Charlotte Silver, an independent journalist and regular writer for the Electronic Intifada, discusses the plight of Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq, who has been on a hunger strike for 3 months in protest of being held in administrative detention in Israel.

Dan Sanchez,  a contributing editor at Antiwar.com and an independent journalist for TheAntiMedia.org, discusses Israel's "Plan B" in Syria if their long-planned regime change of Assad's government fails to happen.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses his article on the Israel lobby's international reach and influence in nearly every western nation.

Joe Lauria, a veteran foreign-affairs journalist based at the U.N. since 1990, discusses why the US-Russia brokered ceasefire in Syria will fail; and the huge risk taken by Turkey and Saudi Arabia in pressing for Assad's regime change while backing Sunni terrorists.

Muhammad Sahimi, a professor of chemical engineering and the editor and publisher of Iran News and Middle East Reports, discusses the mechanics of the upcoming Iranian elections and why they are so important for Iran and the greater Middle East.

Chris Ernesto, cofounder of St. Pete for Peace, discusses why self-professed peacenik liberal supporters of Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign are hypocrites.

Ramzy Baroud, the founder of PalestineChronicle.com, discusses the mainstream media's wholesale adoption of Israeli rhetoric on the occupied territories, and why the status quo in Gaza is a precursor for war.

Sheldon Richman, now a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the volatile mixture of Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, free trade policies, and American jobs.

JP Sottile, a freelance journalist, published historian, radio co-host and documentary filmmaker, discusses how NewsVandal.com cuts through the mainstream media's obfuscation and follows the money to get the truth - like in Sottile's article "Hillary Clinton's Pay-for-Play Reality."

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent investigative journalist, discusses how US policy in Syria has changed since Russian intervention shored up the Assad government's hold on power.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses how NATO, under US leadership, has expanded to Russia's borders since the Soviet Union's disintegration; and how we risk nuclear war by meddling in Ukraine - a country most American's couldn't care less about and which has nothing to do with US national interests.

Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the guest speakers scheduled for his upcoming "Israel's Influence: Good or Bad for America?" conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, March 18, 2016.

Derek Davison, a Washington-based researcher and writer on international affairs and American politics, discusses Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders's foreign policy positions on the Middle East, and how they compare with those of ultra-hawk Hillary Clinton.

Sheldon Richman, now a regular columnist at Antiwar.com, discusses the end to Rand Paul's disappointing Presidential campaign, and who is likely to win the Republican nomination.

Daniel Davis, a retired Lt. Col. in the US Army, discusses his firsthand account of why the 2009 "surge" in Afghanistan was a failure, and why throwing more US troops at it now isn't going to help either.