Category Archives: Islam

Most Americans Skeptical of Iran Nuclear Deal

WORLD AFFAIRS by Michael J. Totten July 14, 2015 Well, the United States and Iran struck a deal. I’ll be poring over the details in the next days and weeks, but in my latest essay for World Affairs I argue … Continue reading

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Hillary endorses nuclear deal

POLITICO by Michael Crowley July 14, 2015 The success of the accord may now rest with the former secretary of state and Democratic frontrunner, who has long been more hawkish on Iran than Obama. During their 2008 battle for the … Continue reading

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Rep. Dold Calls On Congress To Reject Historically Bad Iran Deal, Senator Kirk issues statement

Dold On Iran Nuclear Deal Kirk Statement on the Iran Nuclear Agreement WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) issued the following statement today after the United States and other world powers announced the completion of a nuclear agreement with Iran: … Continue reading

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Battling Obama in Congress shaping up as lose-lose proposition

Do Democrats have the backbone to step forward and oppose their president ? Without their assistance in overiding the Obama veto, this deal surely moves forward JERUSALEM POST by Herb Keinon July 14, 2015 Will Israel be more or less likely to … Continue reading

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Iran and the Murder in Vienna

More on our partners in peace.  COMMENTARY by Michael Rubin July 13, 2015 Twenty-six years ago today, three Iranian officials met in Vienna apartment with three Kurdish officials to negotiate an end to a long-simmering conflict….The Iran-Iraq War… had been … Continue reading

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In Syria: $36 million to train 60 opposition fighters?

LOS ANGELES TIMES by Doyle McManus July 12, 2015 A little more than a year ago, President Obama asked Congress for $500 million to train and equip some 15,000 opposition fighters in Syria, arguing that the best way to defeat … Continue reading

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Trusting Iran to stop terrorism is like inviting an arsonist to join the fire brigade

Dore Gold is Director-General of the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs THE TELEGRAPH by Dore Gold July 10, 2015 Iran remains one of the world’s most prolific sponsors of terrorism. How can we expect it to stop once they have a … Continue reading

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A documentary that ought to rank with the footage of British troops liberating Belsen

THE SPECTATOR by James Delingpole July 11, 2015 Channel 4’s latest episode of Dispatches, Escape from Isis [which will air stateside on PBS], which includes secret footage inside the terror state, is TV at its most unmissable, says James Delingpole So … Continue reading

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Weisenthal Center Calls on Obama to Denounce Iran’s ‘Quds Day’ Rallies Featuring ‘Death to Israel’ Chants

ALGEMEINER by Eliezer Sherman July 10, 2015 ….“The Simon Weisenthal Center is urging President Obama to denounce today’s al-Quds Day demonstrations in Iran where chants of ‘Death To America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ could be heard,” said the Wiesenthal Center. Rabbi Abraham Cooper, … Continue reading

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Alberto Nisman’s Secret Recordings, Revealed

THE TOWER by Eamonn MacDonagh July 2015 Before he was murdered, the Argentinian prosecutor investigating the massive 1994 Buenos Aires bombing wiretapped over 40,000 phone calls. His one question: Did the Argentinian government conspire to cover up Iran’s involvement in the attack? … Continue reading

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