The Middle East
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The Arabs lost in1948 and have since used a motley collection of Circassian, Turkish, Jordanian, Syrian and Lebanese Arabs, renamed Palestinians in 1967, to ceaselessly prosecute the original war of rejection
September 11, 2024
10 mins
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Russia has long insisted that in return for peace, Ukraine must give up the 20 per cent of its territory that Russia currently occupies as well as any aspiration of joining NATO. These terms were unacceptable to Ukraine.
August 29, 2024
9 mins
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Adolf Hitler admired Islam for its hatred of Jews. In his memoir, Inside the Third Reich (1995), Albert Speer reported that “Hitler believed Nazis and Muslims were united in their cause because we were jointly fighting the Jews.”
August 25, 2024
20 mins
The latest
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While we hear endlessly from celebrities, music and sporting stars, quick to virtue-signal for the latest opportunity to be on trend, at this moment of truly historic depravity, the silence of these same influencers is deafening. Western democracies stand at a line here. While pretending to care about individuals and individual rights, somehow these ideas do not count if the individuals are Jews
December 15, 2023
8 mins
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Islamic revivalism—be it Hamas, Islamic Jihad, al-Qaeda, Islamic State, Hezbollah or the Islamic Republic of Iran—will not rest until the obstacle of the 'Little Satan' is overcome to make way for a brave new world of theocratic totalitarianism. Israel, if it wishes to survive in the long term, has no choice but to destroy its mortal enemy or, at the very least, seriously diminish its power, reach and influence
December 13, 2023
20 mins
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The relentless demonising and delegitimising of Israel continue apace. With […]
November 29, 2021
19 mins
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Back in 2017, Israel's transport minister proposed that a railway connect Saudi Arabia with Israel’s port of Haifa. Three years ago that seemed fanciful but not any more, not after the Trump-brokered pacts with United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Israel is no longer an imposter in the Greater Middle East but a key piece of the puzzle
November 17, 2020
20 mins
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The political authority of the unelected Supreme Leader and his personally selected Guardian Council to veto bills and choose presidential candidates makes a mockery of Iran’s supposed 'democracy'. For those who might criticise such a system, a mandatory seventy-four lashes await
March 22, 2018
8 mins
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On climate change and other issues, Donald Trump has departed the G20 summit at odds with much of the world. That was to be expected, given his compliant predecessor is much missed by Merkel & Co. Nowhere are the two presidents' differences greater than in the Middle East
July 9, 2017
13 mins
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As Donald Trump jets about the Middle East distributing olive branches it is timely to recall the Oslo Accords and the folly of cutting deals with remorseless killers. Enabling the PLO to build a terrorist kleptocracy in the West Bank has achieved nothing, other than stressing the need for a new approach
May 23, 2017
12 mins
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The latest carnage in Turkey comes as President Erdogan prepares to face the voters in a contest it is almost impossible to believe he can win. Will the man who destroyed freedom of speech, debased the judiciary and rode roughshod over secularism accept the will of his people?
October 13, 2015
22 mins
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The US President's actions in striking his pact with the messianic potentates of Tehran have not only guaranteed the nuclearisation of Iran, “the biggest planetary sponsor of terrorism”, but also hindered the chances of Israel preventing this catastrophe
September 16, 2015
12 mins