The Israeli attacks on Syria pruned the armament trees. The Israelis needed to reduce the amount of long range, highly sophisticated missiles that could be used against them.

Al Qaeda is slithering along and spreading its venom throughout Africa, Egypt, Gaza, and the Sinai, as well as Syria

The Boston Marathon attack was the perfect opportunity for Iran's Grand Leader to explain to the non-Western world the unfair practices of the United States and the West.

The Western world has so little understanding of the Islamic world that the enormous enmity and visceral hatred that exists between Islamic groups has gone unnoticed.

When they do attack Iran, Israel will inform the United States, but only as a courtesy.

Destroying illicit tunnels between Gaza and Egypt can be a way for The Muslim Brotherhood to become a realistic political governing force. Otherwise, it will fail and fail miserably.

President Obama is almost hoping that Hezbollah and Bashar Assad strike at Israel so that Israel and, by proxy the United States can strafe Hezbollah and Syria.

An Egyptian court has issued their ruling: YouTube is banned in Egypt. But banning the site in Egypt is like trying to forbid gravity from working within the country's borders.

Will Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad trip to Egypt thaw tense relations between Sunnis and Shiites?

Benjamin Netanyahu needs to weigh the wrath of his wife against his need for a successful coalition that would insure his position as Israel's prime minister.

Chuck Hagel, who has been nominated to become Secretary of Defense, shoots form the hip and enjoys controversy.

With each passing day the anger and the violence on the West Bank increases. The tide has to be reversed to avoid another Intifada but unfortunately, the PA does not realize how much is at stake.

Nobody wants to be the first to use chemical or nuclear weapons. Nobody, not even the autocratic, thugs of the Middle East like Bashar Assad.

The decision to supply Turkey with Patriot missiles is, in and of itself, significant because it shows us that, finally, NATO is starting to take a real interest in Syria and the Middle East.

Before too long, Israel will again be called to defend itself from Hamas.

There are two problems with Iran's latest military games. First of all, the Iranians tend to exaggerate. They hype their weapons to make them look more powerful than they really are to frighten and intimidate their enemies. Second is that the Iranians often pass off old versions of weapons as new.

The re-election of Barack Obama won't change relations between American and Israel. Jerusalem is parading Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Israel President and Nobel Peace Laureate Shimon Peres as champions of Obama.

The chess match between Iran and Israel moves to Sudan.

Neither the Muslim Brotherhood nor al Qaeda want democratization in Jordan, what they really want is to oust the monarchy and to replace it with a Muslim leadership. Reforms and cries for liberalization are a smoke screen covering their real intentions.

The president of NTD-TV hopes to recreate the Jewish model for Chinese living in China and living in the Chinese Diaspora.