Posts Tagged: Assad
Syria Crackdown Continues as UN Refuses to Call For an Emergency Session
The UN General Assembly is huffing and puffing about Syria today, while crimes against humanity perpetrated against Syria's civilian population continue unabated. The spectacle exposes...
The Arab Spring: A New Era In a Transforming Globe
The Arab uprising must be seen as an integral part of a world in transformation. The technological and informational revolutions that have spurred (and continue...
Hizballah’s Aggressive War Plans
Hizballah continues to discuss battle plans for its next war with Israel, promising to take a much heavier toll on the Israeli people...
Fall of the Gaddafi Regime: A Brief Analysis
On October 20, 2011, the former strongman of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, was captured and killed in his hometown of Sirte. The "King of Kings" of...
How Israel is Blowing the Arab Spring
I am currently in Israel leading a Birthright trip where the consumption of alcohol by the participants is largely discouraged. It's a policy that Israel...
Is It Too Late for Assad
One month after the uprisings began in Syria, I wrote that President Basher al-Assad had a choice: "Continue to convey an image of an inept...
Obama at AIPAC: Let the Fun Begin
President Obama's advisors wanted him to get out in front of Prime Minister Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress on Monday. So they...
One Tough Neighborhood
The Arab Revolt has spread to Syria. And Syria's President - Bashar Assad — is proving himself to be an Arab dictator of the old...
Syria Seeks Solutions on the Street
Popular protests and attempted regime change is evidenced in countries from Tunisia to Libya, Syria to Yemen, rolling through the region known as the Middle...
