Will Congress Rise to the Occasion?
Russian worries about Israel gas potential may be causing it to lesson support for Iran; More U.S. companies are investing in Israel; Will Congress pass the US-Israel Water Cooperation Act?
Make Room for Islamistgate: the Obama Administration’s New Scandal
Moderate Muslims have been neglected and isolated by this project which has helped the radicals, Islamists, and pro-terrorists.
The Myth of Israel’s Demographic Doomsday
In Secretary Kerry's drive to wrest Israeli concessions he believes will break the Israeli-Palestinian diplomatic logjam, he has repeatedly warned of a demographic doomsday for Israel. He's wrong.
Setting The Record Straight: Part XI: “Palestinian H-bombs”
The Oslo Accords were viewed by the Palestinian Arabs as the first stage in Israel’s total defeat
Alger Hiss, The “Loss” of China, and the Obama Administration’s Blindspot Toward The Islamist...
When Andrew McCarthy drew a parallel between the treatment of State Department official (and Soviet spy) Alger Hiss in the 1940s and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin Weiner today it reminded me of an interesting discovery from my own research, as documented in my history of the State Department, Secrets of State.
Protected-Christians in Muslim Lands
Violent discrimination of Christians has been a systematic feature of Muslim/Arab societies.
Can Israel Be Both Jewish and Democratic?
The Palestinian Arab/Israeli conflict has “tempered” Israeli democracy, providing equal rights even to Arabs and Jews who refute her right to exist.
Obstacles to Peace: A Politically-INCORRECT Diagnosis
Contrary to political-correctness, the Palestinian issue has never been the crux of the Arab-Israeli conflict, a crown-jewel of Arab policy-makers, nor a core-cause of regional turbulence
Dawa* at Chautauqua
Islamists spoke of “Love and Justice in a World of Suffering,” skipping the horrors caused by Islam
Turkey’s Trade Deficit Reveals an Economy in Deep Trouble
At 18% interest, consumers have to borrow to pay the interest on previous loans. In other words Turkish banks are capitalizing interest, and booking profits on loans that would go sour if they stopped lending additional money to borrowers to pay the interest. The much-vaunted strength of Turkey's banks appears to be an illusion.
US and Israeli Mass Media: Siamese Twins
The left-right divergence of confidence in mass media highlights the political, ideological, social and cultural polarization that has afflicted both countries.
U.S. Distorts Nigerian Jihad on Christians
While the Obama administration continues to say that the Islamic group Boko Haram's jihad against Nigeria's Christians—which has seen countless churches destroyed, and thousand Christians killed— has nothing to do with religion, the group once again made clear that it is all about religion.
Kerry Runs Around in Rings
The PA will keep doing stalling tactics and come up with new preconditions that it hopes Israel will not meet.
Women’s Rights in Egypt
Islamist Members of Parliament in Egypt are trying to deprive Egyptian women of their basic rights by introducing several controversial draft laws that, if passed, will bring Egypt back to the Middle Ages.
The Sectarian Genie: The Sunni-Shi’ite Struggle Released by the Arab Spring
A more important and stronger phenomenon than Islamization is the escape of the factional genie from the bottle in which it was confined while dictators controlled the region.recognized the "factional genie" well , whether in the Shi'ite version or the Sunni version. The dictators took every means at their disposal, principally torture chambers, in order to deal with the factional jihadism which has no boundaries of law or ethics. Today, dictators are taken down one by one, and jihadism is flourishing.
Putting the Record Straight
Facts for your fingertips on the LEGAL reasons for Israel annexing and building in YESHA
The Evolving Security Scene in Eastern Jerusalem: A View from the Arab Neighborhoods
We already know what happens when the Arabs control our holy sites. The Jordanians, who should never have been awarded part of Jerusalem in the first place, did not allow access to Har Hazeisim or for that matter the Kosel despite signing the Armistice Agreement of 1948 which explicitly provided access to Jews.
Are We Losing Israeli-Americans?
Reports confirm a profound, bilateral disconnect between Israelis living in US and local Jewish communities. We're not embracing Israelis living here, and, unsurprisingly, they're not embracing us.
Rock, Hard Place, Syria
We're asking U.S. troops to go into Syria without an overwhelming advantage, and without minimizing our risks.
Alan Dershowitz: Suppressing Ugly Truth for Beautiful Art
Perhaps an artist should be judged without regard to his/her political affiliations or actions, but the Metropolitan Museum's exhibit on the collection of Gertrude Stein and her family purports to present the story of the collection and of Gertrude's life in France. It ends with a misleading description of her activities during the war years, suppressing the fact that she collaborated with Nazism during the German occupation of France.
Israeli Bombing Syria ENHANCED US National Security
Evidence of the high rate-of-return on the annual US investment in Israel, which is erroneously defined as “foreign aid.” Israel is neither foreign to the US, nor is it a supplicant; it has been an unconditional junior partner of the US in the liberty-driven battle against rogue regimes.
Jews and the Land of Israel: Part VIII: American Jewish and the British Response...
Declared Chaim Weizmann, “and I thought I heard the steps of the Messiah.”
Deciphering the Chinese and American Korea Strategy
Slinging force around, with press notices, is not what a strong president does.
Obama is a New Kind of Leftist
Barack Obama is not a Communist, a fascist, a Muslim, a Marxist, a Progressive or even a socialist. Obama and those who control much of America’s academia, mass media, and entertainment industry—plus a number of trade unions and hundreds of foundations, think tanks, and front groups—are believers in a new, very American form of leftism.
Palestinians: Stop the Children’s Intifada!
Adult activists who send and encourage children to take part in violence should be held accountable.
America’s Enemies Bite the Hands that Feed Them
Western democracies, in general, and the United States, in particular, must enhance their military posture of deterrence and pursue peace through strength, rather than through concessions and retreat.
Did Israel Use “Disproportionate Force” to Protect the Gaza Fence?
The Gaza border clash was not a situation of armed conflict. It was routine border protection by a sovereign state,, facing a blatant threat of border violation by violent elements on the other side.
Kuwait Institutes Death Penalty for Blasphemy
Kuwaiti lawmakers have passed a legal amendment authorizing the death penalty for Muslims who curse their God or the Quran, or who defame their Prophet Mohammed or his wife. In the amended article, if the defendant publicly repents and apologizes for the crime, the penalty will be reduced to five years in jail, a fine of 10,000 Kuwaiti Dinars, or both. The approved article states that non-Muslims who commit the same crime face at least 10 years in jail.
Potential Flaws of the US-Israel Defense Package
A rush to conclude an MOU before the next president takes office would sacrifice long-term strategic interests on the altar of short-term strategic convenience.
New Head of PLO Commission of Prisoners visits notorious Terror-Mom
Qadri Abu Bakr visited home of Terror-Mom Latifa Abu Hmeid, mother to six terrorist murderers. With 4 sons serving life sentences for multiple murders, a "Martyr" son who also was a murderer, and now a sixth son on trial for murder, the Terror-Mom's family has received the most pay for terror from the PA: Over $1,000,000