The year 2022 witnessed several political events that dominated the attention of Americans and the world, most notably the assassination of Al-Jazeera journalist Sherine Abu Aqelah by the Israeli army, Russia's war on Ukraine, and the US midterm elections.

The "From Washington" episode focused on the way the US administration deals with these events and issues.

In the case of the assassination of the Al-Jazeera correspondent, Khalil al-Anani, a professor of political science and international relations, criticized the American position on the issue and described it as sluggish, indicating that Washington initially adopted the Israeli version, and is now trying to save face through an investigation it is conducting into the assassination, but without expecting much. From the Americans, by virtue of their strategic relationship with Israel.

For his part, Bassam Barabandi, a researcher at the Center for International Studies in Washington, confirmed that Shirin's case will not be a priority in the relationship between Israel and the United States.

The Israeli occupation assassinated colleague Shireen on May 11, while she was covering the storming of the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, which caused outrage in the human rights and media circles at the Arab and international levels.

On the issue of Russia's war on Ukraine, which dominated Washington's attention, Barabandi said that Democrats and Republicans agree to support Ukraine with weapons, although Republicans have repeated questions about the limits of this support, and about how they can defeat Russia, which both parties see as an enemy of their country, stressing that The picture will become clearer during the next world.

As for Al-Anani, he described Russia's war on Ukraine as a major global event, and said that there is an agreement between the Republicans and Democrats to support Ukraine, and that 90 billion dollars is the value of aid provided to Kiev so far, noting that there is frequent talk among US officials about the issue of negotiation between Moscow and Kiev, But the problem is related to the size of the demands of the Russian and Ukrainian sides.

Regarding the Americans' perspective on the Syrian file and the Russian presence there, the researcher at the Center for International Studies in Washington explained that the Americans allowed the Russian presence in Syria because they believed that any adventure that Russia undertakes would be a quagmire for it.

Expect more division within the US

On the subject of the US midterm elections and the internal debate, the professor of political science and international relations referred to the unprecedented state of internal polarization in the United States, and questioned the Americans' keenness to spread democracy in the world, especially in light of their condoning human rights violations in their allied countries.

From Barabandi's point of view, the midterm elections that took place on the eighth of last November established the current reality between the Republicans and the Democrats, and the expectation of more intellectual and social division within the United States during the next year.

The episode of the “From Washington” program within the 2022 harvest dealt with the US-African summit that Washington recently hosted, and the two guests ruled out the existence of an American interest in the brown continent, and Barabandi said that the evidence for this is that Washington provided Ukraine with 100 billion dollars, while it provided Africa with 55 billion dollars. Part of this amount was allocated to fight Russia and China in Africa.

Al-Anani also talked about the importance of the Renaissance Dam for Egypt and the United States, but the Americans are not putting pressure on Ethiopia as Cairo would like.