Left: Hamas leader Kaled Mashal with Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah's 3rd Secretary General. At the start of 2015, Israel’s two major fronts – home to the two hostile players with which Israel has had military encounters in recent months – were calm. … [Read more...] about Israel, Hamas and Hizbollah on a Collision Course: Undesirable yet Inevitable
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The Embryonic Palestinian State – A monster in the Ultra-Sound*
Left: One need not be a prophet in order to know what a monster would be born from the Palestinian “embryonic state” in Judea and Samaria. Photo: Flash 90 As of now, in Judea, Samaria and Gaza there is a sort of embryonic state, or “Arab state in … [Read more...] about The Embryonic Palestinian State – A monster in the Ultra-Sound*
The Egyptian Bet
Any hope for an exit from the current Middle East chaos lies with the efforts of Gen. Pres. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to stabilize its politics and rebuild the Egyptian economy. With its 90 million people and traditional role as the intellectual leader … [Read more...] about The Egyptian Bet
Weekly Briefing – March 1-7, 2015
Right: TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi described the removal of all sanctions against Tehran as a precondition for a comprehensive deal with the world powers, underlining that Tehran is standing … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – March 1-7, 2015
Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress
The following are excerpts from the Israeli PM's speech: "The remarkable alliance between Israel and the United States has always been above politics. It must always remain above politics. Because America and Israel, we share a common destiny, the … [Read more...] about Netanyahu’s Speech in Congress
The Obama Persian Mystery
Obscured by all the hullabaloo over the Congressional speaking invitation to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the more fundamental mystery of the Obama Administration’s Iranian strategy. Laying aside the increasingly evident incompetence … [Read more...] about The Obama Persian Mystery
Weekly Briefing – February 22 – 27, 2015
Drones in the U.S. National Airspace System - Major Stephen Maddox & Captain David Stuckenberg -- in 2014 an American Airlines Group regional jet in Florida nearly collided with a drone at 2,300 feet. This type of UAS is supposed to remain … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 22 – 27, 2015
Weekly Briefing – February 16-20, 2015
"If Only Germany Had Solved Its Unemployment Problem in 1933, Germans Wouldn’t Have Become Nazis...Er, Maybe not." - David P. Goldman (Sprengler) Denmark’s Compromised “Values” - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The Danes should have known better, but they … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 16-20, 2015
Weekly Briefing, February 8-13, 2015
Deterring ISIL is Not Enough - Rachel Ehrenfeld - "Muslims need to change the religious discourse and remove from it things that have led to violence and extremism.”... President Obama’s requested Congressional authorization to indefinitely use U.S. … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing, February 8-13, 2015
Weekly Briefing – February 1-6, 2015
Hell on Earth - Dr. Mordecai Kedar@Arutz7 - Burning alive a human being is a method of eliminating enemies that is well known and documented in early Islamic sources, and based on a deductive legal principle of Sharia law… Anyone who attacks Islamic … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – February 1-6, 2015