A Diary of Insight in Middle East Reporting
Posting: April 17, 2008
"Carter's Destruction"
Today is the day that Jimmy Carter -in defiance of requests from several quarters that he not do so-is going to be meeting with officials from Hamas. To achieve peace,...
Marines Prepared For Attack On Syria
A senior U.S. military commander said the Marine Corps sent some 2,400 soldiers to Jordan in June 2013 in what appeared to mark preparations for a war against the regime of Syrian President Bashar...
Traces of Chemical Weapons Found at Undeclared Site in Syria
Late Friday afternoon Reuters had a huge scoop. Inspectors found traces of prohibited chemical weapons at a previously undeclared site in Syria.
Samples taken by experts from the Organisation for the Prohibition and Chemical Weapons...
Commentary: The BLair Plan to Engage Syria and Iran and more…
Tony Blair today urged the world to engage Iran and Syria to advance the peace process in the Middle East. I am not making this up, though you might be temped to think so....
Commentary on Possible Commission of Inquiry
Defense Minister Peretz has come out in favor of a formal commission of inquiry with regard to the war, which puts him in opposition to Olmert and definitely strains the coalition. Look for a...
20 Middle East Policy Questions to Ask Candidates Running for Public of Office in...
I have spent the past week covering Middle East policy issues during the presidential primaries in Pennsylvania, in my capacity as the Middle East correspondent for the Philadelphia Bulletin.
I find that people hesitate about...
Official Palestinian Radio News: The Voice of Palestine (V.O.P.) February 8th
Thursday Midnight News Round-up, February 8/9
"His Excellency President Yasser Arafat receives two telephone calls-one from President George Bush and one from his Secretary of State Colin Powell dealing with the peace process;
Mr. Nabil Abu-Irdeineh,...
“Iran is Now Moderate” Joke
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/09/the-iran-is-now-moderate-joke_22.html
I have never understood why anyone expected any U.S. action on Iran's nuclear program. Basically there was never any chance the U.S. would undertake any armed action or allow Israel to do so. That...
UNICEF: Why is this Halloween Different from Any Other Halloween?
This year, UNICEF treats you with a new trick against Israel.
We all remember UNICEF. That is the agency that provides little boxes for collection on Halloween in order that children around the world should...
The Man Who Convinced Eshkol
The course of history can be changed by the determination of one man who stands up for what he believes in when he is listened to by people who are in a position of...