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Two Deep Mysteries of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War

October 25, 2020

Forty-seven years ago, Egypt and Syria launched a massive surprise attack on Israeli forces dug into fortifications along the Suez Canal and Golan Heights. The ‘limited’ Arab objective was to recaptur…

The Six-Day War: The Myth of an Israeli David Versus an Arab Goliath

June 13, 2020

History

June 2, 1967, was a tense day at the Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv. For weeks, IDF generals had been pushing the government to initiate a war and the atmosphere was tense. Israel’s Prime Minis…

Syria: Russia challenges the US through the Levant Gate

June 11, 2020

Opinion

In 2011, a significant Western-Arab coalition joined together and invested huge finance, media support and military resources in attempting to topple the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. For this pur…

Washington and Israel’s Territorial Ambitions

November 9, 2019

Opinion

As the 2020 US election campaign picks up steam, the Trump administration has gone above and beyond to attract the attention of its most loyal supporters in a bid to obtain their backin…

Syria Between the Ottoman Hammer and the Israeli Anvil

October 8, 2019

Opinion

Syria, uncomfortably and vulnerably, finds itself sandwiched between the Ottoman hammer to the North and the Israeli anvil to the South. Both power houses are, hostile, expansionist and occupy Syrian …

Has Washington Joined the List of Israeli Occupied Territories?

August 5, 2019

Opinion

Relations between Washington and Damascus have never been cordial, particularly after the creation of Israel in 1948 and Washington’s blanket support of the newly established state. With the election …

The ‘Deal of the Century’: Two Con Men’s Job

May 7, 2019

Opinion

Yes, you can ‘judge a book by its cover’, especially if the ‘book’ is the ‘Deal of the Century’ and the ‘cover’ lauds two con men, Trump and Netanyahu. Furthermore, when two con men are involved, ‘Dea…

Shadow of Sarajevo 1914 Hangs Over Trump’s Golan Coup

April 29, 2019

Opinion

Trump and Netanyahu still congratulate themselves on getting the United States to recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights. They should not. It looked like an absurd petty vanity in 1908 whe…