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Lebanon, Netanyahu’s Nightmare and Opportunity
by Mel Gurtov 518 words Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection hinge on carrying on the war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald Trump, who has called Netanyahu “crazy” for undermining US-Iran peace talks by continuing military action in Lebanon and, just last…
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Defeats in the Middle East, One Place at a Time
by Mel Gurtov 912 words President Donald Trump hates to lose, but he is on a losing streak in the Middle East—not just in Iran, where his illegal, unprovoked war has been a strategic and diplomatic disaster, but also in Gaza, Lebanon, and the US Congress. Israel’s military is out of control in Gaza and…
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‘Tell everyone I love them’
by Robert C. Koehler 1082 words Is war simply part of human nature? It’s been absurdly “ordinary” throughout my lifetime, and continually expanding its power and psychological reach. And unless you’re in the middle of it – unless you’re digging for a dead child beneath a bombed building – war is just an abstract horror.…