Future EU Sanctions Against Israel? Real, Imagined, and Somewhere in Between

http://jcpa.org/article/future-eu-sanctions-again!st-israel/ Is the scenario of a full-scale EU boycott of Israel at all realistic? This study is designed to provide policy-makers with a “Brussels insiders” perspective on the prospects for future sanctions by the European...

Egyptian army chief El-Sisi in Russia for arms talks

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/94035/Egypt/Politics-/Egyptian-army-chief-in-Russia-for-arms-talks.aspx Egyptian army chief and defence minister Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is on an official visit to Russia, army spokesperson Ahmed Ali has stated. El-Sisi is accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy in a visit that is a...

Jerusalem Is Among the World’s Most Divided Cities, But One Thing Unites It: Trash

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/162485/jerusalem-united-by-trash A few weeks ago, I showed up at the municipal sanitation depot in south Jerusalem, next to a small supermarket. After the workers shared coffee and cigarettes in the dark parking lot, the trucks...

Fatah and the “Armed Struggle” against Israel

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4163/fatah-armed-struggle While in English Abbas was voicing his opposition to an armed struggle, in Arabic Palestinian officials were issuing statements in support of "armed resistance" against Israel. When senior figures of the Fatah urge Palestinians to...

Israel may pay for tolerance it shows to killers

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/israel-may-pay-for-tolerance-it-shows-to-killers/story-fni0ffut-1226821934023 Palestinians celebrate the release of Palestinian militants from Israeli prisons. Source: Supplied IF most Palestinians thought like most Israelis, peace would come to their lands. If most Israelis thought like so many Palestinians - from...

PAPERS ON UNRWA TO BE PRESENTED TO NATIONS THAT DONATE FUNDS TO UNRWA

UNRWA's Problematic Educational Role in the Middle East Conflict By Arnon Groiss UNRWA schools in Gaza - a greenhouse for Hamas and anti Israeli radicalism By: Jonathan Dahoah Halevi

Barry Rubin died this week. A great loss.

Here are pieces that Barry contributed to ISRAEL RESOURCE REVIEWhttp://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/search.cgi?match=AND&keywords=barry+rubin&type=&submit=Search

Old-School Israeli PR Makes the Case for Judea and Samaria

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177094#.UvFU5BXTmUl The footage is old, and the quality grainy, but the message is unmistakable. A public relations video produced by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit more than 30 years ago makes the case for Israel to retain...

Julie Bishop’s stance on the legality of Israeli settlements might be right

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/julie-bishops-stance-on-the-legality-of-israeli-settlements-might-be-right-20140202-31v2j.html Julie Bishop had some sensible things to say in Jerusalem, as she broke ranks from a cosy, normally unexamined international consensus: the idea that, by permitting Jewish residence in the West Bank, Israel is...

No Time to Spare: Talking about Israel’s Legal Grounds

http://www.frontpagemag.com/2014/arlene-kushner/no-time-to-spare-talking-about-israels-legal-grounds/ If the Israeli building in Judea and Samaria destroys the peace process, then, Lars Faaborg-Andersen, the EU ambassador to Israel, declared just days ago, “Naturally, the blame will be put squarely on Israel’s doorstep.” Naturally:...