The End of the Beginning in Syria: The Obstacles to Reaching a Negotiated Settlement
http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=6845
Following the recent downing of a Turkish reconnaissance jet by Syrian anti-aircraft, the international community, this time through NATO, is once again debating what course of action should be taken with respect to Syria....
Majlis Shura al-Mujahidin: Between Israel and Hamas
http://www.meforum.org/3500/majlis-shura-al-mujahidin-gaza
In recent weeks and months there has been a cacophony of Salafi protest that has swept Gaza against the ruling Hamas government related to treatment of prisoners, corruption, and ability to practice Islam as...
Israeli Intelligence Think Tank Attacks UK for Providing Sanctuary to Hamas
Just a short time after outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair assumed the role of Middle East envoy, The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center in Herzelia, Israel,, www.intelligence.org.il, considered the "public face of Israeli...
Commentary: The Reactivated Peace Process?
Barry Rubin, in his most recent column, lists "four phony panaceas, which will clearly not work." These are quick fixes that a very foolish and nearsighted world is promoting. Rubin says, not only will...
Pa. Senator Arlen Specter’s 17th Visit To Syria Again Produces Nothing
Sen. Arlen Specter has fallen into a trap that makes him look silly and damages U.S. interests as well as the cause of peace and democracy in the Middle East.
Mr. Specter may have been...
READ COMMENTARY MAGAZINE ON NAKBA DAY: UN FORCES DO LITTLE OR NOTHING TO STOP...
http://www.winnipegjewishreview.com/article_detail.cfm?id=1169&sec=1&title=_READ_COMMENTARY_MAGAZINE_ON_NAKBA_DAY:_UN_FORCES_DO_LITTLE_OR_NOTHING_TO_STOP_BREACH_OF_ISRAEL'S_BORDERS
Photo of grafiti on wall in Deheishe Palestinian Refugee Camp with map of Palestine that wipes out Israel
photo by Rhonda Spivak
Nakba Day sign in Ramallah put up by PLO (see bottom of sign).Photo taken...
Towards the June 2014 Renewal of The UNRWA Mandate
Opportunity for donor nations to consider UNRWA POLICY CHANGES
Tthe renewal of the UNRWA mandate set for June 30, 2014, provIdes an opportunity for the donor nations to UNRWA to insist that UNRWA implement basic...
Situations Vacant…writes Michael Kuttner
This week has provided yet more proof that in Washington at least the battle against Islamic terror is at best half-hearted and at worst magnificently muddled.
Muddled I suspect does not really adequately describe the...
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...
The Refugee Dilemma: A Day in the UNRWA Arab Refugee Camps
Iyad Qadi, a Ramallah resident who fought against Israel during the intifada riots of the late '80s through early 90s, returned to the Palestinian refugee camps that raged so violently in those years -...