Middle Orient

Israel’s defense minister has outlined plans to pack hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into a closed zone of the Gaza Strip along the border with Egypt, according to local media reports. It appears to be the latest version of plans by the Israeli government to maintain lasting control over the …

The Abraham Accords: An Introduction The Abraham Accords, signed on September 15, 2020, in Washington, mark a historic turning point in contemporary Middle Eastern geopolitics. These diplomatic normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states—initially the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, then extended to Morocco and Sudan—break with decades of …

Iran’s suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is not a turning point. It is business as usual. Tehran’s decades-long strategy — deny, delay, deceive — continues, and the West still refuses to call it for what it is: a slow-motion march toward nuclear capability. Pictured: Reza …

Key Takeaways Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian took advantage of an interview with American media personality Tucker Carlson on July 7 to platform Iran’s demands and misrepresent Iran’s destabilizing activities and role in the Middle East. Pezeshkian leveraged the interview to falsely present Iran as a peaceful force in the Middle …

Iranian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei denied on July 8 US President Donald Trump’s July 7 claim that Iran requested nuclear talks.[1] Western and regional officials told Reuters on July 8 that Iran may “drag out” the talks to avoid either renewed airstrikes if negotiations fail or “humiliation at …

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Britain’s obedient defence correspondents are refusing to report a story of clear public interest in the middle of a genocide. Britain’s mainstream media have not carried out a single investigation into the extent, impact or legal status of the more than 500 surveillance flights over Gaza that the RAF has …

Les autorités palestiniennes ont accusé, le dimanche 6 juillet, un cabinet de conseil américain et un groupe d’aide soutenu par Israël de comploter pour déplacer de force les habitants palestiniens de la bande de Gaza assiégée, sous couvert d’aide humanitaire. Selon le Financial Times, le cabinet de conseil Boston Consulting …

Après une enquête d’AP accusant une société de mercenaires américains de tirer sur des civils en quête d’aide à Gaza, la société a publié ce qu’elle présente comme de nouvelles images pour minimiser les retombées. Mais ces images ne font qu’accroître les accusations pesant sur cette opération entachée de scandales. …

Nixon et le Watergate L’affaire commence avec Richard Nixon et le Watergate en 1972. Attachez votre ceinture. La vraie raison pour laquelle Nixon a été expulsé de la présidence n’était pas le Watergate. Ce n’était pas cette conspiration criminelle particulière pour conserver le pouvoir pour le Parti républicain. Nixon, tout …