Tag Archives: Middle East

US mediation in the Middle East makes matters worse

Posted on 8 May 2012 by

Something that many people have felt sub-consciously for many years has been given expression in this interesting and incisive analysis in Yisrael Hayom by Boaz Bismuth – how US mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict has only made matters worse.  It … Continue reading →

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Claims that Israel is losing its democractic character are based on zero evidence

Posted on 1 January 2012 by

There has been so much talk in the Israeli and international press about the exclusion of women in Israel, haredi sectarianism, attacks on the Supreme Court and right-wing violence that you would imagine to yourself that Israel’s streets are burning, … Continue reading →

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Newt Gingrich states the Palestinians are an invented people

Posted on 12 December 2011 by

Republican Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich caused a stir last week when he declared, on the Jewish Channel cable TV station, that the Palestinians are an invented people. You can watch the various segments of his interview on that link.  He … Continue reading →

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A Guide to the Perplexed on Middle East Reporting

Posted on 9 November 2011 by

After all the serious news that’s been dominating these pages for a long while, here’s a little levity (though it’s not as funny as we’d like to think) to lighten those long winter evenings, and to educate you at the … Continue reading →

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Israel is not in danger of disappearing as long as it doesn’t heed its well-wishers

Posted on 10 October 2011 by

I’ve been having a very interesting conversation, on an old post, with a commenter who says he wishes Israel well and he himself is a Zionist but he fears that Israel’s actions are losing it international support and this will … Continue reading →

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Panetta warns Israel it is becoming isolated – but is that really true?

Posted on 3 October 2011 by

Israel has received yet another doom-laden warning about its increasing isolation in the region, this time from US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Sunday night warned Israel that it was becoming increasingly isolated in … Continue reading →

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