The Grand Bazaar, AMIA and Lockerbie

News coverage of the large and growing anti-regime protests in Iran this week has included warnings by Iran “experts” insisting that the vocal support the protesters are receiving on social media from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is counterproductive.
Palestinians: Victims of Arab Apartheid

Lebanon is one of several Arab countries where Palestinians are subjected to discriminatory and apartheid laws and measures.
Human Rights: Other Views – Part III

Refugees and the Arab States
Stay Out of Yemen

The United States is already militarily involved in Yemen, with special forces targeting al-Qaeda and Islamic State operatives who are then attacked by American drones.
Iranian Blood Money, Palestinian Blood

Why is Gaza erupting now, aiming rockets far from the area where it tried to kidnap soldiers and break through the fence?
Iran’s response: the ‘Strategy of Tension’

The United States and its allies are currently in the opening stages of the pursuit of a strategy to contain and roll back the Islamic Republic of Iran from a number of points in the Middle East.
Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its Allies in the Middle East

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s outlining of 12 conditions that Iran would need to meet in order to make possible a new nuclear deal amounts to a call for the wholesale reversal of Iranian regional strategy. The conditions stated are not only, or primarily, concerned with the nuclear program.
Emergency Situation in Israel as IDF Troops Deployed to All Borders!

In addition to the riots led by the Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran are continuously sponsoring terror and attacks on Israel.
Whoever you Vote For – Hezbollah Wins

Lebanon’s May 6 elections have resulted in the further consolidation of Hezbollah and its associated movements within the legal frameworks of the state. The movement and its allies won over half of the seats in the 128-seat parliament.
With Hezbollah Officially in Charge, Will the U.S. Finally Stop Arming Lebanon?

Lebanon held elections for its parliament on Sunday for the first time since 2009. Not unexpectedly, Hezbollah was the big winner.