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...