German Expects Israel to Roll Over and Play Dead

In 2007, the Israelis presented what they considered to be rock-solid evidence that Syria was building a covert nuclear facility at al-Kibar. They asked President Bush to bomb the facility, according to the new memoir from Condoleezza Rice.

“The president decided against a strike and suggested a diplomatic course to the Israeli prime minister,” she wrote. “Ehud Olmert thanked us for our input but rejected our advice, and the Israelis then expertly did the job themselves.”

War of the Words

by Christian Böhme — 16.11.2011

Many speculate about the potential for an Israeli attack on Iran. Yet fears are unjustified: Israeli politicians know better than to destabilize the region with a preventive strike. - Bohme