Hugh Fitzgerald

The readiness of President Trump to drop what were once non-negotiable demands, including an end to Iran's ballistic missile program and a halt to its support for such terrorist proxies as Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis, has alarmed the Saudis, who now see Trump as a “paper tiger.” They are reaching out to Russia and China, as possible replacements for America in guaranteeing Saudi security, including by selling advanced weaponry, and they might even be allowed to station their troops in bases in the Kingdom. More on this can be found here: “Trump's refusal to return to war with Iran will ‘cost him dearly', Saudi expert claims,”

Welcome to “Palestine” - an all too real, brutal place where Western dreams die.

Cleese returns fire.

He's also a crook.

There was the Italian journalist Indro Montanelli, who went from skeptic to admirer after his visit to Israel in 1960, and once wrote that perhaps the best thing to happen in the 20th century was the establishment of the State of Israel. There was the intrepid leftist journalist Oriana Fallaci, who went from antipathy to fierce support for Israel and, not surprisingly, delivered her furious denunciation of those she called the “sons of Allah” after the 9/11 attack in her book

Rival nations that loathe each other, obey different moral rules, and receive radically different treatment from the state.

“Eighty percent of the people no longer see any other way out."

The ceasefire that saved a terror group?

And the Democrat contender advocates for prison abolition.

Pramila Patten is U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' special representative on sexual violence in conflict zones. She recently made quite a stir by submitting a report to Guterres, placing Israel on a blacklist, right beside Hamas, for “sexual violence,” including the preposterous charge that Israeli prison guards trained dogs to sexually assault Palestinian prisoners.