Expert: Israel Should Let the PA Collapse

http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/162734#.ULz3zOT2_85 Israel should let the Palestinian Authority collapse, particularly in the wake of its unilateral statehood bid at the United Nations, says Professor Efraim Inbar. Inbar, director of the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) at...

Between NATO and Russia: The Pieces of Turkey’s Puzzle

http://www.inss.org.il/publications.php?cat=21&incat=&read=10697 It was one of the rare weeks since the outbreak of the Arab awakening that went well for Turkey. Between what was seen as a successful visit by Vladimir Putin to Istanbul on December...

Ending UNRWA and Advancing Peace

Since the end of the Second World War, millions of refugees have left refugee camps, and refugee status, and moved to countries that accepted them–quickly or slowly–as citizens. Post-World War II Europe was an...

Weekly Commentary: JCPA poll shows Israelis do not think pigs can fly

http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59472 Date: 20 December 2012 Typical polls of the Israeli public ask respondents if they would be willing to make concession "x" in exchange for peace. The problem is, of course, that concession "x" isn't in exchange...

The right to refuse

http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-right-to-refuse/ In the last few days we have witnessed strong attacks on Naftali Bennett of the Jewish Home party for ostensibly condoning soldiers’ refusal to carry out orders to evacuate settlements. Almost as if by...

Results: Abraham Center for Middle East Peace If Pigs Could Fly Polls

http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=59616 Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: The Israeli media was filled today with the result of the two "If pigs could fly" polls commissioned by the Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. Why "if pigs...

Poll No. 78, Dec. 2012 – Gaza, Resistance and the UN Bid

http://www.jmcc.org/documentsandmaps.aspx?id=858 Summary: Two weeks after the end of the war, a public opinion poll conducted by the JMCC, with support of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung East Jerusalem, aimed at studying the impact of the Gaza war and the...

This is how Palestinian propaganda works

http://missingpeace.eu/en/2013/01/this-is-how-palestinian-propaganda-works/ Last Saturday riots broke out near the Israeli village of Esh Kodesh near Nablus. As usual the incident found its way into the international media. Here is how AFP reported the story: AFP - Israeli soldiers on...

Poll: Spike in Palestinian support for military operations against Israel

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0104/Poll-Spike-in-Palestinian-support-for-military-operations-against-Israel Palestinian support for military operations against Israel has registered its most significant jump in 10 years, spurred by the recent Gaza conflict, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion, and frustration over a peace process that has...

The twilight of America

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=ae169cb0bf1d8ed85f60ee17a&id=9e9f653b0e&e=6a9f992820 I think this is what is called a slam dunk. Barack Obama has now proposed filling the three positions in the US administration most concerned with the security of the nation and the defence...