Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman may recommend the formation of a Likud-Kadima-Yisrael Beiteinu coalition later this week amidst concerns that an ultra-right coaltion would not appropriately represent the Israeli people and respond to foreign criticisms. Another article questions the working relationship between a Likud-led or Kadiam-led coalirion with the United States, declaring a right wing government to be ona “collision course” with the Obama Administration. U.S. Jewish professors are apparently making the same claim.
Peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority will resume with a new PA negotiator. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas replaced Ahmed Queria with PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat. Abbas’ office did not release an official statement nor provide an explanation for the decision. However, future elections for PA chairman could have influenced the decision, with Abbas potentially refusing to run and attempting to give Erekat additional viability. Similarly, an oped in the Middle East Times discussed the panic of new leadership within the PA and Palestinian politicians as a whole. Meanwhile Israel continued attacks on smuggling tunnels while rockets from Gaza landed in the Negev.
Instead of planning an air-strike on Iran’s nuclear sites, the Israeli government may be assassinating Iran’s nuclear scientists instead. The article in the British paper The Daily Telegraph, citing Western sources, indicates that the sabotage can only retard progress on the development of nuclear weapons. The Mossad, alongside the CIA, used other forms of subterfuge to disrupt the program, including the impairing of power lines.
Relations between Israel and one of its only Middle East allies, Jordan, could strain due to the Jordanian Parliaments lawsuit against Israel for war crimes in Gaza. One Israeli official declared the lawsuit as hypocritical claiming Jordan also killed Palestinians prior to the 1967 war.
A new website run from Jerusalem publishes news articles on the Arab-Israeli conflict in Arabic. The website, edited by former Israeli ambassador and research fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs Zvi Mazel, focuses on displaying Israeli actions in a positive light while targeting Arabic speakers.
A few months ago, I wrote about the early stages of the conflict in Ukraine through the lens of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. While it appears likely that the war will carry on into the foreseeable future, enough time has passed for us to make an honest assessment of each side’s relative […]
The Ukrainian Army has made dramatic strides in the last few weeks. Ukraine’s tactical commanders have outfoxed their Russian counterparts, and by issuing a feint towards the south the UA has been able to earn substantial gains in the north of their country. The impact of these efforts have been compounded by the steady stream […]
In mid-May the Irish political party, Sinn Féin, won the plurality of seats in the Northern Ireland Assembly. Many American readers might not fully understand the significance of Sinn Féin’s political victory- but rest assured that subjects of the United Kingdom and a wide range of political movements the world over have heard the message […]
The first wave of the Russian offensive in Ukraine has fallen short of Russian autocrat Vladmir Putin’s ambitions. Most analysts deduced that Putin had hoped to achieve a decapitation strike of the Ukrainian government- taking Kiev and replacing Ukrainian President Vladimir Zolinski with a pro-Kremlin voice. Kiev has been threatened repeatedly through the course of […]
On the weekend of March 26th, the notorious MS-13 gang went on a massive killing spree in El Salvador which left more than 70 people dead by Sunday. Even for a country where powerful gangs hold massive sway, this recent tragedy stands out considering that it was the bloodiest day on record since the civil […]
