‘The Mental Preparation for the Disengagement’ And its Aftermath in the IDF

Mental Preparation Investigation Team Ruth Eisikovitch, Dr. Gadi Eshel, Dr. Amira Dor, Boaz Haetzni, Attorney Aviad Visoli, Dr. Rachel Tassa, Dr. Moshe Libler Other Contributors: Aviatar Ben-Tzadaf, Tanah Lehavi, Hila Mordechai, Eliyahu Ackerman Translated by: Dr....

The Syrian Crisis and the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry

Dr. Benedetta Berti is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, a Young Atlanticist at the Atlantic Council, and the coauthor of Hamas and Hezbollah:...

No Separating Palestinian Corruption From Terror

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/06/26/no-separating-palestinian-corruption-from-terror-fatah-hamas-kidnapping/ As the second week of the search for the three Israeli teenagers abducted by Hamas terrorists comes to an end, the announcement of the names of two prime suspects in the kidnapping is all...

The War with Hamas: Address by Israel’s Ambassador to the UK

This week Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub travelled to Bradford in northern England after George Galloway MP declared it an "Israel-free zone." After meeting with local councillors and officials, he addressed local community and faith...

Richard Perle, Top Bush aide, Attacks ‘Selfish’ Chirac

White House adviser Richard Perle tells David Rose that France's 'cosy relationship' with Saddam means it will veto a second UN resolution A leading adviser to President Bush last night launched a savage attack on...

HIZBALLAH and the QODS FORCE in IRAN’S SHADOW WAR with the WEST

IN JANUARY 2010, the Qods Force-the elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- decided that it and Hizballah, its primary terrorist proxy, would embark on a new campaign of violence targeting not...

The Case of a Missing Children Part Nine: Words of a Rabbi

As expected, different people reacted to this issue of stolen Jewish infants in the Land of Israel. One such reaction came from the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menechem Mendel Shneerson, in his book, "Hitvaaduyot", written...

Senior Israeli intelligence officer: ‘Our strategy isn’t working’

Israel's current strategy for countering Hezbollah activity in southern Lebanon "is not working... should be changed soon" according to an Israeli military intelligence officer. The officer's remarks echoed sentiments expressed by a growing number of...

Report: Israel’s geostrategic status in Mideast improves

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4458449,00.html The diplomatic-security cabinet convened Tuesday in a Mossad facility for an annual report on Israel's geostrategic status in the Middle East. According to the report, Israel's status in the Middle East has improved over the...

The Muslim Brotherhood and Washington: Courtship and Its Discontents

http://www.fpri.org/enotes/2012/201204.tadros.muslim-brotherhood.html Middle East Media Monitor is an FPRI E-Note series, designed to review once a month a current topic from the perspective of the foreign language press. These articles will focus on providing FPRI’s readership...