Posts Tagged: Arab Spring
Global Anti-Semitism Up 45 Percent, Israeli Minister Reports
Global anti-Semitism rose nearly 45 percent in 2012, according to a report presented by Israeli Information and Diaspora Minister Yuli Edelstein to the...
Incident Along Israel-Egypt Border Puts IDF on Alert
In what Israeli military officials said was an unusual occurrence, IDF soldiers shot at several unidentified men near the Israeli border with Egypt Sunday night. According...
Netanyahu Faces New Challenges
The unexpected election results have created daunting challenges for Prime Minister Netanyahu. Many Israelis dislike Netanyahu. He has personality deficiencies and, like every Israeli leader...
The OIC Needs to Show It’s Serious About Human Rights
On January 21, the Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) placed a half-page ad in The New York Times...
Clinton Testifies to Congress About Benghazi Attack
Washington Post - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, testifying Wednesday in a Senate hearing that was politically charged and at times emotional, ...
Al Qaeda on the Rise: The Grim News From Africa
Accepting his party's renomination for president on Sept. 6, Barack Obama boasted, "Al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden...
Chuck Hagel Joins the Palestine Firsters
Chuck Hagel established himself as a Palestine Firster on October 27, 2009, speaking at J Street's first national conference: "The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is central, not...
An Israeli State of Mind
On the eve of the January 22, 2013 Israeli election, the Israeli public demonstrates more realism than its politicians. Israelis highlight security...
Prosecutor Appointed by Morsi Investigating Egypt Opposition Leaders
BBC — Egypt's public prosecutor has ordered an inquiry into three prominent opposition leaders.The men will be investigated over charges they "incited the overthrow" of...
Report: Destroyed Hezbollah Weapons Depot Held Missiles Capable of Being Equipped With Chemical Warheads
Two days after a mysterious explosion at a Hezbollah weapons depot in southern Lebanon, the Kuwaiti website Al Jarida is reporting that Israel bombed the...
Arab Spring — Where to?
The following interlinked assumptions are divorced from reality: the rising tide of the Islamist forces on the Arab Street is led by politically pragmatic and...
Escalating Hamas Attacks a Result of the Arab Spring
The latest escalation along the Israel-Gaza border - which saw Palestinians fire more than 250 rockets at Israel in one day after Israel, responding to days...
Reform in Saudi Arabia is Essential to U.S. Interests
Earlier this month we learned that U.S. oil imports from Saudi Arabia increased significantly this year. The conventional wisdom is that the United...
Syria Could Attack Israel as a Diversion
It's been over 16 months since the "Arab Spring" first reached the shores of Syria. 16 months of gun battles, defections and condemnations ...
