Post Pic

Not a Mistake, Misunderstanding, or Well-Intended Criticism But a Deliberate Campaign to Bash Israel

The first, most important thing to understand about the Western and especially American debate on Israel… Continue reading

Post Pic

The Three Rules of Western Discourse and Why The Media Must Always Blame Israel

It is truly astonishing how, it often seems, how Western media coverage must blame Israel for everything that “goes wrong” in the Middle East… Continue reading

Post Pic

A Warning From Norway

Almost lost in official Washington’s preoccupation with the partisan slug-fest over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit was the… Continue reading

Post Pic

What I Have Learned In My Long Visit to America

What’s most scary in America today may be the financial deficit and it may be government policies, but for me the scariest thing is… Continue reading

Post Pic

Obama Foreign Policy Is Ignorant and Stupid Rather Than a Conspiracy

The most common question — or remark — that I get from readers is to say that I’m wrong to talk about how Western policymakers… Continue reading

Post Pic

Why Contemporary Media Is So Bad

A reader asks me: But why is media reporting so bad (obviously with many honorable exceptions). I first wrote on this topic… Continue reading

Post Pic

How The Bizarre World of Middle East Studies Messes Up U.S. Foreign Policy

Engaging in Middle East studies, as Lawrence says about putting your hand in a flame, hurts. The trick “is not minding that it hurts” and… Continue reading