Israel’s next election will decide far more than who governs. It will help determine whether the country can reclaim its democratic foundations, restore its international standing, and fulfill its founding promise—or continue down a path that endangers the very future its leaders claim to defend Hardly any election in Israel’s history has carried such profound…
When a president confuses personal loyalty with public duty and self-glorification with leadership, democracy pays the price. Trump’s conduct reveals a disgusting and disturbing pattern: he put the presidency in service of his ego rather than the nation The damage Trump has inflicted on this country and the world is incalculable. The irony is staggering:…
A people are being erased not in a single cataclysm, but through daily terror: bulldozers, armed settlers, night raids, demolished homes, and stolen water. The West Bank’s suffering is not a security policy—it is a warning of Israel’s own moral collapse There are crimes that arrive with explosions, and crimes that advance quietly—through a bulldozer…
Israel’s claim that the IDF is “the most moral army in the world” did not survive Gaza. What emerged was not moral exceptionalism, but a machinery of devastation so vast that the slogan now stands as an indictment—of power without restraint and conscience without consequences One of the most consistent claims Israel has made over…
Today’s guest is Ambassador Lukman Faily, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations. Ambassador Faily has served in various roles in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including as Ambassador of Iraq to Japan, the United States, and most recently, Germany.
In this episode, we discuss diplomacy at the United Nations, especially at a time of great global conflict and advancing technologies like AI, how dialogue and discussion are utilized in managing world affairs in relation to security, development, and human rights, and what impact the redefinition of the US’ national security and role in the world will have globally.
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UNRWA remains the backbone of humanitarian assistance in Gaza, providing food, medical care, education, clean water, and psychosocial support to more than a million Palestinians caught in an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Efforts to dismantle or delegitimize the agency threaten to deepen civilian suffering and undermine the delivery of lifesaving aid.
Today’s podcast guest is Dr. Dania Arayssi, a Senior Research Fellow at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy and a scholar of Middle East political economy and participation. She also serves as an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and teaches at George Washington University. Her research focuses on Middle East politics, with particular expertise in Syria, Lebanon, Iran, and Hezbollah.
In this episode, we discuss the fragmentation of the order and power that used to exist in the Middle East, the efforts of Iran to spread their influence and power in an attempt to hold on to the old order, the possibility of a NATO-like alliance in the Middle East, and the potential for security arrangements like the Mecca Agreement eventually encompassing Israel alongside its neighbors.
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The Netanyahu government`s policies of dispossession, widespread destruction, displacement, killings, and terror against Palestinian civilians betray the moral inheritance of Judaism. They endanger Jews worldwide by creating the poisonous impression that all Jews are complicit in Israel’s atrocities and giving unprecedented rise to antisemitism.
A sweeping Democratic victory in the midterms is within reach—but only if we turn hope into action. Every American alarmed about our country’s future must turn out in overwhelming numbers and vote for Democratic candidates for both the House and Senate. We must deny Trump control of Congress and make his final two years a reckoning, not a license for further abuses of power. America’s democracy, freedoms, and future hang in the balance. Do not sit this election out. Do not assume others will carry the burden. Your vote is your power—and protecting this country is your responsibility. Show up. Vote Democratic. Make every vote count.
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Asked when the war with Iran would end, Trump reportedly answered, “When I decide to end it.” Imagine: a war disrupting the global economy and devastating lives across the Gulf and Israel rests on one president’s whim. When will Americans demand an immediate end to this war? The path forward must recognize Iran’s right to a peaceful nuclear program under the strictest monitoring and verification—not endless destruction. Trump’s demand that Iran renounce nuclear weapons ignores its repeated declarations that it does not seek them. The challenge is securing enforceable commitments, not extracting another declaration while the human and economic costs mount.
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When Satanyahu says he can.
diapers are advisers ?????
Trump is the best president of our lifetimes.
Pretty good. The real answer Iran is counting on though is when the Democrats win it for them. So the disruption continues courtesy of the 🔵
Aloha snackbar Mohammed
Hopefully Iran will follow the path of “to destroy a man, destroy his legacy”
Pontius Pilate
Fake news and post
When they are a parking lot.
Same leftist retards have no problem with IRAN having NUCLEAR WEAPONS and a history of world wide TERRORISM
Moron
Banned suspended for Trump face death penalty in JAIL
He is giving them a chance to stop the stupidity and join the world as peacefully civilized people. Too bad that won’t work as they are maniacs and will have to be eliminated one way or another. Read this slowly as you are not very intelligent
This is true leadership. Now go and cry.
I wish that were true, he has no control over the war. Bomb them, invade or whatever you want. They are not going anywhere
Impeach Trump and it will end
False claims.
I am astounded that with all of the credible allegations and convictions against this dirt bag he still allowed to continue destroying our country! WTF America? USA government is a DISGRACE TO THE WORLD!l Dear Congress until that corrupt criminal pedophile TRAITOR is behind bars! Congress is just as guilty as he is! Congress holds the power to stop this shit and you all turn a blind eye to his madness Allowing him to destroy our reputation on the world stage, terrorizing and killing our citizens, rounding up anyone who is not white and sticking them in concentration camps with inhumane conditions! Lifting sanctions on Russia and buying Diesel from Russia while russia is supporting Iran by giving them satellite information showing where our bases in foreign countries are so they could blow them to hell! And Now the TRAITOR and musk fucks with Ukraines access to star link and star shield to allow Putin to kill more Ukrainians!
This garbage mouth has his sights on massacring millions more Iranians on way or the other. Let's just hope the US military has had enough child killing this time.
6x IRGC has lied about its nuclear program. With its end civilization to usher in the 12th Imam, ideology, it cannot have nukes. Six times you are out. 80% of Iranians want Khomeini, the IRGC gone Trump has no choice but to remove them.
the man is mentally ill and clearly suffering from dementia.....a total embarassement
Total made up Bullshit.
Today’s guest is Ambassador Lukman Faily, Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations. Ambassador Faily has served in various roles in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs including as Ambassador of Iraq to Japan, the United States, and most recently, Germany.
In this episode, we discuss diplomacy at the United Nations, especially at a time of great global conflict and advancing technologies like AI, how dialogue and discussion are utilized in managing world affairs in relation to security, development, and human rights, and what impact the redefinition of the US’ national security and role in the world will have globally.
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Ambassador Lukman Faily is the Permanent Representative of Iraq to the United Nations. Ambassador Faily has served in various roles in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including as Ambassador of Iraq to Japan, the United States, and most recently, Germany.
Ambassador Faily represents a rising generation of professionals, business leaders, and civic activists who have returned home to build a free-market democracy in their native land. Mr. Faily brings extensive experience in diplomacy, business organization management, Information Technology, and civic activism, as well as a familiarity with Anglo-American traditions and institutions, to his role.
From August 2021 until July 2025, Mr. Faily served as Iraq’s Ambassador to Germany. He previously served as Ambassador to Japan from June 2010 until May 2013. Before this assignment, he served as an Ambassador at the Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Faily lived in the United Kingdom for 20 years, working in the Information Technology sector for several transnational companies. During his last ten years in the UK, he held senior management positions in two major American companies, Ceridan Centrefile and then Electronic Data Systems, which is now part of Hewlett Packard. In addition, he held consultancy and team-leader positions in the Information Technology sector.
While living and working in the UK, Mr. Faily was an active leader within the large Iraqi exile community and served as a trustee for several non-governmental Iraqi organizations. He also played an active role in opposing Saddam’s dictatorship and advocated for democracy and rule of law in Iraq.
Mr. Faily holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK in 1988. Continuing his postgraduate studies, he has completed a Master in Business Administration (MBA) in Technology Management and a postgraduate degree in Computing for Commerce and Industry.
Fluent in English, Arabic and Kurdish, Ambassador Faily was born in Baghdad in 1966. He is married to Mrs. Lameis Faily and is the father of four boys.
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As Israel’s elections conclude, neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor Eisenkot’s appears able to secure the 61 seats needed to govern without Arab parties, which could hold 1–18 seats. It is outrageous that Eisenkot’s camp would hesitate even for a moment to invite them into government. Arab citizens represent roughly 20% of Israel’s population. Their inclusion is a democratic right, not merely a political necessity. Jewish-Arab coexistence is Israel’s unavoidable future, as is coexistence with Palestinians in the occupied territories. If Eisenkot receives the mandate to form a government, he must invite Arab parties immediately. Delay gives Netanyahu time to sabotage that prospect—with potentially catastrophic consequences for Israel.
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