Leseempfehlungen

• Moshe Arens: It's wrong to suggest Israel was direct result of Holocaust (Haaretz)
  In the minds of some, the establishment of the State of Israel is linked to the Holocaust, or even seen as a direct result of the Holocaust.
• Tom Gross: Building Palestine Without Obama's Interference (WSJ)
  A promising, independent Palestine is quietly being developed, with Israeli assistance.
• The Militarization of Sex: The story of Hezbollah's halal hookups (Foreign Policy)
  Mohammad, a 40-year old Lebanese Shiite who lives in Hezbollah's stronghold in Beirut's southern suburbs, was holding forth on the virtues of resistance, loyalty, and sex. "You could create the most loyal army by providing political power, social services and fulfilling the desires of your men -- namely, sexual ones," he declared.
• German FM Guido Westerwelle: Berlin supports Israel on Iran (Ynetnews)
  Guido Westerwelle says Germany's tolerance on Iran's nuclear program has limits in press conference with Lieberman; notes Berlin would consider aggravating sanctions should talks with Tehran fail.
• John McCain im Interview: "Obama kann begeistern, aber was nützt das?" (DIE ZEIT)
  Der ehemalige Präsidentschaftskandidat John McCain kritisiert im Interview Obamas Afghanistanstrategie und mahnt Prinzipientreue in der Russlandpolitik an.
• Jeff Weintraub: Oxfam poll - Afghans want an exit from 30 years of endless war
  Ever since the overthrow of Daoud Khan's regime by the Afghan Communists in 1978 touched off a civil war, leading in turn to a Soviet invasion in 1979, Afghans have lived through three decades of continual war, devastation, and other horrors.
• Conflict deepens crisis in Yemen (Washington Post)
  Thousands displaced, many going hungry in region's poorest nation.
• Mark N. Katz: Whither Yemen? (Middle East Strategy at Harvard)
  What are the goals of the various protagonists in Yemen?
• Khaled Abu Toameh: What Does "Pro-Palestinian" Really Mean? (Hudson New York)
  If anyone is entitled to be called “pro-Palestinian,” it is those who are publicly campaigning against financial corruption and abuse of human rights by Fatah and Hamas. Those who are trying to change the system from within belong to the real “pro-Palestinian” camp.
• Wanted: People Willing to Lead the European Union (New York Times)
  The position will undoubtedly bring prestige, limitless travel and the chance to head a network of European Union diplomats stretching around the globe. Yet none of Europe’s big three powers in foreign policy — Britain, France and Germany — appear to want it.
• Silicon Israel by George Gilder (City Journal)
  How market capitalism saved the Jewish state.
• Saudis into Yemen (Middle East Strategy at Harvard)
  Saudi Arabia is once again sailing in dangerous waters as it increases its military involvement in Yemen. The recent New York Times article on the subject is welcome, because the growing violence in Yemen is perhaps the most neglected news story in the Middle East.
• Germany Should Support Nabucco (Atlantic Council)
  Germany's recent election results produced a ripple of hope among the countries on Russia's periphery. At least, it was hoped, Berlin would throw its weight behind the Nabucco pipeline, which seeks to improve Central and Eastern Europe's energy security with the help of Caspian and Middle Eastern gas.
• Robert D. Kaplan: The Fall of the Wall (The Atlantic)
  We may have gained victory in the Cold War, but lost Europe to apathy and decadence in the process.
• Book Review: 'Ayn Rand and the World She Made,' by Anne C.­Heller (New York Times)
  “Atlas Shrugged” was published 52 years ago, but in the Obama era, Rand’s angry message is more resonant than ever before. Sales of the book have reportedly spiked. At “tea parties” and other conservative protests, alongside the Obama-as-Joker signs, you will find placards reading “Atlas Shrugs” and “Ayn Rand Was Right.”

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