Israel

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=63827 Veteran Mideast reporter Mark Lavie, who recently returned home to Tel Aviv after two years in Cairo, advised IMRA that he gets a good laugh from reports (see below) like this. Israel's entire embassy staff...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4518128,00.html The second Newsweek article on Israel's alleged spying efforts in the US, titled "Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the US Mostly Hushed Up", embarrasses its author and sources almost more than the original piece published...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4203&sec=2&title=Does_the_IDF_really_want_the_Haredi_Orthodox_in_its_ranks As far as the army is concerned, the issue of drafting the ultra-Orthodox into the IDF cuts both ways. The “blessing”? Well, faced with the deterioration of the situation on Israel’s borders, opening a large...

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-government-contractors-attend-iran-oil-show/ At least five companies with U.S. government contracts were in Tehran last week to attend the Iran Oil Show, a several day conference that enables international corporations to hobnob with top Iranian officials and...

In March 1968, less than a year after the Six Day War, Rabbi Eugene Weiner addressed my senior high school class at Akiba Hebrew Academy in Philadelphia, Pa. about a moral implication of that...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=63740 Below is the headline making interview in which the Americans from Kerry's team complain to Nachum Barnea about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. It is an early Israel Independence Day gift to Netanyahu. Here is what they...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=63737 The Americans from Kerry's team who complained to Nachum Barnea about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu unwittingly gave the prime minister an early Israel Independence Day gift. Here is what they told Barnea, as reported in...

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/05/06/recognizing-israel-a-red-line-for-hamas-says-abu-marzouk GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - “Hamas will not recognize Israel,” Mousa Abu Marzouk, deputy chairman of Hamas’ political bureau, told Al-Monitor in an exclusive interview. “This is a red line that cannot be crossed,” said...

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13930215001597 "Conducting trainings, exercises and drills to get prepared for operational goals is always on our agenda and Americans and all the world know that one of the operational goals of the IRGC Navy is...

http://jcpa.org/article/crisis-peace-talks/ Vol. 14, No. 9 April 10, 2014 In March 2014, Saeb Erekat, the head of the Palestinian negotiating team, prepared a 65-page document that surveys the diplomatic process and offers a list of recommendations for...