Islamism’s Likely Doom
http://www.danielpipes.org/13124/islamism-doom
As recently as 2012, it appeared that Islamists could overcome their many internal dissimilarities - sectarian (Sunni, Shi'ite), political (monarchical, republican), tactical (political, violent), or attitudes toward modernity (Salafi, Muslim Brotherhood) - and cooperate....
Syria, Egypt Trying To Protect Terror Groups, Israeli Lawmaker Says
Both Egypt and Syria are making efforts to protect terrorist groups and their infrastructure from the global war on terrorism, an Israeli lawmaker said here.
As part of that effort, Egypt did its utmost to...
Arafat’s “Kleptocracy” Revisted
Imagine former Enron CEO Kenneth Lay, who plundered his company's assets before its demise, pleading poverty and then asking world leaders and financial institutions to help support the jobless employees and destitute pensioners of...
ISRAEL TARGETS JIHAD CHARITIES
Israel has targeted Islamic charities... in an effort to block financing to Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Officials said the intelligence community has been identifying and tracking Islamic charities, known as Dawa, in the West Bank...
When the Perceived Security Interests of Israel and the US Clash
There are times when the perceived security interests of the US and Israel clash. Yet every time that American and Israeli security interests do not coincide, people seem surprised.
In 1984, former New York Times...
The Palestinian refugees — a reality check
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6651
Western policymakers and media have misconstrued/misrepresented the Palestinian refugee issue, ignoring its global context and core data. Moreover, the Palestinian claim of dispossession -- which impacts the U.S. financial aid to UNRWA, and is...
Insight into the “Humanitarian Crisis” in Gaza
The situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate. Israel has given guarantees that there will be no humanitarian crisis: that sufficient supplies to prevent this will be allowed through crossings.
This doesn't mean there will be...
EGYPT: Former DM on Arab Strategy for the Future
The following are excerpts from articles which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, "Al-Ahram" of Al-Ahram Weekly 5 - 11 March 1998
"A strategy for the future" by Amin Hewedy (former Minister of Defense and...
Who’s Against a Two-State Solution?
http://www.meforum.org/2689/against-two-state-solution
"Two states, living side by side in peace and security." This, in the words of President Barack Obama, is the solution to the century-long conflict between Jews and Palestinian Arabs in the Middle East....
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Thus Passes the Glory of the World
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/dr-mordechai-kedar/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-thus-passes-the-glory-of-the-world/2012/09/23/0/?print
In the past, the United States was the "glory of the world", mainly after it came to the aid of Europe in the Second World War, the victory over Germany and Japan in 1945,...






