Ayman al-Sharawneh, a terrorist released in the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange deal, was deported...

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20525 Overview 1. Ayman al-Sharawneh is a Hamas operative from the Hebron region who was sentenced to 38 years in Israeli prison for several terrorist attacks, such as an IED bombing in Beersheba which injured 19...

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (June 5 “” 11, 2013)

http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/article/20526 This past week the quiet along Israel's southern border continued. In Judea and Samaria violent confrontations and friction continued, peaking on June 7 (Naksa Day), which passed, however, without exceptional incident. There were marches...

The West’s New Syrian War

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/06/the-wests-new-syrian-war/ One day people will ask how the United States and several European countries became involved in mass killings, genocide, corruption, arms smuggling, and the creation of another anti-Western and regionally destabilizing government. Even if...

How to Understand Islamism: Read What its Leaders Really Say

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/06/how-to-understand-islamism-read-what-its-leaders-really-say/ To read Yusuf al-Qaradawi’s 1984 book, Islamic Education and Hasan al-Bana, is to get an Islamic education. Nobody should be allowed to talk about Islam or political Islamism without having read this or similar...

Understanding the Turkish Demonstrations

http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/3756/turkish-demonstrations Turkey, although nominally part of the West, is in most ways culturally closer to the Middle East. Turks live with pent-up grievances -- as do we all -- but with virtually no way to...

Iran elections 2013: Does the president even matter?

http://english.alarabiya.net/en/perspective/analysis/2013/06/11/Iran-elections-2013-Does-the-president-even-matter-.html As Iran’s elections draw near, the six candidates are upping the ante, participating in televised debates and nationwide tours in a bid to win the vote and secure their place as the country’s next...

Israel Prepares For Assad Victory

http://www.menewsline.com/ Israel has begun preparing for the prospect of a victory by Syrian President Bashar Assad over Sunni rebels. The government of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has been briefed of the likelihood of an Assad victory...

Russia’s new Middle Eastern role

http://www.meforum.org/3528/russia-middle-east-role Russia has thrown a monkey wrench into Western plans for Syria by promising to deliver its top-of-the-line S300 surface-to-air missile system to the Bashar al-Assad government. Exactly when the missiles might arrive remains unclear;...

How to Say ‘Disgusting Abuse of Public Trust’ in French?

http://www.jewishpress.com/blogs/this-ongoing-war/ how-to-say-disgusting-abuse-of-public-trust-in-french/2013/06/09/ When you next hear European politicians, and particularly the French, declaring their total and absolute opposition to terrorism, bear in mind this little story emanating from Paris. An exhibition entitled “Death” (on the web here...

BLIND TO TERROR: THE U.S. GOVERNMENT’S DISASTROUS MUSLIM OUTREACH EFFORTS AND THE IMPACT ON...

http://www.gloria-center.org/2013/06/the-u-s-governments-disastrous-muslim-outreach-efforts-and-the-impact-on-u-s-middle-east-policy-blind-to-terror1/ Why has the U.S. government called certain Islamic groups supporters of terror in federal court, and then turned around and called these same organizations “moderates” and embraced them as outreach partners? In a number...