Top Experts’ Backgrounder: Military Action Against Iran and US Domestic Law

by Brian Egan and Tess Bridgeman January 3, 2020 (Editor’s note: This article was originally published on June 21, 2019. Designed as a expert analysis of the very kinds of questions raised by the U.S. military operation killing Iran’s Qassem Soleimani, we are republishing it today.) What follows is a basic Q&A on the circumstances […]

Report: Saudis repeatedly rejected requests by PA’s Abbas to visit before Biden

Riyadh only granted Palestinian leader a short phone call with king, amid reports Saudi Arabia would take steps toward normalization with Israel long opposed by Ramallah TOI staffToday, 11:51 pm Saudi Arabia rejected repeated requests from Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to visit the kingdom before US President Joe Biden’s trip to the region, according […]

US has clinched deal with Saudis for normalization steps toward Israel — official

Middle East diplomat confirms agreement is moving forward; will allow Israeli airlines to fly over Arab kingdom as well as direct flights from Israel for Muslim pilgrims By Jacob Magid and TOI staff Today, 10:09 pm   US President Joe Biden, during his visit to Jeddah this weekend, will announce the successful brokering of an […]

‘True friendship’: US, Israel sign historic ‘Jerusalem Declaration’

July 14, 2022 The countries “further reaffirm that the strategic U.S.-Israel partnership is based on a bedrock of shared values, shared interests, and true friendship.” By Aryeh Savir, TPS U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid met in Jerusalem on Thursday and adopted the historic Joint Declaration on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership, known […]

Italian PM Draghi says he will resign later today

AFPToday, 8:01 pm Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi says he will resign amid a political crisis sparked by the refusal of the Five Star Movement to participate in a government confidence vote. “I want to announce that this evening I will hand in my resignation to the president,” Draghi tells his cabinet. He says the […]

Nasrallah: ‘No One Will Be Allowed to Extract or Sell Gas & Oil If Lebanon Can’t’

Hana Levi Julian15 Tammuz 5782 – July 14, 2022 Photo Credit: Energean Gas & Oil / Twitter Energean’s Karish oil and gas rig, anchored in the Mediterranean off the coast of northern Israel. The leader of Lebanon’s Iranian proxy, Hezbollah, threatened Wednesday in a televised address that no one will be allowed to extract natural […]

What does using force against Iran ‘as a last resort’ mean for the US? – analysis

Israeli intelligence has often taken action based on a partial picture of what was going on in the Islamic Republic. By YONAH JEREMY BOB Published: JULY 14, 2022 09:44 Updated: JULY 14, 2022 09:59 Prime Minister Yair Lapid welcomes US President Joe Biden as he lands for a three-day visit, at Ben Gurion International Airport in Lod near […]