Daily Archives: January 28, 2014

Israelis Rally Against US Plan For Strategic Jordan Valley

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140125/DEFREG04/301250025/Israelis-Rally-Against-US-Plan-Strategic-Jordan-Valley GIDRON OUTPOST, SARTABA RIDGE, JORDAN VALLEY - As US Secretary of State John Kerry finalizes proposals for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal, rifts remain as vast as this strategic valley west of the Jordan River...

2014 could be even worse

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4481788,00.html In the year just gone, there was a noticeable decline in the Palestinian Authority's ability to maintain stability in the territory of Judea and Samaria, the annual report from Israel's Shin Bet internal security...

Congress secretly approves U.S. weapons flow to ‘moderate’ Syrian rebels

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-usa-syria-rebels-20140127,0,3701116.story WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Light arms supplied by the United States are flowing to "moderate" Syrian rebel factions in the south of the country and U.S. funding for months of further deliveries has been approved...

Israel Revises Policy In Gaza

Officials said the Defense Ministry has overseen a tougher policy against Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies in the Gaza Strip. They said the policy renewed the assassination of key insurgents, particularly those responsible...

Lawmaker: Iran Deal Being Kept in ‘Super Secret Location’

http://freebeacon.com/lawmaker-iran-deal-being-kept-in-super-secret-location/ The full text of the recently inked Iranian nuclear deal is being kept in “a super secret location” shrouded in “a cone of silence,” according to House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) member Rep. Ileana...

EDITOR’S DISPATCH FROM THE DAVID CITADEL HOTEL: HARPER WOWS ISRAEL

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4046&sec=1&title=EDITOR%27S_DISPATCH_FROM_THE_DAVID_CITADEL_HOTEL:__HARPER_WOWS_ISRAEL There is no question that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is very popular in Israel and that Canada is considered Israel's best friend in the world. As a driver for one of Israel's Knesset members from...