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Assessments of the Middle East NewsLine
Welcome to Middle East Newsline, a defense news service by independent journalists with a real understanding of the region.
Our correspondents gather information from Ankara, Athens, Amman, Cairo, Jerusalem, London, Moscow, Nicosia, Ramallah and Washington...
Secrecy Surrounds Senator Specter’s Visit to Damascus
The interview that follows was conducted with Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA.) when he visited Israel, en route to Damascus.
Despite Senator Specter's willingness to engage in an open and frank discussion before his visit to...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: January 8, 2009
"Diplomatic Confusion"
Major Ro'i Rozner, of the Kfir Brigade, has been killed by mortar fire in a fierce battle in the region of the former Jewish community of Neztarim. We salute him.
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Sderot resident; 66-year old Maria, angry with Hamas
Maria Kovelskya is a 66-year old Ukrainian immigrant.
Her husband died a year and half ago.
She now lives alone in her Sderot apartment with her five cats to keep her company."I live in fear here...
Israel Scores Initial Victories In Gaza War
During Thursday's Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operations, the Israeli army targeted, identified and killed Islamic Jihad terrorists who in recent days launched rockets into Israel including, Nasser Halil Hassan Ouda, 21; Muhammad Faez Yadeb...
First Gaza, Then The World
Some of Israel's most blatant critics have written that for every Israeli killed, about a hundred Palestinians were killed. A half-truth is worse than a lie, but this is not even a half truth....
The Cease-Fire In Gaza That Lasted 20 Minutes
During a special session of the Israeli security cabinet that took place yesterday, Israeli officials announced they had taken a positive view toward an Egyptian-French cease-fire proposal.
They issued an official announcement stating: "Israel thanks...
Rocket Fire, Hostilities Continue In Gaza
Smoke caused by explosions from Israeli forces’ operations rises from buildings on the outskirts of Gaza City yesterday. (Hatem Moussa/Associated Press)
Yesterday, no schools in communities and towns at a distance of 30 miles Gaza...
On Christmas Eve, Palestinian Legislature Introduces Crucifixion As Means Of Capital Punishment
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AP /Khalil Hamra)
The democratically elected Palestinian parliament in Gaza voted in favor of a law allowing courts to mete out sentences in the spirit of Islam, the London-based Arab...
To understand the behavior of the youth in the Beit Hashalom in Hebron
In a country where the justice system is political, a media that makes no room for a flow of opinions, where half the nation finds no place in the media discourse, it should come...
