Gregg Roman

Stop Smearing Sebastian Gorka

White House counterterrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka has been the subject of severe criticism in recent months. With the departure of Steve Bannon from the administration, many are calling for Gorka to be fired next. A recent piece in Rolling Stone questioned the validity of his Ph.D. and labeled him something of a neophyte and an extremist. The Forward tied Gorka to a right-wing Hungarian secret society called Vitezi Rend.

Get Ready for the Trump Doctrine

When Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad launched the 21^stcentury's second deadliest chemical weapons attack on Tuesday, President Trump must have paged through President Obama's playbook in responding to this century's deadliest chemical attack less than four years earlier and resolved to do exactly the opposite. It turns out he's onto something.

Keith Ellison Reneges on Islamist Event; MEF Had a Role

PHILADELPHIA – Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), the leading candidate to head the Democratic Party, has withdrawn, under pressure from the Middle East Forum and its allies, from an Islamist convention in Chicago on Dec. 27.

The Myth of Israel's Demographic Doomsday

Critics of Israel love to exploit Jewish fears and anxieties. The most extreme resort to Holocaust inversion, boycotts, blacklists, and other singling-out methods reminiscent of Europe's anti-Semitic past. Secretary of State John Kerry likes to wave around the threat of Israel's demographic extinction.

As Trump Charts New Mideast Policy, White House Contemplates Sabotage

After their first meeting, with cameras broadcasting their every word across the globe, President Obama turned to Donald Trump and pledged"to do everything we can to help you succeed." Media outlets across the spectrum fawned over his magnanimity.

The Win-Lose Solution

At his first security briefing, Avigdor Liberman, Israel's Defense Minister, declared that Israel no longer has "the luxury of conducting drawn-out wars of attrition." 100 days into his term, with no sign of the decades-long conflict slowing, it is clear that the time has come to apply that principle to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. In order for there to be peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors, Israel must win and the Palestinians must lose.