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....

Iran has renewed funding to a Palestinian militia

Palestinian sources said Iran has resumed funding to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, with offices in Lebanon, Syria, the Gaza Strip and West Bank. They said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps...

Source: Iran Not to Give Up Arak Heavy Reactor

http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.aspx?nn=13921107001128 TEHRAN (FNA)- Operation of the heavy water reactor in the Central city of Arak is Iran’s redline and the country has no plan to relinquish this project by any means, informed sources said on...

Old-School Israeli PR Makes the Case for Judea and Samaria

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177094#.UvFU5BXTmUl The footage is old, and the quality grainy, but the message is unmistakable. A public relations video produced by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit more than 30 years ago makes the case for Israel to retain...

Iowa View: ‘Peace’ group’s claims cloak its purpose

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20140225/OPINION01/302250065/0/JUICE01/?odyssey=nav|head&nclick_check=1 The Feb. 19 column “Israel Accuses Iowan Over West Bank Protests” leaves the reader feeling outraged at Israel for its seemingly unjust behavior toward Palestinians. Unfortunately, Rekha Basu’s column does not accurately describe the...

Syrian refugee crisis brings Israelis and Arabs together in Miami Beach

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/03/10/3986466/syrian-refugee-crisis-brings-israelis.html Alan Gill, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, speaks about “The Syrian Refugee Crisis," part of the Jewish Funders Network Annual Conference, held at the Eden Roc, Monday, March 10, 2014. WALTER MICHOT / MIAMI...

Israel calls on UNRWA to refrain from one-sided political advocacy

http://israelforeignaffairs.com/israel-calls-unrwa-refrain-onesided-political-advocacy Palestinian throws a Molotov cocktail at Qalandiya refugee camp, August 26, 2013Copyright: Reuters While omitting to mention any context or reason for the Israeli operation, it was quick to cite “credible reports”. In determining that...

ISIS Success in Iraq and Syria: Strategic Ramifications

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7112 Several factors are at the base of the military success of ISIS and other jihadist organizations: the structural and functional weaknesses of Arab nation states; the organizations’ networked and decentralized structure, which makes it...

Hit Hamas Hard to Create a Different Strategic Balance Against Islamic Terrorism

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hit-hamas-hard-create-different-strategic-balance-islamic-terrorism EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: It is time for a full-scale offensive against Hamas and the other Islamist-Jihadist groups in Gaza. Israel should take over Gaza temporarily; destroy the terrorist infrastructure as much as possible, to the...

July 15, 2014: PHEW!

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ What a rollercoaster ride the last 24 hours has been with regard to our war with Hamas. Yesterday Egypt announced a proposal for a ceasefire: Both sides would stop firing, and then in 48 hours...