blackwater guards opened fire in western Baghdad on 16 September 2007. Photograph: Ali Yussef/AFP/Getty Images Iraqis have reacted with outrage to Donald Trump’s move…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    12/23/2020
    Israel’s Former Space Security Chief Says Aliens Have Prevented Nuclear War
    Middle-East / Nutter Watch

    Israel’s Former Space Security Chief Says Aliens Have Prevented Nuclear War

    Former Israeli space security chief says extraterrestrials exist, and Trump knows about it.

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    12/09/2020
    Iran rejects Biden’s terms for reviving nuclear deal
    Biden Transition / Middle-East

    Iran rejects Biden’s terms for reviving nuclear deal

    Iran will not accept preconditions from a new Biden administration over its nuclear programme and the US must return to a 2015 deal before talks can take place, its foreign…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    12/03/2020
    With the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Israel and Pompeo look to tie Biden’s hands on Iran
    Editorials / Middle-East

    With the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Israel and Pompeo look to tie Biden’s hands on Iran

    If the Iranians retaliate, giving Mr. Trump a pretext to launch a return strike before he leaves office in January, Mr. Biden will be inheriting bigger problems than just the…

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    11/29/2020
    Iran vows retaliation after top nuclear scientist shot dead near Tehran
    Middle-East / Updates

    Iran vows retaliation after top nuclear scientist shot dead near Tehran

    Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Father of Iran's Nuclear Program Iran has vowed retaliation after the architect of its nuclear programme was assassinated on a highway near Tehran, in a major escalation of…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    11/28/2020
    Israel Defense Forces prepare for possibility of Trump striking Iran on his way out the door
    Middle-East

    Israel Defense Forces prepare for possibility of Trump striking Iran on his way out the door

    The Israel Defense Forces have in recent weeks been instructed to prepare for the possibility that the U.S. will conduct a military strike against Iran before President Trump leaves office,…

  • Post author:Ms. G
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    11/25/2020
    U.S. agreement with Israel opens the door to F-35 sales to UAE
    Middle-East

    U.S. agreement with Israel opens the door to F-35 sales to UAE

    The agreement was finalized Thursday during a meeting between Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Defense Secretary Mark Israel has agreed to allow the U.S. to sell "certain weapons" to…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    10/29/2020
    U.S. seizes Iranian missiles, slaps Iran-related sanctions on 11 entities; sells seized Iranian oil
    Middle-East

    U.S. seizes Iranian missiles, slaps Iran-related sanctions on 11 entities; sells seized Iranian oil

    Iranian tankers delivering gasoline to Venezuela in late May 2020  The United States revealed on Thursday it had seized Iranian missiles shipped to Yemen and sold 1.1 million barrels of…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    10/29/2020
    Yemen on brink of losing entire generation of children to hunger, UN warns
    Middle-East / World

    Yemen on brink of losing entire generation of children to hunger, UN warns

     Treatment at a centre in Sana’a combating malnutrition. Photograph: Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images “Food security crisis means acute malnutrition among under-fives at highest levels since war engulfed the country.” https://twitter.com/OCHAYemen/status/1320989469869301761?s=20 Almost…

  • Post author:Rachel Kennedy
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    10/28/2020
    Arab autocrats stand to gain from Trump reelection
    Middle-East

    Arab autocrats stand to gain from Trump reelection

    "Where's my favorite dictator?" US President Donald Trump reportedly asked while waiting for his Egyptian counterpart, former general Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, on the sidelines of the G7 summit last year. It…

  • Post author:Community
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    09/22/2020
    Bibi, Donnie and today’s exercise in political quid pro quo
    Middle-East

    Bibi, Donnie and today’s exercise in political quid pro quo

    Hosted by his close ally Donald Trump, Netanyahu will on Tuesday sign agreements with Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates that, while falling short of full peace deals, allow the countries to establish open business, direct flights and diplomatic relations.

  • Post author:Community
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    09/15/2020
    Iran weighs an assassination plot against the American ambassador to South Africa
    Middle-East

    Iran weighs an assassination plot against the American ambassador to South Africa

    In retaliation to Trump’s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general earlier this year, it appears the Iranian government is weighing an assassination attempt against the American ambassador to South Africa,…

  • Post author:Ms. G
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    09/14/2020
    Huge fire breaks out at Port of Beiru a month after devastating explosion
    Middle-East

    Huge fire breaks out at Port of Beiru a month after devastating explosion

    A huge fire broke out at the Port of Beirut on Thursday, triggering panic among residents traumatized by last month's massive explosion there that killed and injured thousands of people. It was…

  • Post author:Community
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    09/10/2020
    What’s wunderdolt Kushner up to these days?
    Middle-East

    What’s wunderdolt Kushner up to these days?

    Trump son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner will hold talks with U.K. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London on Thursday.The top White House aide is flying to Britain on Wednesday…

  • Post author:Community
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    09/02/2020
    More than 50K sign petition for France to take control of Lebanon
    Middle-East

    More than 50K sign petition for France to take control of Lebanon

    Over 44,000 people have signed an online petition to "place Lebanon under a French mandate for the next 10 years" as of Thursday afternoon. The petition on the community petition website…

  • Post author:Community
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    08/07/2020
    Iran and Europe complete first INSTEX deal dodging US sanctions
    Middle-East

    Iran and Europe complete first INSTEX deal dodging US sanctions

    Europe and Iran have completed their first transaction under a complicated barter system set up to dodge US sanctions on the Islamic Republic. Germany's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the…

  • Post author:Community
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    04/01/2020
    Will Trump and Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ Relationship Survive Plunging Oil Prices, Alleged Coup Plot?
    Middle-East / World

    Will Trump and Saudi Crown Prince MBS’ Relationship Survive Plunging Oil Prices, Alleged Coup Plot?

    He has become known as the crown prince of propaganda. Armed with a series of very expensive strategy documents authored by the Boston Consulting Group and branded as his Vision…

  • Post author:CrazyEyes
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    03/10/2020
    Netanyahu claims victory but remains short of majority
    Middle-East

    Netanyahu claims victory but remains short of majority

    Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Israel’s third election within a year, even as the country looked set for further political deadlock after early counts suggested he was still short of…

  • Post author:Community
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    03/03/2020
    The Trump administration’s ‘bigly deal’ with the Taliban already shows signs of implosion
    Middle-East

    The Trump administration’s ‘bigly deal’ with the Taliban already shows signs of implosion

    "The government of Afghanistan has made no commitment to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners," President Ghani told reporters in Kabul on Sunday, a day after the accord was signed in Qatar's capital, Doha.…

  • Post author:Ms. G
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    03/01/2020
    Netanyahu promises to steal more land if elected
    Middle-East

    Netanyahu promises to steal more land if elected

    On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to allow 3,500 new Israeli settlements in a contested region of the West Bank known as the “E-1 zone,” short for East-1. E-1 is an “underpopulated”…

  • Post author:Community
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    02/29/2020
    Iran issues death sentence for alleged CIA spy
    Middle-East

    Iran issues death sentence for alleged CIA spy

    Iran said on Tuesday that its top court had confirmed a death sentence for an Iranian man accused of spying for US intelligence. Amir Rahimpour was found guilty of passing…

  • Post author:Community
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    02/04/2020
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