Middle East

“Financing the Flames” is very troubling, but then that’s nothing new for an Edwin Black book since all of his works studiously reveal facts and unknown information that shocks and disrupts historical conventions. What is...

http://www.idfblog.com/2013/11/19/first-person-testimony-watched-firebomb-aimed-school-bus-fly-towards/ Last week, I saw my life flash before my eyes, and felt the terrible fear of dying. I was traveling on a road in Samaria. A bus full of children returning from school came down...

Lawyers for the family of Daniel Wultz, a 16-year-old American killed in a suicide bombing in Israel in 2006, asked a U.S. federal court on Tuesday to reject Israel’s attempt to prevent a key...

http://www.aawsat.net/2014/01/article55326641 One of the obstacles in the fight against epidemic viruses is the evolution of newer, more virulent strains which emerge after medical science has begun to make progress in lessening the initial impact. These...

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Modern-Language-Association-MLA-ignores-word-pollution-337651 The Modern Language Association (MLA) whose brief is words, sentences, paragraphs, stories and narratives, has a special responsibility to lead the way in examining the effects of exposure to cradle-to-grave incitement -the abuse of...

Much of what goes on in the world these days has a surreal quality.  But here’s a case that is sort of emblematic of a host of situations: “Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda have seized...

The Iranians know about resistance, or so they say. They know that any occupying force will be faced with resistance. They’ve supported “resistance forces” in the region for decades. Today, they’re on the other...

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." That Churchillian one-liner summarizes the glorious chaos that is Israeli politics. In the one...

On Thursday evening, news broke that six world powers reached a framework agreement with Iran that is supposed to curtail its nuclear program. The Times of Israel reported that under the deal, the giant...

Qatar's Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah has criticized Iran for continuing to support Bashar Assad's regime in Syria. More work must be done to build confidence on both sides, including on the issue of “interfering in...