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Smoke caused by explosions from Israeli forces’ operations rises from buildings on the outskirts of Gaza City yesterday. (Hatem Moussa/Associated Press) Yesterday, no schools in communities and towns at a distance of 30 miles Gaza...

A cold war is "the key to understanding the Middle East in the 21^st century." So argue Yigal Carmon and three of his colleagues at the Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) in a recent study, "An Escalating Regional Cold War."They have identified a major confrontation that the media has somehow missed - and which is the more important for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's just having been re-designated as president of Iran.

Another report about torture in Iran just surfaced. This time it was 19-year-old Mohammad K. who was arrested during Iran's postelection unrest and was locked up in the Kahrizak detention facility. All but two...

-- On July 10, 2008 Ha’aretz’s main section contained a small story. Not small, tiny. 93 words to be precise. “The district committee,” stated the article, “has approved for public hearing the establishment of...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/05/13/documenting-hourly-arab-terror/ When Yehudit Tayar’s weekly email arrives in my inbox, I feel a sensation of dread in the pit of my stomach. While I enjoy hearing from an old friend, these are not the...

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...

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/06/fools-rush-in-where-statesmen-fear-to-tread/ “Four years after the revolution and the old king’s execution.... He still recalls the old battle yell Down with all of the ruling class Throw all the generals out on their arse.” -”Marat/Sade” Actually though, many Egyptians are...

There are many people in Israel who feel like these past two weeks have been the longest two weeks in their lives. Since the moment the abduction became public knowledge, the tension is palpable....

The heads of a delegation from the Republican Jewish Coalition who visited here last week appeared very upset when we met early Wednesday morning. "Explain why your government is surrendering to terror," one of...

Larry Lowenthal, head of the American Jewish Committee in Boston, misses the point: At the December 10th lunch in Boston, Sari Nusseibeh was not asked the key question: Since Nusseibeh holds a key position in the...