Middle East

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=2829&sec=3&title=WHO_EVER_SAID_CRIME_DOESN'T_PAY__SIX_PERCENT_OF_PA_BUDGET_GOES_TO_PAYING_PALESTINIAN_TERRORISTS_HELD_IN_ISRAEI_JAILS,_FAMILIES_OF_SUICIDE_BOMBERS __ Next time the Palestinian Authority asks for more international aid, it's time for Western nations to ask the PA why it is that, Abbas al-Sayyeed, convicted of planning the 2002 Park Hotel massacre...

http://jcpa.org/article/hizbullah-threatens-to-strike-strategic-israeli-targetsin-response-to-an-attack-on-irans-nuclear-facilities/ Vol. 12, No. 22 25 September 2012 The intensive public discourse in Israel about an approaching attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has led Iran and Hizbullah to ramp up their threats of harsh retaliation. The...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=58417 Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 27 September 2012 I appreciate how passionate your support is for President Obama and his re-election. I can assure you that the "red lines-deadlines" campaign was in no way and is in...

http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/12527/wjc_analysis_the_long_suffering_palestinian_electoral_process Over the past weekend, the Palestinian Authority held a round of local elections. It appeared to be an ordinary and routine local authority matter. However, it was anything but that. This election round was meant...

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20425 Overview 1. On the afternoon of November 14, 2012, the IDF began Operation Pillar of Defense in the Gaza Strip. The opening shot was the targeted killing of Ahmed al-Jaabari, commander of Hamas' military-terrorist wing,...

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...

winnipegjewishreview.com A former Winnipegger who just made Aliyah to Israel narrowly escaped injury when the bus she was on was attacked by two Molotov cocktails on November 20, 2012. Nineteen year old Aliza H. and her...

http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/david-p-goldman/egypt-verge-bankruptcy#.UOHrjeSTjEY Egypt is effectively out of cash. With foreign exchange reserves at a “critical minimum,” Egypt’s central bank imposed exchange controls and let the Egyptian pound exchange rate fall by about 5 percent from the...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59893 EU Funding secrecy for NGOs, in response to Ambassador Standley http://www.ngo-monitor.org/article/eu_funding_secrecy_for_ngos_in_response_to_ambassador_standley Amb. Standley’s letter to the editor, in response to the op-ed article by Yitzhak Santis from NGO Monitor, is an important addition to the ongoing...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3658/hamas-mashaal-election The re-election last week of Khaled Mashaal as Hamas leader has been interpreted by some Arab and Western analysts as a sign of the radical Islamist's desire to march toward "moderation and pragmatism." Hamas, according...