Chalk and cheese fallacy: Trump and Biden stand together for Israel

TEHRAN - The US administration’s approval of a massive arms sale to Israel has thrown a spotlight on Donald Trump’s motives for brokering a ceasefire between the Tel Aviv regime and Hamas. 

Israeli officials struggle to conceal frustrations as Gaza truce nears

A ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is at its closest point, according to officials involved in negotiations in Doha. 

US plans $8bn arms sale to Israel

The Biden administration has notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel, a US official said on Friday.

Enabling genocide?

“I think his legacy is the opposite,” Hassanein, a former member of the Interior Department, said. “He’s the president who’s done the most harm to Palestinians."

New research shows the massive hole Dems are in

Even voters who previously backed Democrats cast the party as weak and overly focused on diversity and elites.

By Garsha Vazirian

Biden's sanction encore: escalating economic warfare against Iran

TEHRAN – As President Joe Biden's administration nears its end, the United States has unleashed what seems to be its final round of sanctions against Iran, aiming to cripple its economy and exert significant psychological and political pressure on its citizens.

By Jeremy Konyndyk

Biden’s greatest failure in Gaza

On October 13, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent a letter to the Israeli government. In it, they expressed profound concern about the impediments Israel has placed on the flow of aid to Gaza in the course of Israeli military operations.

Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter rattles the political world

President Biden’s announcement that he had pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, rattled the political world late Sunday.

Trump wants Gaza ceasefire deal before inauguration, Graham says

President-elect Trump wants to see a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza before he assumes office on Jan. 20, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Axios in an interview.

Trump loyalists accuse Biden of trying to start WWIII with Ukraine missile move

Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump Jr have accused President Joe Biden of trying to start World War III after he gave Ukraine the green light to use US-supplied long-range supersonic missiles to strike inside Russia for the first time.

Biden allows Ukraine to use long-range US weapons in Russia: officials

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range American weapons inside Russia, according to two US officials familiar with the decision, as North Korean troops deploy in support of Moscow’s effort.

‘Blame yourself’: Trump’s election hasn’t dampened pro-Palestine activists’ anger at Democrats

For Democratic pro-Palestinian activists, Donald Trump’s reelection delivered a bitter vindication.

Political ploy: US ultimatum on Gaza aid aimed to woo voters

More than a month has passed since the US gave Israel a deadline to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza or face consequences.

Iran submits letter to UN over US president’s remarks on possible Israeli attack

TEHRAN – In response to recent comments by U.S. President Joe Biden regarding potential Israeli military action against Iran, Tehran has formally lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

Potential U.S. involvement in Israeli response will not go unnoticed, Iran’s Araqchi warns Biden

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi delivered a full-throated message to U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday that pulled no punches: The U.S. will face direct consequences if it helps Israel respond to Iran’s October 1 retaliatory attack. 

US NGO to Biden: Support Gaza ceasefire, end participation in regional war

Democracy for the Arab World Now (DAWN), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, has urged President Joe Biden’s administration to stop hindering a United Nations Security Council resolution mandating a ceasefire in the yearlong war on Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.

US legal rights group: We commit to holding Biden admin accountable for genocide

The Center for Constitutional Rights has said it remains committed to fighting alongside Palestinians for accountability for the US-sponsored Israeli genocide being perpetrated against Palestinians in Gaza, almost one year since it began.

Israel finds bodies of six captives killed in air strikes on Gaza

Israel’s military has announced that its troops have recovered the bodies of six captives, including a dual US national, from a tunnel in southern Gaza, as it continued its 11-month long, deadly assault on Palestinian enclave, Al Jazeera reported on Sunday.

Reviving nuclear deal in its current form not possible: Iran’s new FM

Araqchi says Iran is seeking to “manage hostility” with US

TEHRAN – New Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said in a televised program on Friday night that reviving the 2015 nuclear deal is not possible in its current form.

Biden meets national security team as Mideast war fears grow

US President Joe Biden held crisis talks with his national security team on Monday as fears grow of an Iranian attack on Israel in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran, AFP reported.

Biden would be seen as a lame duck: analysis

TEHRAN - In a commentary published on July 22, the Guardian said Joe Biden, who on Sunday dropped out of the presidential race for the November elections, would be seen as a “lame duck”.

Biden pulls out of the presidential race

In a development that sends the contest into unchartered territory, the US president announced that he will no longer be seeking a second term.