The Iraqi Model: As Good As It Gets
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/04/iraqi-model-as-good-as-it-gets.html
Iraq is in a mess. Violence continues. Factionalism leads to endless bickering. Corruption is at high levels. Christians live in fear or flee altogether. Islamism is constantly creeping forward. Yet I would suggest that...
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...
Betrayal Glorified: The Bizarre Jewish Movement to Destroy Israel by Pretending to Save It
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/03/betrayal-glorified-bizarre-jewish.html
I can only laugh at the idea of dilettante Peter Beinart and J Street as leader of the anti-Israel (oops, I meant save-Israel-from-itself) movement. After all, imagine people parading as self-defined heroes while peddling...
The True Perpetrators of The Antisemitic Attacks in Toulouse and Throughout the World
What a tragic, evil joke. A drive-by shooter in the beautiful, almost magical, city of Toulouse, France, murders three Jewish children and a teacher in front of their school. Various VIPs issue statements about...
Middle East Myths Metastasize, Iran War Hysteria Rages Onward
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2012/02/middle-east-myths-metastasizes-iran-war.html
Much written and said about the Middle East has always been fantasy. But nowadays the proportion of fantasy to reality is higher than ever. And number one on that list is the war hysteria...
The organizations participating in the campaign to delegitimize Israel plan a series of propaganda...
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e153.pdf
Overview
1. The organizations in the Middle East and around the globe participating in the campaign to delegitimize Israel chose March 30, the day Israeli Arabs have marked Land Day since 1976, to hold a...
Israel Said Able To Destroy Iran Nukes
http://www.menewsline.com
A leading European analyst has determined that Israel could destroy Iran's nuclear weapons infrastructure.
A former senior German defense official has asserted that the Israel Air Force was capable of destroying key Iran's nuclear facilities...
Israel’s vibrant democracy
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/israels-vibrant-democracy/
By any objective standard, Israeli democracy is as robust and pluralistic as any in the world. There are no restrictions on any form of protest or advocacy, including very fierce and unpopular criticism of...
Freedom of Expression, UN Human Rights Council
http://www.stonegateinstitute.org/2851/freedom-of-expression-
un-human-rights-council
Part 1: Overview and Background:
1) By any objective standard, Israeli democracy is as robust and pluralistic as any in the world. There are no restrictions on any form of protest or advocacy, including very...
Will Palestinian Reconciliation Lead to a Hamas Takeover of the PLO?
http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=2&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=
111&FID=443&PID=0&IID=11619&TTL=Will_Palestinian_Reconciliation_Lead_to
_a_Hamas_Takeover_of_the_PLO ?
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal reached an agreement in Cairo on 22 December on national reconciliation and a strategic partnership. A new temporary leadership was formed for the PLO,...