Panoramic view of Tel Aviv

Listen to AFI Director Simon McIlwaine interviewed by Tovia Singer on Israel National Radio, 25 Jan 2006. (24 mins.)


Middle East Politics

Let’s Talk…

Friday, December 8th, 2006

by Gerald A. Honigman
Lots has been said by both this author and others about that much-anticipated report from the Baker-Hamilton Commission regarding America’s next moves in Iraq. So I’m not planning on just repeating more of the same… I hope.
Driving to work today, I happened to hear former Senator Alan Simpson–one of Baker’s current Iraq […]

Rethinking the Egypt-Israel “Peace” Treaty

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

by Daniel Pipes
Ninety-two percent of respondents in a recent poll of one thousand Egyptians over 18 years of age called Israel an enemy state. In contrast, a meager 2% saw Israel as “a friend to Egypt.”
These hostile sentiments express themselves in many ways, including a popular song titled “I Hate Israel,” venomously antisemitic political cartoons, […]

Exposed: The Extremist Agenda

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

This video clip is taken from Glenn Beck’s program Exposed: The Extremist Agenda. It features a section on the threat from Iran and an interview with Benjamin Netanyahu (former Israeli prime minister and chairman of the Likud party). For those who are interested, the full program is available here.

Hezbollah’s offensive in Lebanon has begun

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

by Dr. Walid Phares
From World Defense Review:
According to sources and contacts – as well as statements made in Lebanon over the past few weeks – all analysis indicates that Hezbollah is on the verge of an all out offensive in Lebanon to crumble the “March 14″ Seniora Government and to seize strategic control in the […]

Horsefeathers

Monday, November 6th, 2006

by Gerald A. Honigman
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice recently gave a speech in which she said something to the effect that there would be no greater cause than the birth of Palestine.
Horsefeathers…
While my own limited Arabic, Turkish, and so forth from my own doctoral studies’ days has grown all too rusty over the […]

Iran Paid To Stop Captive’s Release

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

by Benny Avni, New York Sun
UNITED NATIONS — Iran has paid Hamas $50 million to prevent a deal to release a kidnapped Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, Israel’s ambassador said here yesterday.
Dan Gillerman did not disclose his sources, but told The New York Sun that based on “reliable” sources the Israeli government believes Tehran has […]