Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:01 pm CET
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Obama Visit to Israel: A Love Fest with Lots of Policy Complications

The Obama visit to Israel has become an unlimited love fest with expressions of mutual admiration and total agreement… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Obamaism • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:01 pm CET
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Obama’s Middle East Visit as a Case Study in Media Manipulation

Rubin explains how the Middle East and Obama’s policies are distorted by the ruling establishment and misunderstood by the opposition… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Media Bias • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 21:00 pm CET
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Note to President Obama: Don’t Back America’s and Israel’s Enemies

The enemy of myself is my friend… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 20:59 pm CET
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Israel’s New Government: Not What You May Think

On the issues about which the world is obsessed, Israel’s new government is basically a continuation of the old one… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Israel • Jewish Life • Politics • Security and Defense 
Posted on Thu, March 21, 2013 at 20:59 pm CET
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Why President Obama’s Concept of the Middle East Will Fail

Obama believes that what the Arab public really wants is progress toward peace with Israel and that the United States sees the ball as being in Israel’s court… Continue reading

Topics: Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sun, February 17, 2013 at 16:03 pm CET
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The British Mandate for Palestine

The Mandate for Palestine was a legal commission for the administration of Palestine after the first World War… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Britain • Historical Documents • History • International Law • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, February 17, 2013 at 03:10 am CET
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Memorandum on Acts of Arab Aggression submitted to the UN Palestine Commission (1948)

A report on the alleged aggressions by the Arab states in the period just before the Israeli War of Independence… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Historical Documents • History • Israel • United Nations • War of Independence • Zionism 
Posted on Fri, February 15, 2013 at 22:15 pm CET
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How Arab Governments Manage the Israel Issue

Using the Israel issue is so attractive and useful because there is a lot of popular support for this attitude… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • History • Israel • Jew-Hatred • Religion 
Posted on Wed, February 13, 2013 at 22:33 pm CET
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State of the Union Address on Foreign Policy: Careful Phrasing Conceals Disasters

Think about the kind of mental construct that could produce this State of the Union address… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, February 11, 2013 at 15:09 pm CET
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A Look Back at Forty Years of Middle East Analysis

My main goal of forty years of Middle East analysis has been trying to explain the Middle East as it actually exists, how its politics work, and how its history can be understood… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • History • Islamic Countries • Israel • Palestinian Arabs • Politics • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, February 10, 2013 at 16:55 pm CET
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Learning the Wrong Lessons from Ike

The real lessons of 1956… Continue reading

Topics: Arab World • Britain • Diplomacy • Egypt • France • History • Iraq • Israel • Obamaism • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Thu, February 7, 2013 at 20:49 pm CET
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The Meaning of the Obama Visit to Israel and U.S.-Israel Relations in Obama’s Second Term

This whole thing isn’t going to work… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Obamaism • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Tue, February 5, 2013 at 23:59 pm CET
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President Obama to Visit Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan in March

Why didn’t Obama go at a time when it would presumably have benefited him politically… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Jordan • Obamaism • Palestinian Authority • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sun, February 3, 2013 at 16:32 pm CET
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Not a Mistake, Misunderstanding, or Well-Intended Criticism But a Deliberate Campaign to Bash Israel

The first, most important thing to understand about the Western and especially American debate on Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Academic Bias • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Anti-Zionism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Jew-Hatred • Jewish Life • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Media Bias • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Fri, February 1, 2013 at 01:17 am CET
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Aboriginal in Canada: “The Palestinians are not like us”

Canadian aboriginal tells Palestinian Arabs to stop claiming commonality with them… Continue reading

Topics: Canada • Crethi Plethi • History • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, January 31, 2013 at 00:25 am CET
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Why Israel Attacked A Syrian Base

Israel forces carried out a strike overnight on a convoy coming from Syria in the Lebanon-Syria border area… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Syria 
Posted on Wed, January 30, 2013 at 21:52 pm CET
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U.S. Military Leaders Oppose Chuck Hagel Nomination

Former U.S. Generals and Admirals oppose Obama’s pick for secretary of defence… Continue reading

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, January 29, 2013 at 20:42 pm CET
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U.S. Intelligence Writes Turkey’s Future

U.S. intelligence community ponders the impact of Turkey’s growing significance in global affairs… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Economy • NATO • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, January 29, 2013 at 00:29 am CET
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Rising anti-Semitism at the Sunday Times?

The Sunday Times publishes anti-Semitic cartoon showing Netanyahu building a brick wall with blood of Palestinians… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Britain • Holocaust • Jew-Hatred • Media Bias • Rob Harris 
Posted on Mon, January 28, 2013 at 20:29 pm CET
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Secretary of State Kerry Shows He Doesn’t Have a Clue About How Foreign Policy Works

Kerry isn’t just wrong, he’s totally clueless… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Semitism • Diplomacy • Egypt • Leftist-Islamic Alliance • Muslim Brotherhood • Obamaism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 26, 2013 at 15:03 pm CET
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Understanding Israel’s Politics and 2013 Election

It was clear before the balloting in Israel that the claims that the population was moving to the right and that democracy in Israel was imperiled, were flatly wrong… Continue reading

Topics: Democracy • Israel • Politics 
Posted on Tue, January 22, 2013 at 22:17 pm CET
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Israel’s Election: An Analysis

Israel’s election results show that Israelis have a basic consensus and yet have very different ways of expressing their political positions… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Israel • Jewish Life • Politics 
Posted on Tue, January 15, 2013 at 20:02 pm CET
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Why Are Some Liberals Claiming Israel is At Fault For Their Lack of Support?

Do what you have to do to avoid admitting you’re wrong and paying some price for telling the truth. But don’t blame us… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Liberalism • Palestinian Arabs • Peace Process • United States of America • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Mon, January 14, 2013 at 19:40 pm CET
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Understanding Israel’s January 22 Election

After decades of misunderstanding Israeli politics, I can say that nothing has changed in this regard… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Politics 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:43 pm CET
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Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization

Hezbollah has a 30-year history of terrorist activity in Lebanon, the Middle East and around the globe, directed against Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West, pro-Western Arab states and Hezbollah’s enemies in Lebanon… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Shia Islam