Monthly Archives: October 2014

 Institute for Contemporary Affairs Founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation Vol. 14, No. 33       October 12, 2014 For the first time since the Second Lebanon War in 2006, Hizbullah claimed responsibility for an attack against Israeli forces –...

TEL AVIV — In keeping with the somber introspection of the Jewish high holiday of Yom Kippur, Israel’s top military officer went public last week with rare soul-searching accounts of the recent 50-day Gaza...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrlKG9I25Z8&feature=youtu.be In a live interview broadcast on the 7 AM morning news hour program on Israel Radio Reshet Bet today, Yossi Beilin said that it is critical that there be a single armed force of...

TEL AVIV — A few months before the outbreak of Israel’s summertime war with Hamas, I was invited to join Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, Israel Defense Force (IDF) chief of staff, for on-site briefings...

In a live interview broadcast on the 7 AM morning news hour program on Israel Radio Reshet Bet today, Yossi Beilin said that it is critical that there be a single armed force of...

For the better part of 21 years, ever since the launch of negotiations between Israel and the PLO, the Jewish media, as a matter of a policy of negligent reporting, have played down what...

Hamas has been forming a new security unit in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has been recruiting a militia force that would maintain regime protection. They said the militia, trained in light weapons,...

Israel has determined that Iran was intensifying espionage missions in the Jewish state. The Israeli intelligence community has determined that Teheran expanded operations in Israel over the last year amid the threat of an attack...

Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies have demonstrated skills that stem from years of Iranian training on how to fight Israel. Palestinian sources said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard oversaw at least three years of intensive...

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2014/09/30/the_case_against_qatar_funding_extremists_salafi_syria_uae_jihad_muslim_brotherhood_taliban?utm_content=bufferbaa4c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer ABU DHABI and DOHA — Behind a glittering mall near Doha's city center sits the quiet restaurant where Hossam used to run his Syrian rebel brigade. At the battalion's peak in 2012 and 2013,...