Day: March 21, 2020

Netanyahu says unity deal with Blue and White reached

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“I will leave office on the agreed date, there will be no shticks and tricks. Millions of Israelis are waiting for us.” By GIL HOFFMAN MARCH 21, 2020 21:36   The Likud and Blue and White have completed coalition negotiations and reached an agreement on a national unity government in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]

Secret airstrike destroys Iran’s Albukamal base

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At least 26 fighters from Iranian-backed units in Syria were dead. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights pointed a finger at the US and western countries. The US-led Coalition said it wasn’t them. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 21, 2020 17:42 On March 11 a rocket attack killed several members of the US-led Coalition at Iraq’s […]

Hezbollah unhappy after US rescues American Fakhoury from Lebanon

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Lebanon is in the midst of a crisis with the coronavirus spreading, lockdowns, a closed airport and a banking crisis. SETH J. FRANTZMAN MARCH 21, 2020 16:50 Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was recently in his bunker in Lebanon when he claims he switched on the TV to see a shocking scene. A US V-22 Osprey […]

European Union: The End?

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Judith BergmanMarch 21, 2020 at 5:00 am When an entire continent is in the midst of a highly contagious virus epidemic, solidarity becomes a more complex issue. Every state inevitably considers whether it can afford to send facemasks and protective equipment that might be needed for its own citizens. In other words, every state considers […]

With Iran struggling under weight of coronavirus, will it act out against Israel and America?

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Whether or not the regime will make any moves against Western forces in the region or push its proxies to open a front against Israel remains to be seen, according to two Mideast analysts. Israel Kasnett (March 20, 2020 / JNS) With the chaos of the coronavirus (COVID-19), will Iran take advantage of Israel’s perceived […]

U.S. to send envoy to Saudi Arabia; Texas suggests oil output cuts

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WASHINGTON/HOUSTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration plans to send a special energy envoy to Saudi Arabia to work with the kingdom on stabilizing the global oil market, officials said on Friday, as the U.S. scrambles to deal with a price crash so deep that regulators in Texas considered curbing production there for the first time […]

The ‘No Jewish State’ Solution

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Pundits and policymakers act as though solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is like playing Risk. They manufacture formulas with the single-minded purpose of arriving at a predetermined outcome — a two-state solution — and ignore everything the Palestinians have said or done over the last century that is inconsistent with their desired result. The Palestinians, however, […]

Desert Locust Crisis to Spread, Endangering Food Security of 25 Million – UN Expert

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As the world continues to combat COVID-19 novel coronavirus, millions in Africa and the Middle East are expected to also be hit with the ever-worsening desert locust crisis, which experts say has the ability to grow at an unprecedented rate due to favorable breeding conditions triggered by climate change. The desert locust, dubbed “the most […]