Why Don’t Western Elites Get the Middle East? Because They Think It’s Just Like...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/11/18/why-don%e2%80%99t-western- elites-get-the-middle-east-because-they-think-it%e2%80%99s-just-like-them-sort-of/ I’ve come to realize a hitherto hidden dimension of why it is so hard for Western establishment figures (policymakers, journalists, and academics) to understand the Middle East. It is the conflict between the thirst...

Iran Signals Its Readiness for a Final Confrontation

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1 &TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=9990&TTL=Iran_Signals_Its_Readiness_ for_a_Final_Confrontation Since the publication of the November 2011 IAEA report, which explicitly spotlights Iran's plans to build nuclear weapons, senior figures of the Iranian regime and the state-run media have begun to use threatening, defiant,...

Muslim Brotherhood Makes Fools of Naive West; Two Smart Egyptians Fear Future

http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/11/muslim-brotherhood-makes -fools-of-naive-west-two-smart-egyptians-fear-future/ Can you imagine this? The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood lied! And can you imagine this: the two civilians who are Egypt’s greatest hope for avoiding an Islamist dictatorship are very worried. Let’s start with the Brotherhood....

The Palestinian Authority Does Not Meet UNESCO Standards

http://www.breuerpress.com/2011/11/01/the-palestinian- authority-does-not-meet-unesco-standards/ After the vote of 193 UNESCO member countries, the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education published today an interim report containing a preliminary summary of the findings of an extensive...

Words of Simon Deng, once a Sudanese slave

Address to Counter- Durban Conference in NY, entitled: The Perils of Global Intolerance It is a great honor for me and it is a privilege really to be among today’s distinguished speakers.I came here as...

9/11 Law Suit Targets Iran Involvement

Ten Years After 9/11 The Law Suit For Millions The Families Of The Victims Have Filed In A New York Court Is Revealing Classified Information That Could Change Everything We Have Thought About The...

The Renewed Gaza War on Israel

Last Wednesday, Grad Katyusha rockets were fired into southern Israel from Gaza. On Saturday afternoon, the Israel Air Force hit a terrorist squad in Gaza that was preparing to launch additional long-range rockets. Reportedly,...

Reining in Abbas: How America Should Punish the Palestinian Leader

http://nationalinterest.org/commentary/reining-abbas-how- america-should-punish-the-palestinian-lead-6028 A new budget battle is brewing between the Republican-led Congress and the Obama White House. This time it’s not about trimming domestic spending. It’s about the $600 million in annual financial assistance the United...

Anatomy of a deal

http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/ CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-4134431,00.html The military impasse, the stands taken by the Shin Bet and the Mossad, Hamas elasticizing its stance, the Arab Spring and the Palestinian bid in the UN - all of these contributed to Prime...

Nuclear arms expert says it would be foolish for canada to sell Jordan nuclear...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1529&sec=1&title= NUCLEAR_ARMS_EXPERT_SAYS_IT_WOULD_BE_FOOLISH_FOR_CANADA_ TO_SELL_JORDAN_NUCLEAR_REACTOR:_CANADA_ON_SHORT_LIST_TO_SELL Arms control expert Gerald Steinberg has taken issue with the presence of Canada on a recent short list to help Jordan construct a nuclear reactor to generate energy for civilian purposes. Canada is one of...