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08/3/2011, Mark Dubowitz, The Hill Blog
The Assad regime’s ruthlessness is on vivid display as the Syrian security forces, with Iranian assistance, continue their bloody campaign to crush a four-month long democracy uprising.This week, me...
The Desperate Moves of Assad's Dying Regime
06/7/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, The Corner, NRO
Berlin — Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has for the second time in three weeks desperately sought to distract world attention from his ongoing massacre of pro-democracy activists in Syria. This we...
Can Merkel Repair Fractured U.S.-German Relations?
06/6/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, The Corner, NRO
German chancellor Angela Merkel is slated to meet President Obama this evening and tomorrow in Washington for policy discussions, and for Obama to present Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Freedom...
Congress Members Confront French Company Over Iranian Weapons
06/1/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, The Weekly Standard Blog
Berlin—In separate efforts, Republican congressmen Mike Conaway and Peter King have confronted the world's third largest shipping company—the French-owned CMA CGM—for enabling Iranian arms to be...
Durban III: The Good News and the Bad News
06/1/2011, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
In the United Nations cosmos of Orwellian ventures, one of the prominent features has become the series of conferences named for an initial 2001 conclave in Durban, South Africa. That gathering was su...
A Brave Journalist
05/31/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
Syed Saleem Shahzad was a rare journalist. His reporting on the Taliban, al Qaeda, and other heads of the jihadist hydra based in Pakistan was always essential reading. He never wavered, as far as I c...
Where They Really Need a Freedom Flotilla — Try Syria
05/30/2011, Claudia Rosett, The Rosett Report
As if there weren’t enough trouble in the world, it’s “Freedom Flotilla” season again in the Middle East. Self-declared “freedom activists” are again maneuvering to score big propaganda ...
Germany Snubs America's Intelligence Agencies over Targeted Killings?
05/26/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, The Weekly Standard Blog
Berlin—Since President Obama ordered the special forces strike that killed mass murderer Osama Bin Laden earlier this month, the German government has grown increasingly reluctant to help Washington...
Netanyahu's Address to Congress
05/24/2011, Clifford D. May, The Corner, NRO
Instant analysis: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu did a very good job. He connected with the members of Congress. There was applause more than 50 times, half of those standing ovations.Netan...
Obama's Undue Pressure On Israel?
05/24/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Arena, Politico
Does President Barack Obama have the right to suggest certain steps that Israel could take to help pave the way for peace with the Palestinians? Absolutely.Was it wise for Obama to spring them on Isra...
Obama Wrongly Compares Ireland and Israel
05/24/2011, Mark Dubowitz, The Weekly Standard Blog
President Obama’s visit to Ireland yesterday bookended a tumultuous week in Washington. After a blow-up with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over whether the 1967 borders with land swaps s...
Misled by Senator McCain?
05/20/2011, Andrew C. McCarthy, The Corner, NRO
After my column appeared yesterday, I did a follow up post wondering aloud whether I myself had been misled by Senator McCain’s Washington Post essay, which I’d described as misleading. My specifi...
The Gitmo Files: Al Qaeda's Emir of Zahedan, Iran Commits Suicide
05/19/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, Threat Matrix, The Long War Journal
An Afghan Guantanamo detainee named Inayatullah (Internment Serial Number 10028) committed suicide yesterday morning, according to the Department of Defense. I have been waiting for some time to see w...
What Obama Did Not Say
05/19/2011, Clifford D. May, The Corner, NRO
I’m not as distressed by Obama’s speech as some analysts. Yes, it would have been better if Obama had not talked about a settlement based on the 1967 lines — or had at least mentioned that those...
Did I Give McCain More Credit Than He Deserves?
05/18/2011, Andrew C. McCarthy, The Corner, NRO
As K-Lo has mentioned, my column today is about Senator McCain’s allegation that former Attorney General Mukasey gave a “false” account of the intelligence trail that led to the raid on Osama bi...
Iran's War Against America in Its 'Backyard'
05/17/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, The Corner, NRO
The German daily Die Welt published an eye-opening report last Thursday that the Iranian regime has begun building missile bases at a military complex in Venezuela.Citing “Western security insiders,...
Why Was Key Source on Bin Laden's Courier Freed?
05/13/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
Reuters has published its account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Like other versions of the story that have come out, this one says that the key information about the courier who unwittingly led aut...
John Brennan Is Still Wrong on Gitmo Detainee
05/13/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
A recently leaked threat assessment prepared at Guantanamo draws into question the Obama administration’s analysis of a detainee who was transferred to Yemen shortly before all future transfers to t...
Will Palestinian Bonds Be Legal After Hamas Joins the Unity Government?
05/11/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Hill's Congress Blog
The BBC reports that an investment firm recently began selling the Palestinian government’s first-ever bonds. While these securities are now legal under United States law, next week, they might not ...
The Washington Post's Jihadist Op-Ed Contributor
05/11/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s death, the Washington Post ran a four-part series by men and women who had their “lives shattered and transformed by” the terror master. One of the contribu...
The Gitmo Files: (Shocker!) Mullah Omar Meets with Pakistan's ISI
05/11/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, Threat Matrix, The Long War Journal
A recently leaked threat assessment authored at Guantanamo contains this piece of intelligence: As of February 2005, Mullah Satter attended a meeting with Mullah Mohammed Omar in Quetta, PK. The meeti...
Iran Goes Nuclear with Russian Help and Western Silence
05/10/2011, Benjamin Weinthal, The Corner, NRO
Iran’s drive to jump-start an operational nuclear program reached a turning point today. Speaking of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, Vladislav Bochkov, a spokesman for the Russian state compan...
Why the Hamas-Fatah Deal Is Bad for the Palestinians
05/10/2011, Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, The Weekly Standard Blog
The Palestinians zealously celebrated last week’s unity deal between Hamas and Fatah. Young men in both the West Bank and Gaza cruised around in their cars, honking and flashing the victory sign out...
The Iranian Death Spiral Resumes
05/9/2011, Dr. Michael Ledeen, Faster, Please
So now the Ahmadinejad people and the Khamenei people are fighting it out in the streets of Tehran, as Reza tells us. Those who have followed this blog for some time will recognize it as the latest ...
Obama's Reasonable Suspicion of Pakistan
05/9/2011, Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard Blog
In an interview with President Obama on Sunday night’s 60 Minutes, Steve Kroft asked: Right now, it certainly...the location of the compound just raises all sorts of questions. Do you believe people...
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Dr. Michael Ledeen is the Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is also a contributing editor at National Review Online. Previously, he served as a consultant to the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Defense Department... more
Claudia Rosett to Speak on Israel, the Palestinians, and Power Plays at the U.N.
September 13, 2011 —
September 13, 2011 —
The Committee on Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America Presents:
High Noon at the United Nations: Palestinians, Israel, and Power Plays with Claudia Rosett
Thursday, September 15, 2011 at 7:00 PM
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194 Grove Street
Chestnut Hill, MA
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Dr. Jonathan Schanzer Join Panel at The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
September 22, 2011 —
Please join
The Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington
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Panel discussion with:
US Senator Ben Cardin
Jonathan Schanzer, VP of Research, Foundation of Defense of Democracies
Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
B'nai Israel Congregation (6301 Montrose Road, Rockville)
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Learn about today’s realities in the Middle East, the strategic implications of the upcoming UN vote about a unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood, and current prospects for peace...more
From The Hill Blog: Congress Should Consider Syrian Energy Sanctions by Mark Dubowitz, 08/3/2011
From The Corner, NRO: The Desperate Moves of Assad's Dying Regime by Benjamin Weinthal, 06/7/2011
From The Corner, NRO: Can Merkel Repair Fractured U.S.-German Relations? by Benjamin Weinthal, 06/6/2011
The Assad regime’s ruthlessness is on vivid display as the Syrian security forces, with Iranian assistance, continue their bloody campaign to crush a four-month long democracy uprising...more
From The Corner, NRO: The Desperate Moves of Assad's Dying Regime by Benjamin Weinthal, 06/7/2011
Berlin — Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has for the second time in three weeks desperately sought to distract world attention from his ongoing massacre of pro-democracy activists in Syria...more
From The Corner, NRO: Can Merkel Repair Fractured U.S.-German Relations? by Benjamin Weinthal, 06/6/2011
German chancellor Angela Merkel is slated to meet President Obama this evening and tomorrow in Washington for policy discussions, and for Obama to present Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the U...more
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