Middle East

http://freebeacon.com/succession-plans/ A Republican congressman warned Tuesday that the Palestinian Authority would lose U.S. aid if officials affiliated with terror group Hamas succeed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Following the resignation of reform-minded Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, a...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2013/04/shut_that_window_of_opportunity_please.html Almost lost in the terrible events in Boston is the Obama administration's dire warning this week that the window for diplomatic success in the Middle East is closing -- not on Iran's quest for...

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ I had expected to move today to issues other than the Boston terror attack. Barry Rubin, however, has written an excellent piece on this subject -- "Who Will Keep More Muslim Teenagers from Becoming...

Hamas has pledged to force Israel to release thousands of Palestinian convicts. Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Masha'al said the ruling Islamist movement would take measures to win the release of Palestinian convicts. Masha'al did not...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4371351,00.html British Ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould is doing all he can for the Palestinian army, which he claims plays a crucial role in the establishment of a Palestinian state. He is urging Israel to...

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...

http://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/104762 INTRODUCTION Chief Rabbi, Your Excellency, My Lords, and Gentlemen, Mr. President I am honoured and delighted to be with you tonight. You have already shown me every courtesy. Indeed, you have done even more than courtesy...

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/04/18/how-unrwa-steals-money-from-those-who-need-it-most/ The UN High Commissioner for Refugees is threatening to end relief operations for Syrian refugees, who currently number 1.3 million and counting, if it doesn’t receive the necessary funds soon. The agency says it...

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/underwater-internet-cable-cutting-a-neglected-aspect-of-cyber-warfare/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=underwater-internet-cable-cutting-a-neglected-aspect-of-cyber-warfare EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Cyber warfare is the newest addition to the domain of war. Though attention is usually focused on software aspects of this new battlefield, a low-tech attack on the hardware infrastructure can be...

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/04/whoever-attacked-boston-the-revolutionary-islamist-terror-war-on-america-is-still-in-high-gear/ Whoever perpetrated the terror attack in Boston, Americans have been probably underestimating the extent of the terror war against them and what has been its overwhelming single point of origin. This fact is not...