Should US AID Place Conditions on donations to UNRWA?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13763#.UiERzxXn_IV
On August 16, the US and the Palestinian Authority signed a new $148 million economic aid agreement.
Our agency asked PA officials where the money was going.
The answer: education, for the new school year of...
Privately, Israelis are worried about fallout from attack
http://warrenswil.com/2013/08/30/israel-calmly-prepares-for-the-worst/
CONTRARY TO THE IMPRESSION one may get from reading U.S. media, Israelis, while calm, are worried about fallout on them from any U.S.-led strike against Syria.
Israel, alas, is used to violent conflict, both within...
Verify chemical weapons use before unleashing the dogs of war
http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/29/verify-chemical-weapons-use-before-unleashing-the-dogs-of-war/
The Obama administration has selectively used intelligence to justify military strikes on Syria, former military officers with access to the original intelligence reports say, in a manner that goes far beyond what critics charged...
Hedegaard: “A man who is living under death threats does not fear Islam’s servile...
http://www.newenglishreview.org/blog_display.cfm/blog_id/50162
Lars Hedegaard, executive editor of Dispatch International and co-founder
Damish and International Free Press Societies.
Lars Hedegaard, executive editor of DispatchInternational in Copenhagen, published an editorial today expressing outrage about the lack of police responses to...
The Pros and Cons of Attacking Syria
http://www.meforum.org/3599/attacking-syria
Go after the dog's master, not the dog.
Kudos to Michael Ledeen for explaining that the road to Damascus starts in Tehran. As Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu explained on Aug. 25, "Assad's regime isn't acting...
Obama’s Halfway Effort in Syria
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/356935/obamas-halfway-effort-syria-elliott-abrams
As it becomes increasingly obvious that President Obama has decided to attack Syria with cruise missiles and perhaps a bit more, those of us who have been urging a stronger stand on Syria for...
What’s Wrong with Going into Syria
http://frontpagemag.com/2013/robert-spencer/whats-wrong-with-going-into-syria/
American military intervention in Syria is likely to begin this week, and one thing we know amid the general confusion is that the objective is not to oust Bashar Assad: White House spokesman Jay...
Leaked documents reveal US sees Israel as a spying threat (Video)
http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/319513-leaked-documents-reveal-us-sees-israel-as-a-major-spying-threat
The Obama administration views Israel as one of the top spying threats facing its intelligence services, leaked documents reveal.
A secret budget request obtained by The Washington Post from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden lumps...
Fed-Up Saudis Look to Russia
http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2013/08/27/fed-up-saudis-look-to-russia-for-help-in-syria/
Talk about a cry for help. The Saudis have apparently judged President Obama to be rudderless in his Middle East policies, judging by their recent diplomatic moves toward Russia: They appear to have plied...
WARNING! President Obama May Be Writing Your Rabbi’s High Holiday Sermon
http://yidwithlid.blogspot.co.il
For those of you who have never been to a synagogue during the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur it can be quite the event. The services have much ritual and tradition...