The Palestinian Conflict with Israel is Not the Core of the Middle East Conflict
http://www.jinsa.org/fellowship-program/evelyn-gordon/palestinian-conflict-israel-not-core-middle-east-conflict#.UKHaubJmTpw
As Syria's civil war drags on, it is increasingly destabilizing its neighbors. First, hundreds of thousands of refugees poured over their borders; now, violence has as well. Turkey and Syria have repeatedly exchanged deadly...
Telling Israel like it is – in Arabic
I first met Boshra Khalaila in the Spring of 2010, at the Ministry of Public Diplomacy’s offices in Jerusalem. She was 24 at the time. Like me, she’d been alarmed by the public relations...
The Powerlessness Excuse: Debunking the Claim that Obama Could Not Have Affected the “Arab...
http://www.gloria-center.org/2012/10/the-powerlessness-excuse-debunking-the-claim-that-obama-could-not-have-affected-the-“arab-spring”-and-islamist-takeovers/
One argument we will be increasingly hearing is that President Barack Obama couldn’t have done anything to change events in the Middle East. This is ironic of course because when things were going well...
Obama’s Shortcomings in Syria
For months now, the United States has been providing direct so-called humanitarian assistance to the Syrian rebels-while cautioning Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and other Arab states to limit the types of weaponry they provide. Rifles...
The Axis of Evil in Action: Iranian Support for Syria
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10196
There is no doubt that Iran is quite concerned about events in Syria and the possibility that the Assad regime will be toppled. Since the Islamic Revolution, Iran has not had any real ally,...
The Syrian Crisis and the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry
Dr. Benedetta Berti is a research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, a lecturer at Tel Aviv University, a Young Atlanticist at the Atlantic Council, and the coauthor of Hamas and Hezbollah:...
Sic Transit Gloria Mundi: Thus Passes the Glory of the World
http://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/analysis/dr-mordechai-kedar/sic-transit-gloria-mundi-thus-passes-the-glory-of-the-world/2012/09/23/0/?print
In the past, the United States was the "glory of the world", mainly after it came to the aid of Europe in the Second World War, the victory over Germany and Japan in 1945,...
As Its Middle East Policy Crumbles, The Obama Administration’s Defense: It’s Not a Revolution,...
http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2012/09/as-its-middle-east-policy-crumbles.html
So now we have the answer of the “best and the brightest” expressed in the most explicit terms by American leaders and the mass media.
The problem in the Middle East is not mass revolutionary...
Will Egypt Go Nuclear?
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives182.pdf
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Though Egypt does not currently have a nuclear energy program, that reality could soon change. Newly elected President Mohammed Mursi made clear that Egypt wishes to create a civilian nuclear energy program....
A Strategy for Making Peace with the Palestinians
http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives179.pdf
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 179, September 4, 2012
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel will not be able to make peace with the Palestinians until the Palestinian community gives up its goal of destroying Israel. The Palestinians...