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The talk of a new Middle Eastern “deal” we have been hearing over the past few days is jarring. The agreement reportedly being cooked up sees Syria cede the Golan Heights to Israel in return for the Lebanese city of Tripoli.

Listening to the speeches of US President Donald Trump leaves one with the impression that the man is convinced he can change realities he does not like.

The rise of Zohran Mamdani, who last week won the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City, the largest and most impressive city in the US, has jolted the American public out of their slumber, which had seemed endless since Donald Trump entered the White House.

When a nation’s options are narrowed by dramatic developments, it is left with two choices: gloating or denial.

Both affirm that this nation has resigned itself to a life on the margins of history.

Let us forget, for a moment, that the president of the US is the most powerful political leader in the world and that he can annihilate humanity at the press of a button or obliterate the global economy with an executive order.

It is an absurdity of Middle Eastern politics that many politicians and analysts are still betting on the complete elimination of Iran’s role in the region. Even more absurd is the expectation that Israel will drag Washington into this “war of elimination.”