Assessment: Gaining Perspective on the Larger Picture in Jerusalem.
As events in the Middle East unfold, it is hard to gain perspective on the larger picture of what is developing. After forty years of Israel and twenty five consecutive years of full time...
U.S. aid to Palestinians in jeopardy over Hamas link
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20110712/NEWS02/707129860
American aid to the Palestinians is in jeopardy over their ties to the terrorist group Hamas, unwillingness to restart negotiations with Israel and push for statehood at the United Nations over U.S. resistance, congressional...
Iran Signals Its Readiness for a Final Confrontation
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1
&TMID=111&FID=442&PID=0&IID=9990&TTL=Iran_Signals_Its_Readiness_
for_a_Final_Confrontation
Since the publication of the November 2011 IAEA report, which explicitly spotlights Iran's plans to build nuclear weapons, senior figures of the Iranian regime and the state-run media have begun to use threatening, defiant,...
How Can Israel Please the American Government, Media, and “Experts”? It Can’t
http://www.gloria-center.org/2011/12/how-can-israel-please-the-american-government-
media-and-%e2%80%9cexperts%e2%80%9d-it-can%e2%80%99t/
There is a constant effort-especially by the anti-Israel left-to portray those who express mainstream Israeli public opinion and the views of professional analysts as “right-wing” or “Likudnik.” This leads me to wonder what one...
Middle East Myths Metastasize, Iran War Hysteria Rages Onward
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/02/middle-east-myths-metastasizes-iran-war.html
Much written and said about the Middle East has always been fantasy. But nowadays the proportion of fantasy to reality is higher than ever. And number one on that list is the war hysteria...
A current digest of media, polls and significant interviews and events
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=57001
Official: PA security forces need arms to keep peace
Published yesterday (updated) 09/06/2012 17:08
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=493570
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority security forces require regular armaments and supplies in order to keep peace and order in the West...
Rock Throwing by Arabs
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/opinion/rock-throwing-by-arabs.html?_r=4&ref=global#h
To the Editor:
Thomas L. Friedman (“A Middle East Twofer,” column, April 4) endorses what he calls “nonviolent resistance by Palestinians” against Israel. He adds that Palestinians need to “accompany every boycott, hunger strike or...
Palestinian Authority Bans Contact With Israeli Security Officials
MENL, http://www.menewsline.com
The Palestinian Authority has banned Palestinian contact with Israel's military.
The PA has ordered Palestinians not to visit or contact the Israel-Palestinian District Coordination Office, which provides permits for work or medical treatment in...
Palestinian refugees and the U.N.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/palestinian-refugees-and-the-un/2012/05/14/gIQAgFW0OU_blog.html
There are many reasons to detest the United Nations. It treats proponents of genocide as legitimate world leaders. It is among the most anti-Semitic institutions on the planet. By inaction it has contributed to...
Documenting ‘Hourly’ Arab Terror
http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/05/13/documenting-hourly-arab-terror/
When Yehudit Tayar’s weekly email arrives in my inbox, I feel a sensation of dread in the pit of my stomach. While I enjoy hearing from an old friend, these are not the...