Why Don’t Western Elites Get the Middle East? Because They Think It’s Just Like...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2011/11/18/why-don%e2%80%99t-western- elites-get-the-middle-east-because-they-think-it%e2%80%99s-just-like-them-sort-of/ I’ve come to realize a hitherto hidden dimension of why it is so hard for Western establishment figures (policymakers, journalists, and academics) to understand the Middle East. It is the conflict between the thirst...

Perspective on UNRWA and Terror

The pressure group Arab Media Watch has put out a statement claiming that my observation in my Daily Mail column yesterday, that Hamas has intercepted dozens of aid trucks and confiscated food and medical supplies...

It’s Not Just the Temple Mount; They Even Claim Susya

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/12085#.UDeYE8GTvSs In land disputes with Israel, Arabs often claim their "historic rights" to almost every part of Israel, often repeating the mantra that their grandfathers had lived on a given tract of land "for centuries" In...

Iran Increases Aid to PFLP

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/09/iran-pflp-gaza-palestine-syria.html GAZA CITY, Gaza - The relationship between the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Islamic Republic of Iran has gone from an impasse - when Iran was supporting Islamist movements...

Gaza’s tunnels rebound from Israeli offensive

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring...

Incisive Commentary: Time for Action

Posting: October 25, 2007 "Time for Action" As these are serious times, action in the US is called for. And so I ask each of you who is a US citizen to help. Below you will find...

The Disengagement Plan’s Ten Questionable Premises

1. "The successful withdrawal from Southern Lebanon is a precedent for everything that will take place in Gaza and Northern Samaria after the withdrawal from these areas". Deputy prime minister, Minister Ehud Olmert, said in...

The Truth Behind the Palestinian ‘Catastrophe’

srael will soon celebrate the 75th anniversary of its independence. Around the same time, Palestinians will stage their annual Nakba Day, the official commemoration held every year on May 15 to protest Israel’s creation....

My Cousin’s Wedding: Dedicated to Benjy Hillman, killed in action in Lebanon

It was a storybook wedding; such a fine picture they cut, the handsome young Israeli officer in slacks and a white shirt, dancing with his young beautiful bride; it could have been a movie,...

REESA COHEN STONE: MY SON’S APARTMENT WAS DEMOLISHED BY ROCKET FIRE -REPORT FROM INSIDE...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3059&sec=2&title=_REESA_COHEN_STONE:_MY_SON%27S_APARTMENT_WAS_DEMOLISHED_BY_ROCKET_FIRE_-REPORT_FROM_INSIDE_THE_SOUTH_OF_ISRAEL Editor's note: If you want to understand why Israel has responded in Gaza, have a read of this article by former Winnipegger Reesa Cohen Stone. No country in the world would not respond as...