Observation: Crucial to focus on the UN Security Council Resolution in Coming Days

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=64737 There is most certainly a lot that can be written about what has transpired in the last over fifty days and its ramifications - military, diplomatic and of course political, but I fear that this firestorm...

Saleh al-Arouri, Turkey-based senior Hamas operative who handles military-terrorist networks in Judea and Samaria,...

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20706  Saleh Muhammad Suleiman al-Arouri (Imemc.org, July 20, 2014). Overview 1.   Saleh Muhammad Suleiman al-Arouri is a senior Hamas operative based in Turkey. On August 20 2014, he told the participants of the fourth conference of the World Union...

Qatar’s Rise and America’s Tortured Middle East Policy

http://www.thetower.org/article/qatars-rise-and-americas-tortured-middle-east-policy/ One of the most notable aspects of the current conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is the prominent role being played by the Emirate of Qatar in supporting the terrorist organization, whose genocidal...

Austria: Springboard for Global Jihad

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4651/austria-jihad Austria figures prominently in a map produced by the IS that outlines the group's five-year plan for expanding its caliphate into Europe, and has emerged as a central hub for jihadists seeking to fight...

Truce does not equal peace … writes Michael Kuttner

http://www.kbrm.org.nz/Israel/Truce_does_not_equal_peace.html One of the problems we face these days is the inability to recognise reality even when it smacks us in the face. Very few people expect politicians, especially those who manage to get themselves elected...

Worse and Worser

The truth: There is no entirely satisfactory resolution to our war with Hamas (the war that is not called a war). Aside, of course, from that “ultimate” resolution in which we would fully retake Gaza...

The War with Hamas: Address by Israel’s Ambassador to the UK

This week Israeli Ambassador Daniel Taub travelled to Bradford in northern England after George Galloway MP declared it an "Israel-free zone." After meeting with local councillors and officials, he addressed local community and faith...

Club Med for Terrorists

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/25/opinion/qatar-club-med-for-terrorists.html?_r=2 UNITED NATIONS THE hostilities in Gaza between Israel and Hamas persist and the diplomatic war at the United Nations continues, also without resolution. While there is no shortage of opinions on the way forward, the...

Whither UNRWA?

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Whither-UNRWA-371016 UNRWA spokesperson Chris Gunness breaks down in tears during interview with Al Jazeera. Photo: YOUTUBE SCREENSHOT UNRWA, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, has joined Hamas’s clamor for...

Why Everything Reported from Gaza is Crazy Twisted

http://www.thetower.org/article/why-everything-reported-from-gaza-is-crazy-twisted/ You’re seeing civilians dying and suffering in Gaza. You’re seeing the destruction Israel’s military operation against Hamas has caused. You’re hearing from Israel that Hamas is firing rockets from crowded neighborhoods, using helpless Gaza civilians...