2020 vision gives us clarity to see the world around us. 2020 hindsight is a way of understanding where we got it wrong in the past. Today, my New Year's gift to you is a list of headlines I hope to see in 2020. Some are the triumph of hope over experience. Some are aspirational …
Tag: Benjamin Netanyahu
Iran: Trump kills Plan A without a Plan B
The creepiest image from Donald Trump's announcement that he was withdrawing from the Iran deal was new NSA chief John Bolton’s looming presence as the president exited the podium. It's too soon to tell whether Bolton will get the Iran war and regime change he has lusted after, but Israelis were told to open bomb …
Dirty little secret about hopes for Israel/ Palestine peace
So Benjamin Netanyahu shamelessly and successfully pandered to Israeli right-wing voters in Tuesday's election. A politician playing to base emotions and lying to get elected, then changing positions again. How unusual. The hard Right is pleased by his victory and so is the hard Left. And so, too, Israelis and Palestinians who don’t believe the …
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Iran – another “red line” in Obama foreign policy?
Viewed in isolation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress last week was masterful. It projected superficial respect for President Obama (if you overlook his trashing the negotiation process to date and speaking to Congress in the midst of the Iranian talks) and expressed appreciation for everything the Obama Administration has done in Israel's …
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Marjorie Arons-Barron 