Honduran President Manuel Zelaya tried to play the Chavez gambit, even though the Honduran Supreme Court had already unequivocally declared the Referendum (for the President to be able to run indefinitely!) as unconstitutional. The Honduran National Congress, where the majority of its members belong to the ousted president’s own party, voted to remove him in a procedure fully in accordance with the Honduran Constitution. The Honduran Army by detaining and exiling Zelaya was only follo... Read Full Story

Between some heavy projects and family matters I’ve hardly been around for the last couple of weeks. The projects have been very challenging yet interesting and rewarding, the family matters are resolving themselves nicely. I’m still battling various deadlines, but every once in a while I must surface for air. Last week was very eventful. President Obama’s trip to various Arab nations and his speech at Cairo University were newsworthy, if only because they marked a drastic d... Read Full Story

Through an admixture of military strategy, politics and diplomacy General Petraeus managed to do what none of his predecessors was capable of. When the scholarly general took over command of coalition troops in Iraq, the situation on the ground was chaotic. By the time he left, many former enemies had forged an alliance with the Iraqi and coalition forces. His accomplishment are many, his intellectual acumen is uncommon. As the Wikipedia describes him: General David Howell Petraeus, USA (bor... Read Full Story

The Religion of Peace, that very same one that would behead anyone who who dares say they are not peaceful, has shown its fangs again. Nope, it wasn’t against dem Jooz from that Zionist Entity, this time. It was against Christians who have lived in the Holy Land for centuries before anyone ever heard or knew of Islam and Mohammed (PBUH). Vandals desecrate Christian graves in West Bank RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 24 (Reuters) - Vandals desecrated some 70 graves in two Palestinian Christian... Read Full Story

From Kuwait’s Arab Times: Gender issues worsen Iraq’s medical woes SAQLAWIYAH, Iraq (AP) — This part of Iraq, says Dr. Ayad al-Hadithy, is so conservative that a man would rather have his pregnant wife die in labor than be touched by a male nurse or doctor. It’s just one of the difficulties faced by U.S. and Iraqi officials as they struggle to nurse the war-ravaged province of Anbar back to health. One showcase of their efforts is the reopening last year, for women on... Read Full Story

Nobody doubts, by now, that Syria had a very strong motive for murdering their most powerful and popular foe in Lebanon, Rafik Hariri. But the UN’s International Tribunal may have uncovered something very different… Germany’s SpiegelOnline now has this report: New Evidence Points to Hezbollah in Hariri Murder By Erich Follath The United Nations special tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri has reached surprising new conclusions... Read Full Story

[This is a re-post of something I wrote three years ago. It is about Jerusalem, it's liberation and reunification, the culmination a 2,000 year old dream.] If I Forget Thee… A Very Personal Recollection Today is Jerusalem Day - celebrating the day Jerusalem’s Old City (including the Western Wall) was liberated by Israel’s Defense Forces… I thought I would share some thoughts… I arrived in Israel on Friday before the Six Day War, as a volunteer. For Shabbat (P... Read Full Story

I received the following email from a friend on Facebook: PLEASE READ AND ACT ASAP; DO NOT LET UTUBE CANCEL THIS VIDEO! Subject: PLEASE READ AND ACT ASAP; DO NOT LET YOUTUBE CANCEL THIS VIDEO! NE PAS LAISSER YOUTUBE ANNULER CETTE VIDEO! The IDF broadcasting on You Tube, presented by Capt. Avichai Adraee, an Israel officer speaking Arabic, showing and explaining in full clarity what is really going on in Gaza and how Hamas terrorists operate from the midst of civilian neighborhood, schools an... Read Full Story

[David Waldman, an Israeli friend, has posted many a time on these pages. He runs his own blog at WEBSEARCH MAVEN] Joe Biden said during the runup to the elections that he is the “best friend Israel has in Congress.” He also claimed that after his years at the Capitol, he had ‘already forgotten more about foreign policy than most of his colleagues ever knew. If his recent address to AIPAC is proof of how deep his knowledge and understanding of the realities of foreign affair... Read Full Story

In spite of all the safeguards that democratic, freedom loving, human rights defending nations have built-in into their constitutions to stop such abuses the fact remains that those bent on advancing their own agenda or bent on stopping those they oppose will always find a way to trample on the constitutional rights of their opponents. The case against Rosen and Weissman (formerly of AIPAC) is a prime example of how power can be abused to stop certain ideas, while advancing the opposite ones.... Read Full Story