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Analysis of the Responses to Hamas’s Political Document in the Arab and Muslim World

The initial responses in the Arab and Muslim world were characterized by suspicion and distrust while pointing out internal contradictions in Hamas’s political document… Read more

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Hamas’s New Political Document: It’s Goals and Significance

In the 30 years that have passed since the Charter was written… Read more

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Who is Responsible under International Law for the New Gaza Wars?

Under international law, which also happens to be part of the law of the United States, all Palestinian terrorists are common enemies of humankind… Read more

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What Direction Will the Current Wave of Palestinian Terrorism Take?

Possible future trends expressed in Palestinian political and media discourse… Read more

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Concerns over the UN Board of Inquiry Report on the Treatment of UNRWA Facilities in the 2014 Gaza War

Why the UN ‘Board of Inquiry’ report on UNRWA facilities during the 2014 Gaza war is prejudiced, contradicted and problematic… Read more

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The Logic of the Middle East

This article is, if anything, even more relevant today than when it was first published in 2005… Read more

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Problematic Media Coverage of Operation Protective Edge

Presenting Israel as the aggressor… Continue reading

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Serial Stabbing: Part of the Modus Operandi of the Palestinian “Popular Resistance”

The Modus Operandi of Palestinian “Popular Resistance” attacks… Continue reading

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Education for Terrorism

Hamas increases its military and propaganda activities among Gazan youth… Continue reading

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Did Hamas Engineer Border Violence to Extract a Dangerous Concession from Israel?

Conflict at the Gaza border on the 23rd November, in which one Palestinian man was shot dead by the IDF, has added to the noise made by supporters of the Palestinian cause that Israel was aggressor in the November 2012 violence… Continue reading

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Who Won The Latest Israel-Hamas War?

Naturally the question of who won any given war preoccupies people’s minds… Continue reading

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The trap that Arik built

The cease-fire agreement that Israel accepted Wednesday night to end the current round of Palestinian rocket and missile attacks is not a good deal for Israel by any stretch of the imagination… Continue reading

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Ceasefire in Israel-Hamas War

Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of fighting, promising to halt air strikes and rocket attacks… Continue reading

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Operation Pillar of Defense not Politically Motivated: Why Israel and Hamas Are Fighting Again

From day one, Operation Pillar of Defense has been casually portrayed by the Western media as politically motivated due to the upcoming Israeli elections in January 2013. Barry Rubin explains why this claim isn’t an accurate analysis of the current situation… Continue reading

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Operation Pillar of Defense: In Support of a Ground Offensive

For nearly a week, Israel has been under attack from terrorist elements in Gaza, primarily Hamas… Continue reading

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A Hamas Divided

Whenever the Israel-Palestine conflict is in the news, too much ink is wasted over moralizing rather than analyzing… Continue reading

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The Israel-Hamas War and the Suicide Strategy: How Arab Forces Expect to Launch Losing Wars and Still Win

One of the most important things to understand about how the Middle East works is what I’ll call the suicide strategy… Continue reading

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So You Want to End the Israel-Hamas War? Here’s How to Do It

A lot of people have asked the purpose of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas… Continue reading

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Here’s How – As With This Israel-Hamas War – Western Elites Are Baffled by the Middle East

The elite currently in power in the Western mass media is never going to comprehend the Middle East… Continue reading

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Manufacturing blood libel: Hamas’ propaganda war

Intensive propaganda campaigns led by Palestinian terrorist groups are perhaps the most predictable occurrence when it comes to any minor or major conflict involving Israel… Continue reading

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Operatie Amud Anan: @alqassambrigade

De rol van de social media nader belicht tijdens het recente conflict tussen Hamas en Israel… Continue reading

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Operation Amud Anan: Lessons for the World from a New Gaza War

The new war between Hamas and Israel has a lot of important lessons for international diplomacy and U.S. policy today… Continue reading

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Operation Amud Anan: Israel Launches Major Offensive into the Gaza Strip

Responding to a major upsurge of Hamas cross-border attacks from the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched its biggest military offensive since the 2008-2009 Gaza war… Continue reading

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Who’s Really Isolated? He Who Misunderstands Middle East Realities

One of the mantras from Israel’s supposed foreign well-wishers is that the country is now “isolated.” Sure, on the surface this makes sense… Continue reading

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Muslim Brotherhood Claims Victory in Presidential Elections; Signals Egyptian-Islamist/Hamas Jihad Against Israel?

A group of terrorists has attacked Israel from Egyptian territory Monday morning. As for the presidential election, the Brotherhood candidate, Muhammad al-Mursi, seems the likely winner… Continue reading