According to Mohammad Dahlan, former Fatah Security Chief and current “special advisor” to Abu Mazen, Fatah has never recognized “Israel’s right to exist” and said Hamas shouldn’t either. “For the one thousandth time, I want to reaffirm that we are…
We weren’t going to say a word about bank, automaker or insurance company bailouts with taxpayer dollars; economics are not really our thing. But an administration plan to save $540 million by forcing civilian insurance companies to cover claims by…
When Secretary of Defense Robert Gates received JINSA’s Henry M. Jackson Distinguished Service Award, he remarked upon his long personal search for “the elusive Iranian moderate.” We were taken by the phrase, “elusive moderate.” What makes them moderate, and why…
Politico reports that Charles “Chas” Freeman, “‘requested his selection to be Chairman of the National Intelligence Council not proceed,’ [DNI Dennis] Blair’s office said in a statement. ‘Director Blair accepted Ambassador Freeman’s decision with regret.'”
Italy Quits Durban II We were not surprised (see JINSA Report #848) when Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini announced at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers that Italy would not participate in Durban II, saying “aggressive phrases of an anti-Semitic…
It turns out JINSA is one of the very few organizations to go on record with our concerns about Charles “Chas” Freeman, the President’s pick for the non-confirmable position of Director of the National Intelligence Agency. It has produced an…
Last week, Egypt invited Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and others – a total of 12 groups – to Cairo with the intention of forging Palestinian “unity,” something never previously achieved. Israel, the United States and the other members of…
Charles “Chas” Freeman is an appalling choice for Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (NIC). As President of the Saudi-funded Middle East Policy Council, Mr. Freeman functions as lobbyist, making his analysis suspect. And his analysis is, in any event,…
Not mortgages, auto manufacturers, banks or Wall Street. Rather $900 million U.S. taxpayer dollars (in addition to $85 million pledged in December) to bail out Hamas in Gaza. Secretary of State Clinton didn’t say it that way, of course, but…
The precipitating factor in Anwar Sadat’s historic trip to Jerusalem was his understanding and fear that President Carter wanted to reprise the 1973 U.S.-Soviet sponsored Geneva Peace Conference. Sadat had thrown the Soviets out of Egypt after the Yom Kippur…