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.
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.
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.
Hamas Must Not Be ‘Let Off The Hook,’ Says Trump’s Mideast Envoy
‘The goal here is not to let Hamas off the hook and create a situation similar to what exists in Lebanon today,’ Jason Greenblatt said on Tuesday.
Palestinians: The Arabs Do Not Care About Us
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has been working hard to persuade the Arab countries to support its position in the standoff with the US administration.
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!
Balfour’s Greatest of Gifts
Israeli athletes and performers, professors, students and tourists in countries throughout the world are regularly discriminated against for being Israeli Jews.
East & West Palestine, or Hamastan vs. Fatahland
First, that East and West Palestine won’t survive long if born, and second, that the territorial integrity of the Land of Israel will.
Trump Should Demand an End to the Arab Boycott of Israel
As required by US law, the Treasury released a quarterly “list of countries requiring cooperation with an international boycott.”
Palestinians: A State Within a State?
The latest “reconciliation” deal between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas brings the Palestinians closer to creating a state-within-a-state in the Gaza Strip.