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How Congress Became the Fall Guy for Obama’s Iran Deal

One of the more astounding features of the current controversy over the Iran nuclear negotiations is the extent to which Congress is being set up to take the blame if the talks go south....
U.S. President Barack Obama talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a phone call in the Oval Office, September 2013. (Pete Souza / Courtesy Reuters)

Obama’s Secret Iran Strategy

resident Barack Obama wishes the Islamic Republic of Iran every success. Its leaders, he explained in a recent interview, stand at a crossroads. They can choose to press ahead with their nuclear program, thereby...

The Rising Insurgency for Sanctions Against Iran

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.” -Otto von Bismarck Bismarck’s statement is eerily familiar with the legislative process described below. Stay with me while I dive deeply into the...
Image of Iranian intercontinental missile taken by Israeli satelite

How Iran continues to deceive the West

Last week’s IAF strike on a Hezbollah convoy near Kuneitra on the Israel-Syria border in which six members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were killed has led to increased Iranian threats to...

Fearing for His Life, Journalist Who Reported Prosecutor Nisman’s Death Fled Argentina to Israel

Damian Pachter, the first journalist to report the murder of Jewish-Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman, said on Friday that he was being followed by unknown people and feared for his safety, his employer at the...

One for the Gunness Book of Records: The myth of an UNRWA policy of...

“We Are Returning Returning, returning, we are returning Borders shall not exist, nor citadels and fortresses Cry out, O those who have left: We are returning Returning to the homes, to the valleys, to the mountains Under the flag of...

How the State Department Annually Perpetuates Palestinian Misery

Originally published under the title "America's Palestine Refugee Policy Is Insane." This exercise in repetition occurred in the wake of a war that again exposed UNRWA's unsavory and illegal activities, from being "shocked" that its...

Rising above personal attacks, the time has come to examine UNRWA policy

United Nations Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness launched personal attacks this week against a Palestinian critic of UNRWA who wrote an op-ed for The Jerusalem Post, followed by a vitriolic attack against...

UNRWA Reform Through Nations That Donate to UNRWA

There is a myth that the UN determines policies of the UNRWA, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency. FACT: UNRWA is a self-run authority, funded by donor nations, not by the UN, with no board...

Israel’s Challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean

About 90 percent of Israel's foreign trade is carried out via the Mediterranean Sea, making freedom of navigation in this area critical for the Jewish state's economic well-being. Moreover, the newly found gas fields...