Obama’s self-defeating crusade against Israel
President Obama is attempting to use a mis-timed announcement by Israel of its intention to build housing units in East Jerusulem as a means of pressuring Israel into making major concessions to the Palestinian Authority. Israel has apologized for the timing of its announcement, but the White House is demanding much more in the [...]
The Vice President in the Middle East
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Yesterday, Vice President Biden spoke at Tel Aviv University in Israel about the partnership between the United States and Israel:
Israel’s unique relationship with the United States means that you need not bear that heavy burden alone. Our nations’ unbreakable bond borne of common values, interwoven cultures, and mutual [...]
Diplomacy Fail, XXII
From the AP : “Saudi Official Cool to New Sanctions on Iran.”
Prince Saud al-Faisal told a news conference in the Saudi capital late Monday that the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear ambitions demands a more immediate solution than sanctions. He described sanctions as a long-term solution, and he said the threat is more pressing. . [...]
Record Anti-Semitic Attacks in U.K.
The U.K.’s Jewish Community Security Trust recorded more than 900 anti-Semitic incidents in 2009, the most since the group started keeping track in 1984. This sort of tabulation is always problematic, but the total included many serious incidents. Presumably most incidents were the work of Muslims seeking to bring the war home, so [...]
Doing Security the Israeli Way
“Let’s do things the way the Israelis do.” That’s the
latest buzzword in airline security. It’s nice to hear the
Israelis being praised for something, but if we don’t understand
what the Israelis do,
we’re just going to be adding another layer of bureaucracy to an
already overloaded [...]
Re: Have TSA Airport Security Checkpoints Improved?
Debra Burlingame makes some solid points regarding TSA checkpoint screening. During a flurry of recent holiday travel, I also took note of TSA’s reaction to the underwear bomber, jotting down some observations while waiting in the infinite airport security lines.
The bureaucratic suck that is TSA seems to have removed the vital human element from [...]
