Category Archives: Israel

The Moral, Strategic Bankruptcy of Arafat

Posted on April 28, 2018 by William Holland

Israel remains the only democracy in the middle east.  Is is surrounded by militant, terror driven petro-monarchies devoted to keeping Israel in a permanent state of siege. The peace process is a nomenclature, born within unelected fiefdoms of bureaucracy throughout … Continue reading →

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Arabs Abandon the Mythology of Palestinian Victimhood

Posted on April 18, 2018 by William Holland

Mike Tyson once remarked that “everyone’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”  Obama’s naiveté ushered in a deadly realism whose impact is the abandonment of the Palestinians. The demise of Arab nationalism ushered in militancy in … Continue reading →

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Why Political Regimes Matter & the Limits of Covenants

Posted on May 14, 2017 by William Holland

For decades now, the west and by extension Israel which is often thought of as an American frontier, has been besieged by propaganda that an openly agreed covenant would resolve the peace process; a nomenclature of U.S. Department of State. … Continue reading →

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An Israeli Victory: Un-finished Business

Posted on August 27, 2014 by William Holland

Everyone knows how Clauswitz viewed war as politics by ‘other means’.  He understood that war must have political objectives.  The Israeli’s are used to being in a state of near permanent war.  The defeat of Hamas permits Jerusalem time to … Continue reading →

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Israel: New Diplomatic Minefield w/o U.S. Ally

Posted on August 26, 2014 by William Holland

News reports are leaking that Petro Monarchies are putting together another Gaza flotilla to embarass the Israeili’s is building.  This isn’t good news for Israel’s main political ally, the U.S. continues to send broad public messages of its distain for … Continue reading →

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Are American Jews Leaving the Democratic Party?

Posted on August 17, 2014 by William Holland

Given the openly hostile treatment the Obama administration continues to give Israel, maybe its time for devoted American Israeli’s to have their ‘Reagan Moment’.   Remember when Reagan said, ‘I didn’t leave the Democratic Party.  The Party left me.”   … Continue reading →

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Israeli Strategy: Gaza

Posted on August 2, 2014 by William Holland

The Israeli effort to defeat a terrorist (Hamas) enclave in Gaza is a piece of an arch that until now has been out of Israeli reach.  Destroying Hamas’ underground infrastructure, isolating it diplomatically while hunting down numerous Iranian proxies that … Continue reading →

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Hamas & the Kerry Debacle

Posted on August 1, 2014 by William Holland

Why did Hamas launch rockets? Because it sought to end its isolation. Geographically, Egypt’s al-Sisi closed down its east/west corridor to Gaza, leaving only the Gulf of Arden as a the sole viable transport for any Shia, Iranian proxy in … Continue reading →

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The Carnage of Peace: Hamas vs. Israel

Posted on July 2, 2014 by William Holland

The kidnapping and torture of three Israeli teens in Hebron by Hamas and its regional allies ushers in a much needed strategic, moral contrast between an uber-utopian U.S. policy and the Machiavellian realists of Iran and its proxies.  The sad … Continue reading →

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The Final Battle: It’s Here!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by William Holland

I know it sounds unrealistic, but what we are witnessing rise throughout the Near East is the final battle for the existence of Israel. How did we get here? The regional powers throughout the Near East and Persia are brutal … Continue reading →

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