Legendary Middle East historian Bernard Lewis penned an oped today in the Wall Street Journal describes the inadequacies of the Israeli electoral process. Lewis commends the democracy as, in and of itself, an accomplishment due to the failures of this type of system in the rest of the region. However, he still encourages electoral reform. He […]
The State Department intends on pursuing a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, an inter-governmental working group dedicated to human rights. Notably, the council often criticizes Israel for human rights violations, thereby drawing critiques from pro-Israel advocates. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman released the following statement, noting his interest in altering the […]
New Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke with The Atlantic on his first day in office, declaring the need for the United States to prevent a nuclear Iran. Netanyahu did not reject President Barack Obama’s attempts to use diplomacy with Iran, instead focusing on the eventual outcome of a nuclear-free Iran as the only important […]
The latest op-ed from left-wing journalist Amira Hass describes the need to dismiss democracy in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in order to secure the future of the peace process. She claims that the Palestinian Authority must first establish a sovereign state, accomplished partially by a strong government not weakened by small or extreme […]
Even before the next government officially takes over, the ideologically divided Likud-led cabinet appears fragile and faces the threat of withdrawal of one coalition partner. Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu supposedly promised his greatest inter-party challenger, Silvan Shalom, the post of Foreign Minister in the event that Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman, tapped to head the […]
Speaker Nabih Berri criticized the government Saturday for its procrastination in the reconstruction efforts in South Beirut and Southern Lebanon. Those areas suffered major damage during the 2006 War with Israel. The areas, predominantly Shiite, were the targets of Israeli bombs in that country’s effort to exterminate Hizballah, the resistance group that forced out Israel […]
Following recent accounts of human rights violations from soldiers fighting in Operation Cast Lead, the IDF concluded an investigation into the accusations and deemed them categorically untrue. The international community as well as human rights groups condemned Israel for the supposed abuses, leading to major criticisms of Israel for using inhumane force. However, some groups […]
Likud Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu intends to finalize his cabinet with the appointment of party members to the remaining posts, the most prominent of which is the Finance Minister. However, his chief Likud rival Silvan Shalom, may refuse all positions aside from vice-Prime Minister and Finance Minister. Netanyahu originally intended on chairing the Finance Ministry himself, but […]
An analysis piece describes the competing interests of Israel, the United States, Sudan, and Egypt regarding attacks on convoys smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip. The article cites intelligence sources in the various countries as blaming the event first on the United States until U.S. officials leaked to the press that Israel instigated the attack. […]
The Israeli army used unmanned aerial vehicles at least three times since January to disrupt the flow of Iranian weapons from Sudan to the Gaza Strip, according to recent reports. The additional details involving the strikes indicated that the weapons convoys carried missiles that could reach both Tel Aviv and Israel’s nuclear reactor in Dimona. […]
A new article from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies essentially details how Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert failed in every initiative of his since taking office. Namely, the author blames Olmert for failing to handle Hamas, thereby permitting the terrorist group to act freely, without repercussions, in the Gaza Strip. Moreover, Olmert failed to […]
Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erakat penned an op-ed for todays Washington Postdelineating steps towards the renewal of the peace process. He expresses concern regarding the upcoming Likud-led government in Israel, stating that the peace process reached a critical juncture putting a two state solution in jeopardy. His plan inlcudes: commitments by both sides to negotiations; […]
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