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On Wednesday, Nobel-winning German writer Günter Grass published a poem denouncing Israel's nuclear program and aggression toward Iran. The poem, in which Grass says he has kept silent on the issue for fear of being labeled anti-Semitic, has sparked controversy within Germany, where relations with Israel are often colored by a sense of national guilt for the Holocaust. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the poem's assertion that Israel poses a greater threat to world peace than Iran a "shameful moral equivalence." The poem also laments Germany's decision to sell submarines to Israel that are capable of launching nuclear weapons. ››read more

The International Association of Democratic Lawyers has condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the statement by United States President Barack Obama that the window for finding a solution to the standoff with Iran over its nuclear programme was closing and that intervention by Western powers in Syria is fast approaching. The association adds that these threats "are prohibited by the United Nations Charter and the doctrine of jus cogens." ››read more

For the life of me, I can't figure out what the Obama administration is thinking about Iran. And I can't tell if the administration is more confused than I am. Let me explain. ››read more