Iran begins diplomatic offensive against Israel and US
The key leaders in Iran’s efforts are President Ibrahim Raisi and chief diplomat Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Lax U.S. Sanctions Enforcement Yields Windfall for Iran’s Terrorist Proxies
Iran’s foreign minister on October 18 called for an embargo of Israel by oil-producing nations to protest Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also urged...
Flash Briefs
Leader of Yemen’s Houthis states willingness to support ‘Palestinian people’
In a newly released speech, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, the leader of Yemen’s Houthi movement, which calls itself Ansar Allah, stated his willingness to participate in fighting Israel “to support the Palestinian...
Op-eds
The Lexicon of Terror: Crystallization Of The Definition Of “Terrorism” Through The Lens Of Terrorist Financing & The Financial Action Task Force
Excerpt It is widely assumed that there is no accepted international definition of terrorism, in part because global views on what constitutes terrorism are so politically polarized as to prevent arriving...
Op-eds
Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism
It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state
Op-eds
Controversial German politician to head UN agency accused of helping Iran with tech linked to nuclear program
Gerd Müller prepares to outline his plans for UNIDO during the final week of August
Op-eds
Fighting Israel on other battlefields
Enemies of the Jewish state launch attacks at the UN and in the media
Op-eds
Recalling the Holocaust is insufficient
The UN fails to name those threatening genocide or threatened by genocide
Op-eds
Curb Your Enthusiasm for an Israel-Pakistan Peace Agreement
While Pakistan has good reasons to normalize relations with Israel, domestic and geopolitical compulsions stand in the way.
Op-eds
In the Mideast, Trump Gives Reality a Chance
A lot of people are in a funk over President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The liberal media, most former government officials who’ve dealt with t...
Op-eds
Letting freedom fade
Whatever happened to Charlie Hebdo? For years, the French satirical magazine threw spit balls at polite society. Its writers and cartoonists particularly delighted in ridiculing religions and pie...
Op-eds
Trump’s Iran sanctions realign US Mideast policy back toward Sunnis and Israel
President Donald Trump’s administration issued new sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile program Friday, marking a major step toward realigning U.S. policy in the Middle East awa...
Op-eds
Border disputes
Al Qaeda does not value diversity and it’s not an equal opportunity employer. The same can be said of the Islamic State. And when the rulers of the Islamic Republic of Iran want to commit a...
Op-eds
How much is the U.N. worth?
This may come as a shock: It’s possible, not likely but possible, that a committee of officials from the Defense, State and Justice Departments, as well as the National Security Council, wi...
Op-eds
American Renewal
Slowly and perhaps even surely, Donald Trump is pulling together a team he believes can help him achieve his goals. Which are what exactly? The most basic are given to him in Article II,...
Op-eds
A Tale of Two Trumps
There seem to be at least two Donald Trumps on how to deal with Saudi Arabia, and it's difficult to know which one will trump the other in office. Trump One sai...
Op-eds
Coming to America
Millions of people want to come to America. Actually, it’s tens of millions or perhaps hundreds of millions. Some Americans believe our borders should be open — that everyone has a &l...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia Strikes Back
For those concerned about the fallout from President Barack Obama and his administration’s nuclear deal with Iran — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Actio...
Op-eds
Iran’s Power Play in Lebanon
Lebanon defied its fellow Arab League members this week by rejecting a Saudi-sponsored vote labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The move comes on the heels of Riyadh reversing its decade...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia targets alleged Hezbollah procurement agents
Saudi Arabia imposed sanctions&...