The Turkic Islamic world uniting with Israel as a sovereign entity

Published on March 1, 2013

Over the last few years, one of the questions that I have been often asked is: Is Turkey leaving the West? Is Turkey's axis shifting? Is Turkey turning its back on the West?

Russia warns West over Syria after Obama threats

Published on August 21, 2012

Russia warned the West on Tuesday against unilateral action on Syria, a day after U.S. President Barack Obama threatened "enormous consequences" if his Syrian counterpart used chemical or biological arms or even moved them in a menacing way.

Iran’s parliament speaker Larijani calls for end to West, Israel

Published on July 6, 2012

An Iranian official said the West and Israel should disappear.

Pro- Palestinian ‘fly-in’ protest denied.

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on April 16, 2012

Iran says it’s ready to resolve nuclear issues

Published on April 16, 2012

Iran is ready to resolve all nuclear issues in the next round of talks with world powers if the West starts lifting sanctions, its foreign minister said on Monday.

U.S.: Time for reaching diplomatic solution to Iran nuclear standoff limited

Published on April 9, 2012

Time is not infinite for nuclear talks between Iran and the West, a White House said on Monday, five days before a planned round of talks was set to begin, adding that the window of opportunity in which a diplomatic solution can be reached is closing.

A letter to the United Nation’s Human Rights Council

By Noga Gur-Arieh
Published on March 25, 2012

Former IDF chief Ya’alon: West can hit all of Iran’s nukes

Published on February 2, 2012

The West could carry out a military strike on any of Iran's nuclear facilities, former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon said.

Vice prime minister: ‘Iranian regime should be confronted by the West’

Published on January 30, 2012

Intelligence on Iran’s nuclear project is no longer subject to dispute in Israeli government circles, according to Moshe Ya’alon, vice prime minister of Israel and minister of strategic affairs. Instead, the focus of the discussion is on how to meet this challenge, Ya’alon said while addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Jan. 25 at the Union for Reform Judaism in New York.

In Burmese Chanukah celebration, signs of Myanmar’s openness to the West

Published on January 3, 2012

In almost any other community from Moscow to Washington, it would have been just another public Chanukah menorah-lighting ceremony providing an opportunity for the local government and Jewish community to showcase their strong ties.

“Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’s” Steven Berkoff:  ‘in yer face’

By Naomi Pfefferman
Published on December 18, 2011

Opinion: West must find political solution to Iran’s nuclear program

Published on November 22, 2011

The Israeli president’s recent threat to bomb Iranian nuclear sites focused world attention on Iran’s nuclear program even before the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) shocking report on the country’s efforts to get the bomb was published.

Libya army declares immediate ceasefire as Western powers continue air strikes

Published on March 20, 2011

The Libyan armed forces have issued a command to all units to observe an immediate ceasefire, a Libyan army spokesman told a news conference on Sunday.

We are not the enemy

Published on February 23, 2011

If I were in a position to go on Al Jazeera this week and deliver a message to the people of the Middle East, including Israelis, I would proudly declare myself an Arab Jew and remind everyone that Jews have been an integral part of the Middle East mosaic for millennia. We are not the enemy, and often we speak the same languages—Arabic, Farsi, Turkish etc. Our ancestors have lived in Syria, Iraq, Egypt, Iran, Turkey and even Afghanistan for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years.

U.S. official stumping Middle East on water issues

Published on April 15, 2010

A top U.S. official is traveling to Israel, Jordan and Egypt to promote cooperation in the use and sharing of water.

Converso cowboys who tamed the U.S. frontier

Published on June 12, 2008

Among the conquistadors were Jews fleeing the Spanish Inquisition, some of whom became America's first cowboys. Stillman writes about them -- and the horses of the conquest -- in the first chapter of her new book, "Mustang: The Saga of the Wild Horse in the American West."

Pink Floyd’s Waters Caught Red-Handed

By Ali Austerlitz
Published on June 29, 2006

Waters' performance received much acclaim in Israel, but it is his spray-painting stint at the security fence in the West Bank the day before the showcase that is making lasting waves there and abroad.

Yippie-I-Oy!

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 20, 2002

Adolph and Sam Frankel are the official poster boys for "Jewish Life in the American West: Generation to Generation," one of the most ambitious exhibitions ever mounted by the Autry Museum of Western Heritage.

Beyond the Cowboy

By Tom Tugend
Published on June 20, 2002

In the office of John L. Gray, executive director and CEO of the Autry Museum, a large poster of Gary Cooper as the frontier lawman in "High Noon" hangs on the wall.

In the Name of Sean Ferguson

By Stephen J. Sass
Published on June 20, 2002

A new star was born when the mogul wrote down the actor's name: Sean Ferguson.

Couple Fights Harassment

By Mike Levy
Published on May 9, 2002

Jacobson and Dorman have installed a security system and now keep a video camera by the door, which they take whenever they leave the house. They are afraid of their neighbors, and the tapes they have made show good reason to be.