Analysis

Ironically, if Israel and the Palestinian Authority signed a peace agreement, the recruiting and encouragement of extremism in the region would be at far higher levels than it is now.

What can the Copts do except resign themselves to continued persecution?

If a radical movement seizes control of the state and can hold it for a very long time, it can fundamentally transform policies and foreign policy.

Slinging force around, with press notices, is not what a strong president does.

A situation is being set up in which a future Muslim Brotherhood regime in Syria can blackmail the United States.

A country of 85 million people and which is heavily armed is burning with anarchy and violence is threatening genocide against a neighbor. Might this be a matter of concern?

Based on the Associated Press's definition, whom exactly can a reporter call an Islamist?

As the #OpIsrael cyberattack against Israel began, Israeli hacker retaliated, and now the official #OpIsrael site www.opisrael.com is playing Hatikvah.

Will Bibi play into the hands of the unholy trinity of Obama-Kerry-Abbas?

Democracy does not have to allow jihad to be waged against it, even if this jihad uses means that appear to be legal.

Even in the Dutch mass media there are shocking things written on a regular basis about Jews and Israel.

Now is a good time for the EU to take stock and recognize that the entire Cyprus problem, like the Greece problem, was created by the actions of government.

Ignoring Abdullah's warnings, it seems the Obama administration has backed an Islamist candidate to lead the Syrian opposition.

Connections between the Jewish and American traditions of liberty.

The civil servants at Israel's foreign ministry seem to believe it is their job to shape government policy rather than to be faithful to it.

Obama must learn now about the dangers of Islamism or his administration will continue to be a net minus for Israel.

Nukes aren’t something you wave around like a drunk brandishing a knife.

Obama has not abandoned the pro-Islamist policy that has created a far more dangerous security situation for Israel.

Perhaps these seeming word games and niceties are beyond the interest or comprehension of many people, but everyone involved directly on this issue knows exactly what is happening.

Why help put into power and then favor people who hate you, lie about you, and want to destroy you? What is the pay-off?

At least Russia and China are probably as mystified as we are about where Obama is going with his missile defense policy.

If the world does not wake up in time to see the danger, Syria will be only the first domino to fall.

The problem of this government is more likely to be one of personalities, marginal issues that get blown up in importance, and jockeying for financial benefits for different constituencies.

In August 2010, Obama ordered a secret report on unrest in the Arab world.

The biggest losers, without a doubt, are the Haredi parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism.

Despite the current policy's serious problems and visibly dangerous outcomes there is no major debate it.

Israeli officials will be very polite in discussions and sarcastic when they talk among themselves afterward.

If the US cannot depend on its new “allies,” despite the supposed popularity of Obama and its policies in those places, then how can they be said to be allies at all?

Visits of Western leaders complicate old problems and create new ones, and moreover, the chances that these visits will yield a positive effect or result in a real solution to any problem, is quite low.

Starting in 1994, Palestinian poverty has been increasing steadily, until it really started revving down, so to speak, in more recent years.