Left: U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement on Iran at the White House in Washington, January 17, 2016. Obama signed an executive order on Saturday lifting sanctions on Iran related to its nuclear program after Tehran fulfilled … [Read more...] about Plowing the American Mind
2015
Abbas Attempts to Blunt the Knife Terror Wave*
According to statistics released last week by the Shin Bet (Israel's internal security service), Palestinian attacks on Israelis have gone down have from 246 attacks last December to 123 attacks in March. Moreover, Palestinian … [Read more...] about Abbas Attempts to Blunt the Knife Terror Wave*
Beware of The Black Flag
Left: Pro-ISIS demonstrators in the Netherlands, call for "Death to Jews" - Newsweek, 7/30/14. Review of Nidra Poller's The Black Flag of Jihad Stalks La République, (Authorship Intl., November 2015). Reporting from Brussels on March 18, after the … [Read more...] about Beware of The Black Flag
The Palestinian Knife Campaign: A Policy of Limited Liability*
Left: From the Palestinian “Stab a Jew” Guide, Credit: Raoul Wootliff, “Videos teach would-be Palestinian attackers ‘how to stab,’” Times of Israel, October 15, 2015. Five months into the stabbing terror campaign, the Palestinian leadership keeps … [Read more...] about The Palestinian Knife Campaign: A Policy of Limited Liability*
The Counter-Terrorist-Financing Farce
Left: The chart on the right shows the intricate money-laundering system the Lebanese Canadian Bank used to divert money to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, according to United States officials. (The NYT, Dec 13, 2011). And on June 25, 2013, the … [Read more...] about The Counter-Terrorist-Financing Farce
Stupidity is Not a Crime – Funding Terrorism Is
The opaqueness that marks both the Obama administration and Ayatollah Khamenei's regime, makes it difficult to know how many unfrozen billions of dollars are going to the coffers of the Islamic Republic following the lifting of the sanctions. The … [Read more...] about Stupidity is Not a Crime – Funding Terrorism Is
Key factor in sharply-improved Putin-Netanyahu strategic ties? The Obama White House
Left: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Sept. 21, 2015 / EPA Israeli-Russian strategic cooperation already good was markedly improving in early October 2015. The primary impediment … [Read more...] about Key factor in sharply-improved Putin-Netanyahu strategic ties? The Obama White House
Malaysia: Over the Edge?
Southeast Asia’s multi-ethnic player, Malaysia, with its carefully balanced Malay majority but dynamic Chinese and Indian minorities, is in crisis. A lack of resolution could not only jeopardize the country’s 30 million people but destabilize the … [Read more...] about Malaysia: Over the Edge?
Iran to Increase its Involvement in Syria
Growing Iranian involvement in the war in Syria is about to be officially requested by Basher Assad in Tehran later this month. To assure his safe arrival in and departure through Iraqi airspace, his plane will be guarded by "four strategic Russian … [Read more...] about Iran to Increase its Involvement in Syria
Conversion to Islam – a Personal Story
A fearful twist on the boy meets girl story: Except this time it is a Muslim girl. No, she was not the one in the terrorist murders of 14 people in San Bernardino. But she was a smart, beautiful. fanatic Pakistani Muslim from a wealthy, … [Read more...] about Conversion to Islam – a Personal Story