Who Leads Israel?

The cabinet – and the Knesset – must take ameliorative action against the security brass to end their subversion of our duly elected leaders
Iran’s response: the ‘Strategy of Tension’

The United States and its allies are currently in the opening stages of the pursuit of a strategy to contain and roll back the Islamic Republic of Iran from a number of points in the Middle East.
Making the Iranians Mad

These are all examples of Iranian behavior that undermine the peace and security of the Middle East and the wider world.  And if none is okay, why pretend not to notice them?  In the interest of not irritating the mullahs?
Game on: The New Strategy of the US and its Allies in the Middle East

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s outlining of 12 conditions that Iran would need to meet in order to make possible a new nuclear deal amounts to a call for the wholesale reversal of Iranian regional strategy. The conditions stated are not only, or primarily, concerned with the nuclear program.
The US, Morocco and Iran’s North African Expansion

Iran’s response to President Donald Trump’s May 8 announcement that he was withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal, has been striking.
Heeding Democratic Warnings

Democratic and Republican supporters of Israel will certainly support our efforts.
Pompeo Presents the Trump Doctrine

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech Monday at the Heritage Foundation marked a pivotal moment in U.S. foreign policy.
Russia Brokers Deal Keeping Iran Out of Region Bordering With Israel

Russia and Israel agreed to distance Iran from border in Syria in a move intended to cam the region.
Russia Calls For Iran to Leave Syria While Assad Regime Restricts Bases From Iranian Use

In the wake of Israeli strikes, Russia calls for Iran to back off the Israeli border but Iran wants to continue playing a dangerous game.
Human Rights: Other Views – Part II

We have seen in Part One of this article how far Western standards of human rights differ from those guaranteed by Islam. One obvious outcome of this disparity is, of course, that citizens of Muslim countries are accorded fewer rights than their counterparts in liberal democracies.