Daniel Mandel
ARTICLES BY: Daniel Mandel
Why Did the “Jewish Daily Forward” Interview a Hamas Spokesman?
The recent interview accorded to Hamas's Mousa Abu Marzook by the Jewish Daily Forward underscores an all-too-frequent and serious failure of perception when dealing with totalitarian movements...
The Middle East Quartet: An Institutionalized Failure
Strange as it might seem, U.S. policy defers to others -- sometimes, more than is good for it. Thus, for some time, there has been...
Obama at AIPAC — Truth in Advertising?
President Barack Obama's address this week to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) was a remarkable performance of salesmanship. But was there truth...
Israeli Confidence-Building Measures: A Bloody Track Record
The perennial Arab war on Israel — which we dignify with neutral titles like "Arab/Israeli conflict" — tries the patience of bystanders, yet...
Brute Causes, Not Root Causes
As with other earth-shattering events, the moment and place of learning the dread news of September 11, 2001 is etched into everyone's memory. Equally well...
Obama’s Claim of Commitment to Israel’s Security
Is President Barack Obama committed to Israel's security? Reassuring bromides to that effect in his recent speeches are nullified by specific statements that spell out...
Entebbe Celebrated
Thirty-five years ago last week, Israeli commandos flew into the heart of Africa to the old terminal building at Uganda's Entebbe Airport. In a lighting...
China’s Navy: Rising Threat
News broke this week that China may be nearly ready to launch its first aircraft carrier. Yes, the photos released by the state news agency...
Appeasement’s Oscar
The King's Speech has just walked off with Oscars aplenty, including Best Picture and Best Director for Tom Hooper. Why quibble with the success...
Obama’s Egypt Response: Is He Ignoring Islamist Danger?
It is a shocking contrast: When Iranians protested an American enemy -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's regime -- President Barack Obama said nothing for days and refused...
Beware the Muslim Brotherhood
Is the U.S. performing a service to human rights and democracy in responding to the unrest in Egypt by seeking a change of regime in...
Disband the Mideast Quartet
The Israeli-Palestinian so-called "peace process" has now ground to a halt, by the common admission of all the parties involved. In the words this week of...
