Moshe Dann

Why Is the State Department Covering for a Known Terror Group?

Why is the U.S. government covering for IHH, a Turkish “charity” organization with ties to terrorists? A State Department spokesman told Fox News that the IHH (Humanitarian Relief Foundation) has not been designated as a foreign terrorist organization. He added:

We are fully committed to taking appropriate action against foreign groups engaging in terrorist activity in order to prevent such groups from obtaining the resources and support needed to undertake terrorist activity.

Ehud Barak’s Theater of the Absurd

There was no need to endanger Israeli troops. How could Ehud Barak not see the looming disaster? Stopping a large Gaza-bound ship could have been carried out below the waterline, or by an assault on the bridge, using smoke bombs and tear gas to take control. Dropping individual soldiers into a mob of hostile people lacks reason.

Is there a Plan B

"No," says Robert Serry, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, speaking recently at the Hebrew University's Truman Institute. "I don't know of any alternatives," he added. Nor does he seem interested in exploring other possibilities.

Threat to our democracy

Six months ago, 11 ministers approved a decision by Prime Minister Netanyahu to halt construction starts in Judea and Samaria for 10 months. The "freeze" applied only to buildings that had not begun.

Is Obama Using Israel as a Scapegoat for His Foreign Policy Failures?

Though needing to handle dozens of difficult issues around the world, President Obama seems obsessed with one: the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

A blessing in disguise

If delusion is one of the most dangerous pitfalls of diplomacy, then, paradoxically, recent criticism of Israel by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is a blessing in disguise.

Where are our roots?

Bowing to pressure from Prime Minister Netanyahu, US State Department and the international community, Nir Barkat, Mayor of Jerusalem, has cut back on plans to remove 88 illegal Arab buildings from a rich archeological park in the Kidron Valley adjacent to the City of David, the ancient city of Jerusalem.

Don’t attack Jews

On December 18, 2009, Aluf Benn and Amos Harel, writing in Haaretz, offered one of the most important insights into Israeli policy regarding the Iranian nuclear threat.

One Pakistan is enough

Chaos in Pakistan has the world sweating; they have The Bomb – actually, lots of them, and they've already distributed the technology and parts to other countries, like Iran, North Korea and Libya, which send them on.

Party time for Israeli Left

For four decades, Israeli leftists have been saying what President Obama's administration (and the State Dept), many NGOs and the recent EU statement declare: Israel has no right to "occupy" territory acquired in 1967.

Tea-parties, Israeli-style

In response to PM Netanyahu’s declaration prohibiting Jews from building in Judea and Samaria, a grass-roots resistance movement is beginning to emerge.

Painting Israel into a corner

Israel is being duped into a classic negotiating trap – and, it seems, quite willingly.

What should we expect?

Declarations of virtual Palestinian statehood by asking the UN and international community for diplomatic recognition are a blunt way of avoiding the requirements for statehood. According to the Montevideo Convention this includes: "(a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) capacity to enter into relations with the other state … The primary interest of states is the conservation of peace."

Stayin’ alive in Mideast

In the Middle East there are only friends and enemies, those on whom you can count, and those on whom you can't. Survival depends on knowing where people stand, and, like the shifting desert sands, and vagrant, unsteady winds, it's sometimes not easy to know.

Sobering lessons in Gaza

- Ynetnews.com Critics of Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip ask, was it necessary? Civilian casualties were high, the IDF lost some fine soldiers, it cost billions, and Israel took a PR hit. Was the incursion worth it?

The ICRC’s war against Israel

For nearly four decades many in the international community have insisted that Jews are forbidden to live in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha), 'eastern Jerusalem,' and the Golan – areas conquered by Israel in 1967. Leading this fight was and is a private Swiss organization, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).