by Bill Levinson The “general consensus” that permanent peace in the Middle East requires the creation of an independent Palestinian state is a dangerous delusion that can lead nowhere but to terrorism, violence, and war. This article will shatter that delusion with what engineers — i.e., people who deal in impartial facts as opposed to dreams and ideologies — call a root cause assessment. The root cause of a problem is the deficiency whose removal or correction will solve the problem at its source. The Automotive Industry Action Group’s CQI-10, “Effective Problem Solving Guideline,” includes a technique called “Is/Is Not.” This is “a process that distinguishes those aspects associated with a problem from those that might be, but are not” and adds the instruction to “Focus on FACTs, not Opinions.” If a manufacturing process made the same kind and quantity of... France will stand side by side with Israel to oppose Iranian threat, Sarkozy tells WJC leaders “France will always stand side by side with Israel to oppose an Iran that threatens it by developing nuclear weapons,” Sarkozy said at the meeting after the WJC delegation had raised the looming threat of a nuclear-armed Iran. He added that Israel had no better security partner than his government and warned of unilateral actions against the regime in Tehran. Resenting Israel, Not Netanyahu Barack Obama’s dislike of Benjamin Netanyahu was not a state secret prior to the publication of his candid exchange about the Israeli prime minister with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. So the fact the two have a low opinion of Netanyahu and consider dealing with him to be a burden isn’t exactly news. But while much of the commentary about this kerfuffle has centered on the question of who should be most embarrassed by the revelation — Netanyahu or his two highly placed critics — there is a more important point here. Netanyahu has a well-earned reputation as a prickly and somewhat unpleasant fellow to deal with-in Israeli political circles as well as the world of international diplomacy. But when Sarkozy and Obama grouse about him, the resentment they are giving voice to hasn’t all that much to do with whether or not Netanyahu is a charm school dropout. What really annoys them is his inherent... By Barry Rubin, PC MEDIA Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech justifying Obama Administration Middle East policy changes everything. True, it isn’t surprising. I’ve been writing for almost three years about how the current U.S. government thinks this way. Do not underestimate this speech’s importance. It isn’t a reluctant acceptance that Islamists might win elections and take over couNtries. It is an enthusiastic endorsement of that idea. But now there can be no doubt that Obama’s Middle East policy is engaged in what might be the biggest blunder in the history of U.S. foreign policy. Millions of people will bemoan it as delivering their countries into the grip of repressive dictatorships. Islamist regimes—at least those whose “behavior” is proper–are good. If Islamists exercise political power they will be moderate. Thus, the United States will not merely tolerate but will actually... by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi Since the overthrow of Qaddafi in Libya by the NATO-backed forces of the National Transitional Council, many analysts have speculated as to whether this development could ultimately hasten the downfall of two other regimes in the Middle East: namely, Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria and Ali Abdullah Saleh’s regime in Yemen. Indeed, in the immediate aftermath of Qaddafi’s death, reports emerged from Syria of more intense anti-Assad rallies across the country, amid a crackdown by the security forces that killed 25 people, mostly in the central city of Homs and the city of Hama to the north. The argument goes that because the protestors have been emboldened by the death of Qaddafi, the regimes in Syria and Yemen will collapse sooner. Is such reasoning sound? In a word: No. http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9007272733 TEHRAN (FNA)- Thousands of Syrian and Palestinian youths in a petition to Damascus government expressed their readiness to conduct martyrdom-seeking operations inside Israel. In a petition signed by 30,000 well-trained Palestinian and Syrian youths, they said that they are ready to infiltrate Israel and conduct any type of operation. The call for infiltration into Israel came months after 5 young Palestinians who tried to carry out martyrdom-seeking operation on the Nakba Day were arrested in the occupied territories. The move came after Israel intensified its war rhetoric against the Syrian government and its ally, Iran. By Ted Belman Incitement is a government tool to ready their subjects and the world for an intended war. Incitement is particularly employed by the PA, Hamas and UNRWA to instill and maintain a hatred of Jews/Israelis. It contains a two-pronged attack. It promotes grievances, the Jews stole our land and are oppressing us, and it demonizes Jews, the Jews are Nazis, sons of apes and pigs, drink our blood, steal our organs, etc. The grievances justify going to war against Israel and the demonization justifies a second holocaust. So why then is Israel paying lip service to it’s cessation and worse, actively lobbying the US and Canada, inter alia, against withholding funds to the PA, which gives some of the money to Hamas, and UNRWA. Israel’s leaders may be among those making it possible for the Palestinian Authority to teach hate and violence to a new generation of children, according to new findings from... Should the Israelis attack Iran, they would probably focus strikes on select nuclear facilities while trying to avoid killing civilians en masse or crippling the oil sector. Past operations by Israel, such as the 1981 bombing of Iraq’s Osirak atomic reactor and a similar strike against Syria in 2007, suggest a strategy of one-off pinpoint raids, due both to military limitations and a desire to avoid wider war. “It (Israel) has the capability to get there, and it has the capability to do serious damage to the Iranian nuclear program,” said Sam Gardiner, a retired US air force colonel who has run war games for various Washington agencies and academic forums. Israel remains publicly committed to the US-led big power strategy of diplomacy and punitive sanctions to get the Iranians to curb their uranium enrichment and ensure it is for peaceful purposes only. But the specter of unilateral Israeli strikes resurfaced with the publication on Tuesday of... Senior state officials accuse former IAEA chairman of covering up for Islamic Republic during his term, allowing Iranians to move ahead with nuclear program while playing for time. ‘He is a despicable person,’ one of them says. Senior Israeli officials said Tuesday night that the International Atomic Energy Agency report stating that Iran has been working on developing a nuclear weapon design proves that the former UN nuclear watchdog chairman “was an Iranian agent”. The former IAEA chairman, Mohamed ElBaradei, is an Egyptian diplomat who even won the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. For years he defended the Iranian nuclear program, claiming that it was peaceful, thus allowing the Iranians to continue their activity with the nuclear watchdog’s seal of approval. According to one of the state officials, the new report published Tuesday proves “just how much he was working for the Iranians. “He simply rescued Iran and was constantly busy...Israel and the Two-State Delusion
Originally published in The American ThinkerSarkozy makes nice to WJC and CRIF
A delegation of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) led by WJC President Ronald S. Lauder and the president of the French Jewish community umbrella organization CRIF, Richard Prasquier, have had a frank discussion at the Elysée Palace in Paris with France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, which lasted 90 minutes.
Sarkozy also tried to reassure the Jewish leaders of his unconditional commitment to Israel’s well-being, which throughout his political career had always been close to his heart. He called on Israelis and...In praise of Netanyahu
By Jonathan Tobin, COMMENTARYIt’s Official: Obama Administration Promotes Islamist Regimes;
The speech can be summarized as follows:Military Intervention in the Arab Spring
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For there has been one factor underlying the ousting of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Ben Ali in Tunisia, and Qaddafi in Libya: namely,...30,000 Palestinian and Syrian youths volunteer for suicide missions in Israel
The petition said that those who signed it have passed military, combat and tactical trainings and are ready to tolerate the hardest conditions in Israel.Israel supports Palestinian incitement !!!!!
Maayana Miskin report: Bibi Sought Support for PA Hate EducationHow will Israel attack Iran?
Israeli officials: ElBaradei an Iranian agent
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Ted Belman
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