Remembering Who Our Friends Are

In what has ironically been designated “Operation Olive Branch,” Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been trying to put the northwestern Syrian region of Afrin into a stranglehold.
The Palestinian’ Race to the Bottom

The problem for the PLO/PA is that the world has changed fundamentally while they were busy embracing terrorists and getting away with it.
Tsunami in the Arab World

One interview in which I told the truth to Arab viewers in their own language has caused a veritable tsunami on the Arab street.
Why Did Islamic State Kill So Many Sufis in Sinai?

The massive November 24 terrorist attack by Islamic State on a Sufi mosque in a town of little importance, Bir al-Abd, in northern Sinai, resounded across the world.
Jihadist Terror Needs No Excuse

The arguments, explanations and even justifications of terror attacks provided by different commentators and experts distort the truth. And as the ‘circles of progress’ become jihad’s allies, Muslims keep paying the price.
Who is Finding Their Way Into American Students’ Minds?

Congress will soon re-authorize Title VI of the Higher Educational Opportunities Act, a bill that was first introduced as the National Defense Education Act of 1958.
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.
The Chaotic Arab World Has Nothing to Offer Israel Today in Any Deal

Behavioral science recognizes two types of responses to tense or threatening situations facing loosely-connected groups.
Why Palestinian Delusions Persist

Palestinian delusion results, then, from a toxic mix of Islamic doctrine, international succor, and Israeli timidity.
Pining for Fig Leaves

But now, they argue, under the leadership of King Salman and his son, 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudis are going too far.