The Dangers of a Rearmed Europe
NATO kept its promise to keep ‘the Germans down.’ The U.S. shouldn’t assume that success is permanent.
Munich Security Conference
Qatar: Ceasefire in Gaza Should Not Depend on Hostage Deal
Qatar’s prime minister said on February 17 that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza should not depend on a hostage deal. “This is the dilemma that we’ve been in and...
Flash Briefs
Palestinian Authority: Israel Is Not a Peace Partner, World Is Too Focused on October 7
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh said on February 18 that Israel is not a peace partner and that world leaders are too preoccupied with Hamas’s October 7 massacre....
Flash Briefs
Deceptive normalcy: A border town with a front-row seat to the Gaza carnage
Netanyahu insists Rafah fight will proceed as international pressure mounts
Op-eds
Russia’s Biowarfare Lies Can’t Go Unanswered
The Russian disinformation machine has spun its latest web of lies. Last week, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the U.S. of preparing to target Russian troops with drones carrying malaria-bearing...
Op-eds
Kremlin Claims Monkeypox Could Be a Secret U.S. Bioweapon
Washington needs to stop being a pushover in the global info war.
Op-eds
U.S. Restraint Has Created an Unstable and Dangerous World
Decades of ignoring the menaces posed by Russia and China has led the West to a precipice.
Op-eds
The German Green Party’s Antisemitism Problem
With German federal elections set for September 26, the center-left German Green Party is polling well, and has a solid chance to be part of the next government. For many German Jews and Israel, and...
Op-eds
Female Imam: ‘Does German FM have an antisemitism problem?’
The Foreign Ministry on Heiko Maas’s watch has faced allegations of stoking Jew-hatred.
Op-eds
Trump launches global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality
A report from The Jerusalem Post on death penalty for Iranian gays played a role in ending criminalization of gays.
Op-eds
Angela Merkel’s Ugly Romance With the Iranian Regime
Why Germany seeks to increase trade with a murderous theocracy bent on Israel’s destruction.
Op-eds
U.S. wants Germany to halt trade with Iran
Richard Grenell, the new U.S. ambassador to Berlin, came out swinging this week by reiterating the Trump administration’s position that European companies should stop working with the Islam...
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
German Ambassador Praises Iranian Holocaust Denier, Politician
Germany’s ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran Michael Klor-Berchtold praised last week Ali Larijani, the head of Iran’s quasi-parliament and a well-known denier of the Holocaus...
Op-eds
Fear of US Sanctions Ends German Companies Fueling Iranian FM’s Plane
Energy and oil companies refused to refuel Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s airplane ahead of his trip to the Munich Security Conference in mid-February to avoid violations of US sanc...
Op-eds
Netanyahu, Palestinian Terrorism and the Holocaust
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked a long-overdue debate about the role of Haj Amin al-Husseini—the mufti of Jerusalem from 1921 to 1937—in carrying out the Holo...
Op-eds
Analysis: What Are Europe’s Options in War-Torn Syria?
With European leaders scrambling to contain a growing Sy...
Op-eds
Does Germany’s Pro-Iran Deal Diplomatic Offensive Endanger Israel?
Germany's diplomatic corps has embarked on a pro-Iran deal lobbying campaign, attempting to sway Americans by invoking Berlin’s guarantee of Israel’s security. The No. 2 German d...
Op-eds
Germany’s Jewish Problem
With anti-Semitism on the march, Germany's politicians and opinion makers are grappling with what went wrong with the country's seven-decade-long struggle to come to terms with its past...
Op-eds
For Iran, the Holocaust is Just Another Tragedy – If It Ever Happened
On Monday, I invited Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi to visit Berlin's Holocaust Memorial....