Newsletter—November 25, 2022

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Volume 14, Issue 83

On this wonderful holiday of Thanksgiving, while our hearts are filled with gratitude to be surrounded by family and friends, our hearts are aching for the family of 16-year-old Aryeh Shepocek, who was brutally killed on Wednesday in a Palestinian terrorist attack. For the Shepotech family, there will always be an empty seat at every holiday table, and tremendous pain that they will have to endure for the rest of their lives. It is horrific that on the streets of Ramallah today they were passing out candy in jubilation at the news of the death of a young Jewish boy. There will never be peace if this culture of hatred and martyrdom and death remains ubiquitous in Palestinian schools.

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Are the international tides finally turning against Iran?

By Hussein Aboubakr Mansour | November 23, 2022

In a recent speech that was given by the President of the EU Commission, von der Leyen, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, IISS, Manama Dialogue, Leyen dedicated a substantial part of her speech to the threats Iran poses to the Middle East and the world. This comes simultaneously as Germany and Iceland called for an unprecedented UN Human Rights Council Special Session on the “deteriorating human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

In Washington, almost no voices speak of the necessity of a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic anymore, and the focus is directed toward supporting the mass protests against the Ayatollahs. Are the tides of international opinion finally turning against Iran?

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Understanding China’s Global Goals and Alliances and Why They Threaten the World

November 30, 2022 - 12 PM ET

There was a time when China was a Maoist Communist society, but in recent years China has become an economic powerhouse and its unique Maoist- capitalistic tentacles seem to be extending throughout the globe. What are China’s real intentions and goals and how worried should we respond to this emerging red economic superpower?

About the Speaker: David P. Goldman is Deputy Editor of Asia Times and a Washington Fellow of the Claremont Institute. He headed research groups at Bank of America, Credit Suisse, and other Wall Street firms, and was a partner at Reorient Group, a Hong Kong investment bank. He has consulted for the US Department of Defense and the National Security Council. His most recent book is You Will Be Assimilated: China's Plan to Sino-Form the World.