Raqqa Report Highlights the UN’s Illogical Double Standard Against Israel

The United Nations (U.N.) was founded in 1945 upon the loftiest of principles.
The State Department Drops the Ball

By reversing course on closing the PLO mission, and groveling to the threatening PLO, the State Department made a laughingstock of the US and President Trump.
Report Trump to Announce Jerusalem Embassy Move Next Week ‘Premature’

President Donald Trump may announce preparations to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem within days, Israeli media reported.
Coddling the PLO

As with all visitors to the Holy Land, I saw many fascinating things on my first trip to Israel, now many moons ago.
Portents of Quagmires in Syria

Putin, Rouhani, and Erdogan are right that, as of now, they are the victors in Syria. But let us not empower them by believing them invincible.
Uncertainties and Science

A long and checkered medical history has combined with more than a half-century of political science to sharpen my sense that uncertainties are inherent in science, and are the most interesting elements of doing science.
Trump Reveals Details of Covert Mossad Mission in Syria, Shaking US-Israel Relations

It was reported on Thursday that in a meeting with Russian officials at the White House in May, President Donald Trump was guilty of a loose-lips blunder, revealing sensitive details about a daring Israeli spy mission in Syria.
Why Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan is Doomed

The truth must be told: Regardless of the new initiative’s parameters, it won’t lead to an agreement. On the contrary, it will hinder the chances for an arrangement, because no matter what the US president offers the Palestinians, their answer is predetermined. They will say no.
The Road to Hell

The record of the US in Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and what the enthusiasts called Arab Spring was collectively the equivalent of a Holocaust, albeit well-meant.
Jared Kushner in Hot Water for 2016 Efforts to Help Israel Block UN Anti-Settlement Act
Robert Mueller is investigating Jared Kushner’s contacts with Israeli officials last year over joint efforts to stop the passage of UNSC Resolution 2334.