The new nexus of narcoterrorism: Hezbollah and Venezuela
http://www.fpri.org/enotes/2011/201112.neumann.narcoterrorism.html
Press stories, as well as a television documentary, over the past two months have detailed the growing cooperation between South American drug traffickers and Middle Eastern terrorists, proving that the United States continues to...
Powder Keg in Gaza
http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/view/powder-keg-in-gaza
The violent blows exchanged between Israel and armed Islamist groups in Gaza over the past few weeks mark a dangerous shift. The pattern of occasional clashes established after Israel's 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead has...
Israel Intelligence Assessment: Iran Unlikely To Start War
Israel has assessed that Iran was unlikely to launch a regional war even its nuclear infrastructure was destroyed.
Israel's leading strategic institute has concluded that Teheran would demonstrate restraint in wake of an Israeli strike...
ISRAEL SEEKS TO DEVELOP LONG-RANGE ARTILLERY
Israel has examined the prospect of developing long-range, precision-strike artillery that could destroy missile batteries in such countries as Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority and Syria.
Officials said the Defense Ministry was considering proposals from defense...
Hagel – a Litmus Test of Obama’s Attitude to Israel
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=3210&sec=1&title=Hagel_-_a_Litmus_Test_of_Obama’s_Attitude_to_Israel
The possible nomination of former Republican Senator Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense will represent a litmus test as to whether President Obama is poised to resume his anti-Israeli campaign, despite supporting Israel during...
The Era of the Yom Kippur War: A Personal and Historical Reflection
Turning 60 two weeks ago, on the day that marked the 40th anniversary of my arrival in Israel, provided an appropriate pause for reflection.
After all, there is the tradition that a Jew is reborn...
Israel’s Settlers Are Here to Stay
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/opinion/israels-settlers-are-here-to-stay.html?_r=4
WHATEVER word you use to describe Israel’s 1967 acquisition of Judea and Samaria - commonly referred to as the West Bank in these pages - will not change the historical facts. Arabs called for...
Amb Prosor addresses UNGA debate on “The Question of Palestine”
http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Foreign+Relations/Israel+and+the+UN/Speeches+
-+statements/Amb_Prosor_addresses_UNGA_29-Nov-2011.htm
Mr. President,
A great Jewish sage once wrote, "The truth can hurt like a thorn, at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose."
His words came to my mind today. His insight could...
Briefing with Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee
Yuval Steinitz was a Professor of Philosophy and a Peace Now activist. In 1994, when he saw that Oslo was a disaster, he did a great deal of soul searching and joined the Likud...
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...