Just a thought, but maybe we should be urging Israel not to attack other countries' sovereign territory, including their consulates and embassies? Maybe that is the best way to avoid escalation? Ya think?

'More assets' = more targets = greater likelihood for US being drawn into yet another regional war in the Middle East.

And all because Israel unilaterally made the decision to strike the Iranian embassy in Syria?

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This doesn't include AIPAC, which spent far more than any of these countries' lobbying budgets ($650M from 2016-2022), but which does not file under FARA, because it is domestic: projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/org…

None of these other countries have domestic lobbies anywhere close to that.

Questions: 1) If Bibi didn't clear the strike on the Iranian generals with the US, why is the US giving him this support? 2) If Bibi did clear the strike with the US, why did the US give him a green light? Either way, this is completely indefensible US policy.

Austin told Gallant “Israel could count on full U.S. support to defend Israel against Iranian attacks, which Tehran has publicly threatened,” a Pentagon spokesman said. wsj.com/world/middle-e…

My latest Responsible Statecraft: Yesterday, Rep. Adam Smith & Rep. Matt Gaetz questioned a DOD official on what the Biden admin's goal in Ukraine is, and whether the repatriation of Crimea/the Donbas was required to claim victory. responsiblestatecraft.org/adam-smith-ukr… (1/6)

Pentagon were able to circumvent traditional military budget processes in a way that kept war costs out of the public debate and resulted in trillions being spent with minimal oversight. hks.harvard.edu/faculty-resear…

NEW Blaise Malley: Top House Dem says 'Nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine' is a 'ridiculous thing for any U.S. diplomat or person in U.S. policy to say'

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Satterfield says Netanyahu has not kept his promise to Biden last week to allow 100 trucks per day into northern Gaza. Not even half that number of trucks has been able to get into that area of worst conditions in Gaza,
where Israel is also refusing to allow Gazans to return…

Here’s the percentage of your life the US has been at war, based on birth year:

When we say our government is war-obsessed, this is what we mean.

A US firm could bring up to 200 truckloads of humanitarian aid into Gaza by sea each day if it can secure $30 million in monthly funding, a source with knowledge of the plans told me.

My latest in Responsible Statecraft on an ambitious plan to surge aid to Gaza

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“The best future we can be providing for our children is when we provide for the children of the people we don’t know, the same future and the same hope we are trying to provide for our own,” he continued. “What is so difficult to understand about that?” huffpost.com/entry/jose-and…

Those really smart Iran analysts who sold Trump a bill of goods about killing the nuclear deal and negotiating a better one (there wasn’t any) are the loudest complainers about Iran’s growing enrichment capability. Definition of irony.

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To be clear, Trump is saying American Jews owe loyalty to Israel.

If this is true then Hamas is failing miserably and Israel tripped and fell and did a genocide.

“Hamas is still holding more than 100 hostages.

That does not give Israel a pass to respond as it pleases. An eye for an eye — or a hundred eyes for one eye — is not a thing in international law.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…

When Annelle Sheline resigned from State in protest over Biden's Gaza policy, we received many emails (she used to be at Quincy) applauding her.

But also some hate mail. This one took the price though.

Because the author is an expert on non-violent & empathetic communication!

One of the darkest stories unfolding right now, and shockingly under-covered