The Shi’i militia, Hezbollah, is rearming north of the River Litani. For its part, Tsahal continues its flights over the Land of the Cedars: averting an incident detrimental to France’s UNIFIL blue helmets will be one of Nicolas Sarkozy’s priorities.…
read morehttp://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070513/21fouad_print.htm Truth be known, American diplomacy can’t reconcile the ruling order of power in Arab lands any more than it can sweet-talk the Arab “street” to accept the right of this new Iraq to its place among the nations. Hard…
read morehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20070513-100738-1015r.htm Don’t be surprised if you wake up one morning and learn that the Gaza Strip has become a lot like Lebanon was last summer. Gaza looms as a major battleground in the larger global struggle with jihadism, with the…
read morehttp://www.kuwaittimes.net/read_news.php?newsid=MTYxOTIzNjMwMw== Muhammad looks like someone who has stepped out of a Calvin Klein underwear ad. He has spiky hair styled with gel, and long eyelashes shadow his eyes. He is wearing tight jeans and trendy trainers. A silver medallion of…
read morehttp://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1178708600556&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull The flap over the expected nonattendance of European and American diplomats at Monday’s official celebration of the 40th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification is unfortunate. No one expected these diplomats to attend, so they should not have been invited and…
read morehttp://globalpolitician.com/articledes.asp?ID=2781&cid=2&sid=4 Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only wants to wipe the state of Israel off the world map but also sincerely believes that it can be done. And the first stage in his long term strategy is the project of…
read morehttp://www.reformsyria.org/blog/?p=43 Washington DC – As a Syrian and a Muslim, I have always had this affinity for the State of Israel. As a businessman and an advocate of the free economic system of governance, Israel to me represents an astounding…
read morehttp://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2007/may/04/walls_do_slow_terrorism You can be very critical about what President Bush does and says and stands for, and still see considerable merit in the walls that are finally being erected in Baghdad. They separate Shia and Sunni neighborhoods, protecting each from…
read morehttp://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/32463/format/html/displaystory.html Three books, two already in print and one soon to appear, all point readers in the same direction. Taken together, we believe, they represent an unholy trinity of hate, distortion and vituperation that needs to be answered with a…
read morehttp://www.paulasays.com/articles/nadia_el_haj/future.html As disturbing as Nadia El Haj’s past work is, her future “research” seems to be even more chilling. Nadia Abu El Haj, has announced her intention to write what her colleague Joseph Massad describes as “a book about the…
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