U.S. Government Contractors Attend Iran Oil Show
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/u-s-government-contractors-attend-iran-oil-show/
At least five companies with U.S. government contracts were in Tehran last week to attend the Iran Oil Show, a several day conference that enables international corporations to hobnob with top Iranian officials and...
After success in Iraq and Syria, ISIL will find it tougher to crack Jordan
http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/after-success-in-iraq-and-syria-isil-will-find-it-tougher-to-crack-jordan
Lost in the flurry of rambling threats to Iraq’s Shiite community during its surprise military blitz last week, the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) issued an even bolder statement: a call...
Editor’s Report from Israel: Bombs Going Off- My First Air Raid in Tel Aviv...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4065&sec=1&title=Editor%27s_Report_from_Israel:_Bombs_Going_Off-_My_First_Air_Raid__in_Tel_Aviv_During_Ha%27aretz_Peace_Conference-Israel_Prepares_for_War-WJR_will_provide_Expanded_Wartime_Coverage
Editor's note: want to begin this report by thanking WebWizards for sponsoring what will be my expanded coverage as a correspondent in these turbulent times as Israel calls up troops and prepares for what...
Operation Protective Edge: Possible Scenarios for What Lies Ahead
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7210
The starting assumption for an analysis of possible scenarios regarding Operation Protective Edge is that the fighting began when Hamas was increasingly weakened in the Gaza Strip and had little to lose. This situation...
Israel Announces Gaza Ground War
The Israeli military has announced ground operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
The military said it sent a range of ground forces into the Gaza Strip on late July 17. The operation was ordered by...
There Must Not Be a Ceasefire
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4513/gaza-hamas-ceasefire
With their usual mixture of human rights concern and hypocrisy, several countries have stepped into the fresh Israel-Gaza conflict by demanding a cease-fire. Egypt has played an important role in this demarche; Hamas has...
U.S. Deemed Conduit For Hamas Funds
Hamas was said to have employed the U.S. banking system for finances and donations.
A trial in U.S. court heard allegations that the Arab Bank funneled millions of dollars through the American banking system and...
Ignoring Real Syrian Refugees to Support Fake Palestinian Ones
http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2014/09/04/ignoring-real-syrian-refugees-to-support-fake-palestinian-ones/
I realize it’s been a busy week, what with ISIS beheading journalists, Russia invading Ukraine, and deadliest of all (to quote the inimitable Sultan Knish), Israel threatening to build new houses. But it’s nevertheless...
No peace in our time
Of all the idiocies uttered in reaction to Benjamin Netanyahu’s stunning election victory, none is more ubiquitous than the idea that peace prospects are now dead because Netanyahu has declared that there will be...