Bibi Netanyahu has proven himself masterful at drowning every U.S. effort at brokering Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in minutiae. Then, when he can't manipulate matters any further and has derived maximum benefit for Israel's negotiating position, as he did during John Kerry's shuttle diplomacy, he simply says No and walks away. With the incoming Trump … [Read more...]
Iran Terror Attack: Who Gains?
In the past, I had a well-informed Israeli source who confirmed Israeli participation in assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists and explosions at missile bases. Unfortunately, this source passed away some time ago. So what I write here will be based on informed speculation and circumstantial evidence. Who gains from the rather spectacular … [Read more...]
FBI Arrests White Supremacist Planning Synagogue Attack After Trump Bristles at Anti-Semitism Question
This has been a bad day for Donald Trump. Not a bad day perhaps on a national scale. But today he lost even those 20% of Jews who voted him in the last election. His problems began with today's press conference in which a Jewish reporter asked him (after having been asked virtually the same question yesterday) what he could say to American Jews to assure … [Read more...]
How a Real Terror Attack Became Kellyanne Conway’s Faux Bowling Green Massacre
Please retweet if you don't remember losing a loved one at #BowlingGreenMassacre. #NeverRemember! — Bowling Green NPS (@NPSBowlingGreen) February 3, 2017 I bet, there was very little coverage—I bet it's brand new information to people that President Obama had a six-month ban on the Iraqi refugee program after two Iraqis came here to this country, were … [Read more...]