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Assessments of the Middle East NewsLine
Welcome to Middle East Newsline, a defense news service by independent journalists with a real understanding of the region.
Our correspondents gather information from Ankara, Athens, Amman, Cairo, Jerusalem, London, Moscow, Nicosia, Ramallah and Washington...
Secrecy Surrounds Senator Specter’s Visit to Damascus
The interview that follows was conducted with Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA.) when he visited Israel, en route to Damascus.
Despite Senator Specter's willingness to engage in an open and frank discussion before his visit to...
Incisive Commentary
Posting: January 8, 2009
"Diplomatic Confusion"
Major Ro'i Rozner, of the Kfir Brigade, has been killed by mortar fire in a fierce battle in the region of the former Jewish community of Neztarim. We salute him.
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It...
Israel Scores Initial Victories In Gaza War
During Thursday's Israel Defense Forces (IDF) operations, the Israeli army targeted, identified and killed Islamic Jihad terrorists who in recent days launched rockets into Israel including, Nasser Halil Hassan Ouda, 21; Muhammad Faez Yadeb...
First Gaza, Then The World
Some of Israel's most blatant critics have written that for every Israeli killed, about a hundred Palestinians were killed. A half-truth is worse than a lie, but this is not even a half truth....
Follow up on the Expulsion from Beit HaShalom in Hebron
"Despicable"
There are a few items that might qualify for this modifier, but what I have in mind is this:
At the Cabinet meeting today, Olmert said:
"As a Jew, I'm ashamed of the sight of Jews...
Iran, Hamas Declare Cyber War On Israel
Declassified Israeli intelligence reports issued this week report that both Iran and Hamas have made a coordinated strategic decision to make extensive use of the Internet to wage their battle for hearts and minds.
Between...
Insight in the News in Israel
Posting: November 26, 2008
"So, Nu?"
Last night at an Anglo Likud Forum at which some of the candidates for the Likud list spoke, I heard constitutional lawyer Yosi Fuchs -- founder of Forum for the...
Hezbollah Triples Its Strength
Ehud Barak, Israel's defense minister, expressed alarm Tuesday at Hezbollah's apparent growth as a threat to the Jewish state.
"Hezbollah's strength at present is triple its strength at the end of the Second Lebanon War,"...
Insight in the News in Israel
Posting: November 20, 2008
"Lunacy"
It seems fairly pervasive. And I'll provide just two examples here, both touching on issues I've raised in the last day or two:
In response to increased launching of rockets from Gaza,...
