A Middle Way for the Gaza Fight

http://besacenter.org/perspectives-papers/middle-way-gaza-fight/ Executive Summary: Many supporters of Israel’s policy in the current Gaza battle argue that the only stronger alternative available for Israel is to reoccupy Gaza - which IDF sources have said might take a...

Holy War Arrives in Germany

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4590/germany-jihad "Never before have the sympathizers of Islamic terror appeared so openly in Germany." - Editorial, Westfalen-Blatt. "Anyone who thought the civil war in Syria or the barbarity of the Islamic State in Iraq does not...

Turkish-Hamas Relations: Between Strategic Calculations and Ideological A!nity

Introduction While the deterioration in Israel-Turkey relations over the past decade is rooted in many factors, perhaps what exemplifies this deterioration most is the closeness forged between the Justice and Development Partyled government and Hamas....

Winning a Lose/Lose War

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/383942/winning-loselose-war-victor-davis-hanson Once again neighboring enemies are warring in diametrically opposite ways. Hamas sees the death of its civilians as an advantage; Israel sees the death of its civilians as a disaster. Defensive missiles explode to save...

There Must Not Be a Ceasefire

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4513/gaza-hamas-ceasefire With their usual mixture of human rights concern and hypocrisy, several countries have stepped into the fresh Israel-Gaza conflict by demanding a cease-fire. Egypt has played an important role in this demarche; Hamas has...

An Inversion of Morality

http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/1705/an-inversion-of-morality From day one of its existence, the sole raison d'etre of the Hamas quasi-state in Gaza has been to kill Jews, the more the merrier. Since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has...

Hamas Enhances Strike Capability

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy asserted that Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies improved rocket, ground attacks as well as command and control in the latest war with Israel, In a report,...

Palestinian Suffering Used to Demonize Israel

http://besacenter.org/uncategorized/palestinian-suffering-used-demonize-israel/ Executive Summary: As long as Palestinians continue to serve as lightning rod against Jews, their supposed victimization reaffirming the latter’s millenarian demonization, Israel will never be allowed to defend itself. No sooner had Israel launched...

Izzedin Kassam Sparked Gaza War

Hamas' military wing sparked the war between Israel and the Gaza Strip, a report said. A leading U.S. think tank asserted that the Izzedin Kassam Brigades took the decision to escalate rocket and other attacks...

Hamas got rich as Gaza was plunged into poverty

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4543634,00.html While the fighting is only expected to worsen the distress of the residents of Gaza, the Strip's economic outlook for the Strip was never good. The unemployment rate in Gaza stood at approximately 40%...