Qatar’s Support of Hamas and Jihadist Forces in the Middle East
http://jcpa.org/article/qatars-support-of-hamas-jihadist-forces/#sthash.dk14HQuF.dpuf
Vol. 14, No. 30 September 23, 2014
Qatar is unquestionably engaged in international terrorist financing. According to the U.S. Treasury’s division for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, “Qatar, a longtime U.S. ally, has...
Israel faces a wave of Arab refugees
http://www.menewsline.com
Israeli analysts have warned that the Jewish state could be flooded by
refugees from neighboring Jordan and Syria. They said the expansion of
Islamic State of Iraq and Levant threatens to spark an exodus of hundreds...
Hamas Policy after Operation “Protective Edge”
http://jcpa.org/article/hamas-policy/
Vol. 14, No. 29 September 18, 2014
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal recently revealed Hamas’ unfolding strategy in the wake of the Gaza war, particularly the use of the international system as an economic safety net...
The Surreal ‘Reconstruction’ of Gaza
http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arlene-kushner/the-surreal-reconstruction-of-gaza/
Much of what goes on in the world these days has a surreal quality. But here’s a case that is emblematic of a host of situations:
On Monday, the United Nations pulled back hundreds of...
Phantom Nation: Inventing the “Palestinians” as the Obstacle to Peace, Volume I, II and...
Available at: http://www.amazon.com/Shai-Ben-Tekoa/e/B00H479XCI
Reviewed by Samantha Allie, Analyst, Center for Near East Policy Research, and David Bedein, Center director.
This three volume work, written by Middle East scholar Shai Ben Tekoa, provides a unique opportunity for...
Islam and the “Killing of Innocents”
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4702/islam-killing-innocents
"No religion condones the killing of innocents." — U.S. President Barack Obama, September 10, 2014.
"Islam is a religion of peace." — U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, September 13, 2014.
"There is a place for violence...
September 17, 2014: Surreal
Much of what goes on in the world these days has a surreal quality. But here’s a case that is sort of emblematic of a host of situations:
“Syrian rebels linked to Al-Qaeda have seized...
What Egypt’s President Sisi Really Thinks
http://www.danielpipes.org/14931/abdel-fattah-al-sisi
Former air marshal Husni Mubarak, now 86, had ruled Egypt for 30 years when his military colleagues forced him from office in 2011. Three years and many upheavals later, those same colleagues replaced his...
Qatar’s terror funding makes it more foe than friend to U.S., critics say
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/09/16/qatar-cozies-up-to-us-while-funding-terror-say-critics/
Qatar has simultaneously been championed as a Western ally in the fight against terror and criticized as the Middle East's chief enabler of radical jihad. It may have found a way to be both,...
The IS-Kurdish War
http://www.meforum.org/4796/iraq-isis-kurds-battle
"Eighty years ago, they joined three nations together and formed Iraq. This mistake must not be repeated … The solution is a breakup," says General Maghdid Haraki.
The Kurdish peshmerga officer is speaking from the...