In the current climate, when a Middle East war may come from any direction, it's worth sitting back and hearing beauty, the opposite of war and hate. After reading Idan Landau's post (in Hebrew) predicting an imminent "war of choice" by Israel against Hezbollah, I watched the video he featured of the Israeli performer, Karolina, singing an enchanting … [Read more...]
Israel’s Sunni-Shia Divide and Conquer Strategy
Sun Tzu had the Art of War. Von Clausewitz had On War. Britain used divide and conquer to maintain control of its colonies. Now Israel has transformed the strategy into a fine art in its manipulation of its Arab neighbors. Earlier this week, Israel's intelligence minister, Israel Katz, who has already announced his intention run for Likud Party … [Read more...]
Wall Street Journal Publishes Israel’s Leading Stone-Cold Arab-Killer
There is little that surprises me these days regarding the callowness of the media towards the Israeli-Arab conflict. But the Wall Street Journal has sunk to a new low with its publication today of an op-ed (Islamic State Understands One Thing: Force) by senior Israeli minister and Bayit Yehudi leader, Naftali Bennett. In his bio at the bottom of the page, … [Read more...]
NY Times Regurgitates IDF Intelligence Justifying Attacks on Civilians
Today, the NY Times published what was essentially an unexpurgated series of IDF intelligence reports claiming Hezbollah had taken over a southern Lebanese town and turned it into a fortress bristling with fortifications. The story, written by Isabel Kershner, features photos and descriptions of intelligence data received directly from the army intelligence … [Read more...]
