Attacking Israel Online

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/attacking-israel-online/ Throughout the greater Middle East, opposition to the concept and existence of a Jewish state is an idée fixe for hundreds of millions of Arab and non-Arab Muslims. A hatred of Jewish political sovereignty...

The Role of Hamas in the Formation of Global Jihadi Networks in Sinai

http://jcpa.org/article/the-role-of-hamas-in-the-formation-of-global-jihadi-networks-in-sinai/ Vol. 12, No. 18 After the Rafah attack, it was noticeable that the Egyptian government refrained from condemning the terrorists’ plan to carry out a mass-casualty attack in Israel. Indeed, senior Muslim Brotherhood figures pointed...

Libya: Not Just a Tragedy But the Start of Another Endless War for America

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2012/09/libya-not-just-tragedy-but-start-of.html Yahoo highlighted two "amazing" stories shortly after the murder of five American diplomats in Libya and the attack on the U.S. embassy in Egypt that tell us a lot about the intersection between American...

The Chinese Initiative on Syria: Beyond the Immediate Crisis

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10555 On October 31, 2012, China deviated from its traditional posture of shunning involvement in Middle East politics, and announced a four-step program to resolve the crisis in Syria. The initiative, however, does not include...

West’s pet conflict

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4316772,00.html For more than 70 years the Israeli-Arab (or Jewish-Arab) conflict has been viewed as the focal point of the Mideast crisis, so much so that the term "peace process" is mentioned only in relation...

Hezbollah training Shiite fighters in Syria – Source

http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=32500 Beirut/London, Asharq Al-Awsat - Syrian Shiite sources confirmed to Asharq Al Awsat that Hezbollah and Iran are intervening in the Syrian crisis in order to “protect” Shiite towns, villages and religious shrines against the...

Gaza’s tunnels rebound from Israeli offensive

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring...

End of Assad?

Iran and its proxy Hizbullah have been planning to take over Syria, a report said. The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs said Iran and Hizbullah held a secret summit in April 2013 to draft strategy...

Hezbollah Involvement in the Syrian Civil War

For Iran and Hezbollah, the preservation of Bashar Assad's regime is of supreme strategic importance. Syria is Iran's greatest "resistance camp" ally, providing it with a firm foothold in the heart of the Middle...

PM playing with fire

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4450149,00.html When the 17 basic demands of the Palestinians became known, even impassioned peace camp followers were alarmed by them. If I were a Palestinian, I would respond with the following monologue: "What surprises you? Our...