David Singer

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.

Israel--Clinton And Trump Must Honour Bush-Congress Commitments

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have yet to signal their readiness to honour the commitments made by President Bush in his letter dated 14 April 2004 to Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.

Palestine-- European Union Rejects PLO Call To Boycott Quartet Report

European Union High Representative / Vice-President Federica Mogherini has publicly rejected PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's call for Arab nations to lobby the UN Security Council to not endorse a Quartet Report that Abbas considers biased in favour of Israel.

Palestine--Abbas Emasculates Quartet, Humiliates United Nations and European Union

PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's failure to accept the recent Quartet Report has effectively emasculated the role of the Quartet and humiliated the United Nations and European Union in their efforts to resolve the 100 years old Arab-Jewish conflict.

China Can Exploit United Nations Double Standards On Palestine

International support for the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) - despite its rejection of the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine and article 80 of the United Nations Charter--could be exploited by China to blunt international action following an unfavourable ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration against China in The Hague.

Palestine--Quartet and Two-State Solution Sink into Political Oblivion

The Quartet--America, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations--has effectively consigned any negotiated two-state solution to political oblivion with its latest Report.

Palestine--European Union Acclaims Abbas Whilst Flogging Farage

Brexit proponent Nigel Farage has been branded a liar by the European Parliament (EUP)--but PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas can lie compulsively without the slightest EUP remonstration or rebuke.

Palestine--European Union Should Heed Israel's Sobering Message

The European Union needs to heed the sobering message delivered by Israel's President--Reuven Rivlin - to the European Parliament on 22 June:

UN Security Council Must Take Military Action Against Islamic State

President Obama's continuing refusal to co-sponsor a Security Council Resolution with Russia authorising the use of military force against Islamic State ensures that the horrendous murders in Orlando and Manganville this past week will be repeated with ever increasing frequency anywhere and at any time.

Palestine--France, Farce and Folly

France embarked on a journey to nowhere when it hosted 28 delegations in Paris for a ministerial meeting on 3 June marking the first phase of its initiative aimed at promoting peace in the Middle East.