UNRWA: Blurring the Lines between Humanitarianism and Politics
http://jcpa.org/unrwa_blurring_the_lines/
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has become one of the largest UN programs, with over 30,000 personnel operating in Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the...
THE “ARAB SPRING”: THE ORIGINS OF A MISNOMER
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/2012/201204.susser.arabspring.html
The tumultuous events that have swept through the Middle East during the last year or so were widely referred to in the West as the "Arab Spring". The media was awash with expectations of...
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....
Eye on Syria: Timely Report on Developments
Welcome to Eye on Syria, a timely report on developments in Syria as well as a review of pertinent articles in the Syrian official press as well as what is written about Syria. The...
The Two-State To Nowhere: Another Futile Attempt At Appeasement
Dr. Alex Grobman is a Hebrew University trained historian. His is the author of a number of books, including Nations United: How The UN Undermines Israel and The West and a forthcoming book on...
Kuwait Expels Thousands of Palestinians
Much has been made of the Palestinian exodus of 1948. Yet during their decades of dispersal, the Palestinians have experienced no less traumatic ordeals at the hands of their Arab brothers. As early as...
Egypt: Iraq May Attack Israel, “All Hell Would Break Loose”
The following are excerpts from an article which appeared in the Egyptian English weekly, Al-Ahram of Al-Ahram Weekly 5th - 11th February, 1998
Front page headline:
"WAR?"
by Dina Ezzat, Galal Nassar and Nevine Khalil
Cairo worked...
Al-Ahram: Scott Ritter, Jews, Summer Market, Islam
The 'Mischief Maker' Bows Out
by Special Correspondent
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It was clear that the Iraqi officials waiting on the tarmac last December were nervous. A 15-man UN weapons inspection team was about to land at the...
Dr. Kedar replies to question: Small Homogeneous States Only Solution for Middle East –...
Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA:
An IMRA reader raised the following question regarding Dr. Mordechai Kedar's recent article (repeated below):
Do you see the members of small homogenous states that have the misfortune that they are...
IRAN INTRODUCES WEAPONS USED BY HIZBULLAH
The United States has determined that Iran has brought to Iraq advanced weaponry used by Hizbullah in the war against Israel.
Officials said U.S. military intelligence has detected the use by Iraqi insurgents of advanced...