Middle East

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=11935 The Palestinian Authority has yet to form the political infrastructure that would allow it to reach a permanent peace agreement with Israel, Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, director-general of the Strategic Affairs Ministry, said...

Although most of the analysts warned against the U.S. campaign to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014, they could not agree on an Israeli alternative. Some of the analysts urged...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/10/is-iran-lunatic-state-or-rational-actor.html The United States now estimates it will take one year for Iran to get nuclear weapons; Israel says some months. Is Iran a Lunatic State or a Rational Actor? It is neither; it is a...

1. The popular resistance is the central strategy used by the Palestinians on the ground and integrated into the political, economic, propaganda and legal campaigns currently being waged against Israel by the PA. The...

http://www.jwire.com.au/featured-articles/38124/38124 For those Yiddishly challenged this translates as a pain in the posterior. No doubt the diplomatic fraternity will be frantically trying to play this latest revelation down and bury it under the proverbial carpet...

http://www.rabbiwein.com/blog/post-1556.html There is a wickedly funny and enormously sad piece of satire making the rounds about a “Lithuanian” charedi father attempting to explain to his inquisitive child the story of the Hasmoneans and their triumph...

http://www.newsmaxworld.com/newswidget/israel-iran-terror-latinamerica/2013/12/11/id/541140?promo_code=F53B-1&utm_source=Debka&utm_medium=nmwidget&utm_campaign=widgetphase1 Iran has developed a terrorist infrastructure in the Western Hemisphere to target local Jews and gain the capability of attacking the United States, according to Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon. Yaalon warned that Tehran, which...

http://www.majalla.com/eng/2013/12/article55247557 This week saw further clashes between the two rival power centers vying for influence over Iranian foreign and domestic policy. In one corner stands a faction dedicated to rehabilitating Iran’s international standing, epitomized by...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4104/palestinians-hitler-jamal-abu-al-rub Abbas, it seems, has lost control not only over the Gaza Strip, but also his Fatah faction. The widespread support for "Hitler" reflects the state of dissatisfaction with Abbas and his top aides....

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4472326,00.html A secret report by one of the Palestinian security services - obtained by Ynet - paints a worrying picture of a possible explosion in terror in the West Bank in the coming year. The...