Knesset Member, Boaz Bismuth: “Responsibility for Israel’s intelligence failure will be very deep, very high and very large.”

September 12, 2024 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. Boaz Bismuth is a current Knesset Member in the Likud party. Until 2022 he was a journalist and editor-in-chief of Israel Hayom. Before that, he was Israel’s ambassador to Mauritania.  Sitting in his office in the Knesset building in Jerusalem, I asked Boaz Bismuth to tell me about the … Continue reading Knesset Member, Boaz Bismuth: “Responsibility for Israel’s intelligence failure will be very deep, very high and very large.”

Israel-Gaza War: Video Review

9/11/23 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. I’m purposely posting this on the 23rd anniversary of 9/11. On that infamous day Arabs in the West Bank (and around the world) celebrated the death of thousands of Americans. There is plenty of video footage that was shown on mainstream media outlets in 2001. Today, people forget. Google it and … Continue reading Israel-Gaza War: Video Review

DID ISRAEL BOMB A HOSPITAL IN GAZA, KILLING MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE?

Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. October 18, 2023 Yesterday I was contacted by a trusted friend in Israel; he is a Palestinian Christian living in East Jerusalem. He contacted me to tell me that Israel had just bombed a Hospital in Gaza, killing at least 500 civilians, including children and babies. He was emotional. He was … Continue reading DID ISRAEL BOMB A HOSPITAL IN GAZA, KILLING MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE?

ISRAEL INSTRUCTS PALESTINIANS TO EVACUATE NORTH GAZA NOW

Philip C. Johnson, Ph.D. October 13, 2023 Israel is calling for the evacuation of all civilians from north Gaza - about 1.1 million people - to south of Wadi Gaza. Israelis officials are telling them that they need to head south for their own safety. Given Gaza’s high population density, this is not going to … Continue reading ISRAEL INSTRUCTS PALESTINIANS TO EVACUATE NORTH GAZA NOW

May Madness: Will Israel Survive the Month of May?

May 5, 2018 Phil Johnson, Ph.D. http://www.globalnext.org Ahmed Khidr is not my friend. Oh, he appears as one of my “friends” on Facebook - but so do nearly 5000 other people. And as we all know, “facebook friends” are not always what we’d call friends in the real world.  But Mr. Khidr recently posted on … Continue reading May Madness: Will Israel Survive the Month of May?

Move an Embassy, Start a War?

A Conversation with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah in Ramallah, West Bank Phil Johnson, Ph.D. April 22, 2018 globalnext.org SWIRLING GLOBAL EVENTS: Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of a swirl of global events and you’re not exactly sure where those events - where those stories are taking you. I believe we find ourselves in such … Continue reading Move an Embassy, Start a War?