Was Biden’s Speech as Pro-Israel as You Think?
No. Because it was missing the only word that matters.
Mullah
Hamas Takes Israelis and Foreign Nationals Hostage
Hamas has reportedly seized as many as 100 people as hostages, including Israelis, Americans, and other foreign nationals, since its war with Israel began on October 7. Secretary...
Flash Briefs
IAEA Loses Sight of Iran’s Nuclear Program as Hostages-For-Prisoners Exchange Proceeds
Latest Developments The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) condemned Tehran on September 16 for barring about one-third of the agency’s inspectors from Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran made...
Flash Briefs
In Private, Iraqis Support Peace With Israel
In public, they are forced to say the opposite. Even Iraqis living abroad fear Palestinian social shaming should they support peace and normalization with the Jewish state.
Op-eds
Iran’s supreme leader releases anti-Israel ‘final solution’ poster
The picture shows a conquered Jerusalem with photos of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani.
Op-eds
German president mistakenly congratulates Iran’s regime for its revolution
The office of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced it would not send the Iranian regime a congratulatory email on the anniversary of the revolution - then accidentally sent it anyway.
Op-eds
After US envoy criticism, German president will not honor Iran’s regime
German Foreign Ministry still slated to celebrate ‘antisemitic’ regime
Op-eds
Mullah report
When President Trump withdrew the United States from his predecessor's nuclear deal with Iran last May, he set in motion what he wanted to avoi...
Op-eds
It’s Come Undone
Since the parameters of the Iranian nuclear accord became apparent in 2014 until Donald Trump canceled the deal on May 8, Washington essentially divided into three camps: those who supported the...
Op-eds
Iran’s relationship with Qatar could be polarizing
Tensions between the Gulf states and Qatar developed into an outright feud last June as a result of Qatar’s drift toward Iran, which led the Saudis and their partners to impose a boycott an...
Op-eds
Why Trump’s Iran Sanctions Waiver Should Worry the Mullahs
As part of the Iran nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), that he inherited from his predecessor, President Donald Trump yesterday was forced to de...
Op-eds
Left at the Mercy of the Mullahs
Since the Central Intelligence Agency contractor Robert Levinson disappeared after a trip to the Iranian island of Kish in 2007, journalists, government officials and the curious have asked me: O...
Op-eds
Done Deal?
All administrations are short-sighted. Even the brightest, most reflective people can develop acute tunnel vision when they join the paper-pushing, crisis-a-minute senior ranks of the National Se...
Op-eds
Our Iranian Interlocutor
Antisemitism has never been an easy subject for America’s foreign-policy establishment. Read through State Department telegrams and Central Intelligence Agency operational and intelligence...
Op-eds
How Will We Know?
One might think that after the last Iraq war Democrats would be wary of allowing intelligence to dictate policy. Yet that is effectively what Barack Obama has done with the Joint Comprehensive Pl...
Op-eds
Iran will cheat and get away with it
President Obama’s deal with Iran profoundly misjudged the revolutionary nature of the clerical regime in Tehran. Iran’s rulers have demonstrated over the last two decades an...
Op-eds
The Iranian Nuclear Paradox
The lines are clearly drawn in Washington on President Obama’s plan for a nuclear deal with Iran. As negotiations for a final agreement continue well past their June 30 deadline, most...
Op-eds
Ayatollah Khamenei Accuses WH of ‘Lying,’ Being ‘Deceptive,’ and Having ‘Devilish’ Intentions
President Obama has long known that the real decision maker in Iran is Ayatollah Khamenei, the so-called supreme leader. While other Iranian officials have negotiated with Western powers over the...
Op-eds
Iran’s Negotiating Triumph Over Obama and America
President Obama believes that the nuclear “framework” concluded Friday in Switzerland is a historic achievement. Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, says he believes...
Op-eds
The Man And The Myth
Urbi et Orbi, the city and the world, Tehran and the globe. In his turban and clerical robe, softly speaking of peace, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, resembles a spiritual guide mor...