As the Saudis blame Israel for their decision to abandon the US, it is worth recalling their involvement in the Sept. 11 attacks. The Miami Herald presents new information on the involvement of Saudi nationals (beyond the 15 out of 19 hijackers) in the attacks here.
The Saudis effectively ended their strategic alliance with the US in the aftermath of the US-supported overthrow of Hosni Mubarak. Since then the Saudis have strengthened their ties to China and Russia and from what I understand have refused to sign any new oil contracts with the Americans. Now in this oped in the New York Times, the Saudis are…
According to JTA (hat tip Arve in Norway) this ad is set to be posted in 18 NY subway stations in Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx and Brooklyn starting later this month. Seems to me that New Yorkers who support Israel should be able to speak to the City of New York, the Metropolitan Transit Authority and the New York Transit…
This week the Tribal Update, the television on internet program brought to you by Latma, the Hebrew-language media satire site I run got a facelift with a new graphic design. We present to you Erdogan, the Turkish Dumbbell. We also send our reporter Flock Builder to Migron to report on the destruction of Jewish homes at the site. Finally,…
Ten years ago, in the shadow of the crater at Ground Zero, the smoldering Pentagon and a field of honor in Pennsylvania, America found itself at war. Today, a decade on, America is still at war. Ten years after the September 11, 2001, attacks, the time has come to assess the progress of America’s war. But to assess…
US election season is clearly upon us as US President Barack Obama has moved into full campaign mode. Part and parcel of that mode is a new bid to woo Jewish voters and donors upset by Obama’s hostility to Israel back in the Democratic Party’s fold. To undertake this task, the White House turned to its reliable defender, columnist…
Monday morning Turkey took its anti-Israel campaign to a new level. Beyond downgrading diplomatic relations with Israel; beyond suspending military agreements; beyond threatening naval war; beyond threatening to foment an irredentist insurrection of Israeli Arabs; the Turks decided to terrorize Israeli tourists landing in Istanbul airport. Forty Israeli passengers, mainly businessmen who had landed in Istanbul on a Turkish…
This week on the Tribal Update, the weekly television-on-Internet show produced by Latma, the Hebrew-language satirical media criticism website I run, we interview President Obama’s Reality Perception Advisor John Zelokoreli (John Thisisn’thappeningtome) about the US’s great victory in Libya. We also bring you our favorite suicide bomber dispatcher Awad on the psychiatrist’s couch after having a bad dream. Our…
US Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, kicked up a political storm this week. On Tuesday, Ros-Lehtinen introduced the United Nations Transparency, Accountability and Reform Act. If passed into law it would place stringent restrictions on US funding of the UN’s budget. The US currently funds 22 percent of the UN’s general budget. That…