Michael J. Totten It’s bad enough Representative Dennis Kucinich ran off to visit Syria’s mass-murdering tyrant Bashar al-Assad while pools of blood are still warm on the streets. Now stories are appearing in Syria’s state-run media portraying our silliest Congressman as a mouthpiece for the dictatorship. “There are some who want to give a wrong […]
The Over the Counter (OTC) Bullion Market, will be Banned for ALL U.S. Residents and corporations as of July 15, 2011. Many OTC Precious metal Dealers have already begun to Unwind their Bullion Retail businesses; including one of the world’s largest, Forex.com The New Law will initially Ban Tangible Bullion that is purchased or sold […]
The General Accountant of the Palestinian Authority, Yusef Al-Zumar, said that the PA is having difficulty paying its employees because Arab states are not giving it the financial aid that they promised it. In 2010, he said, the PA only received $280 million of the $960 million promised by the Arabs. In 2011, which is […]
Rabbi Hier: “We should not be talking to an organization that can lay claim to being the world’s leading purveyor of anti-Semitism and hatred of Jews.” The Simon Wiesenthal Center criticized the White House today for opening talks with the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. The Center referred to a news wire story quoting a unidentified […]
Last week, President Shimon Peres warned that written peace agreement on Jerusalem will cause a “world war.” Now, leading Kadima Knesset Member and former IDF Chief of Staff Shaul Mofaz says conflict is the fate of a United Nations declaration recognizing the Palestinian Authority as a country. In a speech at the Bedouin city of […]
Robert Gates said goodbye to the Pentagon yesterday after serving two presidents and spending nearly five years as defense secretary. On his final day, President Obama surprised Gates with a Medal of Freedom. Leon Panetta takes over today after serving as CIA director since February 2009. He’ll be replaced at the CIA by Gen. David […]
Arab countries plan to demand more robust safety regulations on nuclear facilities worldwide, with a particular focus on reactors in the Middle East, Arab Times reports. The push is expected to come at the upcoming International Nuclear Safety Conference in Vienna on Monday. Sources at International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Arab energy and power […]
“Computers and keyboards are the weapons, Facebook and Twitter are the battlefields. It is there that we fight, each and every day.” The fighting words come from First Lieutenant Sasha Dratwa, 25, who heads IDF’s elite “new media” unit. Dratwa, who replaced Lt. Aliza Landes, ws interviewed by Jonatan Urich in the IDF’s website. Dratwa […]
It has been said that statesmanship consists of choosing the lesser evil. The European Union believes that another bailout of Greece is the lesser evil compared to debt restructuring, giving creditors only part of their money back or giving it back in full later than was originally contracted. The economic wise men of Europe have chosen to […]
As the Freedom Flotilla 2 prepares to set sail to challenge Israel’s blockade on Gaza, the IDF spokesperson’s office has released an illustrative video detailing the amount of goods Israel transfers to the inhabitants of Gaza on any given week. According to the IDF approximately 6,000 tons of goods (around 260 truckloads) are transferred into […]
