War-torn Syria Split into Three Regions
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/08/war-torn-syria-split-into-three-regions/100572/
According to the Associated Press, two and a half years into Syria's civil war, the once highly-centralized authoritarian state has effectively split into three distinct parts, each boasting its own flags, security agencies and...
Israel to UNRWA: ‘Avoid One-Sided Propaganda’
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/171349#.Uh076xXn_IU
This evening (Tuesday) the Foreign Ministry, in an usual move, made an official announcement on behalf of the State of Israel that it condemns the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for misrepresenting...
David Bedein goes to “Camp Jihad” on Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/08/22/us-tax-dollars-help-fund-un-hate-camp-in-gaza-documentary/
Palestinian children as young as 5 are being taught to hate Jews, glorify martyrs and support jihad, and a U.S.-funded United Nations agency is helping to underwrite the effort, according to a controversial new...
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The Hurva: Destroyed by Arab Legion, 1948. Rebuilt by Israel, 2011
Who remembers? Between 1949 & 1967, Arabs outlawed all Jews from the Old City of Jerusalem, a policy which ended in 1967, when Israel...
US AID should place conditions on it’s donation to the Palestinians
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/08/us_aid_should_place_conditions_on_its_donation_to_the_palestinians.html
The Jerusalem Post reported in its August 18 edition that the US and the Palestinian Authority signed a $148 million economic aid agreement.
Our agency asked PA officials where the money was going.
The answer: education,...
Lost: Obama Middle East Policy, 2013-2016,(1) Why U.S. Policy Betrayed the Moderates
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/08/by-barry-rubin-in-1848-new-communist.html
In 1848, the new Communist movement issued a manifesto. It began with the opening line: “A specter is haunting Europe-the specter of Communism.”
For our purposes today, this threat might be reworded as:
“A specter is...
Morsi detained, bloodbath in Egypt
http://www.meforum.org/3588/morsi-detained-bloodbath-egypt
As Egypt explodes in what could be civil war, with a reported death toll of at least 628 dead and rising in clashes between security forces and Islamists that began August 14, many are...
Op-Ed: IDF Gen. Nitzan Alon, What Happened to Due Process?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13713#.UhKXh9JurTo
The media in Israel on August 18 devoted a day of news stories to the abuse of a “stun gun”, something like an electric cattle prod and known as a taser gun, in the...
What is the actual US State Dept. position on freeing convicted murderers of US...
http://networkedblogs.com/OdXVF
What is the State Department's attitude to governments freeing prisoners who have murdered US citizens? The answer might surprise you.
The question is neither rhetorical nor theoretical in our part of the world. There have...
America’s Mideast policies need a reality — and morality — check
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/08/19/america-mideast-policies-need-reality-and-morality-check/
On June 4, 2009, President Barack Obama made his historic "New Beginning" speech in Cairo, boldly seeking to harken a new day for the U.S. and the Muslim world. But all the high hopes...