Posts Tagged ‘Syria’
Obama’s Iran Policy Collapses to the »
Joel J. SprayregenBarack Obama, in his first press conference after his election, called Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons "unacceptable." He repetitively offered Iran "engagement." He set a deadline of year-end 2009 for Iranian compliance, now unilaterally extended another three months.Iran contemptuously and repetitively responded that it had no [...]
The Saudi Foreign Minister Explains the New Middle »
Barry Rubin*March 9, 2010http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/03/saudi-fmHere's today's evidence that we are now living in Middle East 2.0 instead of the old version.First, a definition:Middle East 1.0: Characterized by Arab nationalist domination, competition among the stronger Arab states to lead the region and by the weaker ones trying to [...]
For Israel’s Arabs It Is Not Apartheid »
Khaled Abu Toamehhttp://www.hudsonny.org/2010/03/for-israels-arabs-it-is-not-apartheid.php An Arab member of the Knesset who goes all the way to the US and Canada to tell university students and professors that Israel is an apartheid state is not only a hypocrite and a liar, but is also causing huge damage to the interests of his own Arab voters [...]
Arab League and PA are Real Apartheid Entities! »
Steven ShamrakCountering Israel Apartheid Week follyIn 1948, the Arab League of Nations applied the Apartheid model to Palestine, and declared that Jews must be denied rights as citizens of Israel, while declaring a total state of war to eradicate the new Jewish entity, a war that continues today.In 1948, at the directive of the Arab League of [...]
The Region: Look out! »
BARRY RUBIN08/03/2010 10:52Watching the Obama administration handle Syria and Iran is like watching a horror movie where a monster is creeping up behind someone.The stories of the US engagement with Syria and the sanctions issue regarding Iran’s nuclear program are fascinating. Each day there’s some new development showing how the Obama [...]
How to Make Defeatism Look Good: Let’s Give Up and »
RubinReportsBarry RubinI’m not going to bash or rant about a Newsweek article about Turkey by Owen Matthews—shocking and dangerous as it is--but rather talk about what is wrong and inaccurate about it. That article is part of a new wave of defeatism sweeping the West, though it still remains subordinate to the more ostensibly attractive idea [...]
What Does Assad Want? »
Jonathan Spyer *March 7, 2010http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/03/what-does-assadIn Damascus last week, the full array of leaders of the so-called 'resistance bloc' came together in a series of meetings. Presidents Ahmedinejad of Iran and Assad of Syria were there, alongside a beaming Khaled Meshal of Hamas and Hizballah General-Secretary [...]
Accepting indirect peace talks confronts Israel with »
DEBKAfile Exclusive AnalysisThe Netanyahu government has broken with a principle fought over by all previous governments, the principle of direct talks with the Palestinians as the only path to a peace accord. By accepting the Arab League's permission for Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority chairman, to open US-mediated indirect peace talks with [...]
Pardon Me, Obama Administration, But Isn’t Your »
RubinReportsBarry RubinThe story of the U.S. engagement with Syria and the sanctions issue regarding Iran’s nuclear program are fascinating. Each day there’s some new development showing how the Obama Administration is acting like a deer standing in the middle of a busy highway admiring the pretty automobile headlights.Or to put it a different [...]
Talks won’t start where they left off »
HERB KEINON05/03/2010 06:14On eve of Biden visit, J’lem says Iran may use Hizbullah to distract from nukes. The indirect “proximity talks” between Israel and the Palestinians likely to begin next week will not pick up where the discussions between then-prime minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas broke off in [...]
