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The Muslim Brotherhood and the Islamophobia trap

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As far as administration critics are concerned, U.S. President Donald Trump is about to do it again. His plans to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group has the foreign-policy establishment wringing their hands...
Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) with President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Iran announces ‘resistance’ to stopping of US waivers on oil imports

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Iran’s leaders have called for “resistance” against the U.S. decision on Monday not to extend waivers given to countries almost six months ago over importing Iranian oil. “There is no way except resistance,” posted President Hassan Rouhani on...
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What would Begin do?

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In the United States, we sometimes longingly remember past presidents, and envision how they would have responded to today’s challenges. The same is true in Israel, where these days Israelis across the spectrum are...
Drilling platform “Iran Khazar” in use on a production platform in the Cheleken of Dragon Oil Field. Credit: www.dragonoil.com/Wikimedia Commons.

Report: Iranian oil exports hit a new low in 2019 amid concern over US...

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Amid renewed U.S. sanctions on Iran, the country’s oil exports hit a new low in 2019, reported Reuters. The report, citing tanker data and industry sources, said that “buyers are curbing purchases before Washington clamps down further...
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Coalition of pro-Israel organizations asks Trump to let Israel decide on sovereignty

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A coalition of 20 pro-Israel organizations sent a joint letter on Tuesday to U.S. President Donald Trump, asking him to let Israel decide on sovereignty. This was in response to nine Jewish groups calling on the...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a welcome ceremony for diplomats in Israel for Israel's 69th Independence Day, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

The next government must restore sovereignty to the people

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This week, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will begin a round of consultations with representatives of the various parties before assigning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the responsibility of forming the next government. The prevailing belief is...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump meet at the White House in February. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Report: Trump warns Netanyahu about Sino-Israeli relations

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U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter’s visit at the White House last month that Israel could jeopardize its security cooperation with the United States if it...
From left: U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Special Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, White House adviser Jared Kushner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, meeting in Jerusalem on June 22, 2018. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.

Trump administration to release Mideast peace plan ‘as early as this month’

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With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election on Tuesday, the Trump administration could release its peace proposal for the Israelis and the Palestinians “as early as this month,” according to ABC News, citing sources knowledgeable...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara addresses their supporters as the the results in the Israeli general elections are announced, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on April 09, 2019. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Of annexation and Trump’s peace plan, what’s next on the post-Israeli election agenda?

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Things move fast in the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu just declared victory for the fifth time, and now, as he gets busy building the next coalition for the 21st Knesset, much attention...
American Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

US envoy hints at peace deal with Israeli security control in Judea and Samaria

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The Trump administration understands the need for Israel to have “overriding security control” in the West Bank in any future peace deal with the Palestinians, U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Tuesday. Friedman...