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The Story of 'Operation Orchard': How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 7:40 AM EST (SPIEGEL ONLINE)
In September 2007, Israeli fighter jets destroyed a mysterious complex in the Syrian desert. The incident could have led to war, but it was hushed up by all sides. Was it a nuclear plant and who gave the orders for the strike?
And Now the Truth Becomes Clear: Hilary Clinton Announces that the Palestinians are the Obstacles to Peace
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:56 AM EST (rubinreports.blogspot.com)
At the center of this stands the Number One Paradox of the issue, in some ways of all Middle Eastern politics: Why is it that although the Palestinians complain that they are suffering from a horrible occupation and not having a state of their own they are not in any hurry to mak …
Israel's 'Win' in Gaza Has Lessons for Approach to Iran
Seeded on Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:59 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
When it was launched last December, Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip looked to most people in Washington to be risky, counterproductive and doomed to futility.
Unsettled - West Bank Settlers Dig In, but Resolve May Have a Limit
Seeded on Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:38 AM EDT (The New York Times)
The remaining 100,000 (Jewish settlers living in Judea & Samaria) are ideologically (and, most of them, religiously) committed to staying.
Avoiding an American Ambush
Seeded on Tue Jul 7, 2009 3:06 AM EDT (Caroline Glick)
The basic reality that the US is being led by a radical ideologue who clings to his views in the face of overwhelming proof of their falsity is the most fundamental fact that world leaders must reckon with today as they formulate policies to contend with the Obama administration.
Human Rights on the Backburner
Seeded on Thu Jul 2, 2009 8:25 AM EDT (National Review Online)
To recap, take a Holocaust-denying president who has advocated genocide and the elimination of the Jewish state, a government hell-bent on acquiring weapons of mass destruction, said government's brutal repression of its own people, and the subsequent "re-election" of the a …
Barack Obama vs International Law - "Settlements" are not Illegal
Seeded on Sun Jun 28, 2009 7:35 AM EDT (JPost.com)
Obama has called settlements "illegitimate." And he has said that Israel "has obligations under the road map," while referring disparagingly to "settlements that, in past agreements, have been categorized as illegal." ...
Mashaal: Hamas Ready for Peace, but not with Jewish State
Seeded on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:23 AM EDT (Arutz Sheva News Briefs)
Hamas head Khaled Mashaal gave a speech Thursday evening in response to a policy speech given by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu several days earlier.
Will Obama's Justice Department Prosecute Abbas for Murder?
Seeded on Thu May 14, 2009 9:06 AM EDT (American Thinker)
Obama said in Sderot that he would not tolerate rocket attacks that endangered his own daughters.
Learning nothing from history
Seeded on Wed May 13, 2009 3:28 AM EDT (Spectator Live)
Leaving aside for the moment the malice towards Israel that is involved, the attitude of the Obama administration towards the Middle East is well-nigh incomprehensible in its suicidal stupidity.
Obama's Plan to Destroy Israel
Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 7:36 AM EDT (sultanknish.blogspot.com)
The overall Obama policy will be to push Israel to the brink, using financial and military blackmail against the Netanyahu government, while maintaining control over American Jews to prevent any protests or backtalk.
Breaking faith with Israel
Seeded on Wed May 6, 2009 6:20 AM EDT (The Washington Times)
Will the United States sell out its strongest ally in the Middle East to cozy up to its worst enemy? The Washington Times reports today that the Israeli government is increasingly worried that the Obama administration will break a 40-year understanding between Washington and Tel …
The Obama Doctrine
Seeded on Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:23 AM EDT (New York Post)
The core tenets of the Obama Doctrine to date would make a charter member of the Weather Underground cheer:
Israel's Arab Cheerleaders
Seeded on Tue Apr 28, 2009 6:18 AM EDT (JPost.com)
As the Arabs line up behind Israel, the Obama administration is operating under the delusion that the Iranians will be convinced to give up their nuclear program if Israel destroys its communities in Judea and Samaria.
Our Selective Moral Outrage
Seeded on Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:53 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
Of course, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict inflames the Muslim world in a way the Chechen one does not. But why is that, when so many more Muslims are being victimized by Russia?
In Israel, a voice of realism
Seeded on Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:17 AM EDT (Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe)
But the headlines were wrong, as anyone can ascertain by reading Lieberman's short address. Far from disparaging peace, Israel's new foreign minister called for pursuing it with the respect and realism it deserves.
An Apology to Israel and the Rest of America's True Friends and Allies
Seeded on Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:44 PM EDT (American Thinker)
But now, as the first leg of the World Apology TourTM has come to its end and Obama must once again endure the tedium of the White House, I thought I'd take up the torch and deliver a few apologies that Obama seems to have forgotten.
President Obama, King Abdullah, and the end of Israel
Seeded on Mon Apr 6, 2009 1:34 PM EDT (American Thinker)
In tandem, there was scant paid attention to a disquieting comment by Obama when he spoke effusively about a 2002 Saudi peace initiative for normalization of relations between the Arab world and Israel.
Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a Horrifying Mistake. Is It a Crime?
Seeded on Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:21 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
The charge in the courtroom was manslaughter, brought by the Commonwealth of Virginia. No significant facts were in dispute.
An Arab-Made Misery
Seeded on Sun Mar 22, 2009 8:41 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)
International donors pledged almost $4.5 billion in aid for Gaza earlier this month. It has been very painful for me to witness over the past few years the deteriorating humanitarian situation in that narrow strip where I lived as a child in the 1950s.
IDF: World duped by Hamas's false civilian death toll figures
Seeded on Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:06 AM EST (JPost.com)
While the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, whose death toll figures have been widely cited, reports that 895 Gaza civilians were killed in the fighting, amounting to more than two-thirds of all fatalities, the IDF figures shown to the Post on Sunday put the civilian death tol …
UNRWA suspends Gaza aid after Hamas steals food and supplies
Seeded on Sat Feb 7, 2009 2:44 PM EST (haaretz.com)
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Friday said it is suspending humanitarian aid in Gaza until further notice, after Hamas seized control of its warehouses and stole 200 tons of food and supplies.
Account of Israeli attack doesn't hold up to scrutiny
Seeded on Sun Feb 1, 2009 9:04 AM EST (The Globe and Mail)
Most people remember the headlines: Massacre Of Innocents As UN School Is Shelled; Israeli Strike Kills Dozens At UN School.
The Mother of All Quagmires
Seeded on Wed Jan 28, 2009 2:19 PM EST (contentions)
Far too many Westerners make the mistake of projecting their own views onto Palestinians without really understanding the Palestinian narrative. The "occupation" doesn't refer to the West Bank and Gaza, and it never has. The "occupation" refers to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
Death to Free Speech in the Netherlands
Seeded on Fri Jan 23, 2009 3:43 AM EST (Middle East Forum)
On Wednesday, freedom of speech in Europe took a new and devastating turn, as a Dutch appellate court ordered the prosecution of Geert Wilders, parliamentarian and filmmaker, charging him with "inciting hatred and discrimination" against Muslims for his film exposing the threat o …
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