Hello to all my blogosphere friends. I am sorry that I wasn't able to write this past week. I was in Washington meeting with all sorts of interesting people on Capitol Hill and elsewhere. But now I am back. Thanks for all your emails wondering where I was. I am sorry I didn't think to post that I was taking…
Sorry all, the server for the website was down for nearly four days this week. My webmaster assures me that all's well now. Thanks for bearing with me and to all of you who emailed to make sure that I'm alright, not only am I alright, I am touched by your concern! I
Last week I taped an interview with Avi Schnurr, the Director of Israel's Missile Defense Association. I thought that PJTV would broacast it the next day, but it works out, they saved it for tomorrow so you'll be able to watch it then. In the meantime, yesterday they broadcast an updated commentary from me on Israel's elections and today they…
This is just an update that as a follow-up to my column today, I interviewed Avi Schnurr, the Executive Director of Israel's Missile Defense Association on my weekly program with PJTV. The interview is in addition to my regular weekly commentary on the website. Both should be posted in a few hours at PajamasTV
Essentially, the exit polls (which are notoriously inaccurate and tend towards the left here), show that the right-wing won the elections and the left-wing lost. But they also show that the public has little faith in Binyamin Netanyahu. Moreover, they show that Tzipi Livni ran the race of a lifetime and will have the capacity to make life difficult for…
At the annual Herzliya Conference yesterday, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey discussed the nature of the threat emanating from Wahabi Islam. He noted that while Saudis make up only one percent of the world’s Muslims, they finance over 90 percent of the Sunni Islamic institutions in the world. This means that through their oil money they are able to…
According to Aviation Week the US Navy blocked the Israeli Navy from seizing the Cypriot flagged Iranian weapons ship en route to Hamas forces in Gaza. The Aviation Week report claims that the US feared the an Israeli seziure of the ship would endanger US naval forces around Iran. Instead, they asked the Cypriot Navy to seize the ship and…
By Kathryn Jean Lopez Caroline Glick is no stranger to the Corner crowd. She’s senior contributing editor of the Jerusalem Post and the senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy. She’s also author of Shackled Warrior: Israel and the Global Jihad. I asked Caroline a few questions this morning about the…
This morning I knew the strike against Gaza was beginning when the thunderous roar of jet fighters en route to their mission shook my home. I was immediately overwhelmned by a profound sense of hope and relief. Finally, after months of passivity, incompetence and empty threats that simply eroded Israel's credibility in the eyes of our enemies and friends alike…
Yesterday I filmed the first segment of a new show on Pajamas Media web TV. The show is called The Middle East Report and it will be filmed every week. Before you check it out, I feel it necessary to warn you that I am new to this TV stuff. I managed to do my makeup all wrong and wear…