To paraphrase what the munchkin coroner said about the witch in the Wizard of Oz,the so-called peace process between Israel and the 'Palestinians' is not only really dead, it's most sincerely dead. Fatah and Hamas announced yesterday that they had signed a formal reconciliation agreement to end any differences remaining in their proposed unity agreement. The ceremony was broadcast l...

In order to try and stop Israel from doing what it needs to do for survival by preventing Iran from obtaining nukes, the Obama administration announces new sanctions against Iranian financial institutions! The response to this brand of US foreign policy used as an attempt to combat an Islamist regime bent on the total destruction of Israel can be accomplished using these four article headlines: Al...

The Israeli navy has contracted with Germany for a sixth Dolphin-class submarine, to be built at the Howaldtswerke-Deutche Werft AG (HDW) shipyard, in the Baltic city of Kiel. According to the Jerusalem Post: “Christian Schmidt, [Germany’s] secretary of state for defense, told the Post that the contract was signed a few weeks ago and that Germany had agreed to subsidize its cost&hellip...

The Israelis have a major new energy project in the works called High Dam, a reference to Egypt's Aswan High Dam.It involves a 'dam' in the Mediterranean near the Israeli port of Ashdod that will export electricity to Europe via an undersea electricity cable linking Israel to Cyprus and then relayed via a second cable to Greece and the rest of Europe. The electricity will be generat...

More bloodshed in Syria, protests in Egypt, and a ramping up of tensions between Israel and Iran. It would be hard to think of a more dangerous period in this the most contentious region on the planet, which given its location at the epicentre of the ongoing struggle over control of the planet’s natural resources

Will they or won’t they? Most political parlour games involve a question of this kind and the one about whether Israel will strike Iran – played out regularly in Washington, London and Paris – is no exception. The last couple of days have seen more sabre-rattling than before. Israeli Vice Premier Moshe Yaalon, who heads the Strategic Affairs Ministry, and is a former commander of...

For all the nonsense about talks and engagement with Iran, nothing has changed and if anything, the Islamic Republic is upping the ante. The Iranians are still barring UN inspectors from their nuclear sites in spite of three days of talks with Western diplomats The reaction of the West , of course, is to wait to see what happens at more talks scheduled later in the month - the same pattern the Ira...

Tel Aviv’s rising rhetoric does not indicate an imminent attack because the US would likely veto such action, particularly as sanctions hit Tehran

Our Secretary of Defense, in action: Panetta believes there is strong likelihood that Israel will strike Iran in April, May or June — before Iran enters what Israelis described as a “zone of immunity” to commence building a nuclear bomb. Very soon, the Israelis fear, the Iranians will have enough enriched uranium in deep underground facilities to make a weapon — and only th...

Donations by the casino magnate and his wife have kept the candidate’s hopes alive against the better-financed Mitt Romney in the Republican nominating race