Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak postponed a US-Israeli missile defense exercise, which would have deployed 5,000 U.S. personnel and advanced American missile defense systems to Israel.
Western countries are embroiled in armed conflicts with Muslims, Arab nations, and non-state Arab and Muslim groups. To manage or resolve these ongoing disputes, Western disputants — including Israelis, who define themselves as Western — should become familiar with the ways Muslims and Arabs customarily manage and resolve disputes. Failure to understand these cultural differences will prolong or exacerbate ongoing conflicts.
Newt Gingrich, not to mention President Obama, outdo British Deputy Prime Minister Clegg in their support for Israel.
A joint military exercise between Israel and the United States called Austere Challenge will be held later this year.
If George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have yet to be tried for war crimes in Iraq, why should Benjamin Netanyahu worry if he attacks Iran?
Zbigniew Brzezinski is concerned that an “October surprise” could prevent the re-election of President Obama.
Historian Mark Perry caused a firestorm with his report that Mossad officers posed as CIA officers to recruit Jundallah operatives for attacks within Iran.
He is, in the words of Barbara Walters, a “mild-mannered ophthalmologist.” Indeed, the rather squeamish leader-to-be chose eye surgery because it didn’t involve much blood. He speaks fluent English and can get by in French as well as his native Arabic. His wife is a knock-out, a “rose in the desert” according to a Vogue profile. Reluctant to take over the family business from his father, he interrupted his medical training in London to return home only after his older brother died in a car accident. Then, once at the helm, he released a number of political prisoners and instituted economic reforms that got a thumbs-up from the international business community. He cooperated with the United States in the immediate aftermath of 9/11. Even today, he uses all the right words: transparency, dignity, reform.
If the Islamic Revolution still means anything, Tehran betrays it by supporting Syria’s Assad regime.
Which comes first — an Iranian nuclear weapon or the demise of the Islamic Republic?