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Three years before becoming Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu laid out a worldview in his 1993 book, A Durable Peace: Israel and Its Place Among the Nations, that would come to define both his leadership and the region around him. Rejecting the optimism of the post-Cold War peace process, he instead advanced a harder doctrine, what he called a “peace of deterrence,” rooted not in reconciliation, but in power: “the only kind of peace that can endure in the Middle East is a peace that can be defended.”

The pursuit of biblical mirages and tactical deals with conscience are leading Israel to total international isolation, economic strangulation, and a real threat to its existence.

The pursuit of biblical mirages and tactical deals with conscience are leading Israel to total international isolation, economic strangulation, and a real threat to its existence.

The Unintended Consequences of the U.S.-Israeli Assault

In early February, according to The New York Times and other outlets, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convinced U.S. President Donald Trump that airstrikes could help catalyze an anti-regime rebellion within Iran. But after the Israeli and U.S. militaries launched a war on the Islamic Republic at the end of the month, eliminating Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other key regime figures, the Islamic Republic did not collapse. Instead, internal pressure appears to have consolidated it around hard-line elements.

The fall of the Assad regime marked the start of a new and risky journey to rebuild and repair what 14 years of war destroyed, including securing housing for millions living in camps, and for displaced Syrians and refugees whose homes were destroyed.

BBC executives met nine times with pro-Israel Jewish groups and just once with pro-Palestinians in 14 months of genocide, Freedom of Information shows

BBC’s executive committee met nine times with Jewish community groups and only once with a pro-Palestinian organisation during the first year of the Gaza genocide, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

War against Iran. Kidnapping the president of Venezuela. Threatening to take over Cuba and Greenland. Plans to plunder the planet of its land, labor, and vital resources to feed the insatiable appetite of American capitalism are indeed afoot and, in the age of Donald Trump, U.S. imperialism is back with a particular vengeance. Not, of course, that it ever went away. In fact, it’s been there from the beginning.

After more than a month of war and amid an uneasy cease-fire, Iran announced Friday that it would reopen the Strait of Hormuz for ships traveling a pre-approved route, while President Donald Trump vowed to continue a US blockade on Iranian ships. Both sides are still negotiating a deal to bring the conflict to a close.