Middle East

http://www.meforum.org/3500/majlis-shura-al-mujahidin-gaza In recent weeks and months there has been a cacophony of Salafi protest that has swept Gaza against the ruling Hamas government related to treatment of prisoners, corruption, and ability to practice Islam as...

www.menewsline.com Israel has sought to maneuver between two schools on how to deter Iran, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that strategists in Israel were considering two doctrines to deter a nuclear...

Vol. 13, No. 11 12 May 2013 A concerted and well-organized campaign calling for “Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions” (BDS) against the State of Israel has been in effect for several years. In spite of its...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3773/rouhani-iran-nuclear-program The Iranians are the best strategists in the Middle East, better than those in the West, and the reason the Iranians constantly succeed in out-maneuvering the West. In the West, we constantly look for ways...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2013/07/11/how-the-syrian-civil-war-really-affects-israel/ Some subtle issues are coming out of the Syrian civil war regarding Israel: clearly, Israel is neutral regarding the war; it won’t get dragged into it; and the longer the war continues the better,...

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Iran-Hezbollah-terror-connection-What-must-be-done-319577 As EU foreign ministers prepare to meet later this month in Brussels to determine whether a consensus exists to declare Hezbollah - or part of it - a terrorist organization, five disparate developments have...

http://jcpa.org/article/the-european-union-hypocrisy-hostility-and-blatant-prejudice/ Vol. 13, No. 21 18 July 2013 The publication of guidelines by the European Commission on the eligibility of Israeli entities for EU cooperation is the culmination of a concerted policy initiative led by the...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3847/egypt-punishes-palestinians The Palestinians often complain that Israel, the US and other countries keep intervening in their internal affairs. These complaints often draw much attention from the Western media and many in the international community. But when...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2013/08/by-barry-rubin-in-1848-new-communist.html In 1848, the new Communist movement issued a manifesto. It began with the opening line: “A specter is haunting Europe-the specter of Communism.” For our purposes today, this threat might be reworded as: “A specter is...

http://www.meforum.org/3588/morsi-detained-bloodbath-egypt As Egypt explodes in what could be civil war, with a reported death toll of at least 628 dead and rising in clashes between security forces and Islamists that began August 14, many are...