Middle East

*Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. His latest books are The Israel-Arab Reader (seventh edition),...

Yves Engler The Winnipeg Jewish Review asks Engler at U of M to explain his suspension on the record Special Report and Comment By Rhonda Spivak Yves Engler, who has written an anti-Israel book entitled “Canada and...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/archives-azerbaijan.html Farid Shafiyev, Azerbaijan's Ambassador to Canada. Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Rhonda Spivak Azerbaijan, a country made up mostly of Shiite Muslims, with only 25,000 Jews, has some rather large and powerful neighbors-- Russia to the north and...

(with thanks to IMRA.ORG.IL for bringing this piece to our attention) News number: 890206158619:27 | 2010-04-26Defence http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8902061586 TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Navy has the capability to block the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf as...

www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/04/19/the_false_religion_of_mideast_peace?print=yes&hidecomments=yes&page=full On October 18, 1991, against long odds and in front of an incredulous press corps, U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III and Soviet Foreign Minister Boris Pankin announced that Arabs and Israelis were being...

The U.S. Army has commissioned a study that concluded that conventional ground forces would be required to battle the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. The Rand Corp. has relayed a study to the U.S. Army that analyzed Israel's 2006 war with...

http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/michael-ignatieff-on-iran.html Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Michael Ignatieff. Photo by Rhonda Spivak. By Rhonda Spivak The following are questions given to Michael Ignatieff, the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party who was in Winnipeg during an interview...

Saudi Arabia, the only Arab nation contiguous to Israel which remains in a total state of war with Israel since 1948, has taken a step towards posing a nuclear threat against Jerusalem. This past...

The time has come for those who advocate for Israel to communicate directly with members of two major US Congressional committees which oversee US middle east policy: The Middle East Subcommittee of the US House...

.http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/new-israel-fund-supporting-israel’s-destruction-one-ngo-at-a-time/?singlepage=true Like every person who reads the JewishForward , I received an email solicitation on April 1, 2010, from Daniel Sokatch, chief executive officer of the New Israel Fund (NIF). If I want to save...