Tag Archives: Syria

The Amateur in the White House: Obama’s Iranian Folly

THE OBSERVER by Abraham H. Miller February 25, 2015 Barack Obama will go down in history as the American president who enabled the Shi’ite theocracy to become the region’s hegemonic power and looked the other way while Iran developed the … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Assessing the Strategic Threat from ISIS

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE Testimony before House Committee on Foreign Affairs by James F. Jeffrey February 12, 2015 A serious alliance against ISIS built on Sunni Arab states and Turkey cannot hold together over the long term without a more forceful U.S. … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why does the battle for gay rights stop at the borders of Islam?

THE SPECTATOR by Douglas Murray February 3, 2015 …Of course not very far away there are people who take a quite different view of these matters.  In the newspapers today we can see photos of events in the Syrian town … Continue reading

Posted in Islam | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

‘Hezbollah will find it hard to show restraint after Golan attack,’ top Israeli ex-general says

JERUSALEM POST by Staff January 19, 2015 Israeli military officials are on high alert Monday in response to Hezbollah threats to respond to Sunday’s IAF helicopter attack on a convoy which killed at least six senior operatives on the Syrian … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

George W. Bush’s Graceful Silence

BLOOMBERG by Cass R. Sunstein December 22, 2014 In the domain of foreign affairs, 2014 has brought heated national debates on an impressive range of subjects: Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Syria, Ebola, immigration policy and, most recently, torture, North Korea and … Continue reading

Posted in Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Germany, Anti-Islam, and Vladimir Putin

HUFFINGTON POST by Stephen Schwartz December 19, 2014 On Monday, December 15, as reported by the German news service Deutsche Welle (DW), some 15,000 people massed in Dresden, Germany, under the banner of a new and seemingly informal movement calling … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Syria and Iran condemn Damascus air strikes

ALJAZEERA by Staff December 8, 2014 Syria has called for UN sanctions against Israel over alleged air strikes on Syrian soil, including one on Damascus’ main international airport. There was no threat of retaliation, but the Syrian Foreign Ministry said … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

How the U.S., Not Iran, Is Making Concessions

WASHINGTON INSTITUTE by Michael Singh November 3, 2014 By overlooking Iran’s longstanding policies, making unrequited nuclear concessions, remaining ambiguous on Syria, and allowing tensions to persist with regional allies, Washington is sending the wrong message to Tehran. Citing U.S. and … Continue reading

Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Obama’s pressure only begins with Iran

ISRAEL HAYOM by Richard Baehr November 4, 2014 In the last few days, it has become clearer that the Obama administration’s ‎obsession over turning Iran into an ally, or at least no longer a foe, is the single ‎highest foreign … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Historic Justice: A Kurdish State Now

ARUTZ SHEVA by Dr Mordechai Kedar October 23, 2014 The Kurds have a right to independence. Their lack of it until now is an unjust and tragic accident of history. The borders of most of the Arab countries east of the … Continue reading

Posted in Israel & Middle East | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment