William Hague

July 24, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

A Terrorist by Any Other Name

It has now been a year since Hezbollah operatives blew up a tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing five Israeli tourists and their Bulgarian bus driver, including a pregnant woman. And after an er...

April 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal The Tower |

Europe Has a Serious Hezbollah Problem

After decades of denial, Europe’s leaders may have to face the grim truth about the world’s most sophisticated terror group.

February 26, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Dutch FM: EU May Blacklist Hezbollah After Probe

The Netherlands’ Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans stressed on Monday the Dutch position that Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and ought to be banned from European soil....

February 7, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe’s Hezbollah Problem

In the wake of the Bulgarian bombing investigation, will the European Union finally designate Hezbollah a terrorist group?

November 20, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal New York Daily News |

Israeli Conflict with Hamas Brings Grim Reality of Terror Home

Only fractions of a second mark the difference between life and death.

November 16, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal National Review Online |

The World Watches Israel Under Fire

As Patrick noted below, the past couple days’ attacks have now reached Tel Aviv. Palestini...

September 27, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Long War Journal

Will Europe Outlaw Hezbollah?

BERLIN -- The July suicide bombing of a bus full of Israeli tourists at the seaside Bulgarian resort of Bur...

September 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘UK, France, Germany Urge EU to Up Iran Sanctions’

Britain, France and Germany called on the European Union to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, AFP reported late Sunday, citing diplomatic sources. An EU dipl...

September 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US Senators Urge the EU to Outlaw Hezbollah

A bipartisan group of 76 US senators sent a mid-September letter urging the EU to include Hezbollah on its terror list. The Republican and Democratic senators wrote to Catherine As...

July 24, 2012 | |

The Morality of Suicide Bombings

The bombing last week in Damascus that killed Syrian Defense Minister Daoud Rajiha, internal security chief Hafez Makhlouf, and Deputy Defense Minister Asef Shawkat (who also happened to be the b...

February 12, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Retain Military Options Against Iran’

“After the West has for years allowed the wool to be pulled over its eyes, Iran cannot take us seriously,” Bundestag deputy says

November 21, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

EU Must Take Iran Action

For almost 10 years, the European Union has engaged Iran’s rulers in fruitless diplomatic efforts to halt their nuclear weapons program. Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency co...

November 21, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Obama and the EU Could Stop Iran’s Nuclear Quest With Crippling Financial Sanctions

On Monday, November 14, only days after the United Nations' nuclear authority detailed...

August 23, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal

Libya’s New Government Should Give Up the Lockerbie Bomber

Berlin — As Moammar Qaddafi’s 42-year tyranny comes to an end, the transitional government faces enormous challenges in establishing democratic institutions and eradicating t...

May 16, 2011 | Emanuele Ottolenghi Standpoint

Eastern Mispromise

Now does not appear to be the best moment for a new Middle East peace initiative. President Barack Obama's stubborn insistence on a full Israeli freeze of construction projects beyond the Gr...

April 15, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal Advocate |

Iran’s “Crimes Against Humanity”

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continues his campaign to violently repress sexual minorities. “They asked me [at Columbia University in 2007] why you crack down on homosexua...

April 7, 2011 |

Brace for Trouble. The EU Peace Initiative is About to Kick Off

This spring of 2011 does not appear to be the best moment for a new peace initiative. After all, peace talks have not been seriously conducted for two years now. The uprisings that have...