Left: Palestinan chief negotiator Saeb Erekat Once again Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat’s attempt to smear Israel with a blood libel has been exposed by ACD Fellow, Jonathan D. Halevi, ( Lt. Col. (ret.). On May 29, 2014, while Mahmoud … [Read more...] about The Palestinians’ Latest Blood Libel
Muslim Brotherhood
Weekly Briefing – May 31-June 7, 2014
From ACD Cyberspace Time Security - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Speaking at the Shangri-LaDialogue security summit, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel again warned the Chinese to stop their cyber spying activities, suggesting they should renew the dialog to … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 31-June 7, 2014
Islam and Security in Bosnia-Herzegovina*
Left: Mujaheddin in Bosnia Eighteen years after the Dayton Agreement we hear little, if anything, about Bosnia. Though politicians such as President Bill Clinton and his envoy, the late Richard Holbrooke, were credited with ending the violence, it … [Read more...] about Islam and Security in Bosnia-Herzegovina*
Weekly Briefing – May 24-30, 2014
Time to Debunk Political Islam - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Islamism has been accepted by the West as simply another political point of view and its growing efforts and sometimes violent acts to force its dictates, has been met with little, if any resistance … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 24-30, 2014
Time to Debunk Political Islam
Islamism has been accepted by the West as simply another political point of view, and its growing efforts and sometimes violent acts to force its dictates has been met with little, if any resistance especially since September 11, 2001. On May 23, … [Read more...] about Time to Debunk Political Islam
Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
From ACD: U.S. CyberSpace Vulnerabilities - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers’s letter asking President Obama to personally intervene to stop the National Security Agency from intercepting and planting surveillance software in the … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
Left: Khaled Meshal and Mahmoud Abbas Once again, a lifeline has been thrown to the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestinian branch, Hamas. That lifeline was reportedly initiated by the head of Qatar’s intelligence service Ghanem al-Kubeissi with Hamas … [Read more...] about Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
Israel-Palestine — Enough Already!*
It must have been a shock to its “right-nick” listeners. But even government-subsidized National Public Radio (NPR) had a commentator last week declaring that the so-called Israel-Palestine “Peace Process” isn’t going anywhere. And, more importantly, … [Read more...] about Israel-Palestine — Enough Already!*
ACD Weekly Update, March 8 – 14
Russian President Vladimir Putin refuses to announce that he will not annex Crimea to Russia even if Sunday's referendum outcome will favor such action, Rachel Ehrenfeld says in Crimean Tatars, However, in seizing Crimea, Vladimir Putin may well have … [Read more...] about ACD Weekly Update, March 8 – 14
The Drone Mystique and Turkey
The recent positioning of US unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, at bases created in the Horn of Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant and Afghanistan is a geopolitical event that demands greater consideration. That it does not receive more … [Read more...] about The Drone Mystique and Turkey