Israel and Saudi Arabia are the two countries most threatened by Iran, and both have been well-pleased with President Trump’s withdrawal in 2018 from the nuclear deal with Iran and the imposition of crippling sanctions on the Islamic Republic, that have helped to bring that country economically to its knees. Iran’s major source of wealth, […]
Why Would It Be So Wrong for Joe Biden to Return to the Iran Deal?
The IAEA has been deeply disappointed in the lack of cooperation by Iran in the inspection process. Really, what did Commissioner Rafael Grossi expect? Iran has been obstructing IAEA inspections whenever it thought it could get away with it. “UN watchdog warns Iran again violating nuclear deal with world powers,” Israel Hayom, November 12, 2020: […]
Israeli Agents on a Motorcycle Gun Down Al-Qaeda #2 In Tehran
We have just learned, on November 13, of the killing in Iran on August 7 of Al-Qaeda’s No. 2 man, Abu Muhammad al-Masri, who was assassinated by Israeli agents at the request, according to all reports, of the American government. The story is here: “Israeli agents killed al-Qaeda’s No. 2 on Iran street, at behest […]
IAEA: Iran Violating the ‘Iran Deal’ That Biden Wants to Rejoin
Will the putatively incoming Biden Administration listen? The President-elect-apparent has told everyone he is eager to return to the Iran Deal. But how has Iran been observing the Iran Deal that, without American participation, is still in force with the U.K., France, Germany, Russia, and China? The answer is clear: It hasn’t been observing the […]
For Iran, How Do You Spell Relief? B-I-D-E-N
Iran is elated after Joe Biden’s apparent victory. On January 20, Tehran will likely no longer be dealing with an implacable Donald Trump, who pulled out of the JCPOA and reimposed crippling sanctions that sent Iran’s economy into a tailspin, but with a most pliable Joe Biden, eager to remove those sanctions and to return […]
Mahmoud Abbas Plans to Ask Biden to Move Embassy Back to Tel Aviv
Mahmoud Abbas is planning to ask Joe Biden to move the American embassy back to Tel Aviv from Jerusalem. The request has no chance of being granted; Biden has already said that while he would not have moved the Embassy himself, he will not now move it out of Jerusalem.. But Abbas figures that when […]
Israel’s UN Ambassador Speaks Truth to Power
Yes, I agree. It’s a generally hideous formulation — “speak truth to power.” I’ve never used it before, except once as a joke, something about “speaking truth to (Samantha) Power,” and I promise I won’t do it again. But just this once, I think it might be excused…. When it comes to anything to do […]
It’s Not Too Late for Biden to Add Conditions to the Promises He Has Made to the Palestinians
It’s not too late for Biden to add some conditions to those promises that he has already made to the Palestinians. He should now declare that “I am ready to reopen the consulate in East Jerusalem – I’ve said that since May – and to let the PLO reopen an office in Washington, and I’m […]
Biden’s Plans Constitute a Setback for Israel
Years ago, when Joe Biden served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Menachem Begin was being questioned by the committee. It was, Begin later recalled, a “lively discussion” in which Biden “hinted — more than hinted — that if we continue with this [settlements] policy, it is possible that he will propose cutting our financial […]
What Would a Biden Presidency Mean For Israel?
Let’s be charitable. Let’s consider the best case to be made for Biden “as a friend of Israel,” which just appeared from a veteran Israeli journalist, Raphael Ahren: “Biden a veteran friend of Israel, settlement critic, may be at odds over Iran,” by Raphael Ahren, Times of Israel, November 7, 2020: …“He has a deep […]
Palestinian Lawyers Sue UK Over Balfour Declaration
In what is evidently not a joke, three Palestinian NGOS have sued – in a Palestinian court, of course, in Nablus – the government of Great Britain for the Balfour Declaration which, say the plaintiffs, has been the cause of all the subsequent misery the “Palestinian people” have suffered. The story is here: “Palestinian NGOs […]
PA Promises a Doomsday Scenario If It Doesn’t Get a State Right Now
The story is here: “Palestinians threaten Israel: ‘Either Palestine, or a fire for a generation,’” JNS, October 28, 2020: Claiming that the United States and Israel are planning to “redesign” the Middle East via “normalization” and the US peace plan, the Palestinian Authority is threatening “anarchy, violence and instability.” “Normalization” of ties with Israel by […]
Meet the New York Times’ New Jerusalem Bureau Chief
He’s only 31, but hey, who’s counting? The news about the latest New York Times expert on the Middle East, by Ira Stoll, is here: “Newly Appointed New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Has History of Mistakes in Israel Coverage,” by Ira Stoll, Algemeiner, October 29, 2020: The New York Times’ next Jerusalem bureau chief […]
Muslim Leaders Worldwide Silent About Pakistani Cleric’s Call to Nuke France
The Muslim hysteria over President Macron’s insistence that in France French values, including the freedom of expression, must not be compromised, is not diminishing. It’s become quite a spectacle for the non-Muslim world to observe. Muslims first began with demands for an apology from Macron himself, which was not forthcoming. Then the focus shifted […]
Islamic Scholar Yasir Qadhi Says There’s a ‘Brutal’ Campaign Against Islam in France
Yasir Qadhi is an Islamic scholar living in the U.S. who in a recent sermon deplored what he describes as an anti-Islamic campaign by the French government. The report on his sermon is here: “Prominent American Islamic Scholar Dr. Yasir Qadhi: The ‘Unfortunate’ Beheading Of Samuel Paty Is A Pretext For A Campaign Against […]
The French Ambassador to Sweden is Wrong: France is Not a Muslim Country
🇫🇷🇸🇪L’ambassadeur de France en Suède: “La France est un pays musulman” Selon lui nous avons un héritage/des racines musulmanes. Le plus drôle c’est quand il affirme que ce qui importe c’est d’écouter les musulmans🇫🇷mais est incapable de répondre à la question “Et que disent-ils?” pic.twitter.com/A2ry3FHDHW — Patrick Edery (@patrick_edery) October 26, 2020 Another telling story […]
For Three Frenchmen, Three Corrections
In a short piece that appeared at the Times of Israel, French President Emmanuel Macron, the Chief Rabbi of Nice, Daniel Teboul, and the Mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, all had something to say about the latest Muslim atrocity – the killings of three people in Nice by a Tunisian who had arrived in the […]
Are Bunker Busters Ready For Their Close-Up?
As everyone now knows, on the “sideline” of the United Arab Emirates’ agreement to normalize relations with Israel was another, separate but linked understanding, that at long last the U.S. would be willing to sell an undisclosed number of its top-of-the-line Stealth fighter jets, the F-35, to the UAE. Israel was not happy with this; […]
Muslims Around the World Want to Punish France; Where is the West’s Solidarity with the French?
The murder of a French middle-school teacher by a Muslim fanatic would, one would have thought, led to an expression of horror worldwide, and a demand not only in France but by non-Muslims everywhere that the Muslim political leaders and clerics denounce that murder in no uncertain terms. Alas, that is not what has happened. […]
Mahmoud Abbas Has Learned His Lesson, Tones Down Criticism of Sudan
When the United Arab Emirates and then Bahrain announced their normalization agreements with Israel, the PA was quick to denounce both as “betraying Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa Mosque, and the Palestinian issue.” The two countries were further accused of “stabbing the Palestinians in the back.” This did not have the desired effect. Both the UAE and Bahrain […]