The PA is the First Victim of Its Reckless UN Bid

http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=v494e8bab&v= 001Akwh5HY8vpyc1w1s2A32rL9Q3RQmYFVrhED4phA4VTY7UE132 m7S3Erl6QAF96k8O9XI4ZBsD26BrooG_I2o5YMqstfnye3Jypz3bozbPsI%3Dtp:// When the Palestinian Authority (PA) obtained UN recognition as a nonmember observer state in November, many Israelis feared the consequences for Israel: After all, PA President Mahmoud Abbas stated openly that he sought recognition...

What Does an “Islamic Caliphate in Iraq Mean?

http://jcpa.org/article/initial-implications-declaration-islamic-caliphate-iraq-syria/ Vol. 14, No. 22 July 1, 2014 The newly declared “Islamic State” is trying to reinforce its battlefield achievements in Syria and Iraq by creating a new Sunni Muslim religious entity to overturn the prevailing...

Immoderate Fatah: A responsible Palestinian representative would be helpful, but there just isn’t one.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is currently in the Middle East. As has been the case in the past, one of her goals is to "strengthen" the "moderate" Mahmoud Abbas. Her desire to do...

President al-Assad Gives an Interview to Kuwaiti Newspaper of al-Anba

With regard to the possibility of war with Israel for the restoration of occupied Golan, the president said: "Syria expects an Israeli aggression at any time, and Syria knows that Israel has a powerful...

U.S.-Saudi Arabia Arms Deal Is Viewed As Threat To Israel

After initial comments by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that the American-Saudi deal was simply a gesture to a moderate Arab regime, Israeli officials issued a clear statement of condemnation of the deal as "counterproductive...

Incisive Commentary from Arlene Kushner

Posting: October 9, 2007 "Speechless?" Not quite. It takes a lot to render me speechless. But the events of the last few days push me in that direction. The foolishness, the essential errors in thinking, the...

Fatah and Hamas Lie to Their People

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3072/fatah-hamas-lie Over the past five years, Hamas and Fatah have lied many times to their people about ending their power struggle, which has resulted in the creation of two separate Palestinian entities in the West...

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,...

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....