Lebanon

http://www.danielpipes.org/14574/israel-hamas-war Politicians start wars optimistic about their prospects of gaining from combat, Geoffrey Blainey notes in his masterly study, The Causes of War ; otherwise, they would avoid fighting. Why, then, did Hamas just provoke a...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64293 Mahmoud Abbas: "stressing the new government’s commitment to the obligations of the Palestinian Authority and all previously signed agreements".) Today we are being bombarded by rockets whose very existence in the Gaza Strip represents...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64295 Suspects arrested in south Lebanon rocket attack The Daily Star (Lebanon) Jul. 11, 2014 | 07:00 AM (Last updated: July 11, 2014 | 04:44 PM) http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jul-11/263507-rocket-attack-from-lebanon-draws-israeli-fire.ashx#axzz379hOSMzJ MARI, Lebanon: Calm returned to south Lebanon Friday afternoon,...

http://pjmedia.com/spengler/2014/07/10/sunny-with-light-missile-cover-here-in-tel-aviv/ Sunny with light missile cover in Tel Aviv this morning. I awoke to muffled thuds in the distance, Iron Dome shooting down Syrian-made missiles launched from Gaza, according to news reports. I attended the...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=4312&sec=2&title=NOAM_BEDEIN:_PERSONAL_ENCOUNTERS_WITH_A _ Since the end of operation 'Pillar of Defense', through June 30th 2014, 300 aerial attacks have been launched from Hamas-ruled controlled Gaza towards southern Israel. The fact that many terrorist organizations based in Gaza...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/life-and-death-writes-michael-kuttner/43874 There can be no bigger contrast between the Islamic cult of venerating death and the Jewish tradition of hallowing life. It is at times like this when the glaring differences are on display for...

http://jcpa.org/article/initial-implications-declaration-islamic-caliphate-iraq-syria/ Vol. 14, No. 22 July 1, 2014 The newly declared “Islamic State” is trying to reinforce its battlefield achievements in Syria and Iraq by creating a new Sunni Muslim religious entity to overturn the prevailing...

http://jcpa.org/article/isis-irans-instrument-regional-hegemony/ Vol. 14, No. 21 June 20, 2014 Immediately after ISIS emerged in Syria, sources in the Syrian opposition said, “We are familiar with the commanders of ISIS. Once they belonged to Assad’s intelligence, and now...

http://www.meforum.org/4733/iraq-kurds-isis-isil The stunning collapse of the Iraqi army in Mosul, and the rapid advance of the fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) through Tikrit and toward Baghdad has created a new...

http://www.meforum.org/4728/second-front-opens-in-the-sunni-shia-war The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) organization swept into the city of Mosul in western Iraq last week. No one has any right to be surprised. ‬ ISIL has held a large...