Palestinians: The Real Gaza Blockade

Khaled Abu Toameh

The weekly demonstrations along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, which are scheduled to enter their sixth week this Friday, will undoubtedly continue to attract the attention of the international community and media.

Trump’s ‘Madness’ May be Doing the Trick

Ben-Dror_Yemini

An American success vis-à-vis North Korea will weaken Iran’s bargaining position, which in turn will affect Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan. There is a difference between a plan presented by an inarticulate and rejected US president and a peace plan presented by a president who has scored significant achievements in the international arena.

Europe Wants Unity on Iran but Undermines Trump on Jerusalem

Caroline Glick

As French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel beat a path for the White House in back-to-back visits this week, the media coverage of U.S. – European Union relations is focused on efforts to convince President Donald Trump to keep faith with his predecessor Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran.

Syria Gets Us Farther from a Post-War Epoch

Sarah Stern

This came within a week of President Trump’s pronouncement that “we’re knocking the hell out of ISIS. We’ll be coming out of Syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now.”

Head of Iranian Navy Threatens to Sink US Navy Vessels

‘They will definitely figure it out when their ships are sunk, or when they find themselves in a catastrophic situation,’ said Ali Fadavi, the commander of Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.