حالياً، يعيش #لبنان أسوأ أزمة #سياسية ، #اقتصادية ، #اجتماعية ، وصراع حول وجهة البلد وهويته بين من يريده قريباً من العرب والغرب، ومن يريد الإتجاه نحو الشرق. هذا الصراع تتفرع منه نزاعات سياسية في الملفات الداخلية، وخصوصاً حول انتخابات رئاسة الجمهورية، أو ردود الفعل على انهيار الواقع…

What is behind the U.S. refusal to recognize a Palestinian state before such statehood is negotiated between Israel and Palestinians? I believe I’m correct in saying the origins of this position go back to 1972 and the Nixon administration’s undermining of UNSC Resolution 242.

Wouldn't it have been easier just to tear it up himself?

Is it me or do you also find Hussain’s over-enthusiastic, teeny-bop, pro-Israel boosterism just a tad overdone?

Indeed, let’s just file this under the Aerobics in Gaza category.

NYT sub-headline claims that Biden is 'increasingly frustrated' with Israel, quoting his friend Chuck Hagel, who says the president has decided that 'enough is enough.'

But he's not frustrated enough to cut off US weapons. He's only 'delayed' one shipment and 'has not stopped…

Meanwhile, in an alternative universe, the head of the Lebanese Communist Party, Comrade Hanna Gharib, is visiting Cuba!

In March, I warned that the U.S. had to think through if it wanted to be implicated in Israel’s mass killings in Gaza (carnegie-mec.org/middle-east/di…). Now, a group of U.S. legal professionals, in a letter to U.S. officials, is confirming the real risk of this: docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…

Netanyahu is playing into Sinwar's hands, and Hamas is regaining control of the Strip / Amos Harel
haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Fairly damning Thomas L. Friedman piece on Netanyahu’s fiasco in Gaza. Israel is caught up in a war “with no plan for how to get out and consolidate whatever military victory has been achieved,” while Hamas will “most likely re-emerge under new leadership”: nytimes.com/2024/05/10/opi…

Imagine taking time out of your busy day just to prevent humanitarian aid from reaching a population that is literally starving.

U.S. position on Palestinian statehood: It must be negotiated by Palestinians and Israelis, even though Israel rejects a Palestinian state, therefore there is nothing for it worth negotiating. As usual, the UNGA vote is a blowout against such absurdity: news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

“Swiftly and efficiently.” Not even U.S. officials, who have covered for Israeli war crimes until now, believe Rob’s antiseptic description is remotely realizable. And who will agree that 8 months of bombing civilians constitute a “defensive war.” What about proportionality?