In case you haven't heard, the Iranian "Hitler," President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is up for reelection in June. And you would think that nothing could possibly be more important on the international front than defeating "Hitler" at the ballot box. Isn't he "Hitler,"...
Twenty Years After the Fall
Israel Expanding ‘Beautifully’ In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - Even as Pope Benedict XVI tries his best during his current Holy Land visit to pay reverence to the attachment of all three monotheistic faiths to Jerusalem, on the ground a less lofty imprint is already furthering Israeli control over the Holy City in a...
Pope’s ‘Pilgrimage’ Mired in Politics
Pope Benedict XVI upset the schedule on his first day in Israel by leaving an interfaith meeting in Jerusalem early on Monday night after a leading Muslim cleric called on him to condemn the "slaughter" of women and children in the recent assault on Gaza....
The News on Nukes
US Thaw With Syria Stalls
U.S. President Barack Obama issued a statement on May 8 calling for the renewal of sanctions on Syria, which were set to expire on Monday. The declaration came at the end of a busy week in which both high-level U.S. officials and the Iranian president visited the...
Trivializing the Holocaust
Taking Up Where Clinton-Gore Left Off
Obama Aide Puts Israel’s Nukes in the Diplomatic Mix
LONDON -- Last month in Prague, President Barack Obama vowed that he would seek a world without nuclear weapons. On Tuesday, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller spelled out that this policy would apply to Israel, as well. Speaking at a conference on...


