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Feb 23, 2018, 9:48 PM

The butcher Assad returns in the free-for-all war

For those who had the misfortune of seeing yesterday’s TV images from Ghouta, on the outskirts of Damascus, most likely can’t stop wondering if mankind has completely lost its way: how is it possible that Bashar Assad, who after...

Feb 22, 2018, 8:35 PM

The onslaught of ridiculous accusations against Netanyahu continue

I turn on the radio here in Jerusalem today. I can’t believe that Israeli journalists, along with the help of many politicians, can unleash such madness against Netanyahu. But what are they accusing him of? What is happening here, when...

Feb 20, 2018, 7:26 PM

Netanyahu challenges Teheran: Do not test us

If there was a need for a wake up call on the state of relations between Israel and Iran and on the nature of the Islamic state, Benjamin Netanyahu did well to play it at full volume at the...

Feb 16, 2018, 11:27 PM

It’s sheer madness asking to indict Netanyahu

I can’t imagine any greater pleasure for the Iranians, Palestinians, Europe’s ultra-left, Obama, Mogherini, BDS proponents and the politically correct press, as well as for all those who accuse and delegitimate Israel by deliberately propagating lies on its self...

Feb 7, 2018, 11:20 PM

But the sultan has gone too far. A visit to Rome

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is used to getting off scot-free. For quite some time he has been saying and doing anything without shame, he violates the human rights of his citizens, jails more journalists than any other nation, represses...

Jan 29, 2018, 6:10 PM

From Jerusalem to Davos: Donald Trump’s revolution

Only 72 hours after Pence's speech to the Knesset that professed America’s steadfast solidarity with Israel (“your fight is our fight... And this April - as the State of Israel celebrates the 70th anniversary of its birth - we...

Jan 17, 2018, 6:47 PM

Abu Mazen aggressive desperation

It seems that immediately after the ruinous speech given by Abu Mazen at the Palestinian Central Council on Sunday night, he stated to his fellow members at the Mukata, "This could be the last time you see me here"....

Jan 6, 2018, 9:44 AM

The United States and the diplomacy of dollars “We will cut funding to the Palestinians”

Show me the money is a proverbial way of saying to one’s interlocutors that they must clearly articulate their true intentions. You can’t play games when it comes to money. Trump is a businessman and he is keen to...

Jan 3, 2018, 7:50 PM

Iran, Europe can’t pretend not to see what’s occurring

Those youths who are turning out in hundreds of cities throughout Iran –an immense country of 80 millions inhabitants – are all the world heroes of freedom and justice. Over the last six days, we are seeing them in the...

Dec 28, 2017, 7:18 PM

Europe splits on the path to Jerusalem

The most striking event about the UN vote that condemned the US after Donald Trump’s decision to transfer his country’s embassy to Jerusalem despite the fact that it has not only been the capital of Israel for decades, but...

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About Me

Fiamma Nirenstein is a journalist, author, former Deputy President of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, and member of the Italian delegation at the Council of Europe.