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Netanyahu Gives Up On Criminal Immunity, Puts His Faith in Trump

JERUSALEMHours after Israels prime minister withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from criminal prosecution early Tuesday, the State of Israel vs. Benjamin Netanyahu was filed at Jerusalems District Court, where it was assigned docket number 67104-01-20. With that act, Israels Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit triggered an irreversible course leading to the trial of Netanyahu, who is Israels longest-serving prime minister, and the first to be indicted while in office. He stands accused of fraud, breach of trust, and bribery. If convicted, Netanyahu could face about 10 years in jail. The…

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Trump’s foreign policy is cynical and self-interested. His ‘peace plan’ is no exception | Michael H Fuchs

The plan is a giant middle finger to the Palestinian people, and a way for Trump and Netanyahu to distract voters from domestic political problems Donald Trumps foreign policy is all about advancing the interests of Donald Trump, and the release of his Israeli-Palestinian peace plan is yet another illustration of Trumps disregard for Americas national security when he believes doing so will benefit him personally. At the same time that Trumps lawyers stood on the floor of the US Senate defending the president from impeachment charges of abuse of…

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Is U.S. Embassy Attack in Baghdad Part of an Iran Trap?

JERUSALEMIf Irans grand plan in the Middle East is to push the Americans out and squeeze Israel into a corner, the first time that Israel has attacked Iranian-backed groups there. Two days after Kochavis speech, 32 targeting Kataib Hezbollah. The two incidents now bring into view both Israeli and American red lines trying to contain Irans role in the region. strong and sovereign Iraq, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. And the U.S. military is in Iraq at the more than 1,000 airstrikes on as many as 250 Iranian…

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