Middle East

http://www.mythsandfacts.org/article_view.asp?articleID=252 The leniency with which the European Union (EU) judges Palestinians’ reforms compared to the strictness of EU demands for reform by the Turks reveal Europeans’ duplicity and lack of integrity, and should disqualify the...

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Rafah's biggest industry is back in business: Gazans are rebuilding the network of underground smuggling tunnels crisscrossing the Egyptian border that were pummeled in a recent Israeli offensive, restoring...

http://www.mythsandfacts.org/article_view.asp?articleID=252 The leniency with which the European Union (EU) judges Palestinians’ reforms compared to the strictness of EU demands for reform by the Turks reveal Europeans’ duplicity and lack of integrity, and should disqualify the...

http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/12/islamic_fascism_the_nazi_connection.html#.UMd11-Xu1pw.facebook Many people buy into the premise that the World Trade Center attack on September 11 was a result of some misguided foreign policy of the United States. Others believe that Islamist terror attacks began...

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives192.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: When speaking to the Western world, the Egyptian government led by the Muslim Brotherhood preaches its commitment to the peace treaty with Israel. To its own countrymen, however, the Brotherhood, led by...

http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/10/islamists-are-worse-than-dictators/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS#.UMdogBMyLj0.facebook Who is worse, President Mohammed Morsi, the elected Islamist seeking to apply Islamic law in Egypt, or former President Hosni Mubarak, the dictator ousted for trying to start a dynasty? More broadly, will a...

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10697 It was one of the rare weeks since the outbreak of the Arab awakening that went well for Turkey. Between what was seen as a successful visit by Vladimir Putin to Istanbul on December...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/israel-has-no-other-alternative-but.html The Palestinian leadership, abetted by many Western governments, has now torn up every agreement it made with Israel. Once the efforts of two decades of negotiations-including irrevocable Israeli compromises in giving the Palestinian Authority...

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/2229/palestine_s_strangely_stubborn_state_of_mind The UN vote upgrading the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) to a non-member state with observer status has done nothing to move the cause of Palestinian statehood forward. Instead, it repeats the old adage of...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59359 Experts: Gaza War Changed Face of Mideast Conflicts Dec. 9, 2012 - 10:51AM By BARBARA OPALL-ROME http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121209/DEFREG04/312090002/Experts-Gaza-War-Changed-Face-Mideast-Conflicts TEL AVIV - As quiet descended over the skies of Israel and Gaza in late November, it became...