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Europe’s Two-State Delusion: Repeating Failure, Ignoring Facts

Let us begin with the most basic question EU policymakers refuse to answer: to whom exactly do they intend to hand this Palestinian state? To the Palestinian Authority, widely viewed, even by its own people, as “irredeemably corrupt,” terrorist, repressive, and illegitimate, and committed to displacing Israel? Or to Hamas, …

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U.S.-Iranian negotiations: uncertainty

Negotiations between the United States and Iran since the first round in Islamabad reflect a stagnation of stumbling over disagreements over key issues such as the nuclear program and mechanisms to stop the war. At the same time, Washington has stepped up pressure through the naval blockade and sanctions, along …

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Severly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei delegates power to generals as military takes control of Iran: Report

New Supreme Leader remains in hiding with severe burns and limb injuries after February airstrike; Revolutionary Guard commanders emerge as dominant decision-makers in ‘board of directors’ governance Iran’s newly appointed Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is currently governing from an undisclosed hideout while struggling to recover from catastrophic injuries sustained in …

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Iran Update Special Report, April 20, 2026

Key Takeaways Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf appears to be engaged in a serious intra-regime debate with Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Commander Major General Ahmad Vahidi and other senior regime officials opposed to negotiations with the United States. Vahidi appears to have the upper hand over Ghalibaf at …

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