JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — AUGUST 16, 2020 — The truth is, I saw something coming this week, but not this. I never expected that “it” would be peace with another Arab country. “It” was the subject of speculation on a webinar I hosted this week about what was going on. But I thought “it” was something military, that would involve Israeli F35s …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Why the United Arab Emirates’ Unprecedented Annexation Warning to Israel Matters
By SETH FRANTZMAN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — June 15, 2020 — Israelis woke up to a potential new era on Friday, June 12, 2020, with an article by the United Arab Emirates ambassador to the US warning that Israel’s planned annexation of parts of the West Bank would “upend Israeli aspirations for improved security, economic and cultural ties with the Arab world and with …
By SETH FRANTZMAN
San Remo Matters
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — April 22, 2020 — On the wake of World War I and the defeat of the Ottoman and German forces, leaders of the Allied Powers set out to reorganize Europe, and particularly the wide reach of the defeated Ottoman Empire. As part of the effort to do so, a conference took place in London in the winter of …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Israel’s Iran Confrontation Is Pointing the Way to the Future of War
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — March 2, 2020 — Iran is shipping sophisticated surface-to-air missiles, drones and other missiles to its allies across the Middle East. A seized shipment, revealed by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Feb. 19, included drone and cruise missile components reportedly linked to an attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abqaiq oil facility last September. To confront the threat, Israel …
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN
Michael Edelman Esq., Political Analyst, Gabriel M. Etzel, Editor in Chief of The Unvarnished Blog, and Hezi Aris, Yonkers Tribune Editor-at-Large, on Westchester On the Level – Monday, Oct 28, 2019 @10am
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Ecuador: An Unlikely Battleground to Secure America’s Southern Border
By TODD BENSMAN
The South American country of Ecuador can be described as many things: a tourist mecca for its Galapagos Islands, the country that harbored WikiLeaks founder and fugitive Julian Assange in its London embassy for seven years, and soul-keeper of the vanquished Inca civilization. But an important battleground in America’s war over illegal immigration to the U.S. southern border? The answer …
By TODD BENSMAN
Facing Tensions On Multiple Fronts, Is Israel On The Verge Of An All-Out War?
By ISRAEL KASNETT
Speculation abounds as to whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s order to brief rival Benny Gantz on current security issues is a sign that the Jewish state is preparing for a major conflict on one or more fronts. JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — August 27, 2019 — The big news in Israel is not that Iran attempted to send kamikaze drones into …
By ISRAEL KASNETT
Is History Repeating Itself In Middle East Current Events
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
A confluence of current Middle Eastern events, and a 38th anniversary observed this month, may foreshadow a similar outcome from then, in the future. The Middle East events unfolding are unique and parallel on two fronts: Iran and Turkey. But there is a connection. With Iran increasing its hostility to the US, Israel and world in general, the most recent …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
Trump’s Syria Fumble Right Out of Obama’s Playbook
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
I will never forget the first time I realize that Barack Obama was clueless about the Middle East. I was traveling in the US during the 2008 campaign. An Obama commercial stuck with me like a bone in my throat. In speaking about the Middle East he said something to the effect of ‘we will withdraw our troops and end …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
The Opposite of the Tip of the Iceberg
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN
METULA, ISRAEL — December 7, 2018 — The phrase, “tip of the iceberg“ references the fact that there’s much more beneath the surface of the water where an iceberg exists that is a greater threat than what is visible above the water. Today in the Middle East we need to coin a new phrase that references the exact opposite: that …
By JONATHAN FELDSTEIN