Will we soon see World War 3 erupt in the Middle East? By Michael Snyder Even though Barack Obama has made a “peace deal” with Iran, leaders in the region sure are talking a lot about war. And of course this “deal” is on very shaky ground. The Israelis hate it, a significant portion of … Continue reading
Blockades, war and poor governance have strangled Gaza’s economy and the unemployment rate is now the highest in the world according to the latest World Bank economic update. The report will be presented to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), a forum of donors to the Palestinian Authority, at the bi-annual meeting in Brussels on May 27, 2015. The report estimates that Gaza’s GDP would have … Continue reading
Jordan and Israel have signed an agreement on Thursday to build a $900 million water desalination plant in the Gulf of Aqaba and a pipeline that links the Red Sea with the Dead Sea, Reuters reports. The desalination plant will be constructed in the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba on the Red Sea and will desalinate … Continue reading
Saudi Arabia has reportedly offered to allow Israeli fighter jets use its national airspace to attack Iran when necessary, in exchange for Israel making progress in peace talks with Palestine, a senior European Official says, according to the Jerusalem Post (JPost) and the Times of Israel. Saudi Arabia has expressed their willingness to cooperate with Israel on Iran — which includes using Saudi … Continue reading
By Michael Welton The mood of our uneasy times is incredibly bellicose, dark, apocalyptic and vengeful. The “war on terror” is like a virus that infects everything it touches. And it does seem to touch everything, from our popular television shows, to getting across borders, travelling overseas somewhere. You can’t read the Sunday paper without feeling … Continue reading
By Finian Cunningham Historians may look back on 2014 as a defining watershed in geopolitical events, the year when the limit of American power was exposed as a waning entity and the contemporary root of global conflict. It was the centennial anniversary of the First World War when Great Powers back then were similarly exposed in … Continue reading