Middle East

http://jcpa.org/article/isis-irans-instrument-regional-hegemony/ Vol. 14, No. 21 June 20, 2014 Immediately after ISIS emerged in Syria, sources in the Syrian opposition said, “We are familiar with the commanders of ISIS. Once they belonged to Assad’s intelligence, and now...

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/23/irans_charm_offensive_has_diplomats_asking_themselves_is_it_real In anticipation of President Hasan Rouhani's diplomatic debut before the 193-member U.N. General Assembly, Iran's American-educated foreign minister, Javad Zarif, has been working the U.N. corridors, telling anyone who will listen that Iran has...

Reconfirming its commitment to the ceasefire on Tuesday, the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) rejected Israel's demand and ongoing pressure to disarm anti-Israeli occupation factions as a recipe for Palestinian infighting and civil war, reiterated...

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION INFORMATION AND PRESS DEPARTMENT 32/34 Smolenskaya-Sennaya pl., 119200, Moscow G-200; tel.: (495) 244 4119, fax: 244 4112 e-mail: dip@mid.ru, web-address: www.mid.ru Unofficial translation from Russian In Relation to the New Aggravation of the...

http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/rabbi-cherlow-why-arent-human-rights-advocates-protesting-outlawing-jewish-prayers-on-temple-mount/2012/10/05/ On Friday morning, Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, Dean of the Petach Tikva Hesder Yeshiva, said on the Kol Israel morning program “Meeting Point” that any argument against Jewish prayer on Temple Mount is unacceptable and...

Reports: Saudis might help Israel attack Iran Amid the drama of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to Washington, another element of a major story has been overlooked. Arab governments share Israel’s concerns about Iran’s nuclear...

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3508/economic-intifada Salam Fayyad, the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, this week called for an economic intifada against Israel. Fayyad, whose government is facing a severe financial crisis, wants Palestinians to boycott all Israeli goods in...

Israel's military has determined that an Iranian proxy acquired a long-range rocket. The Israeli military has assessed that the Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad received the Fajr-3 or Fajr-5 rocket from Teheran. Fajr-3 has a range of...

http://freebeacon.com/brandeis-university-severs-ties-with-palestinian-al-quds-university/ Brandeis University has ended its long-standing partnership with the Palestinian Al Quds University after the latter school was caught holding an anti-Israel rally on its campus. Brandeis, America’s most well known Jewish university, initially declined...

JERUSALEM - A proposal for a nuclear-weapons-free Middle East is seeing new life as the Obama administration pushes for a Middle East with no nuclear weapons, which places new pressure against Israel about its...