Middle East Eye | Seyed Hossein Mousavian: In arecentop-ed in The New York Times, Thomas Friedman criticised former US President Barack Obama's bet on Iran and President Donald Trumps bet on Saudi Arabia, noting that both countries responded with their worst impulses. Friedman argues thatthe Iran nuclear dealwas a bet worth making, but like many ...

American Herald Tribune | Donald Liebich: Thomas Friedmans recent New York Times op-ed,Saudi ArabiasArab Spring, at Last, has attracted a large amount of attention, making the trending list on many social media and on-line news platforms. As has been his wont since he has become a sought after media celebrity, Mr. Freidman flies into Tel Aviv, Beijing,...

Thomas Friedman, reporting from Abu Dhabi this week, wrote in The New York Times, There are so many conflicting dreams and nightmares playing out among ourMiddle East allies in the war on [IS]that Freud would not have been able to keep them straight. The worst of these nightmares for US regional allies seems to be a nuclear deal between the P5+1 and ...

In his latest screed,New York TimescolumnistThomas Friedman has accused the Israel lobby of standing in the way of U.S. President Barack H. Obama, preventing him from reaching a desirable agreement with Iran on its nuclear program. Never have I seen Israel and Americas core Arab allies working more in concert to stymie a major foreign policy initiative ...