The arbitrary Middle East borders defined in the twentieth century have not alleviated violence or solved grievances.
An article by Ralph Peters called “Blood Borders” at Armed Forces Journal takes a stab at how new borders might look, when taking into account “natural ties of blood and faith.” (Link at archive.org)
Iranian National Security Official Mojtaba Zonnour said last week that if the U.S. attacks his country, Iran will destroy Israel and sink a 7,000 man-crewed U.S. aircraft carrier in the region. (MEMRI.org video)
“First, Iran lied about never having a nuclear weapons program. 100,000 secret files prove that they lied. Second, even after the deal, Iran continued to preserve and expand its nuclear weapons know-how for future use. Why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously catalogue its secret nuclear files, if not to use them at a later date. Third, Iran lied again in 2015, when it didn’t come clean to the IAEA, as required by the nuclear deal.” —- Benjamin Netanyahu, from the Office of the Israeli Prime Minister
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Iran is responsible for attacks on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz on June 13, 2019. (Wall Street Journal)
Hamas Palestinian militants fired approximately 250 rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel on May 4, 2019. Dozens of rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
Israel annexed the Golan Heights in 1981 after capturing it during the Six-Day War of 1967, which the United Nations has condemned. Read more at the Jerusalem Post.
We wonder what has been going on in the last few years to see a decrease in the amount of killings in the name of Islam? (1,850 in 2016 to 1,595 in 2017).