The Biden administration has made three mistakes relating to the ongoing negotiations with Saudi diplomats. The first mistake was to presume that Saudi diplomats’ demands for major Israeli concessions to the Palestinian Authority accurately reflect the personal attitude of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The second mistake was to raise expectations among progressives in CongressContinue reading “Biden Administration Needs to Rethink its Public Strategy on Saudi Deal”
Monthly Archives: September 2023
Understanding the ”Ongoing Nakba”
Palestinians ahistorically refer to Israel’s 1947-49 War of Independence as ”the Nakba”. The historical fact is that tens of millions of people were permanently displaced around the world in the 1945-50 period (especially in South Asia and Eastern Europe) of whom less than a million were displaced Palestinian Arabs and less than a million JewsContinue reading “Understanding the ”Ongoing Nakba””
The US Should Use its Leverage over the KRG
The KRG is desperately calling on the US to use its leverage over the Iranian-influenced Iraqi government to promote reconciliation between Erbil and Baghdad. The US however is in no hurry to do so with an anonymous US official reportedly pointing out that the PUK and KDP statelets cannot even integrate between themselves. The USContinue reading “The US Should Use its Leverage over the KRG”
What the ADL Should Tell Elon Musk
Elon Musk has blamed the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for the 60% decline in advertisement revenues since he took over X (formerly Twitter). While this vastly overstates the influence and reach of the ADL and smacks of Anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, the ADL would be particularly well-advised to use this moment to foment a constructive discussion withContinue reading “What the ADL Should Tell Elon Musk”
Reading a Peculiar Situation
Recently on the same day, North and East Syria (NES) was attacked from two directions. In the Deir ez-Zor region was the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) attacked by pro-regime tribal forces and on the very same day was the SDF attacked in the Manbij region by Islamist militia forces supported by the AKP regime. TheContinue reading “Reading a Peculiar Situation”
It is Unacceptable to Try to Intimidate the Supreme Court
The message recently from the Israeli government has been one of intimidation towards the Supreme Court of Israel. The notion that the current extremist Israeli government can shield any piece of legislation from judicial review by making it part of a quasi-constitutional basic law is infuriating. The notion that the Supreme Court is responsible forContinue reading “It is Unacceptable to Try to Intimidate the Supreme Court”
My AI Dream
As a second generation Holocaust survivor, it is my dream that super-intelligent AI will at some point invent two advanced machines, one a replicator which can make identical living copies of living organisms, including humans and second a time machine which would allow us to observe the past on a screen without traveling to theContinue reading “My AI Dream”
Gazing into the Abyss
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.” Friedrich Nietzsche The Israeli government needs to very extremely carefully consider that it will become unseated by the Israeli Deep State in a military coup d’état in order toContinue reading “Gazing into the Abyss”
How Iraq will be Drawn into the Northern War
It’s virtually inevitable that Iraq will be drawn into the Northern War. First, the Iranian army will pass over Iraqi territory on the way to Syria. Second, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) will enthusiastically fight on the Syrian front. Third, all remaining Iranian and Iranian-aligned forces in the region will retreat into Iraq after havingContinue reading “How Iraq will be Drawn into the Northern War”
Derin Devlet Needs to Put an End to Drone Attacks Against AANES Territories
It is essential to ultimately achieve full normalization between AANES and Ankara as has already long since been established between Ankara and Erbil. However, in order to attain that it is vital to first permanently cease all Turkish drone attacks against AANES territories. The Sabbatean-controlled Derin Devlet deep state domestic intelligence apparatus would be particularlyContinue reading “Derin Devlet Needs to Put an End to Drone Attacks Against AANES Territories”
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