The new year is upon us and Syria is still in the headlines. The United Nations is now saying 60,000 people have died in the nearly two-years-old conflict. But judging by the situation today, The Mideast Update predicts that 2013…
The recent Hebrew University-sponsored poll of Palestinian views that showed an increased support for violence and the Hamas terrorist group bodes very ill for peace in the region. Incredibly, it comes after a conflict in which Israel made efforts to…
Syria’s Scuds and Sarin have long been considered consequential gamechangers by the international community. Horror that they would be turned against their own populace has repeatedly been expressed by the international community. It has even been called a “red line.”…
The past few weeks has seen the Middle East face a whole host of tragic issues: rioting and even gun violence in Egypt, the further use of violence against civilians in Syria, the outrageous hate speech from Hamas against Israel…
Last week this column critiqued Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for not doing much of anything for peace in the Middle East—specifically chiding him for not speaking a word in opposition to Hamas’ hate speech of the previous weekend. Then Abbas…
The recent criminal charge brought against a 64-year-old man from a Palestinian court for having the audacity to sell his family’s property to an Israeli man should raise eyebrows from those who believe the Palestinian authorities are committed to peace…