Israel’s premier opportunist
Saying that Israel faces daunting challenges today and that those challenges will multiply and grow in the near future should...
Turkey
Rival Hegemons in Syria
Last Saturday, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah gave Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati the political equivalent of a public thrashing....
Israel’s Palace Coup Plotters
On Monday, saboteurs bombed the Egyptian gas pipeline to Israel for the third time since former president Hosni Mubarak was...
A do or die moment
Every day, major stories come out of the Middle East. And behind each of these stories are major developments that...
Netanyahu’s time to choose
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's response to the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority's peace deal with Hamas would be funny if it weren't...
Turkey’s cautionary tale
Today's Turkey is a cautionary tale for the West. But Western leaders are loath to consider its lessons. Ever since...
UN intervention into Libya an ominous precedent for Israel
There are many reasons to be worried about the bridge-leap the Obama Administration has just undertaken in its war with...
The new Middle East
A new Middle East is upon us and its primary beneficiary couldn't be happier. In a speech Monday in the...
How to make Egypt safe for democracy
Hosni Mubarak's resignation as president of Egypt, after thirty years of authoritarian rule, is a major seismic event in the...
Obama’s devastatingly mixed signals
For better or worse, each passing day the Middle East is becoming more unstable. Regimes that have clung to power...
EADS/Airbus Government Ownership, Protection, Intervention & Subsidies: The Effect on American Free Enterprise and National Security
President Obama’s new National Security Strategy begins with a pledge of American leadership and the assertion that “the center of...
The Wars of 2011
On Sunday thousands of Israel haters gathered in Istanbul to welcome the Turkish-Hamas terror ship Mavi Marmara to the harbor....
A closer look at Brazil’s foreign policy
Latin America is increasingly turning into a geo-political and international challenge. On the one hand, Venezuela, under the leadership of...
Why Latin America turned
Israelis can be excused for wondering why Brazil and Argentina unexpectedly announced they recognize an independent Palestinian state with its...
The WikiLeaks challenge
Make no mistake about it, the ongoing WikiLeaks operation against the US is an act of war. It is not...
Out of South Africa
Last month I was invited to South Africa by the South African Zionist Federation. The visit, my first to the...