Hassan Rouhani and the Spiritual Leader: A New Style of Negotiations

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5734 Within just a few short weeks, using a sophisticated, complex, low cost move, Hassan Rouhani, Iran’s new president, succeeded in changing the rules of the Iranian nuclear game. The change consists of two interdependent...

Israel: The Impudence Accompanying Betrayal

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/11/israel-impudence-accompanying-betrayal.html I've always been amazed that anyone thought the United States would ever act against the Iranian nuclear threat. There was never any chance that such a thing would happen. The United States would never...

Betrayed

That Barack Obama has betrayed Israel, the Sunni Arab nations, and his own people is, to my thinking, beyond question. He has capitulated to a dangerous terrorist state. The media are full of comments and...

Is Hizbullah about to Withdraw from Syria?

http://jcpa.org/hizbullah-withdraw-syria/ Hizbullah’s military involvement in Syria is now a subject of heated domestic debate in Iran. This debate is being waged against the backdrop of the international refusal to let Iran take part in the...

Israel’s new game plan with Hezbollah and Syria

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/2014/02/27/Israel-s-new-game-plan-with-Hezbollah-and-Syria.html Under late Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, and for 29 years, Israel did not once directly strike Syria outside the Arab-Israeli war of 1973. This dynamic is quickly changing today, as the internal conflict spreads...

Op-Ed: Financing the Flames III: Lawmakers Ready to Defund PA

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/14916#.U2LCXYGSyRM Exclusive to Arutz Sheva A growing number of lawmakers in the United States, Great Britain, and the European Union are openly suggesting the billions of dollars, pounds, and euros that they and others have collectively...

Getting Ready to Take on Iran? Jerusalem Bombing Linked to Iran?

The Israelis are very worried about Iran. And the Israelis are the major force in the U.S. pushing Washington to confront Iran. As was the case with Iraq just a few years ago, partly...

Understanding Arafat as a Media Strategist

There are many ways to describe Yasser Arafat, but whether one tends to call him a "politician," "statesman" or "terrorist," any fair estimation of Arafat would have to call him an "Egyptian intellectual." Arafat studied...

Palestinian Constitution Calls for Islamic State, Report Says

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The new Palestinian Constitution calls for a state under Islamic law and not a democratic state with human rights or civil liberties, according to a report in an Israeli newspaper. The constitution...

Inside The Palestinian Authority: Issue 1

Editor's note: Welcome to the first edition of "Inside the PA," a weekly on-line publication designed to provide valuable insight into the workings of the Palestinian Authority. We will review important statements by senior PA...