veteranstoday--2020-06-25--Report: Top Pentagon Nominee Pushes Conspiracy Theories Ex-CIA Director Tried to Overthrow Trump

TEHRAN ( FNA ) - Donald Trump ’ s nominee for a top position at the Pentagon accused former CIA director John Brennan of trying to overthrow the US president and even have him assassinated .
Retired army general , Anthony Tata , nominated to become the undersecretary of defense for policy at the Department of Defense , keeps spreading conspiracy theories in several media appearances that some of the Trump administration officials were trying to oust the president , CNN found .
On one occasion , Tata said Brennan sent a coded tweet to order the assassination of Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he called Brennan as a “ former communist ” who is “ a threat to this nation ” .
In another appearance , he stated that Bannon “ supports the overthrow of this particular president and he needed to have his access to information revoked ” .
Those remarks were made after Trump revoked Brennan ’ s security clearance in August 2018 .
“ It would not surprise me if eventually it came out that he was somehow allied with some foreign power because what he ’ s doing is fomenting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in another broadcast in 2018 .
The retired general has also claimed that a “ deep state cabal ” of officials would rather see Trump fail than succeed in office .
Tata also accused former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama of engaging in “ borderline treasonous ” behavior , during the transition period , by expressing their dismay over a Trump presidency .
If confirmed by the Senate , the retired general would become the third highest official in the Pentagon , who would closely advise the secretary of defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the post , however , faces jeopardy over making Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks against prominent Democratic politicians .
Tata reportedly sent a letter , seen by CNN , to the top members of the senate , and apologized for his Islamophobic remarks , in the wake of his nomination .
“ I deeply regret comments I made on social media several years ago ” and that “ my tweets were completely out of character ” , read the letter .
Tata currently works as a senior adviser in the Pentagon , and previously @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before retiring in 2009 .
According to an army investigation , the retired general committed adultery — a crime under military law — and falsified a legal document .
The army , however , declined to penalize him .

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Report: Top Pentagon Nominee Pushes Conspiracy Theories Ex-CIA Director Tried to Overthrow Trump
TEHRAN (FNA)- Donald Trump’s nominee for a top position at the Pentagon accused former CIA director John Brennan of trying to overthrow the US president and even have him assassinated.
Retired army general, Anthony Tata, nominated to become the undersecretary of defense for policy at the Department of Defense, keeps spreading conspiracy theories in several media appearances that some of the Trump administration officials were trying to oust the president, CNN found.
On one occasion, Tata said Brennan sent a coded tweet to order the assassination of Trump in 2018.
In a 2016 podcast, he called Brennan as a “former communist” who is “a threat to this nation”.
In another appearance, he stated that Bannon “supports the overthrow of this particular president and he needed to have his access to information revoked”.
Those remarks were made after Trump revoked Brennan’s security clearance in August 2018.
“It would not surprise me if eventually it came out that he was somehow allied with some foreign power because what he’s doing is fomenting the division,” Tata said about Brennan in another broadcast in 2018.
The retired general has also claimed that a “deep state cabal” of officials would rather see Trump fail than succeed in office.
Tata also accused former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama of engaging in “borderline treasonous” behavior, during the transition period, by expressing their dismay over a Trump presidency.
He called Obama a “Muslim” and “a terrorist leader”.
If confirmed by the Senate, the retired general would become the third highest official in the Pentagon, who would closely advise the secretary of defense on national security.
His nomination to the post, however, faces jeopardy over making Islamophobic and inflammatory remarks against prominent Democratic politicians.
Tata reportedly sent a letter, seen by CNN, to the top members of the senate, and apologized for his Islamophobic remarks, in the wake of his nomination.
“I deeply regret comments I made on social media several years ago” and that “my tweets were completely out of character”, read the letter.
Tata currently works as a senior adviser in the Pentagon, and previously served for 28 years in the Army before retiring in 2009.
According to an army investigation, the retired general committed adultery — a crime under military law — and falsified a legal document. The army, however, declined to penalize him.


veteranstoday--2020-06-25--Indian army chief visits troops near troubled China border

• The trip comes amid news reports that the Chinese army had crossed the disputed border in another strategic area in the Depsang Plains • China on Wednesday again accused India of provoking the clash NEW DELHI : India ’ s army chief visited the Himalayan border region with China to review his troops ’ preparedness after hand-to-hand combat between Indian and Chinese soldiers left 20 Indians dead earlier this month , the army said Thursday .
Gen. M.M .
Naravane also visited injured soldiers in a hospital in Leh , Ladakh ’ s region largest city , on Wednesday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ visited “ forward areas in eastern Ladakh and reviewed operation situation on the ground.
” The trip comes amid news reports that the Chinese army had crossed the disputed border in another strategic area in the Depsang Plains .
There was no immediate comment by the Indian army .
The Indian Express newspaper reported that the intrusion was seen as another attempt by the Chinese to shift the Line of Actual Control farther west on the disputed border .
Rahul Bedi , a defense analyst , said that despite claims of mutual disengagement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forces were still high in the Leh sector .
“ India is trying to match China ’ s military assets in the region .
The Chinese have ingressed disputed areas where both sides are trying to maneuver the situation to their advantage , ” Bedi said , adding that he didn ’ t see a quick end to the crisis .
China on Wednesday again accused India of provoking the clash , but urged New Delhi to “ meet China halfway ” in restoring peace and stability along their disputed frontier .
Indian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to disengage their forces in their first meeting since the confrontation .
On Wednesday , Indian and Chinese officials participated in a video conference and reaffirmed that both sides should sincerely implement the understanding on disengagement and de-escalation reached by their army commanders , Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a statement .
The clash was the deadliest between the two countries in 45 years .
India said 20 of its soldiers died .
China has not released any information on casualties on its side .
Soldiers brawled with clubs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meters above sea level , but no shots were fired , Indian officials have said .
The soldiers carry firearms but are not allowed to use them under a previous agreement in the border dispute .
Indian security officials said the fatalities were caused by severe injuries and exposure to subfreezing temperatures .
The Galwan Valley , where the clash occurred , falls within a remote stretch of the 3,380-kilometer Line of Actual Control — the border established following a war between India and China in 1962 that resulted in an uneasy truce @

The trip comes amid news reports that the Chinese army had crossed the disputed border in another strategic area in the Depsang Plains
China on Wednesday again accused India of provoking the clash NEW DELHI: India’s army chief visited the Himalayan border region with China to review his troops’ preparedness after hand-to-hand combat between Indian and Chinese soldiers left 20 Indians dead earlier this month, the army said Thursday.
Gen. M.M. Naravane also visited injured soldiers in a hospital in Leh, Ladakh’s region largest city, on Wednesday.
An army tweet said that Naravane visited “forward areas in eastern Ladakh and reviewed operation situation on the ground.”
The trip comes amid news reports that the Chinese army had crossed the disputed border in another strategic area in the Depsang Plains. There was no immediate comment by the Indian army.
The Indian Express newspaper reported that the intrusion was seen as another attempt by the Chinese to shift the Line of Actual Control farther west on the disputed border.
Rahul Bedi, a defense analyst, said that despite claims of mutual disengagement, the tensions between Indian and China forces were still high in the Leh sector.
“India is trying to match China’s military assets in the region. The Chinese have ingressed disputed areas where both sides are trying to maneuver the situation to their advantage,” Bedi said, adding that he didn’t see a quick end to the crisis.
China on Wednesday again accused India of provoking the clash, but urged New Delhi to “meet China halfway” in restoring peace and stability along their disputed frontier.
Indian and Chinese military commanders agreed on Monday to disengage their forces in their first meeting since the confrontation.
On Wednesday, Indian and Chinese officials participated in a video conference and reaffirmed that both sides should sincerely implement the understanding on disengagement and de-escalation reached by their army commanders, Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesman Anurag Srivastava said in a statement.
The clash was the deadliest between the two countries in 45 years. India said 20 of its soldiers died. China has not released any information on casualties on its side.
Soldiers brawled with clubs, rocks and their fists at 4,270 meters above sea level, but no shots were fired, Indian officials have said. The soldiers carry firearms but are not allowed to use them under a previous agreement in the border dispute.
Indian security officials said the fatalities were caused by severe injuries and exposure to subfreezing temperatures.
The Galwan Valley, where the clash occurred, falls within a remote stretch of the 3,380-kilometer Line of Actual Control — the border established following a war between India and China in 1962 that resulted in an uneasy truce.


veteranstoday--2020-06-25--Iran First User of Corticosteroids to Cure COVID-19

_________ FARS Iran First User of Corticosteroids to Cure COVID-19 TEHRAN ( FNA ) - Head of Iran ’ s Food and Drug Administration ( IFDA ) Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz said his country ’ s researchers have pioneered in application of corticosteroids to treat coronavirus , noting that they have found the compound in the first days of the virus outbreak .
“ There is yet no method in the world to cure coronavirus disease but the existing items in Iran which have all gone through clinical studies prove good results , ” Shanehsaz said .
“ Corticosteroids are among @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” he said .
Since the first weeks of the outbreak , the Iranians included a corticosteroid in medication regimen , which was effective in treating the virus , but many scientific communities abroad were surprised at this drug decision .
Shanesaz added that along with the global endeavor , Iran has been working on the production of coronavirus vaccine since the early days of the outbreak , and sometimes we even outpaced some countries in achievements .
The Iranian health ministry announced on Tuesday that 2,445 new cases of infection to COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the past 24 hours , adding that nearly 170,000 patients infected with the virus have recovered so far .
“ 2,445 more patients infected with COVID-19 virus have been identified in the country in the past 24 hours based on confirmed diagnosis tests and 1,234 patients have been hospitalized , ” Iranian Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Tuesday .
Sadat Lari expressed pleasure that 169,160 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals .
She said that 9,863 people have lost their lives due to infection to the virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours .
Sadat Lari said that 2,846 coronavirus patients are unfortunately in critical conditions .
She added that 1,475,331 tests have been conducted in the country to diagnose patients suspected of infection to the COVID-19 virus .
The ministry ’ s spokeswoman , meantime , said that the number of people hospitalized in the past 24 hours in different cities of the country has decreased .
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier this month that over 1,000 medical centers in the country have received necessary equipment to conduct tests on people suspected of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Iran ranks first in the Muslim world in scientific achievements .
“ Based on a report [ by the health ministry ] , 1,200 centers across the country are ready to take samples and tests from people and 17,500 nursing and health homes are also prepared to provide hygiene and treatment services to people , ” Rouhani said , addressing a meeting of the national coronavirus campaign headquarters in Tehran .
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting approximately all countries and territories around the world .
The virus was first reported in the central @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It has so far killed more than 480,000 people and infected over 9.38 million others globally .
The Iranian foreign ministry declared that despite Washington ’ s claims of cooperation to transfer drugs to Iran via the new Swiss-launched payment mechanism , the US is troubling the process amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country .
Although US claims that medicines and medical equipment are not under sanctions , they have practically blocked the transfer of Iran ’ s financial resources in other countries into the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement ( SHTA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Abbas Mousavi said .
As the death toll from the virus surges , Iran intensifies its preventive safety measures .
Closures of schools and most universities have been extended until further notice .

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Iran First User of Corticosteroids to Cure COVID-19
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Iran’s Food and Drug Administration (IFDA) Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz said his country’s researchers have pioneered in application of corticosteroids to treat coronavirus, noting that they have found the compound in the first days of the virus outbreak.
“There is yet no method in the world to cure coronavirus disease but the existing items in Iran which have all gone through clinical studies prove good results,” Shanehsaz said.
“Corticosteroids are among our findings to cure the virus,” he said.
Since the first weeks of the outbreak, the Iranians included a corticosteroid in medication regimen, which was effective in treating the virus, but many scientific communities abroad were surprised at this drug decision.
Shanesaz added that along with the global endeavor, Iran has been working on the production of coronavirus vaccine since the early days of the outbreak, and sometimes we even outpaced some countries in achievements.
The Iranian health ministry announced on Tuesday that 2,445 new cases of infection to COVID-19 virus have been diagnosed in the country in the past 24 hours, adding that nearly 170,000 patients infected with the virus have recovered so far.
“2,445 more patients infected with COVID-19 virus have been identified in the country in the past 24 hours based on confirmed diagnosis tests and 1,234 patients have been hospitalized,” Iranian Health Ministry Spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on Tuesday.
Sadat Lari expressed pleasure that 169,160 patients have recovered and been discharged from hospitals.
She said that 9,863 people have lost their lives due to infection to the virus, including 121 in the past 24 hours.
Sadat Lari said that 2,846 coronavirus patients are unfortunately in critical conditions.
She added that 1,475,331 tests have been conducted in the country to diagnose patients suspected of infection to the COVID-19 virus.
The ministry’s spokeswoman, meantime, said that the number of people hospitalized in the past 24 hours in different cities of the country has decreased.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said earlier this month that over 1,000 medical centers in the country have received necessary equipment to conduct tests on people suspected of infection to coronavirus, and added that Iran ranks first in the Muslim world in scientific achievements.
“Based on a report [by the health ministry], 1,200 centers across the country are ready to take samples and tests from people and 17,500 nursing and health homes are also prepared to provide hygiene and treatment services to people,” Rouhani said, addressing a meeting of the national coronavirus campaign headquarters in Tehran.
The coronavirus COVID-19 is affecting approximately all countries and territories around the world. The virus was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan late last year. It has so far killed more than 480,000 people and infected over 9.38 million others globally.
The Iranian foreign ministry declared that despite Washington’s claims of cooperation to transfer drugs to Iran via the new Swiss-launched payment mechanism, the US is troubling the process amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Although US claims that medicines and medical equipment are not under sanctions, they have practically blocked the transfer of Iran’s financial resources in other countries into the Swiss Humanitarian Trade Arrangement (SHTA), Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi said.
As the death toll from the virus surges, Iran intensifies its preventive safety measures. Closures of schools and most universities have been extended until further notice.


veteranstoday--2020-06-25--West Bank annexation plan is a 21st century apartheid with Trump’s approval: Amal Wahdan

TEHRAN – Amal Wahdan , a Palestinian activist who has been campaigning for the liberation of Palestine , tells the Tehran Times that the plan by Israel to annex the West Bank is a “ new apartheid ” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “ would not dare ” to implement without the “ approval of Donald Trump and his circle ” .
Wahdan , who was founder and editor of the Arab Gazette , says the annexation plan is in line with Britain ’ s colonial design in West Asia .
“ The West Bank annexation plan fits in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greater Israel ’ to ensure the regional superiority of the Zionist entity through Balkanization of the Arab countries into smaller and weaker entities , ” Wahdan notes .
She calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump two “ troubled leaders ” who need each other ’ s help in these “ difficult times ” .
“ Both troubled and defeated leaders , Netanyahu and Trump need each other ’ s help in their difficult times in order to remain in office .
The former is facing corruption charges that might end his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the latter is under constant attack from his adversaries and facing impeachment , ” explains Wahdan , a permanent member of the Palestinian Coalition for Economic , Social and Cultural Rights .
Following is the full text of the interview .
Question : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu , who is facing a number of criminal indictments , has repeatedly said that he would commence cabinet-level discussions for annexing more areas in the occupied West Bank on July 1 in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump ’ s so-called “ deal of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take on it ?
Answer : The Zionist colonial settler entity in occupied Palestine intends to further its ethnic cleansing plans against the Palestinian people by moving on with Netanyahu ’ s West Bank annexation scheme , a promise he made to his ultra-right election constituency and allies .
The proposed plan seeks to annex 30 % of the West bank , including the Jordan Valley stretching 85km to the North along Jordan River and larger illegal settlements in the de facto occupied Palestine .
This move poses an imminent threat to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Jordan Valley and depend mostly on agriculture ( compared to 6000 Jewish settlers ( and to hundreds of thousands who live in rural areas surrounding the larger settlements .
“ For over 72 years , Zionists practiced apartheid policies against Palestinian people which is much worse than those practiced in South Africa and like those of Nazi Germany.
” Netanyahu would not dare to go ahead with his plan of annexation without the approval of the U.S. President , Donald Trump , and his circle .
Actually , both troubled and defeated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other ’ s help in their difficult times in order to remain in office .
The former is facing corruption charges that might end his political career if he is indicted and the latter is under constant attack from his adversaries .
In return , Trump will guarantee the support of AIPAC and the American Jewish votes .
In addition , we have to bear in mind that Trump ’ s “ deal of the century ” granted the Zionist colonial entity what they have been dreaming for over the past decades ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state and Jerusalem as its eternal capital , supporting the illegal settlements in the West Bank in opposition to UN Security Council Resolution 2334 , annexation of the Golan Heights , and the occupied West Bank .
With this gift , Trump granted the Zionist entity what he doesn ’ t own to those who don ’ t deserve it .
Just like what Belfour did with his declaration over a century ago ; he granted a Jewish Homeland in Palestine , a land that he didn ’ t own , to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consider this plan in line with the Zionist colonial project of “ Greater Israel ” ?
A : The ideology of the Zionist Movement and Project has developed over the decades as an organic part of the European colonial powers .
It came into formal existence at the end of the 19th century with one main theme : the creation of a Jewish Homeland .
In the process to materialize this dream , several options were put in place before they spotted Historic Palestine as the most suitable choice , mainly for geopolitical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for political tactics .
Most Zionist leaders from Herzel , the founder of the Zionist Movement , to Jabotinsky , Ben Gurion , Moshe Dayan , Ariel Sharon up-to-date Netanyahu have used the religious mythology in their political platforms , speeches , and with world leaders even though none of them was actually religious .
It was Herzl who carved the area of the future Jewish state by saying : “ From the Brooks of Egypt to the Euphrates.
” Ben-Gurion had wanted Israel ’ s northern border to extend to the River @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declared a century ago that the Jewish state shall extend to cover all of historic Palestine , Litani Rive , Golan Heights , Hauran Plain , Deraa , to control the Railroad from Deraa to Amman in addition to the Gulf of Aqaba .
Thus , within the framework of the Zionist project , Palestine , which has been inhabited for thousands of years becomes the ‘ promised land ’ to God ’ s ‘ chosen people ’ , and empty land for another people ( from all over the world ) who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people of Palestine with colonial invading settlers became the implementation of a divine promise .
Q : Do you think the U.S. “ New Middle East ” doctrine was to create chaos and divide the Arab homeland into sectarian entity ?
A : The West Bank annexation plan fits perfectly within the larger strategy of “ Greater Israel ’ to ensure the regional superiority of the Zionist entity through Balkanization of the Arab countries into smaller and weaker entities .
This was in fact an extension of Britain ’ s colonial design @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WWI , Britain- France signed the Sykes-Picot agreement .
This was the first phase of the geographical division of the Arab Homeland and the creation of the satellite entities of the British colonial empire ; Saudi Arabia , Persian Gulf states , carving Jordan , Lebanon , and historic Palestine from the Levant .
The Oded Yinon plan went further beyond the geographic division to the sectarian divide of the Arab Homeland between Muslims and Christians , Sunnis and Shiites .
This vision had kicked off in 1982 with the Israeli occupation and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Antone Lahed Army south of the Litani River .
This war led to the expulsion of the PLO leadership and the scattering of the Palestinian fighters as far as Yemen , Tunisia , and Algeria .
The second major blow was the U.S. incitement of Saddam Hussein of Iraq to wage an eight-year war against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its new revolution , which had immense ramifications on both countries .
The third was the eruption of what the U.S. and its allies called the “ Arab Spring.
” This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ demonstrations that swamped the Arab region from Tunisia in December of 2010 to Egypt , Libya and to the torn country of Iraq since the invasion of 2003 , to the division of Sudan in 2013 , the instigated terror war in Somalia , and the “ Arab Coalition ” war on Yemen in 2015 , led by Saudi Arabia with the support of the U.S. and the Zionist entity .
Despite of the pan-Arab Nakba ( catastrophe ) , millions of casualties among civilians , exodus , destruction of infrastructures , economic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of billions of dollars of national wealth , the Yinon plan of Balkanization of the Arab Homeland failed miserably to achieve its goals as well as the U.S. “ New Middle East ” doctrine .
On the contrary , it drove regional and Arab resistance movements and countries closer in confrontation with U.S. hegemony and Zionists ’ expansionist project from Yemen in the South , to Syria , Lebanon , occupied Palestine , Iraq , and Iran as a regional power .
The Balkanization of West Asia is an integral part of U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. administration under Bill Clinton successfully implemented in the former Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc and managed to dismantle the Eastern bloc but into failed fragmented entities .
Q : The U.S.-Zionist strategy to annex the West Bank would have serious ramifications on the Palestinian Authority , Jordan and Egypt .
What are the options left for the Palestinian people and leadership ?
A : The U.S.-backed West Bank annexation plan has put an end to the Oslo agreement that was signed between the PLO leadership and the Zionist colonial settler entity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ solution .
This agreement was in “ Israel ’ s ” favor from A to Z .
Although , it entailed mutual recognition and the creation of the Palestinian state at the 1967 war borders which included the West Bank , Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem as its capital , several important issues like the right of return , borders , settlements , water , sea and airports will be decided at the end of the five year period .
None of these articles were implemented .
Furthermore , after 25 years of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a huge open prison as the Gaza Strip is under siege for 13 years , hundreds of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land are confiscated , dozens of Zionists colonies are erected , over 800 km of the illegal wall surrounding and cutting in between the Palestinian cities , towns and rural areas , water springs , power grids , land , sea , and airports all are under the control of the Zionist colonial entity .
The PLO executive committee and President Mahmoud Abbas have declared their decision to abandon the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and security relations with the Americans and the Zionist leaders in rejection to the West Bank annexation plan .
But this is not enough to confront the new wave of ethnic cleansing .
The Palestinian leadership needs to free its mind from any illusions that Americans and Zionists want peace and recognize reality that we are in the process of national liberation not state-building .
For over 72 years , Zionists practiced apartheid policies against Palestinian people which is much worse than those practiced in South Africa and like those of Nazi Germany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced their condemnation of the Zionists ’ annexation plan of parts of the occupied West Bank , as a “ vision of a 21st century apartheid ” .
The new geopolitical order provides a positive environment to a genuine solution in front of the PLO and the Palestinian people ; to restore the National Charter of 1968 and resolutions of the National Councils up to 1974 on the vision of comprehensive unity of an undivided , historic Palestine in terms of both land and people , to maintain a tight link between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Arab , regional and international resistance movements , to emphasize the leading role of the organization in liberating Palestine from settler colonization along with all national forces as a framework for their alliance during the liberation stage .

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Tehran Times
West Bank annexation plan is a 21st century apartheid with Trump’s approval: Amal Wahdan
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
TEHRAN – Amal Wahdan, a Palestinian activist who has been campaigning for the liberation of Palestine, tells the Tehran Times that the plan by Israel to annex the West Bank is a “new apartheid” that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “would not dare” to implement without the “approval of Donald Trump and his circle”.
Wahdan, who was founder and editor of the Arab Gazette, says the annexation plan is in line with Britain’s colonial design in West Asia.
“The West Bank annexation plan fits in perfectly within the larger strategy of “Greater Israel’ to ensure the regional superiority of the Zionist entity through Balkanization of the Arab countries into smaller and weaker entities,” Wahdan notes.
She calls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Trump two “troubled leaders” who need each other’s help in these “difficult times”.
“Both troubled and defeated leaders, Netanyahu and Trump need each other’s help in their difficult times in order to remain in office. The former is facing corruption charges that might end his political career if he is indicted and the latter is under constant attack from his adversaries and facing impeachment,” explains Wahdan, a permanent member of the Palestinian Coalition for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Following is the full text of the interview.
Question: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing a number of criminal indictments, has repeatedly said that he would commence cabinet-level discussions for annexing more areas in the occupied West Bank on July 1 in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called “deal of the century” plan. What is your take on it?
Answer: The Zionist colonial settler entity in occupied Palestine intends to further its ethnic cleansing plans against the Palestinian people by moving on with Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation scheme, a promise he made to his ultra-right election constituency and allies.
The proposed plan seeks to annex 30% of the West bank, including the Jordan Valley stretching 85km to the North along Jordan River and larger illegal settlements in the de facto occupied Palestine. This move poses an imminent threat to the livelihood of 60,000 Palestinians who live in the Jordan Valley and depend mostly on agriculture (compared to 6000 Jewish settlers( and to hundreds of thousands who live in rural areas surrounding the larger settlements.
“For over 72 years, Zionists practiced apartheid policies against Palestinian people which is much worse than those practiced in South Africa and like those of Nazi Germany.”
Netanyahu would not dare to go ahead with his plan of annexation without the approval of the U.S. President, Donald Trump, and his circle. Actually, both troubled and defeated leaders, Netanyahu and Trump need each other’s help in their difficult times in order to remain in office. The former is facing corruption charges that might end his political career if he is indicted and the latter is under constant attack from his adversaries.
In return, Trump will guarantee the support of AIPAC and the American Jewish votes. In addition, we have to bear in mind that Trump’s “deal of the century” granted the Zionist colonial entity what they have been dreaming for over the past decades; recognizing “Israel” as a Jewish state and Jerusalem as its eternal capital, supporting the illegal settlements in the West Bank in opposition to UN Security Council Resolution 2334, annexation of the Golan Heights, and the occupied West Bank. With this gift, Trump granted the Zionist entity what he doesn’t own to those who don’t deserve it. Just like what Belfour did with his declaration over a century ago; he granted a Jewish Homeland in Palestine, a land that he didn’t own, to the Zionist movement.
Q: Could we consider this plan in line with the Zionist colonial project of “Greater Israel”?
A: The ideology of the Zionist Movement and Project has developed over the decades as an organic part of the European colonial powers. It came into formal existence at the end of the 19th century with one main theme: the creation of a Jewish Homeland. In the process to materialize this dream, several options were put in place before they spotted Historic Palestine as the most suitable choice, mainly for geopolitical reasons but covered by the religious myth for political tactics.
Most Zionist leaders from Herzel, the founder of the Zionist Movement, to Jabotinsky, Ben Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Ariel Sharon up-to-date Netanyahu have used the religious mythology in their political platforms, speeches, and with world leaders even though none of them was actually religious.
It was Herzl who carved the area of the future Jewish state by saying: “From the Brooks of Egypt to the Euphrates.” Ben-Gurion had wanted Israel’s northern border to extend to the River Litani. While the World Zionist Organization declared a century ago that the Jewish state shall extend to cover all of historic Palestine, Litani Rive, Golan Heights, Hauran Plain, Deraa, to control the Railroad from Deraa to Amman in addition to the Gulf of Aqaba.
Thus, within the framework of the Zionist project, Palestine, which has been inhabited for thousands of years becomes the ‘promised land’ to God’s ‘chosen people’, and empty land for another people (from all over the world) who have no land! The replacement of the people of Palestine with colonial invading settlers became the implementation of a divine promise.
Q: Do you think the U.S. “New Middle East” doctrine was to create chaos and divide the Arab homeland into sectarian entity?
A: The West Bank annexation plan fits perfectly within the larger strategy of “Greater Israel’ to ensure the regional superiority of the Zionist entity through Balkanization of the Arab countries into smaller and weaker entities. This was in fact an extension of Britain’s colonial design in West Asia when the victors of WWI, Britain- France signed the Sykes-Picot agreement. This was the first phase of the geographical division of the Arab Homeland and the creation of the satellite entities of the British colonial empire; Saudi Arabia, Persian Gulf states, carving Jordan, Lebanon, and historic Palestine from the Levant.
The Oded Yinon plan went further beyond the geographic division to the sectarian divide of the Arab Homeland between Muslims and Christians, Sunnis and Shiites. This vision had kicked off in 1982 with the Israeli occupation and invasion of Lebanon and the creation of the Antone Lahed Army south of the Litani River. This war led to the expulsion of the PLO leadership and the scattering of the Palestinian fighters as far as Yemen, Tunisia, and Algeria. The second major blow was the U.S. incitement of Saddam Hussein of Iraq to wage an eight-year war against the Islamic Republic of Iran and its new revolution, which had immense ramifications on both countries. The third was the eruption of what the U.S. and its allies called the “Arab Spring.” This was manifested in a wave of mass demonstrations that swamped the Arab region from Tunisia in December of 2010 to Egypt, Libya and to the torn country of Iraq since the invasion of 2003, to the division of Sudan in 2013, the instigated terror war in Somalia, and the “Arab Coalition” war on Yemen in 2015, led by Saudi Arabia with the support of the U.S. and the Zionist entity.
Despite of the pan-Arab Nakba (catastrophe), millions of casualties among civilians, exodus, destruction of infrastructures, economic sanctions, and devastation, and loss of billions of dollars of national wealth, the Yinon plan of Balkanization of the Arab Homeland failed miserably to achieve its goals as well as the U.S. “New Middle East” doctrine. On the contrary, it drove regional and Arab resistance movements and countries closer in confrontation with U.S. hegemony and Zionists’ expansionist project from Yemen in the South, to Syria, Lebanon, occupied Palestine, Iraq, and Iran as a regional power.
The Balkanization of West Asia is an integral part of U.S. foreign policy. A policy which the U.S. administration under Bill Clinton successfully implemented in the former Soviet Union and the Eastern bloc and managed to dismantle the Eastern bloc but into failed fragmented entities.
Q: The U.S.-Zionist strategy to annex the West Bank would have serious ramifications on the Palestinian Authority, Jordan and Egypt. What are the options left for the Palestinian people and leadership?
A: The U.S.-backed West Bank annexation plan has put an end to the Oslo agreement that was signed between the PLO leadership and the Zionist colonial settler entity in September of 1993 and the two-state solution. This agreement was in “Israel’s” favor from A to Z. Although, it entailed mutual recognition and the creation of the Palestinian state at the 1967 war borders which included the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem as its capital, several important issues like the right of return, borders, settlements, water, sea and airports will be decided at the end of the five year period. None of these articles were implemented. Furthermore, after 25 years of Oslo, the Palestinians are still living in a huge open prison as the Gaza Strip is under siege for 13 years, hundreds of thousands of dunums of Palestinian land are confiscated, dozens of Zionists colonies are erected, over 800 km of the illegal wall surrounding and cutting in between the Palestinian cities, towns and rural areas, water springs, power grids, land, sea, and airports all are under the control of the Zionist colonial entity.
The PLO executive committee and President Mahmoud Abbas have declared their decision to abandon the Oslo agreements, to suspend their diplomatic and security relations with the Americans and the Zionist leaders in rejection to the West Bank annexation plan. But this is not enough to confront the new wave of ethnic cleansing.
The Palestinian leadership needs to free its mind from any illusions that Americans and Zionists want peace and recognize reality that we are in the process of national liberation not state-building. For over 72 years, Zionists practiced apartheid policies against Palestinian people which is much worse than those practiced in South Africa and like those of Nazi Germany. Even the UN human rights experts announced their condemnation of the Zionists’ annexation plan of parts of the occupied West Bank, as a “vision of a 21st century apartheid”.
The new geopolitical order provides a positive environment to a genuine solution in front of the PLO and the Palestinian people; to restore the National Charter of 1968 and resolutions of the National Councils up to 1974 on the vision of comprehensive unity of an undivided, historic Palestine in terms of both land and people, to maintain a tight link between the objectives of the Palestinian National Movement and the Arab, regional and international resistance movements, to emphasize the leading role of the organization in liberating Palestine from settler colonization along with all national forces as a framework for their alliance during the liberation stage.


veteranstoday--2020-06-25--Cortisone Defeated Covid-19: Oxford confirmed Italian Neurologist’s Therapy Negleted. How many Death

Cortisone Defeated Covid-19: Oxford confirmed Italian Neurologist’s Therapy Negleted. How many Deaths  for WHO Faults? (update)

The authoritative website specializing in Medicine www.medrxiv.org has just published the conclusion of the “ Recovery Trial ” tested by a research group of the Oxford University who has confirmed the effectiveness of an easy and cheap therapy with Cortisone to defeat Covid-19 ( or SARS-CoV-2 ) .
This method was initially tested by a brilliant Italian neurologist , but both the government of Rome and the World Health Organization neglected it because first , in March , the French minister Olivier Veron and then the WHO itself had advised against the use of this drug for the treatment of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been avoided between March and June ?
An international inquiry should answer this question… This is the abstract of the research just published .
« Background : Coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19 ) is associated with diffuse lung damage .
Corticosteroids may modulate immune-mediated lung injury and reducing progression to respiratory failure and death .
Methods : The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 therapy ( RECOVERY ) trial is a randomized , controlled , open-label , adaptive , platform trial comparing a range of possible treatments with usual care in patients hospitalized with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the comparison of dexamethasone 6 mg given once daily for up to ten days vs. usual care alone .
The primary outcome was 28-day mortality » .
« Results : 2104 patients randomly allocated to receive dexamethasone were compared with 4321 patients concurrently allocated to usual care .
Overall , 454 ( 21.6 % ) patients allocated dexamethasone and 1065 ( 24.6 % ) patients allocated usual care died within 28 days ( age-adjusted rate ratio [ RR ] 0.83 ; 95 % confidence interval [ CI ] 0.74 to 0.92 ; @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and absolute mortality rate reductions varied significantly depending on level of respiratory support at randomization ( test for trend p < 0.001 ) : Dexamethasone reduced deaths by one-third in patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation ( 29.0 % vs. 40.7 % , RR 0.65 [ 95 % CI 0.51 to 0.82 ] ; p < 0.001 ) , by one-fifth in patients receiving oxygen without invasive mechanical ventilation ( 21.5 % vs. 25.0 % , RR 0.80 [ 95 % CI 0.70 to 0.92 ] ; p=0.002 ) , but did not reduce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at randomization ( 17.0 % vs. 13.2 % , RR 1.22 [ 95 % CI 0.93 to 1.61 ] ; p=0.14 ) » .
« Conclusions : In patients hospitalized with COVID-19 , dexamethasone reduced 28-day mortality among those receiving invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen at randomization , but not among patients not receiving respiratory support » .
This conclusion highlights what has already been explained in our interview with the Italian neurologist Roberta Ricciardi who first experimented with the drug on his patients with Myasthenia who have already been treated with corticosteroids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sestili , Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Urbino : Dexamethasone treatment works best if initiated at the first symptoms .
In fact , Oxford reaffirms its effectiveness but not without artificial ventilation and therefore with the need for hospitalization .
While the experiments carried out by Dr. Ricciardi and then adopted in other hospitals have demonstrated their effectiveness in home care as we will illustrate in the next interview with a cured patient from Lombardy .
« I was in Intensive Care Unit for 7 years , I studied Medicine breathing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the throat with the insertion of a cannula – ed ) .
I struggled for a long time before going back to breathing normally .
For this reason I can not accept that a patient dies suffocated by Myasthenia gravis which thanks to Cortisone , with an ad personam cure created by me because there is no effective formula for everyone , I was able to “ switch off ” in myself and in other 7 thousand patients I follow .
This is why I experienced the CoronaVirus pandemic with concern , fearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serious risks .
So I decided to intensify the treatments with my beloved Dexamethasone .
All the cases cure are healed , none died » .
An interview is not enough for Dr. Roberta Ricciardi , a commendation is not enough .
A monument would be needed : to your patience .
Her shy and modest character as a pragmatic and volcanic Tuscan people , in doing more than appearing , during the emergency kept her away from the spotlight under which her namesake Dr. Walter Ricciardi preyed , before resigning as president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( ISS ) after an investigation by Le Jene on its at least suspicious relations with some pharmaceutical companies and with a lobbying company ( link at the bottom of the page ) .
Since the other day , Dr. Walter became scientific director of the Maugeri Scientific Clinical Institutes while Dr. Roberta , neurologist , at 65 years old , with the health marked by her “ off ” pathology but destined to accompany her throughout her life as in all other ills , it has been waiting for 30 years for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thymus Surgery Path in the Pisan University Hospital , confined to two rooms , to have spaces and staffing facilities adequate to treat the over 10 thousand Italian patients of this pathology .
A disease as rare as potentially life-threatening if not treated in time , just like the infection of the new CoronaVirus strain .
But above all , the specialist Ricciardi has been waiting for exactly two months for a response from the Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza ( Democratic Party ) to the appeal she made with 33 other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ promote suddenly and early adoption ( at the beginning of the symptoms suspected respiratory ) compared to today ’ s practice , of a simple effective anti-inflammatory therapy such as medium or high dosage associated with Cortisone , with drugs with probable anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity such as Chloroquine and Enoxaparin to prevent serious thrombotic complications like CID .
This therapy , it should be emphasized , can be carried out in the home environment » .
That ’ s life !
Especially in the healthcare world engulfed and piloted by Big Pharmas which , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world , can be candidly defined as “ habitual offenders ” .
Now in Italy we can begin to wonder about the mystery of dexamethasone used by very few doctors and to ask ourselves if the absent-minded Dicastery of Health has not named the “ wrong Ricciardi ” in the WHO .
In fact , between April 24 and June 23 , 8,706 positive people died at Covid-19 in Italian peninsula .
The causal link with the deaths will have to be validated by the ISS thanks to the medical records , since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cases although they proved to be fundamental to discover those hyper-immune reactions with thrombosis and massive pulmonary embolisms that led to new healing choices .
How many of the victims could have been saved with cortisone therapy ?
This question should take sleep away to the Italian health authorities and to the Minister Speranza who is gloating over the European agreement signed with other countries on the imminent vaccine : it will be distributed in Italy in collaboration with a pharmaceutical giant company controlled obviously by Bill Gates , as we will reveal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WuhanGates cycle .
« I ’ m not interested in politics , I ’ m so committed to treating my patients and responding to patient emails » replies the Pisan specialist to our provocation on this huge delay in response that becomes macroscopic by rereading her first interview on the anti-Covid cortisone published on April 2 from the newspaper La Nazione of Florence .
N or does he want to linger in the story of his dramatic story of a victorious patient against Myasthenia , a pathology that for an auto-immune hyperreaction invalidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ muscles compromising their mobility , on which he wrote various books .
In the past she was also invited to talk about it at the Costanzo Show ( Italian historical top talk-show ) and was the protagonist of the beautiful Italian TV ’ s TG2 report that we propose .
Doctor Roberta won her war for herself and then for her patients thanks to the prodigious cortisone formula she herself created as in “ Lorenzo ’ s oil ” .
This is the famous film with Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon referring to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sick of ALD , the adrenoleukodystrophy that devours the myelin destroying the nervous system and leading to death , surviving up to 30 years thanks to the mixture of monounsaturated triglycerides discovered , tested and produced by his father Augusto Odone .
In a long telephone chat about the medical battles of yesterday and today , we manage to steal a wonderful secret in reference to Dr. Roberta ’ s devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes .
« Faith in God and in Jesus Christ has always been indispensable for me to endure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And then to always find the strength and love necessary to help the infinite sick who needed to be treated by me » .
The curtain of personal privacy falls here as the spotlight on the therapy against Covid-19 comes on which she has been shouting at all the health authorities for months , although unheeded with the exception of a few health facilities .
« Coronavirus involves the respiratory system and the most serious complication is represented by pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure .
That ’ s why I thought that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process » says the neurologist » .
« A patient of mine in Brescia fell ill with an important form of Coronavirus , so much so that I needed a respirator and I immediately collaborated with colleagues from the Brescia hospital .
At my request , they shared the idea of increasing cortisone therapy in progress and the improvement was rapid , with the patient who was transferred home yesterday » she declared to La Nazione on 2 April in an article later taken up by Il Giornale .
« The Lombardy Region @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII of Bergamo , in the protocol of guidelines to support clinicians who have adapted them to the specific needs of individual patients .
At the same time , cortisone therapy was also included in the Coronavirus treatment protocol in Crema , San Giuseppe in Milan , Spallanzani in Rome and Trieste .
I would prefer to use Dexamethasone in medium-high dosages but Methylprednisolone is also an excellent cortisone .
I also believe that those who have cortisone therapy are ill and that they can act as protector » @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rest of the world , it was preferred to direct clinical trials on the anti-viral Remdisivir , experimented ( unsuccessfully ) to cure Ebola by Gilead , the big pharma to which we dedicated the WuhanGate 5 reportage because it was participated by George Soros ( donors Dem like Gates ) , foraged by the US Department , CIA partner in USAID projects and accused by Russia of causing the death of 79 human guinea pigs for alleged experiments on bacteriological weapons in a top-secret military laboratory in Georgia run by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was one of the 24 reports made by Gospa News to highlight the murky world of bacteriological research with a “ dual-use ” potential , ie vaccine-therapeutic but also virus-military , in the light of the now 15 scientists who claim that SARS-CoV -2 was created in the laboratory with molecular biological engineering as lastly also supported by the former head of British intelligence MI6 .
In Naples and other cities , however , the Tolicizumab had been tested which Gospa News had revealed to be as effective as it is dangerous for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to require liver transplantation and even for the possibility of anaphylactic shock ( test data clinical ) .
« I think that monoclonal antibody , used mainly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis , could , in my opinion , be replaced by cortisone therapy , but specialists will have to evaluate » declared Roberta Ricciardi always on April 2 Tocilizumab , while very few hospitals they followed his suggestion and many did it only for ICU patients , when according to the neurologist it is now too late … « Once hyperinflammation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support : earliness is the winning weapon because cortisone must be administered at the first symptoms of cough , fever and other symptoms typical of CoronaVirus » she repeats several times as if it were an SOS to be kept in mind in the unfortunately already foreseen eventuality of a second epidemic wave .
« We have proposed a different use strategy compared to that practiced in Oxford » specifies Piero Sisteli , Professor of Pharmacology of the University of Urbino and inspirer of the appeal to the Minister of Health sent by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ « That English Recovery research , conducted with clinical tests in a study under review by a specialist journal before publication , was approved , like others , for ethical reasons , only for the seriously hospitalized .
But this is precisely the condition that we want to avoid .
We believe it is necessary to anticipate their use before hospitalization , we believe that this is the time to turn off inflammatory reactions .
I heard today that some highly-rated scientific journals are preparing special articles dedicated to early care » .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug suggested by an illustrious pulmonologist .
Professor Sisteli , Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Urbino , also has a long past spent as municipal councilor of the PD in Urbino and is therefore the “ political ” soul of this appeal , the one capable of pointing out the critical issues in an analysis both health and administrative .
« Covid-19 is a disease faced with an emergency : first we didn ’ t know it , plus we let it overwhelm us .
We trusted the ability of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it did not arrive in Europe .
Instead it was already in our house .
We were overwhelmed by a tsunami and we had no alternative but to focus on the care of those who were dying rather than on the therapies of those who had just contracted a virus » .
« As far as I know , the Ministry of Health has finally taken over our report , it is also evaluating .
It because it is clear that it would be appropriate to deepen it in the light of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t feel like blaming governments while I believe that scientific responsibility should be placed on the WHO , on ECDC ( European Center Diseases Control ) which have the task of coordinating and directing international and European health policies , and many national authorities of the West » , the professor of Pharmacology says… ( read more ) POST CONTINUES HERE IN ITALIAN WITH MACHINE TRANSLATING

by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Italy
The authoritative website specializing in Medicine www.medrxiv.org has just published the conclusion of the “Recovery Trial” tested by a research group of the Oxford University who has confirmed the effectiveness of an easy and cheap therapy with Cortisone to defeat Covid-19 (or SARS-CoV-2).
This method was initially tested by a brilliant Italian neurologist, but both the government of Rome and the World Health Organization neglected it because first, in March, the French minister Olivier Veron and then the WHO itself had advised against the use of this drug for the treatment of infected patients.
How many deaths could have been avoided between March and June? An international inquiry should answer this question…
This is the abstract of the research just published.
«Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is associated with diffuse lung damage. Corticosteroids may modulate immune-mediated lung injury and reducing progression to respiratory failure and death. Methods: The Randomised Evaluation of COVID-19 therapy (RECOVERY) trial is a randomized, controlled, open-label, adaptive, platform trial comparing a range of possible treatments with usual care in patients hospitalized with COVID-19. We report the preliminary results for the comparison of dexamethasone 6 mg given once daily for up to ten days vs. usual care alone. The primary outcome was 28-day mortality».
«Results: 2104 patients randomly allocated to receive dexamethasone were compared with 4321 patients concurrently allocated to usual care. Overall, 454 (21.6%) patients allocated dexamethasone and 1065 (24.6%) patients allocated usual care died within 28 days (age-adjusted rate ratio [RR] 0.83; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.74 to 0.92; P<0.001). The proportional and absolute mortality rate reductions varied significantly depending on level of respiratory support at randomization (test for trend p<0.001): Dexamethasone reduced deaths by one-third in patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation (29.0% vs. 40.7%, RR 0.65 [95% CI 0.51 to 0.82]; p<0.001), by one-fifth in patients receiving oxygen without invasive mechanical ventilation (21.5% vs. 25.0%, RR 0.80 [95% CI 0.70 to 0.92]; p=0.002), but did not reduce mortality in patients not receiving respiratory support at randomization (17.0% vs. 13.2%, RR 1.22 [95% CI 0.93 to 1.61]; p=0.14)».
«Conclusions: In patients hospitalized with COVID-19, dexamethasone reduced 28-day mortality among those receiving invasive mechanical ventilation or oxygen at randomization, but not among patients not receiving respiratory support».
This conclusion highlights what has already been explained in our interview with the Italian neurologist Roberta Ricciardi who first experimented with the drug on his patients with Myasthenia who have already been treated with corticosteroids habitually and remarked on by Professor Piero Sestili, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Urbino: Dexamethasone treatment works best if initiated at the first symptoms.
In fact, Oxford reaffirms its effectiveness but not without artificial ventilation and therefore with the need for hospitalization. While the experiments carried out by Dr. Ricciardi and then adopted in other hospitals have demonstrated their effectiveness in-home care as we will illustrate in the next interview with a cured patient from Lombardy.
THE ITALIAN DISCOVERY (posted on June, 24)
«I was in Intensive Care Unit for 7 years, I studied Medicine breathing thanks to a tracheotomy (incision of the throat with the insertion of a cannula – ed). I struggled for a long time before going back to breathing normally. For this reason, I cannot accept that a patient dies suffocated by Myasthenia gravis which thanks to Cortisone, with an ad personal cure created by me because there is no effective formula for everyone, I was able to “switch off” in myself and in other 7 thousand patients I follow. This is why I experienced the CoronaVirus pandemic with concern, fearing that their fragility could expose them to serious risks. So I decided to intensify the treatments with my beloved Dexamethasone. All the cases cure are healed, none died».
An interview is not enough for Dr. Roberta Ricciardi, a commendation is not enough. A monument would be needed: to your patience. Her shy and modest character as a pragmatic and volcanic Tuscan people, in doing more than appearing, during the emergency kept her away from the spotlight under which her namesake Dr. Walter Ricciardi preyed, before resigning as president of the Superior Health Institute of Rome (ISS) after an investigation by Le Jene on its at least suspicious relations with some pharmaceutical companies and with a lobbying company (link at the bottom of the page).
He was among the gurus who in Rome suggested the guidelines in the emergency from Covid-19 for his role as representative of Italy on the Executive Committee of the World Health Organization. That same WHO that in mid-March had rejected the treatment with Cortisone except to exhume it in recent days. The scientific anticipation of June 16 on the 2,000 patients cured by Oxford University with Dexamethasone, a steroid anti-inflammatory of the cortisone family, has re-launched therapy in the Italian media that previously massacred it on a WHO input (Fanpage 17-3.2020). Few of the newspapers, however, remembered to remember that the Italian specialist had arrived at the same happy intuition …
Since the other day, Dr. Walter became scientific director of the Maugeri Scientific Clinical Institutes while Dr. Roberta, neurologist, at 65 years old, with the health marked by her “off” pathology but destined to accompany her throughout her life as in all other ills, it has been waiting for 30 years for its excellence clinic of the Myasthenia and Thymus Surgery Path in the Pisan University Hospital, confined to two rooms, to have spaces and staffing facilities adequate to treat the over 10 thousand Italian patients of this pathology. A disease as rare as potentially life-threatening if not treated in time, just like the infection of the new CoronaVirus strain.
But above all, the specialist Ricciardi has been waiting for exactly two months for a response from the Italian Minister of Health Roberto Speranza (Democratic Party) to the appeal she made with 33 other Italian doctors «on the need to promote suddenly and early adoption (at the beginning of the symptoms suspected respiratory) compared to today’s practice, of a simple effective anti-inflammatory therapy such as medium or high dosage associated with Cortisone, with drugs with probable anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity such as Chloroquine and Enoxaparin to prevent serious thrombotic complications like CID. This therapy, it should be emphasized, can be carried out in the home environment».
That’s life! Especially in the healthcare world engulfed and piloted by Big Pharmas which, after repeated sentences of condemnation in the world, can be candidly defined as “habitual offenders”. Now in Italy we can begin to wonder about the mystery of dexamethasone used by very few doctors and to ask ourselves if the absent-minded Dicastery of Health has not named the “wrong Ricciardi” in the WHO. In fact, between April 24 and June 23, 8,706 positive people died at Covid-19 in the Italian peninsula.
The causal link with the deaths will have to be validated by the ISS thanks to the medical records since autopsies were carried out in very few cases although they proved to be fundamental to discover those hyper-immune reactions with thrombosis and massive pulmonary embolisms that led to new healing choices. How many of the victims could have been saved with cortisone therapy?
This question should take sleep away to the Italian health authorities and to Minister Speranza who is gloating over the European agreement signed with other countries on the imminent vaccine: it will be distributed in Italy in collaboration with a pharmaceutical giant company controlled obviously by Bill Gates, as we will reveal very soon in reportage 15 of the WuhanGates cycle.
«I’m not interested in politics, I’m so committed to treating my patients and responding to patient emails» replies the Pisan specialist to our provocation on this huge delay in response that becomes macroscopic by rereading her first interview on the anti-Covid cortisone published on April 2 from the newspaper La Nazione of Florence. N
or does he want to linger in the story of his dramatic story of a victorious patient against Myasthenia, a pathology that for an auto-immune hyper reaction invalidates the connection between the nervous system and muscles compromising their mobility, on which he wrote various books. In the past, she was also invited to talk about it at the Costanzo Show (Italian historical top talk-show) and was the protagonist of the beautiful Italian TV’s TG2 report that we propose.
Doctor Roberta won her war for herself and then for her patient’s thanks to the prodigious cortisone formula she herself created as in “Lorenzo’s oil”. This is the famous film with Nick Nolte and Susan Sarandon referring to the true story of the Italian-American child sick of ALD, the adrenoleukodystrophy that devours the myelin destroying the nervous system and leading to death, surviving up to 30 years thanks to the mixture of monounsaturated triglycerides discovered, tested and produced by his father Augusto Odone.
In a long telephone chat about the medical battles of yesterday and today, we manage to steal a wonderful secret in reference to Dr. Roberta’s devotion to Our Lady of Lourdes. «Faith in God and in Jesus Christ has always been indispensable for me to endure my terrible ordeal as a young girl. And then to always find the strength and love necessary to help the infinite sick who needed to be treated by me».
The curtain of personal privacy falls here as the spotlight on the therapy against Covid-19 comes on which she has been shouting at all the health authorities for months, although unheeded with the exception of a few health facilities. «Coronavirus involves the respiratory system and the most serious complication is represented by pulmonary fibrosis and respiratory failure. That’s why I thought that using cortisone could slow down this dangerous process» says the neurologist».
«A patient of mine in Brescia fell ill with an important form of Coronavirus, so much so that I needed a respirator and I immediately collaborated with colleagues from the Brescia hospital. At my request, they shared the idea of increasing cortisone therapy in progress and the improvement was rapid, with the patient who was transferred home yesterday» she declared to La Nazione on 2 April in an article later taken up by Il Giornale.
«The Lombardy Region has included Methylprednisolone, mainly used in the ASST Papa Giovanni XXIII of Bergamo, in the protocol of guidelines to support clinicians who have adapted them to the specific needs of individual patients. At the same time, cortisone therapy was also included in the Coronavirus treatment protocol in Crema, San Giuseppe in Milan, Spallanzani in Rome, and Trieste. I would prefer to use Dexamethasone in medium-high dosages but Methylprednisolone is also an excellent cortisone. I also believe that those who have cortisone therapy are ill and that they can act as protector».
But in Italy, as in the rest of the world, it was preferred to direct clinical trials on the anti-viral Remdisivir, experimented (unsuccessfully) to cure Ebola by Gilead, the big pharma to which we dedicated the WuhanGate 5 reportage because it was participated by George Soros ( donors Dem like Gates), foraged by the US Department, CIA partner in USAID projects and accused by Russia of causing the death of 79 human guinea pigs for alleged experiments on bacteriological weapons in a top-secret military laboratory in Georgia run by the agency DTRA of the Pentagon.
It was one of the 24 reports made by Gospa News to highlight the murky world of bacteriological research with “dual-use” potential, ie vaccine-therapeutic but also virus-military, in the light of the now 15 scientists who claim that SARS-CoV -2 was created in the laboratory with molecular biological engineering as lastly also supported by the former head of British intelligence MI6.
In Naples and other cities, however, the Tolicizumab had been tested which Gospa News had revealed to be as effective as it is dangerous for the high risk of hepatitis such as to require liver transplantation and even for the possibility of anaphylactic shock (test data clinical).
«I think that monoclonal antibody, used mainly in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, could, in my opinion, be replaced by cortisone therapy, but specialists will have to evaluate» declared Roberta Ricciardi always on April 2 Tocilizumab, while very few hospitals they followed his suggestion and many did it only for ICU patients when according to the neurologist it is now too late …
«Once hyper inflammation develops, patients cannot have adequate support: earliness is the winning weapon because cortisone must be administered at the first symptoms of cough, fever and other symptoms typical of CoronaVirus» she repeats several times as if it were an SOS to be kept in mind in the unfortunately already foreseen eventuality of a second epidemic wave.
«We have proposed a different use strategy compared to that practiced in Oxford» specifies Piero Sestili, Professor of Pharmacology of the University of Urbino and inspirer of the appeal to the Minister of Health sent by the Pisan doctor and other medicals.
«That English Recovery research, conducted with clinical tests in a study under review by a specialist journal before publication, was approved, like others, for ethical reasons, only for the seriously hospitalized. But this is precisely the condition that we want to avoid. We believe it is necessary to anticipate their use before hospitalization, we believe that this is the time to turn off inflammatory reactions. I heard today that some highly-rated scientific journals are preparing special articles dedicated to early care». Gospa News reported one with a herbal drug suggested by an illustrious pulmonologist.
Professor Sestili, Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Urbino, also has a long past spent as municipal councilor of the PD in Urbino and is therefore the “political” soul of this appeal, the one capable of pointing out the critical issues in an analysis both health and administrative.
«Covid-19 is a disease faced with an emergency: first we didn’t know it, plus we let it overwhelm us. We trusted the ability of the Chinese to contain the virus thinking that it did not arrive in Europe. Instead, it was already in our house. We were overwhelmed by a tsunami and we had no alternative but to focus on the care of those who were dying rather than on the therapies of those who had just contracted a virus».
«As far as I know, the Ministry of Health has finally taken over our report, it is also evaluating. It because it is clear that it would be appropriate to deepen it in the light of the Oxford study».
INEFFECTIVE CURES. W.H.O. FAULTS?
«I don’t feel like blaming governments while I believe that scientific responsibility should be placed on the WHO, on ECDC (European Center Diseases Control) which have the task of coordinating and directing international and European health policies, and many national authorities of the West», the professor of Pharmacology says… (read more)
POST CONTINUES HERE IN ITALIAN WITH MACHINE TRANSLATING
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio
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veteranstoday--2020-06-26--Roger Waters: Fascist Israel Helped US Cops Become Murderers

RT/Moscow : Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters sees eerie similarities in Israel ’ s treatment of Palestinians and US police departments ’ approach to their own citizens .
The legendary singer told RT it ’ s “ about time ” the world called out both .
“ Thank goodness there ’ s an uprising , ” Waters told RT ’ s ‘ Going Underground ’ on Tuesday , referring to the wave of protests and riots sweeping the US since the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis last month .
“ It ’ s about time.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was described by Waters as “ an Israeli technique , proudly developed by the IDF in the occupied territories in Palestine.
” An Israeli national police spokesman recently denied that his country ’ s police force uses such a measure on suspects , and added that Israeli counterterrorism officers never taught the move to American police officers in any joint training sessions .
However , US police departments do regularly send officers to Israel for training , and such sessions are also held on US soil .
The Minneapolis Police Department , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 100 officers to an Israeli policing conference in Chicago in 2017 .
“ Those streets in the United States are occupied , ” Waters declared , slamming the “ fascist state of Israel ” for helping militarize beat cops in the US .
Waters is a longtime critic of the Israeli state ’ s policies .
In addition to celebrating the protest movement in the US , he called on the international community to condemn Israel ’ s planned annexation of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank next week .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the rest of us , and equal human rights with the Israelis , ” he told RT .
“ Stealing their whole country from them is not affording them self determination [ or ] human rights under the law.
” The disturbing commentary , which was recorded via an accidental activation of a patrol car camera , was discovered on June 4 during a monthly department audit of video recordings .
The nearly two-hour-long recording included remarks from former officers Kevin Piner , Jessie Moore and Brian Gilmore and was immediately reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ racist comments ” in a report .
A summary of an internal investigation report reveals that in one conversation between Piner and Gilmore , the pair began to criticize the department ’ s handling of the growing protests , with Piner saying that the force is more concerned about “ kneeling down with Black folks.
” In another conversation detailed in the report , Moore phoned Piner and began recounting his arrest of a Black woman the day prior , referring to her as a “ b***h ” and a “ n****r ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ using other offensive language .
At one point , the two officers also began to critique a Black magistrate , with Moore calling the official a “ p***y ” for making a decision he didn ’ t agree with .
“ God has a special place for people like that , I hope they burn in hell man… hate ‘ em .
It ’ s bad man because not all Black people are like that , ” reads a transcription of Moore ’ s remarks regarding the magistrate .
He continued by saying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kevin , 90 f**king percent of ‘ em.
” Later in the same conversation , Piner told Moore that he felt as though a second civil war was imminent and that he was “ ready ” for it .
Piner went on to say that he was going to purchase a new assault rifle in the coming weeks .
“ We are just gon na go out and start slaughtering them f**king n****rs .
I can ’ t wait .
God I can ’ t wait , ” Piner said after the pair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reads the report .
Although Moore rejected Piner ’ s remarks , later calling him “ crazy , ” Piner didn ’ t stop .
In fact , Piner further explained that society needed to undergo a civil war in order to “ wipe ‘ em off the f**king map.
” “ That ’ ll put ‘ em back about four or five generations , ” he added .
Five days after the footage was first flagged , supervisors confronted the officers with the recordings , and all three admitted to making the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each stated that the commentary was the result of built-up stress ignited by nationwide protests calling out police mistreatment against Black individuals , and that they were just “ venting.
” The department ’ s Chief Donny Williams announced during a Wednesday briefing that all three officers were dismissed for violations of standards of conduct , criticism and use of inappropriate language .
“ These conversations included disrespectful language , hate-filled speech and referred to Black people as the N-word , ” he said .
Aside from their dismissal , all cases involving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ district attorney ’ s office to determine if they showed any bias or committed any crimes .
Additionally , Williams has indicated that he will be notifying the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission of the officers ’ conduct and recommending that Piner , Moore and Gilmore not be hired by another law enforcement department .

“Thank goodness there’s an uprising,” Waters told RT’s ‘Going Underground’ on Tuesday, referring to the wave of protests and riots sweeping the US since the killing of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis last month. “It’s about time.”
The kneeling chokehold that killed Floyd was described by Waters as “an Israeli technique, proudly developed by the IDF in the occupied territories in Palestine.”
An Israeli national police spokesman recently denied that his country’s police force uses such a measure on suspects, and added that Israeli counterterrorism officers never taught the move to American police officers in any joint training sessions. However, US police departments do regularly send officers to Israel for training, and such sessions are also held on US soil. The Minneapolis Police Department, where Floyd’s killer worked, sent 100 officers to an Israeli policing conference in Chicago in 2017.
“Those streets in the United States are occupied,” Waters declared, slamming the “fascist state of Israel” for helping militarize beat cops in the US.
Waters is a longtime critic of the Israeli state’s policies. In addition to celebrating the protest movement in the US, he called on the international community to condemn Israel’s planned annexation of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank next week.
“The Palestinian people must have equal human rights with the rest of us, and equal human rights with the Israelis,” he told RT. “Stealing their whole country from them is not affording them self determination [or] human rights under the law.”
Sputnik: Three officers with North Carolina’s Wilmington Police Department were recently fired from the force after the individuals were recorded engaging in threatening and racially-charged conversations that touched on the desire to kill Black residents.


veteranstoday--2020-06-26--Blockbuster: Netanyahu Loves Trump, So Why did he conspire with Bolton to Keep Trump from Talking to

Blockbuster: Netanyahu Loves Trump, So Why did he conspire with Bolton to Keep Trump from Talking to Iran?

John Bolton ’ s revenge book hasn ’ t revealed much that is new .
But there is one exception : the story of Bolton , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’ s efforts to sabotage Trump ’ s would-be diplomacy with Tehran .
This episode reveals something crucial and until now not fully appreciated : Netanyahu ’ s ferocious opposition to the Iran nuclear deal had little to do with the deal itself and everything to do with the very idea of the United States striking any deal with Iran .
Because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama this time – he was undermining his friend Trump .
For the United States , this implies that any effort to square the circle of diplomatically resolving the dispute with Iran while satisfying Saudi Arabia ’ s and Israel ’ s geostrategic needs simply may not be possible .
Washington must choose between either satisfying its own interest in bringing U.S. troops home from the Middle East or satisfying Netanyahu and the Saudi royal family ’ s interest in keeping the United States trapped in a cycle of enmity with Iran that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their favor .
If a Trump II or a Biden administration tries to achieve both , it will end up achieving neither .
I write about this for ForeignPolicy.com today .
Netanyahu loves Trump .
So why did he conspire with Bolton to prevent Trump from talking to Iran ?
Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton ’ s revenge book hasn ’ t revealed much that is new .
It mostly adds details to already-known episodes of President Donald Trump ’ s mismanagement of world affairs .
But there is one exception @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of State Mike Pompeo , and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’ s efforts to sabotage Trump ’ s would-be diplomacy with Tehran .
This episode reveals something crucial and until now not fully appreciated : Netanyahu ’ s ferocious opposition to the Iran nuclear deal had little to do with the deal itself and everything to do with the very idea of the United States striking any deal with Iran .
The same is true for Saudi Arabia .
Whomever occupies the White House next year must address head-on the Israeli prime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s commitment to keeping the United States bogged down in conflict with Iran .
Bolton boasts about his extensive coordination with Pompeo and Netanyahu to scuttle mediation efforts by French President Emmanuel Macron and to , at all costs , prevent a meeting between Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during the G-7 summit in Biarritz , France , in 2019 .
Desperate to block any opening between the United States and Iran , Bolton instructed his staff to prepare a flight for him to return to Washington in protest .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ talking to each other so offended Bolton that he prepared a two-sentence letter of resignation if the meeting were to go ahead .
He had no such letter in hand before Trump ’ s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un .
In fact , Bolton himself participated in that meeting and shook Kim ’ s hand—demonstrating that as hawkish as he is on North Korea , he views Iran as a separate sort of pariah altogether .
He had already succeeded in scuttling an effort by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Pompeo assured Bolton that he would follow his lead in resigning if Trump met with Zarif , though , publicly , Pompeo continues to insist that his goal is to get the Iranians to “ come to the table.
” Bolton appears to have had no qualms about working with a foreign leader to undermine the expressed desire of the U.S. president he was supposedly serving .
When Netanyahu tried to dissuade Trump from meeting with Zarif , Trump ’ s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner blocked the Israeli prime minister ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he believed it was inappropriate for a foreign leader to try to dictate to the U.S. president whom he should and shouldn ’ t speak to .
Bolton had no such trepidation and instead accused Kushner of being a “ Democrat.
” But behind the banal palace intrigue that Bolton details lurks a geopolitical reality that the United States must come to terms with .
The Netanyahu government and the Israeli security apparatus—albeit not all parts of it—were not opposed to former President Barack Obama ’ s nuclear deal because of its alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remain opposed to any deal with Iran due to its geopolitical implications .
Bolton ’ s account indicates that there simply wasn ’ t anything the Obama administration could have done to placate Netanyahu and the Saudi regime .
It wasn ’ t that Obama was insufficiently sympathetic to Israeli and Saudi security concerns or that his bad rapport with Netanyahu and the Saudi royals fueled their misgivings about the nuclear talks .
After all , in Trump , Netanyahu found a very different U.S. president .
In Trump , he had a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ predecessors in acquiescing to almost all key Israeli demands : moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem , recognizing Israeli control of the Golan Heights , accepting Israeli annexation of Palestinian land , and even promising Netanyahu that the United States will support Israel if it chooses to start a war with Iran .
Both Presidents George W. Bush and Obama had pressed Israel not to take military action and only offered U.S. backing if the Iranians initiated the fighting .
It is then no surprise that the Israeli prime minister has hailed the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.
” It is hard to imagine a bigger pushover in the White House from Netanyahu ’ s standpoint .
Yet , he repeatedly worked with Bolton and Pompeo to prevent even a single meeting between Trump and the Iranians , fearing that it would lead to an agreement between Tehran and Washington that would dial back their animosity .
Netanyahu ’ s calculation is not terribly difficult to understand .
Israel ’ s longest-serving prime minister and many within the Israeli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ultimately would lead to an agreement that would reduce U.S.-Iranian tensions without necessarily decreasing the Israeli-Iranian animus proportionally .
With Iran largely moving off of the United States ’ radar , the U.S. government would be freed to shift its focus and resources away from the Middle East , leaving Israel “ abandoned ” to deal with Iran without the automatic backing of the United States .
This would reduce Israeli maneuverability in the Middle East and affect the configuration of the regional balance of power in a way that negatively impacts Israeli @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bend Washington ’ s will to his own , Netanyahu opted to prevent U.S.-Iranian diplomacy and sabotage any potential negotiations—even at the expense of damaging his relations with Obama or Israel ’ s relations with the Democratic Party .
The calculation of the House of Saud was very similar .
Saudi Arabia ’ s partnership with the United States has allowed it to enjoy a position in the region that its own power never could justify .
But for that benefit to be enduring , the United States must remain committed to keeping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to check Riyadh ’ s rivals .
A U.S.-Iranian accommodation would not only jeopardize Saudi Arabia ’ s beneficial position , but it would also force Riyadh to confront Tehran alone—something it lacks the military and political competence to do , unlike Israel .
In that sense , Saudi Arabia ’ s anxiety about losing U.S. backing is more understandable .
Israel is a powerful nuclear-equipped nation with one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world .
It has deterred and pushed back Iran ’ s position in Syria without any help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t point to any such achievement .
For the United States—whether led by Trump or by his rival candidate Joe Biden—this implies that any effort to square the circle of diplomatically resolving the dispute with Iran while satisfying Saudi Arabia ’ s and Israel ’ s geostrategic needs simply may not be possible .
Bolton ’ s inside account has inadvertently clarified that Washington must choose between either satisfying its own interest in bringing U.S. troops home from the Middle East and avoiding an unnecessary war with Iran or satisfying Netanyahu @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interest in keeping the United States trapped in a cycle of enmity with Iran that keeps the region ’ s balance in their favor .
The reality is that none of the United States ’ core interests warrants a major U.S. military presence in the Middle East , let alone U.S. military domination of the region .
Retaining such a force structure in order to sustain a partnership with Israel and Saudi Arabia gets the very purpose of alliances backward .
However problematic or erroneous their approach may be , Israel and Saudi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and are pursuing them unapologetically .
The U.S. government should do the same .
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University .
Twitter : @ tparsi

Introduction
John Bolton’s revenge book hasn’t revealed much that is new. But there is one exception: the story of Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s would-be diplomacy with Tehran.
This episode reveals something crucial and until now not fully appreciated: Netanyahu’s ferocious opposition to the Iran nuclear deal had little to do with the deal itself and everything to do with the very idea of the United States striking any deal with Iran. Because Netanyahu wasn’t targeting his nemesis Obama this time – he was undermining his friend Trump.
For the United States, this implies that any effort to square the circle of diplomatically resolving the dispute with Iran while satisfying Saudi Arabia’s and Israel’s geostrategic needs simply may not be possible.
Washington must choose between either satisfying its own interest in bringing U.S. troops home from the Middle East or satisfying Netanyahu and the Saudi royal family’s interest in keeping the United States trapped in a cycle of enmity with Iran that keeps the region’s balance in their favor.
If a Trump II or a Biden administration tries to achieve both, it will end up achieving neither.
I write about this for ForeignPolicy.com today.
Sincerely,
Trita Parsi, PhD
Netanyahu loves Trump. So why did he conspire with Bolton to prevent Trump from talking to Iran?
Trita Parsi, June 25, 2020
via Foreign Policy
Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton’s revenge book hasn’t revealed much that is new. It mostly adds details to already-known episodes of President Donald Trump’s mismanagement of world affairs. But there is one exception: the story of Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s would-be diplomacy with Tehran.
This episode reveals something crucial and until now not fully appreciated: Netanyahu’s ferocious opposition to the Iran nuclear deal had little to do with the deal itself and everything to do with the very idea of the United States striking any deal with Iran.
The same is true for Saudi Arabia. Whomever occupies the White House next year must address head-on the Israeli prime minister and the Saudi crown prince’s commitment to keeping the United States bogged down in conflict with Iran.
Bolton boasts about his extensive coordination with Pompeo and Netanyahu to scuttle mediation efforts by French President Emmanuel Macron and to, at all costs, prevent a meeting between Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif during the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, in 2019.
Desperate to block any opening between the United States and Iran, Bolton instructed his staff to prepare a flight for him to return to Washington in protest. The idea of the Americans and Iranians talking to each other so offended Bolton that he prepared a two-sentence letter of resignation if the meeting were to go ahead. He had no such letter in hand before Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
In fact, Bolton himself participated in that meeting and shook Kim’s hand—demonstrating that as hawkish as he is on North Korea, he views Iran as a separate sort of pariah altogether. He had already succeeded in scuttling an effort by Republican Sen. Rand Paul to get Zarif to visit the White House. Pompeo assured Bolton that he would follow his lead in resigning if Trump met with Zarif, though, publicly, Pompeo continues to insist that his goal is to get the Iranians to “come to the table.”
Bolton appears to have had no qualms about working with a foreign leader to undermine the expressed desire of the U.S. president he was supposedly serving. When Netanyahu tried to dissuade Trump from meeting with Zarif, Trump’s son-in-law and advisor Jared Kushner blocked the Israeli prime minister’s attempts to reach Trump, as he believed it was inappropriate for a foreign leader to try to dictate to the U.S. president whom he should and shouldn’t speak to. Bolton had no such trepidation and instead accused Kushner of being a “Democrat.”
But behind the banal palace intrigue that Bolton details lurks a geopolitical reality that the United States must come to terms with. The Netanyahu government and the Israeli security apparatus—albeit not all parts of it—were not opposed to former President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal because of its alleged flaws. They were then and now remain opposed to any deal with Iran due to its geopolitical implications.
Bolton’s account indicates that there simply wasn’t anything the Obama administration could have done to placate Netanyahu and the Saudi regime. It wasn’t that Obama was insufficiently sympathetic to Israeli and Saudi security concerns or that his bad rapport with Netanyahu and the Saudi royals fueled their misgivings about the nuclear talks.
After all, in Trump, Netanyahu found a very different U.S. president. In Trump, he had a president willing to break with all his predecessors in acquiescing to almost all key Israeli demands: moving the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing Israeli control of the Golan Heights, accepting Israeli annexation of Palestinian land, and even promising Netanyahu that the United States will support Israel if it chooses to start a war with Iran.
Both Presidents George W. Bush and Obama had pressed Israel not to take military action and only offered U.S. backing if the Iranians initiated the fighting. It is then no surprise that the Israeli prime minister has hailed the former reality TV star as the “the greatest friend that Israel has ever had in the White House.”
It is hard to imagine a bigger pushover in the White House from Netanyahu’s standpoint. Yet, he repeatedly worked with Bolton and Pompeo to prevent even a single meeting between Trump and the Iranians, fearing that it would lead to an agreement between Tehran and Washington that would dial back their animosity.
Netanyahu’s calculation is not terribly difficult to understand. Israel’s longest-serving prime minister and many within the Israeli security establishment have feared that U.S.-Iranian diplomacy ultimately would lead to an agreement that would reduce U.S.-Iranian tensions without necessarily decreasing the Israeli-Iranian animus proportionally.
With Iran largely moving off of the United States’ radar, the U.S. government would be freed to shift its focus and resources away from the Middle East, leaving Israel “abandoned” to deal with Iran without the automatic backing of the United States. This would reduce Israeli maneuverability in the Middle East and affect the configuration of the regional balance of power in a way that negatively impacts Israeli interests.
Supremely confident that he could bend Washington’s will to his own, Netanyahu opted to prevent U.S.-Iranian diplomacy and sabotage any potential negotiations—even at the expense of damaging his relations with Obama or Israel’s relations with the Democratic Party.
The calculation of the House of Saud was very similar. Saudi Arabia’s partnership with the United States has allowed it to enjoy a position in the region that its own power never could justify. But for that benefit to be enduring, the United States must remain committed to keeping a large military presence in the region to check Riyadh’s rivals.
A U.S.-Iranian accommodation would not only jeopardize Saudi Arabia’s beneficial position, but it would also force Riyadh to confront Tehran alone—something it lacks the military and political competence to do, unlike Israel.
In that sense, Saudi Arabia’s anxiety about losing U.S. backing is more understandable. Israel is a powerful nuclear-equipped nation with one of the most sophisticated militaries in the world. It has deterred and pushed back Iran’s position in Syria without any help from the United States. Saudi Arabia can’t point to any such achievement.
For the United States—whether led by Trump or by his rival candidate Joe Biden—this implies that any effort to square the circle of diplomatically resolving the dispute with Iran while satisfying Saudi Arabia’s and Israel’s geostrategic needs simply may not be possible.
Bolton’s inside account has inadvertently clarified that Washington must choose between either satisfying its own interest in bringing U.S. troops home from the Middle East and avoiding an unnecessary war with Iran or satisfying Netanyahu and the Saudi royal family’s interest in keeping the United States trapped in a cycle of enmity with Iran that keeps the region’s balance in their favor.
The reality is that none of the United States’ core interests warrants a major U.S. military presence in the Middle East, let alone U.S. military domination of the region. Retaining such a force structure in order to sustain a partnership with Israel and Saudi Arabia gets the very purpose of alliances backward.
However problematic or erroneous their approach may be, Israel and Saudi Arabia have defined their interests vis-à-vis America and are pursuing them unapologetically. The U.S. government should do the same.
Trita Parsi is the executive vice president of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University. Twitter: @tparsi


veteranstoday--2020-06-25--NYPD Officer arrested quickly in response to choking incident

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