Mike Pompeo

Daniel LARISON

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs all the help he can muster before voters head to the ballot box on March 2 – for the third time in a year. Once again, it seems as though US President Donald Trump intends to ride to his rescue.
Despite Trump’s best efforts, Israel’s two elections last year ended in stalemate. Each time, Netanyahu’s Likud party and its religious, pro-settler coalition partners tied with the secular, yet hawkish right led by Blue and White leader Benny Gantz.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the NBC News report that US President had authorized Iran’s Soleimani killing 7 months ago in June, with conditions, and as a part of a “list” of “menu” options presented the the US president, courtesy of John Bolton.

Caitlin JOHNSTONE
The government which runs a globe-spanning empire led by a reality TV host keeps talking about the lack of normality in the nation of Iran.

The Trump administration is imposing new sanctions on Iran and defying Iraq’s call for a US troop withdrawal. This comes…
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This week, two countries came dangerously close to war. From the onset of this crisis, the Trump Administration insisted that there were imminent attacks being planned by the Iranians, and there was no time to waste. ‘We must act now, to save American lives,’ was the all too familiar battle cry from Washington and its mainstream media surrogates. There was no debate at the time. Urgency carried the day.

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss U.S. President Trump’s statement signaling an end to military hostilities between the United States and Iran, following, what has been confirmed to be, a symbolic Iranian missile strike on American military targets within Iraq.

The murder of Iranian general Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, in the early hours of January 3 by US forces, only highlights the extent to which US strategy in the Middle East has failed. It is likely to provoke reactions that do not benefit US interests in the region.

The Trump administration claimed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani was planning “imminent attacks” on US interests when it assassinated him. That…
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