What’s Next, After the Withdrawal from Afghanistan?

The Middle East is doomed to remain difficult, brutal, violent, repressive, and culturally Islamist. Regional powers, including Israel, must come together, to guarantee stability. By Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror…

Take Care, Caretaker

Beyond Bennett-Biden Bond By Amir Oren Biblical Bilhah was one of the Abraham dynasty series of surrogate mothers, bearing two of Jacob’s children instead of his second wife, Rachel. In…

Pfizer: Vaccine works against Delta strain

Data shows that the efficacy of the Pfizer Inc. /BioNTech SE coronavirus vaccine is about 90% successful against contagion of the Delta variant (from India), while providing around 95% protection from…

Delta variant reaches Israel

Israel is now recommending that all 12-15 year-olds be vaccinated against COVID-19, citing new outbreaks attributed to the more infectious Delta variant. Israel expanded vaccine eligibility to include adolescents last…

Biden meets with Erdoğan

Joe Biden held his first face-to-face talks as United States President with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. At the start of the main leaders' session at the NATO summit…

EU: Iran nuclear deal likely soon

The European Union envoy coordinating talks on reviving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal expressed confidence that an agreement will be reached when world powers reconvene for…

EU, Russia: Iran nuclear deal within reach

The European Union official charged with leading talks to revive the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal with Iran has expressed confidence that agreement will soon be reached.…

UN: Syrian elections don’t meet int’l demands

Candidacy for Syria’s 26 May presidential elections has now been closed, with 51 competitors running for office. Syrian Minister of Information Imad Sarah told reporters that the country’s constitutional court…

Turkey: US must reverse Armenia policy

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has denounced the declaration by United States President Joe Biden that 1915-1917 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide, and called for the…

US recognizes Armenian Genocide

United States President Joe Biden has broken with decades of policy by declaring that the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire constituted genocide. Biden’s recognition of the deaths…