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Today this news, which was released on Friday, takes precedence. From the NY Times: "The White House on Friday threw its weight behind Egypt's resurgent protest movement, urging for the first time the handover of power...

At the annual American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) Conference, held last week in Philadelphia, a newsworthy session was held with Chemi Shalev, the newly appointed US correspondent for the English language edition of HaAretz. Working...

http://jewishworldreview.com/0812/ahlert082212.php3 As I said in a previous column, one could be forgiven for believing that political correctness is only one step removed from insanity. Unfortunately, as the latest report from Afghanistan reveals, it can also...

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http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-wingate-wrought_690836.html?nopager=1 Everyone still remembers T. E. Lawrence, if only because of David Lean’s magnificent movieLawrence of Arabia and Lawrence’s own literary masterpiece,Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet far fewer remember Lawrence’s distant cousin, the British Army officer...

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/01/14/Palestinian-President-Abbas-Praises-Dead-Terrorists-as-Martyrs An example came earlier this month, when Abbas praised a litany of deceased Palestinian terrorists as martyrs; included in his praise were Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian Islamic Jihad founder Fathi Shikaki, and...

http://www.defenddemocracy.org/media-hit/fdd-policy-brief The Free Syrian Army last week released forty seven Iranian citizens and their Syrian interpreter in exchange for 2,130 prisoners held by the Syrian government. The exchange of hostages was facilitated through the good...

http://www.danielpipes.org/13202/danny-danon Danon (right) is widely seen as a thorn in Netanyahu's side, as in this Ha'aretz cartoon. "Lunacy." That's how Danny Danon describes Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's decision to hand over 104 killers to the Palestinian...

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...

A leading member of the military's General Staff suddenly says that Hamas suddenly serves Israel's interests in Gaza. Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman said Israel wants to maintain Hamas' hold over Gaza Strip, "What we want is...