Prodi’s “Evolution”
Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi suggested on Sunday that dialogue with Hamas might help the Islamist terror organization “evolve.” It was not immediately clear what Prodi meant by “evolution”...
View ArticleDesperate for Leaders
Larbi Charef killed dozens of people in Algiers on Tuesday when he detonated his explosives-packed car. His suicide bombing was the culmination of a year that Charef had spent training with terrorists...
View ArticleIn Praise of “Disrespect”
At Al Arabiya today, John Esposito–co-author of Who Speaks for Islam?, a book based on a study of 50,000 people in 35 Muslim countries–says When we asked Muslims around the world what the West can do...
View ArticleA Suggestion for Zawahri
Poor Al-Qaeda. For months, the Islamist organization has had to give over the limelight to Iran, Hezbullah, and Hamas, all of which have more guns and the advantage of constant terror activity to get...
View ArticleHere We Go Again
As the Obama administration is poised to proceed with “indirect” talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the chances for success in the foreseeable future are virtually nil. The PA...
View ArticleWake-Up Call
I have confidence that Israel’s defense leadership will correct the tactical error in the May 31 boarding of M/V Mavi Marmara that allowed the situation to spiral out of control. No revision of tactics...
View ArticleA World Gone Mad
A CONTENTIONS reader points me to some signs of the times that aptly capture the mindset of much of the Western world. While everyone mourns the loss of those who set upon the Israeli commandos (are we...
View ArticleFlotsam and Jetsam
Jamie Fly asks, “No Daylight?” about the U.S. stance on the terrorist flotilla: “So, over the course of two days, ‘no daylight’ has essentially become ‘we told you so,’ ‘perhaps you shouldn’t have done...
View ArticleHey Peter, There’s a Reason Why “Free Gaza” Doesn’t Help Shalit
Peter Beinart weighed in today with another column at the Daily Beast designed to bolster his standing as a “liberal Zionist” rather than as merely another member of the pack of jackals attacking...
View ArticleBarack Obama, Voting Present in the Middle East
The question of the hour is whether the Obama administration is actually going to sit on its hands and do nothing as the Middle East edges closer and closer toward a major conflict. Where is the...
View ArticleTurkish Flags
Turkey’s sharp turn against Israel under Islamist Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has been much noted in the last couple of weeks. But a just-released report from Israeli analysts clarifies how close the...
View ArticleStarstruck Clooney Misses the Point About Disastrous Sudan Policy
George Clooney’s visit to the White House yesterday sent the press corps into something like a swoon as press secretary Robert Gibbs cut short the daily press conference so all present could ogle the...
View ArticleBlair on Islamic Separatists
Former prime minister Tony Blair’s ability to debunk conventional wisdom and show disdain for political correctness has only grown since his departure from 10 Downing Street. His subject today is the...
View ArticleNATO Going Cold Turkey
More evidence that NATO is in trouble has come alive as the alliance prepares for its summit this weekend. As reported in several news sources, Turkey has gotten its way, and NATO officialdom will make...
View ArticleHamas Returns to Executing Opponents, UN Returns to Boosting Hamas Aid
Fresh from praising Allah for the scores of Israelis who died trying to save Palestinian prisoners from the fires ravaging Israel, Hamas is indulging in some old-fashioned “collaborator” killing: A...
View ArticleSaudi Glasnost Cities Illustrate Tyranny’s Dilemma
Is it possible for a tyrannical system to modernize its society and economy while keeping its people in check? In the 1980s, Mikhail Gorbachev tried and failed to save the Soviet Union for Communism by...
View ArticleAustralian Blindsides Israel on Nukes
Reports about the alleged success of the Stuxnet virus setting back the Iranian nuclear program by two years have heartened friends of Israel who have had little reason to be encouraged by...
View ArticleSome Unfashionable Thoughts About Egypt
Few moments in recent history have put political conservatism to the test like the ongoing uprising taking place in Egypt today. There are, after all, two different approaches to foreign policy that...
View ArticleWhat Do University Clashes in Tunisia Portend for Arab Spring?
Most analysts agree the Arab Spring has been a mixed bag. In Egypt, the trajectory is poor: Islamists will shape the new constitution and the unholy alliance between the Muslim Brotherhood and Egyptian...
View ArticleThe Great Islamist Comeback
On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta met with the new Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi in Cairo and declared, “It’s clear that Egypt, following the revolution, is committed to putting into place...
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