A vastly changed Middle East

By CAROLINE GLICK, JPOST— A week and a half ago, Syria’s Kurds announced they are setting up an autonomous region in northeastern Syria. The announcement came after the Kurds wrested control over a chain of towns from al Qaida in the ever metastasizing Syrian civil war. The Kurds’ announcement enraged their nominal Sunni allies —…

Open season on the Jews

By RON JAGER— I think it’s time that we all gave “Uncle Tom Friedman” a round of thanks for his latest “wake-up call” article. In his latest column in the New York Times, “Let’s make a Deal”, Friedman writes and by doing so has officially declared open season on the Jews, this should be a…

Wish I’d said that

“What was achieved last night in Geneva is not a historic agreement; it is a historic mistake. Today the world has become a much more dangerous place because the most dangerous regime in the world has taken a significant step toward attaining the most dangerous weapon in the world. Israel is not bound by this…

Israel in the Philippines

By JPOST— Facing devastation and destruction compounded by mind-numbing humidity and heat, a delegation of some 150 members of the IDF’s Home Front Command have “set up shop” in Bogo, a poor agricultural town on Cebu Island in the Philippines. In the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, thought to be the most powerful storm ever to…

This week’s prayer points

#1.  IRAN The P5+1, made up of the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany met in Geneva to negotiate a settlement with Iran regarding that nation’s nuclear development.  Blessedly, no agreement was signed during this round of talks.  This international committee continued to march toward appeasing Iran, through lessening sanctions, which would return tens…