Earlier this month, the House of Representatives passed a dangerous piece of legislation (H.R. 4133) which would undermine the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, weaken Israeli moderates and peace advocates, undercut international law, further militarize the Middle East, and make Israel ever more dependent on the United States.
Removing the Mujahedin-e Khalq from the U.S. Department Terrorism list doesn’t bring the Iranian scientists it killed back to life.
A new and perhaps surprising country took center stage recently in the ongoing row over Iran’s nuclear program – Azerbaijan. Citing anonymous “high-level sources” from U.S. diplomatic and intelligence circles, a controversial article in Foreign Policy at the end of March suggested the possibility that Israel might have been proffered the use of Azerbaijani airstrips for any strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
The United States sides with a state with an illegal nuclear weapons program over one without one.
Netanyahu scraps elections, buys off the opposition, and forms a new unity government.
Still, the Obama administration has shown little inclination to reduce pressure — and the threat of military action — on Tehran.
The struggle over Iran at top of the Israeli political pyramid only reflects the tension at the grass roots.
Ten years ago this month, following a particularly deadly series of Palestinian terrorist attacks, Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched an assault on several Palestinian cities and refugee camps in the West Bank. The Bush administration largely supported the Israeli offensive, even as hundreds of civilians were killed and thousands of young men were detained without charge amid widespread reports of torture.
Israel insists that Fordow, Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facility, remain vulnerable to attack.
Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu’s views on governing are mirrored by their views on investment management.