Four Facts That Everyone Should Know About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/06/26/four-facts-that-everyone-should-know-about-the-israeli-palestinian-conflict/
A Haganah member and others during Israel's War of Independence. Photo: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Most Westerners, including many Jews, are unaware of four fundamental facts about the Jewish homeland of Israel that would...
No Separating Palestinian Corruption From Terror
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/06/26/no-separating-palestinian-corruption-from-terror-fatah-hamas-kidnapping/
As the second week of the search for the three Israeli teenagers abducted by Hamas terrorists comes to an end, the announcement of the names of two prime suspects in the kidnapping is all...
Confronting the Islamic threat to the West
http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5046/confronting_the_islamic_threat_to_the_west
Good Western boys, turned Islamic fighters
A greater effort must be made to control the threat of Islamic terrorism. Indifference to the threat, let alone acquiescence, is not an option for Western survival. An official...
New Palestinian Poll Shows Hardline Views, But Some Pragmatism Too
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/new-palestinian-poll-shows-hardline-views-but-some-pragmatism-too
A reliable new West Bank/Gaza public opinion survey conducted on June 15-17 -- the only such poll since the current kidnapping crisis began -- shows that Palestinian popular attitudes have hardened considerably on long-term...
ISIS Success in Iraq and Syria: Strategic Ramifications
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7112
Several factors are at the base of the military success of ISIS and other jihadist organizations: the structural and functional weaknesses of Arab nation states; the organizations’ networked and decentralized structure, which makes it...
Despite Accord, Hamas Still Rules Gaza
Despite a Palestinian unity government, Hamas remains in control of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian sources said Hamas has maintained its military and security forces despite the introduction of Palestinian Authority security officers in the Gaza...
EDITOR’S SPECIAL REPORT: VIENNA’S CONTROVERSIAL HOLOCAUST MONUMENT- A STREET WASHING JEW
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4236&sec=1&title=EDITOR%27S_SPECIAL_REPORT:_VIENNA%27S_CONTROVERSIAL_HOLOCAUST_MONUMENT-_A_STREET_WASHING_JEW
A Close up of the Sculpture of a Jew forced to kneel and scrub the streets after Austria was annexed by Hitler's Germany in 1938photo by Rhonda Spivak
I had just left the Mozart Café...
Btselem Watch : A new opportunity for news coverage
The anti-Israeli delegitimization campaign has proven effective, providing ammunition for hostile legal warfare - intended to restrict Israel's right to self defense & deny its character nature as a Jewish state.
The most influential efforts...
ISIS: A Risk Assessment
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7116
Recent events in Iraq are liable to give new impetus to the ideas and the path that ISIS represents, which are shared by many terrorist organizations operating in the Middle East and beyond. Its...
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...