Hot Topics

17
May
2013

Iran’s Arms Supply to Hizbullah: International Dimensions

In an exceptional political signal, a senior Israeli official contacted Mark Landler of the New York Times and explained that the Israeli government was determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hizbullah. The official, who remained [...]  Read More »

14
May
2013

Sheikh Qaradawi’s Visit to Gaza

While Sheikh Qaradawi has been portrayed as representing moderate, political Islam, his recent statements in Gaza reflect an approach similar to that of al-Qaeda, differing only in terms of the phases of implementation.  Read More »

5
May
2013

An Improved Arab Peace Initiative?

The Arab Peace Initiative, which was adopted at the Beirut summit in 2002, returned to the diplomatic discourse after an April 29 visit to Washington by an Arab League delegation. Politicians and commentators attributed supreme importance to the statement by [...]  Read More »

25
Apr
2013

Al-Qaeda’s Branch in Gaza Set to Escalate Anti-Israeli Terror

The “Mujahideen Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem” has taken responsibility for a series of missile firings at Israeli targets from Gaza and Sinai, which is under Egyptian sovereignty, including: 17 April 2013 – Firing of two Grad missiles [...]  Read More »

4
Apr
2013

The Agreement on Jerusalem between the Palestinian Authority and Jordan: Initial Implications

Mahmoud Abbas signed a new agreement with Jordan’s King Abdullah II on Jerusalem.  Read More »

18
Feb
2013

Will Europe Define Hizbullah as a Terrorist Organization?

This is not the first time Europe has waffled when it comes to defining terrorism. Since the days of Maximilian Robespierre, the word Terreur has evoked horror and aversion and sparked philosophical and political debates. The organizations and militias that [...]  Read More »

27
Jan
2013

France at War against Global Jihad

France’s operation in Mali was launched after previous French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s military intervention and intensive activity in Libya, which led to the overthrow of Gaddafi. The chaos that has prevailed since then has enabled the strengthening of the radical [...]  Read More »

13
Jan
2013

Two Years of the Arab Spring: Reflections about Democracy in the Arab World

During a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and several American senators, Rabin was asked how he could envisage signing a peace agreement with Arab regimes that did not profess democracy, but rather acted as oppressors of their own [...]  Read More »

8
Jan
2013

The Legal Basis of Israel’s Rights in the Disputed Territories

1. Upon Israel’s taking control of the area in 1967, the 1907 Hague Rules on Land Warfare and the Fourth Geneva Convention (1949) were not considered applicable to the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) territory, as the Kingdom of Jordan, [...]  Read More »

27
Dec
2012

Syria: Has the Assad Regime Reached the Terminal Phase?

The Syrian regime is steadily losing ground to rebel forces, since as much as 60 to 70 percent of the territory has fallen into their hands.  Read More »

30
Sep
2012

Iran’s Response to Netanyahu’s UN Speech:
Israel, Not Iran, Is the Problem

Iran’s leadership, UN representatives, and state-run media responded to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s UN speech with a coordinated line that presents Israel as the problem instead of Iran, which is said to be pursuing a nuclear program for peaceful purposes [...]  Read More »

28
Sep
2012

Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Red Line on Iran

In his UN address on September 27, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the advances that had transpired in the Iranian nuclear program. He broke down the progress Iran has been making into three stages which mark the extent to which [...]  Read More »

25
Sep
2012

The Psychological Asymmetry between Israel and Hamas

In the conventional wisdom and historical sense of “winning wars,” the photo of the white flag, the raised hands and the empty shoes of fleeing enemy soldiers used to be the staple of Israeli “victory” albums. But after this latest [...]  Read More »

16
Aug
2012

Intelligence Document Reveals Muslim Brotherhood Role in Egyptian Revolution

An official Egyptian intelligence document reveals the central Muslim Brotherhood role in the Egyptian revolution.  Read More »

17
Jul
2012

Moment of Truth Approaching in Damascus

The Free Syrian Army has shifted to an offensive in Damascus and Aleppo.            Over the last three days the Free Syrian Army, the umbrella body of the rebel forces, has changed its approach in fighting Bashar [...]  Read More »