2012: The year that could bring a U.S. strike of Iran
It is obvious that recent Obama administration rhetoric is not intended only to win re-election. It is also intended to signal to Iran that the United States stands by its word. Read More »-
Bush talked about a war on terror, but Obama acted
Obama’s determination in conducting the war on terror could impact on the way the U.S. deals with Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Shortly after September 11, former U.S. President George Bush decreed a “global war on terror. Read More » -
Bush talked about the war on terror, but Obama delivered
Obama’s effectiveness in his administration’s war on terror almost balance out his failures in foreign and domestic policy, with his crowning jewel being the killing of Osama bin Laden. Shortly after September 11, former U.S. President George Bush decreed a “global war on terror. Read More » -
Israelis run through Tel Aviv for social justice
On a hot, humid August night in Tel Aviv, one group of social protesters got their sneakers on and hit the road with a long-distance run they hoped would make a difference. “The people want social justice” has been the slogan representing Israel’s social protests since they began four weeks ago. Read More » -
Running for social justice
On a hot, humid August night in Tel Aviv, one group of social protesters got their sneakers on and hit the road with a long-distance run they hoped would make a difference. “The people want social justice” has been the slogan representing Israel’s social protests since they began four weeks ago. Read More » -
What killed Yasser Arafat?
Don’t blame Ariel Sharon. The former premier wanted to isolate the PLO leader, but not kill him, says an aide. “Yasser Arafat was not poisoned,” reveals attorney Dov Weissglas, the director of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s bureau at the time of the PLO chief’s mysterious death on November 11, 2004 at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris. Read More » -
How did Yasser Arafat die?
Don’t blame Ariel Sharon. The former premier wanted to isolate the PLO leader, but not kill him, says an aide. “Yasser Arafat was not poisoned,” reveals attorney Dov Weissglas, the director of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s bureau at the time of the PLO chief’s mysterious death on November 11, 2004 at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris. Read More » -
How did Arafat die?
Don’t blame Ariel Sharon. The former premier wanted to isolate the PLO leader, but not kill him, says an aide. “Yasser Arafat was not poisoned,” reveals attorney Dov Weissglas, the director of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s bureau at the time of the PLO chief’s mysterious death on November 11, 2004 at the Val de Grace military hospital in Paris. Read More » -
All signs say Iran is racing toward a nuclear bomb
Iran’s leadership is undaunted by the sanctions imposed on the country, or by the damage the Stuxnet computer worm caused to the program that operates the centrifuges at the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz. Read More » -
Israel apparently doing nothing to enforce international sanctions on Iran
Benjamin Netanyahu, who endlessly preaches the need for firm against Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear arms, is not lifting a finger to stop Israeli companies and individuals indirectly trading with Iran. Read More » -
The road to bin Laden ran through Guantanamo Bay
Bin Laden wasn’t only the world’s most wanted terrorist. He was Washington’s public enemy number one for almost a decade, ever since the bombing attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001. Assuming that the U.S. made sure before U.S. Read More » -
How Israel won the Six-Day War
A double agent and his long-overlooked chief handler together pulled off one of the most remarkable deceptions in Israeli intelligence history. In the 1950s, an agent in deep cover was sent to Israel by the Egyptians was caught. Read More » -
