Daily Archives: January 7, 2014

Iran has renewed funding to a Palestinian militia

Palestinian sources said Iran has resumed funding to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, with offices in Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and West Bank. They said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

U.S. Fiddles while Palestinians in Syria Starve

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4121/palestinians-syria-starve As for the international community, no one seems to be worried about the starving Palestinians in an Arab country. After all, this is not taking place in Israel and no Israelis are involved. The plight...

Korean Choppers to Be Armed with Israeli Missiles

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/01/06/2014010601613.html More Israeli-made Spike missiles with the maximum range of 25 km will be installed in maritime helicopters ready for deployment next year. Several Spike missiles are already installed on vehicles defending the northwesternmost islands. But the...

A deadlier strain of Al-Qaeda

http://www.aawsat.net/2014/01/article55326641 One of the obstacles in the fight against epidemic viruses is the evolution of newer, more virulent strains which emerge after medical science has begun to make progress in lessening the initial impact. These...

Multiplying Efforts to Undermine the Unique Status of Mecca in Islam

http://jcpa.org/multiplying-efforts-to-undermine-the-unique-status-of-mecca-in-islam/ The status of the Islamic holy places or, more precisely, the undermining of their status, has become part of the struggle over the nature of the Middle East. The Sunnis destroy sites that are...

Pro-Iran Shadow Lobby Launches Bid to Kill Iran Sanctions

http://freebeacon.com/pro-iran-shadow-lobby-launches-bid-to-kill-iran-sanctions/ A network of pro-Iran advocates are uniting behind a new campaign aimed at killing bipartisan legislation meant to increase sanctions on Tehran should it cheat on a recently inked nuclear accord. The latest bid to...

When is Incitement “Incitement ?

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/01/07/when-is-incitement-incitement/ Soon after Adolph S. Ochs purchased The New York Times in 1896, he pledged “to write intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.” His firm commitment was bolstered with a new motto for the...

Islamic Jihad Planning Mass-Casualty Attacks in Israel

Islamic Jihad has recruited both Palestinians and Israelis for a series of major strikes in Israel. The first attack, the bombing of a bus in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bat Yam in December...

January 5, 2014: Where Are We Going?

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ The date I have written here is 2014, and I am pleased that I remembered. With all honesty, this was the major change that “the new year” represented for me. But I have no desire...

Prof. Efraim Inbar: Strategic imperative build homes for Jews in E1,

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62779 The Jordan Valley: Israel’s Security Belt by Prof. Efraim Inbar January 6, 2014 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 232 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel must resist international pressure and hold on to the Jordan Valley - its only...