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Alan Dershowitz: Secretary Gates’ Legacy: A Nuclear-Armed Iran

[ orignally posted at Newsmax http://www.newsmax.com/AlanDershowitz/irannuclear-qum-robertgates/2011/06/26/id/401508] As Secretary of Defense Robert Gates prepares to retire to private life — after five years as the head of the Department of Defense in both the...

‘Lord of the Flies’ mentality plagues Palestinians

It’s no coincidence that Hamas refuses to support Salam Fayyad remaining prime minister of the Palestinian Authority. Fayyad symbolizes the growing but challenged Palestinian moderate movement that accepts peace based on two states and rejects violence....
Parshas Balak – Through the Eyes of History

Parshas Balak – Through the Eyes of History

    “Pinchas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aharon HaKohain, appeased My anger against the Bnai Yisroel by taking My revenge amidst them, and so I didn’t have to destroy them with My vengeance.” — Bamidbar 25:11 The plot to...

No Yellow Brick Road for Palestinian UN Bid

Will the recognition and creation of a Palestinian state by the United Nations Security Council magically end Mideast unrest? Can the UN fulfill the role of the Wizard of Oz and help ensure that such a state truly serves its people? PA President Mahmoud Abbas has...