Between Paralysis and Fatigue: The “Geneva 2 Negotiations on the Syrian Civil War
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6435
On January 22, 2014 representatives of the international community once again reconvened in Switzerland in an attempt to broker a negotiated agreement to end the bloody Syrian civil war. Since the last round of...
America’s Problems in the Middle East are Just Beginning
http://www.meforum.org/3583/america-problems-middle-east
It's 2015, and there is a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (Hamas), financed by Iran, wins an election on a platform demanding the expulsion...
British Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Appeal to the Marchers Against a War With Iraq
Yes, there are consequences of war.
If we remove Saddam by force, people will die and some will be innocent.
And we must live with the consequences of our actions, even the unintended ones. But there...
Zarqawi Setting up Bases in Jordan, Gaza Strip?
Terror chief boasts of Eilat, Aqaba attack amid concerns of network expansion.
JERUSALEM - A website affiliated with al-Qaida yesterday announced the terror groups' Iraq insurgency leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi was responsible for last week's...
PA Media Reflecting Internal Strife
June 16, 2005
Background Analysis-up front
There are several strong messages at the edges of the press reports in the Palestinian Authority (PA) which do not always find themselves in the headlines but which is becoming...
What’s Wrong with Going into Syria
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/
American military intervention in Syria is likely to begin this week, and one thing we know amid the general confusion is that the objective is not to oust Bashar Assad: White House spokesman Jay...
What’s in a Name: Is Associated Press Laundering Islamism?
http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/04/whats-in-a-name-is-associated-press-laundering-islamism/
Political leaders and government officials are paid for trying to avoid, mitigate, or manage damage to their countries. Experts and journalists are supposed to warn about them and explain the dangers. This isn’t happening....
Secretary Rice on CNN’s Larry King Live: Hezbollah human shields “very difficult to deal...
QUESTION: Madame Secretary, thanks for joining us. We're getting reports that the United States hopes to have a deal on a U.N. resolution ending the Middle East violence and that deal should come through...
New Revelations About the UN Goldstone Report that Seriously Undermine its Credibility
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=0&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=378&PID=1857&IID=3377&TTL=New_Revelations_About_the_UN_Goldstone_Report_that_Seriously_Undermine_its_Credibility
Col. (ret.) Desmond Travers was one of the four members of the UN Fact Finding Mission that produced what is widely called the Goldstone Report. The Mission investigated Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza...
GENERAL PELLEGRINI: A NEW NAPOLEON ON ISRAEL’S SHORES?
The statements that were made on Thursday by the French commander of UNIFIL troops, Major General Alain Pellegrini, that he was awaiting orders on the use of UNIFIL troops, including instructions to intercept Israeli...