Posted on Mon, January 14, 2013 at 19:40 pm CET
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Understanding Israel’s January 22 Election

After decades of misunderstanding Israeli politics, I can say that nothing has changed in this regard… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Politics 
Posted on Sun, January 13, 2013 at 18:43 pm CET
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Hezbollah: Portrait of a Terrorist Organization

Hezbollah has a 30-year history of terrorist activity in Lebanon, the Middle East and around the globe, directed against Israel, the Jewish people, the United States and the West, pro-Western Arab states and Hezbollah’s enemies in Lebanon… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Americanism • Anti-Christianism • Anti-Israelism • Anti-Westernism • Global Jihad • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Islamic Terrorism • Jew-Hatred • Lebanon • 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 20:44 pm CET
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Why the Current U.S. Foreign Policy Debate Doesn’t Make Sense and How to Fix It

Something very bad is happening with the U.S. foreign policy debate… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Liberalism • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • United States of America 
Posted on Tue, January 1, 2013 at 03:50 am CET
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Spearheads Iran’s Global Terrorist Campaign

The Qods Force, an elite unit of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, spearheads Iran’s global terrorist campaign… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Security and Defense • War on Terrorism 
Posted on Sun, December 30, 2012 at 14:06 pm CET
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A Paradox of U.S. Middle East Policy: The Friend Who Acts like an Enemy is an Enemy

What’s the major problem for U.S. foreign policy during Obama’s second term… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Egypt • Human Rights • India • Islamic Terrorism • Obamaism • Pakistan • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • War on Terrorism 
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 Thu, December 20, 2012 at 20:55 pm CET
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Fighting Blind: The AKP’s Increasingly Hardline Kurdish Policy

Even if the Turkish military wins every battle against the PKK, an even more dangerous war is being lost… Continue reading

Topics: Kurdish People • PKK • Security and Defense • Syrian Kurdistan • Turkey • Turkish Kurdistan 
Posted on Sat, December 15, 2012 at 15:11 pm CET
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Turkey to Deploy Patriot Missiles

Turkey’s membership in NATO has many unique dimensions, including in the number of missile-related crises the country has experienced… Continue reading

Topics: NATO • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syrian Revolution • Turkey 
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 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 Sat, November 24, 2012 at 11:04 am CET
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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

Topics: Egypt • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Peace Process • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 16:27 pm CET
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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

Topics: Barry Rubin • Hamas • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, November 21, 2012 at 15:26 pm CET
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The Middle East Crises of 2013 Are Already In Dress Rehearsal

If 2011 was the year of the Arab Spring, 2013 looks to be the year of the Arab Fall… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamic Fundamentalism • Politics • Security and Defense • The Middle East 
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 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 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 Sat, November 10, 2012 at 21:23 pm CET
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Israel’s Situation and Strategy In Obama’s Second Term

What should Israel’s policy and priorities be in President Barack Obama’s second term… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Obamaism • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy • US-Israel Relations 
Posted on Mon, November 5, 2012 at 23:34 pm CET
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Obama Administration Secret Talks with Iran Confirmed

The Obama Administration is secretly negotiating with Iran… Continue reading

Topics: Diplomacy • Iran • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sat, November 3, 2012 at 22:15 pm CET
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Turkey’s Changing Syria Policy: Giving Diplomacy a Chance?

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan, proposed that the crisis in Syria be addressed through diplomatic methods and called for the establishment of an international mechanism for dialogue… Continue reading

Topics: Azerbaijan • Diplomacy • Iran • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Sat, November 3, 2012 at 10:21 am CET
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The Pro-Islamist Obama Administration: A Case Study in Syria

It is obvious that the Syrian National Council was a Muslim Brotherhood front group, yet the Obama Administration backed it any way… Continue reading

Topics: Islamism • Obamaism • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy