EU sounds alarm over Israel’s ‘continuously increasing settlement expansion’

Construction poses ‘serious threat’ to two-state solution, report says, also pointing to ‘a worrisome trend of rising settler violence’ against Palestinians in the West Bank TOI staffToday, 4:41 pm The European Union accused Israel on Wednesday of undermining prospects for a two-state solution by expanding West Bank settlements and Jewish neighborhoods in East Jerusalem. In […]

UK spy chief doubts Iran supreme leader will back nuclear deal

Today, 6:38 pm Britain’s spy chief voices doubt that Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will back a return to the 2015 nuclear accord despite marathon negotiations. “I don’t think the supreme leader of Iran wants to cut a deal. The Iranians won’t want to end the talks either so that they could run on […]

Iran: Time for a plan B

If we simply cling to the idea that negotiations will lead to resolution, we’ll be sleepwalking as we did with Russia. Under hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, Iran is increasingly out of control | Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images By Nicola Beer and Peter R. Neumann July 21, 2022 4:01 am Nicola Beer is vice president […]

Putin visits Iran on first trip outside former Soviet Union since Ukraine war

Putin’s trip, which comes just days after US President Joe Biden visited Israel, sends a strong message to the West about Moscow’s plans. By REUTERS Published: JULY 19, 2022 16:43 Updated: JULY 21, 2022 08:34 Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan meet in Tehran, Iran July 19, 2022. (photo credit: CEM […]