The Harmless Children of Hezbollah?: A German Perspective
Germans are squabbling about whether Israel's military strikes against Lebanon are justified. But how else can Israel defend itself against Hezbollah rockets? By staging sit-down protests along the Israeli-Lebanese border, perhaps?
Should Israel stop defending...
Expert: Prepare for war Middle East experts give their forecasts
The coming months will present Israel with strategic threats from three different directions, Dr. Boaz Ganor, founder of the Institute for Counter-Terrorism told Ynetnews.
The first threat, stemming from the Shiite alliance of Iran and...
Brussels’s Hezbollah Blinders
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443866404577563151864043044.html
When terrorists struck in Bulgaria last month, killing five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver, Jerusalem immediately accused Hezbollah and its Iranian paymasters of the crime. Tehran and Hezbollah, as always, denied it....
Where Would Hezbollah Be Without the EU?
The EU has been here before. During the same period they came up with their false wall-of-separation within Hezbollah, they they did the same thing with Hamas. The fiction disappeared in Europe because it...
Israel Mulls Iran Deterrence
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Israel has sought to maneuver between two schools on how to deter Iran, a report said.
The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that strategists in Israel were considering two doctrines to deter a nuclear...
Iran’s Arms Supply to Hizbullah: International Dimensions
http://jcpa.org/irans-arms-supply-to-hizbullah-international-dimensions/
In an exceptional political signal, a senior Israeli official contacted Mark Landler of the New York Times and explained that the Israeli government was determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons...
The West’s Hubris: Is the Price of the Iraq War a Nuclear Iran?
http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/wests-hubris-price-iraq-war-nuclear-iran/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wests-hubris-price-iraq-war-nuclear-iran
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The 2003 Iraq War significantly reduced the West’s willingness to confront Iran with the credible military threat required to halt its nuclear weapons program. Critics of the Iraq War were correct to...
The “Day After” Scenario in Syria
http://jcpa.org/article/the-day-after-scenario-in-syria/
Vol. 12, No. 30 18 December 2012
The moment of truth is approaching in Syria. Bashar Assad’s regime is fighting a rearguard battle and has already lost control over large parts of the country. Syria’s...
What Does Israel Do if Obama Is Reelected?
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...
Two states, ‘secure borders’ and the tooth fairy
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Article.aspx?id=265058
Photo: Yehoar Gal
If a Palestinian state is established, it will be armed to the teeth. Within it there will be bases of the most extreme terrorist forces, who will be equipped with anti-tank and...