Time for the Architects of Middle East Failures to be Quiet
Longtime State Department peace processors who helped wreck the region under Clinton or Obama, and are now the first to criticize the Trump plan, lack credibility.
Iran General Orders His Already Hungry People: Starve Yourselves to Battle U.S
“If America is sanctioning us and wants to keep us hungry, the people should fast to show their resistance,” Dehghan said.
Politics, Diplomacy, and Redeeming Captives in Israel
Why would Russia care at all, and why would there be any interest in setting up a 27-year-old American-Israeli woman, and sentencing her to such an unusually harsh punishment?
Iran Accidentally Calls for Jewish Self-Determination in Israel
Zarif’s tweet calls for Jewish self-determination in the Land of Israel. This is certainly a far cry from the “wipe Israel off the map” language that we are used to.
For Israel, Now is the Time for Strategic Initiatives
In recent weeks the United States has returned to the Middle East, in a major way. With a lightning strike, it knocked Iran on its heels, erased all its achievements of the past few years and mainly exposed its weakness. It is an illuminating fact that after Iran sustained the U.S. knockout punch—in the form […]
What’s the Alternative to Trump on Iran?
The Democratic presidential candidates agree that wars are bad and so is the president. But they aren’t presenting any serious policy options to deal with Tehran.
Terminating Terrorists and Assessing Assassinations
Israel and the United States have employed targeted assassination both to preempt planned enemy attacks that are about to be carried out and to punish past ones that have already been committed.
Donald Trump and the Mythmakers
For the past 40-odd years, two narratives have guided American Middle East policy. Both were invented by the Carter administration. One relates to Iran. One relates to Israel.
The Perverse Western Mourning for Qassem Soleimani
In this upside-down moral universe, genocidal fanatics, whose dissembling enables liberals to take refuge in the fantasy of a trouble-free solution, must be negotiated with and appeased.
Post-Missile Attacks, Iran Takes an Off-Ramp as America aims for De-Escalation
As some predicted, while Tehran sought revenge for the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, it retaliated in a calculated way so as not to provoke a U.S. response.