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** A Destructive Civil War Lurks In Yemen’s South ([link removed])
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** by Khalid Al-Kharimi
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The divisions within southern Yemen cannot be resolved merely by restoring a single southern Yemeni state. Unless Saudi Arabia and the UAE are able to implement a political process to help settle its many internal conflicts, power struggles and regional strife will continue to plague the region and, therefore, Yemen as a whole.

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** The Persian Gulf Crisis: Beyond The Carter Doctrine ([link removed])
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** by Robert E. Hunter
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Apposite here has been the continuing pressure from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Israel—among some lesser actors—for the United States to attack Iran, magnified by their influence in U.S. domestic politics. Some members of Congress who respond to these pressures now feel inner tensions with their awareness, hopefully shared by Trump, that war with Iran would not be in the U.S. interest and would be rejected overwhelmingly by the American public.

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** Persian Gulf Stability Requires Realism And Compromise ([link removed])
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** by Shireen Hunter
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In the aftermath of attacks on two Saudi Arabian oil installations, calls in the United States for punitive military action against Tehran have once more increased. As has often been the case in the past, those clamoring for military strikes against Iran focus mostly on the potential impact of inaction on U.S. credibility. The other argument is that inaction will embolden Tehran to intensify its provocations. Those who argue in favor of military strikes also tend to play down the risk of escalation and the danger of any strike degenerating into a full-scale war.

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** What Do Iranian Human Rights Activists Want From The West? ([link removed])
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** by Nader Hashemi
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A priority for those living outside of Iran who care about human rights should be to restrain the predatory impulses of the Trump Administration and its regional allies (Israel and Saudi Arabia) that seek a military conflict. While internal repression within Iran has reached new heights, further deterioration is possible.

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** Is Iran’s Economy Sliding? ([link removed])
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** by Djavad Salehi-Isfahani
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While economic conditions are desperate for many Iranians in need of jobs and medicine, they are not desperate enough for Iran’s leaders to risk getting into a costly war with their southern neighbors and the U.S. just to end the current stalemate. Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is interested in finding out if the economy will rise to the challenge of sanctions and thus become the “resistance economy” that he has advocated for years.

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** Israeli Elections: Round 2 ([link removed])
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** by Mitchell Plitnick
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A partnership born out of Jewish support for Palestinian parties calling for full Palestinian equality won’t win in the near future but it can draw some support now and it can grow. It’s clearly a better strategic alternative for progressive Israeli Jews as well as Palestinian citizens of Israel than trying to meld with figures to their right in a futile attempt to gather votes that aren’t there.

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** The Emperor’s New-Old Nuclear Clothes ([link removed])
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** by Helena Cobban
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In their recent lengthy article Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti looked at the U.S.-Israeli coalitional aspect of the past 17 years in the project to prepare for launching military or special-ops actions against Iran. They followed in the long tradition within the corporate media of deliberately ignoring Israel’s nuclear capability, a factor that is central to any understanding of the forces at play in the Middle East and also, crucially, those at play in the U.S.-Israeli relationship.

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** The Days Of One-Way Pain Are Over ([link removed])
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** by Gary Sick
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As other forces begin to master the relatively inexpensive technology of drone warfare, the assumption of total air superiority by the United States and its allies is going to be challenged. Cruise missile technology is more complex, but it is only a matter of time. The effect will certainly not be military defeat, but it does mean that others can raise the cost of U.S. policies in ways we had not previously anticipated.

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** Why Ayatollah Khamenei Has Blocked Negotiation With The U.S. ([link removed])
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** by Kayhan Barzegar
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Only by strengthening its position and security situation will Iran be able to return eventually to the idea of talking with the U.S. The JCPOA was negotiated under similar conditions. Therefore, President Trump’s efforts to weaken Iran first and then initiate negotiation with the country are doomed and will only perpetuate previous, failed U.S. policy toward Iran.

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** Protecting Americans’ Right To Boycott Israel Is More Important Than Ever ([link removed])
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** by Laila Ujayli
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Forty organizations urged members of Congress to support a resolution affirming Americans’ constitutional right to participate in political boycotts. With embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently pledging to annex all illegal settlements in the West Bank if re-elected, starting with the Jordan Valley, protecting this essential tool of American advocacy may be more important than ever.

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** Noteworthy
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** Playing the security card: Israeli Policy in Hebron as Means to Effect Forcible Transfer of Local Palestinians ([link removed])
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by B'Tselem

Greta Thunberg Delivered A Powerful Speech And Then Shot Trump A Death Stare At The UN Climate Summit ([link removed])

by Ellie Hall and Zahra Hirji


** I Wrote About the Bidens and Ukraine Years Ago. Then the Right-Wing Spin Machine Turned the Story Upside Down ([link removed])
by James Risen
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** Netanyahu’s exit could make it harder to fight occupation from the outside ([link removed])
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by Aron Keller



** Trump’s Iran Policy: A Q&A With Richard Falk ([link removed])
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by Daniel Falcone


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