U.S. President Donald Trump, who tries to bill himself as an “America First” leader, had his State Department freeze aid for all countries so these payments can be audited—except for Israel, Egypt, and Ukraine, reports said, citing a leaked internal memo.
A photo popped up on the internet last week which was a bit surprising even for those of us who have been overly obsessed with the seemingly aimless and highly dangerous comedy routine that describes itself as the United States of America’s Foreign Policy.
The IDF announced in a statement Sunday that it seized more territory inside Syria with the swift fall of Bashar al-Assad after his 50-year rule.
We are possibly witnessing another stealthy move by Washington and Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to enhance the Israeli position in a Middle East at war while pretending to do something else.
Unfortunately, a machine has not yet been developed that can take one back in time and undo terrible mistakes being made due to lack of appreciation of possible downstream consequences of certain actions.
The fear in many nations’ capitals is that President Donald Trump’s return to Washington might make Israel feel more confident in attacking Iran.
There are inevitably several jokes going around in the circles that I frequent that “MAGA” should instead be “MIGA” as the recent U.S. national election only allowed one to choose between two parties that tried to excel in expressing their love for the Jewish state, with the winner Donald Trump’s Republicans ending up on top to “Make Israel Great[er] Again.”
The sucking up to Israel and its backers by the political class in America never seems to go away. Indeed, it if anything increases during the lead up to national elections.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken struck an optimistic tone last week when describing the ceasefire negotiations to bring an end to the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president, tried his best to justify Israel’s daily massacres in Gaza last week in front of an audience in Michigan—a major swing state in the 2024 presidential election with a large Muslim population skeptical of voting for Kamala Harris.