From Kurdistan to K Street
How small-time businessman Shlomi Michaels became a key middleman in Washington’s covert foreign policy machine.
Laura Rozen is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist. She is a diplomatic correspondent for Al-Monitor covering Washington, foreign policy and the Middle East. Previously, she covered foreign policy and national security issues for Yahoo! News, Politico, Foreign Policy, the American Prospect, and the Washington Monthly. Last updated July 2017
How small-time businessman Shlomi Michaels became a key middleman in Washington’s covert foreign policy machine.
As Freedom’s Watch mounts a campaign to defend the war on Iraq, some conservatives are grumbling about the group – and its wealthy backer, Sheldon Adelson.
Major policy shifts are afoot as Washington hawks warn Israeli policymakers that they could be on their own on Iran.