How to make an ass of a story
As part of the annual seasonal ill will media reporting about Israel which seems to occur prior to Christmas, the New Zealand Herald published an article by Pete Wedderburn about donkey abuse in the...
The new nexus of narcoterrorism: Hezbollah and Venezuela
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/2011/201112.neumann.narcoterrorism.html
Press stories, as well as a television documentary, over the past two months have detailed the growing cooperation between South American drug traffickers and Middle Eastern terrorists, proving that the United States continues to...
A Palestinian civil intifada
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=1096
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published its December 2011 report on Monday, contending that in 2016 Jews will become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. According to the...
Israel and the European Union: A Change in Tone? INSS
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=5873
As expected, the government of Israel’s decision to issue a tender for construction of 1,000 housing units in the West Bank and East Jerusalem elicited a response from Catherine Ashton, the EU’s High Representative...
Obama administration secretly preparing options for aiding the Syrian opposition
http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/12/28/obama_administration
_secretly_preparing_options_for_aiding_the_syrian_opposition
As the violence in Syria spirals out of control, top officials in President Barack Obama's administration are quietly preparing options for how to assist the Syrian opposition, including gaming out the unlikely option of...
U.S. Determines Iranian Role In 9/11
The United States has formally concluded that Iran shared responsibility in the Al Qaida suicide air strikes in which more than 3,000 people were killed in 2001.
A U.S. federal district court has determined that...
How Can Israel Please the American Government, Media, and “Experts”? It Can’t
http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/12/how-can-israel-please-the-american-government-
media-and-%e2%80%9cexperts%e2%80%9d-it-can%e2%80%99t/
There is a constant effort-especially by the anti-Israel left-to portray those who express mainstream Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing” or “Likudnik.” This leads me to wonder what one...
TIMMERMAN: A dubious death in Dubai
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/dec/2/
a-dubious-death-in-dubai/?page=2
It has all the hallmarks of the perfect crime. On the surface, it appeared to be a suicide. The body was arranged peacefully on the floor, with no signs of struggle, a white sheet...
The End of Fayyadism
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/12/14/the_end_of_fayyadism
The "Arab Spring" may be pushing the Middle East toward transparency and more representative government, but the Palestinian Authority is bucking the trend. Prime Minister Salaam Fayyad, perhaps the only Palestinian leader who earnestly...
Panetta’s Dangerous Mistake
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1861&sec=2&title=
ELLIOT_ABRAMS:_PANETTA'S_DANGEROUS_MISTAKE
Secretary of Defense Panetta addressed the Saban Forum, the annual meeting of Israeli and American journalists, officials, and former officials, on Friday evening. What he said is no mystery; why he said it is...