A Change in the Balance of Power in Syria: The “Bad against the...

http://www.inss.org.il/index.aspx?id=4538&articleid=5817 Between President Obama’s August 31, 2013 declaration on a retaliatory action against Syria and the abandonment of the attack option in exchange for dismantlement of Syria’s chemical weapons program, a dramatic change has taken...

Israel’s role in Turkey’s Chinese missile deal

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/views/news/world/2013/10/13/Israel-s-role-in-Turkey-s-Chinese-missile-deal.html Surprising many in the West, Turkey has selected a Chinese firm under U.S. sanctions to build its long-range air and missile defense system (T-Loramid) with low cost and possibility of a technology transfer. Both NATO...

Testing the Iranian nuclear charm offensive

http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Testing-the-Iranian-nuclear-charm-offensive-328801 Negotiations about Iran’s nuclear program are set to resume this week in Geneva between the P5+1 countries (USA, UK, France, Russia, China and Germany) and the new Iranian leadership - arguably the most important...

Palestinian Corruption — Again

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/4022/palestinian-corruption If the Palestinian movement believes it lives outside the laws of politics, nature and economics, it may be right. The PA and Hamas occupy a split territory with two feuding governments -- both dictatorships with...

Appeasement won’t reduce the peril of a nuclear Iran

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10376354/Appeasement-wont-reduce-the-peril-of-a-nuclear-Iran.html Tomorrow morning, more than seven years after the United Nations Security Council first ordered Iran to halt all aspects of its illicit nuclear programme, British and American diplomats - along with representatives of other...

Jihad or Terrorism?

http://www.meforum.org/3644/jihad-or-terrorism A recent Arabic article appearing in Egypt's Al Ahram newspaper titled "Is Terrorism Jihad?" written by Islamic law expert Dr. Abdul Fatah Idris offers important lessons-from the fact that jihad does involve subjugating non-Muslims...

U.S. Ready To Enter ‘Bad’ Iran Deal

WASHINGTON -- The United States was expected to agree to preserve Iran's nuclear weapons program, a report said. The American Enterprise Institute asserted that Washington and its allies have set the stage for what...

Aid for Palestinians: Breaking Down Walls or Building Them Higher?

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2013/10/aid-for-palestinians-breaking-down-walls-or-building-them-higher/ A photo of a UNRWA school in Gaza after it was shelled by Israeli forces. Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons. The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international...

Will President Peres Really Respond to Questions

The President of Israel, Shimon Peres, has dispatched announced a worldwide memo that he will answer questions from anyone who submits questions.http://www.jwire.com.au/news/ask-the-president/37652/comment-page-1#comment-53108 Here are fourteen questions that Mr. Peres has not answered:http://israelbehindthenews.com/bin/content.cgi?ID=5613&q=1 Perhaps people around the...

Israeli intelligence had warned: Cement to Gaza can be lethal

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/18091 Yet in November, 2011, the Israel Civil Administration, which reports to the Israel Ministry of Defense, issued orders to provide massive cement supplies for the construction of seventy five UNRWA school buildings in Gaza. At...