"The first obstruction in the formation of the government is America, because it wants a government that resembles it and we want a government that resembles the Lebanese people,” says Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem. “I do not see signs of a civil war in Lebanon. Hezbollah is determined not to fall into strife that America wants. But we have information of American attempts to create some security problems," he adds.
"Some countries in the region should know that they will not have an easy life in the region if clues are found that show they intervened to create unrest in Iran,” Iranian Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri says on Saturday. Iran has blamed “thugs” linked to exiles and foreign foes – the US, Israel and Saudi Arabia – for stirring up unrest following hikes in gasoline prices which led to some of the worst violence in a decade.
For the Europeans and the American Left, the term "settlement" is a password that opens Pandora’s Box of anti-Semitism. Pompeo took their buzzword away.
Today, we see a different type of cultural destruction – a slow and steady attempt to fragment American Jewry and, in turn, dilute its support for the State of Israel.
Every part of that claim—that Israel is in “occupation,” that the land it is “occupying” is “Palestinian territory,” and that Israel is acting illegally—is false.
