Israel Redefines Victory in the New Middle East

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3520/israel-redefines-victory Israel is redefining its concept of military victory in a Middle East dominated by terrorist organizations turned quasi-state actors. Once, decisive, unmistakable victories, accompanied by conquests of territory that had been used to stage attacks...

Why FDI opposes the Hagel nomination

http://iran.org/news/2013_01_10-hagel.html FDI opposes the nomination of Senator Chuck Hagel to become the next Secretary of Defense. For the past 17 years, FDI has championed the pro-freedom movement in Iran, and has argued that helping Iranians to...

Softball Reporting:. Examining A NEWS INTERVIEW WITH FAYAD

On January 18, 2013, The Jerusalem Post magazine featured a parody of an interview with the non elected Palestinian Arab Authority Prime Minister Fayad, http://themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=36880 characterized by softball questions that provided Fayad with an opportunity...

Hamas Pledges Another Release

Hamas has pledged to force Israel to release thousands of Palestinian convicts. Hamas political bureau chief Khaled Masha'al said the ruling Islamist movement would take measures to win the release of Palestinian convicts. Masha'al did not...

Getting rid of Bashar Assad won’t end Syria’s civil war

http://www.meforum.org/3501/bashar-assad-syria-civil-war To hear Obama administration officials talk about the Syrian civil war, you'd think it all hinges on the fate of one man. According to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Syrian President Bashar Assad "calculated...

Syria: The Empire Strikes Back

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/05/syria-the-empire-strikes-back/ By Truthout.org “My opponent’s reasoning reminds me of the who, being asked on what the world stood, replied, `On a tortoise.’ But on what does the tortoise stand? `On another tortoise....There are tortoises all...

Israel Worries Over Assad Offensive

Israel has been concerned that Syrian President Bashar Assad would defeat Sunni rebels over the next few months. Israel's intelligence community is closely following the Assad offensive against Sunni rebels in the spring of 2013....

46 years of “no”

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4389460,00.html At the end of August 1967, shortly after the Six Day War, the heads of Arab states held a special conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, where the three famous "Nos" were decided on:...

What Will Happen Now with U.S. Middle East Policy?

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/10/what-will-happen-now-with-u-s-middle-east-policy-2/ Turkish Reader: Haven’t you understood yet that the US does not care about whether a Muslim country is ruled by Sharia or by secular law as long as that regime is pro-American?...

Opinion: A political fatwa against nuclear weapons

http://www.aawsat.net/2013/10/article55318416 Sometimes there isn’t much difference between politicians and clergymen. The art of speech is their profession. They can justify or evade issues with their eloquence. The Iranian regime is currently saying that it does...