Daily Archives: October 7, 2013

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3831&sec=2&title=Editor%27s_Report_from_Zurich:_A_Forgotten_Story_of__a_Former_Synagogue_and_the_Day_the_Jews_were_Expelled Last winter in February, I was in Zurich Switzerland for my first time staying at the Ambassador Hotel on my way home from Israel. I had one day there and I began wandering around...

http://gulfnews.com/news/region/palestinian-territories/endangered-mammal-deadly-blow-to-palestinian-farmers-1.1239361 Ramallah: A small mammal at risk of extinction might seem an unusual source of stress for humans, but an influx of rock hyrax on Palestinian farms near the Israeli segregation wall is creating an...

http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/01/why-the-netanyahu-doctrine-makes-sense/ Editor’s note: Einat Wilf is a former member of the Israeli Knesset and sat on its Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. The views expressed are the writer’s own. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged...

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/foreign-jihadists-in-syria-favor-liberal-transit-towns-over-front-a-910092.html Atmeh looks like the set for a movie about al-Qaida. New arrivals pulling suitcases on wheels search for their emirs, Africans and Asians can be seen on the village streets, and long-haired men dressed...

http://jcpa.org/syria-keeps-moving-islamic-direction/ The formation of the Army of Islam in Syria on September 29, 2013, signifies the ongoing trend of the Islamization of the struggle against Bashar Assad’s Alawite regime in Syria. Forty-three combat organizations have...

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5734 Within just a few short weeks, using a sophisticated, complex, low cost move, Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, succeeded in changing the rules of the Iranian nuclear game. The change consists of two interdependent...

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20575 In August 2013 the Iranian president presented his new government, which is largely comprised of technocrats with an extensive academic education. One of Rowhani’s government’s distinctive characteristics is the prominent presence of graduates of...

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20573 Al-Qaeda Entrenchment in Syria 1. During the Syrian civil war two branches of Al-Qaeda established themselves among the rebel organizations fighting to overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad. The most prominent is the Al-Nusra...

http://www.kohelet.org.il/en/All-Publications.aspx?id=48 A delegation of European Union officials arrived in Israel this week to discuss the European Commission’s proposed regulations for discretionary funding to Israeli entities. Under guidelines prepared earlier this summer, euros would not be allowed...

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=61958 Much has been said over the years about the stand that Rabbi Ovadia Yosef has taken that Israeli concessions can be made in order to avoid endangering lives ("pikuach nefesh"). It is important to note...