Tag: Iran

For nearly two decades the tension between Israel and Iran has been palpable, and over the course of the past few months it has grown exponentially worse. Now approaching powder keg levels, it only remains for one side or the

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Security fence separating Israel from Egypt nears completion Israel cancels army’s Passover vacations, raising concerns of military plans U.S. Dept of Education turning to private debt collectors for student loans Syria’s al-Assad continues slaughter

On Tuesday, Allen West posted a statement on Facebook that shows he understands the Middle East better than President Obama — and leftist Jews — ever could: Today on Capitol Hill there are lots of J-Street (Pro-Palestinian Jewish Organization) representatives,

The next arms-control giveaway to Russia’s authoritarian regime by the Obama Administration could very well be a big one. Towards the end of a 90-minute Monday meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, President Barack Obama, apparently unaware, was recorded by

The Pentagon said Tuesday it will request funding to expand Israel’s “Iron Dome” short-range air defense system, which helped thwart rocket attacks out of Gaza earlier this month. The United States spent $204 million on the Iron Dome system in

Jerusalem, March 26 (QNA) – Nearly two-thirds of Jewish Israelis believe that attacking Iran to stop its nuclear program would be less harmful to Israel than living under the shadow of an Iranian nuclear bomb, a new survey showcased. The

(AP) Obama: N. Korean rocket test would isolate regimeBy BEN FELLERAP White House CorrespondentSEOUL, South Korea Warning North Korea from its doorstep, President Barack Obama said Pyongyang risks deepening its isolation in the international community if it proceeds with a

(AP) Obama confronts nuke threat on N. Korea front lineBy BEN FELLER and ANNE GEARANAssociated PressSEOUL, South KoreaPresident Barack Obama is opening his pitch for faster work to lock down nuclear material that could be used by terrorists with an

(Reuters) – Iran is providing a broad array of assistance to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to help him suppress anti-government protests, from high-tech surveillance technology to guns and ammunition, U.S. and European security officials say. Tehran’s technical assistance to Assad’s

President Barack Obama wants to pierce what he is calling the “electronic curtain” shrouding the Iranian people in totalitarianism by inviting them to make contact through America’s “virtual Tehran embassy.” The American president pierced the electronic curtain by recently sending

Turkey’s energy minister said Wednesday negotiations were under way to earn waivers from US sanctions on crude oil imports from neighbouring Iran. “Currently talks are being conducted at the level of companies,” Taner Yildiz was quoted as saying by the

While President Obama continues to discourage Israel from striking Iran in self-defense, Iran continues to flout the opportunities this is providing: both as regards their aggression toward Christians within their own borders and aggression toward Israel. Thus, while Obama dithers,

Southern Command’s chief, Air Force General Douglas Fraser, has recently briefed the Senate Armed Services Committee on the growing threat of Iranian-backed terror networks in South America. His insight contradicts the Director of National Intelligence’s, James Clapper’s, most recent national

As Anne Bayefsky reports at National Review today, Iranian government officials have been walking round the U.N. Human Rights Council bullying Iranian dissidents. As Bayefsky states: The president’s decision to join the U.N.’s top human-rights body in 2009, and more

Today, Haaretz reports, “Iranian military experts are active in the Gaza Strip and in Sinai, according to a high-ranking official in Jerusalem. The official said the Iranians entered the areas via Sudan and Egypt, and added that some of the

Tens of thousands of loyalists of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr rallied in south Iraq Monday decrying poor services and rampant graft on the ninth anniversary of the US-led invasion against Saddam Hussein. Protesters flooded the centre of the southern port city

The State Department states that the U.S. is giving a stern talking-to to the Iraqi government after the Iraqis reportedly allowed Iran to use its airspace to ship weapons to Syria, The Washington Times reports. “We are concerned about the

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a director-generals’ conference in Jerusalem on March 13. Hopes are riding high that mooted talks between Iran and world powers will de-escalate a showdown over Tehran’s nuclear programme. But a majority of Israel’s