In a world where politicians and potentates clog the media with pre-packaged sound bites, yammer with a staccato of political chatter, or drone on with endless explanations of subjects even they forgot, it’s heartening to see a former British Prime Minister act the role of statesman and sage. Continue reading
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UN rings in ‘The Year Of Palestine’ by passing six resolutions condemning Israel
The UN General Assembly passed six more resolutions concerning Israel on Monday, including one that called for Israel to return the Golan Heights to Syria. Continue reading
Pope-Putin Visit: Is church détente in the works?
President Vladimir Putin’s Nov. 25 meeting with Pope Francis was the third to the Holy See by a Russian leader since the two sides established full diplomatic relations in 2009. Continue reading
Senior General: US in Greatest Danger Since 1930s
Senior military analyst Lt. Gen. Thomas G. McInerney spoke to Arutz Sheva on Tuesday, warning that rising Russian and Iranian influence, coupled with America’s waning Middle East presence, has put the US in the most dangerous situation it has been in since the 1930s just prior to World War II. Continue reading
Pope says ‘no Middle East without Christians’
Pope Francis on Thursday said the Catholic Church will not accept a Middle East without Christians, who often find themselves forced to flee areas of conflict and unrest in the region. Continue reading
Filling the Mideast vacuum
Russian President Vladimir Putin stood alongside Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in a Kremlin side-room fit for a prince on Wednesday, looking very much like a man in charge. Continue reading
‘The foundations of Christian civilization are crumbling’
The “red line” has been crossed in Britain as the foundations of Western civilization crumble, a leading clergyman has stated. And as “a spirit of madness” grips the nations, he said, European Christians may well be driven underground in the very near future. Continue reading
Jews and Muslims to share al-Aqsa Mosque?
Occupied East Jerusalem – Until a few weeks ago, most Israeli and Palestinian pundits dismissed the possibility of a Palestinian uprising in the near future. Continue reading
Turkey’s secularists alarmed over rise of Islamic ‘moralism’
For decades his picture dominated Turkey, piercing blue eyes staring from hoardings, keeping watch over city streets and army barracks. Schoolyards echoed every morning to his oath: “Happy is he who can say ‘I am a Turk!'” Continue reading
On Iran, cavernous tactical gaps separate Israel, US
On Sunday afternoon, in the midst of considerable disagreement with Washington over Iran policy and hours after the Geneva talks between Iran and the world powers ended without agreement, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu took to the US airwaves to present Israel’s case to the American public. Continue reading