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- NATO shuns intervention in SyriaThe U.S. ambassador to NATO says the alliance has no plans for military intervention in the Syrian crisis, as reports of deaths mount by the dozens and diplomatic efforts have yet to stymie the bloodshed. […]
- Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalizedFormer Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said. […]
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Author Archives: Jeff Pozmantier
New Coalition Gives Netanyahu Real Opportunity To Lead
by Jeff Pozmantier
Will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu seize the strategic opportunities presented by the addition of Shaul Mofaz’s Kadima Party to his coalition? Cynics are convinced that the answer is no: Now that Netanyahu has achieved what they feel was his main goal all long — political survival — why should he suddenly have a leadership metamorphosis?
Top Six Israel Quotes
by Jeff Pozmantier
My top six list isn’t scientifically vetted or demographically weighted. I am not Gallup. Nor am I Rasmussen or Quinnipiac. The quotes selected represent a less than exclusive selection process: Did I read or hear them in the last week? Are the quotes thought-provoking? Did they make me stop, think, and reflect?
Israel and Palestine Will Reach Blue Heron Peace Agreement in 2016
by Jeff Pozmantier on April 9, 2012
What didn’t happen at Camp David will happen at Blue Heron. But Palestinian and Israeli peace won’t happen before 2016: There are too many anarchists, terrorists, militarists, “sectarianists,” political apologists and lots of other “ists” — yes, even including journalists and columnists —that have too much vested in the Israel-Palestine blame recycling industries to allow peace to break out any sooner.
These industries have been built to endure any and all good news threats, so settling on 2016, the last year of the second Obama administration, and the third year that the Affordable Care Act will have been in full implementation mode, seems more realistic. (Of
The Middle East: Questions With So Few Real Answers
by Jeff Pozmantier on April 1, 2012
It’s nice having your youngest home for college Spring Break. It’s always good to get your progeny’s youthful perspective on life. At least life so far as it extends to you, her, and a tight circle of relatives and friends. But mostly how your life impacts her in an annoying kind of way.
A recap of one of those Hallmark moments follows:
J Street Unfairly Attacked (What’s New?)
by Jeff Pozmantier on March 14, 2012
Marc Kahlberg, a security expert located in Israel, sharply questioned the reaction to the recent terrorism against Israeli civilians: “Where are the Jewish organizations in Australia, South Africa, Great Britain and especially in the USA when we need their voice and support? I would have expected every synagogue and community to come out and deplore these missile attacks. What don’t they understand about the fact that these missiles traumatize a nation? People are never the same again after these constant
The Iran Threat: Is It Time To Attack?
by Jeff Pozmantier
How does Israel attack Iran?
With tough language? With sanctions? With missiles? With “bunker busting” bombs? With its own nukes if it must?
In this corner, Iran. Irascible. Unpredictable. Threatening. A country whose neighbors would be quite happy with an Israeli effort to end Iran’s underground medical isotope manufacturing.
The Emergency Committee For Israel Misrepresents Its Mission
by Jeff Pozmantier on March 2, 2012
The Emergency Committee For Israel (ECI) seems to more closely mirror a right wing Super PAC than an organization sincerely interested in helping Israel respond to emergencies.
Or maybe my definition of “emergency” just differs from theirs.
You be the judge.
