Islamism’s Likely Doom
http://www.danielpipes.org/13124/islamism-doom
As recently as 2012, it appeared that Islamists could overcome their many internal dissimilarities - sectarian (Sunni, Shi'ite), political (monarchical, republican), tactical (political, violent), or attitudes toward modernity (Salafi, Muslim Brotherhood) - and cooperate....
Thanks to Syria, Timing of Looming Iran Crisis Is Fortuitous
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/08/01/thanks-to-syria-timing-of-looming-iran-crisis-is-fortuitous/
As I noted yesterday, the coming months will be decisive with regard to Iran’s nuclear program. This is an issue on which everyone would prefer if crunch time were never reached. But if a...
Video Games and Cigarettes: Syria’s Disneyland for Jihadists
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/foreign-jihadists-in-syria-favor-liberal-transit-towns-over-front-a-910092.html
Atmeh looks like the set for a movie about al-Qaida. New arrivals pulling suitcases on wheels search for their emirs, Africans and Asians can be seen on the village streets, and long-haired men dressed...
The unique tragedy of the Palestinian refugees
http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/middle-east/2013/12/19/The-unique-tragedy-of-the-Palestinian-refugees-.html
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) is tasked with assisting Palestinian refugees. The films, pictures, slides and prints the organization has collected on the plight of the refugees will now be displayed...
After success in Iraq and Syria, ISIL will find it tougher to crack Jordan
http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/after-success-in-iraq-and-syria-isil-will-find-it-tougher-to-crack-jordan
Lost in the flurry of rambling threats to Iraq’s Shiite community during its surprise military blitz last week, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) issued an even bolder statement: a call...
There Must Not Be a Ceasefire
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4513/gaza-hamas-ceasefire
With their usual mixture of human rights concern and hypocrisy, several countries have stepped into the fresh Israel-Gaza conflict by demanding a cease-fire. Egypt has played an important role in this demarche; Hamas has...
How the Palestinian Media Reacted to the Attack on Iraq
On a few occasions, as reported by the Palestinian media, high-ranking figures have called for violence and support of Iraq:
The Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Ambassador to Iraq, Azzam Al-Ahmad, said in an...
PA Leadership Calls for Continuing the Intifada
Arab Action Expected
Speaking to a conference in Tunis, PA Chairman Yasir Arafat said: "Just as the Palestinian and Tunisian blood mixed at Hamam al-Shat so will the Palestinian blood mix with the Arab...
Official PA radio news – P.B.C. V.O.P. (Voice of Palestine) Radio, February 16-17. Featuring...
Summary and Analysis
After the air-strikes in Iraq, both Israeli and American-Anglo "aggression" were feature items on V.O.P. Saturday. In the 7 p.m. news bulletin, reaction to the Iraqi air-strike-highlighting criticism of American-British aggression-was longer...
Official PA radio news – P.B.C. V.O.P. (Voice of Palestine) Radio: Tuesday February 27th...
Summary and Analysis
The Palestinian Authority is charging Israel with "unprecedented escalations," even as its broadcast arm, V.O.P., appears to be readying the Palestinian population for a still-worse escalation, perhaps even Israeli invasion.
In one of...