Middle East

For Iran and Hezbollah, the preservation of Bashar Assad's regime is of supreme strategic importance. Syria is Iran's greatest "resistance camp" ally, providing it with a firm foothold in the heart of the Middle...

Israel’s Experience with International Peacekeepers During the 1967 Six-Day War, I was a soldier serving in Battalion 202 of the Paratroopers Brigade of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). We entered the Gaza Strip from south...

http://freebeacon.com/unrwa-investigating-jordanian-official-who-quoted-hitler/ The United Nations’ refugee arm has launched an investigation into one of its top Jordanian officials after he posted on his Facebook page a “motivational” poster featuring Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. Dr. Fares Haider, reportedly...

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/who-gave-peace-a-chance/ Ev’rybody’s talking about Revolution, evolution, mastication, flagellation, regulation, integrations, meditations, United Nations, Congratulations. All we are saying is give peace a chance (“Give Peace a Chance”, John Lennon, 1969) If the unexpected happens and there...

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5817 Between President Obama’s August 31, 2013 declaration on a retaliatory action against Syria and the abandonment of the attack option in exchange for dismantlement of Syria’s chemical weapons program, a dramatic change has taken...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62157 Weekly Commentary: Suggestions regarding Israeli Talking Points Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 24 October 2013 A few suggestions in light of remarks by Prime Minister Netanyahu and the various "informed sources" briefing reporters: #1. The issue is not...

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4450149,00.html When the 17 basic demands of the Palestinians became known, even impassioned peace camp followers were alarmed by them. If I were a Palestinian, I would respond with the following monologue: "What surprises you? Our...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2013/11/07/a-letter-from-the-students-for-justice-in-palestine-among-others/ Several students from Students for Justice in Palestine have just written a letter to the university newspaper. They asked why Jewish students on campus weren’t open to a more moderate pro-two-state solution of the...

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5955 The dispute between Israel and the United States on the Iranian nuclear challenge emerged this week from behind closed doors and became an open conflict waged on television. Israel and the United States share the...

Arab diplomatic sources said the Hashemite kingdom was hosting the training of thousands of Islamist rebels in the war against Syrian President Bashar Assad. They said the rebels, trained and equipped by Saudi Arabia...