Israel-Saudi Arabia and the Palestinian Issue
A deterring Israel is a cardinal national security asset for Saudi Arabia.
2023 Middle East Foreign Policy Forecast
What is the likelihood of an outburst of Palestinian violence on the scale of the Second Intifada, with Hamas and the Islamic Jihad joining forces against Israel and possible intervention from Hizbullah in Israel’s northern border?
Proposed Palestinian State
Western conventional wisdom vs. Middle East reality
Analysis: Possible Tehran Purchase of Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Jet Sign of Troubling Partnership
Russian-Iranian competition in Syria appears to be a thing of the past, and a new Iranian-Hezbollah attempt at entrenchment in southern Syria may have already begun.
Merging Three Wars: Iran’s New Strategy to Fight the West
By merging all 3 conflicts in which it has its hand in, Iran gains additional advantage over Israel and the West.
The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc: Part III: Reversal of Soviet Policy
If Jewish nationalism was revived and emigration permitted, national separatism would once again become a national issue.
How and Why Human Rights Groups Try to Redefine Apartheid Against Israel
NGO-Monitor’s team focused on whether HRWs 217-page report was based on serious research. It wasn't.
Systematic State Department Failures in the Middle East
A multi-generational broken system
The Forgotten Friendship: Israel and the Soviet Bloc: Part II: Soviet Rational For Supporting...
Without Soviet approval, there would have been no Czech arms sales to the Israelis for the War of Independence
Giving Thanks
Reaffirming 4 Centuries of the US-Israel Connection
Tom Friedman – Mistaken or Disingenuous?
Maybe just malevolent?
Report: Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes on U.S. College Campuses Skyrocket
A 'pervasive and relentless assault on Jewish identity' is occurring daily
Religious Zionism Consultant: Why Is Bibi Snubbing Smotrich?
Bibi Netanyahu may be planning to push Bezalel Smotrich to the background, if he plans on including them at all.
Iran Loses its Secret War in the Middle East, Cyprus and Caucasus?
Iran claims that Azerbaijan is Mossad’s beachhead for organizing mass protests in the country.
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XV: Conclusion: A Final Note
People becoming accustomed to mass murder surely played a part in this process
The Deeper Meaning of Israel’s Latest Election Cycle
By examining the election results through the eyes of Israel's 12 Tribes, we can better understand we're Israel is heading...
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XIV: Ordinary Bureaucrats and Functionaries
The German railroads “were indispensable at the core” of the operation by working in concert with the military, Police, industry and the SS to carry out deportations and transport of millions of Jews to the east to slave labor and extermination camps.
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XIII: “Doctors From Hell”
Another group of perpetrators consisted of professionals and experts, who were not involved in politics.
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XII: Conclusion
There isn’t the slightest question they understood their actions were “not positive except in the value system of the Third Reich.”
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part XI: “Clear Signs of Exhaustion”
More Efficient, More Modern Technologies
What You WON”T Read in the NY Times about Al-Haq and the Designated NGOs
Al-Haq spearheaded an antisemitic submission (May 31) to the UN’s permanent Commission of Inquiry against Israel, presenting a blatantly false historical account, denying Israel’s right to exist,
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part X: The Toll of ‘Remaining Decent’
Occasionally, particularly at the outset of the murderous campaign, some perpetrators were troubled by “pangs of conscience” or “expressed disquiet.” They got over it or were replaced quickly.
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part IX: Remaining Decent
Responding to the question of the necessity of murdering every Jewish woman and child. “I did not consider that I had the right to eliminate them—that is to kill them or have them killed--and to let their children grow up to become avengers against our own sons and grandsons. The difficult decision had to be taken to have this people disappear from the face of the earth.”[10]
The Holocaust As a Moral Choice: Part VIII: Women, Children and the Elderly
The ploy to conceal the slaughtering of Jews with the drive to eliminate Soviet anti-partisan sabotage was confirmed in January 1946
Iran, Terrorist Group Proxies Develop New Roadmap to Stoke Division in Israel
A state media report notes leaders’ intentions to create unity among Arab factions by intensifying tensions in areas like Sheikh Jarrah, Jenin, Tulkarm, Nablus and Ramallah.
Approaching the Holocaust as a Moral Choice: Part VII: Providing Legitimacy for Murdering Civilians
The advanced education and culture of the Nazi officers proved no impediment to their murdering innocent civilians.
Part VI: Approaching the Holocaust a Moral Choice
The accusation that Jews posed a threat to the German army was ludicrous.
Part V : Approaching the Holocaust as A Moral Choice
Those who served as executioners compensated themselves with money pilfered from their Jewish victims
Israel’s War on Gaza-based Palestinian Terrorists
A wake-up call
Conventional Wisdom vs. Evidenced-Reality
US State Department policy-making has been at odds with Mid East reality (evidence), elevating conventional wisdom (worldview) over the inconvenient truths and frustrating complexities of the jerkily-cyclical Middle Eastern reality.