Monthly Archives: May 2013

While Jerusalem Day Is Celebrated Above Ground, Archaeological Discoveries Reveal City’s Layers

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/05/08/while-jerusalem-day-is-celebrated-above-ground-archaeological-discoveries-reveal-city’s-layers/ Tens of thousands will visit the Old City on May 8 for Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War. While celebrations go on above ground,...

46 years after reunification, Jerusalem is on the up

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=9131 The Jewish nation's DNA Jerusalem, my friends, is the greatest, most justified Israeli settlement there ever has been and ever will be. When celebrating Jerusalem Day tomorrow, we ought to leave discussions about "demographics," "security...

Mahmoud Abbas can’t meet Israel’s basic requirement for peace

At an Independence Day reception for foreign diplomats, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of Israel’s desire for peace with the Palestinians. “Peace will be based on the principle of two states for two peoples,”...

An Improved Arab Peace Initiative?

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

Israeli Checkpoints Stop Terrorists, not Elections

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3695/israeli-checkpoints-palestinian-elections Is it true that Palestinians cannot hold new elections because of Israeli security measures? This is a claim, often made in the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe, is that the Palestinians have not been...

An Improved Arab Peace Initiative?

http://jcpa.org/an-improved-arab-peace-initiative/ The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme...

Israeli Checkpoints Stop Terrorists, not Elections

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3695/israeli-checkpoints-palestinian-elections Is it true that Palestinians cannot hold new elections because of Israeli security measures? This is a claim, often made in the U.S., Canada and parts of Europe, is that the Palestinians have not been...

State Department Stonewall

http://freebeacon.com/state-department-stonewall/ A legal watchdog group says the State Department is stonewalling its efforts to obtain records relating to State Department official Mark Ward’s participation in a December 2012 conference organized by the controversial Muslim American...

Rival Clans Vying for Power in Jordan

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/05/rival_clans_vying_for_power_in_jordan.html The recent violence at two universities in Southern Jordan, Mu'tah University and Al Hussein bin Talal, along with clashes taking place off campus, may in fact be a sign that much worse is about...

Iran’s Plans to Take Over Syria

http://jcpa.org/article/irans-plans-to-take-over-syria/ In mid-April, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah paid a secret visit to Tehran where he met with the top Iranian officials headed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Gen. Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the...