Daily Archives: September 4, 2013

Linking Targets to Political Objectives in Syria

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/linking-targets-to-political-objectives-in-syria As Washington moves toward punitive action in Syria, the resultant military operation will presumably take one of two forms: either token strikes aimed at restoring the credibility of U.S. "redline" statements, or a serious...

A United States Attack on Syria: Implications for Israel INSS

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=11991 On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron affirmed that a chemical weapons attack had taken place in Syria the previous week and "there was no doubt that...

Failed Foreign Policy

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13776#.UieKMxXn_IU Warfare is a very serious business whose first imperative is to deploy force to win - rather than to punish, make a statement, establish a symbolic point, or preen about one's morality. Yet, these latter...

Rosh Hashana Eve: 8.081 million Israelis

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4425333,00.html The country grew by about 148,000 inhabitants: On New Year's Eve 5773, Israel's population stands at 8.081 million people - approximately 6.066 million of them Jews, 1.67 million Arabs and some 345,000 defined as...