Posted on Tue, June 19, 2012 at 20:26 pm CEST
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Israeli Settlements, American Pressure, and Peace

President Obama apparently believed that pressuring Israel to halt construction of homes in Jewish neighborhoods in parts of Jerusalem would advance peace. In reality, the opposite ensued… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Diplomacy • Gaza and Westbank • International Law • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jerusalem • Obamaism • Peace Process • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sat, November 19, 2011 at 15:16 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: Syrian-Iranian Show of Solidarity Masks Tensions over Iraq, Yemen and War with Israel

Assad resisted Iranian arguments for closer bilateral coordination in Iraq and Yemen and flatly rejected being drawn into a war between Iran and Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Diplomacy • Iran • Iraq • Syria • WikiLeaks • Yemen 
Posted on Sun, September 11, 2011 at 14:05 pm CEST
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Netanyahu Following the Embassy Attack in Cairo: “We continue to keep the peace with Egypt”

Hours after a mob attacked Israel’s embassy in Cairo, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, says Israel will continue… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Israel • Jew-Hatred 
Posted on Thu, September 1, 2011 at 20:55 pm CEST
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Why Supporting Unilateral Palestinian Independence Is A Deadly Mistake

Marwan Barghouti, under a life sentence in an Israel prison, has said that if the United States vetoes a unilateral Palestinian statehood proposal… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Palestinian Terrorism • Peace Process • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 21:21 pm CEST
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New Phase in War as Terrorists Cross Egypt-Israel Border

This isn’t just another terrorist attack — it’s a major escalation, a new phase in the Arab-Israeli conflict in two ways… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Tue, July 19, 2011 at 23:30 pm CEST
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Sudan’s “Two-State Solution”

Good news from the Middle East is that rarest of all things… Continue reading

Topics: South Sudan • Sudan 
Posted on Mon, June 20, 2011 at 20:40 pm CEST
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Understanding Hamas, A Detailed Assessment

What do you have to do to be recognized as a revolutionary Islamist group using terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Hamas • Islamic Terrorism • Palestinian Terrorism • Salafism 
Posted on Thu, May 26, 2011 at 03:27 am CEST
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Obama Forgets History And Thus Makes Future Disastrous History

A reader writes to me that I don’t understand how President Barack Obama is really friendly toward Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, May 24, 2011 at 21:57 pm CEST
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PM Netanyahu’s Speech to U.S. Congress, May 24, 2011

Speech by PM Netanyahu to a Joint Meeting of the U.S. Congress… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, May 23, 2011 at 17:34 pm CEST
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Obama At AIPAC: Beneath The Flattery, He Revealed His Indifference to Israel’s Needs and His Tilt Against It

I expected President Barack Obama’s AIPAC speech would be a bunch of feel-good clichés to persuade the audience that he is… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 21:38 pm CEST
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Obama’s Middle East Speech: The Opposite of Strategy Is Catastrophe

President Barack Obama’s big Middle East speech is extraordinarily important. I think that it has been largely misinterpreted… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 17:44 pm CEST
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President Obama’s Abandonment of America

Before we get into what the speech means for Israel, it is important to consider what it means for America… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, May 20, 2011 at 01:43 am CEST
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President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa Speech, May 19, 2011

Official release of President Obama’s Middle East and North Africa speech… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Islamic Countries • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Maghreb • Palestinian Authority • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Wed, May 18, 2011 at 23:24 pm CEST
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The West’s Foreign Policy Theme – Like Me Before You Kill Me – Applied to Israel

Recently, it was revealed that President Barack Obama had consulted Tom Friedman in formulating his Middle East policy… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, May 17, 2011 at 00:49 am CEST
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PM Netanyahu: Root of Conflict is Palestinian Refusal to Recognize the Jewish State

The root of the conflict is, and always has been, their refusal to recognize the Jewish state… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Zionism 
Posted on Thu, May 5, 2011 at 01:52 am CEST
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Progress? Now Even Egypt’s Religious Establishment Hates America

This is the kind of serious development that everyone better pay close attention to if they want to understand what’s going on in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Sat, April 30, 2011 at 23:42 pm CEST
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Syria Not A Partner For Peace? So What’s New?

The Obama administration no longer considers Syria a potential peace partner for Israel because of its repression against… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Syria 
Posted on Thu, April 14, 2011 at 15:16 pm CEST
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Clinton: The Situation is Unsustainable Because I Say So

Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin. God hath numbered thy kingdom, and brought it to an end. Thou art weighed in the balances… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Syrian Revolution • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • Wahhabism 
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 Thu, February 17, 2011 at 19:30 pm CET
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Revolution in Tunisia, Reform in Jordan Unleashes Anti-Jewish Forces

Recently, when I spoke on developments in Egypt, a serious and respected Middle East expert claimed that there was no sign of anti-American or anti-Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Jasmine Revolution • Jew-Hatred • Jordan • Palestine Papers • The Middle East • Tunisia 
Posted on Fri, February 11, 2011 at 10:55 am CET
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Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty: A Warning Sign

The idea that a new government in Egypt might simply cancel Egypt’s Peace Agreement with Israel has been greeted with disinterest by both the… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Israel • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • Satire 
Posted on Fri, February 4, 2011 at 02:26 am CET
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Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Will Abrogate Peace Treaty with Israel

We have been repeatedly assured in the media — on the basis of no evidence — that if the Muslim Brotherhood comes to power in a coalition or even directly that the radical Islamist group… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood 
Posted on Thu, February 3, 2011 at 15:36 pm CET
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Netanyahu: Egyptian Revolt Proves Israel Needs Strong, Solid Security Arrangements

Yesterday was a dramatic day in our region. Millions of people poured into the streets of Egypt. President Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for 30 years, announced that… Continue reading

Topics: Egyptian Revolution • Iran • Islamic Fundamentalism • Israel • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, February 2, 2011 at 03:47 am CET
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Egypt’s Revolution: A Simple Guide

The first issue is whether only the ruler or the entire regime is going to fall. The mere resignation of President Husni Mubarak from office would not be a huge problem… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, February 1, 2011 at 03:08 am CET
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Netanyahu Warns Against Islamist Takeover of Egypt

Netanyahu warned that extreme Islamic radicals could take advantage of the upheaval in the country and gain control of Egypt, just as they did in Iran in 1979… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Germany • Islamism • Israel • Muslim Brotherhood