Posted on Sun, March 27, 2011 at 22:54 pm CEST
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UN Intervention into Libya an Ominous Precedent for Israel

There are many reasons to be worried about the bridge-leap the Obama Administration has just undertaken in its war with Muammar Gaddafi… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, March 26, 2011 at 20:37 pm CET
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Why Moderate Arabs Are Horrified at Obama Administration Policy

I’ve seen a lot in media expressing the views of the Gulf Arab states and officials’ statements… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 23, 2011 at 20:42 pm CET
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Hillary’s Friends Echo Our Analysis: No Excuse for Not Knowing U.S. Foreign Policy Is At the Iceberg

Every analyst loves the day when policymakers and national leaders start echoing precisely what he’s been writing for… Continue reading

Topics: The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, March 22, 2011 at 20:02 pm CET
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The War in Libya: Unprecedented Strangeness

Should the United States and Europe want Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi out of power? Sure. But the real question is… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Britain • France • Libya War • NATO • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 21, 2011 at 23:57 pm CET
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Middle East on Fire: March 21, 2011

Events are happening so fast that I can only summarize, trying to add some analytical depth to each development. So here goes… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Iranian Protests • Libya War • Syria • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 13:07 pm CET
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ElBaradei Stoned and Shoed: The Truth in Egypt Starts Coming Out

I want to call your attention to the event, discussed in this article, in which hundreds of Brotherhood supporters attacked presidential candidate Muhammad ElBaradei… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Zionism • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Fri, March 18, 2011 at 23:58 pm CET
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No Wonder Hillary Resigned! Mr. Burns Explains U.S. Middle East Policy

For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Iran • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religious Terrorism • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, March 17, 2011 at 20:29 pm CET
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U.S. Sec State Hillary Clinton Says Leaving Post At End of 2012

In a CNN interview, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says she will not serve in a second- term administration of President Barack Obama… Continue reading

Topics: The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, March 17, 2011 at 00:02 am CET
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Crisis and Civil War in Libya

Here’s an (self)interview by Barry Rubin with Barry Rubin about what’s happening in Libya and U.S. foreign policy… Continue reading

Topics: Libya War • Maghreb • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 16, 2011 at 18:05 pm CET
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Obama Accepts Prospect of Nuclear-Armed Iran

During the four days between Thursday March 4 and Monday March 7, the Obama administration switched its Iran policy… Continue reading

Topics: Iran • Israel • Saudi Arabia • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Nations 
Posted on Tue, March 15, 2011 at 22:56 pm CET
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Egyptian Revolutionaries Ungrateful to Obama Administration

Who’d possibly have thought it? Answer: Anybody who understands the Middle East. You see, the Obama Administration rushed… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 21:13 pm CET
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Foreign Troops go into Bahrain

Saudi and United Arab Emirates troops crossed into Bahrain Monday, March 14 to support the king against escalating anti-throne demonstrations… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Egypt • Jordan • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Arab Emirates • Yemen 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 01:43 am CET
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No Problem Here? Egypt Apparently Has Already Ended Gas Shipments to Israel

There’s nothing to worry about, we are told, of course Egypt wants to get the money from gas shipments, right? Ideology and politics are… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Israel 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 01:50 am CET
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U.S. Head of Intelligence James Clapper Should Be Fired

If the Obama Administration would listen more to Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates it might salvage its foreign policy… Continue reading

Topics: China • Iran • Libya • Russian Federation • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, March 11, 2011 at 00:28 am CET
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Why Does the Media Report the Opposite of What’s True in the Middle East?

Here’s one of a thousand examples of how Middle East reality is being misrepresented. I’m told by people that the deputy head of… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Media Bias • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 22:27 pm CET
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Bahrain Opposition Cleric: We Want Sharia Law State

Not everyone in the opposition movements in Arab countries are Islamists, of course, but at least outside of… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Islamism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Sun, March 6, 2011 at 22:02 pm CET
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Iran Shows Disinterest in New IAEA Report

The new report released last Friday by the IAEA about Iran’s nuclear program has not stirred much interest on Iranian media… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, March 5, 2011 at 01:13 am CET
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How the Obama Administration is Going to Bring Disaster to the Middle East and U.S. Interests

In a moment, I’ll present you with what might be the most frightening paragraph in the modern history of U.S. Middle East policy… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Global Islam • Hamas • Hezbollah • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, March 3, 2011 at 01:30 am CET
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Obama Administration is loosing the Competition in the Middle East

In testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said, “We are in a competition. I just stress over and over again… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • Islamism • Lebanon • Syria • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, February 17, 2011 at 20:51 pm CET
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U.S. Intelligence at Work: Iranian Warships? Yeah, I Heard Something About That

Following on the theme that the Muslim Brotherhood is a secular organization and that U.S. intelligence gets its breaking information from CNN, we have… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Iran • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, February 9, 2011 at 18:31 pm CET
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Obama Administration: One Way or The Other

The American administration’s initial knee-jerk total support for the “Mubarak must go!” demonstrators, followed by a switch to a… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Satire • United States of America 
Posted on Thu, December 23, 2010 at 02:41 am CET
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The Poisoned Fruits of Appeasement Come Home to Roost

The U.S. weakness in countering Iran and other radical forces in the Middle East is beginning to bear poisoned fruits. Jordan is already moving toward getting on Iran’s good side; Lebanon has been captured by the Iran-Syria camp; Turkey has moved into its… Continue reading

Topics: France • Hamas • Islamic Countries • Israel • Lebanon • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, December 13, 2010 at 20:34 pm CET
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Netanyahu: Talks should focus on ‘core issues’ that are at the root of the conflict

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the issue of settlements Monday as a “marginal” part of peace talks and said he was glad the United States had abandoned its demand for a renewed freeze… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Peace Process 
Posted on Wed, November 24, 2010 at 10:50 am CET
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North Korea: Adding Insult To Injury

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will be very happy with such a “nuclear” friend in North Korea… Continue reading

Topics: North Korea • Satire • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, November 22, 2010 at 11:13 am CET
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US 2010 Religious Freedom Report Toned Down Criticism of Israel

The U.S. State Department’s 2010 International Religious Freedom Report that was released last week, actually toned down the unjustified criticism that for years was the norm in the document authored by… Continue reading

Topics: Human Rights • International Law • Islamic Countries • Israel • The Middle East • United States of America