Confronting the Islamic threat to the West

http://www.thecommentator.com/article/5046/confronting_the_islamic_threat_to_the_west Good Western boys, turned Islamic fighters A greater effort must be made to control the threat of Islamic terrorism. Indifference to the threat, let alone acquiescence, is not an option for Western survival. An official...

ISIS Success in Iraq and Syria: Strategic Ramifications

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=7112 Several factors are at the base of the military success of ISIS and other jihadist organizations: the structural and functional weaknesses of Arab nation states; the organizations’ networked and decentralized structure, which makes it...

ISIS: Iran’s Instrument for Regional Hegemony?

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...

How Iran Gains From Assad Victory

Interviewee: Michael Young, Opinion Editor, Daily StarInterviewer: Bernard Gwertzman, Consulting EditorJune 5, 2014http://www.cfr.org/syria/iran-gains-assad-victory/p33064 With Syrian president Bashar al-Assad claiming a sweeping electoral victory, one party set to gain in influence is Iran, says Lebanon-based expert...

Will the West Fund Hamas?

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4346/hamas-western-aid Less than a week after its inauguration, the Hamas-Fatah unity government is already facing its first crisis as it remains unclear which party will pay salaries to tens of thousands of Hamas employees in...

Israel-Egypt anti-terrorism cooperation at zenith

http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/israel-egypt-security-cooperation-netanyahu-livni-nuclear.html An Egyptian soldier stands near the Egyptian national flag and the Israeli flag at the Taba crossing between Egypt and Israel, about 430 kilometers (256 miles) northeast of Cairo, Oct. 26, 2011. (photo by...

Ending illusion of peace-seeking Abbas

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4512842,00.html Mahmoud Abbas ' decision to join forces with the Hamas terror organization, whether it happens or not, is nothing other than a slap in the face of anyone who saw him as a "partner,"...

Hamas wins, Abbas loses

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4512703,00.html When one examines the articles of the reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah, one can quickly understand that this is an old soup that has been reheated. The agreement the two sides signed was...

The U.N.’s Child Death Cult Education

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/dbedein/the-u-n-s-child-death-cult-education/ Following our center’s March 13 presentation at the British Parliament concerning the indiscretions of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) education, Sir Peter Luff, MP for Mid Worcestershire, requested concrete evidence that would...

Institute for Contemporary Affairs, founded jointly with the Wechsler Family Foundation

http://jcpa.org/article/changing-historical-narrative-saeb-erekats-new-spin/ Vol. 14, No. 8 March 23, 2014 Palestinian leaders are manipulating the history of geographic Palestine/Land of Israel. They have manufactured a curious claim, expressed recently by Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, that they...