Iran has struggled to establish a coherent position on the Egyptian army’s ouster of former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi. On one hand, Egypt under Morsi – along with the rest of the region’s Sunni powers – had aligned opposite Shiite Iran in the Syrian conflict. There are rumors that Morsi...

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) was created as a successor to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR). The latter had become a vehicle where rogue regimes huddled together for mutual protection – they voted to thwart criticism of themselves and allies – and from which they...

The U.S. State Department on Wednesday outlined its position on former Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s government: State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Morsi’s government “wasn’t a democratic rule … What I mean is what we’ve been referencing about the 22 million people who have been out there voicing their views and making...

A “Dear Colleague” letter currently collecting signatures in Congress – and due to be delivered to Qatari Ambassador to the U.S. Mohammed Bin Abdullah al-Rumaihi – expresses concern over Doha’s assistance to Hamas: The draft letter, addressed directly to Rumaihi, acknowledges that “longstanding, strategic bilateral relations between the United States and Qatar,...

Speculation has been rife for weeks that Ron Dermer, a top adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will succeed Michael Oren as Israel’s ambassador to Washington.  An Israel Radio report suggested as much last week. This morning the rumors were seemingly confirmed by Emergency Committee for Israel Executive director...

The New York Times today profiled American-Jewish student Andrew Pochter, who was one of three people killed in violent clashes in Alexandria, Egypt on Friday. Pochter had been in the country to teach English and support pro-democracy movements: The American student who was killed in Egypt on Friday during street...