The threat of all-out Middle East war looms: two scenarios
Air raid sirens are sounding throughout northern and central Israel, as Hezbollah unleashes new rounds of missile attacks on the Jewish State and Israeli Defense Forces stage raids into...
Philip Gordon
The Islamic Revolution vs. Donald Trump
Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei are more influential today than at any time since 1979.
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The Nuclear Deal Keeps America From Confronting Iranian Aggression
In his latest entry in our Atlantic ...
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Deceptive Deja Vu
In France, all right-thinking people know instinctively what the pensée unique is—the socially acceptable view on any subject that ensures a Parisian won’t get axed from the be...
Op-eds
Protecting Palestine
Not long ago, I was talking to a Fatah official about Palestinian aspirations, especially his party’s sharp emotions about Hamas, the Palestinian fundamentalist movement that rules Gaza and...
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Obama’s Syria Policy Striptease
America’s settled policy of standing by while half a million Syrians have been killed, millions have become refugees, and large swaths of their country have been re...
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A Friend in a Friendly Country: Saudi, U.S. Seek Common Ground
Sitting in the White House Oval Office, King Salman ...
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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...
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Wikileaks: Merkel Adviser Asked US to Pressure Netanyahu
A senior adviser to German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged the US to tone down its opposition to the UN’s Goldstone Report in order to force Israel to freeze settlement construction, accordi...
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German Chancellor’s Top Mideast Advisor Indicates Support for Goldstone Report
The German equivalent of Charles W. Freeman Jr. has surfaced in a WikiLeaks cable from the U.S. embassy in Berlin. His name is C...
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WikiLeaks: Top Merkel Adviser Told U.S. to Crack Down on Israel
Berlin - A senior adviser to German chancellor Angela Merkel urged the U.S. to water down its opposition to the U.N.'s anti-Israel "Goldstone Report" in order to force Israel to fre...