Leading Israeli Analysts Failed to Agree on Strategy toward the Palestinian Authority

Although most of the analysts warned against the U.S. campaign to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014, they could not agree on an Israeli alternative. Some of the analysts urged...

“PRESSURE FROM NESHER”: Hamas as Israel’s new trading partner

A leading member of the military's General Staff suddenly says that Hamas suddenly serves Israel's interests in Gaza. Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman said Israel wants to maintain Hamas' hold over Gaza Strip, "What we want is...

Jews, Germans, Poison Gas and More

http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/4614/jews-germans-poison-gas-and-more Jewish organizational support for President Obama's temporary determination to enforce international norms and his own red line on Syrian use of chemical weapons brought out the nasty legions. DavidDuke.com and Blacklistednews.com, among others, were...

Nuclear Talks with Iran: Diplomacy and Diminishing Time

http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/nuclear-talks-with-iran-diplomacy-and-diminishing-time Efforts to resolve the long-running international crisis caused by Iran's failure to explain aspects of its nuclear program appear to be gaining momentum. President Hassan Rouhani will be in New York this week for...

Charm Offensive? Hostile Iranian Messages on the Eve of Rouhani’s UN Visit

http://jcpa.org/article/charm-offensive-hostile-iranian-messages-eve-rouhanis-un-visit/ Vol. 13, No. 26 24 September 2013 With Iranian President Rouhani speaking at the UN in New York, it is useful to see the messages coming out of Tehran from an annual military parade held...

Iran’s Charm Offensive Has Diplomats Asking Themselves: Is It Real?

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/23/irans_charm_offensive_has_diplomats_asking_themselves_is_it_real In anticipation of President Hasan Rouhani's diplomatic debut before the 193-member U.N. General Assembly, Iran's American-educated foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has been working the U.N. corridors, telling anyone who will listen that Iran has...

Emotional Dissonance

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ "Moadim L'Simcha" (times of joy) is the traditional greeting for the intermediate days of Sukkot. And, yes, I've heard it many time these past few days. Personally, I have been finding it to be...

“Moderate” Holocaust Denial in Iran?

http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/moderate-holocaust-denial-in-iran A statement on Holocaust Denial in Iran, presented on September 20th, 2013 at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust · By Matthias Küntzel Dear Director Schoenberg, dear Jodi Shapiro, Ladies and Gentlemen, It’s not only...

“Iran is Now Moderate” Joke

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/09/the-iran-is-now-moderate-joke_22.html I have never understood why anyone expected any U.S. action on Iran's nuclear program. Basically there was never any chance the U.S. would undertake any armed action or allow Israel to do so. That...

Rouhani in the Big Apple

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/359152/rouhani-big-apple-elliott-abrams The second-in-command of the world’s greatest state sponsor of terrorism is coming to New York. Cause for celebration? Hassan Rouhani is Iran’s new president, chosen in an undemocratic election. Rouhani has spent his life in...