In the old days, movie ads in theaters and newspapers had the headline: "coming soon to a theater near you." The sub-headline of this post should be: "coming soon to a sky over Natanz." Haaretz published a story (Hebrew) based on an Israeli scientific paper which described a newly developed micro-copter (the size of a human hand) which can carry 300 … [Read more...]
Iranophobia and Anti-Semitism: a Double Scourge
Today, on Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel, Bibi Netanyahu, as usual, took advantage of Jewish historic suffering to score a few cheap political points (the video of his Hebrew remarks is above). In this case, instead of speaking directly about the meaning of the Holocaust or plumbing the depths of this traumatic event in Jewish history, he exploited it … [Read more...]
Iran Nuclear Agreement Poses Existential Threat to Bibi
During the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Trita Parsi tweeted that Bibi sees "peace as an existential threat." It's unclear whether he sees it as an existential threat to his political career, to Israel, or both. His statements since the framework agreement came a few days ago have been increasingly shrill, unpersuasive, and desperate. He went on every … [Read more...]
Bibi: Iran Nuclear Talks Part of New “Axis of Evil”
The Iran nuclear talks remain in suspended animation as the original deadline for their completion passed on Tuesday and they're now moving into Thursday. It's hard to tell whether they've been extended because the participants see a real possibility of reaching an understanding or because they're playing a game of chicken to see who blinks first. The … [Read more...]