Commentary: Appeasement Now
Caroline Glick's first line in her column yesterday: "The world has gone mad."
She then proceeds to explain the many reasons why this is so. For example: "As the Palestinians push forward with their Iranian-sponsored,...
The Iraqi Model: As Good As It Gets
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...
What Egypt’s President Sisi Really Thinks
http://www.danielpipes.org/14931/abdel-fattah-al-sisi
Former air marshal Husni Mubarak, now 86, had ruled Egypt for 30 years when his military colleagues forced him from office in 2011. Three years and many upheavals later, those same colleagues replaced his...
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the “Clash within a Civilization”
http://csis.org/publication/saudi-arabia-iran-and-clash-within-civilization
No one has ever been able to travel to the Gulf without discovering just how different the perspectives and values of the West and the Middle East can be. During the last two...
Hate Radio: The long, toxic afterlife of Nazi propaganda in the Arab world
http://chronicle.com/article/Hate-Radio-Nazi-Propaganda-in/49199/
Between 1939 and 1945, shortwave radio transmitters near Berlin broadcast
Nazi propaganda in many languages around the world, including Arabic
throughout the Middle East and North Africa, and Persian programs in Iran.
English-language transcripts of the...
Where is UNRWA Going After the Withdrawal from Katif?
In early November, shortly after Israel had pulled out of Gaza, Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom met with UNRWA's new commissioner-general, Karen AbuZayd. Shalom suggested, during that meeting, that it might be time for...
Al-Ahram: Egypt’s Options, Lutfi El-Kholi
The following are selections from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly, 2nd - 8th July, 1998
Forging News Alliances
by Dina Ezzat
Dina Ezzat explores Egypt's options beyond a defunct...
Iran And The Holocaust:Cause For Concern
As a student of modern Jewish history and anti-Semitism, I have always tried to refrain from using the term "Holocaust" for rhetorical purposes. But this time, Holocaust Memorial Day is different, so it seems,...
Strange Happenings at Hillel
The Hillel Foundation exists on campuses all across the United States. Its purpose, of course, is to provide a place on campus where Jewish students can mingle, socialize and, of course, do Jewish" things....
Morsi’s just not that into Iran
http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/08/30/morsis_just_not_that_into_iran_0
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had high hopes for the visit to Tehran by new Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. His trip on Thursday for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit might have been brief -- his...