Middle East

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...

http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/sartling-revelations-from-an-iranian-smuggling-case-in-hamburg I rarely attend trials, but this one is special. On July 24, 2013, the main hearing in the case of German businessman Rudolf M. and Iranian-Germans Gholamali K., Kianzad K., and Hamid Kh. opened at...

In Jerusalem on July 29th, I met with Colonel Mordachi Ba-Ron now 84, to discover the roots of the Arab refugee issue. Mr Ba-Ron was a platoon and company commander in the Givatti Brigade...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3813&sec=1&title=EDITOR%27S_REPORT_FROM_JERICHO-20_YEARS_AFTER_OSLO:_THE_REFUGEE_CAMP,_CASINO,_CALIPH_AND_UNKNOWN_PALACE As my Arab driver Faisal from East Jerusalem drove through the entrance to Jericho this past winter, I reminded myself that this oasis was the first city that came under the Palestinian Authority when...

Officials said the sudden reversal by President Barack Obama, who pressured Israel and American Jews to support an attack on Syria, suggested that the administration was pursuing a reconciliation with Iran. They said Teheran...

http://www.thenational.ae/world/syrian-army-defector-tells-of-dozens-of-chemical-attacks Amman // A senior army officer and chemical-weapons specialist who defected from Bashar Al Assad’s forces says he was ordered by top regime officials to use poison gas in attacks on rebel-held areas. “I am...

29-30.9.2013 VENUE Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv - The Rothschild Auditorium, 2 Haim Levanon street, Tel Aviv. conference will take place in the area of the village Shaykh Muwannis, which was located there till the Nakba The conference...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/09/by-barry-rubin-original-supposed-intent.html The original supposed intent of this whole Syria exercise--punishing Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons--has achieved zero. In fact, it has backfired. "Russian credibility is not in question," my colleague Dr. Jonathan Spyer pointed out,...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3970/palestinian-peace-talks Palestinian officials in Ramallah have lately been competing against each other over the release of statements regarding the secret peace talks with Israel. All these statements have one theme in common: holding Israel responsible for...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4428767,00.html As the international community tries to reach an understanding regarding Syrian chemical disarmament, Israel closely monitors the actions of President Bashar Assad. Officials made clear Wednesday night that Israel has not withdrawn, and the...