While Jerusalem Day Is Celebrated Above Ground, Archaeological Discoveries Reveal City’s Layers

http://www.algemeiner.com/2013/05/08/while-jerusalem-day-is-celebrated-above-ground-archaeological-discoveries-reveal-city’s-layers/ Tens of thousands will visit the Old City on May 8 for Jerusalem Day, the anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem during the 1967 Six Day War. While celebrations go on above ground,...

Israel’s Two-state “Solution” Pyrrhic Victory

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13256#.UYrlwRXn_IW In 280-279 BCE, Greek King Pyrrhus' army suffered irreplaceable casualties in defeating the Romans at Heraclea and at Asculum. King Pyrrhus soon lost the war against the Romans. The term "Pyrrhic Victory" describes situations...

Iran’s Plans to Take Over Syria

http://jcpa.org/article/irans-plans-to-take-over-syria/ In mid-April, Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah paid a secret visit to Tehran where he met with the top Iranian officials headed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Gen. Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the...

A Serious Case of Colour Blindness”¦writes Michael Kuttner

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/a-serious-case-of-colour-blindness-writes-michael-kuttner/34078#more-34078 Individuals suffering from colour blindness are unable to distinguish between red and green. This of course can be a dangerous situation if they drive and have to know when to stop or go at...

Marathons and Media Bias in the West Bank

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/04/24/marathons-and-media-bias-in-the-west-bank/ When the news broke last week that Israel had prevented Gazan runners from participating in the West Bank’s first marathon, my initial reaction was to wonder why Israel had done something so stupid. Granted,...

Slashed budgets, plummeting standards, and political radicalization have turned Israel’s most respected newspaper into...

http://www.thetower.org/article/downfall-of-a-great-newspaper/ In early April of this year, the controversial Haaretz reporter Amira Hass, whose coverage of Palestinian violence over the last decade has often prompted accusations of bias, caused a major stir when she published...

U.S. Sends Soldiers To Jordan

The United States intends to send hundreds of troops to Jordan amid the civil war in neighboring Syria. Officials said the U.S. military has approved plans to deploy at least 200 soldiers in Jordan in...

History of the Muslim Brotherhood Penetration of the U.S. Government

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3672/muslim-brotherhood-us-government "Allah is our objective. The Prophet is our leader. The Qur'an is our law. Jihad is our way. Dying in the way of Allah is our highest aspiration." -- Motto of the Muslim Brotherhood The upheavals...

Concerns about Middle East Studies workshop

Dear President Qayoumi, Mo.Qayoumi@sjsu.edu We are faculty at the University of California and co-founders of the AMCHA Initiative, a grassroots organization committed to investigating, documenting, and combatting campus antisemitism, particularly on California public university campuses. We...

Miftah’s Funders Share Responsibility for Antisemitism and Incitement

http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/miftah_s_funders_share_responsibility_for_antisemitism_and_incitement On March 27, 2013 MIFTAH, a Palestinian non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1998 by Hanan Ashrawi (Chair of MIFTAH’s Board of Directors ), published an article by Nawaf al-Zaru that repeated the antisemitic blood...