It is arguably the case that the Biden Administration is almost exclusively focused on the Ukraine situation and the possibility of a Russian invasion. This is understandable, but here is what is most NOT understandable-the indifference towards an escalating and very dangerous situation in the Middle East, where Iran is flexing its muscles in a way unprecedented since the heydays of the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s.
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After the 1967 great victory in the Six Days War, Israel’s most popular musical hit song was; “The entire world is against us”. Somewhat surprising, isn’t it? On the one hand, a great victory, and with it a sense of relief, of renewed optimism and fresh hope, and then this self-flagellation of celebrating isolation.
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MAHMOUD ABBAS, the president of the Palestinian Authority, has a once-in-a-year moment of self-gratifying glory: his speech to the UN General Assembly.
Read MoreThe American debacle in Afghanistan is exactly what is being said about that-A catastrophe of major proportions which is going to have very quick and deep repercussions on the ability of the Western world to counter terror regimes and movements.
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There is never a dull moment in Middle East politics, but the following is arguably beyond the pale. It has to do with a growing number of reports from various sources, Western, Arab, and Israeli, about peace signals and feelers sent by Syria to Israel.
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