Middle East

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives182.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Though Egypt does not currently have a nuclear energy program, that reality could soon change. Newly elected President Mohammed Mursi made clear that Egypt wishes to create a civilian nuclear energy program....

http://www.menewsline.com -- Turkey's parliament has authorized the military to enter Syria to attack targets of the regime of President Bashar Assad. On Oct. 4, parliament, dominated by the ruling Justice and Development Party, passed a resolution...

http://jcpa.org/article/protecting-the-contiguity-of-israel-the-e-1-area-and-the-link-between-jerusalem-and-maale-adumim/ Vol. 9, No. 1 24 May 2009 The E-1 area is a part of the Israeli city of Maale Adumim, located immediately adjacent to Jerusalem. There is an E-1 construction plan that was devised in...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59394 Date: 13 December 2012 One can appreciate how hard it is for foreigners to accept that the half-baked ideas of Israelis with impressive military records or years of experience in Arab Israeli affairs are really...

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59616 Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: The Israeli media was filled today with the result of the two "If pigs could fly" polls commissioned by the Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. Why "if pigs...

IN JANUARY 2010, the Qods Force-the elite unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)- decided that it and Hizballah, its primary terrorist proxy, would embark on a new campaign of violence targeting not...

At an Independence Day reception for foreign diplomats, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of Israel’s desire for peace with the Palestinians. “Peace will be based on the principle of two states for two peoples,”...

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/questions-that-jews-could-ask-abbas-in-new-york-today/ This morning, Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riad Malki announced that PA leader Mahmoud Abbas will meet Jewish community representatives in New York. That meeting could provide an opportunity for Jews to ask probing questions of...

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserts that Egyptian Defense Minister Abdul Fatah Sisi, in a break with policy that lasted since the 1979 peace treaty, authorized the military and intelligence community to...

http://www.menewsline.com Israeli police said Arabs in the Triangle district near Tel Aviv were acquiring and smuggling arms to Palestinian squads in the West Bank. They said many of the weapons were stolen from Israel Army...