Bahrain

Posting: October 29, 2008 "Does This Matter?" To me it matters a lot: It's being reported that French president Nicholas Sarkozy thinks Obama's position on Iran is "utterly immature" and comprised of "formulations empty of all content." Sarkozy...

http://www.inss.org.il/upload/%28FILE%291335769071.pdf With a lack of consensus in the Palestinian camp on various issues and numerous obstacles to the two main political processes - the political process with Israel and internal Palestinian reconciliation - social network...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/a-totally-new-american-foreign-policy.html Something very bad is happening with the U.S. foreign policy debate. Aside from all of the specific problems and bad appointments, the whole discussion is being conducted on the wrong assumptions and context. There is...

Volume 10, No. 3, Article 10/10 September 2006 One of the most important developments in the early twenty-first century Middle East is the rise of Iran to become a regional great power. This has come about...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=858&sec=3&title=INSIDE_VIEW_FROM_WASHINGTON:_DENNIS_ROSS%E2%80%99_S_SPEECH_AND_THE_J-STREET_AGENDA:_IS_OBAMA_RETREATING_FROM__PEACE_PROCESS_ Amy Spitalnick, media spokesperson for J-Street photo by Rhonda Spivak Ron Pundak, Director of the Peres Centre for Peace photo by Rhonda Spivak PA Ambassador Maen Areikat, Chief Representative of the PLO delegation to the U.S photo by Rhonda...

J Street has dispatched a delegation this week to Jerusalem, to meet with Israeli officials, presenting itself as a “pro-Israel”and “pro peace”. The reality is that J Street plays a critical role as part and...

When the first revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt occurred, the initial responses from Israel appeared distinct from those in the West. While European and American reactions were enthusiastic, a whiff of skepticism, if not...

Syria Murders Hundreds; "Pro-`Arab Spring'" West Yawns or Supports Syrian Regime The situation in Syria is terrible. Hundreds of people have been shot; others arrested and tortured. And yet after weeks of demonstrations and repression...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/04/iraqi-model-as-good-as-it-gets.html Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward. Yet I would suggest that...

On the evidence so far we are already facing a new (Jewish) year which is plumbing the depths of insanity and unbelievable imbecility. Love embraces from the UAE and Bahrain notwithstanding, the prospects for far...