The Easter and Passover holidays have now passed. The New York Times tells us that the Biden administration is having meaningful talks with the Iranian regime over the nuclear weapons issue. And in Israel, there is still no sign of agreement on a new government coalition. The one item that I feel stands out in … More Winds of War?
There is still no end to it. Iran sponsored a bomb at the Israeli embassy in India. No one was hurt. But planting bombs in another country is not the way you negotiate. Israel has made a very clear statement about what it needs from Iran. Get your troops out of Syria. Stop making a … More More Arab/Islamic Terror!
In the USA there has been a lot of talk about how newly inaugurated President Biden will deal with his campaign promise to rejoin a diplomatic deal to keep Iran from having nuclear weapons. I decided to throw out a few thoughts about this and see what some of you who read my blog might … More Yemen – Thinking About a Different Part of the Middle East.
Every so often part of Israel, usually in the South, gets bombarded with some rockets fired by one Arab terrorist organization or another. In recent times, the Israeli Air Defense Command has been intercepting these rockets with the IRON DOME AA system. It is an amazing bit of technology. The control radar is able to … More I live in a Tough Neighborhood
UNIFIL (UNITED NATIONS INTERIM FORCE IN LEBANON) just had it’s annual mandate renewed on August 29th. The organization currently comprises some 10,500 personnel from over 40 countries. Participation ranges from over 1300 Indonesians to single individuals from several different countries. What they have in common is an assignment to try to keep the Lebanon-Israel border … More UNIFIL is still with us
The latest events in our neighborhood have an almost surrealistic aura about them. I mentioned previously that Nasrallah and Hizbullah in Lebanon were making threats. I also beleive taht when Nasrallah threatens something. he intends to make it happen. Well, maybe not this time. According to a report that surfaced in the London Times there … More …And Getting Burned
This past week has seen a sharp rise in the number of incidents on the borders of Israel. Some of them have been in the South, where there have been rockets, mortar fire, and attempts at infiltration by individuals armed with grenades, knives, and firearms. Others have been in the North, Iran continues to send … More Playing With Fire
The watchdogs for the agreement on Iran limiting storage and production of nuclear materials have confirmed that Iran is violating the agreement. The Iranian government has confirmed this. This US pulled out of the agreement because it was not an effective deterrent for Iran to proceed with the construction of a nuclear weapon. The iranian … More Iran – “Playing with Fire”
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