Middle East

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3171&sec=1&title=RAMALLAH_AND_BERLIN:__REFLECTIONS_ON_GERMANY%27S_VOTE_AT_THE_UN__RE:_THE_PA_STATEHOOD_BID There are a lot of reasons I can think of why Germany ought to have voted "no" in response to the Palestinian unilateral bid for statehood at the UN, one which Mahmoud Abbas declared...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3210&sec=1&title=Hagel_-_a_Litmus_Test_of_Obama’s_Attitude_to_Israel The possible nomination of former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense will represent a litmus test as to whether President Obama is poised to resume his anti-Israeli campaign, despite supporting Israel during...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3206&sec=1&title=REESA_COHEN_STONE_ON_ISRAELI_ELECTIONS:_WIN_OR_LOSE_IT%27S_HOW_THEY_DON%27T_PLAY_THE_GAME "Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates." Gore Vidal About 10 days ago, my daughter spent a day in Jerusalem with some cousins...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3526/palestinian-authority-inconvenient-truths The truth sometimes hurts; that is why the Palestinian Authority has been working hard to prevent the outside world from hearing about many occurrences that reflect negatively on its leaders or people. In recent years,...

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ This past Tuesday, here in Jerusalem, the Women in Green -- joined now by some other groups -- sponsored their third annual conference: Application of Israeli Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. The turnout was incredible....

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/election-fever-takes-hold/31365#more-31365 At last count there were at least 40 parties participating in this basic exercise in democracy. People unfamiliar with the Israeli scene always express absolute amazement at the multitude of parties which enter...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/01/the-ultimate-settlements-are-not.html It must be a new year. The Washington Post has an editorial explaining that Israeli settlements are not the main problem in the Middle East. The Post editorial is amazing since such sanity is so...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3526/palestinian-authority-inconvenient-truths The truth sometimes hurts; that is why the Palestinian Authority has been working hard to prevent the outside world from hearing about many occurrences that reflect negatively on its leaders or people. In recent years,...

http://www.arlenefromisrael.info/current-postings/ This past Tuesday, here in Jerusalem, the Women in Green -- joined now by some other groups -- sponsored their third annual conference: Application of Israeli Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. The turnout was incredible....

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/election-fever-takes-hold/31365#more-31365 At last count there were at least 40 parties participating in this basic exercise in democracy. People unfamiliar with the Israeli scene always express absolute amazement at the multitude of parties which enter...