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Although the precise date is not clear, calls have gone out for anti-Israel activists to converge on Israel on or about June 8, in anticipation of a large flotilla of ships trying to break the military sea blockade of Gaza later in June, and additional attempts to crash...
The head of Hezbollah has visited Syria to discuss "reforms":Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah met with Syrian President Bashar Assad in order to discuss reforms in Syria, the Lebanese daily al-Akhbar, identified with Hezbollah, reported on Monday.Nasrallah "held more than one meeting with President Assad to...
Hezbollah in Lebanon needs Bashar Assad to stay in power, as Syria not only supports Hezbollah militarily but also serves as a logistics conduit for Iran.Hezbollah's support of Syria's crackdown has been noticed:Syrian security forces fired at two protests in the eastern province of Deir...
by Matthew KneeIn a closed door meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz asked Netanyahu to demand a pledge from the Republican Jewish Coalition not to make Israel a campaign issue in 2012. He did not.To the...
Because it does not fit the narrative:The Muslim Brotherhood will impose Islamic Sharia Law in Egypt if it comes to power, according to the movement's Sobhi Saleh, the Egyptian Arabic daily Al Masry Al Youm reports.--------------------------------------------Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTubeVisit the Legal Insurrection...
Jeffrey Goldberg at The Atlantic has been leading the charge, echoed by many, not only that Bibi Netanyahu was disrespectful to "my President," but also that Obama's statement regarding Israel's borders in his Middle East speech last Thursday did not represent any meaningful change in U.S. policy.In...
Why are the pre-1967 borders of Israel, which amount to the 1949 armistice lines, so sacrosanct?Once you buy into the narrative of exclusive Palestinian victimization, once you take the Helen Thomas view which is widely accepted in many circles that Israel is an alien European...
The disloyalty card is being played by Jeffrey Goldberg (who took great offense to Benjamin Netanyahu's perceived disrespect towards "my President"), Glenn Greenwald (the evil and disloyal Israel Lobby, again) and Andrew Sullivan (the Israeli-influenced media and the crazy Christians, again).Yet these critics who are so quick to run for...
So says Mohamed ElBaradei:Egypt is disintegrating socially and its economy “is bust,” said Mohamed ElBaradei, the former director of the International Atomic Energy Agency and possible candidate for the Egyptian presidency.“Right now, socially, we are disintegrating,” ElBaradei said on CNN’s “Fareed Zakaria GPS,” scheduled to...
If you needed proof that Obama's Middle East speech was a mistake and simply would embolden Palestinians to pocket the territorial victory, you didn't need to wait long:Palestinian Authority chief negotiator Saeb Erekat on Sunday said that he agreed with US President Barack Obama's assertion that...
Turkey is threatening unspecified intervention if Israel again uses military action to prevent a flotilla, organized in part by Turkish Islamist groups, from reaching Gaza. Via AFP:Turkey on Saturday warned Israel against another act of bloodshed in international waters after activists announced plans to send a new...
The formula for a territorial compromise floated by Obama on Thursday -- the pre-1967 borders with some minor negotiated land swaps -- has generated a fair amount of controversy. As I pointed out, while such a deal may not be far off from where the...
Some people are referring to this as a smackdown, but I don't think so. Netanyahu made the case which needs to be made, and has been made before (via Uncoverage):The key thing is, Netanyahu did not use the word "expect" because that would have caused...
Jeffrey Goldberg writes a ridiculous article expressing indignation that Bibi Netanyahu used the word "expect" in connection with U.S. policy towards Israel, Dear Mr. Netanyahu, Please Don't Speak to My President That Way:For whatever reason, I tend to react strongly when a foreign leader disrespects...
Why yesterday for Obama to unload the demand that Israel withdraw to the pre-1967 borders, with some negotiated land swaps? Contrary to what some are claiming, this is a new formulation. Under the Obama formulation, Israel has a land mass fixed by the 1949 armistice lines,...
That's pretty much the upshot of Obama coming down firmly on the side of the pre-1967 borders being the end result of a peace agreement, plus some land swapping.While some have contended this merely states prior policy, there is an important shift. Prior policy emphasized the...
Israel's pre-1967 borders had no geographical or military logic. Those borders simply were the armistice lines after the Arabs failed to drive the Jews into the sea.The border is not defensible, as it leaves the middle of Israel only about 10 miles wide. One of the reasons...
