Middle East

http://www.danielpipes.org/12145/israel-at-peace Those concerned with the security and welfare of the Jewish state keep asking questions like "Is Israel Doomed? " and Will Israel Survive? (also in French, Israël peut-il survivre? ). One even titled a...

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121216/DEFREG04/312160001/Israel-Develop-Family-New-Armored-Vehicles Israel's Defense Ministry is preparing to launch initial development of Rakiya, a family of light, lethal and self-protected armored vehicles optimized for urban battles beyond 2020. The ambitious program, a fifth-generation follow-on to Israel's...

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/64867-reports-blast-at-hizbullah-weapons-depot-in-the-south An explosion at a suspected Hizbullah munitions depot shook the outskirts of the southern town of Tairharfa at dawn Monday, causing material damage only, media reports said. According to the reports, the blast went of...

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59407 The results of the recent Gaza conflict prove that armed struggle, as adopted by Hamas, is the best means of achieving Palestinian independence Strongly agree 55.6% Agree 32.1% Disagree 9.1% Strongly disagree 1.2% I don't know 2.1% Dr. Aaron Lerner...

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/politics/2012/12/jordan-king-abdullah-extremists.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5526 King Abdullah II of Jordan warned against the formation of a new Arab alliance controlled by "extremism." The king openly attacked two Arab states and another regional state for seeking to launch a "new...

http://en.imti.org.il/article.php?id=20 NIF-funded organizations are at it again. B’tselem, Adalah, Gisha, and the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel are claiming that IDF soldiers defending Israel against endless terrorist rocket attacks are war criminals. Im Tirtzu will...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59394 Date: 13 December 2012 One can appreciate how hard it is for foreigners to accept that the half-baked ideas of Israelis with impressive military records or years of experience in Arab Israeli affairs are really...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59392 Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: Sometimes there are events that are not clear cut. But in this case a 17 year old pointed a gun at an Israeli soldier's head at a checkpoint. There wasn't much of...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2012/12/12/syria-obama-initiative-marks-the-beginning-of-the-end-game/ For all practical purposes, President Barack Obama has now recognized the Syrian opposition group as the government of Syria. Specifically, he called them the “legitimate representative” of the Syrian people.” The European Union did...

http://www.todayszaman.com/news-300950-abbas-reveals-turkey-palestine-to-coordinate-legal-steps-against-israel.html Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday said his country is coordinating with Turkey to develop a legal strategy for the newly recognized UN-observer state of Palestine to challenge Israel's increased settlement activity in the...