Saudi Arabia’s New Missile Force
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6660
A recent article in Newsweek reported that “according to a well-placed intelligence source,” in 2007 Saudi Arabia began to purchase CSS-5 (DF-21) ground-to-ground missiles from China. While similar reports appeared in the past, the...
The threat of Israel boycotts more bark than bite
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/23/us-palestinians-israel-boycott-analysis-idUSBREA1M0OI20140223
(Reuters) - Though voices are getting louder inside and outside Israel about the threat of economic boycotts for its continued occupation of Palestinian territories, there seems little prospect of it facing measures with real...
Good News: Worst UN Candidates Defeated in Race to Replace Richard Falk
http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1285603&ct=13660667¬oc=1
We have just learned that following UN Watch's campaign exposing and opposing the most biased candidates vying to replace the outgoing Richard Falk -- as the UN's permanent investigator on "Israel's violations of the...
U.S. Lifts Ban on Immigrants With Links to Terrorism
http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/2014/02/18/u-s-lifts-ban-on-immigrants-with-links-to-terrorism/
Muslim Brotherhood affiliates scored a major victory in their efforts to degrade U.S. national security measures in early February 2014 when the Obama administration decided to override by fiat portions of the U.S. Criminal...
The coming crash of American diplomacy in the Middle East
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bolton-obama-mideast-failure-20140218,0,1568248.story#ixzz2thmWN4FP
President Obama has three significant Middle East diplomatic initiatives underway, treating, respectively, Iran's nuclear weapons program; Syria's deadly, exhausting conflict; and the long-standing Israeli-Palestinian dispute. Into these negotiations, Obama and his administration have poured...
Gaza loses an underground lifeline
http://www.arabamericannews.com/news/news/id_8126
The border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip used to buzz with activity until a few months back as traders brought in an array of Egyptian goods - from food supplies to raw material...
New Israeli Unit Targets Syrian Border Threats
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140216/DEFREG04/302160013/New-Israeli-Unit-Targets-Syrian-Border-Threats
Israel is flexing its military muscle at the Golan Heights frontier with the latest intelligence collection technologies and a new frontline division dedicated to combating multiplying threats spawned by war raging in Syria.
Inaugurated late...
Don’t Expect Abbas to Sign Anything
http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/.premium-1.574759
As prime minister, Ehud Olmert met 36 times with PA President Mahmoud Abbas and couldn't reach an agreement with him. Olmert was prepared to go further than any other Israeli leader in meeting the...
Saudi Wahhabis call for the destruction of Shia shrine in Syria
http://www.tehrantimes.com/middle-east/99829-saudi-wahhabis-call-for-the-destruction-of-shia-shrine-in-syria
Amid an escalation of the terrorist attacks on citizens and government buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus, the extremist Wahhabi clerics in Saudi Arabia have called for the destruction of holy shrine of Lady...
DISPATCH FROM THE TORBRAU HOTEL, MUNICH–HITLER’S SS IN THE BASEMENT
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4068&sec=1&title=DISPATCH_FROM_THE_TORBRAU_HOTEL,_MUNICH--HITLER%27S_SS_IN_THE_BASEMENT _
Hotel Torbrau-the oldest hotel in Munich established in 1492photo by Rhonda Spivak
Munich-I made reservations at the Torbrau Hotel, which is the oldest hotel in Munich, one founded in 1492.The hotel advertises its tastefully...