We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out - Winston Churchill

The Fallacy of Arab Brotherhood

The first time I asked the question, it was in response to the articles I was reading during the Bosnian War in the early '90s. Mladic and others were ssystematically raping and committing genocide against the Arab population.

Continue reading this entry ...

Mideast Ennui: PLO Officials Blame Israel

PLO officials went on the offensive and sought to blame Israel for the failure of exploratory contacts with Israeli negotiators as they met with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Wednesday. The meeting comes as Ashton visits the region for three days in a bid to keep t …

PLO Refuses More Meetings with Israel

The PLO has refused to continue talks with Israel after five meetings in Amman between Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat and Israeli representative Yitzchak Molcho. The two men are scheduled to meet for the fifth and allegedly final time Wednesday, according to the Palestinian  …

Private Equity 101 - Learn Something Prior to Being Critical

In the last two weeks, I've seen more comments passed on Private Equity than can be imagined. What is clear is that most people have no idea what it is.

Continue reading this entry ...

Islamophilia and the Israeli Question

The dominant theme of the Islamophile foreign policy narrative is that America's troubles with Islamic terrorism and the violent instability of the Middle-East somehow derive from our excessive closeness to the Jewish State.

Friedman's Slur Swap Changes Nothing

Last week, New York Times​ columnist Thomas Friedman let his anger with Israel and its American supporters, including some Republican presidential candidates, get the better of him.

Tom Friedman's Losing Battle

For decades New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman balanced his substantively anti-Israel positions with repeated protestations of love for Israel.His balancing act ended last week when he employed traditional anti-Semitic slurs to dismiss the authenticity of substantive Americ …

No NFL on Christmas Day? I'm Happy to live in a Christian Majority Country

In preparation for the weekend, this morning I took a look at the NFL schedule to see which games I'd be watching on Sunday. Lo and behold, the schedule is essentially being played on SATURDAY!! No NFL on Sunday, except for Bears/Packers, and that's a night game.

Continue reading this entry ...

How Can Israel Please the American Government, Media, and "Experts"? It Can't

There is a constant effort—especially by the anti-Israel left–to portray those who express mainstream  Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing” or “Likudnik.” This leads me to wonder what one would have …

PCHR Strongly Condemns Ministry of Health's Decision to Decrease Transfers of Patients to Israeli Hospitals...

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the decision taken by the Palestinian Ministry of Health to decrease transfers of patients who are in critical or serious health conditions to Israeli hospitals to receive medical treatment or resume previous treatment, unde …

Israelis wage a dirty war against Palestinian farmers

Ramallah: Palestinian farmers cultivating their lands behind the Israeli segregation barrier have been fighting a relentless battle against an invasion of Israeli wild pigs. Vast areas of lands behind the barrier have been wrecked by the pigs, and the frustrated farmers are set  …

November 29: The UN Vote that Established Israel - Test Your Knowledge

Test your knowledge of Kaf Tet BaNovember - the events surrounding the November 29, 1947 UN Partition Plan.

How to Tell Who is a "Moderate Islamist:" An Exam

The Muslim Brotherhood held a rally at Cairo’s most important mosque, al-Azhar. This is sort of a central headquarters for official Islam in Egypt.

'They Stole Our Land' vs. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem

The cornerstone argument in the Arab narrative against Israel is that the Zionists in the 19th and early 20th centuries came to the Land of Israel and stole Arab land.  This is a very simple assertion, easy to visualize, seemingly logical and amenable to a brief presentation …

Peace In Our Time

Why did I become a linguist?  I seem to have inherited the traditional Arabic love of language and poetry. As Phillip Hitti wrote in his book, History of the Arabs:  

Palestinians: Movements vs. Nations

In the wake of the Palestinians' attempt to gains statehood via Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI), there is an honest question as to whether the Palestinians interest represents that of a "movement" or a "nation".

Continue reading this entry ...

Obama's Speech: A Key Paragraph

During President Obama's address to the UN General Assembly today, he briefly outlined the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from the Israeli perspective. He has never spoken more clearly on this topic as he did today.

Continue reading this entry ...

Abdullah II: Jordan Is Not Palestine

Jordan's King Abdullah II reaffirmed his government's rejection of his father and grandfather's historic policy that "Jordan is Palestine" on Monday. "The so-called 'substitute homeland' exists only in the minds of the weak," Abdullah told reporters, stressing "the Jordanian opt …

Erdogan's "Humanitarian" Opportunity

Since the seafaring exploits of the Mavi Marmara in May, 2010, there has been much discussion about, among other things, culpability, aggression, international law, and humanitarian aid.

Continue reading this entry ...

After September Comes October

Earlier this year, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made the decision to cut off the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) negotiations with Israel and go to the UN in September to bid for state recognition.

The republic of anti-Israel

We are waiting patiently, as the fuse burns down on another Middle Eastern powder keg. On Sept. 20, as the next United Nations session opens, Mahmoud Abbas will present a declaration of statehood to the General Assembly, on behalf of the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank.

Assad puts Hamas in corner over Syrian assault| Reuters

Syria's crackdown on government opponents has deeply embarrassed the Palestinian group Hamas, which is anxious not to anger its backers in Damascus while at the same time hoping not to alienate its supporters at home.

Who Is The Muslim Brotherhood?

The Brotherhood`s goal is to turn the world into an Islamist empire. The Muslim Brotherhood, founded in Egypt in 1928, is a revolutionary fundamentalist movement to restore the caliphate and strict shariah (Islamist) law in Muslim lands and, ultimately, the world.

Hear No Middle East, See No Middle East

President Barack Obama's speech on Middle East policy did more damage to U.S.-Israel relations than anything said by any previous president during the almost forty-year alliance between the two countries.

President Obama's Message To Israel: Go To Hell

Obama waited towards the end of his speech on the Middle East and North Africa to throw our most reliable Mideast ally, and the region's only true democracy, under the bus.

Latest Comments

Profile

Jalmeno

Articles Posted: 17
Links Seeded: 611
Member Since: 9/2008Last Seen: 5/18/2012

Jalmeno has not filled out a bio yet.

Recent Votes