Posted on Tue, May 8, 2012 at 00:18 am CEST
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Winston Churchill – A Good Friend of Jews and Zionism?

Churchill’s political involvement with Jews and Zionism was enormously variegated and long, and the list of headings under which this involvement can be assessed no less so… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • History • Holocaust • Israel • Jewish Life • Politics • Zionism 
Posted on Tue, May 8, 2012 at 00:03 am CEST
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Winston Churchill Visits Palestine in 1921, Voices Support for Jewish State

The British leader Winston Churchill visited Palestine in 1921, relatively early in his career while serving as Colonial Secretary… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Britain • Historical Documents • History • Jerusalem • Jewish Life • Zionism 
Posted on Mon, May 7, 2012 at 17:05 pm CEST
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Is Islam Innately Evil? Is Islam Innately Good? Why This Debate is A Waste of Time

We all know that the number of Muslims who explicitly put forward a systematically coherent moderate theology of Islam is very small… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Religion 
Posted on Sun, May 6, 2012 at 20:22 pm CEST
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The Crony System That Makes Israelis Poorer

Last summer’s peaceful mass demonstrations in Israel protested economic hardships resulting from excessive government interference in the economy… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Israel 
Posted on Sun, May 6, 2012 at 15:26 pm CEST
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U.S. Syrian Policy: A Massacre in Progress; A Disgrace in the Making

U.S. policy toward Syria is turning into a scandal on both strategic and humanitarian grounds… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Diplomacy • Human Rights • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, May 5, 2012 at 16:57 pm CEST
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Palestinians Renege on Security Ties with Israel

For the first time since 2006, the Palestinian Authority’s security services on the West Bank have stopped cooperating with the IDF in operations and intelligence-sharing for countering terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Authority • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, May 5, 2012 at 16:05 pm CEST
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British White Paper of June 1922

The British White Paper 1922 was the first official interpretation of the 1917 Balfour Declaration by the British Government after investigation of… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • Crethi Plethi • Historical Documents • History • Israel • Zionism 
Posted on Fri, May 4, 2012 at 23:57 pm CEST
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Here’s What Middle Eastern Moderates Actually Think and Say

However, unfortunately, we have no voice among the so-called progressive leftists… Continue reading

Topics: Academic Bias • Liberalism • Multiculturalism • Political Correctness • Politics 
Posted on Fri, May 4, 2012 at 23:57 pm CEST
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One Leader Who Will be Re-elected: Israel Goes to Elections

Israel is going to have elections on September 4 and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will almost certainly win by a big margin… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Politics 
Posted on Fri, May 4, 2012 at 17:48 pm CEST
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Regime Change in Iran?

There is every reason to believe that the Islamic Republic’s days are numbered… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Religion • Shi'ism 
Posted on Tue, May 1, 2012 at 20:58 pm CEST
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Now Anyone Can Understand That Israel Isn’t About to Attack Iran

Or, as Homer Simpson would explain it, “Doh!”… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, April 30, 2012 at 21:32 pm CEST
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Libya: Assessing Berber Prospects

One reason the term “Arab Spring” is a misnomer is because of the participation of non-Arabs, including Kurds in Iraq and Syria as well as Berbers in Morocco and Libya… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Berbers • Libya • Maghreb • Religion 
Posted on Mon, April 30, 2012 at 00:11 am CEST
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Cyber attack on Iran’s oil industry

The information systems of Iran’s Petroleum Ministry and the National Petroleum Company have been under a cyber attack… Continue reading

Topics: Cyber War • Energy • Iran 
Posted on Sun, April 29, 2012 at 19:17 pm CEST
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Experts Agree: Anti-American Repressive Radicals Taking Power in the Middle East Makes the World A Better Place

Michael Hirsh has responded to my critique of his article. Amazingly, yet typical of our era, he didn’t engage with a single—not a single—idea I presented… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Liberalism • Political Correctness • Politics • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, April 29, 2012 at 14:41 pm CEST
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Iranian Diplomat’s Involvement in Sexual Abuse in Brazil Causes Media Storm

The involvement of an Iranian diplomat in sexual abuse in Brazil has Iran’s media in a frenzy… Continue reading

Topics: Brazil • Culture • Diplomacy • Iran • Politics 
Posted on Sat, April 28, 2012 at 18:50 pm CEST
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Explaining Turkey’s Nuclear Policies

Despite its challenging neighborhood, Turkey has an exemplary nuclear nonproliferation record… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Security and Defense • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, April 27, 2012 at 20:32 pm CEST
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An Islamist Nazi Collaborator is Transformed into a Moderate

Suppose you read in the Washington Post about a democratic politician who was a refugee from persecution by a dictatorship. Would you be surprised to learn that he was in fact a vicious antisemite… Continue reading

Topics: History • Islamism • Islamofascism • Media Bias • Nazi Germany • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Thu, April 26, 2012 at 17:52 pm CEST
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The Jihadist Roots of the Norway Massacre

Anders Breivik, who went on a shooting spree in Norway last year, killing some 70 people, recently confessed his inspiration: al-Qaeda, the jihadists par excellence of the modern world… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • History • Jihadism • Norway • Religion • The Crusades 
Posted on Wed, April 25, 2012 at 19:53 pm CEST
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Seated Among the Heroes and Watching the Faces of the Martyrs

In all of this and throughout the nation on this day, there was not a word of hatred, of reviling any enemy… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • History • Israel • Jewish Life 
Posted on Tue, April 24, 2012 at 21:00 pm CEST
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Sinai Bedouin, Palestinian and al Qaeda gangs are plotting Terrorist Attacks to blow up the Egyptian-Israel Peace Accords

Their plans entail sending terrorists across the Egyptian Sinai border for attacks on Israelis to generate Israeli military incursions into Egyptian territory in hot pursuit of the perpetrators… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Islamism • Israel • Jihadism • Palestinian Terrorism • Religion • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, April 24, 2012 at 19:13 pm CEST
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Whoever is President There: France Fries While Its Leaders Avert Eyes

Alongside the battle of the radical Islamists to murder Jews is the battle to seize and maintain control of the Muslim community… Continue reading

Topics: France • Global Islam • Islamic Fundamentalism • Jew-Hatred • Multiculturalism • Political Correctness 
Posted on Mon, April 23, 2012 at 20:17 pm CEST
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Egypt’s Elections: Titanic of Western Interests, Meet Iceberg of Islamist Revolutionary Zeal

Egypt will hold its presidential election May 23-24 with a possible run-off on June 16-17. It is impossible at this point to predict what’s going to happen but I can make a good guess… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Mon, April 23, 2012 at 19:28 pm CEST
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The General who Staged the 1980 Coup is Put on Trial, But His Legacy Reigns Supreme

The trial of the two surviving members of the junta that seized power on September 12, 1980, in a coup that altered Turkey’s course, is an historic event, but… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • History • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, April 21, 2012 at 22:54 pm CEST
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The elephant of Jew hatred

Hatred of Jews is the central animating feature of the political and strategic reality of the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jew-Hatred • Political Correctness • Politics 
Posted on Fri, April 20, 2012 at 19:29 pm CEST
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How the Media Whitewashes Muslim Persecution of Christians

When it comes to Muslim persecution of Christians, the mainstream media (MSM) has a long paper trail of obfuscating. Of course, the media’s obfuscation serves a purpose… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Human Rights • Islamic Terrorism • Jihadism • Nigeria • Political Correctness • Religion • The Media