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Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 04, 2011 11 Comments
In what will come as a shock to no one who lives in reality, the revolutions throughout the Middle East, while sparked in many instances by people who share western-style democratic values, are turning Islamist, and the Obama administration is dithering and accepting the outcome as a...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 21, 2011 13 Comments
The Obama administration came close to what many of us have feared would happen, abandoning Israel at the U.N. Yes, the U.S. finally — after a sustained bipartisan Congressional outcry — did veto a one-sided and politically opportunistic resolution pushed by the Palestinian Authority declaring...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 19, 2011 15 Comments
To call the performance of the Obama administration at the UN, through Ambassador Susan Rice, “folly” would be far, far too kind. Mahmoud Abbas, despite repeated U.S. requests, insisted on pressing for a U.N. Security Council resolution declaring Israeli settlement construction “illegal.”  The U.S. vetoed the resolution. Standing...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 13, 2011 5 Comments
With democracy comes responsibility.  The Egyptian people may find that our relatively soon, as even some of its non-Muslim Brotherhood emerging leaders seem hellbent on war with Israel. Ayman Nour, a leading Egyptian opposition figure who is expected to run for President — and someone...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2011 12 Comments
The wilful ignorance of the Obama administration to the threat posed by the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamists in Egypt is astounding.  Just look what happened in Gaza where the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot Hamas was elected to office and proceeded to drown out all other voices,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 30, 2011 19 Comments
Mohamed ElBaradei is one of those figures who, because he is fairly westernized, easily manipulates western media and left-of-center bloggers and pundits into thinking he wants a western-style democracy in Egypt. It is not surprising that despite his obvious opportunism, ElBaradei has become something of...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 12, 2010 14 Comments
I have posted previously about the plight of the Jews of Malmö, Sweden, who have been under siege by the Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition, what I called Malmö Syndrome. Islamists across Europe have used anti-Israel agitation to justify acts of anti-Semitic violence, and anti-Israel leftists have either encouraged or...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 22, 2010 1 Comment
The Washington Post reports on the U.N. investigation into the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Harriri, which appears headed towards a year-end indictment of several Hezbollah senior members. The article, based on documents obtained by the Canadian Broadcasting Company, notes how cell phone...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 30, 2010 2 Comments
A post at Israel Matzav about a failed attempt at a university in South Africa to boycott Israel’s Ben Gurion University reminded me that there has been a vicious war underway, albeit one fought mostly under the media radar. The Islamist-Leftist Anti-Israel Coalition, which brought you...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 28, 2010 3 Comments
…for thinking that the election of David Cameron in Britain might make a real difference in the direction of British policy. I was wrong. In a speech in Ankara, Turkey, Cameron did his best imitation of Barack Obama’s apology tour: … let me turn to...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2010 3 Comments
I am not someone who tries to keep track of how many of my predictions have come true. That sort of gamesmanship by hindsight is beneath me. And I don’t try to settle scores with people who criticize me. That would be petty. So it...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 11, 2010 3 Comments
Nicholas Kristoff has found the answer to traditional Palestinian suicide bombers, hijackers, and hostage takers: A non-violent movement led by Palestinian women. But for now, Kristoff finds it’s still a dream, because it depends on what the meaning of “non-violence” is. Describing one protest, seeking...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 08, 2010 14 Comments
Unlike some, I have not devoted myself to studying the writings of Glenn Greenwald. Others have devoted the time, because Greenwald has such a large following at Salon.com. I did, however, write about Greenwald’s absurd coverage of the Islamist-inspired, Turkish-led Gaza flotilla, particularly Greenwald’s offensive...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2010 2 Comments
The decision by Israel to “ease” the blockade of Gaza has evoked pretty strong opinions as to whether it represents a wise strategic move by Israel (my view) or a caving in which strengthens Hamas. One thing is clear, however, the easing of the land...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 11, 2010 9 Comments
I hope this is not true, but nothing would surprise me when it comes to Obama and the Middle East, Sources: Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week: THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that senior Obama administration officials have been telling foreign...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 10, 2010 5 Comments
In 2006 Richard Cohen of The Washington Post wrote a column arguing “[t]he greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake.” The argument, that Israel should not have been created as a Jewish state because the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 08, 2010 17 Comments
Remember Joe Biden’s comment that hostile forces would test Obama in his first six months? Well, whatever tests have come before, the big test is about to take place, as Russia, Iran and Turkey are uniting to break American influence in the greater Middle East...
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