Middle East

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives190.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Despite mounting international pressure, Israel must follow up on its recent declaration to build in and around Jerusalem, particularly in Area E1, which connects the capital to the settlement of Maaleh Adumim....

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives189.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s achievements in Operation Pillar of Defense include its ability to surprise Hamas, kill its military leader, and destroy most of its strategic assets. The performance of the Iron Dome anti-missile system...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/12/04/israeli-intelligence-official-border-with-syria-will-soon-be-the-hottest-border-in-israel/ A senior Israeli intelligence official has told Israel’s Channel 2 that soon the country’s border with Syria will be “the hottest border in Israel,” even more dangerous and active than those shared with...

Much has been made of the Palestinian exodus of 1948. Yet during their decades of dispersal, the Palestinians have experienced no less traumatic ordeals at the hands of their Arab brothers. As early as...

http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/insideisrael/2012/November/Living-in-Rocket-Town-In-the-Shadow-of-Gazas-Fury/ SDEROT, Israel -- Israel launched a major military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip following a sharp rise in rocket attacks on southern Israeli communities over the last days and weeks. CBN's Scott Ross...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59273 For Video: http://youtu.be/j6rI4mVb_FA As Power Point http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Spokesman/Documents/hasataENG0212112.ppt Video: The Culture of Peace and Incitement in the PA Index - 2 December 2012 Special Briefing on Incitement in the Palestinian Authority The Prime Minister's Office - Jerusalem 2 December 2012 Pursuant to...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/egypts-new-constitution-laying-basis.html On November 30, a Constituent Assembly consisting almost 100 percent of Islamists voted to approve the draft of Egypt’s new Constitution. The next day, President Muhammad Mursi ordered that a referendum be held on...

http://watchdogwire.com/florida/2012/12/01/the-obama-doctrine-targeting-al-qaeda-while-embracing-the-muslim-brotherhood/ As Raess Alam Qazi and Sheheryar Alam Qazi, two Muslim men from Pakistan, are indicted in Florida for plotting to carry out a terrorist attack using a weapon of mass destruction it is time...

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/162734#.ULz3zOT2_85 Israel should let the Palestinian Authority collapse, particularly in the wake of its unilateral statehood bid at the United Nations, says Professor Efraim Inbar. Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) at...

http://jcpa.org/article/the-iranian-role-in-the-2012-gaza-conflict/ No. 592 November-December 2012 During the fighting in Gaza in November 2012, Iran took pains to highlight its own supply of weapons and means of manufacturing them to the Palestinians, contrasting the feebleness of the...