Daily Archives: November 14, 2014

Lack of response of US AID and US embassy ​to HAMAS collusion with UNRWA

​Two US government entities in Tel Aviv will not respond to continued Hamas involvement with UNRWA, which would raise questions about the legality of continued US assistance to UNRWA, since it is illegal for...

Israeli Intelligence l Agencies Clash Over Hamas War

Israel's top intelligence agencies have erupted into an open feud over responsibility for the Hamas war in mid-2014. In what reflected growing tension amid official inquiries, Military Intelligence and the Israel Security Agency have begun issuing claims...

Foreign ambassadors undergo hasbara on Temple Mount violence

More than 60 foreign ambassadors and diplomats gathered on Wednesday at the Foreign Ministry for a special briefing held by Police Commissioner Yohanan Danino and Deputy Foreign Minister Tzachi Hanegbi on the escalation of...

Suicide Nation: Competing Pathologies in the State of Israel

With this Third Intifada (2014-?) overtly underway, the bleeding season is once again in full swing in Israel. Jews are being murdered in increasingly resourceful ways by Palestinian Arabs manifesting their insatiable bloodlust. But...

Iranian Nuclear Negotiator: ‘We Can’t Just Turn Back the Clock’

SPIEGEL ONLINE: How big is the risk that the negotiations between Iran and the West will fail? ANZEIGE Takht Ravanchi: We definitely are at a critical stage. There is not very much time left before Nov....

Why Iran Cannot Relinquish Nuclear Technology?

Tehran and Moscow have signed a deal that will see construction of eight new pressurized water reactors in Iran for energy production. Since Russia will provide the fuel for the new reactors, there is...

Fear and loathing in Jerusalem

The current atmosphere in Jerusalem is reminiscent of the Second Intifada’s opening days, in the autumn of 2000. Tension and fear. A sense of foreboding. “I can feel it in my bones, what’s coming,” says...

The Hidden Hand of ISIS and Its Impact on Palestinian Escalation

In recent months the State of Israel has been facing what military jargon terms “popular terrorist activity,” characterized by violent disturbances in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound; Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem; the West Bank and...

Welcome to the global intifada

In Canada, there were two terror attacks within two days. The first was a run-over attack, and the second was an attack on the parliament in the capital city of Ottawa. In New York, police...

Palestinians’ “Car Intifada” and Obama’s Peace Process

It is hard to see how Abbas can return to the negotiating table while many Palestinians, at his behest, are busy thinking about how to kill Israelis. It is not enough for Kerry to listen...