Middle East

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2014/03/who_is_a_refugee.html As the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks stagger toward their likely collapse, it is worth scrutinizing the most intractable issue: the claimed right of return for Palestinian refugees to their abandoned homeland in what is now...

Question:From: Dr. Aaron Lerner Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 10:07 PMTo: Crispian Balmer. Reuters Bureau Chief, Israel and Palestinian TerritoriesSubject: Has Hamas been asked about disposition of missiles after unification ?Greetings I saw your interview...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64019 "Cold-Blooded Murder" or a War on Terror?Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. HaleviJerusalem Issue Briefs Vol. 14, No. 18 June 9, 2014http://jcpa.org/article/cold-blooded-murder-or-a-war-on-terror/ -Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, claims that all the Palestinian "victims" since the...

http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2014/06/18/un-elevates-syria-business-as-usual/ Mr. President, what the Commission of Inquiry has just described is a living hell. Faced with continuing reports of Syria’s mass murder, torture, rape, and gassing of civilians by chemical weapons, how is the...

Despite a Palestinian unity government, Hamas remains in control of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has maintained its military and security forces despite the introduction of Palestinian Authority security officers in the Gaza...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64288 UN Report: Most Gazan civilians injured chose to ignore Israeli warnings "...In most cases, prior to the attacks, residents have been warned to leave, either via phone calls by the Israel military or by the...

Last Friday, Iran-backed Shiite Houthi rebels dissolved Yemen’s parliament and set up a five-member presidential council to form a transitional government to govern Yemen for the next two years. The steps were taken to fill...

General David Petraeus, former CIA chief, does not see much cause for optimism regarding a deal with Iran: 'We cannot allow them to be on the brink of having a nuclear weapon'; believes 'threat...

Those around the world who are upset with Prime Minister's Benjamin Netanyahu electoral victory over the Zionist Camp party should put much of the responsibility for Israel's rightward turn squarely where it belongs: on...

Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon will enter his second term as defense minister with high levels of tension (once again) on the northern border. The media receives only bits of information about what is happening in...