Monthly Archives: October 2013

Islamist or Nationalist: Who is Egypt’s Mysterious New Pharaoh?

http://www.fpri.org/articles/2013/10/islamist-or-nationalist-who-egypts-mysterious-new-pharaoh Egypt's new de facto pharaoh, General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, is a man of mystery. Is he an Islamist, or a nationalist? Is he a person of high principle, or a lowly opportunist? And in a...

How Jerusalem’s Arabs Act Against Their Own Interests

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4019/jerusalem-elections-arabs As Israelis prepare to cast their ballots in the municipal elections next week, tens of thousands of eligible Arab voters in Jerusalem will once again boycott the democratic process. In the past few days, the...

Why Israel Opposes International Forces in the Jordan Valley

Israel's national ethos is one of self-reliance. International peacekeepers have been proven unreliable in the Middle East in every instance. The Israeli army has been deployed along the steep slopes of the Jordan Valley...

NIF-FUNDED “GISHA ; NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONCRETE TUNNELS FROM GAZA

“Gisha” - the Hebew word for “access”-, an organization financed in part by the New Israel Fund, conducts campaigns to demand that Israel provide unrestricted supply of materials to Gaza, especially cement. Our agency asked...

A Book Review: Simon Sebag Montefiore’s best seller “Jerusalem: The Biography Vintage Publishers

At first glance, Simon Sebag Montefiore’s best seller Jerusalem: The Biography is surely impressive. Media critics as well as Henry Kissinger have showered it with praise, and the BBC devoted a timely three-part TV...

Israeli intelligence had warned: Cement to Gaza can be lethal

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/18091 Yet in November, 2011, the Israel Civil Administration, which reports to the Israel Ministry of Defense, issued orders to provide massive cement supplies for the construction of seventy five UNRWA school buildings in Gaza. At...

Will President Peres Really Respond to Questions

The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, has dispatched announced a worldwide memo that he will answer questions from anyone who submits questions.http://www.jwire.com.au/news/ask-the-president/37652/comment-page-1#comment-53108 Here are fourteen questions that Mr. Peres has not answered:http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5613&q=1 Perhaps people around the...

Aid for Palestinians: Breaking Down Walls or Building Them Higher?

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2013/10/aid-for-palestinians-breaking-down-walls-or-building-them-higher/ A photo of a UNRWA school in Gaza after it was shelled by Israeli forces. Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international...

RESPONDING TO JTA FEATURE ON PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY INCITEMENT

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, the JTA, ran a feature last week which related to the issue of incitement which emanates from the media outlets of The Palestinian Authority The article ran like this in the...

Israeli Arabs Sell Arms To Palestinians

http://www.menewsline.com Israeli police said Arabs in the Triangle district near Tel Aviv were acquiring and smuggling arms to Palestinian squads in the West Bank. They said many of the weapons were stolen from Israel Army...