Iran has been emboldened by Western globalists, and especially by the weak Biden administration, which has been groveling to the Iranian mullahs, trying to get them to rejoin negotiations on a nuclear deal, a deal which in the past has lavishly funded Iranian ambitions. The pro-Palestinian Biden administration, not to mention the persistent undermining of […]
Biden’s handlers walk back Trump’s recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli territory
We’re back in full-on Obama mode now, betraying allies and giving aid and comfort to enemies. It will not, of course, end well. “Biden Admin Walks Back U.S. Recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli Territory,” by Adam Kredo, Washington Free Beacon, June 24, 2021: The Biden administration is walking back the United States’ historic recognition […]
A Short Course for the Biden Administration on Israel’s Claim Under International Law to the ‘Occupied Territories’
The Biden Administration seems to think that the way to bring peace between Israelis and Palestinians is to push Israel back within what it describes as the “1967 lines,” which is a more acceptable way of saying “the 1949 armistice lines.” Those lines were not recognized borders; they merely reflected where the respective armies, […]
Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria in response to attack on Israeli-owned ship
Reports reveal that Israel bombed Iranian targets near Damascus on Sunday. It was retaliation for an Iranian attack on an Israeli-owned ship in the Gulf of Oman. Iran becomes bolder daily due to the weak American administration. The rest of the West shrugs as Iran’s adventurism increases. Iran refuses to even come to the table […]
Tony Blinken, the Golan Heights, and Facts on the Ground
Tony Blinken, Biden’s Secretary of State, was asked recently what was the Administration’s position on the Golan Heights. A report on his answer, and what Israel must do to ensure that its claim on the Golan is never relinquished, is here: “Increasing Jewish Presence in the Golan Heights Is a Must,” by Nadav Shragai, JNS.org, […]
Pete Buttigieg on the Golan Heights and “the Occupation [that] Must End” (Part 2)
This July, Pete Buttigieg, who for reasons I fail to grasp, has been described as one of the most pro-Israel candidates in the Democratic field, signaled that on Israel, he had moved farther to the left. He tweeted: “The occupation has to end.” Anti-Israel groups were ecstatic. What we have here is a failure by […]
Pete Buttigieg on the Golan Heights and “the Occupation [that] Must End” (Part 1)
Pete Buttigieg doesn’t think President Trump was right to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The disturbing story is here: Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana and a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 election, denounced Tuesday US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, as […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Washington Recognizes the Golan as Part of Israel (Part Three)
If there is little military threat from Syria at present, is there a political threat from other Arabs who want Syria to get back the Golan? Are those Arabs infuriated with the American decision to recognize Israel’s annexation of the Golan? Not at all. They no longer support Bashar al-Assad or Syria. The ruthlessness of […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Washington Recognizes the Golan as Part of Israel (Part Two)
In 1967, President Johnson asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to study what territorial adjustments would be necessary to meet Israel’s minimum defense needs. They duly presented their military assessment of what, for Israel, would constitute “secure and defensible borders.” Here is a small excerpt, about the Golan, contained in their Memorandum: MEMORANDUM FOR THE […]
Hugh Fitzgerald: Washington Recognizes the Golan as Part of Israel (Part One)
In June 1967, Israel was forced to fight a three-front war of self-defense against Egypt, Syria, and Jordan. It managed to defeat all three of its enemies within six days. In its victory, it took the Sinai from Egypt, the West Bank from Jordan, and the Golan Heights from Syria. It is the Golan that […]