Turkey Blocks NATO Meeting With Israel
http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130415/DEFREG/304150019/Turkey-Blocks-NATO-Meeting-Israel
ANKARA - Despite a recent, partial thaw in its problematic diplomatic ties with one-time ally Israel, Turkey has declined to agree to a meeting of NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue group, which includes Israel and six...
Education by Murder in Boston
N.B.: Text differs slightly from the Washington Times
What will be the long-term impact of the Apr. 15-19 Boston Marathon attack and the ensuing action-movie-style chase, killing a total of four and wounding 265?
Let's start...
Hamas has introduced a program in Gaza Strip schools called Al-Futuwwa, which provides military...
Since September 2012 Hamas has run a new program called Al-Futuwwa ("youth," "courage") in high schools in the Gaza Strip. In the program, tens of thousands of adolescent Gazan boys receive theoretical and practical...
FEAR OF DISSOLUTION OF UN FORCES ON LEBANESE AND SYRIAN BORDERS
The UN troops stationed along Israel’s northern borders, in the Lebanese and Syrian sectors, fear for their lives and the decision to pull them out of the region could come at any moment. Yesterday,...
Manipulating International Law as Part of Anti-Israeli “Lawfare”
http://jcpa.org/article/manipulating-international-law-as-part-of-anti-israeli-lawfare/
Vol. 13, No. 16 2 June 2013
Israel’s record of compliance with international law is remarkably strong. In a long series of decisions, the Israeli High Court has ordered the Israeli government, army, and security...
J Street’s Spin Reversed by CAMERA Op-Ed
http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=2&x_outlet=118&x_article=2474
The Washington Jewish Week featured J Street, the self-described “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby in page one articles twice in April, published J Street opinion columns once that month and again in the May 16 edition,...
Israel’s Military Prepares For Rocket Strikes
Israel's military has been ordering equipment to defend against massive missile and rocket strikes. All of Israel's military services plan to receive equipment to defend bases and other facilities. They said much of the...
Weekly Commentary: Preparing for failed talks
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=61646
According to the common narrative, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to release a group of terrorist murderers as the "entrance fee" for talks with the Palestinians because:
#1. In the absence of talks, Israel faced...
Leading Israeli Analysts Failed to Agree on Strategy toward the Palestinian Authority
Although most of the analysts warned against the U.S. campaign to establish a Palestinian state in the West Bank in 2014, they could not agree on an Israeli alternative. Some of the analysts urged...