Iran deal presages UN military action against Islamic State
July 24, 2015 by David Singer
China, France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom, America and the European Union (E3/EU+3) – the Septet – have shown a rare degree of international cooperation in signing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear horizons. Read more
Abu Dhabi And Sydney – A Tale Of Two Cities
July 16, 2015 by David Singer
An Australian woman – Jodi Magi – has been arrested, jailed and deported from Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates after being found guilty of “writing bad words on social media about a person” – reportedly a cyber-crime in the United Arab Emirates…writes David Singer. Read more
Islamic State – Confusion, Delusion and Illusion…writes David Singer
July 10, 2015 by David Singer
Australia’s Minister for Communications – Malcolm Turnbull – has sought to play down the threat Islamic State poses to world peace and security with these few throwaway unsubstantiated sentences during an address to the Sydney Institute on 7 July. Read more
State Of Palestine and Islamic State Highlight International Double Standards
July 3, 2015 by David Singer
UNESCO, the United Nations and just this week – the Vatican – have recognised that the “State of Palestine” exists…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – European Union Risks “Jew-hater” Label…writes David Singer
June 25, 2015 by David Singer
The European Union (EU) runs the risk of being labelled “Jew-hater” – should it proceed with its plans requiring supermarkets and other retailers to label products made by Jews in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) differently from those made by Jews in Israel. Read more
BDS – Sinister Hoax With Genocidal Objective…writes David Singer
June 18, 2015 by David Singer
The Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign (BDS) instituted in 2005 by “Palestinian civil Society” against Israel and its civil society continues to attract people from all around the world – including Jews and Israeli Arabs – who support the campaign without realising its genocidal objective. Read more
Beating the BDS Jew-haters…writes David Singer
June 12, 2015 by David Singer
Recently, a group of 52 Harvard students – of all backgrounds and faiths – visited Israel for 10 days during the Harvard Israel Trek 2015. Read more
Russia Demands American Capitulation To Help Eradicate Islamic State…writes David Singer
June 4, 2015 by David Singer
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on America to end its attempt to remove Syria’s President Assad from power in return for Russia’s co-operation to militarily confront Islamic State. Read more
Palestine – Netanyahu Goes For Gold In Shoot-Off With Obama…writes David Singer
May 29, 2015 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s appointment of former United Nations ambassador Dore Gold to head up Israel’s Foreign Ministry – ensures that Israel will be confronting President Obama as he continues attempting to deviate from the commitments made to Israel by his predecessor President Bush in a letter dated 14 April to former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (Bush Commitments). Read more
Palestine – Pope Forfeits Spiritual And Moral Authority…writes David Singer
May 21, 2015 by David Singer
Pope Francis has suffered a serious blow to his spiritual and moral authority following the Vatican’s recognition of the “State of Palestine” in a new treaty announced on 13 May. Read more
Europe Rapidly Becoming Fertile Recruiting Field For Islamic State…writes David Singer
May 14, 2015 by David Singer
Islamic State now has the potential to break out of Syria and Iraq and into the heart of Europe without a shot being fired in anger by the Europeans to repel Islamic State’s stated aims of re-establishing the Caliphate and with it the supremacy of Islam world-wide. Read more
Carter causes consternation with election call for Palestinian Arabs
May 8, 2015 by David Singer
Former US president Jimmy Carter has created a stir with his call for Palestinian Arabs to hold elections to end the internecine struggle between Hamas and the PLO in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and Gaza…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Sharon’s Ghost Returns To Haunt Obama
April 30, 2015 by David Singer
Michael Oren – one of seven members of the recently formed Kulanu party elected to Israel’s new Parliament – seems destined to play a pivotal role in torpedoing President Obama’s proposals for a two-state solution aimed at resolving the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict…writes David Singer. Read more
Islamic State Morphing Into Global Gehenna…writes David Singer
April 14, 2015 by David Singer
Growing support for – and pledges of allegiance to – Islamic State by diverse Islamic terrorist groups world-wide are now creating horrific humanitarian problems for Christian communities in many countries – some far removed from the Middle East. Read more
Nuclear Knockout Not Nearly Nailed…writes David Singer
April 8, 2015 by David Singer
President Obama seems to have been unduly optimistic in triumphantly proclaiming the success of the P5+1 talks with Iran in Lausanne. Read more
Palestine – Obama Admits Defeat On Renewed Negotiations For Two-State Solution
April 3, 2015 by David Singer
President Obama has finally admitted the death of any renewed negotiations for a two-state solution between Israel and the PLO for the next several years – telling the media on 24 March: Read more
Palestine: Words Matter – But Their Meaning Matters More
March 25, 2015 by David Singer
“Words matter” – White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters this week…writes David Singer. Read more
Israel Teeters On Cusp Of Security Suicide…writes David Singer
March 16, 2015 by David Singer
Economic issues have been identified as the top issue in the forthcoming Israeli elections to be held tomorrow – with security issues trailing far behind. Read more
Netanyahu Puts Behaviour Change By Iran On Negotiating Agenda
March 10, 2015 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – addressing the American Congress – has made behaviour change by Iran an essential pre-requisite to the successful conclusion of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 – France, Germany, United Kingdom, China, Russia and the United States…writes David Singer. Read more
Netanyahu Flies into Washington on a Wing and a Prayer
March 3, 2015 by David Singer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington this week is going ahead despite unsuccessful attempts from far and wide to shoot him down in flames before he was even airborne….writes David Singer. Read more
Islamic State: Egypt wakes up – when will America and Russia?
February 25, 2015 by David Singer
Whilst the American–led coalition continues its largely ineffectual air strikes in Iraq and Syria – Islamic State has spread its barbaric tentacles into Libya with alarming rapidity. Read more
European Union Causes Peace Process And Quartet Meltdown
February 17, 2015 by David Singer
David Singer writes on the EU’s illegal funding of buildings in the West Bank. Read more
United Nations Security Council Abandons Humanity…writes David Singer
February 10, 2015 by David Singer
In a supposed show of unity by the world powers against Islamic State – the United Nations Security Council is reportedly preparing to adopt a legally binding resolution intended to choke the terrorist group’s ability to trade in oil, antiquities and hostages. Read more
Obama Honouring Presidential Commitments Trumps Protocol…writes David Singer
February 2, 2015 by David Singer
The furore engendered by House Speaker John Boehner inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on March 3 – supposedly in breach of Presidential protocol – marks the first step in Congress flexing its muscles to persuade President Obama to re-think his concerted attempts to undermine the written commitments made by President Bush to Israel’s then Prime Minister Ariel Sharon in his letter dated 14 April 2004 – as overwhelmingly endorsed by the House of Representatives 407-9 on 23 June 2004 and the Senate 95-3 the next day (“American Written Commitments”). Read more
Yemen Crumbles, Iraq Stumbles, America Fumbles…writes David Singer
January 25, 2015 by David Singer
There are some 60 States in the American-led coalition pledged to degrading and destroying Islamic State – but only 21 – regarded as “key members” were at the Conference in London on 22 January – which UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond described in these terms: Read more
CharlieHebdomania Plunges World Into Whirlpool Of Islamic Violence
January 19, 2015 by David Singer
The sale of seven million copies of the magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring a front page cartoon depicting an image purporting to be that of Muhammad has brought forth its first bloody response from the Islamic world – Niger – where reportedly three people have been killed and six churches attacked and looted…writes David Singer. Read more
Palestine – Mapping The Truth Erases A Long-running Fiction
January 12, 2015 by David Singer
The US State Department Bureau of Consular Affairs has featured a map on its website – which both rejects and corrects the misleading use of the terms “1967 boundaries” and “1967 borders” – which have never existed in relation to any territorial subdivision between Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Read more
Remembering Australia’s First Jihadist Attack – 1 January 1915
December 30, 2014 by David Singer
The Department of Veteran’s Affairs announced last March that the centenary of the Battle of Broken Hill on 1 January 2014 would not be formally commemorated by the Australian Government…writes David Singer. Read more
Islam Must Degrade And Destroy Islamic State
December 26, 2014 by David Singer
The impassioned plea by the father of a Jordanian F16 fighter pilot captured by Islamic State has shot down attempts by American President Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to distance Islam from the Islamic State (ISIL)…writes David Singer. Read more
Islamic State – The Bogeyman Haunting The Lindt Chocolat Café
December 19, 2014 by David Singer
The joint press conference given by Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott on 16 December after the siege at the Lindt Chocolate café in Martin Place had finally ended – was particularly noteworthy for certain viewpoints expressed by Mr Abbott during that conference…writes David Singer. Read more
