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KIBBUTZNIKS IN SAMARIA The place: Skali's farm, an isolated settlement outpost in the heart of Samaria. The setting: A field strewn with alfalfa, olive groves and rocky hills. The event: A battle between the descendants of the...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4102602,00.html This summer marks the five-year anniversary of the Lebanon war between Israel and the Lebanese-Iranian terrorist organization Hezbollah. The Second Lebanon War traumatized Israel politically as well as militarily. Militarily, Israel failed to dislodge...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4167403,00.html It is a rainy day in the small, working-class city of Sderot, Israel, located less than two kilometers away from the Gaza Strip. The yellow-painted bomb shelters along with the brightly colored public shelters...

http://www.csmonitor.com/layout/set/print/content/view/print/504815 1.Al Qaeda honchos offered “tributes” Palestinian children play on a Palestinian flag during a Fatah rally in the West Bank town of Nablus in this file photo. An Al Qaeda document says Fatah gave a...

http://www.meforum.org/3364/unrwa-refugees-resettled The question whether the U.N. Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has successfully reintegrated Palestinian refugees into the normal life of the Middle East has long been a...

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/fdd-policy-brief The Free Syrian Army last week released forty seven Iranian citizens and their Syrian interpreter in exchange for 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government. The exchange of hostages was facilitated through the good...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3632 &sec=1&title=EDITOR'S_SPECIAL_REPORT_ FROM_NUREMBERG_GERMANY:__PIG_KNUCKLES,_ THE_NUREMBERGER_AND_MY_HOTEL_HAS_A_NAZI_EMBLEM “You must try the pig knuckles when you get to Nuremberg,” said the middle-aged German man I met on my flight to Frankfurt, Germany. “When pigs fly, that's when I'll eat pig knuckles,” I thought. I...

http://www.meforum.org/3762/palestinian-right-of-return US-backed negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are entering a critical period. With reports suggesting Israeli acceptance of the 1967 lines and land swaps, what about Palestinian concessions? Two issues are paramount: the...

UNRWA's Educational Activity in the Middle East UNRWA - the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for the Palestinian refugees in the Middle East - was established in the wake of the Arab-Israeli war of...

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140517/DEFREG04/305170025/Israel-Balks-German-Ship-Deal-Readies-International-Bid TEL AVIV - Israel is backing away from a long-anticipated ship deal with Germany after failing to secure Berlin’s commitment to share some of the costs of the estimated $500 million buy. Instead, defense and...