This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Christians in Philippines re-enact Jesus’s crucifixion in Easter ritual If you have a weak stomach, then you may wish to skip this one. On Good Friday, nearly two dozen Filipinos were nailed to crosses,
If only in the interest of intellectual hygiene, it would be refreshing if the Obama administration would stop ascribing moral impetuses to its foreign policy. Today, US forces are engaged in a slowly escalating war on behalf of al-Qaida penetrated
On Friday April 22nd, the Iranian Fars News Agency reported that the Iranian Defense Minister, Ahmad Vahidi, is scheduled to pay a visit to the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad in the near future. A high-ranking delegation, including military and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Over 90 killed in massive street protests in Syria On Friday, tens of thousands of Syrians poured into the streets after midday prayers in cities across the country and chanted anti-government slogans, “Freedom, freedom,”
Protests are spreading in Syria, where today 15 people have been killed so far as security forces fire live bullets and tear gas at tens of thousands of protesters. Among the dead is an 11 year old child.. Syria, in
A few days ago I met Minister Benny Begin and interviewed him for Giyus.org. In light of the swift turn of events in the Middle East, Minister Begin was able to crystallize the main issues with cutting clarity. From the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Greece’s bond yields surge to over 22%, Portugal’s to 10.6% Bond yields (interest rates) continue to surge to MasterCard levens in a number of euroland countries, furthering the euro currency crisis, and putting the
Just before the Jewish holiday of Passover began this week, Jeffrey Goldberg of the Atlantic posted a list by knee-jerk lefty Steve Sheffey–reliably pro-Israel, but also blindly partisan–hailing all that President Obama has done for Israel in two years in
The riots and demonstrations that consumed Manama, the capital of Bahrain, a few weeks ago have quieted down, but Bahraini officials are still arresting dozens of Shia professionals, including lawyers and doctors. Bahrain citizens who are students at universities and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Britain and France sending military advisers to Libya Britain and France will send military teams to join the rebels in Benghazi, Libya, to provide advice, logistics and intelligence training. British Foreign Secretary William Hague
Israeli security forces have arrested two men who they say have confessed to carrying out the March 11 massacre of five Israelis in the West Bank settlement of Itamar. Investigators say Ehud and Ruth Fogel and three of their children
The self-immolation on Dec. 17, 2010 of an obscure Tunisian, Mohammed Bouazizi, set off a political firestorm across the Middle East that has yet to subside. His story as first told contained some inaccuracies; so now, with facts and his
Get rid of Hosni Mubarak and let the people of Egypt embrace “democracy.” That’s been the policy line of the Obama Administration. Hope and Change, with an Islamists twist. And so where are we right now? 1. Iran has appointed
The major game changer in the Middle East isn’t in Egypt, or Libya or Bahrain, or Yemen…it’s in Syria, where major protests against the Assad regime continue to explode. In spite of heavy crackdowns by the regime’s security forces, there
The Muslim Brotherhood’s mask is slipping in Egypt. Small “d” democrats there and elsewhere are alarmed by top Brotherhood officials who now aver openly what has been utterly predictable: Once in power they will impose shariah – the totalitarian, supremacist
After one month of atrocities and bloody suppression of protests under his orders, killing over 200 people, President Bashar al-Assad took a more conciliatory tone in a televised speech to the nation on Saturday, according to CNN. Bashar al-Assad in
“U.S. intelligence has found that the Iranian regime has provided Syria with technology and know-how to monitor and censor cell phones, text messaging, and internet traffic among the political opposition inside Syria using the equipment Iran got from Nokia Siemens
For years those that support Israel have felt that the UN’s treatment of Israel is unjustified. Israeli leaders have complained again and again that the UN is biased against the Jewish state, that it judges almost every action of Israel
In the beginning, BHO promised to create a “Palestinian” state within two years of his ascendance to the Oval Office. We’ve already passed that point, and thanks to Obama’s Arabophilia the “peace process” is going in reverse. The Arabs no
US security policy in North Africa and the Middle East faces a dramatic test: will we be able to weave a strong tapestry of help for our allies and take down our enemies or will a new stronger coalition or
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu grandiloquently proclaimed a few days ago that, “If the world is on fire, Turkey is the firefighter. Turkey is assuming the leading role for stability in the Middle East.” Turkey’s President Gül warmly greets Ahmadinejad.
So much has happened in the Middle East over the last few months that it’s been hard to keep up. Freedom is addictive and the domino effect in the Middle East is strong. People have paid dearly for freedom and
A Lebanese-American professor described the deteriorating situation of Christians in the Middle East, now complicated by revolution and Islamism, in a speech Thursday for the Westminster Institute. For a community that has always walked a fine line between politics and
There is a new divide by which we define ourselves: Those who suck in the acrid smell of jihad in the Middle East, pronounce their hallucinations “Arab Spring,” crave more … and those who don’t. Among those of us who
The President spoke recently about the kinetic military action in Libya. He proceeded to use 3,300 words to give a speech that gave – at first glance – no understanding for the use of force. No regard for military might.
