As usual, there are more questions than answers about the current Middle East situation. And, for that matter, there is difficulty following the gyrations of Obama Administration policy. But there is growing evidence of a defiant Israel, stoic in … [Read more...] about The “New” Middle East
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U.S. Foreign Policy Fails Again
The US initiative on Gaza has only alienated its friends in the region. Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama's latest foreign policy initiatives have just crashed and burned, in the most easily predictable fashion. After direct … [Read more...] about U.S. Foreign Policy Fails Again
Operation Protective Edge – Update as of July 27, 2014*
Left: Mapping the tunnels leading into Israel (IDF Spokesman, July 25, 2014) Overview 1. During the past 24 hours (July 26, 2014) there was a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire initiated by the UN. It was honored by both Israel and Hamas and was … [Read more...] about Operation Protective Edge – Update as of July 27, 2014*
Hamas Training Gazan Children
This year, as in years past, summer camps in the Gaza Strip were exploited by Hamas for radical Islamic ideological indoctrination and semi-military training* Overview 1. Every year summer camps are held throughout the Gaza Strip during the summer … [Read more...] about Hamas Training Gazan Children
Weekly Briefing – July 20 – 25, 2014
On ACD Whitewashing Hamas - Rachel Ehrenfeld - The siding with Hamas, which uses Gaza’s residents – most of whom support the terrorist group’s agenda – as human shields - is not limited to outsiders. The Israel based organization B’Tselem, which … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – July 20 – 25, 2014
Operation Protective Edge – July 23, 2014
IDF continues its operations against the terrorist tunnels (IDF Spokesman, July 22, 2014) Overview 1. The fighting between the IDF and Hamas and the other terrorist organizations continues at various friction points in the Gaza Strip, especially the … [Read more...] about Operation Protective Edge – July 23, 2014
Testing, testing, testing…*
The horror of 298 innocents, oblivious to the warfare 33,000 feet below them, blown out of the sky by criminally negligent fanatics supported by Russian Vladimir Putin, forebodes greater catastrophes. The incident is a part of a worldwide scene … [Read more...] about Testing, testing, testing…*
The “Moral Equivalence” – Hamas, ISIS and the Media
Hamas fighting methods in the current round of Israel's Operation Protective Edge illustrate, yet again, the practical and ideological proximity between Hamas and the atrocious radical Islamic organization the “Islamic State” (ISIS). However, Hamas's … [Read more...] about The “Moral Equivalence” – Hamas, ISIS and the Media
Celebrating Ramadan – From the White House to Gaza
Expressions of sympathy to Gazans, for having their Ramadan celebrations foiled by Israeli retaliations, highlight a prevailing ignorance of Islamic values, not only on the part of the American media. On July 9, in his “Ramadan Message,” President … [Read more...] about Celebrating Ramadan – From the White House to Gaza
Israel Cannot Afford Obama’s Islamist Appeasement
Nor can the U.S. The ability of the Jews in their State of Israel to defend themselves against an ongoing barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian terrorists in Gaza has lifted the thin veil of supposed objectivity claimed by major … [Read more...] about Israel Cannot Afford Obama’s Islamist Appeasement