Dan Friedman

6/6/11, www.ynetnews.com Researcher: Iran can produce nuke within 2 months Airstrikes can no longer stop nuclear program, US can do nothing short of military occupation, says report The Iranian regime is closer than ever before to creating a nuclear bomb,

According to Wikipedia, “the Reform Party of Syria, or RPS is a political party committed to democracy and reform in Syria. It is based in the United States because the present Syrian government does not allow opposition political parties to

Today brings (at least) three warnings from veteran observers of Middle East affairs. If even only one of them is half right, the Middle East, and a large swath of the world beyond, are on course for very troubled times.

[Greater Hamastan? df] Netanyahu warns Egypt losing control of growing terror groups in Sinai PM says Hamas and international terror groups are strengthening presence in Egypt and that the country’s military government is having trouble ‘realizing its sovereignty’ in Sinai.

Must be something in the water, or maybe it’s something about your kid having to clean up after Obama’s mistakes. JPost, 5/27/2011 Poll: 12% of Israeli Jews consider Obama to be pro-Israel Despite AIPAC speech intended to correct impressions that

Just brilliant, which seems the norm for this guy. He pulls back the curtain on Obama and reveals what makes the man tick. It should be sent to everyone you know. Let’s keep its lesson in front of us as

Haaretz, the Israeli equivalent of The Workers World, sometimes sees the need to publish someone from the real world. Moshe Arens is a Jewish patriot who has served his country with distinction, and unlike Haaretz, has often been right. Haaretz.com,

The President and First Lady are in Britain on a goodwill tour. Pictured here are a few of the locals who were on hand to give BHO a proper British greeting. Good to see Obama’s Muslim charm offensive has won

As Doug Ross points out so graphically here, Obama “doubled down” at AIPAC yesterday and restated his insistence that the 1967 lines (i.e., the 1948 armistice lines) be the basis for Arab-Israeli negotiations going forward. This time, however, Obama added

Unlike some observers, I disagree totally that by speaking first Obama gained the upper hand and stole Netanyahu’s thunder. In the game of golf, the player farthest from the cup gets to putt first, but then the player who putts

“As long as the Arabs feel that there is the least hope of getting rid of us, they will refuse to give up this hope in return for either kind words or for bread and butter, because they are not

Netanyahu Urges U.S. Return to 1845 Borders Israeli PM calls for “just solution” to end the conflict. Aboard Air Force Aleph (Reuters) – Speaking to reporters accompanying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his long flight to the United States

Some commentary I read before Obama’s speech this afternoon wondered out loud whether Obama could control his compulsion to lean on Israel. Well, we have the answer and the answer is no. The next question is will Netanyahu be able

If you can believe the “leaks,” in a speech Obama will deliver a few days before Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress next Tuesday, Obama will not put the PM on the spot. The Middle East is too muddled

There are many men and women, Jews and gentiles, who are on the offensive in the struggle for Israel. But for me, two names come to mind first, the American-born Israeli Caroline Glick and Britain’s Melanie Phillips. Click on their

“What we dream of is–Jews strong enough and honest enough to hate their killers …” –Ben Hecht Bin Laden’s One Mistake Osama bin Laden violated the golden rule: In addition to killing just Jews, he also killed non-Jews. By Manhigut

The Commentator (UK) Sunday 08 May 2011 Breaking News: Islamists torch church in Cairo – 10 dead, hundreds injured The toll of dead and injured continues to rise as yet another anti-Christian “pogrom” raises fears over direction of post-Mubarak Egypt.

Alan Dershowitz, Obama supporter and America’s favorite “defender of Israel,” has just issued his ruling on “targeted assassinations” in the wake of Obama’s Osama hit, and uses it to make a point about the Jewish state. “So let the world

Reading various accounts of Osama’s demise, it’s clear the day couldn’t have arrived without George W.Bush giving the go-ahead to the Rendition Program that ubber liberals like Sen. Obama ridiculed as unAmerican and promised to end. WASHINGTON – Osama bin

Let this be a lesson to our current President. A Muslim man kills thousands of your countrymen, then you treat his remains with undue respect, and in the Muslim world what does it gets you? Islamic leader condemns bin Laden

Prime Minister Netanyahu is scheduled to address the U.S. Congress next month and deliver what has been billed as a major Mideast peace policy speech. It’s widely assumed that Netanyahu will bring new offerings to the PLO as a way

Obama is saying he released his long-form birth certificate now because he didn’t want the issue obscuring the presidential political debate. But I don’t think the man is that chivalrous and the disclosure is actually a product of his own

By rights, Obama’s escalating escapade in Libya should be offensive to his minions on the Left. Shades of Imperialism and Vietnam, what! But expecting ideological purity from that crowd would be asking too much. They know full well a comrade

From a JPost story on Jimmy Carter’s current visit to North Korea: “The outlook for the diplomatic engagement is the best it has been in two years, but the prospects for a satisfactory outcome have never looked worse,” said Douglas