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May 13, 2021, 8:00 PM

The Arab street is quiet – and the reason is Iran

A photo released by Iran's Defense Ministry, Aug. 20, 2020, shows the "Martyr Abu Mahdi" missile in an undisclosed location in Iran. It was one of two new missiles Iran unveiled that were named after slain Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (Iranian Defense Ministry via AP)

With Tehran's fingerprints on Hamas rockets, countries in the region know they may be next. So why is Biden so keen for a rapprochement with Iran?

Feb 13, 2018, 6:23 AM

Schakowsky’s Cruel Stagecraft

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS) was designed with the intention of economically strangling the nation of Israel. Like the Arab boycott, it has been a failed effort. In fact, to date, 24 state governments, recognizing the inherently...

Apr 6, 2017, 10:39 PM

Islam, the political Iceberg of democracy

The overwhelming majority of Muslims are not jihadists or political Islamists, but all jihadists and Islamists are Muslim. Raheel Raza is a Sunni Muslim and is the narrator of a film called, “By the Numbers.” In the film, Raza,...

Mar 1, 2017, 10:10 PM

McMaster: A good man for another job

The New York Times has reported that National Security Adviser, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster believes that using the term “radical Islamic terrorism” is counterproductive. Further explaining this belief, he further indicated “the phrase is unhelpful because terrorist organizations like...

Dec 25, 2016, 8:11 AM

Our feckless president takes one last pathetic stab

Could it be more than coincidence that the start of Chanukah this year falls on Christmas Eve? Perhaps it has something to do with the grating judgement that was pronounced Friday from the United Nations Security Council. This judgement,...

Jul 29, 2016, 6:41 AM

Tammy goes to Philly

It is of great concern that Tammy Duckworth, running as a candidate for the United States Senate, who identifies herself as standing with our courageous veterans, can possibly remain so woefully out of touch with the magnitude of dangers...

Jul 10, 2016, 8:37 AM

Could Director Comey be Abraham Lincoln re-incarnated?

Lesser men have been aggressively prosecuted for lesser offenses. Bryan Nishumura, a Navy reservist who served in Afghanistan as an engineer in 2007 and 2008 was found guilty of downloading “classified briefings” to his personal laptop. The FBI discovered...

Jul 9, 2016, 5:55 PM

Defeating ISIS is not a Strategy

Hillel Yaffa Ariel, a thirteen year old American teenager was sleeping soundly in her bed last Thursday evening when seventeen year old Mohammed Tarayreh, broke into the home of her parent’s located in the tiny village of Kiryat Arba,...

Jul 8, 2016, 11:50 PM

“Extremists, lone-wolves and the deranged” are invisible

Hillel Yaffa Ariel, a thirteen-year-old American teenager was sleeping soundly in her bed last Thursday evening when seventeen-year-old Mohammed Tarayreh, broke into the home of her parent’s located in the tiny village of Kiryat Arba, Israel. Tarayreh then proceeded...

Apr 17, 2016, 11:19 PM

Congressman Bob Dold; a reflexive defender of the national security of the United States and Israel

A recent partisan blog appearing in the Hill suggests that when it comes to the issue of national security and, by default, the security of Israel, that Congressman Bob Dold and Democratic candidate Brad Schneider are equals. The writer’s...

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About Me

Andrew D. Lappin is a redeveloper of urban industrial properties. He is a former board member of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, the Embers Foundation, the Committe for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting (CAMERA), and serves on The Illinois Policy Board which monitors corporate compliance with the state's anti-BDS statute. The opinions expressed are by Lappin personally and NOT the views of any of the organizations with which he is affiliated.