Middle East

Less than two years after a massive Palestinian prisoner release, Hamas has been planning mass-casualty attacks in Israel's capital. The Israel Security Agency has determined that Hamas rebuilt its military wing in the West Bank...

Since October 2012 when ISIS last published detailed breakout assessments about Iran’s gas centrifuge uranium enrichment program, Iran has steadily expanded the number of IR-1 centrifuges installed at both its Fordow and Natanz gas...

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6139 When reports surfaced suggesting that the U.S. was eavesdropping on dozens of Western leaders, among them the leaders of its closest allies, sending shockwaves through the West, and a U.S. State Department spokeswoman responded...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/11/tonight-im-gonna-party-like-its-1939.html “The sky was all purpleThere were people runnin’ everywhere Oops out of time,Tryin’ to run from the destructionYou know I didn’t even care...So tonight I’m gonna party like it’s 199.”-Prince, “1999” I have been working...

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6096 The interim deal signed in Geneva by the P5+1 and Iran is meant only to put “more time on the clock” in order to negotiate a final deal - a comprehensive agreement that will...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4071/geneva-agreement In terms of nuclear infrastructure Iran will be as close to getting the bomb in six months as it is today. Geneva leaves Iran with something it was never granted before: the right to...

TEL AVIV -- Israel's military has determined an expanding arms flow to Palestinian militias in the West Bank. Military sources said Palestinian militias have been acquiring large amounts of weapons in the West Bank....

http://www.jewishexponent.com/the-palestinians-and-their-state-of-failure Secretary of State John Kerry launched a new round of Palestinian-Israeli diplomacy this summer. The naysayers said he would fail, yet the negotiations continue apace, with Kerry hoping to score a diplomatic victory by...

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/12/17/israel-palestine-and-democracy/ Democracy and demography have become the main arguments for creating a Jew-free Arab state in Judea and Samaria. Israel’s presence in the territories deprives Palestinians of their democratic rights, the argument goes, and if...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/health-and-safety-in-the-workplace-writes-michael-kuttner/39704#more-39704 Australia and New Zealand have extensive legislation in place to make sure that sound practices are enforced as far as protecting workers and others. Perhaps the time has come for these two countries to offer...