Linking Targets to Political Objectives in Syria
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/linking-targets-to-political-objectives-in-syria
As Washington moves toward punitive action in Syria, the resultant military operation will presumably take one of two forms: either token strikes aimed at restoring the credibility of U.S. "redline" statements, or a serious...
US Military Intervention in Syria: The Broad Strategic Purpose, Beyond Punitive Action
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=11973
Until the publication of reports that Bashar Assad’s army carried out a large attack using chemical weapons in an eastern suburb of Damascus, Washington had not seriously considered military intervention in Syria. In light...
Hamas Set to Launch New Targeted Terror Campaign in Jerusalem
Less than two years after a massive Palestinian prisoner release, Hamas has been planning mass-casualty attacks in Israel's capital.
The Israel Security Agency has determined that Hamas rebuilt its military wing in the West Bank...
Turning Point: Obama and Israel, The Next Three Years
www.gloria-center.org
It is not every day that one can announce a shift in world history, but this day is today. And we are now in a new era in the Middle East and the world....
Fighting for the Jewish State, Rosh Hashana 1947
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13796#.UidN8n9cViI
On the morning of September 8, 1947 --less than a week before Rosh Hashana-- Londoners awoke to the startling news that a group of Jewish militants had been arrested in Paris as they prepared...
Chemical Watershed: Momentum Shifts again in Syrian Civil War
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/situation-in-syria-deteriorates-as-west-looks-for-answers-a-919733.html
Two and a half years after the beginning of the uprising, Damascus has become an eerily empty city. The streets were deserted last Friday evening in the remaining regime-controlled districts -- from Bab Tuma...
Dominic Lawson: So who still thinks Israel is the root of Middle East problems?
independent.co.uk
Forget the massacre of thousands in Syria and Egypt, whether by chemical weapons or more conventional methods of mass slaughter. The Middle Eastern issue galvanising some of our musical mega-stars and their followers, even...
President Obama’s Shift on Syria and Western Strategy
http://jcpa.org/article/president-obamas-shift-syria-western-strategy/
Vol. 13, No. 24 1 September 2013
The Syrian regime is far weaker than most observers think. Rebel forces are continuing to gain momentum in all districts. The regime’s dire situation is manifested in its...
Syria Is Said to Be Hiding Weapons, Moving Troops
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/syria-hiding-weapons-moving-troops-20145087?singlePage=true
As the Obama administration tries to prod Congress into backing armed action against Syria, the regime in Damascus is hiding military hardware and shifting troops out of bases into civilian areas.
Politically, President Bashar Assad...
News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
This week two incidents took place in which IEDs were used against IDF forces on patrol near the security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip. In August 2013 an attempted terrorist attack in...