Breitbart News had the opportunity to sit down with Michael Rubin, a Foreign Policy scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), to discuss the ongoing turmoil dealing with the Islamic State terror group, Iran’s encroachment, Iraq’s political situation, and the
Secretary of State John Kerry adamantly denounced a photo of a seven-year old Australian boy in the Middle East holding up a severed head for his terrorist father. The photo was published by Australian media. Kerry called it “one of
Secretary of State John Kerry offered a tribute to actor Robin Williams Tuesday morning. “There wasn’t anybody Robin Williams couldn’t touch. His humor was just that expansive,” Kerry said in a statement dispatched by the State Department. Williams died in
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s new president on Monday snubbed the powerful incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and nominated the deputy parliament speaker to form the new government, raising fears of more infighting in the government as country faces the threat
Last week, the State of Oklahoma filed a motion to inform a federal judge of “newly-discovered facts” in the state’s challenge of Obamacare. These new facts were two audio tapes in December 2012 of Jonathan Gruber, the Obamacare Architect, stating
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Kabul on Thursday to pressure feuding presidential candidates to resolve the disputed election result that risks triggering instability as NATO troops withdraw. Allegations of massive fraud in Afghanistan’s June election tipped the
Climate change and a growing world population will make staving off world hunger more difficult in the future, Secretary of State John Kerry told an audience convened for a panel on “Resilience and Food Security in a Changing Climate” at
State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki declared Sunday that the United States was “appalled” by Israel’s apparent shelling of a UN-run school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. You’ll remember Psaki–she’s the former Obama campaign spokesperson who lied in 2012 about
In a stunning five minute statement read on state television late Friday, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, leader of Israel’s oldest and most implacable foe, called the Hamas-Israel war in Gaza a “collective massacre” caused by Hamas. It is just the
If Barack Obama and John Kerry’s hideous fumbling in the Gaza war – essentially turning the United States into Hamas’ legal representation, in alliance with the terror-enabling state of Qatar against Israel and virtually every reasonably sane Arab government –
Shortly after this latest exercise in futility (aka a cease-fire) began, Hamas fired at Israeli civilians and IDF targets, killing two Israeli soldiers–and perhaps kidnapping a third soldier, 23 year-old Second Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, from Kfar Saba, who holds joint
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com The Gaza ceasefire: Things to watch for Questions about the Palestinian delegation to the ceasefire talks The Rafah crossing becomes a major issue in the Gaza war Report: Hamas planned massive attack through tunnels
Israel and Hamas have reportedly agreed to a US and UN brokered 72-hour ceasefire that is set to begin Friday at 8:00 a.m. local time. Israel has now agreed to over eight humanitarian ceasefires. All of the truces that Hamas
In 1988 I did a film called Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami. It was the brain child of George Englund who produced and directed The Ugly American. He was a wonderfully brilliant fellow who ran both Marlon
Amidst the many foreign policy stumbles–and occasional successes–of the Obama administration, there have been few as embarrassing as the failure in the ongoing Gaza conflict. No agency has been spared. The State Department has looked incompetent, with John Kerry’s failed
Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “America’s Forum,” Rep. Jeff Miller (R-FL) said Secretary of State John Kerry has “alienated” the state of Israel and needs to go. The Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs said, “There is no question
Most political observers are giving Secretary of State John Kerry poor marks for his unsuccessful attempt to hammer out a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Singer John Legend is criticizing Kerry, too, but not for any political miscalculation. The ardent
On his Tuesday radio show, Sean Hannity went off on a rant against Secretary of State John Kerry, whose settlement offer was unanimously rejected by the Israeli, which was an unprecedented show of disapproval by that cabinet. Hannity accused the
There has not been a majority party in Israel for decades. Israelis are as politically divided as Americans in many ways. There is no national consensus on anything. But the Israeli people have unified behind Prime Minister Netanyahu. A recent
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Huge fuel depot fire threatens Tripoli Libya with explosion Liberia closes national borders to prevent spread of Ebola virus Kerry shuts Egypt and Palestinian Authority out of Gaza ‘peace plan’ Huge fuel depot fire
Monday, Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken said, “Israel has no better friend, no stronger defender” than Secretary of State John Kerry and added that, “No one has done more” for the Palestine-Israel peace process. Blinken said leaked reports in The Times
Obama administration officials were fuming Monday over a torrent of Israeli criticism of Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest bid to secure a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, reports the Associated Press. In unusually harsh language, officials said the criticism
President Barack Obama’s attempt to impose his will on Israel–and save face after Secretary of State John Kerry’s disastrous ceasefire mission–continued at the UN Security Council overnight, with a midnight session Monday morning demanding a ceasefire. It was a gross
Ben Rhodes, the deputy national security adviser for President Barack Obama, told CNN’s Candy Crowley on State of the Union Sunday morning that “Israel does need to take greater care to avoid civilian casualties” and that “you can always do more”
The ferocity of Friday’s unanimous rejection by the Israeli government of Secretary of State John Kerry’s cease was kept quiet to prevent a formal rupture of relations between the two erstwhile allies, reports Israel’s Channel 2 Television. The popular and
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Israel rejects 7-day ceasefire, agrees to 12-hour ceasefire Ebola victim escapes from hospital, putting Freetown at risk Israel rejects 7-day ceasefire, agrees to 12-hour ceasefire US Secretary of State John Kerry has been running
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States shuttered its embassy in Libya on Saturday and evacuated its diplomats to neighboring Tunisia under U.S. military escort as fighting intensified between rival militias. Secretary of State John Kerry said “free-wheeling militia violence” prompted
(Reuters) – A 12-hour humanitarian truce went into effect on Saturday after Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip agreed to a U.N. request for a pause in fighting and efforts proceeded to secure a long-term ceasefire moved
On Friday, CNN announced news that the Israeli Cabinet unanimously rejected a proposal for a temporary truce between Israel and Hamas by Secretary of State John Kerry with the caption: “Israelis Reject Cease-Fire Deal.” The headline was misleading for three
Israel’s 35th soldier was killed in Gaza after a militant fired a rocket on his position from a highly populated civilian area. Hamas has continuously throughout Operation Protective Edge utilized civilians and crowded areas as human shields so they could
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian security officers checked U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his top aides with a metal detector as they arrived for a meeting on Tuesday with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, an unusual screening for a senior State
United States Secretary of State John Kerry has drafted his own ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hamas, and has presented it to both sides in the conflict, according to a senior Israeli official. The official told Haaretz that Kerry presented
In an otherwise excellent article on the Hamas terror tunnel network in Gaza, the Jerusalem Post buries the lede. An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier in the field told the Post that while Hamas fighters offered fierce resistance when the ground operation began,
“Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace said that Secretary of State John Kerry made his “hell of a pinpoint operation” remarks on a satellite feed while doing “round robin” interviews with all the major networks Sunday shows, but none of the
Wednesday on Fox News’ “Hannity” Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) asked if “President Obama just unilaterally launch economic boycotts on the nation of Israel.” He questioned why flights in Israel were halted at the same time “John Kerry showed up in
On Tuesday, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg defied FAA regulations and flew to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. In the column below, first published at Bloomberg View, he explains his reasons why: Just hours after the
J’accuse every single Western academic, each intellectual and journalist who has ever circulated and signed a Resolution against Israel and in favor of Hamas is a supporter of Islamist barbarism against Western civilization. They are the West’s equivalent of suicide (or
Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” actor and commentator Ben Stein said “There’s just a certain amount of Jew hatred in the media, especially in the elite media, that cannot be overcome or explained away.” The former speechwriter for Presidents
Los Angeles native Max Steinberg, 24, showed his love for Israel by joining the Golani brigade, one of the most elite units of the Israel Defense Force. Now Israel has returned that love, with 30,000 Israelis turning out for the
Ban Ki-Moon, secretary-general of the virulently anti-Israel United Nations, came to Israel to push for a ceasefire with Hamas. Ban Ki-Moon told Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, “I appreciate Israel’s security concerns. You need to protect your people from rockets and
