Reversal of Fortunes

Now that Trump has encouraged North Korea’s Blofeld to “modify” his behavior, terror regimes the world over are quaking in their jackboots.
Human Rights: Other Views – Part III

Refugees and the Arab States
Italy: “The Party is Over” for Illegal Migrants

Italy’s new interior minister, Matteo Salvini, has vowed to cut aid money for migrants and to deport those who illegally are in the country.
Endgame for the U.S. -Turkey Relationship

On Monday, NATO ally Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Washington. The severe step is meant to punish the U.S. for opening an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.
Israel’s Sucker’s Game on the Gaza Border

There was a depressing familiarity both to Hamas’s suicide protest operation along Gaza’s border with Israel this week and to Israel’s response to it.
Erdogan Calls for Emergency Pan-Islamic Meeting Against Israel and US ‘Terror States’

Tensions between Israel and Turkey are flaring as for the second time in less than six months, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a pan-Islamic meeting to discuss a coalition against Israel.
Mexican Cartels Attempt to Crash US Border

Yesterday, Mexican drug cartels sent 2.25 million Mexicans: men, women, and children, to face off across from US National Guard troops along their common border.
The Palestinian Authority’s ‘Day of Rage’ Over The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem Smacks of Desperation

Abbas has become so desperate he is willing to go full, raving anti-Semite and anti-American at the same time.
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.”
Syria: Fighting Over the Corpse

The Syrian government’s chemical attack on civilians in the rebel-held suburb of Douma this weekend is the complete responsibility of the war criminal Bashar Assad, his Russian bedfellows, and his Iranian bankers.