THE REAL FACE OF JORDAN
00 Every once in a while, the Jordanian people are given a chance to express how they really feel about Israel. Jordan is the country to Israel’s east with which Israel has had a formal peace for 23 years.…
Is Palestine in the Works?
00 Betzalel Smotritch of Bayit Yehudi, a member of Netanyahu’s government took to Facebook yesterday to slam the Prime Minister into working with the Trump administration in setting up the circumstances for a Palestinian State. “In recent weeks, there…
Jordan at the Precipice
00 An otherwise promising future is hindered by the unsolved Palestinian problem “We’re in dire straits.” So spoke Jordan’s King Abdullah a half-year ago. A just-completed week of intensive travels and discussions throughout Jordan finds no one disagreeing with…
With America Entering Political Turmoil, Netanyahu Plans to Confront Putin on Iran
00 For nearly two years since Russias initial involvement in the Syrian Civil War, Israel’s unease at Iran’s movement towards its northern border has been soothed by an understanding crafted between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Putin that effectively…
TRUMP’S BAN ON REFUGEES: The Real Reason Why Saudi Arabia and Egypt Were Not Included
00 Just like everything else surrounding Donald Trump’s first 10 days as President, the subterfuge by the main stream media in giving false pretext to Trump picking 7 Arab countries to ban refugees, travelers, and visa holders from entering…
[watch] Middle East Peace Conference? You’ve Got to be Kidding
00 “With whom should we make peace? With those that swear never to rest until they push all of us into the sea? With those who cheer the slaughter of our children?…” This new clip from Boomerang unveils the…
Israel’s Azerbaijan Problem
00 DOES A DEMOCRACY BEHAVE LIKE THIS? Israeli Russian Jewish blogger, Alexander Lapshin did something brave, he crossed over from Azerbaijan to Artsakh aka Nagorno Karabagh and came out speaking for Artsakh’s Independence which automatically steps on Azeri toes.…
JORDAN THREATENS DONALD TRUMP: Moving US Embassy to Jerusalem is Crossing a Redline
00 A Jordanian govenment spokesman, speaking to the Associated Press warned President-Elect Donald Trump that his planned move of the US Embassy to Jerusalem is “crossing a redline” and will be “catostrophic.” Momani, the Jordanian minister, said that moving…
TERROR IN ISTANBUL: Is Turkey Safe Anymore?
00 Last night’s terror attack at an Istanbul night club is only the latest terror attack against Turkey. With 35 dead from the attack on New Years eve, the 45 killed in Ataturk airport last month, and a failed…
The Way to Peace: Israeli Victory, Palestinian Defeat
00 Israeli-Palestinian diplomacy sadly fits the classic description of insanity: “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The identical assumptions – land-for-peace and the two-state solution, with the burden primarily on Israel – stay…