Iraq

http://jcpa.org/article/iran-the-regional-power-behind-the-hamas-war-effort/#sthash.BCfPFQpk.dpuf Vol. 14, No. 23 July 15, 2014 Iran is an arsonist, inflaming the conflicts in the Middle East. Since the 2012 “Pillar of Defense Operation,” Iran has heavily invested in improving the quantity and quality...

http://www.meforum.org/4750/the-myth-of-palestinian-centrality The "Palestinian cause" has been at the forefront of discourse on the Middle East for nearly a century. It has long formed the primary common concern of pan-Arab solidarity and its most effective...

Palestinian sources said the militias were working to establish a force that would protect residents of 11 UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. They said the joint force would be overseen by a unified...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4400/obama-muslim-persecutions Why is the U.S. downplaying or denying attacks against Christians? "What about the churches which were desecrated? Is this not blasphemy? Where is justice?" - Fr. James Channan OP, Director of The Peace Center, Lahore,...

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/iran-celebrates-use-of-rockets-supplied-to-hamas/ Iranian military leaders on Monday celebrated Hamas’ use of advanced long-range rockets that were supplied to the terror group by the Iranian regime. Iran’s role in arming Hamas militants with more sophisticated artillery capable of...

Uzi Dayan on mount Sarbata with Jordan valley and Jordanian mountain range in background photo by Rhonda Spivak At the David Citadel Hotel during Prime Minister Harper's visit to Israel this past January, I bumped into...

http://www.danielpipes.org/14574/israel-hamas-war Politicians start wars optimistic about their prospects of gaining from combat, Geoffrey Blainey notes in his masterly study, The Causes of War ; otherwise, they would avoid fighting. Why, then, did Hamas just provoke a...

http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2014/07/10/sunny-with-light-missile-cover-here-in-tel-aviv/ Sunny with light missile cover in Tel Aviv this morning. I awoke to muffled thuds in the distance, Iron Dome shooting down Syrian-made missiles launched from Gaza, according to news reports. I attended the...

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: It is time for a full-scale offensive against Hamas and the other Islamist-Jihadist groups in Gaza. Israel should take over Gaza temporarily; destroy the terrorist infrastructure as much as possible, to the...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4312&sec=2&title=NOAM_BEDEIN:_PERSONAL_ENCOUNTERS_WITH_A _ Since the end of operation 'Pillar of Defense', through June 30th 2014, 300 aerial attacks have been launched from Hamas-ruled controlled Gaza towards southern Israel. The fact that many terrorist organizations based in Gaza...