Out of the 2006 Lebanon War and the 2008/9 Operation Cast Lead (the IDF against Iranian proxies Hezbollah and Hamas) coalesced the Middle Eastern anti-Iran axis of Israel plus Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf States except Qatar. The…
JINSA has frequently expressed concern that the United States is training Palestinian security forces without a clear picture of: a) To whom the force will, ultimately, be loyal – as the Abu Mazen’s Palestinian Authority (PA) government is overdue for…
Following the latest North Korean missile test, the UN Security Council unanimously condemned Pyongyang. Furthermore, hoping to prevent additional North Korean exports of missile technology and missile-related equipment and parts, the Security Council resolution provided for “Member States to inspect…
President Obama was not wrong to consider an American approach to the government of Iran to advance the American interests that Iran not become a nuclear weapons state and that Iran stop the export of support for terrorist organizations. His…
Vice President Biden made a reasonable point in his post-Iranian election comment. “Our interests are the same before the election as after the election, and that is we want them to cease and desist from seeking a nuclear weapon and…
If the advantages of peace are so evident, we must ask ourselves why peace remains so remote, even as our hand remains outstretched to peace. Why has this conflict continued for more than sixty years? In order to bring an…
News Item (Jerusalem Post): A Palestinian family has killed its 15-year-old son in the West Bank after accusing him of “collaboration” with Israel…The suspects confessed, saying they decided to kill Sawalha because of his alleged connections with the Israeli authorities……
Like everyone else, we read reams of commentary over the weekend on President Obama’s speech in Cairo. There was a lot of really good information from people who thought the President might not have been fully informed. Some – Ralph…
Much has been said about what President Obama plans to accomplish in his speech in Cairo tomorrow. It is to “improve our image” in the “Muslim world”; it is to “reset our relations” with them; it is to dispel myths…
Worry if it loses. Vice President Biden went to Lebanon to support the pro-Western Siniora side of the hybrid Lebanese government. It is a hybrid because Hezbollah shot its way into a veto-power position in the Lebanese Cabinet last year.…