Iran’s ‘Knowledge Bombs’: Reverse-Engineering IEDs in Judea and Samaria
A year and a half ago, Tehran took the strategic decision to significantly step up attacks on Israel using proxies and partners located within and around the Jewish state.
Why Islamists Always ‘Win’ in Fair Elections
In the Middle East, secular movements are more poorly funded and more naïve about how to operate politically than the Islamists.
New UK Foreign Minister Compared Hillary to ‘Sadistic Nurse in a Mental Hospital’
However long Boris struts and frets on the world stage, he’ll be by far the most entertaining Official Foreign Minister out there--And by no means the most foolish.
Iranian Agent Admits Plot to Kill Saudi Ambassador in Washington DC
Perhaps you remember an incredibly sensational story from back in October 2011 that after a brief period in the headlines disappeared completely. The U.S. government arrested an Iranian-American citizen in Texas and charged him with being an agent of the Iranian government who planned at Tehran’s behest to hire a Mexican drug gang to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in a fiery terrorist attack in Washington D.C.
It would have been another September 11, albeit on a far smaller scale. Knowing about such an operation should have been a real game-changer for U.S. Middle East policy.
PA Journalist Calls for Revival of Abbas’s ‘Arab Keren Hayesod’ Concept
Palestinian journalist calls for the adoption of P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas’s 1982 call to establish a fund to help Eastern Jews disenchanted with Israel return to their countries of origin.
Does the Anti-Nepotism Statute Preclude Trump From Appointing Kushner?
So, let the president appoint his son-in-law, without pay, to this important position as senior adviser, and let’s all hope, for the benefit of the country, that it is a wise decision.
Pulling Out of Benghazi: These Colors Run Scared
Instead of sticking with our commitment to a new Libya, one in which Americans have friendship and influence – one in which we can walk free, and so can Libyans – we have closed our post in Benghazi and drawn down our embassy staff in Tripoli to “essential” personnel only. It will be of some interest to see how long it takes al Qaeda or other terrorist savages to attack us in Tripoli.
Congressman: Jewish Settlers Are Like Termites
Rep. Hank Johnson (D., Ga.) launched into a tirade against Israel and its policies toward the Palestinians, comparing Jewish people who live in disputed territories to "termites" that destroy homes
Arab Susya and its Specious Historic Connection
With the US government threatening Israel if it acts against illegal Arab building near Susya, the time has come to examine the real facts on the ground.
Host Countries, Beware of Islamic Terrorism
By Europe's failing to read the bloody writing on the wall it has sacrificed its long-term security
Hagel Nomination Defeat Is in Everyone’s Interest
A secretary of defense should not just be a “yes-man.” He should represent an independent point of view and also represent his department’s interests.
Are US International Agreements Carved in Stone?
'Deal of the Century' anyone?
US Obsession with Two-State Solution is ‘Delusional’
It's “shocking" that a U.S. administration would push for a Palestinian state under ordinary circumstances, let alone after Oct. 7, said former U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
BREAKING NEWS: First Direct Battle Between Israel and ISIS on the Golan
Israel is a perfect target to distract from ISIS’s weakening position. By attacking Israel it may be able to rally the Sunni street to its side.
Hamas Overtakes the Palestinian Authority in Jordan
Given Jordan's substantial Palestinian population, the Palestinian question remains integral to the country's public discourse. The Hamas meeting showcases Amman's warming relations with the terrorist group, as well as its cooling relations with Israel.
The Implications of Al Gore Joining Al Jazeera
Al Gore has sold out his admittedly obscure channel to al-Jazeera and taken a position on its board.
The Speech of his Life and Ours
Netanyahu's Bar Ilan Speech was not an attempt to emulate Obama by spreading false hope of an agreement with the Iranians.
Judgement Day in Africa
In Washington there are deep differences of opinion as to how to address the growing jihadi influence in Africa.
The Ebbing of Warfare in Syria Will Spell Catastrophe for Europe
Europe, reeling from successive waves of refugees and migrants, desperately needs the end of the Syrian civil war, which for the first time seems in the offing. But the emerging peace will only increase the emigration.
Israel Supported US Repeatedly Over the Years
The Jewish state has given the United States invaluable intelligence and military expertise, and protects American interests in the Middle East.
Israel-Hamas War Misconceptions
Are most Gazans innocent civilians?
October 7, 2023 Deprecating Self-destructive Western Screensavers
Has October 7, 2023, awakened Western policymakers to the realization that they are driven by a screensaver - rather than Middle East reality?
‘They Love Jews, Especially Dead Jews’
Those who helped were few and far between
1620-2020: the 400th Anniversary of the US-Israel Alliance
The Mayflower passengers were inspired by the Old Testament, referring to their departure from England as the “Modern Day Exodus;” the sailing across the Atlantic Ocean as the “Modern Day Parting of the Sea;” and the New World as the “Modern Day Promised Land” and the “New Israel.” They considered themselves the “Modern Day Chosen People.”
Jews and the Land of Israel: Part VII: Conferring Sovereignty of Palestine to the...
Having linked the future of Zionism to British rule and prejudice, the Zionists had to take the lead to ensure their numbers would increase and their efforts would succeed.
Twenty-Eight Years Later, it’s Finally 1984
The year 1984, by Gregorian reckoning, came and went, and Americans seemed to have dodged the Nineteen-Eighty-Four bullet. We weren’t being interned for reeducation by a Ministry of Love. Although conservative, constitutionalist, limited-government ideas came under relentless attack in the mainstream media and the academy, those who expressed the ideas remained free to do so. (They in fact became freer with the lifting under Reagan of the genuinely Orwellian-named “Fairness Doctrine.”) In 2012, the atmosphere has changed.
US’ banning of Israeli entities in Judea & Samaria – BOOMERANG
State Department’s determination that Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria constitutes “illegal occupation” has been based on mistaken and misleading interpretation of international law.
BREAKING: Trump’s RNC Speech Text Revealed…And It’s Actually Brilliant
Trump's speech was powerfully written and wide-ranging in its critique of America’s problems – it touched on virtually all the victims of the left’s political dominance for the past several decades.
Mordechai Kedar: What’s Next for Saudi Arabia?
In light of the situation in which the kingdom must stand up to external challenges - principally an Iranian threat to the territorial integrity of Saudi Arabia - it is not clear whether the population of the kingdom will indeed lend strong support to the leadership of the ruling family.