Saying it like it is—while that may be a dying art in many places, it’s not in Israel. This week, Israeli President Shimon Peres made sure he was crystal clear in telling China about Iran’s threat to the world. Speaking…
Iran’s oil sales are an important part of the sanctions pressuring the Iranians to make concessions on their nuclear program, but how much longer will that continue? If it’s up to the Americans, it’s going just fine as work continues…
In many ways, events are all about timing and place: when did they happen, and where? So when the Egypt Independent translated an Al-Masry Al-Youm news report saying that three bombs went off in Egypt outside a university on Wednesday…
The negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are falling apart, with the Palestinians moving to join more than a dozen United Nations’ groups—thereby backing out of previous agreements to not seek statehood recognition outside of the peace talks. The New…
It’s an age-old effort to find a scapegoat, rooted deeply in anti-Semitism and tragically used too often in the Arab political world: blaming Israel. Considering all the problems in Syria—the killing of over a hundred thousand people, the influx of…
One of the key points of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians is that Israel wants to be recognized as a Jewish state—comparing it to the way other nations, such as France or Italy, have a predominate cultural identity. The…