Tag Archives: Middle East

Analysis: Don’t panic over Egypt, yet

April 23, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

What does the future hold for the Israel-Egypt relationship? Will Egypt become increasingly, openly hostile? Will the Camp David Peace Accords between the two neighbors hold? Will Egypt provide diplomatic and security cover for Hamas in Gaza? How will the central government in Cairo, whoever it turns out to be, handle the growing lawlessness of the Sinai Peninsula?

These are just some of the important questions people are asking themselves regarding the important relationship between Israel and Egypt since the overthrow of the Mubarak regime. They are coming up again today as the Egyptian national gas company unilaterally terminated its contract with Israel. Continue reading →

In Europe, perceptions of Israel colored by anti-Semitism

April 18, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , 3 Comments

European Flightilla activists scrawled a Swastika on their holding cell. Anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic.

More than 70 percent of Polish people believe that Jews seek to benefit from their forebears’ suffering during the Nazi era, a new report on racism and xenophobia in Europe shows. Continue reading →

False Flag

April 9, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

Here’s a quote which caught my eye this week from a Haaretz story about IDF units preparing for another possible round against Hezbollah:

When you stick an [Israeli] flag [on enemy territory], there’s no question who won,” says a high-ranking officer who requested anonymity. “You need to seize a geographic space. This is the only way the concept of victory can be established.”

I couldn’t disagree more. Continue reading →

Our Brothers’ Keepers

March 19, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , 4 Comments

Just in the past three weeks, our people have been attacked in Ashdod, Beersheba, Ashkelon, Bangkok, New Delhi, Tbilisi, and now Toulouse.

It is unclear yet what the motives for the Toulouse attack were, as French police had not classified it as a terror attack or hate crime. But does it make a difference? Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that Hezbollah had recently tried to attack Israel and Jewish targets around the world, and that these attempted attacks had been thwarted. Barak was speaking at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. We always knew Iran would retaliate all over the world against Jews if Israel attacked their nuclear facilities. They did it in Argentina in 1992 after Israel assassinated the Hezbollah leader. But who knew the Iranians would jump the gun this time? Continue reading →

Netanyahu’s disgruntled Ex’s

March 4, 2012 By in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could have a serious problem on his hands. Several senior officials who have recently worked for him, and some who are still working for him, have fallen foul of the PM for various reasons. The following is a list of powerful men who have already embarked, or may yet embark, on public campaigns against their former boss, and they all, presumably, hold some information that could be damaging to him, especially in an election season. Continue reading →

Analysis: Israel and the Muslim Brotherhood

January 23, 2012 By in Gaza, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Syria, Turkey Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

When the Muslim Brotherhood leadership looks around them they see an America in decline – both at home and abroad. They see how the US abandoned Mubarak. They see how America speaks of human rights in Egypt and Tunisia, but don’t apply these principles in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Syria. Continue reading →

The Middle East is on the move

October 19, 2011 By in Iran, Iraq, Israel, Syria, Turkey Tags: , , , 1 Comment

The Middle East is on the move.

The Old Syrians are on the way down, and the new Syrians, whoever they may be, are on their way up.

The old Libyans are digging in, and the New Libyans are trying to flush them out.

The Americans are on the way out of Iraq, and the Iranians are on their way in.

The Iranians are also on their way into Syria, Bahrain, Lebanon and Gaza.

Christians are on their way out of Syria, Lebanon, Egypt and Gaza.

The Iranians sent Lebanese to Moscow to meet with the Russians, and Mexicans to kill Saudis in America.

Turkey is on its way back in to the Ottoman Empire’s stomping grounds, and the Kurds from Northern Iraq are heading into Turkey, and Turkey is chasing them back into Northern Iraq.

Egypt is moving sideways, and so are Tunisia and Jordan.

An Israeli soldier went from Gaza to the Sinai and finally to his home in the Galilee. One thousand Palestinian terrorists left Israel and went to the West Bank, Gaza, Qatar, Syria and Turkey.

Saudi Arabia takes one step forward [letting women vote hey, it is 2011 after all] and two steps back [not letting them drive, as well as the odd beheading]

Yemen is the only place not going anywhere.

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