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Mel Gurtov

  • Professor, Portland State University and Writer, Freelance
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Prof.of Pol Sci, Univ of California, Riverside and Portland State Univ; Ed-in-Chief and Sr Editor, Asian Perspective (1994-2017). Blog "In the Human Interest."
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Mel Gurtov: There’s a method to Netanyahu’s madness

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By Mel Gurtov
| News-Register
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s re-election chances election hinge on carrying his war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald Trump, who has called Netanyahu “crazy” for undermining US-Iran peace talks by continuing military action in Lebanon and trading fire with Iran. Last week, Iran fired missiles at Israel.
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Trump Wants Peace With Iran. Netanyahu Needs a War.

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By Mel Gurtov
| LA Progressive
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chances of reelection hinge on carrying on the war Hezbollah and keeping the fires burning with Iran. At the same time, he must assuage Donald Trump, who has called Netanyahu “crazy” for undermining US-Iran peace talks by continuing military action in Lebanon and, just last week, exchanging fire with Iran. In that exchange, Iran fired missiles at Israel and Israel bombed a petrochemical plant in Iran as well as bombed Hezbollah positions near Beirut.
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Defeats in the Middle East, One Place at a Time

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By Mel Gurtov
| CounterPunch
President Donald Trump hates to lose, but he is on a losing streak in the Middle East—not just in Iran, where his illegal, unprovoked war has been a strategic and diplomatic disaster, but also in Gaza, Lebanon, and the US Congress. Israel’s military is out of control in Gaza and Lebanon. Trump surely doesn’t mind that happening in Gaza, except that his prized Board of Peace is powerless to remake the strip into a showcase of peace and prosperity.
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