Monthly Archives: January 2014

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...

U.S. Jews Worried Over Israel Crisis

The U.S. Jewish community has been shifting uneasily amid increased pressure by President Barack Obama on Israel. Over the last few months, supporters of the Obama administration have been questioning the loyalty of American Jews...

Between Paralysis and Fatigue: The “Geneva 2 Negotiations on the Syrian Civil War

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6435 On January 22, 2014 representatives of the international community once again reconvened in Switzerland in an attempt to broker a negotiated agreement to end the bloody Syrian civil war. Since the last round of...

Security forces uncover weapons cache in Hebron

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=14931 The weapons cache discovered by security forces in Hebron.Photo credit: Israel Police Spokesperson's Department. Two Palestinian residents of Hebron were arrested on Wednesday evening in a joint operation by the Israel Defense Forces, the Border...

Military Performances, Glorification of Suicide Bombings at Graduation Ceremony of Hamas Youth Camps

http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/4119.htm Following are excerpts from a graduation ceremony for a Hamas youth camp in Gaza, which aired on Al-Aqsa TV on January 16, 2014: Announcer: Every Arab and every Muslim is filled with pride when...

Rockets and tunnels: Hamas preparing for next conflict

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4480523,00.html The long period of relative quiet since Operation Pillar of Defense has been slowly dissolving into rocket fire, which reached its peak this week when the Islamic Jihad fired rockets at Ashkelon in the...