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Netanyahu’s Dangerous Power Over Trump

If the Israeli prime minister wants the United States to stay in the Iran war, there is a good chance he will get his way.

· June 24, 2025
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One Beneficial Idea in the Trump Administration’s Plans for Reorganizing the State Department
  • Lowell Schwartz , 
  • Anthony Wier
· June 18, 2025
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Israel’s and Iran’s Military Adventurism Has Put the Middle East in an Alarmingly Dangerous Situation
· June 16, 2025
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Cutting Nuclear Nonproliferation Funding Will Undermine U.S. National Security
· June 16, 2025
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The United States Should Stay Out of the Israel-Iran War
· June 13, 2025
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California and Trump Have Clashed Before. This Time Is Different.
· June 12, 2025
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