Incisive News Analysis From Jerusalem
"The Prime Minister's Talk"
Prime Minister Netanyahu gave a talk in the Knesset last night, in recognition of the 107th anniversary of the death of Theodore Herzl, father of the Jewish State.
This talk is widely...
The Gaza Flotilla and International Law
http://www.hoover.org/publications/policy-review/article/86476
On may 31, 2010, in defense of a naval blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, Israel seized control of the Mavi Marmara in international waters, detained the passengers, and towed the ship to the...
The Big Split in the Revolutionary Islamist Movement: Sunni and Shia Blocs Emerge
http://rubinreports.blogspot.com/2011/08/big-split-in-revolutionary-islamist.html
A development of huge importance is happening in the Middle East, equivalent perhaps to the Sino-Soviet conflict’s effect on the Cold War era: the division of revolutionary Islamists into separate Sunni and Shia camps.
Of...
At a time when so much attn on Iranian threats against Israel: Iran has...
US sponsorship of the Shah, 1953-1979 & US tacit support of the Saddam Hussein's war on Iran, 1980-1988, are ingrained in all levels of Iranian education.
http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nlnet/content2.aspx?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=2903231
http://www.theislam101.com/item.php?articleid=263&topicId=17
http://www.amazon.com/War-Curriculum-Iranian-Schoolbooks/dp/0874951410
http://www.impact-se.org/research/iran/index.html
[Ignores Palestinian refusal to talk] Transcript: Remarks by Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta...
http://imra.org.il/story.php3?id=54695
While we share Israel’s legitimate concerns about instability in the Sinai Peninsula and the attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo, the best way to address these concerns is through increasing communication and cooperation...
A Palestinian civil intifada
http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_opinion.php?id=1096
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) published its December 2011 report on Monday, contending that in 2016 Jews will become a minority between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea. According to the...
Saudi Ready To Acquire Nukes
by-line: http://www.menewsline.com/
Saudi Arabia was said to be planning to acquire nuclear weapons within weeks of Iran's development of an atomic bomb. A British daily has asserted that Riyad was preparing for a nuclear crisis...
Chavez running for seat on top UN rights body
http://blog.unwatch.org/index.php/2012/02/22/chavez-running-for-seat-on-top-un-rights-body/
The governments of Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Pakistan are slated to run unopposed for seats on the UN’s 47-nation Human Rights Council this year, reported the independent monitoring group UN Watch, citing sources close...
Studying Antisemitism on Campus
http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/1085/studying-antisemitism-on-campus
A very gallant Dr. Charles Asher Small just delivered an important lecture at the 92nd St Y. in New York. Yes, this is the same Dr. Small who, in 2004, founded the Institute for...