Guest post: UNRWA – Not part of the solution but part of the problem
http://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/guest-post-unrwa-not-part-of-the-solution-but-part-of-the-problem/
This is another guest post by Brian Goldfarb, a frequent reader and contributor to this blog.
“Not part of the solution, but part of the problem” - What is? Well, if we’re talking about the...
What Will Happen Now with U.S. Middle East Policy?
http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/10/what-will-happen-now-with-u-s-middle-east-policy-2/
Turkish Reader: Haven’t you understood yet that the US does not care about whether a Muslim country is ruled by Sharia or by secular law as long as that regime is pro-American?...
Is Iran a Lunatic State or a Rational Actor? Neither: It is a Rational...
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/is-iran-lunatic-state-or-rational-actor.html
The United States now estimates it will take one year for Iran to get nuclear weapons; Israel says some months.
Is Iran a Lunatic State or a Rational Actor? It is neither; it is a...
What Abbas Missed in His UN Speech
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4001/abbas-un-speech
As Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was delivering his speech at the General Assembly of the United Nations last week, one of his officials in Ramallah revealed that 250,000 out of the approximately 600,000...
The Al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) is an Al-Qaeda Salafist-jihadi network, prominent in the rebel...
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20573
Al-Qaeda Entrenchment in Syria
1. During the Syrian civil war two branches of Al-Qaeda established themselves among the rebel organizations fighting to overthrow the regime of Bashar Assad. The most prominent is the Al-Nusra...
Video Games and Cigarettes: Syria’s Disneyland for Jihadists
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/foreign-jihadists-in-syria-favor-liberal-transit-towns-over-front-a-910092.html
Atmeh looks like the set for a movie about al-Qaida. New arrivals pulling suitcases on wheels search for their emirs, Africans and Asians can be seen on the village streets, and long-haired men dressed...
“PRESSURE FROM NESHER”: Hamas as Israel’s new trading partner
A leading member of the military's General Staff suddenly says that Hamas suddenly serves Israel's interests in Gaza.
Maj. Gen. Sami Turgeman said Israel wants to maintain Hamas' hold over Gaza Strip,
"What we want is...
Original Thinking: Will Israel be in close combat with al-Qaida in 2014?
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3819&sec=2&title=Original_Thinking:_Will_Israel_be_in_close_combat_with_al-Qaida_in_2014
US servicemen are being photographed holding signs to hide their faces. This new form of Anonymous protest is addressed to their president.
“I didn’t join the navy to fight for al-Qaida in a Syrian civil...
The UNRWA Dilemma
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3979/unrwa-dilemma
The Palestinian people, according to a recent study by the Jerusalem Institute of Justice, have received per capita, adjusted for inflation, 25 times more aid than did Europeans to rebuild war-torn Western Europe under...
Israel’s Strategic Challenges: The Next Five Years
http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/4061/israel-strategic-challenges
Israel will face a complicated and challenging strategic landscape in the years to come. This, of course, could have been said at any point since 1948. Ever since the Zionist idea took the shape...