Larry Greenfield for Pajamas Media, on the need for Missile Defense: Israeli Air Force pilots, courageous paratroopers, patriotic reservists, and even well-built security fences can’t halt incoming missiles. Missiles can fly 24/7 and in any weather. They arrive at lightning speed — in seconds or minutes. They are easy to purchase, prepare, and deliver...
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Newly minted Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren lays out in the new issue of Commentary just what is meant by an “existential” threat, and than details the seven such threats which face the state of Israel: Rarely in modern history have nations faced genuine existential threats. Wars are waged to change...
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Geopolitics, like nature, abhors a vacuum: But in its campaign for regional hegemony, Tehran expects Lebanon as its first prize. Iran is spending massive amounts of cash on June’s general election. It supports a coalition led by Hezbollah, and including the Christian ex-general Michel Aoun. Lebanon, now in the column of pro-U.S. countries, would...
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This week, Israel has celebrated its 61st birthday. The miracle of its existence, let alone its robust emotional, ethical and economic health and its unparalleled contributions to the disciplines of medicine, of science and of the humanities is simply astounding. This, despite the seven brutal wars, the intifada, the economic boycotts, the systematized anti-Semitism...
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I had pointed out an earlier Associated Press article last Friday, where a claim of Hezbollah moderation was tacked on to the end of an otherwise irrelevant story by the Associated Press. Now the Associated Press has a long form piece about how Hezbollah’s moderation is set to win it the June Lebanese elections:...
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Since the rise of the Islamist AKP, Turkey has increasingly been moving away from the kind of secular government that President Obama rightfully praised as a model for others in the Middle East. Instead, The Turkish government seems to be lining up with the anti-West faction, led by Iran. Consider some of the following...
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(h/t Sarah Stern): Sarah pointed me to this article in the Wall Street Journal regarding Iran’s targeting of Egypt: Tehran sees Egypt as its greatest rival in the region, and the most formidable Arab bulwark opposing its influence. It is in this context that Hezbollah actions in Egypt should be assessed. Acting as a...
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The folks at MEMRI are reporting an Kuwaiti newspaper as reporting that authorities in the Caucus country have seized Hezbollah and Islamic Republic of Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps terrorists in the midst of preparing for some kind of attack: According to the report, the two, Najim Al-Din and Ali Karki, were responsible for overseeing...
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An excellent piece from Palestinian Media Watch’s Barbara Crook on the prevalance of hate-mongering in the Muslim world: The world reacted with outrage at the speech by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the Durban Review Conference on Racism in Geneva. European countries stormed out of his talk and released an array of statements condemning...
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From the Jerusalem Post: An Iranian vessel loaded with weapons to transfer to Hamas via Sudan was recently sunk in the Red Sea by an unidentified missile ship believed to be Israeli, according to Arab media. The vessel was attacked by either an Israeli or American ship and destroyed, according to a report Sunday...
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