Michael Oren on Existential Threats
Newly minted Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren lays out in the new issue of Commentary just what is meant by an “existential” threat, and than details the seven such threats which...
View ArticleSteyn: Israel Today, West Tomorrow
Also from Commentary this piece by Mark Steyn, which reflects a little on the loom threats to Europe which I mentioned briefly in my post on Oren’s article, as well as the existential threat Oren...
View ArticleLeading Pro-Israel Activists Up the Garden Path
AIPAC’s annual convention is a time of year when politicians put their best foot forward regarding their stance on Israel. That’s to be expected and there’s nothing wrong with that. But despite strong...
View ArticleBeware Turks Bearing Gifts
“The mosques are our barracks, the domes our helmets, the minarets our bayonets and the faithful our soldiers.” -Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan After last week’s unfortunate Gaza Flotilla...
View ArticleEmmanuel Navon: The Force of Reason
(Cross-posted at EMET with Emmanuel’s Permission) By. Emmanuel Navon René Descartes’ Discours de la Méthode opens with one of the most nonsensical sentences ever written: « Common sense is the most...
View ArticlePresident Obama’s Misconceptions About Peace, and Prime Minister Netanyahu’s...
President Barack Obama took the opportunity while speaking before a crowd of thousands at the AIPAC annual meeting this week to reiterate his Middle East policy as presented in an earlier speech to the...
View ArticleIs This a Two State Solution — or a “Final Solution?”
By: Sarah Stern and Kyle Shideler The Palestinian UN statehood bid — statehood without negotiations — which is now before the Security Council, is just the latest step in a never-ceasing effort by the...
View ArticleJohn Kerry’s Folly
The entire Middle East is imploding. This past week, alone, scores of people were reportedly killed in protests in Egypt. The Sinai Peninsula which has been the base for a robust smuggling...
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