The Levy Report: Reinvigorating the Discussion of Israel’s Rights in the West Bank

http://www.biu.ac.il/SOC/besa/docs/perspectives176.pdf EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Commission to Examine the Status of Building in Judea and Samaria (the "Levy report") has drawn a flurry of overwrought criticism due to its inclusion of a section concerning the lawfulness...

WJC ANALYSIS – Is the war in Syria undermining the Palestinian claim to the...

http://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/12161/wjc_analysis_is_the_war_in_syria_undermining_the_palestinian_claim_to_the_right_of_return _ The fate of the Assad regime in Syria has been the main focus of media attention in recent months. Yet, another crisis has quietly developed on the sidelines of the Syrian calamity which...

Israel Sees 30-Day War With Iran

http://www.menewsline.com Israel has assessed that it must prepare for a month-long war with Iran and its proxies. Israeli military and intelligence community have discussed a range of scenarios of war between Iran and the Jewish state....

Until a Hundred Twenty

http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/4815/features/until-a-hundred-twenty/ Bernard Lewis has published many books and still more articles on the history of the Middle East and Islam. On these subjects he is, simply, the pre-eminent authority. At 96, he has now published...

Iran Isolated? Tell it to the UN

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/08/21/iran-isolated-tell-it-to-the-united-nations-ban-ki-moon-non-aligned-movement/ The Obama administration is still asserting that diplomacy and sanctions will halt Iran’s drive for nuclear weapons without the need for either Israel or the United States to resort to force. At the core...

The Situation In Migron: New Housing Not Suitable

1. Israel High Court of Justice has determined that all 49 families of Migron must leave Migron with all of their personal belongingson Tuesday, Sept. 4th, 2012. Those residents include 219 children, half of...

Scars of an Israeli survivor of the Hebron massacre

http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/scars-of-an-israeli-survivor-of-the-hebron-massacre.premium-1.461338?block=true Shlomo Slonim gazes at four large black and white photos of family members adorning the dining room wall of his apartment in Ra'anana, a city in central Israel. He battles with his health. He has...

Confronting the Addictive Charm of Charisma

http://www.aim.org/guest-column/confronting-the-addictive-charm-of-charisma/ Review: The 12-Step Guide for the Recovering Obama Voter, by Craig S. Karpel BROADSIDE BOOKS, An Imprint of HarperCollins, www.broadsidebooks.net. Winston Churchill was a great speaker, but he really grabbed his audience with the power of...

Superficiality Reigns Before the Election

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2012/11/superficiality-reigns-before-the-election It happens every four years, as U.S. presidential elections roll around: I feel like a stranger. That's because news reports blare out what's not of interest: trivial statistics (171,000 jobs added in October; jobless rate...

PA Uses U.S.-Trained Forces Against Protesters

www.menewsline.com The Palestinian Authority has been using U.S.-trained and equipped security forces to disperse protests in the West Bank. Arab Human rights activists said PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas has been using elite forces trained by Washington...