July 25, 2020

No, Boston Will Not Change Anything

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The film “Casablanca” was an alarm bell for America back in 1941. I thought about an exchange from that script in regard to Boston: Major Strasser: Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in your beloved Paris? Rick: It’s not particularly my beloved Paris. Heinz: Can you imagine us in London? Rick: Ask me when you get there. Major Strasser: How about New York? Rick: Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn’t advise you to try … [Read more...]

Did Israel `Apologize’ to Turkey? Well, No, Not Exactly

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Israel apologizes to Turkey, reads every headline. That simply isn’t true in the sense it is taken to imply. To understand what happened one must examine the long negotiations on this issue. The issue began when several ships were sent to break the Israeli sanctions on the Gaza Strip in May 2010. These sanctions were put on by Israel—Egypt, then under the government of President Husni Mubarak, had its own restrictions—against a radical Islamist regime in the Gaza Strip that openly … [Read more...]

Good News; War Postponed: Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Angry at Hamas, Cuts Off Weapons

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Something both positive and revealing has just happened and while it undermines one prediction of mine it reinforces another. I’m delighted to see it. I predicted that since Egypt's ruling Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is a radical, Islamist group that wants to wipe Israel off the map and the ruling Hamas group in the Gaza Strip is part of the Muslim Brotherhood as well as also being a radical Islamist group and wants to wipe Israel off the map that the Egyptian regime would cooperate with … [Read more...]