Op-Ed: IDF Gen. Nitzan Alon, What Happened to Due Process?
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/13713#.UhKXh9JurTo
The media in Israel on August 18 devoted a day of news stories to the abuse of a “stun gun”, something like an electric cattle prod and known as a taser gun, in the...
What is the actual US State Dept. position on freeing convicted murderers of US...
http://networkedblogs.com/OdXVF
What is the State Department's attitude to governments freeing prisoners who have murdered US citizens? The answer might surprise you.
The question is neither rhetorical nor theoretical in our part of the world. There have...
America’s Mideast policies need a reality — and morality — check
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/08/19/america-mideast-policies-need-reality-and-morality-check/
On June 4, 2009, President Barack Obama made his historic "New Beginning" speech in Cairo, boldly seeking to harken a new day for the U.S. and the Muslim world. But all the high hopes...
Arms for Peace in Syria?
http://www.meforum.org/3584/syria-arms
As the Syrian civil war rages on with no end in sight, many advocates of U.S. intervention are claiming that an infusion of Western arms to carefully vetted rebel factions will help bring about...
America’s Problems in the Middle East are Just Beginning
http://www.meforum.org/3583/america-problems-middle-east
It's 2015, and there is a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza. The Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (Hamas), financed by Iran, wins an election on a platform demanding the expulsion...
Palestinians Accuse Peace Negotiators of Treason
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3939/palestinians-peace-negotiators
At the request of the Palestinian Authority leadership, the first round of peace talks with Israel, which was launched in Jerusalem on August 14, was held away from the media spotlight.
The Palestinian Authority leadership...
August 19, 2013: Ironies
http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/
Right now we are encountering ironies in a variety of situations, both predictable and unexpected.
Among the predictable we have the behavior of the Palestinian Authority/PLO. Once negotiations, which were supposed to be conducted under...
Iran Said To Control Half Of Syria
www.menewsline.com
The Syrian opposition has asserted that Iran operates half of Syria.
The opposition said Iran has gained control over at least 50 percent of Syrian territory. The control stemmed from the presence of Iran's Islamic...
Arabs Renew Unrest In Iran
www.menewsline.com
The Arab minority has renewed attacks in Iran. The Iranian opposition said Arab insurgents have attacked the Iranian provincial capital of Ahwaz. The opposition said a powerful bomb rocked downtown Ahwaz in mid-August in...
Netanyahu protests anti-Israel incitement at UNRWA camps
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=11403
At a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was expected to present proof of anti-Israel incitement in summer camps run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...