Official: PA lacks political infrastructure for peace deal
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=11935
The Palestinian Authority has yet to form the political infrastructure that would allow it to reach a permanent peace agreement with Israel, Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, director-general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry, said...
Israel’s Strategic Challenges: The Next Five Years
http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/4061/israel-strategic-challenges
Israel will face a complicated and challenging strategic landscape in the years to come. This, of course, could have been said at any point since 1948. Ever since the Zionist idea took the shape...
Startling Revelations From an Iranian Smuggling Case in Hamburg
http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/sartling-revelations-from-an-iranian-smuggling-case-in-hamburg
I rarely attend trials, but this one is special.
On July 24, 2013, the main hearing in the case of German businessman Rudolf M. and Iranian-Germans Gholamali K., Kianzad K., and Hamid Kh. opened at...
Looking Back At 1948-Colonel Mordechai Baron Reflects on the Roots of the Arab refugee...
In Jerusalem on July 29th, I met with Colonel Mordachi Ba-Ron now 84, to discover the roots of the Arab refugee issue. Mr Ba-Ron was a platoon and company commander in the Givatti Brigade...
EDITOR’S REPORT FROM JERICHO-20 YEARS AFTER OSLO: THE REFUGEE CAMP, CASINO, CALIPH AND UNKNOWN...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3813&sec=1&title=EDITOR%27S_REPORT_FROM_JERICHO-20_YEARS_AFTER_OSLO:_THE_REFUGEE_CAMP,_CASINO,_CALIPH_AND_UNKNOWN_PALACE
As my Arab driver Faisal from East Jerusalem drove through the entrance to Jericho this past winter, I reminded myself that this oasis was the first city that came under the Palestinian Authority when...
Israel Worried Over Syrian Plan
Officials said the sudden reversal by President Barack Obama, who pressured Israel and American Jews to support an attack on Syria, suggested that the administration was pursuing a reconciliation with Iran. They said Teheran...
Syrian army defector tells of dozens of chemical attacks
http://www.thenational.ae/world/syrian-army-defector-tells-of-dozens-of-chemical-attacks
Amman // A senior army officer and chemical-weapons specialist who defected from Bashar Al Assad’s forces says he was ordered by top regime officials to use poison gas in attacks on rebel-held areas.
“I am...
Conference That Plans The Demise Of Israel Set For Tel Aviv: Realizing The Return...
29-30.9.2013
VENUE
Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv - The Rothschild Auditorium, 2 Haim Levanon street, Tel Aviv.
conference will take place in the area of the village Shaykh Muwannis, which was located there till the Nakba
The conference...
Russia-Iran Axis Gets Access
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/09/by-barry-rubin-original-supposed-intent.html
The original supposed intent of this whole Syria exercise--punishing Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons--has achieved zero. In fact, it has backfired.
"Russian credibility is not in question," my colleague Dr. Jonathan Spyer pointed out,...
Peace Talks: What Is Behind The Palestinian Message?
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3970/palestinian-peace-talks
Palestinian officials in Ramallah have lately been competing against each other over the release of statements regarding the secret peace talks with Israel.
All these statements have one theme in common: holding Israel responsible for...