A Dilemma and a Constructive Approach
At a time when polarization between Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews is widely reported, there are ways that we may build fences between Jews, so as to integrate the Jewish spirituality of the non-Orthodox movements...
Islamism’s Likely Doom
http://www.danielpipes.org/13124/islamism-doom
As recently as 2012, it appeared that Islamists could overcome their many internal dissimilarities - sectarian (Sunni, Shi'ite), political (monarchical, republican), tactical (political, violent), or attitudes toward modernity (Salafi, Muslim Brotherhood) - and cooperate....
Incisive Perspective: Syria and Saudi Arabia
Syria Murders Hundreds; "Pro-`Arab Spring'" West Yawns or Supports Syrian Regime
The situation in Syria is terrible. Hundreds of people have been shot; others arrested and tortured. And yet after weeks of demonstrations and repression...
The Palestinian refugees — a reality check
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6651
Western policymakers and media have misconstrued/misrepresented the Palestinian refugee issue, ignoring its global context and core data. Moreover, the Palestinian claim of dispossession -- which impacts the U.S. financial aid to UNRWA, and is...
Official PA Radio News The P.B.C. VOP (Voice of Palestine) Radio January 5
Summary and Analysis
One has to pay attention to the unusual first item of the morning news-which was also the first item last night: unusual both in tone, style and content.
The reliance of Yasser Arafat...
THE ENEMY WITHIN: The U.N.’s Refugees
JERUSALEM--On Monday, France, Belgium and four other European Union members endorsed a U.N. Human Rights Commission resolution condoning "all available means, including armed struggle" to establish a Palestinian state. Hence, six EU members and...
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,...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: June 6, 2008
"Shifting"
The situation. Sometimes I see us simply going in the most frustrating circles, but now (very tentatively) I see a shift in some of what we're dealing with.
We might start with...
Incisive Commentary on Events in Israel
Posting: July 11, 2008
"Still Iran"
Iran remains very much in the news -- and with solid reason.
No one -- except the parties both here and the US who are directly involved -- know exactly what's...
Our World: The West’s proxy war against the Jews
By focusing attention on Israel and its crimes, Europeans, American admirers
ignore Islamic war against Israel, global jihad.
It was a stunning moment of moral clarity. As the South Vietnamese refugees
clambered onto rickety boats in the...