US Policy in the Middle East

By Richard Falk
In his first overseas trip since moving into the White House, Donald Trump is leaving behind the frustrations, allegations, rumors, and an increasing sense of implosion that seems to be dooming his presidency during its second hundred days.

Image: Senator Tom Cotton biggest campaign contributions came from far outside his home state of Arkansas. That doesn’t include the nearly one-million-dollar contribution in supportive political advertising made by Bill Kristol’s Emergency Committee for Israel in the closing days of Cotton’s Senate campaign. (Courtesy LobeLog foreign policy)

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's Speech to Congress, May 24, 2011 (Photo: Avi Ochayon/GPO)  (Image courtesy Mondoweiss)

By Annie Robbins            Mondoweiss

Israel still angling for attacks on Syria and Iran
Netanyahu and Obama at the United Nations, 2011. (Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
 
by Jonathan Cook
Counterpunch

Defeating AIPAC Starts with Syria

by Philip Giraldi