Two Weeks of Incisive Commentary

February 21, 2008: Standing Strong Before returning to current news items, I would like to refer back to one of the themes of yesterday's posting, regarding the inability of some Israelis (some Jews) to defend...

J Street’s Dangerous Detour on the Road to the White House

Yasser Arafat sought peace with Israel, Jeremiah was a bullfrog, the Brooklyn Bridge is for sale, Brutus was an honorable man, and J Streetis a “pro-Israel” organization. Not. As a long-time student of American politics...

Confirmed Israel Intelligence Study: Saudis Will Now Pose a Nuclear Threat – Yet It...

Saudi Arabia, the only Arab nation contiguous to Israel which remains in a total state of war with Israel since 1948, has taken a step towards posing a nuclear threat against Jerusalem. This past...

Obama Doctrine: America Allies with Muslim Brotherhood to Promote Middle East ‘Stability’

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2013/06/16/obama-doctrine-america-allies-with-muslim-brotherhood-to-promote-middle-east-stability/ Here is what I wrote in October 2010, when the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood - Muhammad al-Badi - had just given a sermon calling for the overthrow of Egypt’s government (which happened four...

Good News: Worst UN Candidates Defeated in Race to Replace Richard Falk

http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1285603&ct=13660667¬oc=1 We have just learned that following UN Watch's campaign exposing and opposing the most biased candidates vying to replace the outgoing Richard Falk -- as the UN's permanent investigator on "Israel's violations of the...

Iran: The Regional Power behind the Hamas War Effort

http://jcpa.org/article/iran-the-regional-power-behind-the-hamas-war-effort/#sthash.BCfPFQpk.dpuf Vol. 14, No. 23 July 15, 2014 Iran is an arsonist, inflaming the conflicts in the Middle East. Since the 2012 “Pillar of Defense Operation,” Iran has heavily invested in improving the quantity and quality...

Can the Arabs Ever Use Their Oil Power Weapon Again?

The focus of the industrial West has, for many years, been drawn to the oil-bearing nations of the Middle East because they needed oil. As a repository of developed and yet to be developed...

Public Condemnation; Private Glee

Executive Summary Palestinian press treatment of the Islamic suicide attacks on New York and Washington on September 11 was a prime example of the power the Palestinian Authority wields over newspapers and media. Both PA-owned...

Agent Turned Author Defies CIA

The CIA is demanding that a celebrated former agent remove passages from an upcoming book that claims that high-ranking members of the Saudi royal family have been involved in political assassination plots and the...

WARREN BUFFET COMES TO SEE HIS INVESTMENT IN ISRAEL: A HANDS ON REPORT

When Israelis think of business people from the USA, they often conjure up images of fast talking ambitious go-getters from New York or Los Angeles. Indeed, during this reporter's 36 years in Israel, it has...