Analysis & Opinion

Mahmoud Abbas

Analysis: Abbas’ security doubletalk

It is far from lost on the PA that security coordination with Israel is what stands between a very hungry Hamas and Abbas served up on toast for breakfast.
July 25, 2017
Abbas at UNESCO

Analysis: UNESCO supports terror

The UNESCO resolutions denying the Jewish ties to the Holy Land are being interpreted by many Palestinians as a green light to pursue their 'armed struggle' to 'liberate Palestine.'
July 12, 2017
ISIS threat

Is radical Islam horrifying the West into paralysis?

With policies dictated by the fear of negative media images spread across the world, the West's decision-making is susceptible to appeasement, censorship and retreat to avoid facing the horrible reality and fighting it head on.
July 5, 2017
Palestinian protest supporting Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike

Palestinians: Hunger Strike or Smokescreen?

Barghouti's hunger strike is completely unrelated to conditions in Israeli prisons. Rather, it is directly linked to a power struggle within the Palestinian leadership.
April 20, 2017
Holocaust film

Who killed the Holocaust?

While it remains to be seen whether the Holocaust has lost its luster around Hollywood, it is increasingly being recruited to promote a series of progressive causes.
April 18, 2017
US navy attack on Syria

US action against genocide: A brief guide

Trump’s missile strike against Syria inaugurates a new chapter in the long and controversial history of American responses—and sometimes non-responses—to mass murder around the world.
April 10, 2017
Tehran anti-US protest

Is Iran a Paper Tiger?

Iranian officials often boast about their military technology advancements and call for the destruction of Israel, yet these claims might ring hollow.
March 30, 2017
Trump on Settlements

Will that be one state or two?

The importance of Trump's remarks is that the US objective is to make a peace agreement rather than to create a Palestinian state.
February 20, 2017
Army of Islam official Mohammed Alloush

Switzerland: Chocolate, Watches and Jihad

Switzerland is an excellent answer to those who still claim Islamic terrorism is reserved for those countries that participated in operations against ISIS or other Muslim terror organizations.
February 2, 2017
Anti-Trump Women's March

A Travesty of Education

For those of us who want to protect, defend, preserve and pass down our way of life, we are very late.
January 26, 2017
Shimon Peres Funeral

Israel in Wonderland

Since the sad demise of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, it seems the floodgates of falsehood and fabrication have been opened even wider than usual.
October 8, 2016
Erdogan

Erdogan declares war on Italy

Erdogan is unequivocally a despot, but the sultans whose memory he seeks to evoke were more measured in managing power.
August 4, 2016
Kurdish State

The case for Kurdish statehood

Why has the West been so supportive of Palestinian nationalism, yet so reluctant to support the Kurds, the largest nation in the world without a state? The Kurds have been instrumental in fighting the Islami...
July 21, 2016
Ali Khamenei

Iran still looms large in Israel’s threat perception

Israel and Washington should jointly address the perceived lack of U.S. deterrence against persistent Iranian and proxy threats, conclude the ten-year military assistance package as soon as possible, and launch a strategic high-level dialogue under the next administration.
July 19, 2016
Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar Salehi

The Iran Deal, One Year Later

The US, Russia and other entities involved in striking the deal with Iran must realize that to bring about peace in the Middle East, the power of a regime that continues to stoke conflict in the region must be restricted, before it is too late.
July 18, 2016
Nuclear Negotiators from the P5+1 and Iran

Analysis: A year later, Iran deal holding but fragile

A year after signing the nuclear deal, Iran appears to have fulfilled its obligations although it continues to fund terrorism around the world and is developing its ballistic missile program, the result of what some say is Obama's failure at appeasement.
July 13, 2016
Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian Boycott of Quartet Should Ring Alarm Bells

Palestinian rejectionism has been there in plain sight for all those willing to see it. Yet despite this, the international community has hitherto been willing to give the Palestinians the benefit of the doubt.
July 7, 2016
IDF counter terror

We Don’t Need the World’s Permission to Defend Ourselves

Waiting for the world to condemn and pay lip service to Israel’s fight against terrorism is a dead end in every sense of the word. It will never happen. We are a sovereign nation. We do not need the world’s permission to defend ourselves against those who seek our destruction.
July 6, 2016
Mahmoud Abbas

How Dare Europe Applaud a Blood-Libeler?

How could hundreds of EU Parliament members applaud Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas' vile speech in which he attempted to spread lies about Israel? It should be obvious that it is not Palestinian wells being poisoned, but rather the hearts and minds of the Palestinian people.
June 26, 2016