Anarchy Surrounds Israel

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/309944/anarchy-surrounds-israel-daniel-pipes Of Israel’s neighbors, Lebanon always stood out by virtue of its weak central government, but for the first 20 years, 1948-68, this did not present difficulties to Israel; only when the Palestinians created a...

The Role of Iranian Security Forces in the Syrian Bloodshed

http://jcpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Segall-VP5891.pdf Amid the intensifying crisis in Syria, which in recent weeks has seen massacres of the civilian population in various parts of the country, Iranian military, propaganda, and economic assistance keeps flowing in, and its...

Rubin Reports: Israel is in Good Shape Because So Many Others Decided Not to...

http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/rubin-reports/rubin-reports-israel-is-in-good-shape-because-so-many-others-decided-not-to-be/2012/07/13/ The more I think about Israel’s security situation at this moment, the better it looks. Obviously, this is counter-intuitive given the media bias, academic distortions, and campaigns for sanctions of various kinds. And, of...

Lessening UNRWA’s damage

http://www.jpost.com/LandedPages/PrintArticle.aspx?id=276842 Critics of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the organization tasked with oversight of Palestine refugees, have tended to focus on its sins. Its camps are havens for terrorists. Its bureaucracy is bloated...

Palestinian Authority president stealing millions in aid, Middle East experts say

http://freebeacon.com/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-palestinian/ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has allegedly deposited nearly $13 million in U.S. taxpayer aid into a secret bank account, and routinely uses his political connections to profit from the stagnant peace process, according...

The End of the Beginning in Syria: The Obstacles to Reaching a Negotiated Settlement

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=6845 Following the recent downing of a Turkish reconnaissance jet by Syrian anti-aircraft, the international community, this time through NATO, is once again debating what course of action should be taken with respect to Syria....

Morsi Is Israel’s Nightmare, But The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/security/01/06/egypt-has-fallen.html Hamas militants hold a poster depicting Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood as they celebrate in Gaza City. (photo by REUTERS/Mohammed Salem) We have reached the moment feared by generations of Israeli Intelligence and GSS...

How Many Refugees?

http://blogs.cfr.org/abrams/2012/06/20/how-many-refugees/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eabrams+%28Elliott+Abrams%3A+Pressure+Points%29 A general view of the Jenin refugee camp is seen near the West Bank city of Jenin September 6, 2011 (Courtesy REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini). Today the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (or PCBS) commemorated World...

WE MADE THE JERUSALEM POST WITH THIS: IRSHAD MANJI: SPEAKING THE TRUTH

When Irshad Manji, a courageous Canadian Muslim liberal and open critic of Islam was speaking with another reformist Muslim at an event this past December in Amsterdam, 22 male Islamic jihadists burst into the...

The Role of Iranian Security Forces in the Syrian Bloodshed

http://jcpa.org/article/the-role-iranian-security-forces-syrian-bloodshed-2/ Amid the intensifying crisis in Syria, which in recent weeks has seen massacres of the civilian population in various parts of the country, Iranian military, propaganda, and economic assistance keeps flowing in, and its...