Israelis Protest Against Netanyahu’s Proposed Judicial Reforms and Sacking of Defense Minister
The protests resulted in Netanyahu postponing his plans until after Passover. ...
Middle East
Biden Orders Retaliatory Airstrikes in Syria After U.S. Forces Killed
“Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America’s] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be....
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Shifting Alliances: China Brings Together Saudi Arabia and Iran
Maintaining friendly relations with Saudi Arabia has long been considered an important component of U.S. strategy in the Middle East. Could that relationship...
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Debates in Knesset on Judicial Review Invoke Federalists and Antifederalists
In their effort to define the limits of the constitutional authority of the country’s judiciary, lawmakers in Israel are referring to how that...
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China Brokers Deal Between Iran and Saudi Arabia. What’s Next?
On March 10, Saudi Arabia and Iran reached a diplomatic milestone when they agreed to reboot normalized ties in a deal brokered by...
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Iran Suspends Morality Police, Conducts Public Executions of Protesters
SINGAPORE —Iran has been plagued by weeks of unrest after a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, died in police custody after being arrested...
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Chinese Surveillance Tech Helping Iran Clamp Down on Protests
SINGAPORE — Iran has been witnessing escalating nationwide demonstrations protesting the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman who died on September 16...
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Xi’s Visit to Saudi Arabia Reinforces Sino-Arab Relations in Apparent Snub to U.S.
Chinese President Xi Jinping met Gulf Arab leaders in Riyadh on December 9 in the first of two “milestone” Arab summits depicting Saudi...
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Taliban Holds Parade Proudly Showing Off Weapons, Equipment Abandoned by U.S. Government
This and other unconscionable acts of the Taliban were made possible by Biden's ill-timed and poorly planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. ...
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Resurgent Bibi? New Israeli Elections Offer Chance for Netanyahu’s Return
With the nation of Israel set to conduct its fifth general election in three years, a familiar face has emerged as a candidate...
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Media Ignore Russia Connection of Slain Al-Qaeda Leader
News travels fast, at least the news that the establishment legacy media wants you to know about. On Sunday, July 11, Ayman al-Zawahiri,...
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Iran Boasts of “Nuclear Warheads” That Can Reduce New York to “Hellish Ruins”
Weakness invites aggression. Foreign nations have certainly been feeling their oats the last 18 months, too, with Russia’s Ukraine invasion and China threatening...
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Afghan Rebel Group Appeals to Biden for Support Against Taliban
One of Afghanistan’s most well-known resistance groups against the Taliban, the National Resistance Front (NRF), is urging Joe Biden not to ignore terror...
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Israel to Offer Fourth COVID Shot to “High-risk” Groups
First in the world, Israel is set to administer a fourth COVID vaccine dose for citizens aged 60 and older and other “at-risk”...
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Twitter Working With Saudis to Arrest Dissidents, Crush Free Speech?
Saudi Arabia’s recent jailing of a dissident after linking him to anonymous Twitter accounts brings up questions about the relationship between the social-media...
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