Between NATO and Russia: The Pieces of Turkey’s Puzzle

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10697 It was one of the rare weeks since the outbreak of the Arab awakening that went well for Turkey. Between what was seen as a successful visit by Vladimir Putin to Istanbul on December...

[A slightly alternative view] Experts: Gaza War Changed Face of Mideast Conflicts

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59359 Experts: Gaza War Changed Face of Mideast Conflicts Dec. 9, 2012 - 10:51AM By BARBARA OPALL-ROME http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121209/DEFREG04/312090002/Experts-Gaza-War-Changed-Face-Mideast-Conflicts TEL AVIV - As quiet descended over the skies of Israel and Gaza in late November, it became...

Israel isolated? It’s used to it and will withstand it

http://www.fiammanirenstein.com/articoli.asp?Categoria=5&Id=3043 Il Giornale, December 1st, 2012 At Israel’s place, I’d leave the UN: it only serves the purpose of collecting isolation and delegitimation. Israel is tough though, being accustomed to the isolation born in the sick...

Operation Pillar of Defense: An Initial Strategic and Military Assessment

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives189.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s achievements in Operation Pillar of Defense include its ability to surprise Hamas, kill its military leader, and destroy most of its strategic assets. The performance of the Iron Dome anti-missile system...

THE OBAMA DOCTRINE ON TERRORISM “” AN ANALYSIS

http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2012/12/01/the-obama-doctrine-targeting-al-qaeda-while-embracing-the-muslim-brotherhood/ As Raess Alam Qazi and Sheheryar Alam Qazi, two Muslim men from Pakistan, are indicted in Florida for plotting to carry out a terrorist attack using a weapon of mass destruction it is time...

The Iranian Role in the 2012 Gaza Conflict

http://jcpa.org/article/the-iranian-role-in-the-2012-gaza-conflict/ No. 592 November-December 2012 During the fighting in Gaza in November 2012, Iran took pains to highlight its own supply of weapons and means of manufacturing them to the Palestinians, contrasting the feebleness of the...

Mideast Rockets Threaten U.S. Interests

Middle East adversaries could threaten U.S. military bases with advanced ballistic missiles, a think tank said. The Lexington Institute asserted that Middle East allies of China and Russia were receiving missile technology that threaten U.S....

Congressional report ties Middle East terrorists to Mexican drug cartels

http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/16/congressional-report-ties-middle-east-terrorists-to-mexican-drug-cartels/ A new congressional report from the House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management ties Middle East terror organizations to Mexican drug cartels. The report, released Thursday, is titled “A Line in the...

How to start solving Gaza’s problems

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/29/3119493/how-to-start-solving-gazas-problems.html When watching the continuing tensions between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas, many have held on to a profoundly mistaken idea. I heard it again just recently from an otherwise well-informed observer. The conflict,...

Letter a Jewish woman in Britain sent yesterday (19 November) to William Hague, the...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3105&sec=3&title=Letter_a_Jewish_woman_in_Britain_sent_yesterday_(19_November)_to_William_Hague,_the_British_Foreign_Secretary _ Dear Mr Hague You have stated that if Israel tries to defend its population through a ground offensive in Gaza ‘it risks losing the sympathy of the international community.’ Let me tell you something about...