Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:42 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activity, 2000-2012

Hezbollah has actively participated in the worldwide anti-Israeli campaign of terrorism led by Iran’s Qods Force, attempting to carry out terrorist attacks against Israeli diplomats and tourists… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:41 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1990s

In the 1990s Hezbollah combined terrorist attacks in Israeli territory and overseas with guerilla warfare against the IDF in the Lebanese security zone and sporadic rocket fire at Israel… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Argentina • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:40 pm CET
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Hezbollah’s Terrorist Activities during the 1980s

Hezbollah’s terrorist activity during the first years of its existence focused on the United States and France, the main targets of a wave of terrorist attacks in Lebanon and elsewhere… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • France • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Kuwait • Lebanon • Religion • Security and Defense • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, January 10, 2013 at 18:29 pm CET
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Israel’s Arabs: Deprived or Radicalized?

Arabs and Jews in the Holy Land… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Anti-Zionism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Culture • Diplomacy • History • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Arabs • Pro-Palestinianism • Zionism 
Posted on Thu, January 3, 2013 at 20:02 pm CET
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The Ultimate ‘Settlements are not the Problem’ Article

Contrary to what the international pro-Palestinian lobby says, Israeli settlements are not the main problem in the Middle East… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Sat, December 29, 2012 at 10:55 am CET
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Biblical Lessons on Foreign Policy and Statism

Whatever your view of religion, the Bible is a terrific source for history and political analysis… Continue reading

Topics: Politics • Religion 
Posted on Wed, December 26, 2012 at 00:30 am CET
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Turkish-Israeli Relations: Is Normalization Possible?

On November 26, 2012, several newspapers reported that Israel and Turkey had resumed reconciliation talks between senior officials, marking a profound change since the low-point in relations occurred in the aftermath of the Gaza aid flotilla in 2010… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Diplomacy • Israel • Turkey 
Posted on Tue, December 25, 2012 at 17:30 pm CET
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The Useful Myth that Obama Now Likes Israel

Reality, especially in 2012, is very hard to face. So many hopes dashed; so many bad things happening… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Obamaism • Politics • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Tue, December 25, 2012 at 17:27 pm CET
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American Journalists Decry Israel’s Ability to Defend Itself as Blocking Peace

It should be clear by now that U.S. media coverage of Israel is not very good, balanced, accurate, or fair… Continue reading

Topics: Liberalism • Media Bias • Peace Process • Political Correctness • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Mon, December 10, 2012 at 14:26 pm CET
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Israel Has No Other Alternative But the Alternative it Has is a Good One

By essentially unilaterally declaring the existence of an Arab Palestine, the world has abrogated the Oslo accords… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process 
Posted on Sun, December 9, 2012 at 15:55 pm CET
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The Interview: “Explaining the Latest Middle East Developments” (No Satire)

Revised and updated version of an interview Barry Rubin gave recently… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Thu, December 6, 2012 at 21:18 pm CET
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The Interview: “Explaining the Latest Israel-Palestinian Controversy” (Satire)

Satire but very close to actual experience… Continue reading

Topics: Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Media Bias • Peace Process • Political Correctness • Pro-Palestinianism • Satire 
Posted on Wed, December 5, 2012 at 19:50 pm CET
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Driving in Neutral: Hillary Clinton Explains the Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s said some very interesting and revealing things in her appearance at the Saban Center’s gala dinner, November 30. They are, however, being quoted out of context… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Obamaism • Peace Process • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Sat, December 1, 2012 at 14:46 pm CET
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s Speech to the UN General Assembly, November 29, 2012

The United Nations General Assembly voted, as expected, in favor of upgrading the Palestinians’ status to that of a non-member observer state. Prior to Thursday’s vote, Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • United Nations 
Posted on Sat, December 1, 2012 at 14:19 pm CET
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Ambassador Ron Prosor’s Speech to the UN General Assembly, November 29, 2012

The United Nations General Assembly voted, as expected, in favor of upgrading the Palestinians’ status to that of a non-member observer state. Prior to Thursday’s vote, Ambassador of Israel to the UN Ron Prosor addressed the UN General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Israel • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Authority • Peace Process • United Nations 
Posted on Thu, November 29, 2012 at 19:00 pm CET
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UN: Palestine is Now a Non-Member State; Reality: Palestine Will Continue to be a Non-Existent State

The UN will give Palestine the status of a non-member state. The only thing that will change is to convince people even more that they are following a clever and successful strategy. They aren’t… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Fatah • History • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Authority • United Nations 
Posted on Wed, November 28, 2012 at 21:03 pm CET
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Digging Up Arafat

Suddenly, I received all of these phone calls from journalists asking me to talk about who murdered the late Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat… Continue reading

Topics: Fatah • Palestine Liberation Organization • Palestinian Arabs • Palestinian Authority 
Posted on Tue, November 27, 2012 at 18:36 pm CET
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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

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Rob Harris 
Posted on Sun, November 25, 2012 at 18:53 pm CET
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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

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 23:45 pm CET
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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

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Hamas • Israel • Operation Amud Anan 
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