Israel and Suckers, Pt. 2
London, March 24, 2015— I’m dwelling on Benjamin Netanyahu’s acrobatics over trying to backtrack over his pre-election remarks about the…
By Daniel Williams, journalist and author
Category: Middle East
Egypt to Democracy Activists: Get Fat or Die
London, March 23, 2015– Adding indignity to death, an Egyptian forensic office spokesman said that a woman democracy activist who…
Oh, Come Now
London, March 19, 2015— In honor of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to retreat from his declared opposition to a Palestinian state,…
The West Bank Moves Further West (redux)
This is a post I wrote last summer that seems relevant today, given Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Arab-baiting electoral campaign in which…
ISIS’ Little Patch in Europe
London, March 12, 2015—A remote piece of Bosnia-Herzegovina reminds us how and why ISIS has spread. It is the small village of…
Iran And the Shiite Militia Menace
New York, March 5, 2015—The discovery that Shiite militias in Iraq are leading the charge against the Islamic State…
Bibi’s Problem
New York, March 4, 2015—Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, needs Iran to be defeated. Of course, getting the Shiite-run…
Libya and Its Nervous Neighbors
London, February 19, 2015—Everyone wonders what to do about ISIS, but no one knows what. An odd event is happening…
The Day HAMAS Almost Won the War
Rome, December 7, 2014—Hamas had a couple days of triumph. Finding a dispassionate analysis of the 2014 summertime war between…
Christianity’s End, Pt. 1
Erbil, September 20, 2014—I was in Kurdistan, the autonomous region in north Iraq, when President Obama made his September 10…