What the Benghazi Leaks Mean, and what Difference Would it Have Made?
Did President Obama have to lie in a UN speech?
Did Israel `Apologize’ to Turkey? Well, No, Not Exactly
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 the Arab/Muslim World Is Trapped
The interviewer responds, "There was also Balfour."
Tonight I’m Gonna Party Like It’s 19[3]9
I have been working hard to explain to people that Iran’s nuclear weapons are not the major threat to Israel.
What Will Happen Now with US Middle East Policy?
Not much progress—which is really moving backwards—will be made on the Israeli-Palestinian front.
The ‘Iran is Now Moderate’ Joke
The NY Times is lying. Netanyahu cannot "block" an initiative and if Obama wants talks he will have them.
The Truth About Syria
Why have those who govern Syria followed such a pattern for more than six decades under almost a dozen different regimes?
American Culture: How to Reconcile the Brutal and the Effete?
I sat there speechless. I simply couldn't believe what I was hearing.
Why US Policy Betrayed the Moderates
Lost: Obama's Middle East policy, 2013-2016.
Now We Know the Truth: What’s Behind US ‘Peace Process’ Policy
Why would the PA keep any post-treaty commitments? We know that Hamas will not.
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.
Obama Doctrine: Alliance with Muslim Brotherhood for ‘Stability’
The weapons will be given to people whose politics encompass hatred for Jews, Christians, the West generally, and Women.
Money Won’t Buy Moderation in the Mideast
If billions of dollars have not bought PA support for a two-state solution in 20 years why should anything change now?
The Motive Cover Up of the Boston Bombings Begins
Why are government officials, politicians, army officers, academics and journalists afraid to point out the truth?
Jordan Warns Obama on Islamists
Ignoring Abdullah's warnings, it seems the Obama administration has backed an Islamist candidate to lead the Syrian opposition.
The Obama Visit: A Parable
Obama has not abandoned the pro-Islamist policy that has created a far more dangerous security situation for Israel.
Rubin Reports: How Egypt’s Presidential Election Will Change the Middle East and the World
The result may well be an Islamist versus Islamist run-off. In any event, it is likely that by the end of the year Egypt will have an Islamist president, parliament, and Constitution. Laws will be drastically altered, women’s rights will disappear, and Hamas will be backed up if it attacked Israel.
How Arab Governments Manage the Israel Issue
If they could have pressed a button and Israel would have disappeared, almost none of them would have hesitated.
Obama’s Poorly Timed Visit
While such a visit would resolve previous criticism that Obama never visited Israel as president, it is a mistake, especially given the timing, for a number of reasons.
Algerian Hostage Crisis Proves Al-Qaida is Not Dead
An organization that can seize about 1,000 hostages in the middle of Algeria, a country whose regime has been so tough on radical Islamists, is not dead.
Understanding Israel’s Upcoming Election
Netanyahu’s impending victory is due to the fact that the prime minister has done a reasonably good job, the economy is okay, terrorism is low, he’s kept out of trouble.
Biblical Lessons on Foreign Policy and Statism
You can learn from the Bible that people understood four thousand years ago about things that America's current leaders have forgotten today.
American Journalists Decry Israel’s Ability to Defend Itself as Blocking Peace
The Washington Post is suggesting that greater military success for terrorism will lead to Middle East peace.
Middle East Crises of 2013 Already in Dress Rehearsal
If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, 2013 looks to be the year of the Arab Fall.
How to End the Israel-Hamas War
Originally published at Rubin Reports.
A lot of people have asked the purpose of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas. Some, including those supposedly expert on...
Next Stop: Obama Puts his Trust in Negotiations with Iran
The most important foreign policy effort President Barack Obama will be making over the next year is negotiating with Iran. The terms of the U.S. offer are clear: if Iran agrees not to build nuclear weapons, it will be allowed to enrich a certain amount of uranium, supposedly for purposes of generating nuclear energy (which Iran doesn’t need) and other benefits, supposedly under strict safeguards.
They Got it Right: America is Their Enemy
One of President Barack Obama’s main themes has been to convince Middle Eastern Islamists and Arabs generally that America is not their enemy. But the reason this strategy never works is that the radicals, be they Islamists or nationalists, know better. They see the United States as their enemy and they are right to do so.
The Powerlessness Excuse: Debunking the Claim that Obama Could Not Influence the ‘Arab Spring’
One argument we will be increasingly hearing is that President Barack Obama couldn’t have done anything to change events in the Middle East. This is ironic of course because when things were going well he wanted to take credit as the inspiration for the "Arab Spring."
Getting Priorities Wrong in Egypt and Syria: Three Media Case Studies
I want to discuss three articles that I basically agree with to point out how they miss the key issue and thus are somewhat misleading. I’m glad to see these three articles being published but it’s a case of -to quote Lenin- two steps forward, one step back.
Who’s Really Isolated? He Who Misunderstands Middle East Realities
Israel’s “friends” abroad simply can’t seem to get out of their minds the idea that the country faces such terrible threats that it must make big concessions and beg for peace with the Palestinians on just about any terms, or try to appease hostile surrounding countries in order to stave off their wrath.