Obama Visits Sderot 1

"I can assure you," Barak Obama said, speaking at the local police station against a backdrop of Kassam rockets, "if someone was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night,...

Jordan’s Protests: Arab Spring Lite?

http://www.fpri.org/enotes/2011/201107.helfont_helfont.jordan.html Samuel Helfont is a Ph.D Candidate in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and an Associate Scholar of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. He is the author of Yusuf al-Qaradawi: Islam and Modernity (2009)...

January 3, 2013: Sovereignty Conference

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ This past Tuesday, here in Jerusalem, the Women in Green -- joined now by some other groups -- sponsored their third annual conference: Application of Israeli Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. The turnout was incredible....

Renewed Negotiations with Syria: Currently Not in Israel’s Interest

I am among those who believe that a political settlement is a good thing. Rafael (Raful) Eitan was once asked if he supported a peace settlement between Israel and Syria based on the principle...

Was Arafat Responsible for the PLO Gun Ship?

Seamen admit: we reported every step to the PA Yedioth Ahronoth (p. 7) by Alex Fishman -- Members of the Israeli intelligence service burst into laughter when they heard Arafat's announcement that he proposed establishing a...

UNRWA Under the Knesset Spotlight

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/unrwa-under-the-knesset-spotlight/ UNRWA, which serves half a million Palestinian pupils in UNRWA schools,now seeks new funding for UNRWA summer camps and for the new school year. UNRWA received 1.2 billion dollars in donations last year from more...

Obama Again Predicts Direct Israel-Palestinian Talks, Is He Wrong Again?

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/07/obama-again-predicts-direct-israel-palestinian-talks We depend on your contributions. To make a tax-deductible donation through PayPal or credit card, click the Donate button in the upper-right hand corner of this page. To donate via check, make it...

A Toxic Brew in Sinai

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/jinsa-fellows/toxic-brew-sinai To grasp how badly the security situation in Sinai has deteriorated, one fact suffices: Israel now receives as many intelligence warnings about Sinai-based terror plots as it does about terror from Gaza. This, obviously, is...

Sheikh Abdulleh Nimer Darwish Israeli Arab Islamic Movement

IMRA interviewed Sheikh Abdulleh Nimer Darwish, leader of the Israeli Arab Islamic Movement, in Hebrew, on October 24th. The entire interview follows: IMRA: You made headlines with the story that Sheik Yassin was ready for...