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Economic sanctions represent a key tool in the U.S. effort to prevent Iran from creating nuclear weapons, says Newsmax contributing editor Ken Timmerman. “I believe sanctions are necessary from a moral perspective,” he told Newsmax.TV....

The U.S. announcement inviting Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) for direct talks shows quite clearly, though unintentionally, why the talks will fail. Special Envoy George Mitchell explains: "We are all well aware that there remains...

As wait for Quartet statement to renew talks Official PLO news agency terms elevator in Jewish Quarter for handicapped access to Western Wall serious challenge to the feelings of Muslims The Arabic section of the official PLO...

(With thanks to IMRA.org.il for helping locate this article) http://twitter.com/IMRA_UPDATES Don't deny our rights: An open letter to Mahmoud Abbas MAAN Published Wednesday 18/08/2010 (updated) 18/08/2010 19:52 22 July 2010 www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=309072 We are Palestinians of diverse perspectives and affiliations...

http://www.jcpa.org/JCPA/Templates/ShowPage.asp?DRIT=1&DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=111&FID=283&PID=1845&IID=4579&TTL=Will_an_IDF_Withdrawal_from_the_West_Bank_Mean_a_Safe_Haven_for_Extremist_Groups? To stand any real chance of success, every insurgent or terrorist movement needs a safe haven to operate from. Israel has had more than a flavor of what it can mean to leave hostile...

(with thanks to Imra.org.il for locating these news items) #1 News number: 8905311558 18:18 | 2010-08-22 Defence President Stresses Defensive Nature of Iran's Newly Unveiled Drone http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8905311558 TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that Iran's newly unveiled...

On August 13, 2010, several reports appeared in the US media on plans by the Obama administration to sell arms to Saudi Arabia valued at $60 billion over a period of ten years. The reported deal...

Omer Gertel // Saddam Hussein won 100% of the vote in the elections held in Iraq in 2002. This accomplishment made him very happy, as it proved that popular support for him grew since the 1995 elections,...

The number of rockets and mortars launched at Israel from the Gaza Strip has dramatically reduced after Operation Cast Lead from December 2008-January 2009, during which the IDF acted to prevent Hamas and other...

Photo by: Rhonda Spivak Fourteen-year-old Moshe Sharify, a quiet, pious and extremely gifted child, desperately wants to become a rabbi. However, an unofficial ruling doesn’t allow this. Fourteen-year-old boy wonder Moshe Raziel Sharify, who lives with...