Analysis & Commentary


18th November 2011 - Quoted by Florian Niederndorfer, derStandard.at

“Der Fall Libyen Hat Die Verhandlungen Mit Dem Iran Erschwert”

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Emanuele Ottolenghi erfüllt fast alle Kriterien, die gemeinhin an einen "Hawk", einen politischen Falken US-amerikanischer Prägung, angelegt werden. Er befürwortet die Hegemonie Amerikas in der westlichen Welt

22nd November 2011 - Quoted by Helmar Dumbs, Die Presse

“Sanktionen Wirken, Wenn Man Ihnen Zeit Lässt”

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Die Presse: Unmittelbar nach dem jüngsten IAEA-Report brach eine Diskussion über neue Iran-Sanktionen los. Wie müssten die beschaffen sein, damit sie wirksam sind. Und warum haben die bisherigen kaum Resultate erbracht?

30th September 2010 - The Long War Journal

9/11 Hijackers’ Mosque Tied to Recent Terror Plot Against Europe

Thomas Joscelyn

The recently uncovered terror plot against European cities, which was to involve attacks similar to the November 2008 attack in Mumbai, is tied to the same Hamburg mosque that was attended by some of the 9/11 hijackers.

20th May 2012 - The Jerusalem Post

Arno Lustiger: Historian of Shoah Resistance Dies

Benjamin Weinthal

Arno Lustiger, an autodidactic historian and author who brilliantly and meticulously chronicled Jewish resistance to the Hitler movement, died on Tuesday in Frankfurt.

24th August 2011 - Longitude - The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

As The West Lets Down Its Guard

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Is the West drawing the curtain on Ares’ toils? Will the 21st centurywitness an end to Western military engagement? There is an argument to bemade for the end of war in the West. Western societies have by and large banished war among them, live in peace with each other, and enjoy unprecedented prosperity.

18th August 2011 - Scripps Howard News Service

Ataturk, the Arab Spring and Europe’s Fall

Clifford D. May

If I asked you to name the important events of the early 20th century, you’d probably mention the start of World War I in 1914, the Russian Revolution in 1917, the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the stock market crash in 1929, and Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933.

27th November 2011 - The Commentator

Austerity for Europe - Increased EU Aid for the Palestinians

Emanuele Ottolenghi, Jonathan Schanzer

Amidst Europe’s worst economic crisis in recent memory, the European Parliament (EP) has just decided to raise Europe’s aid to the Palestinians by €100 million - 30 percent more than previous years.

16th March 2012 - The Jerusalem Post

Austria, Iran, and the Holocaust

Benjamin Weinthal

The United Kingdom is widely considered to be the central hub of efforts to delegitimize Israel’s right to exist, largely because of anti-Israel trade unions, the loony extremist British Left, and a sizable segment of politically reactionary British Muslims.

2nd September 2011 - Haaretz

Baroness Ashton Regrets

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Baroness Catherine Ashton, the European Union's high representative for foreign affairs, is not afraid to speak out. In August alone, she issued no fewer than 36 statements and speeches on a wide range of foreign policy issues; in July it was 56.

14th November 2011 - World Affairs Journal

Belarus, the Land of No Applause

James Kirchick

Unlike other dictators, who speak of their love for “freedom” and “liberty,” President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus is admirably blunt about his disdain for any trace of liberalism.

29th March 2012 - The New Republic

Brush with Controversy

James Kirchick

In April 2007, Czech artist David Hons replaced the human silhouettes in 48 Prague crosswalk signals with figures engaged in decidedly less pedestrian activities. One signal depicted a man urinating; another had a bottle raised to his mouth.

12th January 2012 - The Jerusalem Post

Can EU Oil Sanctions Create a Turning Point in Iran?

Benjamin Weinthal

The significance of international sanctions on Iran took on new prominence this week, after a group of US senators sent a letter on Tuesday to Catherine Ashton, the EU's chief diplomat, urging the 27-member EU group to implement an oil embargo against Tehran.

16th March 2005

CATM Urges European Union to Take Action against Hezbollah’s Al-Manar Television

The Coalition Against Terrorist Media is spreading its efforts to remove Hezbollah's al-Manar television from the airwaves to Europe. Avi Jorisch, executive director of the coalition and senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, recently met with members of the European Parliament and will return to Brussels this week for the March 17 meeting of the European audiovisual authorities.

4th November 2011 - Index on Censorship

Charlie Hebdo Attack: No More Excuses

James Kirchick

There exists an unspoken rule in the Republic of Letters — that land where novelists, poets, mere ink-stained wretches like myself, think tank scholars who churn out dry policy reports…really anyone who writes for a living, reside

3rd August 2010

Coalition Against Terrorist Media Praises French Decision to Ban Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV

The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) praised the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel (CSA), the French broadcasting authorities, for finding Al-Aqsa TV in violation of audiovisual laws, recognizing the role terrorist media plays in radicalizing Europe.

23rd November 2011 - The 37th Interparliamentary Meeting Between European Parliament and Knesset

Common Threats, Different Approaches

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran

16th May 2012 - The Jerusalem Post

Conflicting Definitions of ‘Pro-Israel’ on Either Side of the Atlantic

Benjamin Weinthal

During a recent trip to Washington, I was introduced to an Israeli diplomat as the JPost's European Correspondent. The diplomat issued a tart reply laced with biting sarcasm: "My condolences."

27th March 2006 - TCS Daily

Descent into Dhimmitude

While most media accounts of the "cartoon jihad" focused on the publication of the cartoons, and on the ensuing violent reaction by some Muslims -- who were depicted by the much of the press as victims! -- few reporters have ventured to describe the increasingly hostile climate that Muslim extremists had succeeded in creating in Denmark before the publication. In fact, an examination of Jyllands-Posten's own pages reveals why its editors likely decided to publish the cartoons in the first place -- as well as why the obscurantist rioters were so confident that they would prevail.

28th November 2011 - Der Tagesspiegel

Deutschland Darf Sanktionen Gegen Iran Nicht Bremsen

Benjamin Weinthal

Die Europäische Union stolpert durch eine neue Diskussion über Sanktionen gegen den Iran; die Mitgliedsstaaten haben mit der miteinander in Konflikt stehenden jeweiligen Außenpolitik zu kämpfen, um das Bemühen des Iran zum Erwerb von Atomwaffen zu vereiteln.

1st November 2011 - Standpoint

Empty Gestures

Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trying to explain the growing chasm between Israel and Europe, the British journalist and author Anatol Lieven wrote in 2004: "For equally valid and legitimate reasons, Western Europe and parts of the liberal intelligentsia of the United States...

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