General Dempsey…Please Stay Out Of It by Gerald A. Honigman The Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, communicates with Israel’s Lt. General Benny Gantz frequently over security issues. Speaking to reporters upon his arrival in Afghanistan on August 19th, he stated that Israel and the United States view the Iranian [...]

Crocodile Tears For Kurds… or, Math a la Ankara by Gerald A. Honigman On August 9th, Turkey’s Islamist government’s Foreign Minister engaged in some mathematical chutzpah. Follow the excerpts below from Istanbul’s Today’s Zaman to get a hint at what I mean… Ahmet Davutoğlu said Turkey would not be opposed to a possible autonomous Kurdish [...]

Iran, Jerusalem, and Al Ahwaz… by Gerald A. Honigman Let’s get the ball rolling here with a question… Whom and what do you think the following excerpts are referring to below? _ _ _ _ _ has discriminated against the Arabs of _ _ _ _ _ since their homeland’s occupation and annexation; they are [...]

Bill, Marvin, and Mitt… by Gerald A. Honigman People of the Book! Bear in mind the words of Moses, “Enter, my people, the holy land which Allah has assigned for you” I was watching Fox News’ Bill Hemmer’s interview of veteran journalist Marvin Kalb the other day. Unlike some other well-known Hebrew journalists, who specialize [...]