David Singer

Trump and Putin need Security Council Resolution to defeat Islamic State

The United States and Russia seem set to jointly confront their common enemy - Islamic State - once President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office on 20 January 2017. This possibility emerged after a telephone call between Trump and Vladimir Putin following Trump's stunning presidential victory on 8 November.

Palestine - Carter Threatens Chaos For Obama, Trump And US Foreign Policy

Former US President Jimmy Carter has urged current President Barack Obama to:

• betray another former President - George Bush,
• destroy America's reputation for integrity and trustworthiness and
• thwart President-elect Donald Trump in attempting to resolve the 100 years old conflict between Arabs and Jews

Palestine - Trump Triumph Requires Direct Negotiations Between Jordan And Israel

President-elect Donald Trump has used his greatest media critic - the New York Times - to reiterate his determination to broker a deal to end the 100 years old Jewish-Arab conflict - suggesting his son-in law Jared Kushner might be just the person to advance Trump's declared mission.

Palestine - Brexit 1922 Key To Trump Resolving Arab-Jewish Conflict

President-elect Donald Trump has lost no time in stressing his desire to end the Arab-Jewish conflict which has seen many proposals in the last 100 years fall by the wayside as a result of unrelenting Arab rejection to any Jewish State in former Palestine.

Trump Must Confirm Bush-Congress Commitments To Israel

Donald Trump's stunning Presidential victory - coupled with the Republican Party retaining control of the Congress - presents Trump with the opportunity to restore America's tarnished reputation and integrity by affirming he will honour the commitments made to Israel by President Bush in his letter dated 14 April 2004 - overwhelmingly endorsed by the then Congress by 502 votes to 12.

Obama's Islamic State Policy Uncorks Shiite Genie In Iraq

President Obama's decision 14 days ago to approve Iraqi and Peshmerga forces undertaking the liberation of Mosul has well and truly blown up in his face with the news that the Iran funded Shiite Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) have now joined in the attack.

Obama's Islamic State policy threatens Clinton election victory

President Obama's decision to agree to Iraqi and Peshmerga forces attacking Mosul to degrade and destroy the Islamic State just three weeks before the US elections sounds alarm bells for the prospects of Hillary Clinton beating Donald Trump on 8 November. Secretary of Defence Ash Carter confirmed Obama's decision on 17 October.

Clinton and Trump clash on defeating Islamic State in Syria

The Presidential debates have signalled fundamental policy differences between Clinton and Trump on defeating Islamic State in Syria [ISIS] Clinton will be pursuing policies that prolong Islamic State’s existence in Syria - until Mosul has been conquered in Iraq. Trump wants to defeat Islamic State in Syria as an immediate priority.

Obama, Clinton and Trump Must Affirm America's Crucial Commitment To Israel

President Obama is causing consternation and uncertainty in Israel because of his continuing refusal to make clear that America will veto any Security Council resolution attempting to impose a settlement of the Jewish-Arab conflict in former Palestine other than under the Roadmap of his predecessor George W. Bush.

Trump thrashes Clinton on ending sexual violence in Syria and Iraq

Mainstream American media's obsession with groping allegations against Donald Trump going back twenty years or more has papered over public discussion of major policy differences between Trump and Hillary Clinton on defeating Islamic State and end the horrific sexual violence perpetrated on women and children in Syria and Iraq for the last two years.

Clinton will continue Obama policy confronting Russia in Syria and the UN

Hillary Clinton has made it very clear in the second Presidential Debate that if elected next President of the United States she will continue President Obama's confrontation with Russia both in Syria and at the United Nations.

United Nations Must Militarily Confront Islamic State And Al-Nusra

Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin's assumption of the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council for October could have a lightning rod effect on the Security Council finally authorising military action against Islamic State and Al Nusra under article 42 of the UN Charter.

Syrian Slaughterhouse Shames America - Undermines United Nations

The collapse of the Syrian ceasefire negotiated by Russia and America has led to bitter recriminations in the UN Security Council as each blames the other for the breakdown. Civilians in Aleppo are paying the price.

Islamic State and al-Nusrah Survive Whilst America and Russia Crash Dive

Botched airstrikes by American, Australian and British warplanes in Syria have accidentally killed at least 62 Syrian soldiers and wounded more than 100 - leading Russia to making the accusation that the “White House is defending Islamic State”.

Islamic State Crows As Russia And America Trade Blows

Islamic State combatants were no doubt jumping with joy following botched airstrikes against them by American, Australian and British warplanes in Syria that accidentally killed at least 60 Syrian soldiers and wounded more than 100.

United Nations Rebuked For Promoting Palestinian Ethnic Cleansing Of Jews

United Nations member States need to examine their own consciences and policies following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu castigating them for promoting a Jew-free Palestinian Arab State in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and East Jerusalem.

United Nations Must End Hamas and PLO Stranglehold On Power

The United Nations effort to create a second Arab State in former Palestine--in addition to Jordan--has suffered another death blow following the Palestinian Supreme Court ordering the suspension of local elections in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and the Gaza Strip scheduled for October 8.

Palestine--Russia Following France On Diplomatic Journey To Nowhere

The media has gone into overdrive after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi revealed that Russian President Vladimir Putin has invited President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu to Moscow for direct talks.

Palestine - Abbas Abandons Peace Negotiations With Israel

Mahmoud Abbas's decision to prosecute Britain for publishing the 1917 Balfour Declaration amounts to an outright rejection of the right of the Jewish people to have their own State in former Palestine - the major stumbling block to peacefully resolving the Jewish-Arab conflict for the last 100 years.

Trump Advisor Castigates Clinton Betrayal of Israel

Donald Trump's trusted co-advisor on Israel--David Friedman--has castigated Hillary Clinton for her role as Secretary of State in perpetrating one of President Obama's worst foreign policy failures - trashing the letter from President Bush to Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon dated 14 April 2004 - its terms having been overwhelmingly endorsed by Congress 502 votes to 12.