Monthly Archives: January 2013

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2013/01/25/what-difference-does-it-make-that-hillary-clinton-doesnt-care-why-terrorists-killed-american-officials-in-libya/ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s remark - “What difference does it make?” - regarding how the motive of the terrorists in the attack that killed four men, including a U.S. ambassador and two former...

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130126/DEFREG04/301260020/Israel-8217-s-Electoral-Shift-Unlikely-Boost-Peace-Near-Term TEL AVIV - Contrary to claims of an Israeli electoral shift to more moderate, middle ground, the new government to be formed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is projected to retain its right-wing reticence...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4337209,00.html IDF forces dispersed a violent, illegal protest of nearly 200 Palestinians, who rioted in the village of Anin, west of the West Bank city of Jenin. The rioters huddled near the area's security fence and...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/01/28/un-representative-richard-falk-compares-terror-group-hamas-to-wwii-french-resistance/ The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the ‘Palestinian territories’ has compared Hamas terrorists to French resistance fighters during World War II. Richard Falk, well known for his anti-Israel positions, made the statements in an article...

http://frontpagemag.com/2013/davidhornik/the-palestinian-authority-a-continuing-breeding-ground-for-terror/ Except for rockets from Gaza-which, meanwhile, have stopped since Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in November-you haven’t been hearing much about Palestinian terrorism. But it’s not for lack of trying. Israel’s Shin Bet (domestic security...

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/fdd-policy-brief The Free Syrian Army last week released forty seven Iranian citizens and their Syrian interpreter in exchange for 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government. The exchange of hostages was facilitated through the good...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3542/fatah-armed-gangs After keeping a low profile for the past few years, Fatah's armed gangs have resurfaced in the West Bank. The reappearance of the masked gunmen could only mean one of two things: either the Palestinian...

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g0yA1CuTBlcUtvQredfRwlN8CGqQ An Israeli defense technology company says it has successfully tested an anti-missile system designed to protect commercial passenger jets. Elbit Systems Ltd. on Wednesday said its C-MUSIC system to protect large jets against shoulder-launched missiles...

In "Obama, Israelis, and Palestinians: More Words, Less Action" by David Makovsky and David Pollack of the Washington Institute for Near East Affairs: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/obama-israelis-and-palestinians-more-words-less-action/267061/ The authors write that "the U.S. should urge Israel to dismantle the...

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/fdd-policy-brief The Free Syrian Army last week released forty seven Iranian citizens and their Syrian interpreter in exchange for 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government. The exchange of hostages was facilitated through the good...