Bryson DeChambeau is a professional golfer, now playing for the Saudi-funded LIV Golf Tour, which has just announced a merger with the PGA Tour. DeChambeau has now spoken about the historic merger between the PGA Tour, the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), and the DP World Tour that was announced on Tuesday, May 6, when […]
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Homesh and the ‘Two-State Solution’
Homesh is an Israeli outpost that was founded some 20 years ago on the West Bank. It had been built on land that, it later turned out, was owned by a Palestinian Arab. In 2005, when the Israelis pulled out entirely from Gaza, uprooting 25 settlements, they also pulled out of four settlements in the […]
Antony Blinken At AIPAC Deeply Disappoints
On June 5 Antony Blinken spoke at the annual meeting of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying group, where some of his remarks, beyond the bromides about America’s commitment to Israel’s security being ironclad, and the unconvincing assurance that Washington will “never allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons” were most disturbing. More on his appearance can be […]
State Dept Pushes LGBTQ ‘Pride’ Everywhere Except Muslim World
U.S. embassies celebrate “Pride Month” from the Vatican to Jerusalem, but not in Saudi Arabia. In June, United States embassies across the world get ready for the biggest patriotic celebration of the year. Flags are taken out of the attic, ironed and hoisted in rainbow swirls across the sky. From Europe to Latin America to […]
A Final Word On Roger Waters
Colonel Richard Kemp, the former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, and veteran of half-a-dozen other conflicts, has long been known for his defense of the IDF, which he has described as the “most moral army in the world” because, among other reasons, of the enormous efforts it takes to avoid civilian casualties. Unsurprisingly, Colonel […]
In Germany, A Record Number of Syrians are Given Citizenship
It was former Chancellor Angela Merkel who, in 2015, swung upon wide the doors to Muslim economic migrants, allowing one million of them to enter Germany that year. Since then the numbers of those Muslim migrants have only slightly decreased to a few hundred thousand a year. And this past year, more than twice the […]
Mahmoud Abbas’ ‘Symbolic Victories’ at the UN and the Arab Summit
In his rant at the UN, as part of that disreputable body’s observance of “Nakba Day,” Mahmoud Abbas lit into the Jewish state. Khaled Abu Toameh details his anger with both Israel and the United States, here: “Mahmoud Abbas scores symbolic victories at UN, Arab League,” by Khaled Abu Toameh, Jerusalem Post, May 26, 2023: […]
From the Irish Times, A Lot of Irish Bull
One more anti-Israel article has just appeared in The Irish Times – the paper has published a long series of them — offering a lot of Irish bull and also the other kind. More about the article can be found here: “Palestinian Terrorism and Holocaust Denialism Given Free Pass in Confused Op-Ed,” by Rachel O’Donoghue, […]
Syria Dreams of Becoming a Tourist Destination Again
Recently several Arab states, led by the UAE, have been engaged in a slow-moving rapprochement with Syria, a country they all shunned during the Syrian Civil War. Syrian ministers, and Assad himself, have visited a half-dozen Arab countries. Now Syria has rejoined the Arab League. After all, those Arab states recognize that the war is […]
What the Palestinians Were Hoping For From the Arab League Summit
The Palestinians looked on glumly at the Arab League meeting in Jeddah this May. They knew they were no longer the cynosure of Arab eyes. Those eyes instead were focused on Syria’s Assad, and the kiss-and-make-up greetings to him by everyone in the room, save for the Emir of Qatar, who left early so he […]