Middle East

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3513/hamas-palestine-un In a field near the Islamic University -- where PhD theses are written on topics such as "The role of the Muslim mother in preparing her sons to be shaheeds of the resistance"...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-wingate-wrought_690836.html?nopager=1 Everyone still remembers T. E. Lawrence, if only because of David Lean’s magnificent movieLawrence of Arabia and Lawrence’s own literary masterpiece,Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet far fewer remember Lawrence’s distant cousin, the British Army officer...

http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=32330 Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat - Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on the condition of anonymity, an opposition Alawite religious cleric who recently fled to the Turkish town of Antakya revealed that “the Alawite community is living...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3520/israel-redefines-victory Israel is redefining its concept of military victory in a Middle East dominated by terrorist organizations turned quasi-state actors. Once, decisive, unmistakable victories, accompanied by conquests of territory that had been used to stage attacks...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3513/hamas-palestine-un In a field near the Islamic University -- where PhD theses are written on topics such as "The role of the Muslim mother in preparing her sons to be shaheeds of the resistance"...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/what-wingate-wrought_690836.html?nopager=1 Everyone still remembers T. E. Lawrence, if only because of David Lean’s magnificent movieLawrence of Arabia and Lawrence’s own literary masterpiece,Seven Pillars of Wisdom. Yet far fewer remember Lawrence’s distant cousin, the British Army officer...

The statement of “Jewish Home” political leader Naftali Bennet about his refusal to carry out orders to demolidh Jewish or Arab communities must be placed in proper perspecrtive. Israelis one of the few nations which...

The statement of “Jewish Home” political leader Naftali Bennet about his refusal to carry out orders to demolidh Jewish or Arab communities must be placed in proper perspecrtive. Israelis one of the few nations which...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/the-useful-myth-that-obama-now-likes.html Reality, especially in 2012, is very hard to face. So many hopes dashed; so many bad things happening. So people can be forgiven for taking refuge in wishful thinking. Sometimes, not telling the truth...

The Hamas regime has built bunkers to store and launch medium-range rockets toward Israel. A leading Israeli defense consultant asserted that Hamas and Islamic Jihad adopted methods of the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. The consultant, Uzi Rubin,...