Israel & the Middle East

Joseph Puder - FrontPageMagazine.com

Dean Acheson, the American statesman and President Truman’s Secretary of State, was quoted as saying: “No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.”  Since the Oslo Accords of 1993, Israeli leaders have sought to appease the [...]

Asked by the Sueddeutsche Zeitung daily if Iran was also on its way to “virtual” nuclear-weapons power status, he said: “That is correct.” But he added Tehran could not “break out” to a bomb as long IAEA monitors remained at its nuclear sites.
Iran has pledged to maintain regular IAEA inspections, but these are limited to [...]

Iranian leader vows to continue supporting Palestinian struggle; Hamas’ Haniyeh: Palestinians will never recognize Israel
Warm Iranian support: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reassured Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh that Iran would stand by the Palestinians “to the ultimate victory.” In a phone conversation between the two, Iran’s leader expressed his hope for a victory celebration “after the [...]

Andrew Bacevich’s writes a somewhat disturbing op-ed in today’s Los Angeles Times. He asserts that the next President-whoever he may be-will be probably disappoint his followers because his power to bring change is constricted by various interest groups. Bacevich, in particular, writes that the “the Israel lobby will oppose attempts to chart a new course [...]

When I checked my e-mail and today’s headlines this morning, I was surprised to read this article on the website of the Dutch daily De Telegraaf. According to its authors, who claim that their story is based on authoritative sources, the Dutch secret service ( AIVD ) has been working in Iran for quite a [...]

Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed Abu Ghait met secretly with Hizballah leaders in Beirut last week, DEBKA file’s counter-terror sources report, and invited a delegation to pay a formal visit to Cairo. The pro-Iranian Hizballah is listed by the UN and many nations as a terrorist organization.
This is a stab in the back for Israeli prime [...]