Shalom friends! This week has been filled with unfavorable news out of Iraq, Iran, Ukraine, North Africa and elsewhere. Indeed, Israel’s neighbors are not exactly playing nicely in the sandbox. On top of that, America continues to more and more blatantly turn its back on Israel and our allies in the Middle East. Here is …
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Epic Storms Hit the Middle East
Hello friends...and welcome back! This past week, the Middle East has been pounded by what many news sources are calling "epic" storms. A gigantic dust storm covered places such as Cairo Egypt, Ankara Turkey, Amman Jordan, and Tel Aviv and Jerusalem Israel as a result of a cyclone that blew out of the African Atlas …
In Search of a Rational Voice in the Middle East: President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of Egypt
The Middle East is full of characters! Some are radicals, some are reformers, and some are revivalists. Now, lest you think I brilliantly came up with that thought and those descriptors, let me be quick to tell you that Joel Rosenberg, in his book, Inside the Revolution (which I highly recommend), introduced those terms to …
Activity Heats up on Israel’s Northern Border
Welcome back fellow sojourners! Today, let’s consider once again what Israel is up against. On the map above, you will see that Israel (a nation the size of New Jersey) is surrounded on every side by Arab Muslim nations (dark red on the map above). Furthermore, the next “layer” of nations (lighter red) are non-Arab …
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