Has Trump inadvertently bullied Israel into admitting that–for once–it fears the U.S. Congress?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Since a presidential decree abolished the state … the Internet has been shut down<\/a>, cellular networks have been disabled, and even landlines went dead. Public assembly is banned, and citizens are under curfew” …<\/p>\n\n\n\n … “One Indian journalist put it to me bluntly. ‘Most Indians see Israel as kindred spirits \u00e2\u20ac\u201c nationalists who hate Muslims. … ‘We have our own West Bank now, complete with settlements,’ one Indian friend said to me”‘: <\/p>\n\n\n\n An honest assessment of the “12 areas<\/a> where the Trump administration sought Iranian concessions” shows that of “12 demands, none have been met”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A third defendant, Vincent Vetromile, 20, is scheduled to be sentenced to seven to 12 years in prison Aug. 29 after pleading guilty to weapons possession”: <\/p>\n\n\n\n “[T]he same playbook that has been employed against the Muslim and other immigrant communities, specifically refugees from the Middle East, has been employed against the immigrant community as a whole”:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The UAE “and Israel already share some security connections. … But including the United States … could signal … commitment to the Trump administration\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s so-called maximum pressure campaign “:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lies, distortions, and half-truths must be refuted, but absurdities such as “even before the deal\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s existence, Iran was violating its terms” refute themselves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n