Middle East

http://arlenefromisrael.squarespace.com/current-postings/2013/12/2/december-2-2013-strength-for-the-hard-times.html Credit: Amit Erez I give thanks for this Chanukah season, which is buoying me - and I hope many of you! - during a difficult time. ~~~~~~~~~~ Before moving to the difficult stuff, I begin with links...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3978&sec=2&title=Editor%27s_report:_Ramallah_-The_Back_Entrance,a_Whiff_of_Nazism_and_Coca_-Cola Up until August 2011, I had no idea that there was a "back" entrance to Ramallah used for diplomats only, which enabled them to get in and out of Ramallah with ease and avoid...

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/middle-way-gaza-fight/ Executive Summary: Many supporters of Israel’s policy in the current Gaza battle argue that the only stronger alternative available for Israel is to reoccupy Gaza - which IDF sources have said might take a...

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/abbas-refused-offer-to-resettle-refugees-in-sinai/2014/09/04/ Photo Credit: Asher Schwartz PA President Mahmoud Abbas has refused an offer by a senior Egyptian official to resettle “Palestinian refugees” in the Sinai, according to a report in the Middle East Monitor on Monday. According...

June 27 through August 23 ________________________ As UNRWA statements and actions are reviewed, certain factors become readily evident: UNRWA, which has a mandate to function as a humanitarian relief organization, consistently and inappropriately politicizes its positions. That politicization...

Israel marks 48 years since the reunification of Jerusalem, and there is no going back • Despite the incidents of terrorism and violence depicted in the media, Jews and Arabs live and work together...

On Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon predictably assailed Israel’s announced decision to build 800 new apartments in Ma’aleh Adumim and eastern Jerusalem. He noted that just four days earlier, the Middle East Quartet (i.e....

Estimates of Iran’s military expenditure in Syria vary from US$6 billion a year to US$15-US$20 billion a year. That includes US$4 billion of direct costs as well as subsidies for Hezbollah and other Iranian-controlled...

Kristin Stewart Press Officer/Spokesperson U.S. Embassy Jerusalem | Tel Aviv Branch Office Dear Kristin, Greetings., With warmest regards to Ambassador Nides. The US has returned to the position as the leading funder of UNRWA;; In the wake of the armed...

Fatah, which is headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, released a video boasting of carrying out 7,200 terror attacks against Israel in 2022 and criticized Hamas for doing nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mtSk0UrCew