Daily Archives: March 12, 2015

AGAINST THE GRAIN: Bassem Eid, a human rights activist, political analyst and commentator on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, is in Johannesburg to counter the 'propaganda' of Israel Apartheid Week

A fresh look at an old problem

In fact, he says he would rather be a Palestinian refugee in Israel than in Syria, Lebanon or Jordan. He blames Jordan for removing 500 people from the old city in Jerusalem in 1966 and...
Palestinian anti-Israel activists dump out Israeli-made dairy products that they confiscated from local merchants in Ramallah, March 2. (Image source: Wattan TV video screenshot)

The Palestinians Want… Peace?

The latest PLO and Fatah campaign is not directed only against settlement products. Rather, it is targeting anything made in Israel, as a part of an "anti-normalization" movement, whose goal is to thwart any...

‘We need to recognize that Islamic State is positioned to make inroads elsewhere in...

General David Petraeus, former CIA chief, does not see much cause for optimism regarding a deal with Iran: 'We cannot allow them to be on the brink of having a nuclear weapon'; believes 'threat...

The Fatal Flaw in Obama’s Dealings With Iran

‘Extraordinarily reasonable,” President Obama called it in an interview aired on Sunday, referring to the multiparty deal being negotiated on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program. When the talks began, Mr. Obama said it was “unacceptable” for...

2014 Gaza War Assessment: The New Face of Conflict

A report by the JINSA-commissioned Gaza Conflict Task Force, 2015. The Hamas strategy employed in the 2014 Gaza War represents the new face of war that threatens to undermine the effectiveness of conventional militaries, endangers...

Iran’s Nuclear Fairy Tale

Parallel to its diplomatic engagement with the P5+1 to resolve the nuclear crisis, Iran is engaged in a public campaign to persuade the media and public opinion of its narrative regarding the crisis, which...

Iran’s Defiance: Flaunting a Cruise Missile with 2,500 Km. Range

On March 8, 2015, Iran unveiled the Soumar long-range ground-to-ground cruise missile, which has a range of 2,500 kilometers. In the coming year Iran intends to upgrade its long-range missile array. Iran adamantly opposes the...

Gazans enjoy Israeli products amid West Bank Palestinians’ boycott

GAZA/RAMALLAH, March 4 (Xinhua) -- Various kinds of Israeli-made snacks, juices, soft drinks and biscuits were accumulated on the shelves and in large refrigerators at Metro mall and other supermarkets allover the Gaza Strip,...

Nicholas Kristof’s quasi-Apartheid imagery

In a New York Times Sunday review feature, “The Two Israels,” Kristof not only presented a one-sided assessment of the situation of the Negev Bedouin community but unintentionally used apartheid imagery. Not only does...

Logistics: The Tunnels Of Gaza And Mexico

March 10, 2015: The United States recently revealed that they had discovered another smuggling tunnel from Mexico to the United States. This was one of the longer ones (nearly 300 meters). Of the 102...