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Israel and the Jewish vote in America
Now that Barack Obama has been re-elected for another 4 year term, it’s time for analysis both of the Jewish voting patterns in the elections, and for the future of the US-Israel relationship. Two...
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Pillar of Cloud: And on the 7th day the rocket fire increased dramatically
Today is the 7th day of Operation Pillar of Cloud (or Pillar of Defense) but instead of resting, the Hamas terrorists in Gaza are pounding southern Israel with a huge and constant barrage of missiles....
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Explaning the uneasiness about the ceasefire
In my previous post I spelled out quite clearly my own, very negative and suspicious, feelings on the subject of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. I am not alone in these sentiments. I...
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Middle East roundup and US political nominations
While we were splashing in the rain puddles and wallowing in the snow, life in the rest of the Middle East continued to roil with violence. Additionally political appointments with serious...
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Who’s meddling in Israel’s elections?
The Israeli general elections are just around the corner, due to take place next Tuesday, 22nd January. Campaigning is in high gear and party political broadcasts are dominating the media in all its...
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Hagel has learned the wrong lessons from the 1956 Suez Crisis
A fascinating insight into the mindset of Chuck Hagel, the candidate for US Secretary of Defence, and by extension the motivations behind US foreign policy under Barack Obama , is brought to us by...
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More Israel bashing from the usual suspects
Remember Turkey? The country to whom everybody is urging Israel to apologize for defending itself against their terrorists who sent a flotilla to break Israel’s legal blockade against Hamas? Well,...
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President Obama’s coming to town
US President Barack Obama is coming to Israel later this week and opinions are widely divided as to whether this a Good Thing or a Bad Thing for Israel. I find that I myself cannot make up my mind...
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A Palestinian airline bomber is released from US jail but Jonathan Pollard...
Ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to Israel tomorrow, Israel is awash with petitions, posters and protests asking for the release of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Even such diverse...
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Roundup of Obama’s visit
Apologies for having been offline almost the whole week. I’ve been extremely busy with Pesach preparations, plus babysitting for my grandkids while my son and very pregnant daughter-in-law (she’s in...
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The Arrow 3 debacle
Last week Israeli defence officials announced that production of the Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile system was being stepped up in the light of Iran’s aggressive posturing regarding its nuclear...
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To intervene or not to intervene – that is the question
The chemical weapons attack by Assad’s forces in Syria (reported by Israeli TV as having been fired by Assad’s brother’s unit), and any foreign response to it, has the potential to heat up the arena...
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The pitfalls of intervention in Syria
It is looking more likely every day that the US, probably together with other Western countries, will intervene militarily in Syria in response to the regime’s chemical weapons attack on civilians near...
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Who out-manoeuvered whom on Syria’s chemical weapons?
After the debacle of seeing America’s allies drop out of support for an attack on Syria’s chemical weapons (with the possible exception of France), an exit strategy for all sides to climb down their...
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The (im)moderate Rouhani’s charm offensive at the UN and Obama’s appeasement
Following America’s abdication of power in confronting Bashar Assad and his use of chemical weapons, the West’s appeasement of third-world dictators continues. At the UN, many of the world’s...
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And again – France comes to the rescue
As predicted, the American-led sell-out of Israel and other anti-Iran Gulf allies has begun. A completely unnecessary “Peace in our Time” paper was about to be signed with Iran when, in the second time...
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Feeding the crocodile, hoping to be eaten last
The above headline is a paraphrase of Winston Churchill’s memorable words warning against appeasement during WWII. The parallels to the situation today are hard to ignore after the Western allies...
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Boycotting Israel for house-building, wooing Iran with its centrifuges
The signatures on the nuclear deal agreed with the US, whereby Iran agreed to halt its enrichment program, were hardly dry on the paper when the West sprang into action, salivating to do business with...
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Bumbling Obama bullies Bibi. Bibi hits back with AIPAC speech
President Obama did it again – he poured a great bucket of icy cold water on Binyamin Netanyahu’s head by implicitly threatening Israel with isolation and worse if they don’t cave in to every...
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Obama weakens America on Iran, takes offence when weakness is criticised
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe “Bogie” Yaalon has done it again. He pointed out that the American emperor has no clothes regarding Iran – and once again (as happened in January) the overly-sensitive...
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