Inviting Losses on Two Fronts
(Washington, D.C.): In the months that have followed the murderous attacks launched on September 11th, President Bush has repeatedly, and...
Middle East
Washington won’t let Israel win
Wednesday's New York Times led with the banner headline, "New Strategy Set by US and Saudis for Mideast Crisis." The...
Careful What We Wish For
(Washington, D.C.): President Bush's success on Sunday in brokering a deal to spring Yasser Arafat from his Israeli-imposed house-arrest in...
‘J’Accuse’: Needed Context Before Jenin Inquiry Morphs into an International Witchhunt against Israel
(Washington, D.C.): As international media and UN investigators gain access to the Palestinian Authority-controlled city of Jenin and refugee camp...
The War on Terrorism — America’s War and Israel’s
SPEECH BY DOUGLAS J. FEITH, UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY, TO AMERICAN-ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE It's good to have...
‘The False Trail of Arafat’ Would Lead to Defeat for U.S. War on Terror
(Washington, D.C.): One of the most astute, and courageous, observers of the Arab world is one of its own, Fouad...
NEW T.V. AD SHOWS ARAFAT IS AGAINST US, NOT WITH US
(Washington, D.C.): The Center for Security Policy announced today that, starting on Tuesday, 9 April, it will launch an advertising...
Return to Mideast First Principles
(Washington, D.C.): One thing is for sure. The Bush Administration is going to have to come up with a better...
‘Mr. Arafat, Renounce This Map’
(Washington, D.C.): In 1987, a President of the United States confronted a great evil and found a simple, yet powerful,...
A Seriously Bad Idea: U.S. Monitors’ and Military Forces Have No Place in Palestine’
New York Times' Tom Friedman Comes Unglued (Washington, D.C.): George Santayana once described a zealot as someone who redoubles his...
Has Israel Become an ‘Inconvenient’ Ally?
(Washington, D.C.): Last year, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon precipitated a firestorm of criticism from the Bush Administration by suggesting...
What Not to Do About Iraq: Send in Inspectors
David Kay Calls to Mind Why They Have not, and Cannot, Work (Washington, D.C.): It is a safe bet what...
What is Wrong with Arafat’s Picture?
Source: Palestinian National Authority (Washington, D.C.): The editorial page of today's Wall Street Journal features a map to which the...
The Saudi Scam II: Krauthammer Warns Against Bid to Spring Arafat While He Continues to Foment Terror
(Washington, D.C.): In a characteristically brilliant essay in today's Washington Post, syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer describes the near-term objective of...
The Saudi Charm Offensive
(Washington, D.C.): Apparently, it all started with a column by the New York Times' Thomas Friedman in early February urging...