Critics of the killing in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, a key figure in the cease-fire negotiations, say it heightens the chances of all-out war between Israel and Iran.
Netanyahu Risks Regional War With Assassination
Tag: Trita Parsi
Israel Has a Choice
A military that initiated a conflict with an extreme act of aggression obviously has a choice about whether to escalate, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
‘A Declaration of War’ Against Iran
Seven people including Iranian diplomats and an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps senior commander were killed in Israel’s airstrike Monday on Tehran’s consulate in Damascus.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Media’s Fatal Compromises
It is no longer enough to tether correspondents to the perspective of the military from whose side they report. We appear to be on the way to having wars fought — huge, bloody, consequential wars — without any witnesses.
US Diplomacy — War, Never Peace
The neocons’ exceptionalist rhetoric — now standard fare — leads Washington into conflicts all over the world, in an unequivocal, Manichean way, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
The Earth Belongs to America
It’s not something it can come out and directly say, because admitting it sees itself as the rulers of the world would make it look tyrannical and megalomaniacal, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Yemen Peace Talks Urged on UN Security Council, Which Ignores Saudi Atrocities
Oxfam is pressing the U.N. Security Council to “inject new urgency” into peace talks after the civilian death toll from the Saudi-led strikes breaks records this month.
Is it the End of American Adventurism?
Americans have become increasingly skeptical of the use of military force for matters beyond defending the American homeland, writes Trita Parsi.
ELECTION 2020: Reading Biden’s Signal on Iran
With an eye on a U.S. return to “international agreements and norms” Iranian leaders have cautiously welcomed the Democrat’s victory.
Fear of a Major Mideast War
Fears of a major war in the Middle East exploded Thursday night with the U.S. assassination of arguably the second most powerful man in Iran.