The Seizure of the Klos C: Significance and Implications
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6745
The March 5, 2014 seizure of the Klos C is a blow to Iran, which clearly invested considerable effort and resources in organizing the weapons shipment and attempting to conceal the ship’s course and...
‘Western Countries Are Funding the Incubators of Terrorism’
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177821#.Uw0Wcc5h3dY
MK Yoni Chetboun (Jewish Home) called a special meeting with over 40 diplomats from dozens of countries Monday to present the hard facts on how Western funds are being used in Palestinian Arab schools...
Saudi Arabia’s New Missile Force
http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=6660
A recent article in Newsweek reported that “according to a well-placed intelligence source,” in 2007 Saudi Arabia began to purchase CSS-5 (DF-21) ground-to-ground missiles from China. While similar reports appeared in the past, the...
Good News: Worst UN Candidates Defeated in Race to Replace Richard Falk
http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1285603&ct=13660667¬oc=1
We have just learned that following UN Watch's campaign exposing and opposing the most biased candidates vying to replace the outgoing Richard Falk -- as the UN's permanent investigator on "Israel's violations of the...
US Congress Worried Over Lebanese Mil
House and Senate members have expressed worry that U.S. aid to Lebanon's military and security forces could end up with the Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah. Congress has determined that Hizbullah controlled much of Lebanon's military and...
Saudi Wahhabis call for the destruction of Shia shrine in Syria
http://www.tehrantimes.com/middle-east/99829-saudi-wahhabis-call-for-the-destruction-of-shia-shrine-in-syria
Amid an escalation of the terrorist attacks on citizens and government buildings in the Syrian capital Damascus, the extremist Wahhabi clerics in Saudi Arabia have called for the destruction of holy shrine of Lady...
Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the “Clash within a Civilization”
http://csis.org/publication/saudi-arabia-iran-and-clash-within-civilization
No one has ever been able to travel to the Gulf without discovering just how different the perspectives and values of the West and the Middle East can be. During the last two...
The Arab League and peace, after 68 years
http://www.meforum.org/3715/arab-league-peace
The disconnect between the past and the present in the Middle East is growing fast. Consider the anachronism called the Arab League.
In December, after an "emergency meeting" called by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, Arab...
The Jordan Valley: Israel’s security belt
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6929
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is once again in town trying to reach a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. One of the issues of dispute is the fate of the...
Prof. Efraim Inbar: Strategic imperative build homes for Jews in E1,
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=62779
The Jordan Valley: Israel’s Security Belt by Prof. Efraim Inbar January 6, 2014
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 232
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel must resist international pressure and hold on to the Jordan Valley - its only...