Israel Resource Review

A report by a U.S. government watchdog has found that the Israeli government's conduct in recent years - including delaying the transfer to Palestinian security forces of AK-47 rifles, radios, vehicles and uniforms -...

Robert s. Wistrich This year, Tisha B'Av (the annual Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of both the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem) once again reminded us of the dangers of “gratuitous hatred” without...

Questions Arise About the Secretary-General's Flotilla Investigation Obama administration assurances prove empty. This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on WeeklyStandard.com . http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/investigation-israels-action-flotilla-continue Only days after Israel took the unprecedented step of agreeing to participate in a...

There are basically two ways to approach the Middle East: * Option 1: Understand what makes Farsi- and Arabic-speaking, Muslim-majority societies different from the West given their history, experiences, culture, politics, and other features. * Option...

The "other shoe" I'm referring to is the end result of the whole business of extending the freeze, or part of the freeze, or whatever, so that face-to-face negotiations might continue. There is the...

(Last week, Israel Resource Review reported David Bedein's stories from Washington that the US government would not confirm reported US assurances in exchange for Israeli willingness to freeze any building in Judea and Samaria.) Those...

http://www.gloria-center.org/gloria/2010/12/gaza-going-to-be-well-off-islamist-republic The Gaza Strip is doing really well economically and the Hamas regime seems set to go on forever. It's raking in the aid money but every dollar and every project is shaped to ensure...

This is going to be a two-part posting. I participated in a tour of eastern Jerusalem, which incorporated the Shepherd hotel of Sheikh Jarrah as well as part of the Shimon HaTzaddik neighborhood. Today, I...

In Gaza, it took Hamas 10 years to threaten Tel- Aviv.. How long will it take Hamas to threaten Ben Gurion airport with only 1 Qassam rocket at a range of only 6 KM? Has any...

http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/04/21/146268.html Thursday, 21 April 2011 A Syrian protester shouts slogans calling for Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to step down. (File photo) Contrary to the Syrian government’s claim, unrest in the country was...