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WASHINGTON -- The gap between Saudi Arabia and the United States has been widening over policy toward a nuclear Iran, a report said. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that the Saudis appear far...

A reader asks what I meant when I wrote: "Should I mention the total reversal of U.S. policy on Hamas from trying to undermine that radical Islamist group's rule in the Gaza Strip to believing...

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=210724 If the mullahs aren’t overthrown, the New Middle East will be a very dark and dangerous place. A new Middle East is upon us and its primary beneficiary couldn’t be happier. In a speech Monday in the...

Spinning in his grave, indeed. for now his successors not only think they can revive a Turkish-ruled imperium but have made the very mistake of turning their backs on the West that the republic's...

http://freebeacon.com/the-anti-israel-lobby/ The self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” liberal advocacy group J Street is soliciting funds for congressional candidates who are openly hostile to Israel while simultaneously targeting for defeat explicitly pro-Israel lawmakers who do not agree with...

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=6871 Until Mubarak’s ouster, Egypt, which viewed the Islamic Revolution as a threat to its regime, was a central link in the axis of anti-Iran Arab nations. The more than 30 years following the Khomeini...

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/309944/anarchy-surrounds-israel-daniel-pipes Of Israel’s neighbors, Lebanon always stood out by virtue of its weak central government, but for the first 20 years, 1948-68, this did not present difficulties to Israel; only when the Palestinians created a...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2864&sec=2&title=Analysis: _Did_Canada_Close_its_Embassy_Down_in_Iran_to_Protect_Canadian_Diplomats_ in_event_of_an_Israeli_strike One theory of why Canada now decided to close its Embassy down in Tehran is that it wants its diplomats out of the country in the event of an Israeli military strike, which may...

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=290199 Photo: Yuri Gripas / Reuters There is much that binds the US and Israel together. Nonetheless, both political prudence and past experience suggest that the Israeli leadership should not disregard the prospect that the congruence...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58871 The Legal Basis of Israel’s Naval Blockade of GazaProf. Ruth Lapidoth, July 18, 2010 Jerusalem Issue Briefs Vol. 10, No. 4 http://jcpa.org/article/the-legal-basis-of-israel%E2%80%99s-naval-blockade-of-gaza/ -The relations between Israel and Hamas are in the nature of armed conflict. Nowadays no...