Daily Archives: April 17, 2015

A new approach to Iran

Here are four facts that turn the whole Iran debate on its head: If Iran wants to build a nuclear weapon, it will. Sanctions have accomplished all they can accomplish, and maintaining them or strengthening them...

Lessons unlearned…writes Michael Kuttner

The eerie sound of a wailing siren throughout the length and breadth of the country drives home in no uncertain manner exactly what Yom Hashoah (Holocaust and Martyrs Remembrance Day) is all about. From the...

Bad, or worse? Depends on what the meaning of ‘S-300’ is

Readers will have seen by now that Vladimir Putin has lifted Russia’s 2010 ban on selling the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran.  For the record, this is bad.  There’s a certain amount...

Killing americans and their allies

Preface Iranian-supplied weapons have led to casualties across the Western alliance for Britain, Israel, and the United States. Tehran has used its weapons deliveries to fuel a number of regional insurgencies, like the Houthi revolt...
Iranian protestors burn an Israeli flag during a demonstration in Tehran on July 25, 2014. (BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images)

Inside Obama’s Meeting With Jewish Leaders

Imagine if at the height of Apartheid madness in South Africa, the president of the United States had decided to partner with the racist white regime in Pretoria, lift sanctions, and put that country’s...
An Elbit Systems Hermes 450 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) stands at the Singapore Airshow in Singapore, on Monday, Feb. 10, 2014. The airshow takes place from Feb. 11-16. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Israeli Drone Maker Has $6 Billion Backlog and a Red-Hot Stock

U.S. military spending may be flat, but that’s not proving to be much of a problem for Israeli defense company Elbit Systems Ltd. That’s because the company, while long dependent on the U.S. for much...

Lawsuit Barrage Against Leftist ‘Settlement Boycott’ Groups

The Legal Forum for Israel is preparing to submit a series of lawsuits against leftist organizations that call to boycott products from Judea and Samaria, after the High Court this week ruled that those...