Middle East

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4260723,00.html Intelligence information collected and analyzed by the CIA shows that Israel has many causes for concern about the day after Assad. It turns out that there is a fundamental gap between what the White...

http://townhall.com/columnists/calthomas/2012/07/26/suppose_michele_bachmann_is_right/page/full/ Like the ghosts of Shakespeare's Banquo or Dickens' Jacob Marley, the specter of the late commie-hunting congressman from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, will always be with us. It is summoned up today, by some on...

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-medoff-elbert-thomas-mormon-israel-20120729,0,1753057.story Mitt Romney 's visit to Israel will generate much speculation on the role Jewish voters will play in the U.S. presidential election. His visit may also spark discussion about Mormon-Jewish relations in the wake...

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2012/07/romney-remarkable-speech-in-jerusalem Mitt Romney, the all-but-official Republican presidential candidate, delivered a stem-winder of a speech to the Jerusalem Foundation today, packing emotional support with frank policy statements. The contrast with Obama could hardly be more dramatic....

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=57624 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 25, 2012 ANTI-TERROR POWERHOUSE SHURAT HADIN TARGETS INMARSAT PLC'S AIDING OF IRAN IN DEFIANCE OF UNITED STATES TREASURY NEW YORK, July 25, 2012 “ Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center, the organization that...

http://www.asharq-e.com/news.asp?section=1&id=30479 Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat- A report in Lebanon’s “al-Joumhouria” newspaper revealed that “following the confirmed assassination of four Syrian officers, Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah contacted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, offering his condolences and enquiring about...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/opinion/israels-settlers-are-here-to-stay.html?_r=4 WHATEVER word you use to describe Israel’s 1967 acquisition of Judea and Samaria - commonly referred to as the West Bank in these pages - will not change the historical facts. Arabs called for...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=57648 "When the commander of the force arrived at the scene he was brutally attacked by one of the Palestinians, an incident which doesn't appear in the video," the military said in a statement. Video: Israeli...

The turbulent Sinai Peninsula has become the biggest challenge for Egypt's new Islamist government, a report said. Israel's Institute for National Security Studies asserted that the collapse of order in Sinai was seen as the...

Harav Elyashiv (referred to in this article as: HaRav) was born 102 years ago on Rosh Chodesh Nissan in the village of Shavik, in Lithuania. His father was the Gaon Rabbi Avraham Elyashiv, the son-in-law...