Fanatics, an obsessive, and a belligerent fool

Despite the American president’s ludicrous claims to the contrary, there is no deal on the table, no meaningful negotiations of any kind underway with Iran.

United States President Donald Trump, right, let himself be talked into a surprise 'decapitation' attack on Iran by his Israeli partner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyahu, but it did not deliver the promised results, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of the White House

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

April 7, 2026

LONDON, U.K.—We don’t have to look very far to find a useful historical analogy for the current crisis in the Middle East. In 1967, Egypt closed the Strait of Tiran to Israeli ships, and Israel replied with a surprise air attack that destroyed almost the entire Egyptian ...

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