Analysis
A Modern Day Scramble for Africa
The African continent is becoming the latest battlefield in the existential war between Iran and Israel. It would appear that both countries are engaged...
Inside the 2013 Israeli Election: the System and the Players
"Bibi," "Bennett," "Tzipi," "Shelly." The way names of major candidates in the Israeli elections have been bandied about by international observers and media analysts, you would think Israeli voters are only electing the prime minister. Not...
Top Netanyahu Aide Could Continue Strategic Shift in Israel’s Relations with U.S.
Rumors recently began to circulate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may appoint his senior advisor, Ron Dermer, as Israel's next ambassador to the United States. Dermer's appointment is currently being denied by Israel's...
Islamist Group Tries to Kill Use of “Islamist”
After doing everything it can to ensconce a new word, "Islamophobia," into conversational English, the nation's most visible Islamist group is trying to stop use of a well-established word: Islamist. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) national...
Peres Stirs Passions With Optimistic Take on PA’s Abbas
Israeli President Shimon Peres ignited a controversy by expressing optimism about the ability of Israel...
‘The Jewish State Which Ruined Christmas in Bethlehem’: A Guardian Production
Christianity is close to extinct in the Middle East. The only place in the region where Christians...
Kevin Youkilis Leads the Pack of Jewish Big Apple Ballplayers
"What happens when you combine a Greek omelet-sounding name with a bagel and lox?" a...
Israeli Experts Forecast Scenarios in Syria
Do rebels have what it takes to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's government? Why hasn't the United...
CIA Assessment Sheds New Light on Pollard’s Sentencing, Intelligence Gathering
Rabbi Pesach Lerner, who has been visiting Jonathan Pollard in federal prison for years, is...
A Modern Day Scramble for Africa
The African continent is becoming the latest battlefield in the existential war between Iran and Israel. It would appear that both countries are engaged in...
Inside the 2013 Israeli Election: the System and the Players
"Bibi," "Bennett," "Tzipi," "Shelly." The way names of major candidates in the Israeli elections have been bandied about by international observers and media analysts, you...
Top Netanyahu Aide Could Continue Strategic Shift in Israel’s Relations with U.S.
Rumors recently began to circulate that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may appoint his senior advisor, Ron Dermer, as Israel's next ambassador to...
Islamist Group Tries to Kill Use of “Islamist”
After doing everything it can to ensconce a new word, "Islamophobia," into conversational English, the nation's most visible Islamist group is trying to stop use...
Peres Stirs Passions With Optimistic Take on PA’s Abbas
Israeli President Shimon Peres ignited a controversy by expressing optimism about the ability of Israel to reach a peace agreement with Palestinian Authority (PA) President...
‘The Jewish State Which Ruined Christmas in Bethlehem’: A Guardian Production
Christianity is close to extinct in the Middle East. The only place in the region where Christians are free, and indeed thriving, is the Jewish state. In contrast,...
Kevin Youkilis Leads the Pack of Jewish Big Apple Ballplayers
"What happens when you combine a Greek omelet-sounding name with a bagel and lox?" a friend of mine asked me the other day. "You have Kevin...
Israeli Experts Forecast Scenarios in Syria
Do rebels have what it takes to overthrow Bashar al-Assad's government? Why hasn't the United Nations or the European Union taken action to stop an...
CIA Assessment Sheds New Light on Pollard’s Sentencing, Intelligence Gathering
Rabbi Pesach Lerner, who has been visiting Jonathan Pollard in federal prison for years, is accustomed to tight security to the point that he "can't...
3,000 Foreign Jihadis to Terrorize Egyptian Opposition?
The title of a recent Al Khabar News report declares: "Morsi summons 3,000 jihadis from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Bosnia, Somalia and Iran to be an Islamic army...
Explaining the ‘Maccabees’ Moniker for Jewish Athletics
Jewish athletes from around the world gather every four years in Israel for the Olympic-style Maccabiah Games, not to mention the annual JCC Maccabi Youth...
As Iranian Nuclear Program Forges Ahead, is 2013 a Make-or-Break Year?
While it has been overshadowed by a number of other Middle East issues ranging from Gaza to Egypt to Syria as 2012 winds down, the...
UN Upgrade Could Shift Israeli-Arab Conflict to the Courtroom
Israel and the Palestinians have fought each other on many battlefields and many diplomatic fronts for decades, but the passing of the resolution upgrading the...
Israel’s Strategic Successes in the War with Hamas
Last week, while I was visiting communities struck by Gaza missiles throughout southern Israel, it was easy to discern the all-pervasive anger that Israeli citizens...
