Most Clicked This Week
- Ted Cruz: "I would not make fighting same-sex marriage a top priority"
- I rarely post Al Jazeera, but this is worth a read: “Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded”
- What Tel Aviv Looks Like In 60 Seconds from a drone [VIDEO]
- Iran regime change: “One possible scenario, hinging on the unprecedented ability of the United States and Israel to carry out precision strikes from drones and advanced manned aircraft”
- "A movement that can detect a racist dog-whistle from miles away is strangely deaf when it comes to some of the barking on its own side of the fence"
- "Visitors will be able to “touch history” by walking in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims through a 380-yard stretch of tunnel along the ancient street that ran uphill to the Jewish temple"
- “Israeli officials fear that the scenario in which Iran's regime remains in power even after the current military campaign is now more realistic”
- Has Biden ever called on Palestinians to compensate Israeli victims?
Tag Archives: Syria
Truck by truck, Israel builds trade gateway to Arab world
REUTERS by Ari Rabinovitch and Tova Cohen July 1, 2014 The hydraulic ramp of a Turkish freighter taps down on the eastern Mediterranean port of Haifa and, under a full moon, 37 trucks roll off onto an otherwise empty pier. … Continue reading
Turkey’s high-risk power play
JERUSALEM POST by Caroline Glick June 24, 2014 Like Iran, Erdogan aims to destroy the global order and replace it with an Islamic empire. For most Westerners, Turkey is a hard nut to crack. How can you understand a state … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East
Tagged Abduction, Erdogan, Hamas, Iraq, ISIS, Kidnapping, NATO, Syria, Turkey
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Israel warns Syria: We will continue to respond harshly
ISRAEL HAYOM by Lilach Shoval, Danny Brenner, Daniel Siryoti, Shlomo Cesana, Israel Hayom Staff and The Associated Press June 23, 2014 In response to deadly border attack in which Israeli teen was killed, IAF strikes nine Syrian military targets, reportedly … Continue reading
Israeli boy, 15, killed in Golan Heights attack
TIMES OF ISRAEL by Staff June 22, 2014 A 15-year-old Israeli boy was killed in the Golan Heights Sunday morning in what the IDF said was a missile attack from Syria, just south of the Quneitra crossing. Three others were … Continue reading
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Has a Consumer Protection Office
THE ATLANTIC by Aaron Zelin June 13, 2014 A guide to how the militant group overrunning Iraq wins hearts and minds No sooner had it seized the Iraqi city of Mosul and surrounding villages, than the Islamic State of Iraq … Continue reading
Turkish Support for ISIS. Bad choices all around, Iran or psycho extremists?
WASHINGTON TIMES by Daniel Pipes June 18, 2014 The battle in Iraq consists of “Turkish-backed Sunni jihadis rebelling against an Iranian-backed Shi’ite-oriented central government,” I wrote in a recent article. Some readers question that the Republic of Turkey has supported the “Islamic State … Continue reading
Could Jordan Fall?
COMMENTARY by Michael Rubin June 16, 2014 I spoke about the situation in Iraq Saturday morning on C-Span’s Washington Journal. Many callers expressed skepticism at any American involvement in Iraq, arguing simply that no American interests are at stake. I respectfully … Continue reading
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Tagged Hezbollah, ISIS, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria
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War Was Interested in Obama
PJ MEDIA by Victor Davis Hanson June 16, 2014 Leon Trotsky probably did not quite write the legendary aphorism that “you may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” But whoever did, you get the point … Continue reading
What’s the Obama Strategy? Mosul Madness in a Collapsing Middle East
AMERICAN INTEREST by Walter Mead June 10, 2024 The Greater Middle East moved significantly closer to a total meltdown this week. The vicious civil war in Iraq escalated as one of the global terror movement’s most bloodthirsty factions conquered the … Continue reading
Surprising Ties between Israel and the Kurds
MIDDLE EAST QUARTERLY by Ofra Bengio Summer 2014 In 1966, Iraqi defense minister Abd al-Aziz al-Uqayli blamed the Kurds of Iraq for seeking to establish “a second Israel” in the Middle East. He also claimed that “the West and the … Continue reading