Tag Archives: Middle East

Good News Friday

Posted on 10 May 2013 by

Once again, despite the amount of bad news in the media, there is always a spot of good news to be found if one only looks hard enough. (And believe me, I looked very hard this week!). So here is … Continue reading →

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Iran – the need to act before it’s too late

Posted on 22 April 2013 by

Iran has been leading the world on a merry chase after the elusive unicorn of nuclear disarmament. It has engaged in talks while simultaneously escalating its drive to pursue nuclear capability, and latest reports are that Iran has tripled its … Continue reading →

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Hagel has learned the wrong lessons from the 1956 Suez Crisis

Posted on 7 February 2013 by

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 David Ignatius of the Washington Post … Continue reading →

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Patronising the Palestinians

Posted on 6 January 2013 by

One of my readers accurately commented on the previous post that nothing will ever progress towards peace in the Middle East until the essential problems between the Palestinians and Israel are recognized and dealt with. Hiding our head in the … Continue reading →

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Jonathan Pollard spied on Arabs and Soviets, not on the US

Posted on 16 December 2012 by

Contrary to all the reports and rumours over the decades, it now appears that Jonathan Pollard, the Israeli spy imprisoned in America for life, never spied on American activities at all  and was never asked to by Israel.  Rather, he … Continue reading →

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Israel’s options for survival and growth in the face of Arab rejectionism

Posted on 13 December 2012 by

Some recent comments on my blog were full of pessimism at the thought of Israel’s future, or even the possibility that Israel might not even have a future (G-d forbid). It’s true that when one reads reports of the rise … Continue reading →

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