Author Archives: jimmy
Saudi’s Syria role driven by fear of Shi’ite ‘full moon’
Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief, Prince Muqrin, once told American diplomats the Middle East’s so-called Shi’ite Crescent where the Muslim sect holds sway was “becoming a full moon” as Iranian influence spread. Continue reading
Chevron secures Iraqi Kurdish oil deal
U.S. oil giant Chevron says it has signed a deal with Iraq’s Kurdish regional government to expand its oil exploration territory in the northern self-rule region. Continue reading
Syrian civil war ‘dress rehearsal’ for world war?
A leading Israeli expert on the Middle East suggested last week that with all the foreign involvement in the ongoing Syrian civil war, that conflict could be the harbinger of a much wider conflagration. Continue reading
Israel: Iran’s new president will continue nuclear quest
Israeli experts continue to caution and erroneously placated West that Iran’s new president will press forward with his nation’s nuclear arms program. His track record proves as much. Continue reading
The future of European Turkey
On Saturday night (15 June), central Istanbul descended into apocalyptic scenes of unfettered violence. The police targeted tear gas, water cannons and plastic bullets at protestors, and stormed a hotel near the park, which had set up a makeshift clinic to treat children and adults caught up in the events. Continue reading
Shimon Peres – a life in pictures
From Thatcher to Ronaldo – Israel’s president has met them all: Watch photos and video greetings from world leaders on Peres’ 90th birthday
Peres and wife Sonia (Photo: Nati Harnik, GPO)
Being interviewed by Barbara Walters in 1990 (Photo: Michael Kramer)
With Yasser Arafat, Boris Yeltsin, Bill Clinton and Jordan’s King Hussein (Photo: Efi Sharir)
Peres and Rabin, 1990 (Photo: Natan Alpert, GPO)
With Anwar Sadat and Golda Meir during the Egyptian president’s visit in Israel (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
With Queen of Pop Madonna (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
With Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
From Right to Left: Peres, Rabin, Hosni Mubarak, King Hussein and Arafat (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Peace treaty. With King Hussein (Photo: Sa’ar Yaakov, GPO)
With Margaret Thatcher in 1986 (Photo: Sa’ar Yaakov, GPO)
With Hillary Clinton (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
With Sharon Stone on Mikahil Gorbachev’s birthday in London (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
With wife Sonia and Indian conductor Zubin Mehta (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Minutes before Rabin murder. At Kings of Israel Square with Rabin and singer Miri Alon (Photo: Michael Kramer)
With wife Sonia (Photo: Herman Hananya, GPO)
With Barbara and George H.W. Bush (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
With Ehud Olmert during George W. Bush visit in Israel (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
With Sonia, after trip to Romania, 1985 (Photo: Herman Hananya, GPO)
At Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
Lunch with Silvio Berlusconi and Israeli singer Rita (Photo: Mark Neiman, GPO)
With Ronaldo (Photo: AFP)
With Prince Charles (Photo: AFP)
2008. Knighted by Queen of England (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
With Yitzhak Shamir (Photo: Nati Harnik, GPO)
Olmert presents Peres with letter of resignation after corruption scandal (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni sign Peres’ guestbook (Photo: Amos Ben Gershom, GPO)
Warm embrace. With Sarkozy (Photo: AFP)
With Jordan’s King Abdullah in Petra (Photo: Moshe Milner. GPO)
With Rabin in 1977, after Likud wins elections (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
Ahead of 1984 elections. With Yitzhak Navon and Rabin (Photo: Yaakov Sa’ar, GPO)
With former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
With Eli Wiesel, King Abdullah, Mahmoud Abbas and Olmert in Petra (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
With the Dalai Lama (Photo: Moshe Milner, GPO)
Touring Jerusalem with Mayor Teddy Kollek, 1985 (Photo: GPO)
With Mordechai “Motta” Gur and Ezer Weizman (Photo: GPO)
Down time with his grandchildren (Photo: Elad Gershgoren)
With Nelson Mandela (Photo: Reuters)
With Ariel Sharon (Photo: Avi Ohayon, GPO)
90th birthday (Photo: Reuters)
Kicking off birthday celebration with Clinton (Photo: Amir Levy)
Peres, at 90, still going strong
As Shimon Peres turns 90, the indefatigable Israeli president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and believing that he will see Middle East peace in his lifetime. Continue reading
Clinton: Israel must make peace in order to survive
While strongly advocating a two-state solution for Israel and its Palestinian neighbors, former US president Bill Clinton stressed on Monday night that “preparing for the worst” in an uncertain Middle Eastern climate is a sensible attitude for the Jewish State. Continue reading
‘What occupation?’ Bennett asks, rejecting Palestinian state
The idea of a Palestinian state has run its course and Israel must seek another solution to the conflict with the Palestinians, Economics Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) said Monday, joining a growing number of coalition members who have recently expressed firm opposition to the two-state solution. Continue reading