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Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Houthi drone attack on Abu Dhabi airport blows up 3 oil tankers A Houthi drone attack near Abu Dhabi airport killed at least three people and sparked multiple explosions in the United Arab Emirates' capital on Monday. CNN quoted an Abu Dhabi police statement as saying that three tanker trucks carrying fuel exploded in the emirate's Mussafah area after catching fire, with preliminary investigations pointing to a drone attack.

Bob Johnson: Israel's 2022 Wish List to the US Congress The powerful and wealthy Israel lobby has a 2022 wish list for the US Congress and White House. Its contents can mean another Iraq-type of war, only this time against Israel's enemy Iran. 2

Steven Sahiounie: Latakia, Syria rocked by Israeli missiles This article talks about the latest Israeli attack on the Port of Latakia Syria 1

Steven Sahiounie: The US weaponizing wheat in Syria This article talks about how the US uses the Syrian wheat as a weapon against the Syrian people. . 1

Steven Sahiounie: "This negotiating session will likely be the last session" says Dr. Dalloul of the next Iranian nuclear deal meeting This is an interview with Iranian nuclear doctor Hadi dalloul to talk about the latest situation in the nuclear deal with the West 1

John Rachel: Dan Kovalik Interview: What are the prospects for peace? Dan Kovalik is the author of critically-acclaimed "No More War: How the West Violates International Law by Using 'Humanitarian' Intervention to Advance Economic and Strategic Interests", is a dedicated peace activist, and has been a labor and human rights lawyer since graduating from Columbia Law School in 1993. He received the David W. Mills Mentoring Fellowship from Stanford Law School. He has lectured throughout the world. 3

Steven Sahiounie: Lebanon suffers the wrath of Saudi Arabia This article talks about the latest tension between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: A.Q. Khan, father of 'Islamic Atom Bomb', escaped Mossad assassination Mossad's former chief Shabtai Shavit would have sent a team to assassinate Pakistani nuclear scientist AQ Khan if his true intentions were interpreted correctly, according to an investigative report published by the Israeli daily Ha'aretz on Monday. Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, 85, known as the father of Pakistan's Atomic Weapons Program, died on Sunday in Islamabad. .

Steven Sahiounie: Terrorists in Daraa hoarding large amounts of cash This is an interview with PressTV correspondent In Syria and it talks about the latest situation in Daraa

John Rachel: Noam Chomsky Interview: What Are The Prospects For Peace? Noam Chomsky needs no introduction. He has devoted his whole life to calling out the abuses of power and the excesses of U.S. empire. At 92, he still is actively engaged in the national conversation. We are of course honored that he took the time to talk to us and share his views. 4

Jim Miles: Except for Palestine - a message for so-called progressives. This is a review of the new book "Except for Palestine - The Limits of Progressive Politics". It is a remarkable and well-presented short work examining the contradictions in progressive discourse. . 3

Steven Sahiounie: Lebanon faces living without food, water, electricity, medicine and gasoline This article talks about the latest situation in Lebanon

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Pakistan beats India in nuclear arsenal, SIPRI India and Pakistan appear to be expanding their nuclear arsenals, according to Swedish think tank Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Year Book 2021 released on Monday. According to the SIPRI year book, India possessed an estimated 156 nuclear warheads at the start of 2021 compared to 150 at the start of last year, while Pakistan had 165 warheads, up from 160 in 2020.

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Kuwait parliament passes legislation banning normalization of ties with Israel The Kuwaiti parliament has passed a bill stipulating jail and hefty fines for anyone who deals with Israel, Gulf Today reported. The bill also sought a ban on any direct or indirect contacts with Israel and also a ban on any Kuwaiti or expat residing in the country from visiting Israel. The bill also sought to ban any expression of sympathy with Israel. 1

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: West's Trojan Horse, UAE builds airbase on Perim island off Yemen The United Arab Emirates is building an air base on a volcanic island (Perim) off Yemen that sits in one of the world's crucial maritime chokepoints for both energy shipments and commercial cargo, media reports said Wednesday. Perim Island is in the Bab El Mandeb strait, the navigation choke point between the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, the most strategic point in this area.

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: UN Human Rights Council to probe Israel-Gaza conflict as potential 'war crimes' The U.N. Human Right Council has passed a resolution aimed to intensify scrutiny of Israel's treatment of Palestinians, after the U.N. rights chief said Israeli forces may have committed war crimes in their war with Hamas. The 11-day conflict killed at least 248 in Gaza, including 66 children and 39 women. In Israel, 12 people also died, including two children, before both sides agreed to a ceasefire.

Steven Sahiounie: 'Israeli attacks on Palestinians exposed its apartheid state identity': Martin Love interview This is a interview with middle east expert journalist Martin Love to talk about the latest situation in occupied Palestine and Iran nuclear deal

Jim Kavanagh: Apartheid Does Not Have the Right To Defend Itself, Or To Exist I hope that everyone, or at least an increasing number of Americans, can finally acknowledge what they are seeing, what Israel is, and that they will then reject the fables and excuses they are being constantly fed. Israel is a colonial-settler enterprise. Israel is an ethno-religious (Jewish) supremacist enterprise. Ipso facto, Israel is an apartheid enterprise. 11

Steven Sahiounie: "A new Palestinian intifada may trigger a regional war against Apartheid Israel" according to expert Laith Marouf This is an interview with journalist Laith Marouf about the latest situation in occupied Palestine 1

Steven Sahiounie: The Israeli attack on Iran may sabotage the US goal of a new nuclear deal This article talks about the latest negotiations between Tehran and Washington over the nuclear deal and the Israeli attack on Tehran nuclear plant. 1

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Middle East Defense Organization: World Jewish Congress President calls for Arab-Israeli defense alliance In the past few weeks, I have held numerous conversations with opinion makers and decision takers in the Middle East, says Ronald S Lauder, President of the World Jewish Congress. "As I finished this exhilarating round of talks, I had a thought: Isn't it time to combine the monumental struggle against Iran with this blossoming Arab-Israeli partnership?" 2

Israeli PM Netanyahu and wife hosting a Bible study., From Uploaded

Bob Johnson: Israeli PM Netanyahu Uses the Bible to Threaten Iran On Tuesday Israeli PM Netanyahu threatened Iran by using the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament story of Esther, who, as the story goes, was responsible for the deaths of over 75,000 Persians. This is what Purim celebrates. This antiquated mindset is very dangerous in the nuclear age we are now in. 1

Rainer Shea: The U.S. empire's very limited options for conquest Assessing how Zionism and imperialism have become weakened. 3

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: What is behind rumors about bitter Pakistan-Saudi Arabia relations? Pakistan Foreign Office Thursday denied a social media report on Saudi Arabia's role in the assessment of Pakistan's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) action plan. "Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy strong fraternal ties and the two countries have always cooperated with each other on all matters of bilateral, regional and international importance," said the FO spokesperson. 1

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Hezbollah, Hamas leaders discuss Arab-Israeli ties Leaders of Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas movement have met to discuss diplomatic normalization between Israel and Arab countries, media report said Sunday. They stressed the "stability" of the "axis of resistance" against Israel, the Hezbollah-run Al-Manar TV channel reported, without saying where or when the meeting took place.

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: US pressuring Saudi Arabia to join Israel-UAE meeting in Abu Dhabi An Israeli media report says that the Americans are mounting pressure on Saudi Arabia to join a trilateral summit of Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and the US, which is due to be held in Abu Dhabi on Monday.

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Sudan rejects US request to normalize ties with Israel Sudan's transitional government Tuesday rejected the US request to normalize its ties with Israel. The decision comes as the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo paid a rare visit to Sudan Tuesday, meeting Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok and the head of the Sovereign Council, Abdul Fatah Alburahn.

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: 'Turkey is the actual target of the Israel-UAE deal' An asymmetric alliance of countries that share the common goal of limiting Turkey's influence in the region has been brewing for some time and the heralding of existing clandestine ties between these two countries (UAE and Israel) only goes to show that the alliance is now solidified, leading Turkish Daily Sabah said in an opinion piece on Saturday.

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: Why Saudi Arabia declines relations with Israel? To stem growing perception in the Arab and Muslim Worlds, after UAE recognized Israel, that the Arab states are abandoning the Palestine cause, Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday that the kingdom would not establish diplomatic ties with Israel until internationally recognized peace was achieved with the Palestinians.

EU High Representative Mogherini Sits With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif Before P5+1 Nations Resume Nuclear Talks in Switzerland, From FlickrPhotos

Abdus-Sattar Ghazali: China-Iran mega economic, security deal is bad news for Israel With Iran and China working on a multibillion-dollar 25-year economic and security deal, Israel has many reasons to be concerned and even alarmed, says Lahav Harkov of Jerusalem Post. China would gain power and influence in Iran, a diplomatic card it can play with respect to the US and garner greater leverage in the Gulf. For Israel, the potential for damage from such an agreement is clear, Harkov said. 3