Syrian Warplanes Pound Aleppo

The Australian reports : SYRIAN regime warplanes have pounded rebel positions in second city Aleppo ahead of a threatened ground assault by ...

Mitt Romney in Israel: Stopping Iran Nukes 'Must Be Our Highest National Security Priority'

At Blazing Cat Fur, " Romney's Remarkable Speech in Jerusalem ." It's remarkable, indeed. The New York Times reports, ...

Video of Hezbollah Abduction of Israeli Soldier Ehud 'Udi' Goldwasser

At the Times of Israel, " Here’s the evidence Hezbollah is a terror group, says soldier’s widow of 2006 attack footage ." Karnit G...

Mossad Reportedly Fears Iranian Attack on Israeli Athletes at Olympics

At the Times of Israel : Israel reportedly fears Iran or a proxy organization may seek to attack Israelis during the Olympic Games, set to b...

Israel Defense Forces: Medical Delegation Arrives at Bulgaria

From the IDF news desk:

Israel's Burgas Terror Victims

At the Times of Israel, " Israel releases names of the five Burgas terror victims ." Also at Jawa Report, " Five Israeli Vict...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Hints at Iran's Responsibility for Bulgaria Bombing

At the Times of Israel, " Gloating Ahmadinejad hints at Iranian responsibility for Burgas terror attack ": Iran’s President Mahmou...

Officials Deny Bulgaria Bomber Was Guantanamo Detainee

The Lawfare blog has a summary, " Conflicting Reports on Whether Bulgarian Suicide Bomber Was Former Guantanamo Detainee Mehdi Ghezali ...

Charles Krauthammer: Israel Likely to Attack Iran Before the Election

Via Weasel Zippers, " Krauthammer: Israel Will Attack Iran Before Election If They Think Obama Will Win ": More from Linkmaster Sm...

Would Iran Nuclear Balancing Mean Stability in the Middle East?

I mentioned  that I would update on Kenneth Waltz and Iranian nuclear proliferation when I'd read his full Foreign Affairs piece in hard...

A Nuclear-Armed Iran May Be the Best Path to Stability to the Middle East

According to the eminent political scientist Kenneth Waltz, at USA Today, " Iranian nukes? No worries ": The past several months h...

Iran Renews Call for Israel's 'Annihilation'

An interview with Dennis Prager: Background at the Times of Israel, " PM says Iran’s chief of staff vowed Sunday to eliminate Israel ....

'Storm the Embassy'

Until later, enjoy some Stray Cats: Fifty man taken captive in a hostile foreign land Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of...

Mixed Messages on Iran Spark Talk of U.S.-Israel Strategy

At Los Angeles Times , " U.S., Israel send mixed messages on Iran ": U.S., Israel send mixed messages on Iran": As the U.S. s...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy Says the Syrian Regime 'Must Go'

Sarkozy is quoted at the New York Times report on the journalists' deaths in Homs, " Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria Shell...

Iran Halts Oil Exports to Britain and France

This move is a major escalation of international tension, and despite Iran's minuscule shipments, the historical precedents of such emba...

Iran Blamed in Bangkok Bombings

At Wall Street Journal , " Botched Thai Bombing Plot Ratchets Up Pressure on Iran ": BANGKOK — An apparently botched bomb plot in ...

Military Intervention in Syria

From Michael Weiss, at The New Republic , " Break the Stalemate! A Blueprint For a Military Intervention in Syria ": In the past s...

Michael Coren Interviews Douglas Murray

At Blazing Cat Fur, " Michael Coren & Douglas Murray: The Threat to Islam's Critics ." Murray's video at the Cambridge...

Israel's Case for War With Iran

From Niall Ferguson, at Newsweek , " Israel and Iran on the Eve of Destruction in a New Six-Day War ." The single biggest danger i...