Turkey is on a roll, but Erdogan’s dreams of restoring the once mighty Ottoman Empire may smash directly into the Middle Eastern reality. In my podcast I make sure to touch briefly on some history, but get into what…
Bibi Netanyahu made waves last year when he came out in support of an independent Kurdistan. It really should not have been a surprise to observers as Israel has been a covert supporter of the Kurdish independence movement since…
There are times when rulers reach a zenith in their power. Some of them fall away and others find a way to reverse course and rise again. The failed coup in Turkey over the weekend marks the lowest point…
In his first presentation before the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Tuesday, the new chief of Israel’s Shabak Agency (also knows as the Shin Bet), Nadav Argaman, explained that while it seems the number of terror attacks have decreased in the…
(Originally published on Israel Hayom) You can take the Europeans out of the former colonies, but you cannot take the colonialism out of the Europeans. That much is clear, at least as far as the European Union is concerned.…