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Is Iran Creating a Defensive Umbrella for Aggression?

Ahmadinejad’s apparently pacifist-style, peacenik stance at the UN conference fits into his strategy. Nuclear weapons may well provide the umbrella for him to seek regional hegemony with weapons of mass destruction unused but highly visible in his back pocket… Continue reading

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Operatives of a Hezbollah Group Sentenced to Prison Terms

On April 28, the State Security Court in Cairo, Egypt, issued sentences to 26 operatives of a Hezbollah network. The network was planning to perpetrate attacks against tourist sites and groups of Israeli tourists in Sinai, and to smuggle weapons… Continue reading

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The Ship Intifada: An Update

According to the Free Gaza organization, the flotilla of aid is expected to leave for the Gaza Strip on May 24. The Hamas administration makes preparations to receive the flotilla… Continue reading

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Israel Is Not An Apartheid State

Dr. Mohammed Wattad, an Arab Israeli Muslim who is a senior lecturer at Zefat College’s School of Law and editor of the International Journal on Medicine and Law told an audience here that Israel is not an apartheid state… Continue reading

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Benjamin Netanyahu Freezes Construction in Jerusalem?

There hasn’t been — and won’t be — any public confirmation of such an understanding, yet it seems quite likely that this has happened. In effect, Netanyahu is saying: We are cooperating in every way possible, so how can you complain about us… Continue reading

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Sharon’s Statement on Czechoslovakia – Background

Do you see much difference between what happened with Bush and Sharon and what is happening now between Obama and Netanyahu? The subversive elements in the US-Israeli relationship have been playing their role much… Continue reading

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A Letter To Gaza

I recently received an email accusing me of hating Arabs and my father. This email is typical of Arab media accusations of my views regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict. Since most Arabs have no chance to… Continue reading

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Turkey’s Transformation Under The AKP

The rise of the Justice and Development Party (AKP), a party rooted in Turkey’s Islamist opposition, to government in 2002 introduced new social, political, and foreign policy winds across the Turkish society. After seven years of AKP rule, the Anatolian Turks are bending over to the power of the AKP, orthopraxy and the Islamist mindset in foreign policy are taking hold… Continue reading

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It Is A Clash Of Civilizations

In a SPIEGEL interview, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, discusses his country’s controversial settlement policies, the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program and the seeming hopelessness of the conflict with the Palestinians… Continue reading

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The Ship Intifada

Update: The Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip and pro-Palestinian organizations in Europe are planning a flotilla of aid to the Gaza Strip. The coordinators of the “ship intifada” want to avoid confrontation with the Egyptians but are taking into account confrontation with the Israeli navy backed by media and diplomatic campaigns… Continue reading

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Syria Sends Long-Range Missiles to Hizballah

The Obama Administration has developed a new concept as an excuse for not taking action against a radical and aggressive action. Israel has charged on the basis of intelligence information that Syria has been shipping long-range missiles to Hizballah… Continue reading

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There Can Be No Talk Of Genocide

In a SPIEGEL interview, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan discusses Ankara’s relationship with the European Union, the debate over genocide against the Armenians and his role as a mediator in the dispute over Iran’s nuclear policy… Continue reading

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The Germanification of Israel

A clueless anti Semite attacked the Jewish State on the web in an article with the above title, reviewing a book called Israeli Occupation. INN staff rebutted. Read our answers and… Continue reading

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Pro-Palestinian Organizations Plan to Bring Humanitarian Aid To Gaza

The de facto Hamas administration and pro-Palestinian organizations in Europe are planning to organize an international voyage of several ships to the Gaza Strip. Apparently the organizers of the voyage (called the “intifada of the ships” by Jamal al-Khudri) are planning to provoke confrontations with the Israeli Navy… Continue reading

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Turning Shaheeds Into Role Models – Part 2

The Palestinian Authority still allows and even encourages shaheeds to be turned into role models: in Ramallah a street is named after Yahya Ayash, the Hamas operative called… Continue reading

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Declarations Regarding the Plan to Establish a Palestinian State

The decision made by the International Quartet to support the establishment of an independent Palestinian state turned it into an international project. According to Salam Fayyad, if the plan fails… Continue reading

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The God of Islam Suffers From Split Personality

Mus’ab Hassan Yousuf, Son of Hamas Leader in the West Bank: “The God of Islam Suffers from Split Personality; Muhammad – a False Prophet.”… Continue reading

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Ashton’s Ashes: Why She’s Wrong about the Middle East

Catherine Ashton is high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and vice president of the European Commission. The fact that she holds such a position shows Europe is in serious trouble… Continue reading

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The Political Situation and Jerusalem

This past week anti-Israeli incitement continued in the Palestinian Authority and The Quartet calls on Israel to freeze building in the settlements and not to destroy buildings in Jerusalem… Continue reading

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The Obama Administration’s Double Standards on The Middle East

While the Obama Administration is fiddling over the construction of apartments in Jerusalem, the Middle East is burning. Yet these other issues don’t attract the attention—and certainly not the action—required… Continue reading

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Turning Shaheeds into Role Models

Fatah unofficially inaugurated the Dalal al-Magribi Square in Al-Bireh, named after a Fatah terrorist who participated in the mass-murder attack on Israel’s Coastal Road (1978)… Continue reading

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Hillary Clinton takes up the Running on Middle East Peace

Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, emerged this week as the Washington official taking the running on the battle with Israel over settlements. She held a 43-minute telephone call in which, according to Israeli media, Netanyahu… Continue reading

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Benjamin Netanyahu in desperate effort to appease US

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held marathon meetings with the six most powerful ministers to come up with a course of action that will satisfy the US, particularly Secretary of State Hillary Clinton… Continue reading

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The US-Israel Crisis and PA’s Refusal to Negotiate

It is important to understand that the current controversy over construction in east Jerusalem is neither a public relations’ problem nor a bilateral policy dispute. It arises because of things having nothing directly to do with this specific point… Continue reading

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Hamas and the Terrorist Threat from the Gaza Strip

The Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center published a comprehensive report providing a response to the Goldstone Report regarding the activities and nature of Hamas and the nature of the terrorist threat from the Gaza Strip. It presents the results of a comparison between the Goldstone Report and the factual findings, and the conclusions drawn from the comparison… Continue reading