Tag Archives: Middle East

Guest Post: Trump’s Presidency – a disaster in the making?

Posted on 18 May 2017 by

This is another guest post by Brian Goldfarb. I have to add a caveat before I post Brian’s article. There is a lot here with which I disagree, but first of all I don’t like my blog to be just … Continue reading →

Posted in International relations, Israel news, Mideast news | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

9/11 Fifteen years on

Posted on 11 September 2016 by

It’s hard to believe that fifteen years have already passed since that terrible day in September 2001. How much has happened in those fifteen years, both on the personal level and at the macro, national and international level. Five years … Continue reading →

Posted in Mideast news, Terrorism | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

The Palestinians don’t want a state. They want to destroy ours

Posted on 31 July 2016 by

We were all highly amused last week when we heard that Palestinian President-for-life Mahmoud Abbas wants to sue Britain for the “crime” of the Balfour Declaration in 1917, which laid the basis for the eventual establishment of the State of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, indigenous rights, Lawfare and Delegitimization, Mideast news | Tagged , , , , , | 8 Comments

Obama’s secret Iran strategy has empowered Iran to build missiles that can now reach Israel

Posted on 10 May 2016 by

We all thought the Iran Deal was over and done – a done deal which gave Iran more or less everything it demanded and allowed them to get away with anything which the West demanded of it. The deal also … Continue reading →

Posted in Defence and Military, Iran, Mideast news | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Good News Friday

Posted on 25 March 2016 by

It’s Shushan Purim today, the day after “regular” Purim, when the festival is celebrated in Jerusalem and other cities which were walled in the time of Joshua, so it is all the more appropriate to post a Good News Friday … Continue reading →

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Israel marks the exodus of Jews from Arab countries

Posted on 1 December 2015 by

With the world’s obsessive focus on the plight of Palestinian refugees (who are the fattest, best fed and most educated of any refugees anywhere in the world) and with the current Middle East refugee crisis swamping Europe, it is of … Continue reading →

Posted in Antisemitism, History, Israel news, Mideast news | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments