Hamas-Israel Ceasefire Talks Show Peace Impossible
The ceasefire negotiations between Israel and the Hamas terror group’s regime in Gaza point to a central truth about the nature of the Palestinian conflict with Israel.
Human Rights: Other Views – Part III
Refugees and the Arab States
NATO’s Turkey Challenge
In an inarticulate but important statement, then-National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster said in a December 2017 closed-door session that the Islamist threat has been “myopically” treated in the past: “We didn’t pay enough attention how [Islamist ideology] is being advanced through charities, madrassas and other social organizations.”
Firing Tillerson Removed an Obstacle to Peace
As Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was being fired on Tuesday, his central assumptions about the Palestinian conflict with Israel, which are shared by the entire Washington foreign policy establishment, literally blew up in Gaza.
The Solution to the Iranian Problem Lies in Setting a Brush Fire
The drone over Israel was the harbinger of more to come and there is only one way out of it.
Religion and Politics in the Feud Between Saudi Arabia and Qatar
Are the strained relations between Qatar, Iran, and Turkey on one side and the Saudis, Bahrain, the Emirates and Egypt on the other leading to head-on war?
Turkey, the Arab World is Just Not That into You
He runs around in a fake fire extinguisher’s outfit, holding a silly hose in his hands and knocking on neighbors’ doors to put out the fire in their homes. “Go away,” his neighbors keep telling him.
99 Percent of “Palestine Refugees” Are Fake
In the words of a veteran Washington hand, the problem of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main UN agency dealing with Palestinians, is always important but never urgent.
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.
The Dubai Miracle Has Become Real
The Great Recession of 2008-09 convinced me, like many other observers, that the city-state of Dubai’s razzmatazz – Go skiing in the boiling heat!
