Iran Makes Headway In Fatah

http://www.menewsline.com Iran was said to have forged relationships with leading members of the Fatah movement. Officials said Iran and Hizbullah were seeking to coopt members of the Fatah leadership, particularly the Central Committee. They said the...

U.S. Seeks To Arm Libya

The United States has sought to help Libya's military regain control over the North African state. Officials said the U.S. military and Defense Department have been drafting plans to provide weapons and training to Tripoli....

The Gaza War 2014

Preface What follows is a researched and documented narrative of the 2014 Gaza war. While written from an Israeli perspective, this is not a document intended to negate criticism of Israel’s actions during the war...

How to Communicate Concern to the Government of Israel Over the Latest Round of...

____________________________ September 6, 2010 "Taking No Chances" The ambivalence about where Netanyahu is headed is quite pervasive. His signals are not clear. As someone knowledgeable I spoke to said, "He's dancing between the raindrops." That is, there...

Egypt Blames Gaza For SAMs

Egypt has blamed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip for supplying weapons that downed an attack helicopter in the Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Gaza Strip has become a source of surface-to-air missiles to Al Qaida-aligned militias...

US spies vindictive on Israel

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4518128,00.html The second Newsweek article on Israel's alleged spying efforts in the US, titled "Israel’s Aggressive Spying in the US Mostly Hushed Up", embarrasses its author and sources almost more than the original piece published...

Interviewed by Palestinian TV, Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki revealed the Palestinians’ relations with...

Overview Two interviews given by senior Palestinian figures shed more light on the special relationship between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor, on the active preparations...

On the eve of the Pa. primary,The Philadelphia Bulletin interviews Obama’s Middle East Advisors

During the week before the Pennsylvania primary, I met with Sen. Barack Obama's middle east advisers in Washington, Howard Guttman and former Californian Congressman Mel Levine, along with another Obama Middle East aide who...

Argentine murder mystery

(Before reading this piece, peruse David Bedein's coverage of Syria-Israel- US negotiations; http://israelbehindthenews.com/an-insiders-report-from-the-shepherdstown-talks/3196/ ) When heads of state gather, as they did for the United Nations General Assembly last week, you have a choice: Tune...

America’s double standards

http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=6139 When reports surfaced suggesting that the U.S. was eavesdropping on dozens of Western leaders, among them the leaders of its closest allies, sending shockwaves through the West, and a U.S. State Department spokeswoman responded...