Syria

NEW YORK -- Israel is a "terrorist state," he says. Palestinians have no choice but to attack Israelis "by any means necessary," he says. Yes, that includes suicide bombings. Who is this bearded supporter of...

http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-the-corrution-at-the-head-of-hamas-1000956048 1.8 million people live in the Gaza Strip, most of them refugees. They endure an unemployment rate that reaches 40%, shameful poverty, rock bottom wages, and, to top it all, an apparently corrupt regime,...

http://pjmedia.com/barryrubin/2012/09/21/what-does-israel-do-if-obama-is-reelected/ “Don’t Panic” - Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy I’m going to try to analyze what Israeli strategy might look like if Obama were to be reelected. I don’t want to write a...

While the people of Israel were in the midst of preparations for the solemn fast of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, this year's observance of Yom Kippur has been overshadowed by nostalgic...

Pollsters Yaacob Shamir and Khalil Shakiki Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Carob juice vendor outside Damascus Gate, Old City, East Jerusalem. (Note: the person in this photo was not interviewed.) Photo by Rhonda Spivak. Shopkeeper in East Jerusalem's Arab...

http://rubinreports.blogspot.co.il/2012/12/the-useful-myth-that-obama-now-likes.html Reality, especially in 2012, is very hard to face. So many hopes dashed; so many bad things happening. So people can be forgiven for taking refuge in wishful thinking. Sometimes, not telling the truth...

Terror Returns to the Galilee Ma'ariv (p. 2) by Avi Ashkenazi et al. -- Terror returned to the Galilee. As a result of shots from an ambush near Kibbutz Metzuba, six Israelis were killed, including...

In December 1998, preaching a gospel of socialist revolution that had gone blessedly unvoiced in the decade following the fall of the Berlin Wall, Hugo Chávez won a landslide election for the presidency of...

It is doubtful that many reading this are unaware of the basics of what is transpiring. The situation is in flux and will continue to change, but an overview is important. In Gaza, the operation...

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64802 The first stage is to work on the emergency response and to ensure families are fed, provided with clean water, and have access to essential healthcare. Once this is done, we will look to...