Middle East

House and Senate members have expressed worry that U.S. aid to Lebanon's military and security forces could end up with the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. Congress has determined that Hizbullah controlled much of Lebanon's military and...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=63740 Below is the headline making interview in which the Americans from Kerry's team complain to Nachum Barnea about Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. It is an early Israel Independence Day gift to Netanyahu. Here is what they...

http://www.algemeiner.com/2014/05/09/amnesty-researcher-admits-that-palestinian-eyewitnesses-often-lie/ Donatella Rovera, an Amnesty field investigator, wrote an interesting article about the challenges of fact finding in war situations. One of her main points is that eyewitnesses are often unreliable. For example: In Gaza, Lebanon, Libya,...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4518128,00.html The second Newsweek article on Israel's alleged spying efforts in the US, titled "Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the US Mostly Hushed Up", embarrasses its author and sources almost more than the original piece published...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/illusions-and-delusions-writes-michael-kuttner/42905#more-42905 Like confidence tricksters who manage to fool multitudes with their snake oil type smooth talk current developments bear an uncanny resemblance to these fraudsters. There is a saying that a fool is born every...

Israel has detailed Palestinian Authority funding to convicted killers of Americans and Israelis. An Israeli government report said the PA was providing grants and salaries to current and former Palestinian inmates of Israeli prisons. The...

http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2014/07/14/unrwa-tells-reporters-to-interview-norwegian-supporter-of-911-attacks/ GENEVA, July 14 - UN Watch today called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to reprimand a top official in Gaza who is telling reporters to interview a Norwegian doctor and radical Maoist politician who...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64328 From: Dr. Aaron Lerner Sent: Monday, July 14, 2014 3:19 PM To: c.gunness@unrwa.org Subject: Follow up question: Press Briefing: Remarks of Mr. Pierre Krahenbuhl, Commissioner-General of UNRWA in Gaza. 14 July 2014 Dear Christopher Gunness...

Palestinian sources said the militias were working to establish a force that would protect residents of 11 UNRWA Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon. They said the joint force would be overseen by a unified...

Hamas has been shooting Palestinians to quell unrest in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has been killing Palestinians suspected of sparking protests amid the war with Israel. They said more than 50...