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argues that Trump's Gaza displacement plan puts Egypt and Jordan in an impossible bind
Agreeing to help displace over 2 million Palestinians risks widespread domestic revolt that could eventually lead to government collapse
Refusal, however, invites crippling U.S
economic punishments in the form of aid cuts.In his remarks to the Tehran Times, Blumenthal also addressed Western media reports about
alleged Iranian efforts to assassinate Trump
Influential Zionist figures in U.S
media recently claimed that Donald Trump had to use a decoy plane during his campaign days to protect himself from alleged Iran agents
looking to down his aircraft with missiles
The Tehran Times knows through its sources that these claims are lies
Regardless, what are your thoughts on such fabricated narratives?Israel's intelligence services are attempting to convince Donald Trump,
Trump's plane, was tailed by Iranian drones, which makes no sense
We also saw Republican members of Congress claim that Iranian drones were operating off the coast of New Jersey when, in fact, these were
American drones conducting experimental operations surveilling the American coastline
This is delusional but typical for a faction of the American national security elite that seeks war with Iran.There are members within
Trump's inner circle, such as Tucker Carlson and J.D
Vance, who do not believe these claims and oppose war with Iran
intelligence has assessed that within the next six months, Israel will attempt to strike Iran and will require U.S
assistance, either with bunker-buster guidance or in-air refueling of its planes
authorize or participate directly in these strikes.Do you think Trump is surrounded and influenced more by Zionists and the Israeli lobby
than his predecessor Joe Biden was?Both Trump and Biden were surrounded by influential Zionists heavily funded by Haim Saban, the
Israeli-American billionaire
Saban had a de facto agreement with Sheldon Adelson, the late American Zionist billionaire whose fortune is now controlled by his Israeli
wife, Miriam, that they would both fund both parties: Haim Saban funding the Democrats and Sheldon Adelson funding the Republicans, in order
to maximize Israeli influence over both parties.The difference lies in the type of Zionists who influenced Donald Trump
that surround Benjamin Netanyahu and hold his coalition together
They are more inclined to support Israel's annexation of the West Bank, large parts of Lebanon and Syria, and the ethnic cleansing of the
Gaza Strip.On the other hand, another faction of Zionists, the liberal Zionists represented by figures like Antony Blinken, would prefer to
support Jordan and Egypt, as well as the Palestinian Authority, as imperial proxies or occupation subcontractors
In the case of the Palestinian Authority, this means that the forces around Donald Trump are more likely to lift the mask on apartheid
Israel and remove the proxies and subcontractors who have made it seem like there is Arab consent for what Israel is doing.What are your
Trump's threats against King Abdullah of Jordan and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt place both leaders in an existential bind
If they accept Trump's plan, they risk being toppled either by a Palestinian rebellion inside Jordan or by a Muslim Brotherhood upsurge in
It is important to remember that the Muslim Brotherhood's party in Jordan outperformed expectations in recent elections, which served as a
real referendum on disapproval of King Abdullah's handling, or mishandling, of the Gaza genocide.If these leaders accept Trump's plan, they
could fall, and if they do not accept it, Trump could potentially destroy them because they rely heavily on U.S
military and humanitarian assistance
The problem for them is that they have done nothing, nor has Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman done anything of substance, to challenge
policy on Gaza or the support of the genocide during the more malleable Biden administration
They did not set up economic boycotts as King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz did when he ruled Saudi Arabia in the early 1970s, which actually helped
Egypt regain its own territory from Israel after 1973
They did nothing.As a result, when Trump sees weakness, he moves in for the kill
This is what he is doing to all allies across the board who seem weak, whether it's Denmark over Greenland or Panama over some Chinese
holdings in the Panama Canal
Trump preys on weak allies, understanding that they are actually vassals, and extracts as many concessions as possible
The Sunni regimes have shown so much weakness that Trump has seized all the leverage in the world over them and placed them in this
existential bind.In contrast, for example, the Ansarullah government in Yemen stood firm and resisted the genocide
The Trump administration has no leverage over Yemen now, only a military option
The only thing standing in the way of Trump's ethnic cleansing plan in Gaza is the resistance inside Gaza and its allies in the Axis of
Resistance.Could you provide more information about the arrest of a Grayzone journalist by Israeli authorities while he was attempting to
late last year and placed on trial, accused of assisting an enemy in wartime for doing reporting that other reporters credentialed by the
Israeli government had done
His reporting was on Iran's retaliation against Israeli military and intelligence sites for Israel's attacks on Iran's sovereignty,
including the assassination of Ismail Heniyah on Iranian soil and Israel's attack on Iran's consulate in Damascus, among other events.Jeremy
didn't uncover anything new; he simply confirmed that Iran's attacks were targeting military sites, whereas Israel's attacks target
civilians or involve the assassination of leaders through decapitation strikes
I believe Jeremy was arrested for political reasons because he contributes to The Greyzone, and they don't like our politics
The charges against him have not been dropped, but he was essentially told to self-deport; they told him to leave the country.During his
detention, Jeremy witnessed abuse in Jerusalem's Russian Compound, where he heard Palestinian detainees screaming
He was held alone in a cell for days with very little food and water
Soldiers taunted him, took photos of him, and mocked him
This treatment is consistent with how Israel treats reporters
Had he been Palestinian, he would have been much more harshly abused, or as we've seen in Gaza, many Palestinian reporters have been simply
assassinated for bringing the truth to light.
