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On Israel, Obama (Finally) Says the Right Words
In my column for The Week, I report that Obama’s speech at the UN finally showed that he fully supports Israel: President Obama’s speech to the UN today for once eschewed ambiguity. America’s...
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Palestinians Behaving Badly
The Palestinian envoy to Canada is asked to leave after she tweets a link to a call to “destroy the Jews.” Linda Sobeh Ali, the chargé d’affaires of the Palestinian delegation in Ottawa, is just one...
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SCOTUS Could Force Obama’s Hand on Jerusalem
In my column for the National Post, I discuss how a Supreme Court case might force the White House to explain its policy towards Jerusalem: Two can play at this game. Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian...
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Sarkozy, C’est Fini
French songwriter Hervé Villard became famous overnight in 1965 with his love song “Capri, c’est fini” (Capri, it’s over). The song literally sounds like a broken record, but Villard made a fortune...
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The Arab League Notices Syria
The Arab League’s threat to suspend Syria because of Bashar al-Assad’s regime’s murderous crackdown on demonstrators can be dismissed as empty symbolism. The League’s resolution allowed member states...
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The Source of Israel’s Support
I was honored to speak Wednesday night to the annual dinner of the Anglo-Israel Association in London. For those interested, here follows the text of my speech (corrected and abridged from the version...
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What Friends of Israel Face in Britain
As an example of the attitudes my friends at the Anglo-Israel Association bump up against in contemporary Britain, there’s this: A Labour MP has caused outrage by suggesting that Britain’s first...
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If Saudi Women Drive
The social consequences will be horrendous, warn Saudi Arabia’s clerics: As part of his careful reform process, King Abdullah has allowed suggestions to surface that the ban might be reviewed. This...
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Hilarious Hillary
Hillary Clinton recently expressed concern about the future of Israeli democracy because the Knesset is considering curtailing foreign governments’ funding for Israeli NGOs, and because some rabbis in...
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Iran’s War on America
It has been a busy month for Iran in its ongoing conflict with the United States. First, the Iranian government displayed what it said is a crashed U.S. drone discovered in Iran. Then, the nation’s...
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