The Saudi Arms Deal
On August 13, 2010, several reports appeared in the US media on plans by the Obama
administration to sell arms to Saudi Arabia valued at $60 billion over a
period of ten years. The reported deal...
The Palestinians’ Unilateral “Kosovo Strategy”: Implications for the PA and Israel
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Dan Diker is Director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, where he is also a senior foreign policy analyst. He is also an Adjunct Fellow of the...
Showdown on J Street: As J Street’s major conference approaches, some pointed questions for...
Lenny Ben-David worked for AIPAC until 1997. He later served as a diplomat
in Israel's embassy in Washington. Today, he is a public affairs consultant and blogs at www.lennybendavid.com.
How Israel is Covered in the Iranian Media
Overview
1. Iranian media and spokesmen continue to demonize Israel, accusing it of complicity with the West in plotting against Iran. The so-called plots pertain both to Iran 's internal affairs (such as the recent...
The Middle Eastern Cold War
There are many cracks in the Arab Street.
A cold war is "the key to understanding the Middle East in the 21st century." So argue Yigal Carmon and three of his colleagues at the Middle East Media and Research Institute (MEMRI) in a recent study, "An Escalating Regional Cold War."They have identified a major confrontation that the media has somehow missed - and which is the more important for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's just having been re-designated as president of Iran.
Analysis: The IDF War in Gaza
"It Smells"
Still last night I had a bit of a "wait and see" attitude: We're still in Gaza, if Hamas hits us we may start again. Who knows.
Well, now we know. Hamas has just...
Where Hamas Gets Its Money
Amid international condemnation of Israel, one would never guess that humanitarian aid and even cash is flowing into Hamas coffers, while its rockets continue to hit Israel.
It is important to alleviate the suffering of...
Incisive News Coverage of Israel
Posting: September 21, 2008
"Narrative"
In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat -- Ki Tavo -- Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan River "into the Land that G-d...
An Israeli Watershed: Strike on Syria
Summer 2008, pp. 57-62
On the morning of September 6, 2007, Israel Air Force (IAF) planes penetrated deep into Syrian airspace and attacked a nuclear facility near the town of Dayr al-Zur in the northeastern...
Antisemitism Embedded in British Culture
Antisemitism has been present in Great Britain for almost a thousand years of recorded history. In the twelfth century, Catholic medieval Britain was a persecutory society, particularly when it came to Jews. It pioneered...