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...]
Abbas: Salman’s Palestinian Poodle
We haven't heard too many new outrages from Saudi Arabia in a few days. So perhaps the ambitious Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman is toning down his ambitions after the U.S. warned him he was going too far; or else he temporarily moderated himself preparing for a new onslaught on as yet unspecified targets. Salman has been doing a lot of summoning of his … [Read more...]
Saudi Arabia and Israel: Looming Threat of Regional War
My thanks to Middle East Eye for running a condensed version of this piece earlier this week: Over the past three days, the drumbeat of war in the Middle East has risen to a fever-pitch. Saudi Arabia has provoked both an internal domestic, and a foreign crisis to permit Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to realize his grandiose vision of the Saudi state. … [Read more...]
Israel to Shutter Al Jazeera, Join Ranks of Arab Authoritarian Regimes Suppressing Press Freedom
NOTE: I just published a new piece at Middle East Eye on Israel's military intervention in the Libyan civil war. I hope you'll give it a read. As part of Bibi Netanyahu's ongoing campaign to turn Israel into an authoritarian regime like those of his fellow Sunni Arab strongmen, he declared last week he would close Al Jazeera's offices and end its … [Read more...]
