If the United Nations grants Palestine’s request for statehood, Israel may take it out on Iran.
Israel’s Atonal September Song
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Middle East & North Africa
New IDF Chief Makes No Bones About His Intention to Over-react to Palestinian Demonstrations
One of the Israel Defense Force chief’s greatest fears is the Arab Street.
France Seeks to Act (Operative Word) as Israel-Palestine Peace Broker
France is attempting to present itself as a diplomatic alternative to the United States, yet its position doesn’t differ significantly from that of the United States.
Israel’s Demand to be Recognized the Nation-State of One People a Non-Starter
Even the United States has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s demand that Israel be recognized as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Israel’s Madrassas
At best, when taught in schools, extremist religious views dilute the quality of education; at worst, they breed violence.
Enabled by Obama, Netanyahu Attempts to Hold Back the Tide of History
President Obama does Israel no favors in the long run by urging European leaders not to support Palestinian statehood in a U.N. vote.
A Haggadah for AIPAC
President Obama’s recent speech on the Middle East and subsequent attempts to coddle Benjamin Netanyahu, not to mention the latter’s speeches to congress and AIPAC, have raised questions about Jewish attitudes toward redemption and liberation.
WikiLeaks: Saudi-Financed Madrassas More Widespread in Pakistan Than Thought
Some feel that if the United States continues to provide financial aid to Islamabad, it will be recognized as acceptance of flourishing Islamist extremism in Pakistan.
The New Face Of War
The assassination of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden did more than knock off U.S. Public Enemy Number One. It formalized a new kind of warfare, where sovereignty is irrelevant, armies tangential, and decisions are secret. It is, in the words of counterinsurgency expert John Nagl, “an astounding change in the nature of warfare.”
60-Second Expert: Yemen
Despite major demographic and infrastructural differences, the Yemeni people face with the same fundamental problems that the successful insurgents of the Arab world have sought to eradicate through collective action this year. The 32-year-old regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh has systematically denied basic political and economic rights to the country’s majority, controlling the population through a combination of “bribe-a-tribe” cronyism and outright political repression.