President Obama’s new national defense strategy is a budget-driven exercise masquerading as a strategic plan, writes Heritage’s Kim Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State, in The Washington Times. In trotting out the new strategy, President Obama said the “tide of war is receding.” Accordingly, U.S. forces will “no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged […]
This is a guest post by Yochanan Visser of Missing Peace. Last week the Dutch Christian daily ‘Trouw’ reached a new low when it published a vicious article about prenatal care in Israel entitled: “The chosen people have to be perfect”. The writer, Ilse van Heusden, gave birth to a healthy baby boy while temporarily […]
Palestinian Liberation Organization executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi on Tuesday said the so-called two-state solution is “near its demise.” Ashrawi told reporters at a press conference that Israel’s response to PLO proposals on borders and security arrangements did not show “any indication of good intentions at all.” According to Ashrawi, the Israeli response included 21 […]
The United Arab Emirates says ensuring free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz is the responsibility of all major importers of oil. The position was laid out by UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Tuesday during a visit from Japanese diplomats. “This isn’t just the responsibility of the Gulf […]
Eight Catholic bishops from Europe and North America have just visited the Christian community in Gaza. The Vatican high profile delegation included Patrick Kelly, archbishop of Liverpool; Richard Smith, archbishop of Edmonton, Canada; Gerald Kicanas, bishop of Tucson, US; Michel Dubost, bishop of Evry, France; and Riccardo Fontana, bishop of Arezzo-Cortona-Sansepolcro, Italy. French Bishop Dubost’s […]
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan is probably wondering if his mother misnamed him. He is trying to simultaneously combat Muslim fundamentalist terror in the North on the one hand, a general strike called to protest the end of subsidies on gasoline, and official corruption throughout the country. In a very frank address at a church service […]
“Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is their destination.” Quran 9:73 Have you heard that Islam is a peaceful religion because most Muslims live peacefully and that only a “tiny minority of extremists” practice violence? That’s like saying that White supremacy […]
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine warned Monday that PLO meetings with Israeli envoys in Amman, Jordan were “poison” for reconciliation talks between Fatah and Hamas. The statement came as PLO negotiators prepared to meet Israeli envoys in the Jordanian capital Monday for a second round of “exploratory talks” called for by the […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is set to begin a four-nation tour of Latin America Sunday to tighten up ties with the countries who remain as his allies. Iran’s ministers for foreign affairs, energy, commerce, trade and mines will accompany him on the tour. First stop on the list is Venezuela, to see close friend and ally […]
Iran has the ability to temporarily block the Strait of Hormuz but the U.S. “would take action and reopen” it, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman General Martin Dempsey said Sunday, making clear to Iran that in threatening to close the straits, it is literally playing with fire. . “They’ve invested in capabilities that could, in […]
