25 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
FP Passport: What’s new in a latest conjecture over either Israel will …
The New York Times Magazine is out today with a 7,585-word piece by Ronen Bergman on whether Israel will attack Iran. After speaking with top Israeli civilian, military, and intelligence leaders, the Israeli journalist arrives at a frightening conclusion: "Israel will indeed strike Iran in 2012."
Of course, we've heard this claim...
16 Jan, 2012 [ (0) Comment ]
Confessions of a Mossad spy
Former spy Michael Ross was on Mossad’s very first pathfinding mission into Iran in 1993.
As a combatant in the Israeli intelligence service, he knows any covert operation — such as the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist this week by a hitman on a motorcycle — is the culmination of...
27 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
‘Turkish passport,’ infinite story of Holocaust survivors
ANKARA — Unbeknownst to many, Turkish diplomats on duty around Europe saved hundreds of Jews during World War II by giving them Turkish passports, enabling them to travel to safety in Turkey.
This little known episode is told in an independent...
12 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Zivotofsky V. Clinton: A Supreme civics lesson
by Terri Fine
A case recently heard by the U.S. Supreme Court provides an excellent civics lesson, especially within the context of how separation of powers and...
7 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Feds: Couple Claimed Welfare While Living in $1.2M Home
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In this undated photo provided by the King County Dept. of Assessments, the $1.2 million waterfront home where prosecutors say a Seattle chiropractor and his wife lived while claiming welfare assistance is seen.
4 Dec, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
US Ambassador Howard Gutman: Peace in a Middle East would revoke Muslim …
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FP Passport: The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Strength and clarity on a …
All Cain's friends and allies
After weeks of stumbles and gaffes on foreign policy, Herman Cain attempted to clarify his views of the world with a speech on national security at Michigan's Hillsdale College and a document defining his assessment of various countries. But neither exactly succeeded at burnishing Cain's credentials. The Hillsdale speech,...
18 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
Separate though Jewish
They don't use Yiddish or Hebrew words, as U.S. Jews often do. But they do mix English and Russian. Religion is a tricky question for this group of young Russian-Jewish Americans, most of whom...
17 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
FP Passport: The Election 2012 Weekly Report: Gingrich surges, Cain stumbles
This week, Foreign Policy launched its new Election 2012 channel, devoted to following the race for the White House and the politics of foreign policy. It's an exclusive, comprehensive look at how the candidates view the world -- and how the world factors into the U.S. political conversation. With foreign policy...
13 Nov, 2011 [ (0) Comment ]
United States denies haven to happy Saudi diplomat
BERLIN – The United States government denied political asylum to Ali Ahmad Asseri, the former first secretary of the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles, last week to avoid disrupting US-Saudi relations, according to a Saudi-American blogger and journalist based in Brazil.Asseri argued that if he returned to the Kingdom of...
