Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 13:14 pm CET
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Syria: Spillover into Iraq?

Is the resurgent of Al-Qaida in Iraq a result from the growing civil war in Syria… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Iraq • Islamic Terrorism • Syrian Revolution 
Posted on Tue, November 20, 2012 at 20:47 pm CET
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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

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, November 20, 2012 at 15:51 pm CET
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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

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Terrorism • Qatar • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, November 19, 2012 at 18:53 pm CET
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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

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sun, November 18, 2012 at 15:51 pm CET
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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

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, November 17, 2012 at 20:32 pm CET
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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

Topics: Hamas • Israel • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Sat, November 17, 2012 at 19:08 pm CET
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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

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Palestinian Terrorism • Pro-Palestinianism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Fri, November 16, 2012 at 17:02 pm CET
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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

Topics: Crethi Plethi • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Nederlands 
Posted on Thu, November 15, 2012 at 19:45 pm CET
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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

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, November 14, 2012 at 19:09 pm CET
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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

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sun, August 12, 2012 at 11:05 am CEST
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Egypt: There Goes the Army; There Goes the Free Media; There Goes Egypt

So can you write “Arab Spring,” free elections, democracy in Egypt, and such things 100 times?… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Media 
Posted on Wed, August 8, 2012 at 21:21 pm CEST
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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

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Hezbollah • Israel • Jordan • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Syria 
Posted on Sun, July 29, 2012 at 20:19 pm CEST
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Lebanon: Fractured Past, Bleak Present

Bill Harris is one of the world’s leading authorities on Lebanon. In this interview he discusses politics there; the possibilities of war with Israel; how Western policy let down the moderates; and the dramatic effects of the Syrian civil war on that neighboring country… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Hezbollah • History • Lebanon • Politics • Religion • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, July 21, 2012 at 22:13 pm CEST
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Muslim Brotherhood ‘Democracy’

Prior to Egypt’s presidential elections, Islamists made clear that the electoral process was an obligatory form of “holy war”… Continue reading

Topics: Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Wed, July 11, 2012 at 20:24 pm CEST
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Calls to Destroy Egypt’s Great Pyramids Begin

According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Egypt • History • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Tue, July 10, 2012 at 19:35 pm CEST
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Does Power Moderate Radicals? Where’s the Proof?

An interesting and important question about the Middle East is whether being in power or running in an election inevitably moderates those who are radicals… Continue reading

Topics: Culture • Egypt • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics 
Posted on Sun, July 8, 2012 at 15:15 pm CEST
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Egypt’s “Sex-Slave” Marriage

What is being dubbed as Egypt’s “first sex-slave marriage” took place mere days after the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muhammad Morsi was made president… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law 
Posted on Mon, July 2, 2012 at 20:29 pm CEST
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Who Rules Egypt? The Battle Begins

It is impossible for the moment to say what’s going to happen in Egypt. But there are two basic scenarios… Continue reading

Topics: Economy • Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics 
Posted on Tue, June 26, 2012 at 21:25 pm CEST
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The Evils of the Muslim Brotherhood

Egypt’s longtime banned Muslim Brotherhood has just won the nation’s presidency, in the name of its candidate, Muhammad Mursi… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Christianism • Copts • Egypt • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sun, June 24, 2012 at 14:59 pm CEST
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Turkey’s Leadership Ambitions in NATO Weakened by Petty Politics

NATO’s May 20-21 heads-of-state summit in Chicago reminded everyone how Turkey is making important contributions to NATO in many key areas… Continue reading

Topics: Afghanistan • Cyprus • Europe • NATO • Security and Defense • Taliban • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, June 23, 2012 at 20:28 pm CEST
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WikiLeaks: New Round of Muslim Brothers Arrests

The deputy leader of Egypt’s largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, was detained by security forces… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Religion • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sat, June 23, 2012 at 13:58 pm CEST
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Egypt: Islamists vs. Copts

The future of Egypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, looks bleak… Continue reading

Topics: Copts • Culture • Egypt • Islamism • Jihadism • Muslim Brotherhood • Religion • Salafism • Sharia Law 
Posted on Sat, June 23, 2012 at 10:26 am CEST
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Why Should Obama Help Bring America’s Second-Worst Enemies to Power?

Here’s still another of a series of self-serving leaks from the Obama Administration. In this case, it reveals something very important about policy… Continue reading

Topics: Muslim Brotherhood • Politics • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Fri, June 22, 2012 at 17:36 pm CEST
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The Muslim Brotherhood’s Useful Idiots

You have to hand it to the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood… Continue reading

Topics: Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Islamism • Israel • Muslim Brotherhood • Politics 
Posted on Mon, June 18, 2012 at 20:21 pm CEST
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Parallel Betrayals: Iranian Revolution and Arab Spring

Many are the lessons to be learned between the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the current revolutions of the Arab world… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Egyptian Revolution • History • Iran • Muslim Brotherhood • Sharia Law