July 10, 2018 – Astute News

July 10, 2018

Erdogan’s Doing Something Right If the Saudis Are Crying About Him to Israel

Several Arab states reportedly warned Israel about Turkish influence in Jerusalem. The Israeli information outlet Haaretz published an article over the weekend claiming that Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and the Palestinian Authority all shared their worries with Tel Aviv about Turkey’s growing influence in the Holy City. According to the publication, they warned how Ankara is using Islamic charities, protesters, and...

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July 10, 2018

Israel Is Bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – and With It the Two-State Solution

Israel finally built an access road to the West Bank village of Khan Al Ahmar last week, after half a century of delays. But Israel only allows vehicles like the bulldozers scheduled to sweep away its 200 inhabitants’ homes. If one community has come to symbolize the demise of the two-state solution, it is Khan Al Ahmar. It was for...

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July 10, 2018

America First, Helsinki, and Trump’s Existential Threat to the Empire

The major – perhaps only – redeeming virtue of the Donald’s ersatz campaign platform was his clear intent to seek a rapprochement with Russia, revamp America’s commitments to NATO and other cold war relics and to discard “Regime Change” as the core tenant of foreign policy. In essence, “America First” was to become the new route to domestic security and...

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July 10, 2018

Saudi Plans in Regard to Qatar Fail

Rumors abound that the Saudis are planning to dig a large canal in the north of the country which will turn Qatar from a Peninsula into an island. Saudi media report that private investors from Saudi Arabia and the UAE will finance the state-ordered construction of the canal on Arabian territory. The canal would be designed to separate Qatar from...

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July 10, 2018

By Snubbing China in Rimpac, US Plays a Dangerous War Game

China’s exclusion from – and Vietnam’s inclusion in – this summer’s Rim of the Pacific naval exercise (Rimpac) is not just a diplomatic snub – it’s the kind of slight that could have deep and dangerous geopolitical repercussions. The US-led Rimpac, which started in late June and lasts until early August, is a biennial military exercise often referred to as...

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July 10, 2018

Trump’s Delusional Iran Oil Gambit Is Decades Too Late

Trump is using everything he’s got to wage economic war on Iran. His problem is that ‘everything he’s got’ is not nearly enough, as the virtual monopoly power once wielded by the US has long since evaporated. Last week, a senior state department official announced the US’ intention to cut Iranian oil exports “to zero” by November 4 this year,...

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July 10, 2018

America Bombs, Europe Gets the Refugees. That’s Evil

The US Government (with France and a few other US allies) bombs Libya, Syria, etc.; and the US regime refuses to accept any of the resulting refugees — the burdens from which are now breaking the EU, and the EU is sinking in economic competition against America’s international corporations. America’s corporations remain blithely unscathed by not only the refugees that are breaking up...

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July 10, 2018

With Serbia and Kosovo Both Vying for EU Membership, the Question Remains: Who Won the War?

Who won the war? There are a few ruins left from the NATO bombing of 1998, and outside the parliament building in Belgrade – of “Serbian democracy”, more later – there is a long banner containing photographs of the Serbs who were killed in Kosovo two decades ago. Men, women children, civilians, soldiers and, of course, the occasional war criminal or...

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Daily Archive: July 10, 2018

Erdogan’s Doing Something Right If the Saudis Are Crying About Him to Israel

Israel Is Bulldozing Khan Al Ahmar – and With It the Two-State Solution

America First, Helsinki, and Trump’s Existential Threat to the Empire

Saudi Plans in Regard to Qatar Fail

By Snubbing China in Rimpac, US Plays a Dangerous War Game

Trump’s Delusional Iran Oil Gambit Is Decades Too Late

America Bombs, Europe Gets the Refugees. That’s Evil

With Serbia and Kosovo Both Vying for EU Membership, the Question Remains: Who Won the War?