The coming crash of American diplomacy in the Middle East

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bolton-obama-mideast-failure-20140218,0,1568248.story#ixzz2thmWN4FP President Obama has three significant Middle East diplomatic initiatives underway, treating, respectively, Iran's nuclear weapons program; Syria's deadly, exhausting conflict; and the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Into these negotiations, Obama and his administration have poured...

Hamas’s Attack Tunnels: Analysis and Initial Implications

http://jcpa.org/hamas-attack-tunnels/ Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister, delivered a revealing speech on March 23, 2014, in which he stressed the strategic importance of the Hamas attack tunnels, which, he argued, have changed the balance of...
U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a phone call in the Oval Office, September 2013. (Pete Souza / Courtesy Reuters)

President Obama, listen to Netanyahu on Iran

It is extremely rare for any reasonable person to ever agree with anything Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says or does. However, one must admit, Bibi did get it right, at least when it came...

EXPOSED: Britain Informs UN About New Illicit Iranian Nuclear Activities While US Admin. Suppresses...

Iran deceiving the West on its nuclear program is nothing new. Today Reuters reported that Great Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of the existence of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked...

Q & A: Küntzel on roots and develoment of the Iranian regime’s antisemitism

In your new book “Germany and Iran”, you speak about the extensive 20th century ties between the leaders of these two countries during the years. This is a part of history that has not...

Congressional Report: Iran Spends Billions to Foment Global Terror

The Congressional Research Service details monies spent by Iran supporting terrorist organizations in the Middle East. Responding to a request from Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), the Congressional Research Service prepared a report detailing monies spent...

Israel: A Nation Enveloped in Fear and Trepidation

Israel is a land that is enveloped in fear, apprehension and bewilderment, not knowing what will be tomorrow with Iraq and Saddam Hussein. The people of Israel know that Iraq is the only country...

Richard Perle, Top Bush aide, Attacks ‘Selfish’ Chirac

White House adviser Richard Perle tells David Rose that France's 'cosy relationship' with Saddam means it will veto a second UN resolution A leading adviser to President Bush last night launched a savage attack on...

Beware of the Gaza Trap

Is a Gaza withdrawal a good idea? Well it may be for the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and for some of his close supporters, but it most certainly is not for the U.S. President...

US Security Think Tank: Reject Olmert’s Unilateral Retreat Policy

A U.S. security think-tank has urged President George Bush to reject an Israeli government plan for a unilateral withdrawal from 90 percent of the West Bank. The report by the Washington-based Center for Security Policy,...