Middle East

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/intelligence-committee-chair-describes-explosive-confrontation-between-netanyahu-and-american-ambassador/262056/ Rep. Mike Rogers, the Michigan Republican who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, says that his much-discussed meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem late last month did, in fact, devolve into an...

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=517945 RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Thursday announced he would resign if that was the will of the people, amid growing protests across the West Bank over the rising cost...

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), incorporating the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, was founded in 2006. The purpose of the Institute for National Security Studies is first, to conduct basic research that...

http://www.israeldefense.com/?CategoryID=483&ArticleID=1626&print=1 Although it is hard to see the connection between war and media at first glance, Professor Nino Levy argues that the media front is not less important than other combat arenas. If the IDF...

http://www.danielpipes.org/11929/romney-obama-israel "President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus." That's what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party's nomination last week, repeating a slang phrase for...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58088 From: Dr. Aaron Lerner Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 2:57 PM To: DHAKES@emory.edu Subject: Is Carter Center Challenging the Haifa Court's statement that Rachel Corrie died during operation that did not involve the demolition of houses? Dear Deborah...

http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=30885 Ramallah, Asharq Al-Awsat - The hundreds of underground tunnels that connect the Gaza Strip and Egypt have served as a means of smuggling banned goods into the occupied territories over the past 5 years...

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/op-ed/action+plan+Syria/7129357/story.html Aleppo - Syria’s largest city, its commercial capital and an ancient heritage site - has been under relentless assault for close to a month. The siege has followed what has been called “Assad’s pattern of...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58130 Observation: Just in time for Democratic Convention - Israel makes do list for Obama clear Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 4 September 2012 The timing could not be better. For months friends of Israel in the United States...

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=9998 In retrospect, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi’s inauguration speech at Cairo University, particularly his oath of allegiance to the military, was misleading. Morsi affirmed: "I pledge to God that I will preserve this institution ...