Monthly Archives: December 2013

Nitzan’s destructive disengagement days

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6439 Six pages of Shai Nitzan's biography were laid on the cabinet's table this morning. The extent that his personal convictions influenced his decision-making during his tenure as deputy attorney-general continues to stir controversy. "I...

The blood libel film

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-blood-libel-film/ For the past several months a campaign has been under way in Israel and around the world, backed by an endless budget, aimed at aggravating the relationship between the State of Israel and the...

Ex-CIA chief: Iran far too close to nuclear weapon

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4460172,00.html WASHINGTON - The director of the CIA during George W. Bush's administration, Michael Hayden, said that "right now, the Iranians are far too close to a nuclear weapon." The former top American spy, who first...

The Geneva Interim Accord: A Bad Deal

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/geneva-interim-accord-bad-deal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geneva-interim-accord-bad-deal EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The interim accord reached in Geneva regarding Iran’s nuclear program is a bad deal. It enshrines Iran’s status as a nuclear threshold state and paves, not impedes, Tehran’s path towards a nuclear...

A Nuclear Crisis in Search of a Model: Lessons from Iraq, North Korea, Libya,...

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6096 The interim deal signed in Geneva by the P5+1 and Iran is meant only to put “more time on the clock” in order to negotiate a final deal - a comprehensive agreement that will...

December 2, 2013: Strength for the Hard Times

http://arlenefromisrael.squarespace.com/current-postings/2013/12/2/december-2-2013-strength-for-the-hard-times.html Credit: Amit Erez I give thanks for this Chanukah season, which is buoying me - and I hope many of you! - during a difficult time. ~~~~~~~~~~ Before moving to the difficult stuff, I begin with links...