Posted on Wed, October 30, 2013 at 21:09 pm CET
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Pro-Palestinianism in the EU: Diplomats Taking Sides in Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Foreign diplomats, mainly European, participate in popular resistance activities in Judea and Samaria… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Diplomacy • Europe • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Sun, June 2, 2013 at 23:04 pm CEST
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Wilders in Australia and the “Islamic Problem” – Part II

Part 2 of Geert Wilders in Australia and the “Islamic Problem”… Continue reading

Topics: Australia • Geert Wilders • Global Islam • Human Rights • Religion 
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 Fri, February 1, 2013 at 13:03 pm CET
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Why Today’s American Foreign Policy is So UnRealistic

One of the main features of misguided contemporary foreign policy debate is the corruption of the concept of Realism… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • History • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 14, 2012 at 13:25 pm CET
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The Visit of a Hamas leader to Tunisia, the Arab Spring, and crass pro-Palestinian apologism

When Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip, visited Tunisia, he was met with an ecstatic welcome from both the Tunisian public and authorities alike… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Hamas • Islamism • Jew-Hatred • Rob Harris • Tunisia 
Posted on Wed, December 14, 2011 at 19:18 pm CET
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My Critique of Two “Neo-Conservative” Presidents: Obama and Bush

A Huffington Post writer with no known expertise on the Middle East, has accused me of being not only an alarmist about revolutionary Islamism but also as a “neo-con… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Democracy • Iran • Iraq • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, August 30, 2011 at 20:40 pm CEST
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Assessing Qaddafi

The world’s longest ruling head of state, Mu’ammar al-Qadhdhafi (the correct transliteration of his name), would have been ruler of Libya for exactly 42 years on… Continue reading

Topics: Funding Islamic Terrorism • Global Islam • Jihadism • Libya • Libya War 
Posted on Tue, July 26, 2011 at 23:37 pm CEST
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood, Sensing Power, Now Opposes Protests as Zionist Plot

Here’s how revolutions — at least ultimately undemocratic ones — work… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Sat, June 4, 2011 at 17:55 pm CEST
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Egypt Is The New Iran

To put it simply, what has happened in Egypt is not just the undoing of the “Mubarak regime” but the undoing of the “Sadat regime,” that is… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, March 19, 2011 at 22:29 pm CET
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Islamists Don’t Want to be America’s “Buddies”

The thing I fear most is foreign intervention. Our people and societies must realize that their main enemy abroad is the U.S. and the Zionist gang… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, February 19, 2011 at 00:16 am CET
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Egypt: Qaradawi Tries to Take Charge of the Revolution

Let history show that neither the New York Times nor the Washington Post reported on the return of the world’s single most important Islamic cleric to Cairo… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Tue, February 15, 2011 at 03:51 am CET
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Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Khamenei Calls for Iran-style Islamic State

Egypt’s main opposition party, the Muslim Brotherhood, have rejected calls by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for an Islamic Revolution similar to… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Shi'ism 
Posted on Sun, January 30, 2011 at 01:52 am CET
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The Revolt in Egypt and U.S. Policy

There is no good policy for the United States regarding the uprising in Egypt but the Obama Administration may be adopting something close to the worst option… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Islamism • Jordan • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, January 28, 2011 at 18:58 pm CET
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The Fate of Egypt’s Government?

Will the Muslim Brotherhood come to power in Egypt and thus change the balance in the Middle East in favor of the Islamists… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • Muslim Brotherhood • Satire • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, December 21, 2010 at 17:38 pm CET
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The Hijacking of NGO’s by the Anti-Israel Movement

The recent publication by the Human Rights Watch about Israel’s alleged “discrimination” against Palestinians puts the role of HRW in the anti-Israel movement back in the spotlight… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions • Human Rights • Ireland • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Pro-Palestinianism • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Tue, November 30, 2010 at 14:57 pm CET
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Mary Robinson – Ireland’s Greatest In Pro-Palestinianism

Former President of Ireland Mary Robinson has probably done more harm to Israel than any other Irish citizen. She was United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997 to 2002 and was the architect of the Durban I anti-racism conference in 2001. Last year… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Semitism • Anti-Zionism • Ireland • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Tue, March 23, 2010 at 13:37 pm CET
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Occupied Territories

Today a post from the Dry Bones blog. The comparison between Obama and Carter is captious and discouraging at the same time… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Peace Process • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 2, 2010 at 23:30 pm CET
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Carter “Apology” – Part 2

Ex-President Jimmy Carter has recently asked Jews for forgiveness. Carter claims that the fact that his grandson is now running for office in their home state of Georgia has nothing to do with his apology. He states that Jews only make up 2% of the county where his grandson lives – about the same percent that Jews make up in the nation at large – and so uses this as further evidence of the integrity of his intentions… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • United States of America 
Posted on Sat, January 2, 2010 at 17:18 pm CET
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Carter “Apology” – part 1

CAMERA has sent a letter to Jimmy Carter after the former president, addressing the Jewish community in an open letter, offered an apology for anything he may have done to stigmatize Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, December 20, 2009 at 21:38 pm CET
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Iran Hostage Crisis – Letter from Carter to Khomeini

The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic crisis between Iran and the United States (during the Jimmy Carter Administration) where 53 Americans were held hostage for 444 days from November 4, 1979 to January 20, 1981, after a group of Islamist students and militants took over the American embassy. United States President Jimmy Carter wrote a letter to Ayatollah Khomeini asking the release of the American Hostages… Continue reading

Topics: Historical Documents • Iran • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, November 17, 2009 at 21:08 pm CET
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The Legacy of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and today’s Global Islam

A study on Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeiny and his Shia legacy… Continue reading

Topics: Global Islam • Iran