Left: Protesters display placards and banners as they take part in demonstration against Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in central London on July 19, 2014. (photo credit: AFP/Carl Court) From ACD A View from the “Emergency Routine” under the Iron Dome … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – July 13-19, 2014
Middle East Conflicts
Backgrounder: Students for Justice in Palestine
The Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) today exists as a consortium of campus “clubs” throughout the American and Canadian college systems which work to oppose the existence of Israel and to promote Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against the … [Read more...] about Backgrounder: Students for Justice in Palestine
Hamas Uses Mosques in the Gaza Strip for Military Purposes
The use of mosques in the Gaza Strip for military purposes by Hamas and other terrorist organizations: The Al-Farouq Mosque in the Nuseirat refugee camp after being attacked on July 12, 2014, by the Israel Air Force. According to Israeli military … [Read more...] about Hamas Uses Mosques in the Gaza Strip for Military Purposes
Horror Vacui
* This column was originally published in The Washington Times, Sunday, March 20, 2011, and it has not been updated. President Obama has given new meaning to that epithet “imperial presidency.” It was slung at Richard M. Nixon not only for his … [Read more...] about Horror Vacui
Weekly Briefing – July 7-12, 2014
From ACD WMD and the Islamist Threat - Cory Davenport - The ability for terrorists in the Middle East to get their hands on WMDs has never been greater. It might be easy to look at Libya, which in 2003 agreed to the ending and dismantling of its WMD … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – July 7-12, 2014
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
Death Throes and Other Middle Eastern Phenomena
With Hamas in its death throes firing off rockets in all directions, it is hard to concentrate on anything else. Nevertheless, contrary to what the U.S. government might think, events in this part of the world do not, in fact, revolve around Gaza, … [Read more...] about Death Throes and Other Middle Eastern Phenomena
WMD and the Islamist Threat – An ACD Exclusive
The ability for terrorists in the Middle East to get their hands on WMDs has never been greater. It might be easy to look at Libya, which in 2003 agreed to the ending and dismantling of its WMD programs, or at Syria, which in 2013 agreed to … [Read more...] about WMD and the Islamist Threat – An ACD Exclusive
Israel: Remaking the Mideast Again?*
Events are drawing Israel into a major war with neighboring Arab terrorist organizations to result in another total reordering of Mideast relationships. Comparison of the current scene with the eve of the Six Day War in 1967 is almost unavoidable. … [Read more...] about Israel: Remaking the Mideast Again?*
Weekly Briefing – June 29-July 5, 2014
From ACD: The Islamist Plague - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Many Western commentators have adopted the narrative that al Qaeda and its ilk are the exception to the “religion of peace” — Islam. Even Hamas, the barbaric Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch, … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – June 29-July 5, 2014